According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian-born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness-is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations-looking, listening, touching, and asking-something a man can never do with a female patient. From...

The matchmakers have their eyes on romance -- and in this small Amish community, no one is safe. Their sights are set on plain, independent Willow, who's shocked when her parents try to marry her off to bachelor Samuel. But can she and Samuel evader their parents' meddling long enough to find love on their own? Then there's Valerie, a widow who's never recovered from losing the man she really loved. Now at her friend's urging, she and Ed have...

Lenora Farnsworth is desperate to escape the drudgery of life in Boston. A life that would have her marry for family ties, not love. She follows her father to help him keep track of the mines in the budding town of Blessings, California. There are no drawing rooms and stuffy suitors to get in the way of her dreams. Money means nothing if she must give up her independence to keep it. Victor is a man on the run from his past. His history is only...

Megan Forrester is a woman bent on taking over her father's far-reaching business ventures in the Carolinas. However, he will never agree as she is merely a woman. He would have her marry the man he has chosen and forget her foolish notions.Megan's identical twin sister married and her husband has moved Margaret and their daughter to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Since then, all communication has ceased. Recognizing the evil in Jordan Higgins, Megan...