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Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Some of its citizens died in the chaos, some escaped the mountain’s wrath . . . and these are their stories. Six authors bring to life overlapping stories of patricians and slaves, warriors and politicians, villains and heroes who cross each other’s paths during Pompeii’s fiery end. But who will escape, and who will be buried for eternity?

For decades Christina Olson's whole world has been a rocky, windswept point on the coast of Maine, the farmhouse her ancestors fled to from the Salem witch trials. A world she fears she will never leave. As a girl, farm life asked more of Christina than it did her family, her wasting limbs turning every task into a challenge. But the very tenacity that strengthened her may dash her chances for a life beyond her chores and extinguish her hopes for love.

It's 1925 in the wild mountains of Birchwood, West Virginia. Everett Thornhill is the heir to his family's estate, but his troubled past is never far behind. He is sent to Thornhill Manor in the hopes that he will learn the value of continuing the family legacy. Julia is a servant at Thornhill Manor. While she tends to her daily chores, her mind is always off on an adventure in the mountains. She finds it hard to conform to the ways of the Thornhill family and might not be long for her position at the manor.