Mustard Seed

The bestselling author of Yellow Crocus returns with a haunting and tender story of three women returning to the plantation they once called home. Oberlin, ohio, 1868. There she must face the Confederate family she betrayed by marrying an abolitionist. Three years after the civil war, an aspiring suffragette, Lisbeth and Mattie are tending their homes and families while Jordan, teaches at an integrated school.

When lisbeth discovers that her father is dying, she’s summoned back to the Virginia plantation where she grew up. For lisbeth, it’s a time for reconciliation. The women have an unlikely bond deeper than friendship. Jordan freedman was born a slave to Mattie, Lisbeth’s beloved nurse. Jordan and mattie return to Fair Oaks, too, to save the family they left behind, who still toil in oppression.

Lisbeth johnson was born into privilege in the antebellum South. For jordan and Mattie, it’s time for liberation. As the johnsons and freedmans confront the injustice that binds them, as well as the bitterness and violence that seethes at its heart, the women must find the courage to free their families—and themselves—from the past.

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Yellow Crocus

As she grows older, mattie becomes more like family to Lisbeth than her own kin and the girl’s visits to the slaves’ quarters—and their lively and loving community—bring them closer together than ever. Though lisbeth leads a life of privilege, she finds nothing but loneliness in the company of her overwhelmed mother and her distant, slave-owning father.

Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come. Moments after lisbeth is born, mattie, she’s taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. But can two women in such disparate circumstances form a bond like theirs without consequence? This deeply moving tale of unlikely love traces the journey of these very different women as each searches for freedom and dignity.

Revised edition: This edition of Yellow Crocus includes editorial revisions.


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Living Right

Living right strips away the politics of gay rights to reveal what’s really at stake in this ongoing conflict: family. If she's living right, how can josh be gay?Desperate for a cure, Jenn and her husband send Josh to a Christian conversion therapy camp recommended by their trusted pastor. Her fear deepens when she discovers that Josh struggles with same-sex attraction.

Author laila ibrahim tackles a subject directly out of the headlines in Living Right, an intimate story about a mother’s struggle to reconcile her religious beliefs with her son's sexual orientation. But as the story unfolds, son, her husband, and daughters seem to be questioning her deepest values, threatening irreparable damage to the tight-knit Henderson family.

Jenn is unwavering in her faith that Josh can be transformed by the grace of God. But the certainty that she is living right falters after her teenage son, Josh, swallows a bottle of sleeping pills. As with her debut novel, yellow Crocus, Ibrahim's second novel explores an intimate and sensitive topic with insight and compassion.

She prays each morning, attends worship every Sunday, and confidently takes up the struggle to defend traditional marriage when she learns marriage licenses are being issued to gays and lesbians in nearby San Francisco. Jenn henderson is proud of the church-centered life she’s created for her family.


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CAIRNAERIE

But when a postman’s malevolence and a colleague’s revenge converge, Geneva's long-kept secret is exposed. Only this time, there is no place to hide. No longer the apple of her father’s eye, she is a pariah, defying her society's most sacrosanct rule. To protect her—and hoping for a change of heart—her shattered yet steadfast father hides her at Cairnaerie, his mountain estate.

But his iron-willed daughter is unrepentant. To that end, she engages an unwitting young history professor for help to escape Cairnaerie long enough to attend the wedding of her granddaughter—a girl dangerously unaware of her lineage. In this sweeping historical fiction, Cairnaerie unfolds across the landscape of Civil War Virginia and the war's aftermath.

. Geneva snow commits the unforgivable Southern sin. After years of solitude, an older and wiser Geneva is finally mellowing, and she is desperate to leave a legacy worthy of the father she loved and lost. For a second time, she faces a calamity of her own making.


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The Silver Music Box The Silver Music Box series Book 1

Too young to remember, Lilian was rescued from a Germany in the grips of the Holocaust. A captivating cross-generational novel from German author Mina Baites about a Jewish family divided by World War II and an inheritance with the power to bring them back together. 1914. For paul, with love. Now only she can trace what happened to a family who scattered to the reaches of the world, a family forced to choose between their heritage and their dreams for the future.

. With the keepsake is a letter from Lilian’s mother, telling her daughter for the first time that she was adopted. He crafted this treasure for his young son before leaving to fight in a terrible war to honor his beloved country—a country that would soon turn against his own family. A half century later, Londoner Lilian Morrison inherits the box after the death of her parents.

Jewish silversmith johann Blumenthal engraved those words on his most exquisite creation, a singing filigree bird inside a tiny ornamented box. Though the silver is tarnished and dented, this much-loved treasure is also a link to an astonishing past.


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The Girls of Ennismore

Victoria is bound for a coming out season in Dublin, and Rosie must find a way to support her family. Barely eight years old, Rosie joins the throng of servants preparing for the arrival of Queen Victoria. Engaging, atmospheric and packed with rich historical detail. Rich in authentic historical and irish detail, duty, The Girls of Ennismore is a compelling story of love, and reinvention, highlighting the vast rewards—or grave consequences—of following one’s heart.

And for rosie, family loyalty, friendship and patriotism will collide in life-changing ways, love, leading her through heartbreak and loss in search of her own triumphant independence. Advance praise for the girls of ennismore“An evocative, heartfelt story of how the bond of female friendship can survive and thrive through adversity.

Fans of downton Abbey will devour this sweeping tale. Kristina mcmorris, new york times bestselling author of the Edge of Lost“A captivating portrayal of life in Ireland—above and below stairs—during the years leading up to the Great War and the Irish rebellion. But while the royal visit is a coup for Ennismore, a chance meeting on the grounds proves even more momentous for Rosie.

Victoria bell, lord and Lady Ennis's young daughter, is desperately lonely. But ireland is changing too. Not even Ennismore can escape unscathed.


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Sister of Mine: A Novel

Little do they know that this place has an unusual history. Twelve years prior, the only jewish planter in the county—was given her own maid, Adelaide Mannheim—daughter of Mordecai, a young slave named Rachel. Will the plantation be spared? or will everything they’ve lived for be lost?Revised edition: Previously published as Slave and Sister, this edition of Sister of Mine: A Novel includes editorial revisions.

When two union soldiers stumble onto a plantation in northern Georgia on a warm May day in 1864, the last thing they expect is to see the Union flag flying high—or to be greeted by a group of freed slaves and their Jewish mistress. The two became friends, and soon they discovered a secret: Mordecai was Rachel’s father, too.

As the country moved toward war, Adelaide and Rachel struggled to navigate their newfound sisterhood—from love and resentment to betrayal and, ultimately, forgiveness. Now, facing these union soldiers as General Sherman advances nearer, their bond is put to the ultimate test.


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The House by the River

Her children have their own lives—they’ve married, fame, traveled the world, and courted romance, and even tragedy. But as they become modern, independent women in pursuit of their dreams, Theodora knows they need her—and each other—more than ever. And so, before each girl leaves the small house on the riverside at the foot of Mount Olympus, Theodora makes sure they know they are always welcome to return.

A devoted and resilient mother, theodora has lived through World War II, through the Nazi occupation of Greece, and through her husband’s death, and now she endures the twenty-year-long silence of her daughters’ absence. The first novel by acclaimed greek writer lena manta to appear in English translation, the careers they pursue, emotionally powerful saga following five young women as they realize that no matter the men they choose, The House by the River is an intimate, or the children they raise, the only constant is home.

Theodora knows she can’t keep her five beautiful daughters at home forever—they’re too curious, too free spirited, too like their late father. Have they grown so far apart that they’ve forgotten their childhood house in its tiny village, or will their broken hearts finally lead them home? .


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Murmurs in the Mountains Smoky Mountain Secrets Saga Book 3

They’ve found joy and contentment in each other and their family, but unexpected visitors change everything. Hushed secrets become louder, until everyone can hear the murmurs in the mountains. When gideon continues to struggle with physical limitations, Violet is determined to show him that he’s capable of almost anything.

However, her folks will never allow her to return home after shaming the Larsen name. With the unexpected help of some dear friends, she moves to Asheville, North Carolina to work as a nanny. Humiliated and scorned, she wants nothing more than to be back in the cove with her son. But when sickness comes to the cove and threatens those he loves, Gideon must face his biggest fears of all.

Caleb and rebecca Henry have finally settled into their marriage. Though the family’s four children work their way into her heart, they can’t replace the emptiness left by the absence of her own child. Violet and Gideon Myers are happy newlyweds. Lily larsen’s life has taken more turns than she ever thought possible.

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Liberty Street: A Novel of Late Civil War Savannah

She attends a black church and is enthralled by the reverend, a free colored man. She feels despondent and cynical. Abigale tate, has lost her father and husband in the Civil War, 24, and now General Sherman is about to invade Savannah. They have a furtive affair, which ends when she meets a Yankee major. Along the way she is beset by a teenage sister who has no boundaries in seeking love, a stalking German immigrant, and an outlaw brother who is hunted by the very man she hopes to marry.

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Nobody's Child: A heart-breaking saga of the search for belonging

Anne baker writes an engrossing saga in Nobody's Child - a tale of family, love and finding a place to call home. A little bit of everything and a gritty ending - I couldn't put it down''A really good read, a bit like a mini-series on TV. Lizzie is unaware of her parentage but her brother Joey is suspicious of the attention she receives from the Benders.

. But joey's obsession to provide lizzie with the riches she deserves leads to the destruction of their love, and Lizzie finds herself drawn to the family she has never known. A young woman's search for her roots has dramatic consequences. Dorothy wants nothing to do with her daughter Lizzie, so the Benders arrange for the child to be brought up by the O'Malley's, a feckless family living on the estate.

I especially liked the way it kept me guessing until the very end'. Perfect for fans of Cathy Sharp and Lyn Andrews. When dorothy mortimer finds herself pregnant, the Benders, she is sent away to family friends, to have the child. Eventually he takes Lizzie to Merseyside to claim what is rightfully hers. What readers are saying about Nobody's Child: 'A rags-to-riches story, but with a good underlying tale of spite and greed.

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