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The Perfect Family? Hardly.It cracked when Jenna Bergstrom was fourteen and shattered a few years later. Secrets followed by tragedy will do that to you.Now Jenna's ailing grandfather needs her expertise to restore the family's legendary artists' retreat known as Sinner's Grove. Reluctantly she agrees to help, but there's a problem…She'll have to work side-by-side with the ex-love of her life.Brit Maguire knows heartbreak. Jenna was the girl o...

The Perfect Family? Hardly. It cracked when Jenna Bergstrom was fourteen and shattered a few years later. Secrets followed by tragedy will do that to you. Now Jenna's ailing grandfather needs her expertise to restore the family's legendary artists' retreat known as Sinner's Grove. Reluctantly she agrees to help, but there's a problem... She'll have to work side-by-side with the ex-love of her life. Brit Maguire knows heartbreak. Jenna was the ...

She Confronted Her Demon - and He Wanted Her Back.After her playboy father dies in a racing boat mishap, innkeeper Daniela Dunn must travel from Northern California back to Verona, Italy and her childhood home, an estate called the Panther's Lair. To say she's reluctant to go is an understatement.In fact, she's petrified. The mansion she grew up in holds terrifying memories and deeply buried secrets. It's a place where appearances are deceivin...

A Fortune in Stolen Jewels, a Centuries-old Vendetta: Let the Shell Game Begin.Award-winning jewelry designer Regina Firestone is proud to exhibit her famous grandmother's multi-million dollar "bauble" collection at the grand re-opening of The Grove Center for American Art, known among the locals as "Sinner's Grove." The fact that she's considering modeling the jewels in the nude like her grandmother did infuriates photographer Walker Banks, a...

A Fortune in Stolen Jewels, a Centuries-old Vendetta: Let the Shell Game Begin. Award-winning jewelry designer Regina Firestone is proud to exhibit her famous grandmother's multi-million dollar "bauble" collection at the grand re-opening of The Grove Center for American Art, known among the locals as "Sinner's Grove." The fact that she's considering modeling the jewels in the nude like her grandmother did infuriates photographer Walker Banks, ...

HE'LL RISK EVERYTHING TO KEEP HIS WORD April 18, 1906. A massive earthquake has decimated much of San Francisco, leaving thousands without food, water or shelter. Patrolling the streets to help those in need, Army corporal Ben Tilson meets a young woman named Charlotte who touches his heart, making him think of a future with her in it. In the heat of the moment he makes a promise to her little sister that even he realizes will be almost imposs...

What's worse than a mother like Josephine? Turning out to be just like her. In the late nineteenth century, wealthy and headstrong Kit Firestone chafes under the strictures of the Golden City's high society, especially the interference of her charming but overbearing mother, Josephine. Kit's secret rebellion leads to potentially catastrophic results and keeps her from finding true happiness. When her brother nearly dies from a dangerous infect...

In San Francisco's Chinatown circa 1903, slavery, polygamy, and rampant prostitution are thriving-just blocks away from the Golden City's elite. Wealthy and well-connected, Will Firestone enters the mysterious enclave with an eye toward expanding his shipping business. What he finds there will astonish him. With the help of an exotic young widow and a gifted teenage orphan, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery, where lust, love and traged...

FORTUNE… SACRIFICE… PASSION.... and SECRETSA gripping tale of social morality, mystery and second chances in turn-of-the century San Francisco, The Art of Love will take you on an unforgettable journey from the last frontier of the Klondike to the new Sodom and Gomorrah of its time - Welcome to The Golden City.After digging a fortune from the frozen fields of the Klondike, August Wolff heads south to the "Golden City" of San Francisco, hoping ...

What's worse than a mother like Josephine? Turning out to be just like her.In the late nineteenth century, wealthy and headstrong Kit Firestone chafes under the strictures of the Golden City's high society, especially the interference of her charming but overbearing mother, Josephine. Kit's secret rebellion leads to potentially catastrophic results and keeps her from finding true happiness.When her brother nearly dies from a dangerous infectio...

HE'LL RISK EVERYTHING TO KEEP HIS WORD... IF THE GOLDEN CITY WILL LET HIM. April 18, 1906. A massive earthquake has decimated much of San Francisco, leaving thousands without food, water or shelter. Patrolling the streets to help those in need, Army corporal Ben Tilson meets a young woman named Charlotte who touches his heart, making him think of a future with her in it. In the heat of the moment he makes a promise to her family that even he r...

Slavery...Polygamy...Prostitution...and the Plague-- The Golden City Has Its Secrets. A 2017 RITA Finalist in Mainstream Fiction In 1903, San Francisco's Chinatown is teeming with vice just blocks away from the Golden City's aristocrats, but wealthy Will Firestone sees the district as a potential market for his shipping enterprise. Dazzled by an exotic young widow from Canton, he is drawn into the immigrant enclave, a decision that will rock h...

Your Journey to The Golden City begins here...FORTUNE…SACRIFICE…PASSION....and SECRETS A gripping tale of social morality, mystery and second chances in turn-of-the century San Francisco, The Art of Love will take you on an unforgettable journey from the last frontier of the Klondike to the new Sodom and Gomorrah of its time - Welcome to The Golden City. After digging a fortune from the frozen fields of the Klondike, August Wolff heads south t...

The Golden City is in peril…and so is Tom Justice."This excellent story, with well-researched historical detail, is a profile of resilience in the face of vast tragedy." Publisher's Weekly"A well-thought-out legal drama, full of intrigue and duplicity." Kirkus Reviews 1907: Former surgeon Tom Justice sits in a San Francisco jail on murder charges. The attorney hired to defend him is perplexed: the doctor hasn't confessed to the crime-if there ...

She Confronted Her Demon - and He Wanted Her Back. After her playboy father dies in a racing boat mishap, innkeeper Daniela Dunn must travel from Northern California back to Verona, Italy and her childhood home, an estate called the Panther's Lair. To say she's reluctant to go is an understatement.In fact, she's petrified. The mansion she grew up in holds terrifying memories and deeply buried secrets. It's a place where appearances are deceivi...

The Golden City is in peril…and so is Tom Justice. "This excellent story, with well-researched historical detail, is a profile in resilience in the face of vast tragedy." Publisher's Weekly"A well-thought-out legal drama, full of intrigue and duplicity." Kirkus Reviews1907: Former surgeon Tom Justice sits in a San Francisco jail on murder charges. The attorney hired to defend him is perplexed: the doctor hasn't confessed to the crime-if there ...