On January 1st, 1994, in a small remote village in Chiapas, Mexico, a young girl is separated from her family when a group of Guerilla soldiers named Zapatistas enter her village and take away everything she holds dear to her, her family. Alone and nearly starving to death, she must learn to live life everyday as if it were a gift remembering her mother’s words: “Even when hope seems to be nowhere in sight, remember this, a brighter day will overshadow all the bad days to come”.

Written for HMS Ulysses by Alastair MacLean.

Before he dies, The Kapok Kid gives his best friend Johnny Nicholls a name and an address in South East England. After the HMS Ulysses sinks, and the Kid dies, Johnny goes to Henley. What will he find there?

After graduating from Auburn, young Veterinarian Dr. Nathan Ogilvie moves to Savannah, Georgia to begin his practice in a difficult year: 1936.  He is successful, and he is well liked for his compassion and assistance to poor farmers, but his personal convictions soon make him a controversial figure.  In the small town of Pooler, just outside of Savannah, he befriends a colored woman named Mattie Walker who takes in orphans and abandoned children, many of whom are half white.  Out of desperation, Mattie calls him for help with a rape victim who has taken refuge with her, and his life is changed forever. He soon falls in love with his patient, but there is one problem: she is colored.  As their relationship develops, he further alienates himself from the community and endangers his fledgling practice, but he also finds support among true friends, including the sheriff in Pooler.  Life becomes even more complicated when a wealthy cotton broker goes missing, and Nathan finds himself fighting to save those closest to him from murderous accusations.    

Fleeing the Terror in Paris, 1793, Marianne meets Guy Mansell In Edinburgh. She is too quick to trust this charming, and oh so handsome, man who seems to hold the answer to her prayers. He is playing a double game but his deepening and powerful attraction to this lovely woman makes him question his long held beliefs. She is swept up in a new and glorious passion but he holds a secret which may destroy her trust forever.

This is a historical fiction letter that takes place during the Depression.