Julie Harmon, having taken over the work of a man after her father gets ill and dies, imagines that marriage will be different, but she and her young husband Hank discover their life together is also full of struggles.
Sancha of Aragon must summon all her courage to outwit her sister-in-law, Lucrezia, and the other members of the notorious Borgia dynasty, after marrying Jofre Borgia and falling in love with his brother Cesare.
After the wedding Elizabeth is happy living in relative seclusion with Mr. Darcy and his sister, and as Christmas approaches she decides to invite her mother and sister for a visit, but what begins as a small family party soon grows out of proportion.
San Antonio private investigator Tres Navarre agrees to help an old friend who has been accused of murder, but as Tres investigates his friend's claims, he begins to wonder if his loyalties are misguided.
As D-Day approaches, Faber, an aristocratic German spy known as "The Needle, " is aware of the the Allies' top-secret intended place of attack, but is distracted by the affections of Lucy Rose, a lonely, strong-willed Englishwoman.
Meridy Dresden, a successful mother and wife, returns to her hometown of Seaboro, South Carolina, to do research on the Gullah, and interviews her family's former housekeeper discovering secrets of her own past.
