Kya is just a little girl when one by one her family leaves her. Even her father, the last person left, disappears one day. Forgotten in the swamps of North Carolina, Kya is raised by her own wits, nature, and a kind black man. She becomes a legend in the local town and draws in dared boys who think her old shack is haunted. Nasty rumors follow her anytime she’s forced to go into town for basic supplies. Years drift until 1969 when the town’s star boy is found dead. As Kya’s past unfolds, her upbringing and respect for nature plays out in stark contrast to the girl they think she is.
A female spy, thirty years, and two World Wars make up this heart wrenching story. Eve has lived her whole life believed to be less than her worth, until one man recruits her as a spy for the infamous Alice Network. Charlie has been taught to look good and nothing else, her skills squashed by her mother. When Charlie finds herself pregnant and with no husband her only option is to go to Europe and fix the little problem. But going to Europe also means a chance to finally learn the fate of her cousin in WWII. She abandons her mother in England to follow her one lead, Eve. Along the way, Eve’s past comes back into startling focus when Charlie’s cousin and her life start to take similar paths, just thirty years apart.
One random letter, one book, and one curious stranger change Juliet’s life. During her first book tour, when life isn’t feeling as grand or happy as she would like, a letter arrives from a stranger living on Guernsey Island. Could she help him find a book? Cut off from the world during the German occupation, he hopes she’ll help restore what has been lost for five years. This single chance letter starts a whirlwind discovery of the literary society that saved the lives of the people on the island. Juliet goes to learn the history of the island, and eventually finds out more about herself.
Rushed out of Boston at rumors of a family scandal, Lydia and her two sisters find themselves permanently living in their family’s intended summer home. A home built on the very ashes of the burned down house before it. Lydia immediately feels that the place is different. Starting with her father’s new business partner, Mr Barrett, who just learned that there’s a family attached to his partner. As summer passes, Lydia learns that the scandal may be more real than she thought, and that her own secrets may have more truth in them than she wants them to. She must pull on her family’s history to save herself and those she loves.
Seven husbands in the course of one lifetime… Why did she do it? It’s the question everyone asks when the elusive Evelyn Hugo decides to donate gowns to a charity auction. Monique asks it when she arrives at Evelyn’s house to conduct an interview for Vivant magazine. She also questions why Hugo requested such a low rung staff writer. Evelyn promises to explains it all if Monique does one thing - writes her biography instead. Now, as the story of Evelyn’s life unfolds, Monique has to decide between the chance of a lifetime and keeping her job at the magazine.
In a world where the gods walk amongst us, Circe is born with no place of her own. Though birthed to one of the most powerful Titans, she’s left to drift with no power or beauty to carry her through life. So she waits. One night the tides turn when one of their own is punished. That same night Circe defies all those around her, setting her own path - from one crazy ill-thought decision to the next - all leading to her exile for eternity alone, but now with power, where she watches history shape itself.
Hi I'm Kait!!!
Everyone has a long story. Short version is, I decided to go for my dreams and now I write books and write/direct movies with the two most important people in my life. In my spare time, I read too much and watch too many movies and then I woo you all with my delightful criticism of them. To get my full life story read more…
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Noemi is being sent on a crazy errand, or so she thinks when she’s whisked up to her cousin’s house after a weird letter that hints at more than the honeymoon bliss that should be happening between her and her husband. Noemi’s father fears it’s a hint of psychosis, or worse, she’s being miss treated, so Noami is to be his eyes and ears. What Noami isn’t prepared for is the rundown nature of the once prestigious High House. The walls are covered in mold, the electricity is all but nonexistent, and the restrictive rules are to keep the head of the house appeased as he suffers through his old age. Barely hosted, Noami is forced to barge her way into the family’s lives and her cousin's room to learn the truth. But when her cousin sends her for more medicine from the healer in town, Noami learns the sordid history of the house. Grabbing the help of her only ali, Noami tries to free her cousin from the family’s grasp.