He was a prince, forced into a new life as a pauper.Luc, a poor but vain young man in 1775 Paris, is confused by his dreams of gilded ballrooms and unknown people in lace and jewels. What's more, everything before the past two years is a hazy fog in his mind. His only link is Aunt Mathilde, who gives him few answers.What he doesn't know is that 'Aunt Mathilde' is in fact his mother—and a Sorceress. She keeps him captive under her magical veil, desperate to both protect him and punish him for the evil deeds of his royal past.When disease leaves Luc scarred and weakened, he feels his life is over. He pushes away his humble friends, including Emilie, a young housemaid.Emilie, scarred from sma...

Follow the author as he makes a life-changing decision that will determine his future for the next fifty years. Starting in the corporate world, he then ventured into his own plastics business. After twenty years, he finally “retired,” only to devote every spare moment to establishing two vineyards, a winery, and a small-scale farm raising Red Angus cattle. Defying the odds in this consumer-driven business, he has managed to zig, then zag, his way through a myriad of challenges—some forced upon him, while others he’ll forthrightly admit were his own doing—as he tries to find the right formula for the business. Not without his fair share of reflective thinking, he shares his stories...

In this sweeping climate thriller, an economist and a public servant join forces—and hearts—to navigate a dangerous international conflict and imminent environmental disaster.Matthew Rice needs a reset. After serving on a traumatizing jury panel, he’s had his fill of high-stress situations. Determined to start fresh, he moves to Cambridge to get his PhD in climate science at Harvard and reconnect with his long-distance lover, Mary Louise, a brilliant scientist herself. But a chance encounter with Kay, a young diner waitress on the run from the Irish Republican Army, derails both of their plans.Soon Matthew and Mary Louise are embroiled in the consequences of Kay’s mysterious past. Bu...