All the girls talked of marriage one day. Of romance and fluttering hearts and the places they'd call home. Ruby believed that being a wife was an unlikely scenario for her. The face after all would be something of a deterrent.In Melbourne in 1910, Ruby Pearl Hart is born into a family that does not want her. Failing to appreciate her gifts, all they see is the raspberry birthmark on her face.Cast out, Ruby finds a makeshift family with the colourf...

All the girls talked of marriage one day. Of romance and fluttering hearts and the places they'd call home. Ruby believed that being a wife was an unlikely scenario for her. The face after all would be something of a deterrent.In Melbourne in 1910, Ruby Pearl Hart is born into a family that does not want her. Failing to appreciate her gifts, all they see is the raspberry birthmark on her face.Cast out, Ruby finds a makeshift family with the colourf...

The O'Hara family has lived on Lake Road for generations-since 1825, in fact. Their fates have been as varied as the lake's depths, but 1975 was a pivotal time in the life of the family. It was the year that Lily O'Hara was born and her mother, Moya, and brother, Brannen, disappeared. It was assumed that the two had drowned, but the bodies were never recovered. Her father, Cillian, could offer no explanation for the disappearance of his wife and son. The police and locals believed he was g...

The OHara family has lived on Lake Road for generationssince 1825, in fact. Their fates have been as varied as the lakes depths, but 1975 was a pivotal time in the life of the family. It was the year that Lily OHara was born and her mother, Moya, and brother, Brannen, disappeared. It was assumed that the two had drowned, but the bodies were never recovered. Her father, Cillian, could offer no explanation for the disappearance of his wife and son. The police and locals believed he was guilt...

For celebrated journalist Tracey Lee Holmes, sport has been both a way of life and a lens through which to look at life itself. In this completely candid, wide-ranging and passionate book – part memoir, part manifesto – she shares both her stories and her views on sport’s most dramatic issues.The dragonfly sees in 360 degree perspective, and that’s what Tracey Lee Holmes has always done in her sports journalism. Over four decades, she has taken us beyond the scores...

One dance. One kiss. One unexpected twist.After a stunning makeover, Dr. Zanai James barely recognizes herself. The reserved, no-nonsense therapist even dared to kiss rancher Jayden Lattimore in the middle of the dance floor. Though a mask had hidden her identity, Jayden tracks down his mysterious Cinderella, claiming hecan’t forget her. But Zanai isn’t sure about the motives of a dashing man like Jayden, who’s never looked twice at her before. With their meddling families c...

The incredible untold story of how Ann Lowe, a Black woman and granddaughter of slaves, rose above personal struggles and racial prejudice to design and create one of America's most famous wedding dresses of all time for Jackie Kennedy.1953, New York CityLess than a week before the society wedding of the year where Jacqueline Bouvier will marry John F. Kennedy, a pipe bursts at Ann Lowe’s dress shop and ruins eleven dresses, including the expensive wedding ...

Anger has a bad reputation.Many people think that it is counterproductive, distracting, and destructive. It is a negative emotion, many believe, because it can lead so quickly to violence or an overwhelming fury. And coming from people of color, it takes on connotationsthat are even more sinister, stirring up stereotypes, making white people fear what an angry other might be capable of doing, when angry, and leading them to turn to hatred or violence in turn, to squelch an a...

Having enemies was common for the Gachette witches but they have always been able to conquer during adversity. When the demon of Gehenna rises after being locked away for a hundred years, the great sage of Black Water Bayou falls,leaving the legacy of her ancestors in the hands of her granddaughters, Merigold and Majesty. Still learning how to use their powers and juggling college, the Gachette sisters must go to war with a revengeful demon to save their people.

In 1859, Junie Benson was a twelve-year-old genius and enslaved. His older sister, Sari, had her own difficulties, including being auctioned to the highest bidder. She was also beautiful, flighty, and had a repetitive dream about a hazel-eyed whitestranger. Everybody with the good sense God had given them knew even her dream was forbidden.In 2022, three things troubled ex-Special Forces Lt. Colonel Zachary Trumble … his new job as director of security for Burstein Labs, his ...

When Michelle tunneled into her family’s history, she triggered a truth bomb that exploded into an inferno scorching everyone in its wake.When the smoke cleared, Michelle had lost her father to the grave and her mother to a truth so painful recovery seemed improbable. Teetering along the edge of hopelessness, her grasp on reality is rapidly thinning as her world collapses. When infidelity strikes her last safe place, the effects of the betrayal are brutal, pitting Michelle against ...

Only one thing stands between Frank Mason and his $20-million inheritance—a wife. When he finds Lisa,he doesn’t waste any time marrying her, but their fairytale romance is not built to last. Lisa’s infidelity doesn’t gounnoticed, but Frank has his reasons for maintaining his silence—until he uncovers some new information abouthis Stepford wife that lands him in jail. Only then does their picture-perfect life start to unravel, dragging every lastskeleton out of h...