Patricia Matthews Reihenfolge der Bücher

1848. America's most unforgettable era. As suffragettes begin their long struggle...as the gold rush spurs glorious optimism...comes a story of a proud, passionate love only the gifted pen of Patricia Matthews can tell. Jemina Benedict refuses to sit prettily and be wooed by Beacon Hill's most eligible gentlemen. Instead, she follows her dream to Philadelphia, and under the nurturing wing of Sara Hale and her magazine, Godey's Lady's Book, Jemina crafts her talent—writing about the women and events that shaped our nation's history. Owen Thursday. Torn by past secrets he has never shared, he is the best journalist the Philadelphia Ledger has. He follows his stories all over the world, footloose, fancy-free and alone. Until Miss Jemina Benedict matches his indomitable spirit with her own—and shows him a love as far-reaching as their dreams.

1840. Sur la côte de la Caroline du Sud, Marianna, sauvage et fière, tente de survivre au milieu d'une bande de naufrageurs où règne la loi du plus fort. Elle n'a que 16 ans mais connaît tout déjà de sa condition de femme. Alors, quand un soir de brume après un naufrage, la mer rejette le corps inanimé d'un jeune homme - Philipp Courtwight -, c'est pour Marianna comme un don de l'Océan : elle qui ne connaît que la souffrance et l'humiliation, offre à cet inconnu tout à la fois son coeur et sa vie. Partir, échapper enfin à ce monde cruel devient soudain possible grâce à lui... lorsque surgit Adam Harper, capitaine de baleinier, obstiné et sûr de lui, qui met en péril ce fragile équilibre.

In 1817 Rebecca Trenton, a young Englishwoman, visits Pirate's Bank, a small island off the coast of South Carolina and falls in love with her handsome cousin, Armand Molyneux

Aan het weerzinwekkende leven dat een jonge vrouw leidt in een strandjuttersgemeenschap, komt een einde wanneer zij een drenkeling redt en met hem naar veiliger oorden vlucht.

From Alaska's boozing, brawling boomtowns to the graft-ridden pipeline and lawless frontier, the Cole dynasty was spawned from blood and money, cursed by the Midas touch... Jeremiah, the patriarch, staked his claim to an empire torn from the wilderness and ruled it with arrogant pride. Josh, his son the senator gave up the family empire to follow a political dream. Kelly ColeO'Keefe, fiery granddaughter, new mistress to the passionate family greed, suddenly ruled the Cole empire. Will, mercenary grandson, the dethroned heir, used his genius for oil and his appetite for women to fulfill a selfish need. Chris O'Keefe, the outsider, fell victim to love and treachery in this land of searing cold, where black gold gushed in waves in violence.