Original publication and copyright date: 2005.

In 1898 Ruth and her father, Doc Wright, came to the Klondike, where the gold rush has attracted many hopeful souls seeking their fortunes. One of the first persons Ruth meets is a gold miner named Joe Spencer. Ruth knows Joe is hiding several secrets and his steps are being tracked, but immediately he steals her heart. The town matchmaker has plans for Ruth and a young widower, Dr. Arthur Bradley, at the same time Joe is identified by a wanted poster from Skagway. Will she sail away on the next ship with Arthur and leave Joe in jail? Or will Joe break his silence and erase her fears?

For more than two millennia, Homer's poetry has stirred the imagination of its readers. Originally recited by traveling bards, these poems are exceptionally rich in conventional elements that helped the poets remember works thousands of lines long. As dynamic ingredients of oral poetry, these elements have accrued deep meaning, and for a well-informed audience they call significant associations to mind. In The Stranger's Welcome, Steve Reece treats eighteen "hospitality" scenes in the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns and reveals key aspects and standard elements of such scenes. Further, he demonstrates how Homeric listeners might comprehend the new and innovative by relying on their knowledge of the conventional and familiar. This tension between conventional and innovative, between the traditional background and the individual performance, distinguishes the aesthetics of Homeric poetry. Of interest to students and scholars of oral poetry, folklore, Homeric literature, and Greek literature in general, The Stranger's Welcome offers a practical approach whereby a reading audience may understand a hearing one.

Rebecca Hunter, a tomboyish rancher's daughter, falls in love with Christopher Kincaid, the mysterious city-bred man she rescues from a band of Sioux.

620 AD; The Frankish Empire of the Merovingians: When the merchant Samo finds his family murdered, all he wants is revenge on the murderers. Confronted with the repercussions of his revenge, he sets in motion events that affect the peoples of Europe to this day. While the Frankish kings try to exploit him, he finds a new love, a new family and a new home.

Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. Embroiled in the intrigues which centre around the ruling classes, he emerges as a combination of the Christian ideal and Dostoevsky's own views. The world created by the ruling classes cannot accommodate the goodness of this idiot.

The emotional journey of a man who travels through the harsh desert landscape. He takes on an abandoned, dusty dog ​​in which he finds his most loyal friend. The story escalates when a stranger and a dog come to the city from where they both left because of the envy people. The city is dominated by human pride and malice. On the way to their happiness and finding a real home they will go through hell, but also joyful moments that should bring them to their goals. But will they reach their destination?

The sexiest fugitive alive Wanted for murder, Graham Calloway has hidden for years in a remote mountain cabin, desperate to find the killer who framed him. Keira Niles, too, is running from her shattered life when, during a blizzard, a mysterious, silent stranger pulls her from her wrecked car. Their sizzling attraction is instant; mutual trust is not. While Keira doubts Graham's innocence, Graham fears she'll expose him. Instead it's an unforeseen betrayal that threatens Keira, causing Graham to risk exposure—and his life—to rescue her and redeem himself. For the first time he wants a future…but will the killer let him have one?