clara spent her last dollars on a dead bookshop everyone mocked—then seventeen forgotten books revealed why her father had died disgraced

The tray hit the tile before Delia Marsh could even catch her breath. Glass burst across the kitchen floor in bright little pieces, scattering beneath…

she was driven from her father’s farm with four dollars to her name—then a hidden house inside a mountain revealed the family truth no one…

The clipboard hit the folding table so hard that the sound cracked across the gravel like a slap. Paper slid everywhere. A little girl in…

Thaddius Crowell did not knock before entering Silver Briar. He pushed through the front door of Evelyn Ashborne’s house with his hat still on, his…

Rutherford Crane did not knock because men like him believed doors were only barriers for poorer people. The door to Evangeline Wickliffe’s study slammed open…

Cordelia Vane did not ask the tired cowboy to move. She did not lower her voice. She did not look at the sleeping baby against…