Bøker av Nancy Holder

The Rich get Richer, and the Poor ger Poorer Like all of us, Will Presley would be confronted with many decision points during his 75 years.Most decisions contain no lasting impact on the course of a life. What should I wear today? Should we have chicken or beef for dinner? Should we vacation at the beach or the mountains?Some decisions consciously lead one down a chosen path. However, sometimes, a choice takes one into an unknown and unexpected future. Will's pivotal point occurred in 1861. His refusal to take arms against his country severed him from his family and the only life he had ever known.As an unintentional decorated Union soldier, Will followed his military service with an atonement tour in the Reconstruction effort. He took all that he had learned about the horrors of slavery, black codes, and persistent inequality, along with his guilt, with him as he entered the political arena.The late 19th century problems of urban industrialization, Jim Crow, and increasing economic disparity fueled the energies of Will and his new family as they found ways to live out their essential faith in the promise of the American Ideal.

Highly Rated by a Writer's Digest Judge "The characters have depth and are well-rounded. The historical aspects are superb." "The blend of historic events integrated into the plot makes it real. It reads as if it's all happening right now." The unspeakable tragedy when brother meets brother on a major Civil War battlefield.Can Will atone or assuage his guilt? Will the family ever be restored? A story as old as Cain and Abel. Laugh and cry as a young Irish immigrant and his bride struggle to build a family of nine children, pay off their indenture, and achieve their goals for a brighter future. Feel the anguish as three of their sons become involved in the Civil War, two wore gray and one wore blue. "A Rich Man's War is a Poor Man's Fight."

One of the ages-old race of Immortals, Duncan MacLeod has tried to turn his back on tradition and live his life as a mortal. But as the time of the Gathering draws near--when the few remaining Immortals will fight to the last--he finds himself being drawn back to battle. If he wins at the Gathering, he will acquire all the powers of the losers; if he does not succeed, he loses his life forever.

The first original novel from the much-missed Space Western Firefly, produced with Joss Whedon as consulting editor, set in the heart of the series.

This twist on "Beauty and the Beast" is set during the war between the British and the French in the American colonies in 1756. In exchange for her father's release, a young Englishwoman vows to remain the hostage of a young native medicine man, who is eager to avenge the deaths of his wife and child. Original.

Demons of the Hellmouth is a fully licensed guide to the vampires and other demons that flocked to the Sunnydale Hellmouth in Joss Whedon's cult TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This unique book promises a diabolical romp through the highlights of the beloved show.

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds...and remembers.

Three more original Smallville novels, WHODUNNIT, SILENCE and SHADOWS, are republished in omnibus form to tie in with the fifth series of Smallville and the new Superman film, Superman Returns.