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The summer days were long and confusing, especially as Delilah began to enjoy rum, which after a few sips left her inebriated and incoherent for the rest of the evening. Akev had a mind of his own and fortitude to acquire his dreams, yet Delilah brought him to his knees and brought strife with his brother Gideon, who was also weak to her seductions. Were they captivated by her Acadian charm or was it wanting what another man had? Can Akev's wife Angelique, continue pretending she doesn't see her husband's weakness for Delilah? Aramingo began to socialize heavily, courting beautiful women, especially those recently arriving from Europe, enthralled with the handsome Nobel Savage, a title they called him playfully. And Onte had grown so cold to Pierre, after sensing his lingering love for Delilah, that their Indian marriage had dissolved into nothing more than companion parenting. They were all growing restless, bored and starved for affection. None of them knew which way to turn. Being a landowner in Colonial America was hard... without a woman's love... but who deserved Delilah's love and who fell prey to her deception?

Because Simon Schmidt's mother was believed to have been killed by the Third Reich, he was taken to Israel as a baby where he symbolized hope. The baby who survived the Holocaust to flourish and make Israel proud. But when Hannah Chaya begins investigating a Nazi war criminal, Simon begins to look like a traitor who's worked his way into the highest realm of Israeli politics. To his mother though, he will always be... Herr Boy.

A how-to cookbook and field guide for eating acorns. Most first time tasters are surprised at how savory acorns are. Suellen Ocean has explored acorns as food since 1979. Try her Acorn Cheesecake or her Acorn Enchiladas and rediscover what shouldn't have been lost. Here's what the critics say about "Acorns and Eat'em" "great recipes and stories... a milestone book," "quality information... edible plant knowledge," "Ocean ... is an excellent vegetarian cook," "... a veritable Betty Crocker of the woodland..." "... the leading expert in the field," "plenty of recipes... modern preparation tips... a very useful book," "the only complete acorn recipe book I know of," "Everyone who tries the acorn cookies pronounces them Delicious!" "An extremely important book..."

Kate Holcomb is the daughter of a pro-slavery attorney during the Civil War. In the days after the war, a handsome Union soldier, Ashcroft Duncan, comes to the Holcomb plantation in her small Mississippi town, to investigate a lynching. His charm captivates her. But the ravishing hotel clerk, Mattie O'Brien, sees Ashcroft as her way out of poverty and makes every attempt to secure his love away from Kate. Kate is hiding a great secret from her past and Mattie's presence threatens to expose it. Ashcroft's investigation and Mattie's threats, revive the ghosts of Kate's past and the war that still haunts her. As she struggles to find love and make sense of the ravaged south, Kate must face who she was, who she is and who she will let inside her heart.

After her assignment in Australia goes sour, Israeli Intelligence agent Hannah Chaya joins her boyfriend Rudy in the sleepy town of Wolf, California. But she brings with her, demons from Munich that Rudy's trying to get away from. When Rudy's old flame Sandra tears at his heartstrings, Hannah must stand up to the challenges put upon her. She's not sure what's harder, busting an Israeli-Nazi drug smuggling operation or holding on to the man she loves...

As the Civil War threatens the serenity of the small Louisiana town of Spanish Springs, Monique Holmes overhears the gossip of jealous girls, suggesting that her heritage is not pure white. Her search for answers leads her to the advice not to dig too deep. When she meets Adam, the charismatic black son of a white Planter, she's determined to have him, no matter what. When suitor Jack Caruthers, discovers that her affections have gone elsewhere, he intensifies his charm. As the Confederacy builds, Monique struggles to grasp the meaning behind her family secrets and choose between two men... before the war brings it all tumbling down...

As the evening wore on, Soetste gained the companionship of the beautiful house servant, whom he began to call Jasmine. He allowed her to talk of her life and he of his. They shared stories. Their paths were similar, as were the height and build of their bodies. She was his female equivalent. He enjoyed her dark skin and dark eyes. Soetste made love to her in a way he never had with Rachel. Yes, he'd succeeded in releasing Rachel's femininity, but between being a good Jewish wife and the rigid rules of the Dutch Reformed Church, Rachel was a confused woman. She was a fine wife and mother, but she never cried out from deep within her soul, as Jasmine did.

Before meeting prince Jonathan, Ellen was just another Hollander. Hastily, she flees her simple life and sails to Aberdeen to be with her brother. Not prepared for strange rituals, royal dynasties nor the handsome man who's made his home in an ancient tomb, Ellen has her first taste of persecution and her last chance at love. Why are the knights keeping her away from the prince? What ancient secrets do they keep and why does it put her in danger? The saga of The Celtic Prince... Avohn was a Bedouin beauty, William a Knights Templar. Stjerne was an old Norseman, Inga was his daughter. Jonathan was the bastard son of the king, Ellen his only true love. Tobiah was Ellen's husband... she had two secrets.

American Rudy Steinberg is visited by a banker from Munich and told he has received an inheritance from his German father, Lothur Von Heinden. Problem is, Rudy was raised to believe that his father was Moses Steinberg, a Jew. When Rudy travels to Munich to collect his inheritance and uncover his true heritage, he is met by protesters fighting for Nazi spoils they believe should go to holocaust victims. Leading the angry protestors is an attractive activist, Hannah, who works for Israeli Intelligence. The chemistry between Rudy and Hannah doesn't work for Israeli Intelligence who want to use Rudy to flush out a Neo Nazi group. Rudy believes in the cause of the protestors, he's Jewish too. But the large estate left behind by the dead German who claims to be his father... tempting.

Just hours after her lover's death, Ellie meets Evan, a handsome mulatto. She's struggling to regain her integrity... he's anxious to take it. He loves women. Black, white, mulatto... he enjoys them all. He's the privileged son of a wealthy South Carolina planter, who welcomed him into his home while the boy's mother, a slave, was left to plant rice in knee-deep mud. After his white family grew bitter toward his father's favoritism, Evan was sent away with a small fortune. And then he met Ellie. She was good at smelling money... but the thumping in her heart began right away. Should she fall for a wealthy, eligible bachelor... a heart breaker... serious about only one thing... the beautiful women who taunted him? After meeting Ellie, Evan wasn't sure what was more dangerous, white carpetbaggers or her temperament. Could he enjoy Ellie's beauty and then walk away? Not if she had anything to say about it.

In an act of kindness (and to alleviate guilt over her family's role in slavery) Amanda Roberts became the benefactor of Promise Land, a school and orphanage for black children. Not afraid to confront Klansmen who fight against the school, and engaged to a local plantation owner, she finds herself falling in love with the school's administrator, a black man from the East, Noah Jackson. Faced with condemnation from the start, their steamy liaison is more than she'd bargained for. Why should she, a white heiress from a prominent Southern family, risk so much? That kind of love was too painful. And then there was Rita, the demented former slave of the Roberts, who pointed to Amanda and her sister Ginger and told them... "Don't tell master I told you but you are the blood of a slave."

Natasha sees a chance to start over when she meets Casey and moves with him to Gold River, a quirky little village in the Sierras where Casey grew up. When her troubled younger sister, Michelle, follows her and becomes involved with Casey's handsome and mysterious Native-American friend, Hank, Natasha hopes for the best. But it doesn't take long for Michelle to return to her manipulative ways. Casey is coming home late and behaving suspiciously. A strange man is stalking Natasha's family. The local college has been robbed of priceless Native American artifacts. Is Natasha's dream about to turn into a nightmare?

With vegetarian recipes that strengthen your spirit and save your soul, Suellen Ocean's talking cooking when the cupboard's bare! This stir-crazy country woman's got the slap-happiest way to bake a pie and even shows you how to cook with acorns and wild rose hips. Poor Jonny's Cookbook is for pioneers, rich people, poor people, writers, frugal people, busy people, city people, country people, newlyweds, survivalists, seniors, starving artists, and students!"Ocean... is a veritable Betty Crocker of the woodland..." Biography MagazineOcean... "was intent on living in a one-room cabin... dining on nothing but nuts and berries." Chicago Tribune"Ocean... is an excellent vegetarian cook." Bountiful Gardens"She's enviably enthusiastic about food." Crawdad Nelson - Steelhead SpecialOcean is "a resourceful person who doesn't like to waste things." The [Hayward] Daily Review

The summer days were long and confusing, especially as Delilah began to enjoy rum, which after a few sips left her inebriated and incoherent for the rest of the evening. Akev had a mind of his own and fortitude to acquire his dreams, yet Delilah brought him to his knees and brought strife with his brother Gideon, who was also weak to her seductions. Were they captivated by her Acadian charm or was it wanting what another man had? Can Akev's wife Angelique, continue pretending she doesn't see her husband's weakness for Delilah? Aramingo began to socialize heavily, courting beautiful women, especially those recently arriving from Europe, enthralled with the handsome Nobel Savage, a title they called him playfully. And Onte had grown so cold to Pierre, after sensing his lingering love for Delilah, that their Indian marriage had dissolved into nothing more than companion parenting. They were all growing restless, bored and starved for affection. None of them knew which way to turn. Being a landowner in Colonial America was hard... without a woman's love... but who deserved Delilah's love and who fell prey to her deception?

When Winterwolf stepped into Evaline' life, she tumbled into his arms. Unfortunately, she was not ready for all that love requires... but Missy was. And although Missy was just a girl, she had the mind... and the desires... of a woman. Winterwolf fought her advances... time and time again, but when Evaline began taking advantage of his love, he needed more and Missy was there waiting to give it. With the taste of Evaline still on his lips... could he?

As he stepped toward the house where Sabina lay resting, the words grew louder... black lilac... black lilac...Sabina... the sheltered black daughter of a white man, has fair skin... enough to pass for white, but she struggles with the morality of such deception, especially during the Civil War. When Samuel, a gorgeous black man she's grown up with, is not ready for her advances, she moves on to Randall Asbury, a white carpetbagger from the north, whom she scoots out of town before her identity is revealed. But is it wise to leave Samuel behind? With that gorgeous smile? After leaving... Sabina knows she must return before she commits to living a lie with Randall. But will returning home reveal her lie and ruin her chance at love?

After a war injury, Andre Talouse reunites with his estranged father, whose unorthodox tastes leaves him battling his own inner demons. When Hope, the daughter of a neighboring plantation owner and widow of a rebel soldier, pays Talouse plantation a visit, Andre cannot resist pursuing her. As she grows to know Andre, she finds that, like all men, he has weaknesses. One is Ruby, whose beauty is unmatched by the rose garden she tends to at Talouse. With the war over and Reconstruction begun, all of Montclair parish struggles to make new lives for themselves. Slaves are now servants. Masters are now employers. Negros are supposed to be free. Does that include free to love anyone who captures their heart? Southern customs are important but Hope Wakefield is tired of grieving. But really... is the red dress too suggestive?

Two brothers, Isaac and Levi, fighting for opposite sides during the Civil War, and their sister Sarah, have contrary views about how Kentucky's post-war days should take shape. Levi wants to send for his nurse Prudence, a beautiful fair-skinned mulatto who saved his life and captured his heart. Isaac is opposed, believing that it's wrong for a white man to marry a black woman. He fought a war to prevent that. Sarah, comfortable with tradition, would rather her brother not get involved. It feels terribly wrong, until she meets Pru's handsome almost-white brother Thomas, who moves into the house across the street. Sarah's distraction inflames her beau Ben. She must navigate the era's Victorian rules and adjust to her newly discovered feelings while she ponders whether her love is impropriety or something disguised like it. Changing morals pose questions for the small town of Darrington, Kentucky and for the lively young residents who live along the peaceful tree-lined street known as Dandelion Lane.

Carolina surveyed her life from the sanctity of her home. Everywhere she looked, the world had changed and now that she was twenty-four, humanity beckoned for her to participate. The war was over and Reconstruction had begun. But she could not step foot into adult society as she was. Nor could she present her true self, for fear that she would be ostracized. Her family's Negro heritage was generations ago but bigotry still thrived, dangerously, even in the abolitionist city of Philadelphia. Was her nanny right that she should embrace life and live with her secret? Was it honorable to not tell? When a letter arrived, these questions demanded an answer. She had to either bury the truth or set the world straight and reveal who she truly was. Little did she know that love would play such an important role in her decision.

At the birth of the Civil War, Scots-Irish Mabel McCrutchon is ready for love, but because her skin color reveals the family's secret black ancestry, Mabel is ridiculed in public and her own mother excludes her from social gatherings. When wealthy Abolitionist, Charles Churchill invites her to travel to New Orleans to pose as the mother of black children and lead them to safety in the north, he worries about the risk. If his scheme is discovered, Mabel will be swept into Louisiana's slave trade. After arriving at the decaying, antebellum St Francis Plantation to retrieve the children, they're greeted by a sultry blonde who knows Charles much too well.

Cliff was an ordinary kid living in the mountain community of Madrone when an ex-con named Jack comes to grow marijuana. Needing help, he enlists the boy, who at sixteen, has captured Madrone's attention with his musical talent. Hoping to play at the summer festival, when thousands gravitate to the seaside community, he must overcome obstacles at the retreat of rock star Steve Lampson. And for Cliff, those obstacles include falling in love...Jack was fresh out of prison and wanted to grow pot... Steve Lampson was a rock star who owned the land next door. Steve had the money and the women but Jack had something else... another man's wife. Madrone was a quiet town... until the gunshots rang out...

Speaking about black ancestry in white families has been taboo for generations, keeping black genealogists from asking too many questions. Draconian laws and prejudices have kept millions of people from knowing the true origins of their ancestors. No matter the color of your skin, readers will enjoy the exploration that Suellen Ocean embarks on in this fifth book of the Secret Genealogy series, "Black, White and Hamite; Ancestors of Color in Our Family Trees." It is the author's hope that this book opens doors in the genealogical world that have been closed for far too long.

Do you ever wonder if you have Jewish ancestry? Do you have a Sarah, Rebecca or Joshua in your family tree? The third book in Suellen Ocean's genealogy series, "Secret Genealogy III, From Jewish Anglo-Saxon Tribes to New France Acadians," is a how-to for uncovering ancient Jewish ancestry. From Babylonia to Brooklyn, this book will have your curiosity up in no time.

Suellen Ocean's Secret Genealogy is a "how-to" genealogical reference book for those who want to trace their ancestry back hundreds, perhaps thousands of years by following historical trails. European and American surnames and history are discussed in a fun manner even though the book weaves through the serious topics of the Inquisition, the Diaspora, Slave Trading and Secret Societies.

Join the fast growing crowd of genealogists discovering that their ancestors were Jewish. It's an overwhelming, whirlwind of an experience to uncover the clues that reveal exactly who your great-grandparents were. Once you find that first clue, you will want to know and discover more. It isn't easy to push open the huge doors leading into the world of Secret Genealogy but behind those doors reveals the truth to our origins.

Now that technology enables us worldwide, to share our family trees, we can dig deeper than ever. The intertwining of the roots of Judaism and Christianity continues to fascinate author Suellen Ocean. This sixth book in the Secret Genealogy series, continues with the Freemasons and Anglo-Saxons. New additions are Jewish Conquistadors, the Renaissance and the Holy Family and how intriguing it would be to connect to the Royal House of David.

Are we expecting too much from a DNA report? Can we find relatives if we take a DNA test? Will they be friendly? Will the test tell me where my ancestors came from? In this seventh book of the Secret Genealogy series, Suellen Ocean takes a candid look at DNA testing as a tool for uncovering hidden ancestry. The author takes the reader along as she encounters mtDNA, haplogroups, genomes and admixture calculators for the first time. If you decide to take a DNA test, you'll probably have the same questions that she does. It's time-consuming and heady stuff. Not easily understood. Prepare for your own DNA test by reading "Secret Genealogy VII, DNA... Jumping into the Gene Pool. A High-Tech Gathering of the Tribes."

Suellen Ocean found the history of Indian removals, rolls, lists, censuses and enumerations complicated and confusing while searching for her allusive Native American ancestry. In the fourth book of her Secret Genealogy series, Ocean thoughtfully gives the reader the guidance they need to search for their own Native ancestry. After reading this book you'll have both the keys and a better understanding of what's required for the amateur to navigate bureaucracies and websites that hold the answers to their questions. Read Secret Genealogy IV, Native Americans Hidden in Our Family Trees, before you begin your search.