“I CAN’T GIVE YOU AN HEIR,” THE BROKEN CONSERVATOR WHISPERED—BUT THE MAFIA BOSS SAID ONE WORD, DEFIED HIS BLOODLINE, AND MADE HER HIS ONLY FUTURE

Part 1 Harley Hayes had spent most of her life believing there were rooms she was meant to enter and rooms she was meant to…

PART 2 The library held only two people. The most feared man in Boston. And a six-year-old girl in torn shoes. Alessandro kept his eyes…

MY HUSBAND SLAPPED ME, POINTED AT THE DOOR, AND SAID I OWNED NOTHING HERE — SO I LEFT QUIETLY, WAITING FOR ONE DOCUMENT TO SPEAK…

MY MOTHER GAVE EVERY GRANDCHILD A PRESENT EXCEPT MY TWO—SO I LEFT WITHOUT A WORD, AND BEFORE SUNRISE, THE ENVELOPE AT HER DOOR TOOK HER…

THEY LET AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL SAY GOODBYE TO DEATH ROW’S NEXT BODY – THEN SHE WHISPERED SOMETHING THAT MADE THE WARDEN CANCEL THE LAST WALK…

“By who?” The name stuck to her tongue. “Josiah Coulton.” The fire cracked. Jeremiah turned his head slowly, and the gentleness left his eyes without…