Newly appointed Secretary of State, a former Navy SEAL finds himself unwittingly enmeshed in a government covert operation in Venezuela, but when his wife and son are kidnapped by dangerous nationals, he must choose – does he follow the rules of diplomacy, or employ his SEAL skills to rescue his family deep in the Venezuelan forest?

A cunning workhouse runaway is plucked from the gritty streets of Victorian London by a volatile burglar and his gang, and the tenuous bond that she develops with her keeper is threatened both by outside forces that seek to return her to the workhouse, as well as his often violent temper.

A teen-aged boy escapes his foster care placement to volunteer as a spy in World War I Europe. Posing as a deaf-mute, hated and mistrusted by Allied troops, he must escape detection while stealing information, sabotaging strategic positions, and fending for himself in enemy territory. Based on a true story.

A young teen, struggling to find her place in her family and community, resists her casting as Mary in the church Christmas pageant while her mother, the parish musician, attempts to stage an additional pageant at the local nursing home so that her aged mother can finally be Mary.