Catherine Palmer

"in her silk sari and bare feet.Violet Rosse is anything but a proper English miss.Born in England but raised in India.Violet has fallen passionately in love with the flora and fauna of her adopted country.so when her father makes plans to ship her back to England to marry,Violet will do everything in her power to thwart his wishes and keep the only home she's ever known in desperation,Violet's father convinces frustrated missionary Edmund Sherbourne to find Violet and escort her back to England.little does Edmund realize what it will mean to capture Violet and transplant her to foreign soil.As Edmund and Violet cross paths in pursuit of impossible dreams,they embark on an adventure that will change their lives forever."

When high-spirited Jane Fellowes finds her world turned upside down, she is determined to right it. First her uncle experiences periods of violent insanity, then her father is accused of crimes he surely cannot have committed. When Jane finds Sir Isaac Newton's box of mysterious scientific discoveries in her mad uncle's home, she feels compelled to analyze the information within. Can it be true that the box contains proof of the existence of God?

Drawn together by their sister's tragic illness, each of the Mossman siblings must face the truth of their past. As they reminisce about both good and bad memories of their childhood in Africa, they discover the God who never left them. This life-changing best-seller is now available in softcover.

On the eve of her 21st birthday, Ivy Bowden has much to anticipate. Engaged to be married to the man her father has chosen for her, Ivy dreams of a secure, contented future. But when she finds herself in the arms of her roguish neighbor, her world is thrown into complete disarray. Ivy must choose to submit to her family's choice, follow the leading of her willful heart--or obey her Father's will.

This is told from the point of view of Grant (Tillie and Jessica's skeptic brother) who lives in tents with no modern conveniences in Africa near a tribe that he is studying. The heroine is Alexandra Prescott who is a fabric designer from New York looking for design inspiration from the wilds of Africa. They meet at the airport and she mistakes him for a derelict. He's there to pick up Mama Hannah who is the African woman who raised him and his sisters. He helps her get to her hotel and goes on his way. Alexandra find more is wild in Africa than she could have imagined when she gets a cable that her bank account is empty and then another guest tries to strangle her. She escapes and in the heat of the desert can only think of getting to Mama Hannah and Grant. But the killer guest is more than just a random occurrence and Alexandra finds herself hunted by a professional. Grant after finding her in near heat stroke finds himself in the midst of things as her protector.

At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen. Each disappearance is marked only by a terse note - a brutal accusation. There are no explanations, no ransom demands ... and no hope. Policeman Jonas Holly faces a precarious journey into the warped mind of the kidnapper if he's to stand any chance of catching him. But - still reeling from a personal tragedy - is Jonas really up to the task? Because there's at least one person on Exmoor who thinks that, when it comes to being the first line of defence, Jonas Holly may be the last man to trust ..."--Back cover.

Desperate and on the run, Tillie Thornton finds herself in an uneasy partnership with Graeme McLeod, a daring adventurer who comes out of nowhere to thwart the plot of Tillie's would-be kidnappers. Now these two must join forces against their common enemies, as well as the challenges of nature, as they embark on a quest that could bring them the answers they seek--or cost them everything.

Jessica Thornton is ready for a fresh start for herself and her irrepressible son, Splinter. An unexpected, unusual inheritance--a remote island mansion--seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. But when she arrives, she steps into a dangerous web of deception, greed, and murder. Even worse, she runs into the one person she never wanted to lay eyes on again: her long-lost husband, the man who coldly deserted her before their son was born. And the request he makes of her threatens to shake the very foundation of her life.

His teenaged son is on the run-from a murder charge. Widowed rancher Cole Strong might not win any father-of-the-year awards, but he knows his boy. His son's only crime is caring too much about people and the world. Something Cole has forsaken. Now, a corrupt food supplier will do anything to protect its secrets and lies-including killing the kid who knows too much. The only person who can help is the dedicated teacher who'd been reaching out to his child: Jill Pruitt. A beautiful woman who reminds Cole of the man he used to be. Across a dusty, dangerous landscape, Cole and Jill must find the boy they both love-before someone very dangerous does.

Lady Bronwen, proud inheritor of the ancient ways of the Britons, had lost all she held dear. She had been widowed in war, then robbed of the ancestral home that was her birthright. And now her last hope was a stranger--one with whom she'd shared a single tender kiss.The foreign knight Jacques le Brun begged her to let him defend her honor--nay, her very life. But he owed fealty to the hated French who had conquered her country, England, and to the new faith they brought with them. Could Bronwen place her trust in the pure, untainted love she saw shining in this man's eyes--and follow him to a new world...?

Her faith takes her across the world and into the path of a most extraordinary man. Freshly arrived in East Africa, Emma Pickering is instantly drawn to Adam King. The rugged cowboy is as compelling as he is mysterious. And if he'll agree to a marriage of convenience, it would solve both their problems. Emma could secure her inheritance-and with it, her chance to find her sister. Adam could gain the funds needed to carve his ranch out of the savanna. Yet their match is anything but "convenient" when Emma's fears gain hold, and malicious whispers threaten to tear the couple apart. Only their love and shared faith can save their life together.

"Bart Kingsley had followed her to New Mexico, ready to lay his love--and his life--on the line. But spirited Laura Rose had made a fresh start for herself. She hadn't left her controlling father in Kansas to let some gun-slinging outlaw ruin her hopes--no matter what scandalous past they shared six years ago. Or how his green eyes beckoned! Rosie was his light in the darkness--Bart would do anything to win back her trust. But he was a wanted man. Would the past, with its dangerous demands and debts, conspire to destroy their new beginning? Or would his faith in God--and in Rosie--be rewarded?"--P. of cover.

He was one hot hombre...and to her dismay, cool, aloof Rachel Hart needed roughshod migrant worker Ruben Salazar. For, mysteriously, only Ruben could coax his fellow chile pickers to reap the precious, fiery fruits that would ransom her family's endangered farm. But what reward would this macho man demand? Marriage -- a marriage of convenience that promised both heaven and hell.