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We're all hiding something. Dive into this collection of ten historical short stories and see the Mobile Bay area in a new light. Known for her Southern Gothic novels, this collection of previously published shorts by Carrie Dalby is available for the first time in one book. The characters from The Possession Chronicles, Washington Square Secrets, The Malevolent Trilogy, and more are featured. From gilded Mardi Gras masquerades to the wilds...

Newly wed and newly arrived in Mobile, Alvin and Deborah Farley attempt to settle into the Washington Square neighborhood in September 1910, but all is not peaceful in the idyllic, tree-lined streets.Suffering under widowed Aunt Catherine's jealousy and control of the household, Deborah is also struggling with an increase of ghostly apparitions and messages from beyond. While Alvin is busy with his teaching position at Barton Academy, Deborah ...

The spring and summer of 1916 is fraught with family secrets, friendship troubles, and growing pains for sixteen-year-old Ethelwynne Graves. Reeling between conflicts with her mother and her best friend's relationship with an older man, Ethelwynne attempts to learn how to be true to herself while balancing fluctuating relationships and life. Hattie Spunner yearns to support her young friend and widen her sphere of influence amid the high soc...

In the summer of 1917, the world is in turmoil. Ethelwynne Graves sees her fiancé off to war while yearning to stretch her wings within her still-sheltered life. As the war rages across the sea, Sean Spunner has his sights on a local battle of his own. Running for political office threatens to resurrect his past sins, and dredge up the not-so-distant behavior of his wife and her progressive ideals. Will Sean and Hattie survive the public pus...

The spring and summer of 1916 is fraught with family secrets, friendship troubles, and growing pains for sixteen-year-old Ethelwynne Graves. Reeling between conflicts with her mother and her best friend's relationship with an older man, Ethelwynne attempts to learn how to be true to herself while balancing fluctuating relationships and life. Hattie Spunner yearns to support her young friend and widen her sphere of influence amid the high soc...

Summoned by her aunt and uncle to help with her recently orphaned cousin, nineteen-year-old Merritt Hall arrives in Mobile, Alabama, at the end of summer in 1897. Straight-laced Merritt and fifteen-year-old Winifred clash with most of what's important to the elder cousin-decorum, responsibility, and education. To make Merritt's dire situation more complex, Winifred believes her dreams are haunted. Sean Spunner, an ardent young neighbor, is a...

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In the summer of 1917, the world is in turmoil. Ethelwynne Graves sees her fiancé off to war while yearning to stretch her wings within her still-sheltered life. As the war rages across the sea, Sean Spunner has his sights on a local battle of his own. Running for political office threatens to resurrect his past sins, and dredge up the not-so-distant behavior of his wife and her progressive ideals. Will Sean and Hattie survive the public pus...

In 1905, eighteen-year-old Eliza Melling's artistic drive is overshadowed only by her thirst for the forbidden. She wants her appetites quenched-both creatively and physically-but her lust for freedom rules them all. Newly arrived in America, Deacon Claudio De Fiore had set aside the natural man in his quest to serve God, but when his desire to protect Eliza eclipses his training to become a priest, he must decide where his true allegiance l...

While World War I has the globe in turmoil, the Melling and Davenport clans have their own unrest. After the shattering loss of their youngest child, Frederick and Melissa mourn in their own ways, but Melissa's isolation leads to further heartache that stretches the bounds of repair. Father Claudio De Fiore is always first in line to comfort, but his moments with grieving Melissa Davenport eclipse his vows to the church. Will he go too far w...

As 1912 draws to a close, Alexander Melling should be on top of the world. His wife is expecting their long-awaited child, and he is in sole possession of the Melling legacy. Unwilling to use his parents' tainted fortune, Alexander labors to make ends meet defending his first murder case and helping his sister-in-law find a new asylum to call home. On the verge of reaching for a drink-or one of his past lovers-the last thing he needs is to see...

Enchanted romance or cursed love? Seeing his ex-wife, Lucy Melling, happily remarried, Frederick Davenport longs to move on from his failed first love. However, he has no interest in the catty women in town who feed off gossip and the misery of others. Then Melissa Stone enters his life. Assigned to ensure Lucy finishes her latest romance novel, Melissa moves into her house as a long-term guest. Little does she know, she's arriving just as...

Can a haunted past make amends with the present? Lucy is her own worst enemy. She loves her husband, Frederick, and longs to be a good mother to their daughter, Phoebe, but her heart aches for her true love who died years before. In the books she writes of love and loss, she envisions herself back in Alexander Melling's arms, reveling in the second chance she thought fate too cruel to allow them. As Lucy flounders, the family hires a youn...

Secrets, lust, and demons-all in a day's work when you live with the Mellings. Fall has come to the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay, bringing chilling winds of change to Seacliff Cottage. Settled into her employment as Mrs. Melling's companion, Magdalene has accepted the proposal of the Mellings' chauffeur, Douglas Campbell, and is happily anticipating their new life together. That is, until temptation reappears with Alexander Melling's return. ...

The Mellings and Davenports don't go quietly into the Roaring Twenties. Settled with his new wife and expanding family, Alexander Melling is once again jubilant, but not everyone is pleased to see him successful with Magdalene by his side. Embittered Phoebe Davenport seeks to claim what she believes is her rightful place as the head of her mother's legacy. Armed with the crazed desire of the Easton family, Phoebe will stop at nothing to seek...

Thrust into a household infested with demons, Magdalene must cling to her faith-and safeguard her heart-to overcome the temptations waiting to snare her. Hired to be a companion to Mrs. Melling, a woman who still mourns the death of her daughter, Magdalene enters Seacliff Cottage. Besides finding the house filled with vile spirits, Magdalene is at odds with an unearthly attraction to Alexander Melling-her employer's bachelor son. Magdalene s...

Their love brought scandal and demons. Lucy Easton, an aspiring novelist, will do anything to help boost her chances at publication-including betraying her family. But when she crosses paths with the charismatic Alexander, her aspiration for success pales in comparison to the attraction she feels towards him. Alexander Melling is a young lawyer from a powerful family, striving to free himself from his father's shadow. The more time he spends...

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Fifteen and suffocating in her sister's shadow, Mary Weber struggles to claim her own identity-and the attention of a guy at school. No matter what she does or where she goes, Mary never feels she measures up to her older sister's legacy. Ben Thomas, a seventeen-year-old neighbor on the autism spectrum, crosses paths with Mary. He fights against the weight of his rigid lifestyle because he doesn't want his sensory issues to block their road to...

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