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Bouncing along on the hard wagon seat, Lacey is veraciously giddy as she and her Uncle Robert travel to London for new farm machinery. After all, Leicester, the small farming community of her birth, is a completely different world. London in the 1790s awakens Lacey's senses, her graceful deportment, her unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and her fascination with fashions. When Robert thwarts a ruffian stealing a necklace from the Duchess of Richmond, Lacey plunges into the world of London's aristocracy, acutely aware, though, that she must return to the farm. Months later, Lacey returns to London in a posh coach when the Duchess offers to educate Lacey and develop her talents as a seamstress. Despite her love for her family, Lacey's heart longs to go. As Lacey settles in, she encounters those who snub her humble background. Determined to prove she can change the fashion world, Lacey becomes a top courtier. Finally successful, she struggles with the horrific war that's raging and her conflicting feelings for the brutally handsome Charles and the warm Edmund. "Lacey" provides a fascinating peek into late eighteenth-century England, when fashion was coming into its own. Wrap yourself in the rich tapestry of Lacey's story from beginning to end
At the dawn of the tumultuous 1960s, Toby Masters is a girl-crazy, athletic young boy growing up too fast. Fate-or something more divine-brings him to Laura DuVall in a Southern California grade school classroom. Too young to understand the full implications of their meeting, they are unaware of how completely their lives will change. Growing up together through adolescence and young adulthood, and living the wild crazes of the times, the nascent lovers brave years filled with longing, adventure, ecstasy, and anguish in an endless struggle to defeat the tremendous forces trying to tear them apart. Yearning for a place away from the world's judgment of their relationship, Toby and Laura discover a hidden forest haven they name Promise Point, where they exchange vows of eternal devotion. Now in college, the two are finally on their own and heading toward a fabulous future. But their dreams are suddenly shattered by events they could never have imagined. But "Promise Point" holds the key that can save their love. Will Laura realize it in time?
The charming and hilarious tonic we've all been waiting for. The Times bestseller, Yours Cheerfully, is the uplifting sequel to Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce. 'The best possible antidote for the blahs, the doldrums, all slumps, all dumps . . . Loved. Every. Word.' - Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry London, September, 1941. Following the departure of the formidable Editor, Mrs Henrietta Bird, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake at Woman's Friend magazine. And while the war rages on, Emmy is even firmer that she must do all she can to help on the Home Front. As ever, she is determined to Make a Go of It. When the Ministry of Information calls on Britain's women's magazines to help recruit female supporters to the war effort, Emmy is thrilled to be asked to help. But when she and best friend Bunty meet a young woman who shows them the real challenges that women war workers face, Emmy must tackle a life-changing dilemma: should she carry out her duty or stand by her friends? 'Buoyant and bubbly, a tonic in testing times' - Mail on Sunday 'A brilliant follow up to Dear Mrs Bird' - Clare Mackintosh 'Absolutely lovely!' - Marian Keyes 'Full of wit, friendship and the uplifting knowledge that when people come together, great changes can be made' - Katie Fforde
Criminals usually commit their crimes which generate madness around midnight while innocent people are fast asleep in their beds. It was almost midnight when Erin Andrews witnessed a drug exchange between two boats at Folly Beach near Charleston, S.C. Also that same night Erin was caught spying on two Coast Guard officers as they filmed the actual drug exchange before arresting the crooks involved. It was almost midnight when Jess Reynolds was eyewitness to a brutal murder near the Folly Beach harbor; it was almost midnight when a beautiful blond disappears on a cruise ship never to be seen alive again. It was a little after midnight when two bodies washed up on shore believed to be those belonging to two of the missing drug dealers. Now Erin, Jess and Captain Logan Maxwell are thrown together as they try to find the missing girl and end the crime-ridden spree of a cruel murder before any more innocent bystanders are killed. Erin and Logan's growing passion for each other ignites the wrath of a ruthless killer and Erin's generaous nature leads her into deadly peril. Can this case be solved before another murder is committed and can true love survive when danger lurks from every corner?
The Barrett family had owned three of the largest plantations in Georgia before the Civil War. Near the end of the war, they had to flee their homes. They settled in Massachusetts, eventually owning vast textile mills. Liz, the daughter of Kathleen and Isaac Barrett, was born in Massachusetts in eighteen eighty. Her father died when she was very young and her mother married his younger brother, Harley, when Liz was ten. She always knew of her mother's love for Georgia and they visited the homeland, to find only one dilapidated plantation house left standing. When she was sixteen, she lost her mother who was buried in the old family cemetery in Jenz Bridge, Georgia. Liz was left with a stepfather who turned to alcohol and after two years of indecision and grieving, she went to Georgia to begin restoration of the house. There she married and had a son. It was a perfect marriage until a secret was uncovered that nearly destroyed her marriage and her life. Through an accident, her life was restored. Now, Liz sits and happily looks upon her loved ones and remembers how close she came to loosing all this forever.
In the fantasy novel, "Night Fell, Morning Rose" two star-crossed lovers embark on a romantic journey from ancient times to medieval England, through early America, and the Holocaust in Poland before finally reaching their destiny in today's world. Verna is a respected medicine woman and teacher in her ancient village and, as a result, she is a forbidden beauty. When she unexpectedly meets Dror, a ruggedly handsome warrior by the clear, blue waters of a local river, they immediately fall in love and their passion for each other drives their every thought and action from that point forward. Because Dror has emptied her of her innocence, Verna must now sentence her new lover to execution. Already convinced after just one encounter that she loves him, she agonizes over how to rescue him from his unfair fate. And so begin the mystical revelations that surround these two lovers as they continue to meet over the centuries but for one reason or another, cannot find a way to be together forever. Dror and Verna must persevere through incredible danger, weather catastrophes, horrifying experiences, and death in order to reach their destiny-no matter what it holds.
The Ranchers daughter, beautiful Hallie Lamont, captivates country boy Jessie Rascoe. But the bare foot mountain girl, Maria Hunter, captures his heart in this "Greatest Generation" love story based on characters and historic events experienced by the author. Richard C. Kirkland grew up in a small mountain community, attending a one room school during the Great Depression. He then flew 103 combat missions in the famous "Flying Knights" fighter Squadron in World War Two. Utilizing those experiences, rare in today's literary world, he has written a fascinating account of that remarkable period in American history and laced it with an unforgettable love story that has been reviewed as: "May be one of the greatest love stories ever written."
Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Bront is arguably the world's favorite love story, a romantic classic beloved by generations of readers. Jane Eyre is a young English governess who overcomes an abusive childhood and falls in love with her pupil's guardian, Mr. Rochester, the grim and charismatic master of Thornfield Hall -- a place of gothic mystery. She is quiet, small, mousy, downtrodden -- and yet indomitable and steadfast, fierce and passionate when it comes to being true to herself. Jane is the quintessential everywoman heroine, a vibrant character for the ages, at the same time personifying the strict moral standards of her epoch; such dissonance serves to engage and compel. This deluxe illustrated edition contains classic interior illustrations by F. H. Townsend and a new definitive introduction by the sparkling virtuoso stylist, Tiptree Award-winning novelist Catherynne M. Valente.
Blue Spring, last of the Senedo Indian tribe, and Dylan Jones, the Wolf Killer, are caught in the struggle between European conquerors and Native Americans in the land of Eighteenth Century Virginia. A massacre brings these two people of different worlds together, and they vow to build a life that spans their differences. Will the struggle for land and power between the Colonial leaders of early Augusta, and the opposition of the Native Americans who live on the land, leave room for the dreams of thousands of Indians and settlers? Join this lone survivor of massacre, meet the ones she comes to love, and share her life's journey "Through Buffalo Gap." |
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