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Zachary Haven is living a lie. He’s stuck in a rut, pretending to hate the woman he’s always loved. He didn’t mean for things to turn out that way. But sometimes life gets out of control, especially when you’re young and stupid. Not that he ever had a chance with her. She’s gorgeous and smart, talented and kind. And Zachary? He can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble.

Like the Roman matron for whom she is named, plain but clever Octavia seems destined for abandonment. Handsome, fun-loving and heir to an earldom, Dorian is the opposite. In Regency London, life for him is a game in which other people, including Octavia, are his pawns. Everyone loves him until he does the unspeakable: he runs off with anther man's wife. Despite the permanent ache in her heart, Octavia spends her early and middle years building a life she loves as a village apothecary with people who love and appreciate her. Exiled Dorian spends most of his in regret.

Matthew O’Clery and his family have no choice but to flee Ireland and the famine, and seek refuge and opportunity in the great US. However, travel by sea is unforgiving, and he finds himself the sole survivor of the journey. Alone and with little money, fortune seems to strike when the boy is offered an opportunity working for a man named Isaac Duffy. Things seem alright until he finds himself falling in love with the rancher’s wife, Pearl. Matthew knows she is suffering at the hands of her abusive husband, and the more he falls in love with her, the less he can stand by...