March, 1953. Nettie Gilbert has cherished her time studying to be a music teacher at Columbia College in South Carolina. But just days before her senior recital, she gets a letter from her mama telling her that her childhood sweetheart is getting married ... to her own sister. Devastated, Nettie drops out of school and takes a job as live-in help for two old-maid sisters.

Dust from the demolished Berlin Wall has barely settled, the East German police state is teetering on the edge of collapse, and Stasi General HOLGER FRANTZ will stop at nothing to save it. Caught in his intrigue are two unlikely heroes: American lawyer ROLF KELLER, recently divorced, fresh off the bottle, and mysteriously dispatched by his senior law partner to coordinate document drops by a defecting Stasi agent, and aspiring opera diva SYLVIA MAZZONI,...

Six-year-old Sedona tells about her pioneer great-great-grandmother, Sedona Schnebly, and the town of Sedona, Arizona, which was named for her.

"It's mid-July and Dr. Kate Pomeroy is in town for the final fitting on her wedding gown. She and Jeremy plan to marry the following weekend, an event that Kate is looking forward to with all her heart. But unbeknownst to her, she is being stalked and, as she walks to the water taxi stand, is accosted, incapacitated and stolen away to an uncertain and dangerous future. Will she survive the mental and physical torture she will be forced to endure?...

"A hidden, sacred canyon. Eight women. Twelve centuries. And a mystical song that connects it all. This is the layout of Robert DeMayo's new novel, "The Sirens of Oak Creek", a gripping tale that intertwines local myths with historical facts and the author's vibrant imagination. The story is also about the different people who passed through Arizona's magical Oak Creek Canyon over the centuries: Ancient hunter-gatherers, Mayan visitors, Spanish conquistadors,...