Beth White

Five years after the final shot was fired in the War Between the States, Selah Daughtry can barely manage to keep herself, her two younger sisters, and their spinster cousin fed and clothed. Their family's Mississippi plantation is swamped by debt....

By day, an impoverished Southern belle has been helping turn a run-down family plantation into a resort hotel after the close of the Civil War. But by night and under a male pseudonym, she has been penning articles for the local paper in support of constructing a school for former slaves....

In the fine tradition established by her Southern grandmama, Aurora Daughtry has recently orchestrated the marriage of her eldest sister and facilitated her middle sister’s engagement....

Judge Laurel Kincade's personal history is entangled with journalist Cole McGaughan's, of the New York Daily Journal....

Gillian Kincade is a rising New York ballet star. When Jacob Ferrar - artistic director of a small, regional company - casts Gilly in his compelling ballet, it seems like a match made in heaven....

When Natalies father buys controlling interest in Matts detective agency, the two become reluctant partners and professional rivals, with control of the company the prize....