In 1859, a runaway slave and quilter named Joanna traveled the Underground Railroad to Elm Creek Farm -- only to be captured and forcibly returned to Virginia. More than a century later, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson recovers a bundle of letters that Joanna wrote from South Carolina. Reading transports Sylvia into the thick of the Civil War and to Edisto Island in the years afterward, where a group of ex-slaves formed a quilting circle.

"Picking up right where A Longer Fall left off, this ... third installment follows Lizbeth Rose as she takes on one of her most dangerous missions yet: rescuing her estranged partner, Prince Eli, from the Holy Russian Empire. Once in San Diego, Lizbeth is going to have to rely upon her sister Felicia and her growing Grigori powers to navigate her way through this strange new world of royalty and deception in order to get Eli freed from jail where...

It's all her grandmother's fault. For the last few month, Abigail Stoltzfus has helped her father with his genealogical research, hoping that breaking through a client's brick wall would also break his melancholy. But now her intrusive grandmother has set her sights on marrying off Abigail and insists she come to Stoney Ridge, where there is a plethora of eligible bachelors. Except that Mammi is mistaken. There are no eligible bachelors in Stoney...

"Serge Storms is a lover of history, so he's decided to investigate his own using one of those DNA services. Excited to construct a family tree, he and his sidekick Coleman hit the road in Florida to meet his kin. But as the old saying goes, the apple doesn't fall far ... Serge is thrilled to discover he may be related to a notorious serial killer who's terrorized the state for twenty years and never been caught. Which one of his newfound relatives...

It is late March and the Howard sisters, owners of the Grace Chapel Inn, find themselves busy. Alice begins mentoring a doctoral student intent on studying the townspeople of Acorn Hill; Jane becomes tour guide and genealogical sleuth for a traveler from afar; and Louise loses her temper and drives away a loved one. Once, again, the activities at the inn are the talk of the town.

Will of steel: When her past returns to haunt her, Jillian relies on Police Chief Theodore Graves to keep her safe; and when Blake Donovan's daughter comes to live with him, he asks Meredith Calhoun to help him take care of her. Texas wild: Desperate to find answers about her family's past, Megan Westmoreland turns to Rico Claiborne, a man with a knack for getting what he wants. But when Rico uncovers unsettling secrets, Megan is shaken to the core--and...

"Set against the natural beauty of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, the novel tells a story of one woman's life-changing discovery about her past ... As a child, Evie Lindsay was unnerved by her premonitions. As an adult, they have become a simple fact of life - sometimes disruptive but also inescapable, much like her quirky, lovable family. Evie's mother, Poppy, and her aunts, Camellia and Iris, are well known on San Orcanita island...

In this retelling of the Korean legend The tale of Shim Cheong, sixteen-year-old Mina is swept away to the Spirit Realm, where, assisted by a motley crew of demons, gods, and lesser spirits, she sets out to awaken the sleeping Sea God and save her homeland and family from deadly storms.

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on human energies. A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down. And a mysterious teenage...

While working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade history class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune.