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Folly Beach, South Carolina, has survived despite hurricanes and
war. But it's the personal battles of Folly Beach's residents that
have left the most scars, and why a young widow has been beckoned
there to heal her own...
To most people, Folly Beach is simply the last barrier island
before reaching the great Atlantic. To some, it's a sanctuary for
lost souls, which is why Emmy Hamilton's mother encourages her to
buy the local book store, Folly's Finds, hoping it will distract
Emmy from the loss of her husband.
Emmy is at first resistant. So much has already changed. But after
finding love letters and an image of a beautiful bottle tree in a
box of used books from Folly's Finds, she decides to take the
plunge. But the seller insists on one condition: Emmy must allow
Lulu, the late owner's difficult sister, to continue selling her
bottle trees from its back yard.
For the most part Emmy ignores Lulu as she sifts through the love
letters, wanting to learn more. But the more she discovers about
the letters, the more she understands Lulu. As details of a
possible murder and a mysterious disappearance during WWII are
revealed, the two women discover that circumstances beyond their
control, sixty years apart, have brought them together, here on
Folly Beach. And it is here that their war-ravaged hearts can find
hope for a second chance...
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An engrossing and sumptuous tale,
this novel is a fantastic spring read." - Good Morning America From
the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren
Willig, and Karen White-a novel of money and secrets set among the
famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a
century from the Gilded Age to the present day. "Three stories
elegantly intertwine in this clever and stylish tale of murder and
family lies...This crackerjack novel offers three mysteries for the
price of one." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) 2019: Andie
Figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer of Mansion
Makeover, a popular reality show about restoring America's most
lavish historic houses. Andie has high hopes for her latest
project: the once glorious but gently crumbling Sprague Hall in
Newport, Rhode Island, summer resort of America's gilded
class-famous for the lavish "summer cottages" of Vanderbilts and
Belmonts. But Andie runs into trouble: the reclusive heiress who
still lives in the mansion, Lucia "Lucky" Sprague, will only allow
the show to go forward on two conditions: One, nobody speaks to
her. Two, nobody touches the mansion's ruined boathouse. 1899:
Ellen Daniels has been hired to give singing lessons to Miss
Maybelle Sprague, a naive young Colorado mining heiress whose
stepbrother John has poured their new money into buying a place
among Newport's elite. John is determined to see Maybelle married
off to a fortune-hunting Italian prince, and Ellen is supposed to
polish up the girl for her launch into society. But the deceptively
demure Ellen has her own checkered past, and she's hiding in plain
sight at Sprague Hall. 1958: Lucia "Lucky" Sprague has always felt
like an outsider at Sprague Hall. When she and her grandmother-the
American-born Princess di Conti-fled Mussolini's Italy, it seemed
natural to go back to the imposing Newport house Nana owned but
hadn't seen since her marriage in 1899. Over the years, Lucky's
lost her Italian accent and found a place for herself among the
yachting set by marrying Stuyvesant Sprague, the alcoholic scion of
her Sprague stepfamily. But one fateful night in the mansion's old
boathouse will uncover a devastating truth...and change everything
she thought she knew about her past. As the cameras roll on Mansion
Makeover, the house begins to yield up the dark secrets the
Spragues thought would stay hidden forever....
When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she’d left, that’s what happens. Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children.
What she hopes to find is solace with her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. Instead Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging her personal quest to find the girl she once was. But things will change again in ways Vivien cannot imagine. A violent storm has revealed the remains of a long-dead woman buried near the Walker home, not far from the cypress swamp that is soon to give up its ghosts.
Vivien knows there is now only one way to rediscover herself—by uncovering the secrets of her family and breaking the cycle of loss that has haunted them for generations.
This fun devotional includes 365 upbeat devotions, each with a
special twist or dose of humor to keep active boys engaged. The
devotions combine Scripture and a spiritual message with jokes,
riddles, puzzles, and hands-on activities to engage tween boys. The
devotions help boys find how real people interacted with God and
help them discover solutions to contemporary issues. Each devotion
will help guide a young man in developing a lifetime habit of
learning from the Bible. Themes include how to navigate the Bible,
make good choices, discern God's will, use good and uplifiting
language, avoid temptation, choose good friends, trust God, etc.
Facing her future as a single mother, psychic Realtor Melanie
Middleton is determined to be strong and leave her past with writer
Jack Trenholm behind her. But history has a tendency of catching up
with Melanie, whether she likes it or not....
Melanie is only going through the motions of living since refusing
Jack's marriage proposal. She misses him desperately, but her
broken heart is the least of her problems. Despite an insistence
that she can raise their child alone, Melanie is completely
unprepared for motherhood, and she struggles to complete
renovations on her house on Tradd Street before the baby arrives.
When Melanie is roused one night by the sound of a ghostly infant
crying, she chooses to ignore it. She simply does not have the
energy to deal with one more crisis. That is, until the remains of
a newborn buried in an old christening gown are found hidden in the
foundation of her house.
As the hauntings on Tradd Street slowly become more violent,
Melanie decides to find out what caused the baby's untimely death,
uncovering the love, loss, and betrayal that color the house's
history--and threaten her claim of ownership. But can she seek
Jack's help without risking her heart? For in revealing the secrets
of the past, Melanie also awakens the malevolent presence that has
tried to keep the truth hidden for decades....
In lyrical and evocative prose, the New York Times bestselling
author of the Tradd Street novels takes the scattered pieces of a
life and weaves them into a tale of hope... Caroline Collier is a
woman bogged down in the harsh realities of a life barely lived.
Stress from her all-consuming job as an accountant has given her
panic attacks, forcing her to take a leave of absence from work.
And though her chances of relaxing in the presence of her
overbearing, perfect mother are slim, she joins her at the family's
vacation home in the mountains of North Carolina. Though Caroline
loves the serene beauty of Lake Ophelia, peace of mind is not to be
found. Memories of her beloved younger brother, who died when she
was seventeen, continue to haunt her, while the tension between her
mother and her still simmers. Only their neighbors, the husband and
daughter of one of Caroline's childhood friends, seem able to
penetrate her cool reserve, giving Caroline the courage to face her
biggest fears--and dive headfirst into life...
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street
novels comes a story of one woman's journey into a secret past--and
a life she never expected on the ravaged coast of Biloxi,
Mississippi.... Working at an auction house in New York, Julie Holt
meets a struggling artist and single mother who reminds her very
much of her missing younger sister. Monica Guidry paints a vivid
picture of her Southern family through stories, but never says why
or how she lost contact with them. And she has another secret: a
heart condition that will soon take her life. Feeling as if she's
lost her sister a second time, Julie inherits from Monica an
antique portrait--as well as custody of her young son. Taking him
to Biloxi, Mississippi, to meet the family he's never known, Julie
discovers a connection of her own. The portrait, of an old Guidry
relative, was done by her great-grandfather--and unlocks a
surprising family history.... READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
A brilliant, chilling series debut, featuring a Charleston real
estate agent who loves old housesaand the secret histories inside
them.
Practical Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can see ghosts. But
sheas going to have to accept it. An old man she recently met has
died, leaving her his historic Tradd Street home, complete with
housekeeper, dogaand a family of ghosts anxious to tell her their
secrets.
Enter Jack Trenholm, a gorgeous writer obsessed with unsolved
mysteries. He has reason to believe that diamonds from the
Confederate Treasury are hidden in the house. So he turns the charm
on with Melanie, only to discover "he"as the smitten one...
It turns out Jackas search has caught the attention of a
malevolent ghost. Now, Jack and Melanie must unravel a mystery of
passion, heartbreakaand even murder.
Emulating the format of Raising a Modern-Day Princess, authors Doreen Hanna and Karen Whiting seek to help parents and grandparents cultivate strong relationships and encourage the spiritual formation in their daughters using examples, Bible teaching on the fruit of the Spirit, and a variety of creative activities that are based on Galatians 5:22-23, the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control).
By implementing the ideas in this book, mothers (as well as fathers) will be equipped to understand and guide their daughters through each step of becoming His "princess." This will include perceiving a daughter's unique personality and gifts, refining her character through training and discipline, and modeling the attributes of a daughter of the King.
This book is a follow-up to both Raising a Modern-Day Knight (by Robert Lewis) and Raising a Modern-Day Princess by Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna. While the latter book is aimed at parents of girls ages 12 and up, this book focuses on building the Christian character of younger girls.
From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Forgotten Room
comes a captivating historical mystery, infused with romance, that
links the lives of three women across a century-two deep in the
past, one in the present-to the doomed passenger liner, RMS
Lusitania. May 2013 Her finances are in dire straits and
bestselling author Sarah Blake is struggling to find a big idea for
her next book. Desperate, she breaks the one promise she made to
her Alzheimer's-stricken mother and opens an old chest that
belonged to her great-grandfather, who died when the RMS Lusitania
was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915. What she discovers there could
change history. Sarah embarks on an ambitious journey to England to
enlist the help of John Langford, a recently disgraced Member of
Parliament whose family archives might contain the only key to the
long-ago catastrophe. . . . April 1915 Southern belle Caroline
Telfair Hochstetter's marriage is in crisis. Her formerly attentive
industrialist husband, Gilbert, has become remote, pre-occupied
with business . . . and something else that she can't quite put a
finger on. She's hoping a trip to London in Lusitania's lavish
first-class accommodations will help them reconnect-but she can't
ignore the spark she feels for her old friend, Robert Langford, who
turns out to be on the same voyage. Feeling restless and longing
for a different existence, Caroline is determined to stop being a
bystander, and take charge of her own life. . . . Tessa Fairweather
is traveling second-class on the Lusitania, returning home to
Devon. Or at least, that's her story. Tessa has never left the
United States and her English accent is a hasty fake. She's really
Tennessee Schaff, the daughter of a roving con man, and she can
steal and forge just about anything. But she's had enough. Her
partner has promised that if they can pull off this one last heist
aboard the Lusitania, they'll finally leave the game behind. Tess
desperately wants to believe that, but Tess has the uneasy feeling
there's something about this job that isn't as it seems. . . . As
the Lusitania steams toward its fate, three women work against time
to unravel a plot that will change the course of their own lives .
. . and history itself.
The New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The
Forgotten Room return with a glorious historical adventure that
moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years
of the 1960s, in which three women with bruised hearts find refuge
at Paris' legendary Ritz hotel. The heiress . . . The Resistance
fighter . . . The widow . . . Three women whose fates are joined by
one splendid hotel France, 1914. As war breaks out, Aurelie becomes
trapped on the wrong side of the front with her father, Comte
Sigismund de Courcelles. When the Germans move into their family's
ancestral estate, using it as their headquarters, Aurelie discovers
she knows the German Major's aide de camp, Maximilian Von
Sternburg. She and the dashing young officer first met during
Aurelie's debutante days in Paris. Despite their conflicting
loyalties, Aurelie and Max's friendship soon deepens into love, but
betrayal will shatter them both, driving Aurelie back to Paris and
the Ritz- the home of her estranged American heiress mother, with
unexpected consequences. France, 1942. Raised by her indomitable,
free-spirited American grandmother in the glamorous Hotel Ritz,
Marguerite "Daisy" Villon remains in Paris with her daughter and
husband, a Nazi collaborator, after France falls to Hitler. At
first reluctant to put herself and her family at risk to assist her
grandmother's Resistance efforts, Daisy agrees to act as a courier
for a skilled English forger known only as Legrand, who creates
identity papers for Resistance members and Jewish refugees. But as
Daisy is drawn ever deeper into Legrand's underground network,
committing increasingly audacious acts of resistance for the sake
of the country-and the man-she holds dear, she uncovers a
devastating secret . . . one that will force her to commit the
ultimate betrayal, and to confront at last the shocking
circumstances of her own family history. France, 1964. For Barbara
"Babs" Langford, her husband, Kit, was the love of her life. Yet
their marriage was haunted by a mysterious woman known only as La
Fleur. On Kit's death, American lawyer Andrew "Drew" Bowdoin
appears at her door. Hired to find a Resistance fighter turned
traitor known as "La Fleur," the investigation has led to Kit
Langford. Curious to know more about the enigmatic La Fleur, Babs
joins Drew in his search, a journey of discovery that that takes
them to Paris and the Ritz-and to unexpected places of the heart. .
. .
Acclaimed author Karen White returns with the sequel to the
national bestseller "The House on Tradd Street."
Melanie has grown accustomed to renovating old houses, but she
never imagined she'd have to renovate her own life to include her
estranged mother. Ginnette Prioleau Middleton left Charleston
thirty-five years ago. She's returned wanting to protect the
daughter she's never really known after receiving an ominous
premonition.
Melanie never wanted to see her mother again, but with some
prodding from her partner, Jack Trenholm, she agrees-and begins to
rebuild their relationship. Together Melanie and Ginnette buy back
their old home. With their combined psychic abilities they expect
to unearth some ghosts. But what they find is a vengeful dark
spirit whose strength has been growing for decades. It will take
unearthing long buried secrets to beat this demon and save what's
left of Melanie's family...
Psychic realtor Melanie Middleton returns-only to be greeted by
a house full of lost souls.
Psychic realtor Melanie Middleton is still restoring her
Charleston house and doesn't expect to have a new houseguest, a
teen girl named Nola. But the girl didn't come alone, and the
spirits that accompanied Nola don't seem willing to leave...
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