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When Jenny Castle appears in Adam Prettyman's theatre barn one evening saying she has come to sort out his finances and look after his children, he knows he needs the help and is unable to refuse. Full of self-blame after the death of his wife, he wants only to lose himself on st...

Seven years ago, Kitty made the biggest mistake of her life when she was tricked into eloping with a scoundrel. Now her husband is dead at the hands of London's most dangerous criminal - and he's after Kitty, too. Guarding Kitty and her six-year-old daughter Ann is dark, cynical ...

The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs t...

Follow the thrilling escapades as World War I ends and young Indy gets entangled in adventures with famous--and infamous--figures like Ernest Hemingway, Woodrow Wilson, Louis Armstrong and Al Capone during some of the most vibrant years of the 20th century.

At the beginning of the 20th century, coal was the engine of American industrial progress. Nearly three quarters of a million men across the country spent ten or twelve hours a day underground in coal mines. The Mine Wars brings to life the struggle that turned the coalfields of ...

When Verity Bowman's uncle dies, she discovers that she's inherited his fortune - as well as his attorney, Charles Congreve. But there's a catch. Concerned that Verity would be tempted to give herself completely to frivolity, her uncle has stipulated that she must first prove to ...

Betsy Baxter is the plucky stunt-actor star of the 1920s serial adventure, The Flapper Detective. While researching a wing-walking scene, she meets the fearless Winifred Habbamock and discovers a shared background of eerie encounters and eldritch phenomena. For years, Betsy has b...

A collection of twelve original stories about horses and the relationship between a horse and its rider, from a New York City police horse and his partner to a cowgirl's hard-working Appaloosa.

A collection of original stories about the noises, dreams, and shadows of the night that frighten and beguile the imagination.

When Jen answers an advertisement to create a 1915 herb garden for a TV documentary, she expects it to get her out of a money hole, not to change her life... Borderline recluse Theo Grainger is scarred mentally and physically from an appalling fall seven years ago. Adjusting to t...

"The evolution of crime, punishment, and justice in the future. What happens when time and technology change the definition of crime and punishment? -- Science fiction often focuses on future technology without considering the society housing it. Social norms may change as tech c...

Heroes can save the world, but villains can change it. We've assembled a great mix of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction. Come with us while we explore villains of all stripes - sons and daughters, lovers and fighters, minions and masterminds, in this giant volume ...