Non-Fiction

Delilah, a newcomer to Gaza, is struggling to adapt to her new home when her stepfather dies. Cruelly mistreated by her stepbrother, Delilah escapes the Philistine city and takes up residence with a widow in the Valley of Sorek, where she eventually meets Samson, the Israelite strongman. Could he help her avenge her losses? She discovers that she and Samson have much in common—both feel the sting of being different from others. After falling in love, Delilah must decide which she loves more: Samson or her dream of revenge.

In 1587, a group of colonists set sail from England, bound for Virginia, to establish the first English colony in the New World. They never made it to Virginia, but settled on Roanoke Island. John White, the colony's founder, sailed away, promising to return. By the time he did return, the colonists...