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Following an inexplicable teenage experience, physician Victoria Becquerel stayed as far away as possible from her grandfather's estate. She put her head down and kept herself grounded in science... in the here and now. When circumstances beyond her control put her back there anyway, she comes face to face with the one thing that haunted her half her life. Colonial planter Grant Laurent stayed to himself. Although one of the most eligible and...

The mist holds secrets of time itself... A newly minted architect born in the twenty-first century, Sophia Becquerel, steps in to help her father build a new house. But the building site appears to be haunted by ghosts from the past. A businessman born in the nineteenth century, Nathan Laurent, sets out to start an unprecedented venture in a new part of the country. But he finds more than he bargained for. A secret that haunts his dreams. Unbeknownst...

A Wish.An obsession.One passionate night. What if Cinderella's night at the ball left her with more than a lost slipper?A logical, practical scientist, Anna Becquerel, possesses an overactive curiosity about all things related to time. Devoted to her work, she sets out to finally test her groundbreaking invention. Every last detail planned and executed.Zachary Champlain needs a wife. But the young ladies in his social circle either talked too much...

After inheriting a ranch in Colorado from an unknown uncle, Sydney Brandt believes it had to be a mistake. First, her parents knew nothing about this so-called uncle. She had been led to believe the huge ranch had been deserted for many years. But a man named Adam Auclair seemed to think he owned the house. That was the second thing. Adam Auclair had an unusually high sense of responsibility. To the ranch. To his grandparents. To his siblings....

At the wrong place at the wrong time, Savannah Lexton finds herself trapped in the middle of the siege of Vicksburg. Despite not chosing a side in this war, she finds herself slipping over the fence. But dutybound, she stays the course. On his way to Texas, Southern Captain Jackson LaFleur unexpectedly finds himself and his men caught up in the siege of Vicksburg. But oddly enough, he does not mind the delay. Not when it gives him the opportunity...

Strong Southern women and the Northern men who fall in love with them. Gabriella Beauchamp. A young southern belle left alone with her stepmother during the American Civil War. Christopher Monroe. An officer in the Yankee army. When orders bring him to his best friend's home deep in southern territory, he must rescue his friend's little sister from her evil stepmother. Rescued by the enemy, will Gabriella have to give up her life as she knows it?...

Allyson Beauchamp. A young lady with big dreams and an adventurous spirit. She spontaneously decides to join her sister in the Colorado Territory. A grand lark after the dullness of the war between the states. Following her dreams of adventure. Jared Montgomery. A man searching for a place to call home after the war ended. Jared found a new place for himself on the frontier. A place to call home. But he never expected to find a lady like Allyson out...

Stories of strong Southern women and the Northern men who fall in love with them. Gabriella Beauchamp. A young southern belle left alone with her stepmother during the American Civil War. Christopher Monroe. An officer in the Yankee army. When orders bring him to his best friend's home deep in southern territory, he must rescue his friend's little sister from her evil stepmother. Rescued by the enemy, will Gabriella have to give up her life as she...

THE QUINNS - A CIVIL WAR ROMANCE COLLECTION The Quinns is a series of interconnected, full-length standalone novels. Wait for Me. Take Me Home. Keep Me Safe. Two sisters. One brother. One country turned against itself. About the books: WAIT FOR METrapped for the long months of the siege, the residents of Vicksburg retreat into hiding. Isabella Quinn must focus above all else on surviving. But her past unexpectedly grasps her attention. Benjamin Richardson...

BECKONED THE BECQUERELS SERIES VOLUME ONE Beckoned is a series of interconnected, full-length standalone novels. Twist of Fate, When the Stars Align, Once in a Blue Moon, Once Upon a Christmas, and A Wish Upon a Star. About the books: Twist of Fate. Erika Becquerel finds herself in an impossible world. A Harvest Moon Ball in her beloved grandfather's home? As she struggles to make sense of claims that she fell into the year 1837, her grandfather's...