Hampton Beach is a gem tucked away on New Hampshire's 18-mile coastline, but its unique qualities and picturesque views have made it one of New England's most beloved vacation destinations. At the center of beach activity is the Seashell Complex and the Hampton Beach Casino. The Seashell has been on the coast since 1962, and the Casino Ballroom has occupied Ocean Boulevard for over 110 years. The community boasts a seamless combination of old and new, from the recent Hampton Beach Redevelo...

Brother against Brother: 140 Civil War Memoirs assembles a vast documentary chorus from the American Civil War, illuminating combat, command, captivity, nursing, naval service, campaigning, and the unsettled moral terrain of national rupture. Ranging from terse battlefield recollection and military analysis to reflective autobiography and eyewitness narrative, the volume preserves the varied registers through which participants made meaning of war. Accounts of major operations stand beside...

As summer unfolds in Five Island Cove, Mandie Kelton, Alicia Halverson, and Suzette Paxman dive into another ambitious restoration project. After the whirlwind of wedding season, the three best friends are eager to take on the enigmatic Cove Cottage, a historic seaside home steeped in secrets.Mandie's research into the cottage's past reveals startling ties to her own family, forcing her to question everything she thought she knew. As she juggles personal ambition a...

Fresh off their triumph at the Hampton House, Mandie Kelton, Alicia Halverson, and Suzette Paxman are ready for their next challenge, but life at PastForward is about to get a whole lot more complicated. With their Flatiron office slated to close, the women are forced to take on a new project – restoring a historic yacht club and the abandoned yacht docked there — a vessel as storied as the mansion they just left behind. As they delve into the yacht’s rich history, the team will fi...

He's a powerful business mogul accustomed to control.She's a determined young lawyer thrown into his glamorous world by a twist of fate.When New York business mogul Daniel Sinclair needs an escort for a crucial San Francisco event, Sabrina steps in for her sick roommate, never imagining that sparks would fly. Their encounter is electric, a collision of worlds that ignites an undeniable passion. But Sabrina's true identity hangs in the balance, a secret that could shatter th...

Service is what Colin desires and Roddy seeks to dominate. But is the carefree Master a fraud about to shatter Colin's heart?The Hampton Road Club has become young Colin's sanctuary. He's been assured he can find the right man at the private gentleman's establishment, but the perfect dominant partner eludes him. In addition, he's rebuffed the advances of so many frustrated Masters, he's terrified he'll be tossed into the streets.Roddy's been in a tussle or ...

3 Hamptons Bachelor Club books in one box set!This box set includes:Accidental Exposure (#4)Accidental Imposter (#5)Accidental Indiscretion (#6)Accidental ExposureAt his friend’s wedding, wealthy Paul Gilbert is utterly captivated by the radiant Holly Foster. One unforgettable night in her arms leaves him reeling, until a shocking revelation shatters his enchantment: Holly is a professional escort.Feelin...

Sailing back from Maine, Sam Acquillo, his girlfriend, Amanda Anselma, and screwball mutt Eddie Van Halen get blown off course by a dangerous gale. With damaged boat and frayed nerves, they limp into the closest harbor, which happens to be on Fishers Island, New York, a distant and altogether disassociated scrap of Long Island.A summer preserve for the oldest old money in America, it is defended by year-round denizens who safeguard their island’s insularity with xenophobic fervor. ...

In this spin-off series to Sag Harbor Black Romances, venture back to Black elegance and prestige.KevinThe road to my tech domination is paved with enemies who want me crushed. A millionaire in my own right as a teenager, this scrawny, high yella kid is winning despite the sins of my fathers. Now I'm America's biggest black tech mogul. With a target on my back, the higher I rise, the harder I stand to fall. Especially when my famil...

Intermingling architectural, cultural, and religious history, Louis Nelson reads Anglican architecture and decorative arts as documents of eighteenth-century religious practice and belief. In The Beauty of Holiness, he tells the story of the Church of England in colonial South Carolina, revealing how the colony’s Anglicans negotiated the tensions between the persistence of seventeenth-century religious practice and the rising tide of Enlightenment thought and sentimentality.

Hattie Peake loves to explore her seaside town with her best friend, Millie, in search of new adventures. Together they rummage through clumps of vines and gaze high into trees, hoping to discover new species of birds. Someday, Hattie hopes to become a teacher like her mother, who is deeply devoted to educating the children of slaves so that they might have a leg up in life if they are ever freed.When the Civil War breaks out, Hattie's world is turned upside down. Soldiers from the...

""Splendid . . . what really sells this imaginative, scary, verge-of-growing-up tale is its characters, each with a distinct voice and personality. . . . Kois' surprising second novel is a natural for fans of the character-based horror fiction of Grady Hendrix or Paul Tremblay and will win him a whole new sphere of readers."" —Booklist""Marvelous, tender, and unpredictable, Hampton Heights captures the uncanniness and discomfort of early a...