In 1859 the Finnish-Swedish aristocrat and naval officer, Hampus Furuhjelm arrived in Alaska as one of the Russian colony's last ambassadors. He brought with him his young wife Anna Furuhjelm, who wrote many long letters in English to her mother. These letters, for the first time, give us a vivid picture of everyday life in the colonial capital, Sitka, in the period shortly before the USA. took over Alaska. The letters have been edited and commented by Anna Furuhjelm's great-granddaughter, Anni Christensen.

Mattie searched her entire life for the love of her life. She was intelligent. She was beautiful. She was confident. Yet, true love alluded her at the turn of every corner. This took a toll on her psychic. Finally, she realized he was there all the time waited patiently in line. Just when love was strong and stable tribulations unfathomably ensured. She was snatched from the jaws of life. The love of her life, better known as The Governor, was falsely accused of sexually harassing fifteen women. He was prosecuted with no evidence. It was as if the New York Attorney General and the New York Assembly mimicked the execution of Jesus as recording in the New Testament of the Bible. "I find no fault in him." "Kill him!" "Give us Barabbas." Like the treatment of the disciples of Jesus, all disciples murdered except Apostle John, anyone who supported the governor denied the women?s unsubstantiated claims were executed. A manufactured #metoo movement became the norm. A modern-day lynching would prevail. Women had their voices. Men could no longer speak. Americans were forced to accepted lynching as the norm. Although, her life was full of so much sorrow and fear, for Mattie, love would prevail. She held her own secrets. If she stepped out into the light, to protect the governor?s innocence, what would become of her. She knew that he was railroaded from the highest level of government. Could she take on such a powerful source? Would she be successful in defying the government of the United States? Politicians were corrupt everybody knew that. There was a fight in the political arena, the governor was being attacked from all corners of the ring. Would she enter the ring to protect her man?

It's been two years since disgraced Illinois governor Ray Perry disappeared from a federal courthouse in Chicago moments after being sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison on corruption charges. PI Michael Kelly is sitting in his office when he gets an anonymous email offering to pay him nearly a quarter million dollars if he will find Perry, no questions asked. Kelly's investigation begins with the woman Ray Perry left behind – his wife, Marie. Ostracized by her former friends and hounded by the feds, Marie tells Kelly she has no idea where her husband is. Like everyone else, Kelly doesn't believe her. As he hunts for her husband, Kelly begins to unwind Marie Perry's past. What he finds is a woman who turns out to be even more intriguing than her husband, with her own deeply complicated reasons for standing by him. Everyone in Chicago has secrets, including the governor's wife. Some of them she shared with her husband. Some of them she kept to herself. And some of them could get Michael Kelly killed. The Governor's Wife is a hard-eyed look at the intersection of the political and the personal, at the perils of trusting even those closest to us and the collateral damage of our highest aspirations. This is stylish, knock-out suspense from a modern master.

Have you ever wondered how one split-second decision could change your life for ever? The Bonners are the most powerful couple in Texas. Bode Bonner is the Republican Governor and his wife, Lindsay, is always by his side. From the outside everything looks rosy. But the Bonners are not happy. Bode is bored - he longs for more excitement in his life. Lindsay is at the end of her tether. She's had enough of Bode's womanising and of playing the dutiful wife.She is desperate to break free of her bland, wealthy lifestyle. Then Lindsay makes an impulsive decision that helps save the life of a poor Hispanic boy. From that moment on, nothing will be the same for the Bonners. Everything is about to change... From the author of the international bestsellers The Colour of Law and Accused, this is an addictively readable novel, filled with dramatic and ingenious twists and turns, that delves deep into the dark heart of Texas.