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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Sagas
From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes an
unforgettable story of courage and finding forgiveness in an
unforgiving wilderness. Seventeen-year-old Ethan Underwood is
totally unprepared to search for his father in the Blythe River
National Wilderness. Not only is he small, scrawny, and skittish
but he's barely speaking to the man after a traumatic betrayal. Yet
when his father vanishes from their remote cabin and rangers
abandon the rescue mission, suddenly it's up to Ethan to keep
looking. Angry or not, he's his father's only hope. With the help
of three locals-a fearless seventy-year-old widow, a pack guide,
and a former actor with limited outdoor skills-he heads into the
wild. The days that follow transform Ethan's world. Hail, punishing
sun, swollen rapids, and exhausting pain leave him wondering if
he's been fooled yet again: Is his father out here at all? As the
situation grows increasingly dire, Ethan realizes this quest has
become about more than finding his dad. From the bestselling author
of Pay It Forward comes a story of nature revealing human
nature-the trickiest terrain. Navigating an unforgiving landscape,
Ethan searches himself for the ability to forgive his father-if he
finds him alive.
From Amazon bestselling author Kitty Neale comes a heartbreaking
historical novel about a young woman trying to make the best
despite the worst circumstances. Is a happy ever after impossible?
Previously published in 2015 Fractured Alison is the ugly duckling
of her family and has always been treated with disdain by her
mother. After years of being bullied, she is drawn to the one man
who shows her affection. But when he brutally rapes her, leaving
her pregnant, she is cast out. Forgotten Shunned by her family,
Alison must start to make her own way and plan a life for herself
and her unborn child - and for the first time she is master of her
own destiny. Forgiven? But when the baby arrives, Alison feels no
love for her new son. Terrified that history will repeat itself,
can she find a way to love her child? And will she ever find the
forgiveness she craves from her family? An utterly unputdownable,
heart-wrenching historical novel that will have you completely
hooked from the first page. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Nadine
Dorries and Nancy Revell. Readers absolutely love A Daughter's
Disgrace: 'Had me hooked from the very first page and continued
throughout the book. One of those books you just didn't want to
end!! Just a BRILLIANT read as always, Kitty Neale!!!' Amazon
reviewer 'Worth every penny, unfortunately it kept me from my bed
it was such an interesting story and I never imagined the twist at
the end....buy it ..love it.' Amazon reviewer 'Fantastic. It kept
me gripped right till the end and could really picture every
character.' Amazon reviewer 'I loved it, twists and turns that I
certainly wasn't expecting... I just couldn't put it down.' Amazon
reviewer 'What a wonderful read. Had me hooked, I fell in love with
the characters.' Amazon reviewer 'I had to finish it in almost one
read. The book was filled with all the emotions.' Amazon reviewer
1935, Edinburgh: Beautiful Lindsay 'Lindy' Gillian is determined to
look on the bright side in spite of the Depression: she is lucky
enough to have a job working for her stepmother at Murchie's
Provisions, and her family reside in one of the nicer flats in a
nearby tenement block. There is also dear Neil, a young writer from
the same tenement, whom she has known for years. But when handsome
Roderick Connor walks into the shop one day, Lindy's world is
turned upside down. Soon she has a difficult choice to make between
the two men - but once made, will she live to regret it? A new
arrival, unexpected opportunities and war clouds in the shape of
the Spanish Civil War on the horizon all have unforeseen
repercussions, leading to much soul-searching and heartache before
Lindy can hope to find lasting happiness.
A heart-warming saga set in the Yorkshire Dales in the early
sixties With her natural good looks, fashionable clothes and lavish
use of make-up, Fiona Norwood, the rector's new wife, has caused
quite a stir amongst the close-knit parish community of
Aberthwaite. But Fiona is hiding a secret in her past, and with the
gossip and rumour rife it can only be a matter of time before
Fiona's secret is out - and the revelations and heartache that
ensue will have unforeseen consequences for more than one member of
the parish.
A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured further west--to Greenland and, ultimately, the coast of North America itself. The 10 Sagas and seven shorter tales in this volume include the celebrated "Vinland Sagas," which recount Leif Eiriksson's pioneering voyage to the New World and contain the oldest descriptions of the North American continent.
Seventeen-year-old Bradalynn Collier is used to enduring night
after night of unbearable restlessness. In the quiet darkness while
everyone else sleeps, dreams that are not only hers take possession
of her mind. Brady thinks her gift for entering the subconscious
minds of others is a curse-until she meets the mysterious Alexander
Connelly on her first day of her junior year in high school.
Alexander is a new transfer student whose mesmerizing green eyes
seem to stare straight through Brady. Against the advice of her
best friend, Doug Rothen, Brady decides to venture into the dark
nights of Alexander's slumber. As she suffers through his
relentless nightmares, becoming emotionally attached along the way,
Brady finds reason to finally gain control of her unique ability.
But just as an unexpected relationship emerges and blurs the line
in her friendship with Doug, a devastating accident forces Brady to
make an unthinkable decision.
In this compelling tale, Brady must betray the trust of others
and make a choice that has the potential to tear her away from the
only dream she now desires-a life with Alexander Connelly.
This major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in
Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will
ever read. When Helen Forrester's father went bankrupt in 1930 she
and her six siblings were forced into utmost poverty and slum
surroundings in Depression-ridden Liverpool. The running of the
household and the care of the younger children all fell on
twelve-year-old Helen. With very little food or help from her
feckless parents, Helen led a life of unrelenting drudgery and
hardship. Writing about her experiences later in life, Helen
Forrester shed light on an almost forgotten part of life in
Britain. , Forrester's memoir of these grim days is as
heart-warming as it is shocking.
A Sicilian way of life inspired by passion, mystery and
enchantment. The story takes you to a place where you think the
unthinkable, touch the unreachable, and dream the indescribable.
A spellbinding saga of family, trust, secrets ...and love.
Hampshire 1850. Beth Langton has been running her large family
estate for nine months now, after the death of her father. Under
the watchful eyes of her godfather and guardian, Lord Edward
Sharland, and an excellent estate manager, Henry Greenway, she is
loving the work. After a week away with Henry buying cattle,
terrible news is waiting for her on her return. The father of her
best friend, Lady Helen Denton, has shot himself after running up
gambling debts, leaving Helen destitute. Beth persuades Helen to
come and live with her, although Helen is too proud to take charity
and insists she work as a paid companion. The girls soon settle
happily together, but further tragedy awaits. Beth is informed by a
stranger that her beloved guardian, away on business, has died. The
stranger claims to be Edward's heir, making him her legal guardian
- and he has the paperwork to prove it. But can they trust him? And
should they?
The strawberry harvest is finally ready. The delicious fruit make
up the main source of income for the small hamlet of Strawbridge.
Good friends Leah, Alice and Dora are ready to spend their summer
months working in Isaac Whitworth's farm. But when Leah takes a
fancy to young farm hand Harry and Alice catches the eye of the
curate's son the two girls find themselves falling fast. This
leaves Dora on the outside, struggling with the weight of being
here family's sole breadwinner and caring for her sickly father.
But the summer months are long and the surprises are far from over.
Away from the fields, a war is brewing which risks everything the
girls can dare to dream about.
Ninety-three-year-old Abigail Buckley, who may or may not be in
control of all her faculties, is prepared to reveal the skeletons
in the family closet to her great-niece, Dawn, who stands to
inherit the family's considerable wealth. After claiming to Dawn
she has been living with a curse for years, Abigail can do nothing
but anxiously await her niece's arrival.A few days later, Abigail
sips her tea as she leads Dawn through four generations of history
and parallel universes, revealing the story of how Abigail came to
be raised by her father and Concha, a Mexican-American woman
harboring a deep secret. As Abigail recalls her coming-of-age
journey--during which she achieved academic excellence, rode
horses, and witnessed a tragic accident--she lays out decades of
family history and secrets, along with the details of the dreaded
curse, which Dawn soon learns must be passed down. But it is only
when Dawn sets off on an adventure that culminates in a chain of
remarkable events on an ancient burial ground that another tier of
unbelievable history is added to her unique family.In this
supernatural novel inspired by New Mexico folklore, a woman nearing
the end of her life leads her beloved niece through the past so
that she may embrace the future--and all it encompasses--without
her.
The great love of Blue Heron and Red Bear sustain an Ojibwe clan as
it struggles to survive war, famine, and the coming of foreign
explorers bearing deadly diseases. The blood feud between two rival
warriors over the love of Ashagi, a strong-willed woman of great
beauty and greater determination threads through this story of one
Ojibwe clan on the cusp of great change. A young woman from a
peaceful village, Ashagi (Blue Heron) is abducted in a raid
conducted by the Sioux, the ancestral enemies of her clan, and made
a concubine of a fat, slovenly chief who already has two wives.
When she is rescued by Misko (Red Bear), an Ojibwe youth, the two
fall in love and a lifelong bond is formed. But Nika, Misko's
rival, demands that Misko surrender Ashagi to replace his brother
who was killed during a raid involving the young warriors' two
clans. As Nika's pride and obsession with Ashagi eats away at his
sanity, greater danger for the whole Ojibwe way of life creeps ever
closer. Warfare, vengeance, supernatural monsters, and strange
spirits all claw at the edges of this love triangle, but the power
of the clan and the love of family and tradition helps sustain a
culture on the verge of harrowing times. Beginning in 1588 and
spanning twenty-five years, WINDIGO MOON encompasses warring tribes
of the Upper Great Lakes, the onset of the Little Ice Age of the
1600s, the diseases introduced by foreign explorers, and, always
and forever, the great love of Blue Heron and Red Bear.
Meticulously researched and beautifully written, WINDIGO MOON will
appeal to fans of Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, Jean
Auel, Alexander Thom, Anna Lee Waldo, and other top authors of
historical fiction.
From the top-ten bestselling author of One Snowy Night, Rita
Bradshaw, comes The Storm Child, a sweeping family saga set during
the run up to WW2 in the north-east of England. It's mid-winter,
and in the throes of a fierce blizzard Elsie Redfern and her
husband discover an unknown girl in their hay barn about to give
birth. After the young mother dies, Elsie takes the infant in and
raises her as her own daughter, her precious storm child. Gina
grows into a beautiful little girl, but her safe haven turns out to
be anything but. Torn away from her home and family, the child
finds herself in a nightmare from which there's no waking, but
despite her misery and bewilderment, Gina's determined to survive.
Years pass. With womanhood comes the Second World War, along with
more heartbreak, grief and betrayal. Then, a new but dangerous love
beckons; can Gina ever escape the dark legacy of the storm child?
Wartime secrets threaten one woman's life in the latest thrilling
drama from the author of The Gunner Girl and The English Agent.
World-renowned war artist Dame Laura Knight is commissioned to
paint propaganda portraits of factory girls and is sent to the
ordnance factories in her hometown of Nottingham. At first she
relishes the opportunity for a nostalgia trip, but when she starts
work on a portrait of two particular women, Violet Smith, and her
co-worker Zelah Fitzlord, memories begin to resurface that she has
spent half a lifetime trying to forget. Violet is an industrial
conscript, and her wages help support a sprawling family back home
in Kent. But working in munitions also meant freedom from a
small-town mentality, and the disappointment of a first love turned
sour. For Zelah, too, working in the gun factory meant escape: her
dreams of the future were dashed in the carnage of the Plymouth
Blitz, and she found refuge in the numbing repetition of manual
work. But, just like war artist Laura, Violet and Zelah have
something hidden, mistakes that they have tried to leave behind
with their old selves. Will the night shift keep these women's
secrets, or will the past explode into the present and change all
of their lives forever? Praise for Clare Harvey's novels: 'Will
delight all those who love a good wartime story' DILLY COURT 'An
irresistible tale of friendship, love and heartache during WW2 that
had me enthralled' KATE FURNIVALL 'Heart-warming, enjoyable and
full of surprises, I loved it' ELIZABETH CHADWICK 'Clare Harvey is
an exceptional new talent. THE GUNNER GIRL offers a stunningly
realistic vision of the WW2 era, through the intertwined lives and
loves of three very different women. The story is brought to life
by razor sharp dialogue, an eye for period details and a taut plot
which never becomes sentimental' KATE RHODES
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Let love into your life with these two stories filled with romance
and humor as two women find their own Mr. Right in the small
seaside town of Lucky Harbor. Head Over Heels: Chloe Traeger isn't
ready to settle into a quiet life running her family's newly
renovated inn. But soon her love of trouble--and trouble with
love--draws the attention of the very stern, very sexy Lucky Harbor
sheriff. Can this rebel find a way to keep the peace with the
straitlaced sheriff? Or will Chloe's past keep her from a love that
lasts? Lucky in Love: Mallory Quinn has had enough of playing it
safe. For once, she'd like to take a risk on Mr. Wrong. And who
could be more wrong than Ty Garrison? The mysterious new guy in
little Lucky Harbor has made it clear that he's only passing
through, which suits Mallory just fine. But as their just-for-fun
fling becomes something more, Mallory and Ty wonder if they could
really be this lucky in love. "Fall in love with Jill Shalvis!
She's my go-to read for humor and heart." --Susan Mallery
An absorbing tale of the strength and heartbreak of family ties
- Winter, 1940. Anna MacRae is only five years old when her mother
dies in childbirth and she is left with twin baby sisters. Anna is
a gifted child, with a warm personality to match, but not so her
sisters - and as, through the years, their pranks turn to stealing,
bullying and worse, Anna must learn to cope with them if she is
ever to find happiness of her own.
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