Twelve years since Nina White’s family was taken away. Twelve years since she’s seen her older brothers and younger sister, and she’s pretty sure they’ve forgotten about her. If they haven’t, why haven’t they found her? Twelve years she’s lived in the system but now that she’s eighteen, she’s on her own and has control of her life. Tennyson “Tex” Lippencott came to New York with dreams of becoming a boxer. He’ll never make it big, but that’s okay. His dream is to remain here and one day own his own gym and he found the perfect place for his training at Miguel’s Gym, and only has a year and a half before he earns the degree necessary to move on to the next phase of his life. Tex has known Nina for two years, since she was a smart-mouthed, tough teen working with him. Except something happened in the last six months that he is finding difficult to manage—he’s fallen in love with her. This was not supposed to happen, but he doesn’t exactly want to fight it either. Nina has had it bad for Tex for a few months, not that she’d ever tell him. His sweet smile and heart the size of Texas is way too good for her and even if he did care, as soon as he learned the ugliness of her past, he’d distance him in a heartbeat. If it’s one thing she learned since she was taken from her family, was to build those walls and keep them reinforced so nobody can ever hurt her again. If only he’d leave her alone and quit insisting that she find her family. The family she’s afraid had forgotten her. Can Tex tear down her walls and will she allow him to.

Charlotte Hawthorn had everything she could ever want. She lived alone, enjoyed freedoms that few women ever experience, was a governess and an artist, and she had not seen her husband in four years. Theirs was a marriage in name only, a convenience. Victor Hawthorn, Viscount Blackmar, had not wanted to marry a stranger at the age of one and twenty. However, when a wealthy merchant purchased all his father’s debts, Victor was given the choice to either marry the man’s soon-to-be sixteen-year-old daughter or his family would face complete ruination. Victor had chosen marriage then left his young bride on a small estate and returned to his life. When he reluctantly returns four years later, Victor doesn’t find the girl he left behind, but an enticing, independent woman who not only creates beautiful art but would rather be a governess than married to him. Will they find their way to love and happiness or will all be ruined by an enemy who sets out to destroy their future.

Henry Cochran, Earl of Kilsyth, was never meant to be an earl. Nevertheless, the title was his, along with the ennui. He has nothing to excite or challenge him. At least that is the case until he unintentionally wins an Irish lass in a game of chance and undertakes an interesting new project—turning the lass into a lady. Eve Doyle had once known privilege and thought her future set. That was, until her brother’s monumental mistake forced them to flee Ireland and take up residence in Covent Garden. Just when she thought she’d be able to control her life, her brother wagered her at the gaming tables—and lost. Now she must endure the next two years as ward to Lord Kilsyth—a gentleman who wishes to change her as so many have in the past. However, the bigger challenge for both will be to keep from losing their hearts. The Wiggons’ School for Elegant Young Ladies meets My Fair Lady with a twist.

An American classic—and Pulitzer Prize–winning story—that shows the ultimate bond between child and pet. No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his dear animal friend. There has been a film and even a musical based on this moving story, a fine work of great American literature.