Pillar of Light—the first volume in the series The Work and the Glory—begins the epic story of the Benjamin Steed family. In the 1820s they move from Vermont to Palmyra Township in upstate New York in search of better farmland. There they meet a young man named Joseph Smith and are thrown into the maelstrom of conflict and controversy that swirls around him. Did he really see the Father and the Son in a pillar of light? Has he truly

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When war takes two young men far from the peaceful streets of Pocatello, Idaho, an intense friendship develops on the battlefront. These friends find there can be life after tragedy and that sometimes the one we need most desperately to forgive is ourself.

Taylor Palmetta has spent the past year in Europe building her art career and hiding from Navy SEAL Quinn Lambert, the man who broke her heart. But Taylor can't seem to hide from trouble. When Taylor seeks safety with her family in Virginia Beach, a series of threats puts her on high alert--and puts Quinn into protective mode.

Paige Vickers needs a new life, so she's relieved when she's given an assignment that takes her away from her stressful position as a psychiatric nurse with the CIA and puts her in a job as administrative assistant for Vanessa Johnson, an instructor for undercover operatives at the CIA's training facility. At the same time, Damian Schmitt has been transferred to become a part of the Saint Squad--an elite group of Navy SEALs. However, on his first...

CIA agent Alora DeSanto becomes the personal assistant of her friend and fellow agent, Janessa Rogers, who is engaged to Prince Garrett of Meridia. where she repeatedly crosses paths with Prince Stefano. Though Alora and Stefano are surprised by a budding attraction that draws them together in friendship, royal secrets plunge them into plots of espionage and blackmail that threaten all they hold dear--including each other.

When the arrogant Blake Hansen steals Addie Preston's promotion at the library, he pretty much rubs her nose in it. But Addie, who dreams of being a full-fledged librarian, decides to stick it out. She loves surrounding herself with books and keeping her father's memory alive in the building where they spent so much time together. Soon, Addie learns that her beloved library will be torn down to make room for a larger facility and she has to make...

Until now, fate has been laughing at Walt Stewart. Unable to settle upon a single meaningful direction for his life, success has eluded him. Then, one day, just as his fiancée walks out of his apartment and into the arms of his roommate, the phone rings and everything changes. Walt is offered a job that takes him to Alamitos, New Mexico, a town beset with colorful, offbeat characters and a mystery that is begging to be solved. As the head of personnel...