Something from the past was destined to haunt her for a very long time. Mercy, a compassionate nun and an orphan, quits the nunnery in Ghana after receiving a vision for a calling outside the convent. Mercy launches into a new life in her homeland of Nigeria, which is rife with poverty, pain, harassment, loneliness and gender prejudice, as well as abuse, betrayal, murder, revenge, blackmail and decadence. Possessing such qualities as determination, courage, sacrifice, perseverance and faith, Mercy surmounts many obstacles to become a career-oriented counselor. Her work is everything, until she meets and marries Nick, a dashing multi-millionaire …

The dramatic novel Good Evening, Vietnam is a love story interrupted by war. During his tour of duty in Vietnam, a young U.S. chopper co-pilot falls in love with a Vietnamese girl. After his chopper is shot down, he is taken prisoner by the Vietcong. Under a POW exchange in 1973, he returns to America, leaving behind his pregnant girlfriend. After the Vietcong take over Saigon, they imprison hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese who worked with the Americans, force others into the jungles, and denounce the children of U.S. soldiers. Most of these abandoned children were left homeless, some …

Take Carrie Bradshaw and combine her with Samantha Jones, and you've got Rachel. In Diary of a Single Thirty-Something:31, Rachel begins a close relationship with her only reliable friend her diary and chronicles the ups and downs of being single and in your 30's in todays ever-changing society. While negotiating the single's landscape, Rachel's trials and tribulations with her indecisive brother, Caden, along with her husband-hunting best friend, Kacey, are also highlighted. Rachel's adventures in love are brought to life in this entertaining and insightful book, as she wonders if she might never settle for settling down. Does Rachel want …

There is an energy force in the world - known to the Ancients - that has largely escaped the interest of the modern day world. Why? There are allusions to this energy in the Chinese I-Ching, in the Hebrew Torah, in the Christian Bible, in the Hindu Sanskrit Ramayana and in the Muslim Holy Qur'an. Its force is strongest within the Earth's magnetic triangles. Near one of these--the Bermuda Triangle--circumstances bring together four very different people. Patrick Gallagher is a mining engineer searching for a viable alternative to fossil fuels; Tara Geoffrey, an airline pilot on holidays in the Caribbean; …

A terrible tsunami struck the idyllic South Pacific islands the afternoon Carla Kennedy and Daniel Briggs made love for the first time. The skiff they'd been rowing across the bay on their way home from school had broken into countless pieces, but Carla had managed to cling tightly to a small piece of its timber decking in her desperate struggle to survive, refusing to surrender it even after she'd been rescued. She woke, bewildered and lost, suffering amnesia and, unknown to her at the time, pregnant. An elderly couple, Joshua and Hazel Kaplan, volunteer workers in the aftermath of the …

David Monroe is the would-be beneficiary of his father's multimillion-dollar enterprise. Avaricious and sadistic, Mr. Monroe creates an evil plot to secure his inheritance by using another human being to sow his seed and bear the children his barren wife cannot. Bodies begin to disappear one after another. Helen Avery, seemingly a victim of these mysterious disappearances, manages to escape the gruesome nightmare and survives. Rescued from the outback of Australia, Helen begins her own investigation of the past, uncovering more and more evidence that ultimately points to David Monroe. Set in 1980?s Australia, The Planting is a chilling novel …

In this dramatic historical novel, a sequel to author Joyce Dorsey Ostlund's Love's Gift,17 year-old Annie faces a shocking and stark future when her father sells the family farm and leaves Annie and her mother to work as servants for the new owner and his son. Annie's life becomes miserable, especially due to the sexual advances of her bosses, but she finds solace in friendship with other workers on the farm, and at the local church. When she continues to encounter abuse, the priest helps Annie move to the city, and then to London. Five years later, Annie returns to …

Phone calls from an older woman A letter found in the desk of his room A court document in the backseat of his car Taken individually these may seem like nothing, but together they are all clues to a secret from Randy?s past life. School Spirit: The Past May Haunt You is set in the fictional town of Warring, Kansas, where football superstar Randy is madly in love with heartthrob, Jennifer. With his favorite girl by his side and a scholarship to the University of Michigan, it appears his future is coming together perfectly. But a visit from someone in …

Set in the Middle East in the 1970s, Artificial Horizon reveals the secrets of four pilots and their wives who are working for a newly expanding airline.Faced with long separations, political tensions and romantic intrigue they are forced to come to terms with their relationships. Amidst the emotional turmoil a dramatic hijack proves to be pivotal in the lives of two of the couples. The high flying pilots play in an international arena, their western ways sometimes clashing with the culture of the Middle East. Despite this, the integrity and protocol of the airline is always maintained, even as the …

Tyler Fox, from Goessel, Kansas, is a sophomore at St. Alfanus, a private Catholic college near Hooks in Bowie County, Texas. Tyler is an up-and-coming golfer who will hopefully lead the St. Alfanus team to a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship. One day as he is practicing prior to the start of fall semester, the editor of the St. Alfanus Clarion, Charlie Harrison, shows up to do a story about Tyler’s golfing prowess. Charlie convinces Tyler, who is an English major, to come work for The Clarion. Days before the fall semester is to begin, Tyler takes an evening …