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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Romance > Historical
Harriet Hunter is a young woman living in Wineglass Bay, Tasmania. She is headstrong and stubborn: the archetypical modern teenager enjoying her relatively mundane life. When she is sucked into a centuries old story halfway across the globe, she quickly learns that she is a peculiarity - a modern girl in a man's world. Harriet is catapulted into an epic, dramatic saga where her choices have the power to change history and save lives - or ruin them forever.
The classic Shakespearean love tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is a tale of forbidden love, feuding families and tragic endings. Book One of the Into the Abyss series, Vault of Verona, demonstrates how just one decision can have a butterfly effect felt throughout time. Vault of Verona will excite the imaginations of readers, young and old, through complex characters, intriguing plot twists and incredible imagery.
From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the second novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix.
Anthony Bridgerton needs a wife.
Having spent his twenties in a rakish pursuit of pleasure (whilst taking care to ensure the financial security of his mother and seven younger siblings and mother) he knows it's high time he settled down and ensured the continuation of the Bridgerton line.
Edwina Sheffield is considered the most beautiful debutante of the current season. She is also sweet, innocent and eminently biddable - Anthony is sure she'll make a perfectly acceptable wife and vows to make her his.
The only obstacle in his way is Edwina's older sister, Kate. Kate is determined to do all she can to allow her sister the chance to marry for love rather than convenience. And the roguish viscount is beginning to think he may have met his match in Kate's keen wit and sharp tongue. Until, that is, he makes the mistake of kissing her...
This passionate West Country smuggling saga set in the early
19th-century is an intriguing departure for Tudor mystery writer
Fiona Buckley. Exmoor, 1800. When farmer's daughter Peggy Shawe
meets the charismatic Ralph Duggan, son of a so-called 'free
trader', it's love at first sight. Determined to prevent the match,
Peggy's widowed mother sends her daughter to live with the Duggans
for six weeks, believing she will be put off marriage to Ralph when
she discovers what life is like among a smuggling family. Matters
take a dramatic turn however when Ralph's brother Philip is
suspected of murder, and Ralph and Philip are despatched to distant
relatives across the Atlantic. Heartbroken, Peggy vows to be
reunited with her lover one day. But it will be several years
before she and Ralph are destined to meet again - and in very
different circumstances . . .
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Royal
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Danielle Steel
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In this spellbinding tale from Danielle Steel, a princess is sent
away to safety during World War II, where she falls in love, and is
lost forever. As the war rages on in the summer of 1943, causing
massive destruction and widespread fear, the King and Queen choose
to quietly send their youngest daughter, Princess Charlotte, to
live with a trusted noble family in the Yorkshire countryside.
Despite her fiery, headstrong nature, the princess's fragile health
poses far too great a risk for her to remain in war-torn London.
Third in line to the throne, seventeen year-old Charlotte
reluctantly uses an alias upon her arrival in Yorkshire, her two
guardians the only keepers of her true identity. A talented
horsewoman, Charlotte begins to enjoy life out of the spotlight,
concentrating on training with her beloved horse. But no one
predicts that in the coming months she will fall deeply in love
with her protectors' son. Far from her parents, a tragic turn of
events leaves an infant orphaned. Alone in the world, that child
will be raised in the most humble circumstances by a modest stable
manager and his wife. No one, not even she, knows of her lineage.
But when a stack of hidden letters comes to light, a secret kept
for nearly two decades finally surfaces, and a long lost princess
emerges. A fascinating story of family and royalty, and an
unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young woman and the man
who brings her home, Royal is an exhilarating work from the world's
favourite storyteller.
"Our Seas of Fear and Love" is a romance-family saga set
primarily in Maine but also in Europe, Boston, and the Southwest.
Calm and stormy seas are emblematic of the characters, their
influence upon one another, and the conflicts and love expressed
among the four main characters - Brigit, Deirdre, Gregory and
Etienne Moreau, a man who searches out art treasures to sell to
museums. Etienne takes as his partner Deirdre, a dark haired,
vivacious beauty he meets during World War II when she was an OSS
member and he was head of a Maquis group. Brigit, an extremely
attractive red-haired woman and nurse cares for Gregory wounded
during the war and who becomes a well-known medical researcher.
Gregory and Brigit have fallen in love and plan their marriage.
Deirdre then sets her sight on Gregory, ignoring her lover and
partner Etienne, and a conflict occurs between the two women. In
the end, the effects of love triumph in contrast to vainness that
damages self and others as the seas of fear and love engulf
all.
About the Author:
Richard Shain Cohen of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is originally from
Boston. He retired from the University of Maine at Presque Isle
after serving as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor
of English. He holds B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.
He served as editor of the journal "Husson Review" and was
principal participant in a National Endowment for the Arts Grant
for "Images of Aroostook" that was exhibited throughout the State
of Maine.
His own publications include: "Healing After Dark: Pioneering
Compassionate Medicine at the Boston Evening Clinic" (2011), "The
Forgotten Longfellow: Man in the Shadows" (2010), "Only God Can
Make a Tree," poetry from himself and his brother, Alfred Robert
Cohen; and the novels "Our Seas of Fear and Love, Monday: End of
the Week, Be Still, My Soul," and "Petal on a Black Bough." He also
wrote chapters for "Aroostook: Land of Promise," academic reviews,
other articles, and - with the help of a Shell Grant - a monograph
on Samuel Richardson that can be found in major library
holdings.
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A Harlot's Hope
(Hardcover)
Brenda Richardson-Mcghee; Cover design or artwork by Theresa Wysocki Burbridge; Edited by Judith Hale
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A beautiful collectible edition containing the fifth and sixth novels
of the beloved Bridgerton series by New York Times bestselling author
Julia Quinn.
To Sir Phillip, With Love
Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd
proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a
little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn't. The
beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she
stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was
kiss her . . . and more.
When He Was Wicked
In every life there is a turning point. For Michael Stirling, London's
most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on
Francesca Bridgerton. But that was then...Now Michael is the earl and
Francesca thinks of him as nothing other than her dear friend and
confidant. Michael dares not speak to her of his love, until one
dangerous night, when she steps innocently into his arms, and passion
proves stronger than even the most wicked of secrets . . .
A stunning collectible edition containing the 5th and 6th novels in #1
New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's beloved Bridgerton
series. This edition features:
- gorgeous sprayed edges
- intricate foil iconography
- ribbon bookmark
- beautiful endpapers
See these beloved stories come to life on screen in Bridgerton, now a
series created by Shondaland for Netflix.
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