In 1942, German subs are dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico to sink U.S. vessels carrying goods and fuel. While taking a late-night walk, Helen Mason--widowed by the war--discovers the near-lifeless body of a German sailor. Enraged at the site of Josef Landermann's uniform, Helen is prepared to leave him to die ... until an unusual phrase, faintly uttered, changes her mind. In The Heart Mender, as a small town prepares itself for the worst the world...

Her Sister Couldn't Be Alive… Could She? It had to be Riley Jo. She was certain…wasn't she? But when Abby Cummings tells her mother she thought she saw her sister at the store, her mother quickly dismisses the idea. After all, Riley Jo and their father had been missing for years. Presumably dead. Yet Abby cannot ignore her intuition. Telling her friend J. D., they investigate. But J. D. may know more about the disappearance than he's telling,...

"After K-9 unit administrative assistant Sophie Walters spots a suspicious stranger lurking a the K-9 graduation, the man kidnaps her--and she barely escapes. With Sophie's boss missing and someone determined to silence her, NYPD officer Luke Hathaway vows he and K-9 partner will guard her. But he must keep an emotional distance to ensure this mission ends in justice...not cold-blooded murder." --pg 4 of cover.

When Travis and Rebecca marry, rumors quickly spread that he has done so only for her dying father's ranch. Confused and convinced that Travis can never truly love her, Rebecca strikes out on her own. She disappears to make a new life for herself in a town far away, but her friends there are few, and life is hard. When desperate circumstances drive Rebecca home to Travis, she can see the change in the man she left behind. In her absence, he has grown...

After being threatened by her sister's ex, Sierra Lowery has forty-eight hours to surrender documents linking him to a bombing before he kills her and kidnaps her nephew. With the evidence missing and anyone who helps becoming a target, hiding out with Detective Cole Walker, her college sweetheart, might be her only chance for survival. But as explosives detonate in the wake of their search, their ranch safe haven could become a dangerous trap.

"When a remote Peruvian village is reduced to ash in seconds, the Shepherds face a horrific question: Is this the work of a man-made weapon of unthinkable power, or is God raining down judgment from above, as some believe? As the recently installed leader of the Joshua Bravo team, Jedidiah Johnson shifts into covert operation mode to follow rumors of a new energy-based weapon able to incinerate a target--even a human target--with no warning. With...

Amish-raised Kate Weaver, blessed with a beautiful singing voice, returns to Apple Lake after a violent encounter with a fellow academy student, and finds herself drawn to the peace and devotion of her Amish home. But can she give up her dreams? And will she make Nathaniel King's most profound hopes a reality--or break his heart all over again?