Book Synopsis: HUNGRY AS THE SEA by Wilbur Smith
Darkly handsome Nicholas Berg was once the powerful head of a vast shipping empire. Now the last of his fortune rides on one superbly equipped salvage tug. In the cruel waters of arctic seas and again, in the grip of a Caribbean hurricane, he pits himself and his ship against the forces of nature. Nick is a man accustomed to winning, in business and in love, and his valiant attempt to recoup makes for high adventure.
TIGHTROPE WALKER by Dorothy Gilman
Amelia Jones had always been shy and uncertain. But when she found a mysterious note hidden aside an old hurdy-gurdy she decided just had to take some positive action. "They're going to kill me soon," the note began. Had the frightened woman who wrote it actually been murdered? And who did she mean by "they"? Amelia set out to find the answers and uncovered the startling secret of a cleverly concealed crime. An intriguing suspense story by the author of the Emily Pollifax novels.
PASSING BELLS by Phillip Rock
With World War I a far-off rumbling, members of the Greville family occupy themselves with horses, clothes, and matchingmaking -- normal concerns of British aristocracy. But when the Great War comes, the fabric of their lives is altered. Servants and masters go into the trenches together, privilege is forgotten, and new human values emerge. The engrossing story of a noble family facing the challenge of a world in turmoil.
FLESH AND SPIRIT by Elizabeth Christman
Pretty, red-haired Sister Brigid takes a job counseling students in a midwestern college and becomes caught up in the desperate problems of an attractive graduate student and his two little girls. As she responds to their need, her decision to give her life to God is shaken, and in a searing moment she learns that love and self-sacrifice can have unexpected meanings.
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