New Releases by Sharon Cameron

A study of the incommensurable, often discordant elements that define major works of American literature. In Sharon Cameron’s essays, a magnetic constellation gathers works of Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, Cather, and Stevens—each manifesting in its own terms “the likeness of things unlike”—to form a loose commonality in a strain of American writing in which incommensurable elements can’t be integrated and can’t be separated. The Likeness of Things Unlike is concerned with discordant elements of an aesthetic work and argues that these elements refigure the aesthetic wholes whose integrity they apparently violate. These intertwined, subversive elements are challenges to literary systems and are essentially philosophical in their rethinking of categories, and thus go beyond the aesthetic particulars that exemplify them. Cameron is known for rigorously and brilliantly connecting artistic achievement to radical ways of thinking. Georg Lukcás describes the essayist as one who “adapts himself to the essay’s ‘smallness’ of form—the eternal smallness of the most profound work of the intellect in [the] face of life.” With The Likeness of Things Unlike Cameron powerfully demonstrates Lukács’s remarkable insight.

A dramatic story of duplicity and resistance, betrayal and loyalty, set against the backdrop of World War II, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Light in Hidden Places. Isa de Smit was raised in the vibrant, glittering world of her parents'' small art gallery in Amsterdam, a hub of beauty, creativity, and expression, until the Nazi occupation wiped the color from her city''s palette. The "degenerate" art of the Gallery de Smit is confiscated, the artists in hiding or deported, her best friend, Truus, fled to join the shadowy Dutch resistance. And masterpiece by masterpiece, the Nazis are buying and stealing her country''s heritage, feeding the Third Reich''s ravenous appetite for culture and art. So when the unpaid taxes threaten her beloved but empty gallery, Isa decides to make the Nazis pay. She sells them a fake--a Rembrandt copy drawn by her talented father--a sale that sets Isa perilously close to the second most hated class of people in Amsterdam: the collaborators. Isa sells her beautiful forgery to none other than Hitler himself, and on the way to the auction, discovers that Truus is part of a resistance ring to smuggle Jewish babies out of Amsterdam. But Truus cannot save more children without money. A lot of money. And Isa thinks she knows how to get it. One more forgery, a copy of an exquisite Vermeer, and the Nazis will pay for the rescue of the very children they are trying annihilate. To make the sale, though, Isa will need to learn the art of a master forger, before the children can be deported, and before she can be outed as a collaborator. And she finds an unlikely source to help her do it: the young Nazi soldier, a blackmailer and thief of Dutch art, who now says he wants to desert the German army. Yet, worth is not always seen from the surface, and a fake can be difficult to spot. Both in art, and in people. Based on the true stories of Han Van Meegeren, a master art forger who sold fakes to Hermann Goering, and Johann van Hulst, credited with saving 600 Jewish children from death in Amsterdam, Sharon Cameron weaves a gorgeously evocative thriller, simmering with twists, that looks for the forgotten color of beauty, even in an ugly world. "War, resistance, and art are Cameron''s canvas; her palette is a balance of trust and perfidy, beauty and defiance, new life and old. Artifice is a vibrantly-hued and many-layered story, exploring our very human inability to spot a fake when we long to believe that the object of all our desire is the real thing." -- Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity * "Painterly prose...filled with rich intrigue depicts constantly shifting issues of trust in this complex, absorbing tale." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

"J’espère bien que vous allez m’emmener à la Gestapo. Alors je pourrai leur dire ce que je vais vous dire à vous. Que vous êtes des lâches. Et des idiots. Bien sûr que je veux cacher des juifs ! Je le reconnais. C’est la vérité. Je veux les cacher et les aider jusqu’à ce que quelqu’un décide d’en finir avec cette guerre." Stefania a fait le choix de résister. Quitte à payer le prix fort... Une aventure inoubliable qui place l’héroïsme au cœur d’une des pages les plus noires du XXe siècle. Inspiré d’une histoire vraie. Avec une postface de l’autrice et des photos d’archives. Le mot de l’autrice : "Cette histoire n’a jamais été la mienne. J’en suis la gardienne temporaire. C’est parce que des gens exceptionnels l’ont vécue que ce récit est venu jusqu’à moi. C’est parce qu’ils m’ont aidée que les mots pour la raconter ont existé.." "À la fois haletant et puissant." Ruta Sepetys "Impossible de ne pas trembler à la lecture de ce roman bouleversant."Le Monde des Ados

1945. Inge est sous le choc de l’annonce de la mort d’Hitler. Élevée dans l’idéologie nazie, la jeune fille est confrontée aux atrocités commises par la dictature et au rôle qu’y a joué son père désormais porté disparu. 1946. Eva fuit l’Allemagne dévastée pour New York sous une nouvelle identité avec un seul objectif : traquer l’homme responsable du projet Bluebird, qui menace le fragile équilibre mondial de l’après-guerre. SURVIE, QUÊTE DE VÉRITÉ ET SOIF DE JUSTICE : UN THRILLER D’ESPIONNAGE GLAÇANT ET PALPITANT INSPIRÉ DE FAITS RÉELS, PAR L’AUTRICE DE LA LUMIÈRE DANS LES COMBLES. "Le destin extraordinaire d’une héroïne cachée de l’Histoire... Dévastateur, poignant et puissant." Ruta Sepetys, autrice de CE QU’ILS N’ONT PAS PU NOUS PRENDRE et HÔTEL CASTELLANA.

Berlin, 1945. A sachsenhauseni koncentrációs tábor foglyokkal kísérletező orvosának lánya, Inge igyekszik jó német lány lenni, hogy megfeleljen a Führernek, csakhogy legjobb barátnője, Annemarie mindig mindenben megelőzi. Amikor a szovjet hadsereg eléri Berlint, biztonságos életük egyetlen pillanat alatt összeomlik. A teljes pusztulás elől menekülő Inge súlyos döntést hoz: bármi áron megmenti a szovjet katonák által megerőszakolt és agysérülést szenvedett Annemarie életét. New York, 1946. Eva és Brigit egy zsidó segélyszervezet segítségével érkezik Németországból Amerikába. Új életet akarnak kezdeni, csakhogy két ország titkosszolgálata is a nyomukban lohol. A titkosügynökök abban bíznak, hogy Eva elvezeti őket ahhoz a két emberhez, akiktől hatalmi ambícióik előremozdítását remélik: a Németországból elszökött Otto von Emmerichhez és a titokzatos, soha senki által nem látott Anna Ptaszynskához. Csakhogy Evának esze ágában sincs megtartani a titkosszolgálatnak tett ígéretét: neki más céljai vannak von Emmerichhel. Egy fiatal zsidó újságíró, Jake azonban alaposan összekuszálja a szálakat Eva életében, Anna Ptaszynskáról pedig egyre furcsább dolgok derülnek ki. Sharon Cameron, a Beszüremlő fény szerzőjének új regénye újra és újra csőbe húzza az olvasót. Történelmi regény, romantikus szerelmi történet, fordulatos ügynöksztori, de mindenekelőtt utolérhetetlenül fordulatos és meglepően akciódús történet, amely az apokaliptikus Berlintől a pezsgő New Yorkon át az idilli Kaliforniáig ível.

Um romance para quem amou A menina que roubava livros e O diário de Anne Frank Baseado em uma história real, A luz na escuridão foi escolhido para o Clube do Livro da Reese Witherspoon Era 1943 e já fazia quatro anos que a jovem Stefania trabalhava para os Diamant na loja da família em Przemyśl, na Polônia, cantando seu caminho até as vidas e corações de todos. Ela chegara até a fazer uma promessa a um dos filhos da família, Izio —um noivado que deveriam manter em segredo, já que Stefania era católica e os Diamant eram judeus. Mas tudo muda quando o exército alemão invade Przemyśl. Os Diamant são forçados a ir para um gueto e Stefania fica sozinha em uma cidade ocupada, a única pessoa que restou para cuidar de Helena, sua irmã de seis anos. E então há uma batida na porta. O irmão de Izio, Max, havia pulado do trem a caminho de um campo de concentração. Stefania e Helena tomam a admirável decisão de esconder Max e mais doze judeus. E então, todos os dias, as irmãs passam a esperar a próxima batida na porta, a que significaria sua morte. Quando o dia finalmente chega, quem bate são dois oficiais nazistas: o exército alemão estava requisitando a casa delas para abrigar a equipe do hospital que havia acabado de abrir do outro lado da rua. Com treze judeus escondidos no sótão, duas enfermeiras nazistas dividindo a casa e uma irmã pequena ao seu lado, Stefania tem mais uma decisão excruciante a tomar. A luz na escuridão traz uma narrativa inspiradora e emocionante sobre uma jovem polonesa que escolheu a coragem e humanidade ao esconder treze judeus durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Polonia, 1942. Stefania è una sedicenne come tante. Lavora nel negozio di alimentari della famiglia Diamant e il suo sogno è semplicemente quello di un bacio, magari perfino trovare il vero amore. Ma nel 1942 non esiste la normalità, non si fanno progetti per il futuro: la Germania ha invaso la Polonia, la guerra divide la città, gli amici, le famiglie. Eppure, anche se è impossibile pensare al domani, nella panetteria dei Diamant Stefania conosce Izio. Un ragazzo gentile con cui trova subito l''intesa. Stefania e Izio sembrano perfetti l''uno per l''altra, ma quando i tedeschi irrompono nell''appartamento dei Diamant, Izio viene catturato e caricato su un camion diretto fuori dalla città. È ebreo. E Stefania sa che non lo rivedrà mai più. Ma proprio quando il mondo di Stefania crolla all''improvviso e la sua casa, prima piena di vita, si svuota di ogni emozione, qualcuno bussa alla sua porta. È notte, Stefania non aspetta nessuno. Potrebbero essere i nazisti, potrebbe essere la fine. Oppure, potrebbe essere l''occasione per cambiare la storia. Questo romanzo è basato sulla straordinaria e commovente storia vera di Stefania Podgórska, giovane adolescente polacca che combatté contro il nazismo e salvò tredici ebrei. «Una storia straziante, che spezza il cuore e al contempo lo riempie di speranza.» - Jennifer Donnelly, autrice bestseller di Stepsister «La storia di Stefania è quella di una delle donne più coraggiose e altruiste vissute durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale.» School Library Journal, starred review «Una storia vera di amore, eroismo e fede.» - Kirkus Reviews «L''abilità di narratrice della Cameron rende la storia di Stefania talmente vivida da trasformare i lettori in testimoni".» - Bookpage, starred review

Huiveringwekkende thriller over de zoektocht naar je roots én naar gerechtigheid. Het Bluebird geheim van Sharon Cameron is een beklemmende pageturner over Project Bluebird, dat echt bestaan heeft. Met dit project probeerde de CIA, door gebruik te maken van technieken die in de concentratiekampen waren ontwikkeld, het geheugen van mensen te resetten. Vlak na de oorlog ontvlucht Eva het verwoeste Berlijn en reist af naar New York. Hier gaat ze op zoek naar de waarheid over haar afkomst en ontdekt ze welke gruwelijke praktijken haar vader tijdens de oorlog uitvoerde. Eva wil maar één ding: gerechtigheid.

Author of Reese''s Book Club YA Pick The Light in Hidden Places, Sharon Cameron, delivers an emotionally gripping and utterly immersive thriller, perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys''s Salt to the Sea. In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world power. Both the Americans and the Soviets want Bluebird, and it is something that neither should ever be allowed to possess. But Eva hasn''t come to America for secrets or power. She hasn''t even come for a new life. She has come to America for one thing: justice. And the Nazi that has escaped its net. Critically acclaimed author of The Light in Hidden Places Sharon Cameron weaves a taut and affecting thriller ripe with intrigue and romance in this alternately chilling and poignant portrait of the personal betrayals, terrifying injustices, and deadly secrets that seethe beneath the surface in the aftermath of World War II.

Kopp. Kopp. Kopp. 1943, Lengyelország, przemyœli gettó. A házban Stefania, a tizenhat éves katolikus lány és hétéves húga él. Családjukat, barátaikat elhurcolták vagy megölték. Kopp. Kopp. Kopp. „Halál a zsidókra és mindenkire, aki segítséget, ételt, menedéket vagy rejtekhelyet nyújt egy zsidónak." Kopp. Kopp. Kopp. A ház padlásán Stefania tizenhárom zsidót rejteget. Kopp. Kopp. Kopp. Az éjszaka közepén az ajtóban két SS-tiszt jelenik meg. Sharon Cameron gyönyörûen megírt, feszültséggel teli ifjúsági regénye Stefania Podgórska igaz története a szeretet és a legsötétebb idõkön is átsegítõ bátorság erejérõl. A Beszüremlõ fényt Reese Witherspoon is könyvklubjába választotta.

Povestea extraordinară a Stefaniei Podgórska, o adolescentă poloneză care, în timpul celui de al Doilea Război Mondial, a ascuns treisprezece evrei în podul casei, dând dovadă de curaj și umanitate – scrisă de autoarea de bestselleruri numărul 1 a New York Times, Sharon Cameron. O bătaie în ușă, și Stefania are o alegere de făcut... Suntem în anul 1943, iar Stefania, o tânără de șaisprezece ani, lucrează deja de patru ani în prăvălia familiei Diamant din Przemyśl, Polonia, croindu-și drum prin cântec în viețile și sufletele lor. Îi face chiar o promisiune unuia dintre fiii acesteia, Isio – să păstreze secretul logodnei lor, ea fiind catolică, și cei din familia Diamant, evrei.

Polen, 1939: Stefania und Izio sind frisch verliebt. Doch dann beginnt der Zweite Weltkrieg und ihre Heimatstadt wird von den Nazis besetzt. Izio und seine Familie müssen als Juden ins Ghetto ziehen, Stefanias Mutter wird in ein Zwangsarbeiterlager deportiert – und so ist die Sechzehnjährige mit ihrer kleinen Schwester Helena plötzlich ganz auf sich allein gestellt. Gleichzeitig schmuggelt sie Lebensmittel und Medikamente für Izios Familie ins Ghetto, obwohl dies bei Todesstrafe verboten ist. Als Izio und seine Eltern ermordet werden, bricht für Stefania eine Welt zusammen. Izios Bruder Max gelingt im letzten Moment die Flucht – zu Stefania. Und das junge Mädchen muss eine Entscheidung treffen: Neben Max versteckt sie zwölf weitere Jüdinnen und Juden auf ihrem Dachboden. Bis eines Tages die Nazis vor ihrem Haus stehen ... Einfühlsam und eindringlich erzählt der Roman die wahre Geschichte eines Mädchens, das dreizehn Menschen vor den Nazis versteckte und ihnen so das Leben rettete.

‘Bij mij ben je veilig’ van Sharon Cameron is een historische roman over een jong meisje dat tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog dertien joden op zolder verborgen hield. ‘Bij mij ben je veilig’ van Sharon Cameron is het waargebeurde verhaal van de jonge Stefania Podgórska, die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog dertien joden op zolder verborgen hield, onder de ogen van de nazi’s. Het is 1943, en Stefania werkt bij de joodse familie Diamant in hun winkeltje. Als de nazi’s de stad binnenvallen verandert alles. De joodse familie moet in het getto gaan wonen, en Stefania blijft achter in het huis van de familie Diamant. Er kloppen joden bij haar aan om onder te duiken, en Stefania doet er alles aan om hen verborgen te houden en van voedsel te voorzien. En dan, op een kwade dag, wordt er op de deur geklopt. De nazi’s confisqueren het huis en er komen Duitse verpleegsters in het onderste deel van het huis wonen... Een krachtig, hoopvol en ontroerend verhaal over een jonge vrouw die bovenmenselijke moed toont.

The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgórska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon Cameron - now a Reese''s Book Club YA Pick! One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make... It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemysl, Poland, singing her way into their lives and hearts. She has even made a promise to one of their sons, Izio -- a betrothal they must keep secret since she is Catholic and the Diamants are Jewish. But everything changes when the German army invades Przemysl. The Diamants are forced into the ghetto, and Stefania is alone in an occupied city, the only one left to care for Helena, her six-year-old sister. And then comes the knock at the door. Izio''s brother Max has jumped from the train headed to a death camp. Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max, and eventually twelve more Jews. Then they must wait, every day, for the next knock at the door, the one that will mean death. When the knock finally comes, it is two Nazi officers, requisitioning Stefania''s house for the German army. With two Nazis below, thirteen hidden Jews above, and a little sister by her side, Stefania has one more excruciating choice to make. This remarkable tale of courage and humanity, based on a true story, is now a Reese''s Book Club YA Pick!

Spiritual Journeys first published work reflects beautiful Inspirational thoughts that flow from one whose heart is touched by a loving and compassionate Savior. Spiritual Journeys writings touches on the deep issues of life and takes the reader on an insightful journey of personal reflection and search for truth. They will ask themselves the question as they read this book, where am I coming from and where am I going? Spiritual Journeys reflects on what the Word of God says about walking in God''s healing, Peace and Destiny. You will be taking on your own spiritual journey.

"Série de romans dystopiques se déroulant sur plusieurs siècles et mettant en scène des groupes d''adolescents et de jeunes adultes qui, chacun à leur façon, se rebellent contre le fonctionnement de la cité de Canaan, celui-ci venant brimer tant leur mémoire que leur identité. Séparée de la planète Terre par un espace plus ou moins bien circonscrit, cette ville autogérée prendra différentes formes au cours des âges, mais la violence et l''incompréhension de l''autre subsistent, malgré tous les efforts déployés par les héros afin de mieux cerner leur monde et d''améliorer leur sort."--SDM.

Sharon Cameron returns to the rich world of #1 New York Times bestseller The Forgetting with a companion novel as thrilling and intricately crafted as the first. Samara is one of the Knowing, and the Knowing do not forget. Hidden deep in the comfort and splendor of her underground city, a refuge from the menace of a coming Earth, Samara learns what she should have never known and creates a memory so terrible she cannot live with it. So she flees, to Canaan, the lost city of her ancestors, to Forget.Beckett has flown through the stars to find a dream: Canaan, the most infamous social experiment of Earth''s antiquity. Beckett finds Samara in the ruins of the lost city, and uncovers so much more than he ever bargained for -- a challenge to all he''s ever believed in or sworn to. When planets collide and memories clash, can Samara and Beckett save two worlds, and remember love in a place that has forgotten it?At once thought-provoking and utterly thrilling, this extraordinary companion novel to Sharon Cameron''s #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling THE FORGETTING explores the truth and loss that lie within memory, and the bonds that hold us together.

In the French filmmaker Robert Bresson’s cinematography, the linkage of fragmented, dissimilar images challenges our assumption that we know either what things are in themselves or the infinite ways in which they are entangled. The “bond” of Sharon Cameron’s title refers to the astonishing connections found both within Bresson’s films and across literary works by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Kafka, whose visionary rethinkings of experience are akin to Bresson’s in their resistance to all forms of abstraction and classification that segregate aspects of reality. Whether exploring Bresson’s efforts to reassess the limits of human reason and will, Dostoevsky’s subversions of Christian conventions, Tolstoy’s incompatible beliefs about death, or Kafka’s focus on creatures neither human nor animal, Cameron illuminates how the repeated juxtaposition of disparate, even antithetical, phenomena carves out new approaches to defining the essence of being, one where the very nature of fixed categories is brought into question. An innovative look at a classic French auteur and three giants of European literature, The Bond of the Furthest Apart will interest scholars of literature, film, ethics, aesthetics, and anyone drawn to an experimental venture in critical thought.

Angleterre, 1852. Katharine est envoyée par sa tante et tutrice au manoir de Darkwind où vit son oncle Tulman. Elle doit prouver que celui-ci a perdu la raison et le faire interner pour qu''il cesse de dilapider la fortune familiale. A Darkwind, Katharine rencontre un vieil homme excentrique, mais surtout génial, qui se consacre à l''invention d''automates extraordinaires. Rares sont les privilégiés qui ont le droit de pénétrer dans son atelier. Parmi eux, Lane, son ombrageux apprenti et Ben, un brillant étudiant en sciences. Tous deux défendent farouchement Tulman par dévouement mais aussi parce qu''il fait vivre sur son domaine des centaines de personnes qu''il a arrachées à la misère. Bien vite, Katharine doute : l''héritage familial mérite-t-il qu''on y sacrifie son oncle et les familles qu''il protège ? A la demande insistante des domestiques de l''oncle Tulman, accepte de rester un mois à Darkwind avant de prendre une décision. Trente jours au cours desquels elle se rendra complice d''espionnage, échappera de justesse à la mort et tombera amoureuse...

From beloved author of Rook comes a brilliant and genre-bending exploration of truth and memory, love and loss in this remarkable story of a civilization that undergoes a collective forgetting. What isn''t written, isn''t remembered. Even your crimes. Nadia lives in the city of Canaan, where life is safe and structured, hemmed in by white stone walls and no memory of what came before. But every twelve years the city descends into the bloody chaos of the Forgetting, a day of no remorse, when each person''s memories -- of parents, children, love, life, and self -- are lost. Unless they have been written.In Canaan, your book is your truth and your identity, and Nadia knows exactly who hasn''t written the truth. Because Nadia is the only person in Canaan who has never forgotten.But when Nadia begins to use her memories to solve the mysteries of Canaan, she discovers truths about herself and Gray, the handsome glassblower, that will change her world forever. As the anarchy of the Forgetting approaches, Nadia and Gray must stop an unseen enemy that threatens both their city and their own existence -- before the people can forget the truth. And before Gray can forget her.

Quand des hommes masqués forcent la porte de sa chambre à Darkwind, Katherine devine aussitôt qu''ils sont là pour enlever son oncle Tully, dont ils espèrent exploiter le génie pour créer des armes. Elle réussit à leur échapper puis, pour protéger son oncle, elle met au point un plan audacieux : elle fait croire à sa mort. Juste après son enterrement, elle part pour Paris en transportant le vieil homme, endormi par un somnifère, au fond d''une malle. À peine installée, Katherine se met à sillonner les rues de la capitale dans l''espoir de retrouver Lane qui ne lui a donné aucune nouvelle depuis son départ précipité de Darkwind. Elle se sent suivie, mais rien ne la fera renoncer à sa quête, pas même l''annonce de la mort du jeune homme à laquelle elle refuse de croire... « Original, romantique et envoutant. » USA Today

Sono passati più di diciotto mesi da quando Lane è partito da Stranwyne Keep, e nonostante il governo inglese abbia dato notizia della sua morte, Katharine non smette di aspettarlo, convinta che il giovane di cui è innamorata sia ancora vivo. Una notte, mentre la casa è sprofondata nel sonno, due uomini mascherati si introducono nella tenuta del Borgo per catturare zio Tulman, lo scienziato inventore di creazioni meccaniche così geniali e rivoluzionarie da fare invidia anche agli insospettabili. La Corona inglese, infatti, vorrebbe lo zio sotto la sua custodia, ma Katharine non può arrendersi: è arrivato il momento di partire. Gli eventi la condurranno a Parigi, città dai mille volti e dalle mille orecchie, dove vengono intessuti piani oscuri. Katharine dovrà ricorrere a tutta la sua forza per difendersi, in una disperata ricerca dell''amore e della verità che dai sotterranei di Parigi la porterà fin nelle stanze dell''imperatore. E anche al buio, nel posto sbagliato, nel momento sbagliato, nella lingua sbagliata, riconobbi quella voce.

Who needs a wedding ring when you can pick up a sword? A remarkable and utterly inventive novel from Sharon Cameron, author of THE DARK UNWINDING, which USA TODAY called "spellbindingly imaginative." History has a way of repeating itself. In the Sunken City that was once Paris, all who oppose the new revolution are being put to the blade. Except for those who disappear from their prison cells, a red-tipped rook feather left in their place. Is the mysterious Red Rook a savior of the innocent or a criminal?Meanwhile, across the sea in the Commonwealth, Sophia Bellamy''s arranged marriage to the wealthy René Hasard is the last chance to save her family from ruin. But when the search for the Red Rook comes straight to her doorstep, Sophia discovers that her fiancé is not all he seems. Which is only fair, because neither is she. As the Red Rook grows bolder and the stakes grow higher, Sophia and René find themselves locked in a tantalizing game of cat and mouse. Daring intrigue, delicious romance, and spine-tingling suspense fill the pages of this extraordinary tale from award-winning author Sharon Cameron.

From a New York Times–bestselling author, a historical suspense featuring a young woman who flees to Paris seeking the man she loves and suspects is dead. When Katharine Tulman wakes in the middle of the night and accidentally foils a kidnapping attempt on her uncle, she realizes Stranwyne Keep is no longer safe for Uncle Tully and his genius inventions. She flees to Paris, where she hopes to remain undetected and also find the mysterious and handsome Lane, who is suspected to be dead. But the search for Lane is not easy, and Katharine soon finds herself embroiled in a labyrinth of political intrigue. And with unexpected enemies and allies at every turn, Katharine will have to figure out whom she can trust—if anyone—to protect her uncle from danger once and for all. Filled with deadly twists, whispering romance, and heart-stopping suspense, this sequel to the award winning The Dark Unwinding whisks readers off on another thrilling adventure.

From the award-winning author of Rook comes a delicious and twisty tale, filled with spine-tingling intrigue, juicy romance, and dangerous family secrets. When a rumor that her uncle is squandering away the family fortune surfaces, Katharine Tulman is sent to his estate to have him committed to an asylum. But instead of a lunatic, Katharine discovers a genius inventor with his own set of childlike rules, who is employing a village of nine hundred people rescued from the workhouses of London. Katharine becomes torn between protecting her own livelihood and preserving the peculiar community she grows to care for deeply -- a conflict made more complicated by her developing feelings for her uncle''s handsome apprentice. As the mysteries of the estate begin to unravel, it is clear that not only is her uncle''s world at stake, but also the state of England as Katharine knows it. With twists and turns at every corner, this extraordinary adventure will captivate readers with its thrills and romance.

Philosophers have long debated the subjects of person and personhood. Sharon Cameron ushers this debate into the literary realm by considering impersonality in the works of major American writers and figures of international modernism—writers for whom personal identity is inconsequential and even imaginary. In essays on William Empson, Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Herman Melville, T. S. Eliot, and Simone Weil, Cameron examines the impulse to hollow out the core of human distinctiveness, to construct a voice that is no one’s voice, to fashion a character without meaningful attributes, a being that is virtually anonymous. “To consent to being anonymous,” Weil wrote, “is to bear witness to the truth. But how is this compatible with social life and its labels?” Throughout these essays Cameron examines the friction, even violence, set in motion from such incompatibility—from a “truth” that has no social foundation. Impersonality investigates the uncompromising nature of writing that suspends, eclipses, and even destroys the person as a social, political, or individual entity, of writing that engages with personal identity at the moment when its usual markers vanish or dissolve.

Eating disorders, depression, and self-injury are often taboo topics in our culture especially within the church. Sharon Cameron seeks to change that with I''m Gonna Freaking Recover Am I? During a four-year battle with anorexia and bulimia, Sharon faithfully journaled her thoughts, feelings, and daily struggles with self-starvation, binging, and purging in order to share her amazing, courageous journey. With raw honesty, Sharon challenges the common misconception that such issues do not exist among Christians or those who otherwise look together. Instead of masking perfection, Sharon presents herself as an example of someone who is truthful, real, and imperfect. She describes the early days of her disease and how she felt compelled to exercise continuously to keep her perfect figure for gymnastics class. As her bulimia and anorexia began to manifest itself after her graduation from high school, Sharon began to spiral downward into a maze of guilt, hopelessness, and pain. Yet despite it all, Sharon clung to her faith, and with the support of friends, family, and the medical community, she started healing. She documents her inpatient treatment, her many relapses and triumphs, and how she continues to persevere. I''m Gonna Freaking Recover Am I? provides hope and comfort to those experiencing the secret thoughts, behaviors, treatment, and recovery of eating disorders. You''re not alone in your struggle!