Competition can be killer.When tragedy strikes her mother's dance studio, former police hopeful Jayne Murphy knows there's more to her star instructor's "accident" than meets the eye.Officer Danny Nolan is still haunted by the line-of-duty death of his police partner, Jayne's brother Patrick. He’s kept his distance from her family, burdened by guilt and memories he’d rather forget. Now, with Jayne digging into the suspicious "accident” of a beloved...

Looking into a cold caseleads to a deadly pursuitWhen her brother is killed in a small Amish town, Anna Quinn discovers she's an unwelcome outsider—unlike the FBI agent investigating the case. Eli Miller left his Amish faith behind long ago, but his heart is rooted in a local cold case with a strange connection to Anna's loss. Desperate to uncover the truth, Anna and Eli are faced with stony silences and secrets…secrets that someone wants to ...

Julia Wedgwood (1833–1913) was a major intellectual presence in the Victorian period, yet her philosophical work has long remained overlooked. This book offers the first sustained study of her philosophy, recovering a distinctive and original framework centred on what she called the ‘law of imperfect antithesis’. Drawing on both published texts and newly attributed anonymous essays, it reconstructs the unity of her thought across ethics, metaphysics, religion, and history. Wedgwood argues ...

The Jayne Murphy Mystery Series: 3-Book Boxed SetMurder takes center stage in this gripping small-town mystery series!From reluctant dance studio manager to determined amateur sleuth, Jayne Murphy never expected to find herself investigating murder. When tragedy strikes her tight-knit dance community, Jayne's dormant investigative instincts—once destined for a career in law enforcement—roar back to life.Follow Jayne through...

In these two inspirational romantic suspense novels, women seeking refuge in Amish country find the protection and love of good men.Shielding the Amish Witness by USA Today –bestselling author Mary AlfordOn the run after discovering her brother-in-law was behind her husband's murder, Faith Cooper can think of only one safe place—her Amish grandmother's home. But when dan...

Amish women find love and protection with unexpected men in these two complete romance novels.The Amish Widow's New Love by Liz TolsmaNaomi Miller can't believe Elam Yoder is back in their community after all the pain he caused! Still, the young Amish widow must reunite with her disgraced first love to raise money for her infant son's surgery. Elam's remorse seems sincere, as does his commitment to helping Naomi and her baby. Elam's looking for for...

This Amish romance anthology pairs a sweet story of connection with a suspenseful cold case mystery.The Amish Midwife by Patricia DavidsAmish midwife Anne Stoltzfus is shocked at neighbor Joseph Lapp's request. Now responsible for his baby niece, Joseph is in over his head and needs a nanny fast. Soon they're bonding over baby Leah, and when Joseph makes an offer of marriage, Anne realizes that taking a chance could mean love—and fam...

The stage is set for murder.Jayne Murphy knew her first case as a private investigator was going to be tough, but she never expected to become a witness to a gruesome murder. When a long-time family friend falls from high above the stage during a production of a holiday favorite, The Nutcracker, Jayne is the only one who suspects foul play.Can she navigate the perils of an investigation that puts her in the crosshairs of a ruthless villain while also helpin...

Jayne Murphy is at it again.As the dance competition season kicks off, a snowstorm strands Jayne and her dancers at a convention. When the beloved emcee is found dead, Jayne refuses to dismiss it as an accident like the local police had. Armed with her newly refined investigative skills and aided by her on-again, off-again police officer boyfriend, Danny Nolan, Jayne is determined to uncover the truth behind Dale Diamond's untimely demise. The deeper she d...

The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century disrupts the widespread impression that there were no women philosophers in this period. Building on feminist histories of philosophy that cover other eras, this volume includes chapters on a wide range of women philosophers: those who wrote explicitly philosophical texts for academic audiences, others who philosophized in novels or pamphlets, and still others who philosophized through journal...

Women on Philosophy of Art is the first study of women's philosophies of art in long nineteenth-century Britain. It looks at seven women spanning the time from the Enlightenment to the beginning of modernism. They are Anna Barbauld, Joanna Baillie, Harriet Martineau, Anna Jameson, Frances Power Cobbe, Emilia Dilke, and Vernon Lee. The central issue that concerned them was how art related to morality and religion. Baillie and Martineau treated art as an agency of moral instruction,...

**There’s nowhere safe…but the Amish life she left behind.**Stumbling upon illegal drug activity in the health-care clinic where she works thrusts nursing student Bridget Miller into the crosshairs of a violent criminal. Now under the protection of DEA agent Zachary Bryant, she has no choice but to hide in her family’s Amish community. Reentering the life she abandoned to chase her dreams isn’t easy, but it may be the only way to stay alive…From Harlequin Lo...