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Chicago, 1861 After years of painful separation, Justin Young finally locates his orphaned siblings—on opposite sides of the Civil War. Setting aside his budding romance, he brings his widowed sister and younger brothers home to Chicago, determined that the ties of the same blood are strong enough to bring them together despite the secrets they each carry from their pasts. But faced with his inadequacies as a provider and leader, Justin discovers that real love is the hard work of granting grace and second chances to imperfect, hurting people with whom he has nothing in common.

Baltimore, 1828. Spinning. Turning flax to fine linen thread for her family’s weaving business keeps Betha’s hands occupied all day, but it’s the concerns spinning in her heart that never truly rest. How can she give her nephew Henry a secure, loving home when his father remains indifferent? How can she guide the boy who calls her “Ma” to know and follow the Lord for himself? And when past secrets and future changes collide, will she lose Henry altogether? Colm Gallagher is passionate about teaching boys using innovative educational methods.

Fortune Cookie is a diary-style novella set in Montreal during the turbulent year of 1989. This subversively feminist work, aimed at young women, is told in first-person vignettes—written in the informal and often humorous voice of 24-year-old Robin. Robin’s vignettes are at times intercut with news headlines, which highlight the political and social events of the year–including Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Montreal Massacre.

Smart homes are here—domestic spaces bristling with networked technologies that appear to enhance work, entertainment, logistics, health, and security. But these technologies may also extract a cost in attention, money, and privacy. In Threshold, communication and technology expert Heather Suzanne Woods applies rhetorical theory to answer the urgent question of how swiftly proliferating smart homes alter those who inhabit them.

Titan Dinsmore loves his family, but as the youngest of five, he craves his older siblings’ respect—and a little distance. A chance meeting at the train station with a forlorn young lady turns into a growing attraction between them. But Titan soon discovers there is a difference between wanting to be treated as an adult and truly stepping up to lead. How can he help tenderhearted Nora see beyond her father’s abandonment and rest in the love of her Heavenly Father?

-Ray ! Tu es là, super... Il manquait plus que ça ! Eh bien il me reste plus qu'à faire les présentations. Isa pointe successivement son doigt vers moi et le mec. -Ray, voici Connard et Connard, voici Ray, ma charmante colocataire qui me détestait bien avant tout ce cirque. Ray, profites-en pour être aussi désagréable que tu sais l'être, Connard ici présent le mérite, lui ! Et elle s'enferme dans la salle de bain en claquant la porte.