Kilteegan Bridge, County Cork, Ireland 1958

For eighteen-year-old Lena O'Sullivan, life feels like a cage with invisible bars. While everyone expects her to follow the well-worn path of marriage to a local boy and raising a family, Lena dreams of adventure and a world beyond the rolling hills of Kilteegan Bridge.

Malachy Berger is heir to a vast fortune, owner of the most magnificent house in the county, and blessed with an education that opens doors to anywhere in the world, Malachy represents everything Lena has ever yearned for. Not only is Malachy intriguing but there's something deliciously mysterious about his eccentric German father and their enigmatic past that has the entire village whispering behind closed doors.

When Lena and Malachy's friendship blossoms into something deeper, their families react with shocking hostility. But why? What dark secrets are they so desperate to hide? What could possibly be so dangerous about two young people falling in love?

As Lena digs deeper into the mystery, she uncovers a labyrinth of family secrets that span generations and continents. From the windswept cliffs of Ireland to the bustling streets of Cardiff, and back to the shadows of old Germany, she discovers that her destiny has been shaped by forces beyond her imagination.

Now Lena and Malachy must navigate a treacherous web of lies, betrayal, and secrets. Can they break free from the chains of the past, or are the doomed to pay for the sins of those gone before?

A sweeping tale of mystery, romance, and the courage to forge your own destiny against impossible odds.

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From the author of the critically acclaimed Northwest Passage, American Journey, and Carson Chronicles series comes the first book in the Time Box saga.

Virginia physicist Mark Lane has a problem. Weeks after privately creating two time machines, he learns his corporate partner wants to use the portable devices for nefarious purposes. Rather than give him the chance to do so, Mark takes the time boxes and escapes to the relative safety of 1865.

For Mark, wife Mary, and their children, the adventure is a chance to grow. Mary runs a business. Jeremy, 19, and Ashley, 12, befriend escaped slaves. Laura, 22, finds her place as a nurse. Jordan, 25, falls for a beautiful widow. All hope to find peace in the past.

Billionaire Robert Devereaux has other ideas. Shortly after Mark's betrayal, he sends an assassin to 1865 to retrieve his property and set matters straight.

Filled with romance, suspense, and history, THE LANE BETRAYAL follows a modern American family as it tries to find security and contentment in the final weeks of the Civil War.

Readers' Advisory: The Lane Betrayal is the first novel in a five-part family saga that spans several decades. While some storylines are resolved, others are not. They are addressed in subsequent books.
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A son of war, Archie was born in the shadow of his father's fame.

Now he returns from exile to a Scotland torn apart by conflict. He is determined to prove himself worthy of his father's legacy and navigate the treacherous world of medieval Scotland, from brutal battlefields to the scheming royal court of the King of Scots. Under the tutelage of his mentor, Archie learns the ways of a knight and forges unbreakable bonds of loyalty and courage as he rises through the ranks.
But as he fights for his homeland and his people, Archie must also confront his own demons and doubts. Will his illegitimate birth forever condemn him to a life of servitude? Or can he rise above his birth and become the hero he was meant to be?
This fast-paced tale of gritty battles and unbreakable bonds will captivate fans of "The Last Kingdom" and "Outlaw King". Don't miss out on Archie's journey to greatness!

Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced.

Small town Illinois, 1870: "My stepfather was not particularly fond of me to begin with, and now that he'd found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth"

Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of her child's father and accepts her stepfather's decision that the baby be born at a Poor Farm and discreetly adopted.

Until an unused padded cell is opened and two small bodies fall out.

Nell is the only resident of the Poor Farm who is convinced the unwed mother and her baby were murdered, and rethinks her decision to abandon her own child to fate. But even if she manages to escape the Poor Farm with her baby she may have no safe place to run to.