It is a truth universally acknowledged that Miss Jane Austen's fictionalised account known as "Pride and Prejudice" was informed mainly by the recollections of her friend Miss Elizabeth Bennet, supplemented by information from others in Miss Bennet's circle.More than two hundred years later, a trove of documents has finally emerged to suggest that Miss Austen's understanding of the events she portrayed, was less complete than she apparently believed.I refer, of course, to the recent discovery of the so-called "Pemberley Papers", a bundle of notes, diaries, maps, letters and other ephemera that had lain hidden in the library of that great house through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The trove includes records kept by Mr Darcy starting in 1806 and covering the years up to his wedding; several detailed diaries from the Bingley family and others; and many items of correspondence sent during that same period between Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, his cousin Captain Richard Fitzwilliam,... Views: 6
She was alone on a journey to find a man she’d never met. She had a backpack filled with three days worth of clothing, and old photograph, and a letter dated 1997. With one goal in mind she set out to find the man from the letter, the man named Benjamin Cooper. The only thing that she knew about this man was that he was married to her mother many years ago, and according to his letter he loved her. That was the only conformation she needed to search for him. Tori Holt had no family left that she knew of, and one chance to find someone to share her last days with. Otherwise, she’d die alone. The doctors said she wouldn’t live to see her twenty-first birthday, the birthday that was only three months away. Time was not on her side, but she didn’t care. Tori knew right from the beginning that this journey wouldn’t be easy. But it didn’t stop her, because nothing about her life had been easy. Then she met Bo, the handsome boy who kept her company on a park bench. Bo was the son of a man named Benjamin, the man from a letter dated 1997. The hardest part about finding love is letting it go. The easiest part about the journey is the moment it all makes sense.** Views: 6
Valerie Michaels knows all about life, responsibility--and hockey. After all, her brother is a defenseman for the Baltimore Banners. The last thing she needs--or wants--is to get tangled up with one of her brother's teammates. She doesn't have time, not when running The Maypole is her top priority. She opened the popular sports bar and restaurant two years ago and has been busy ever since. Maybe too busy. Could that be the reason she's suddenly drawn to the troubled Justin Tome? Or is it because she senses something deeper inside him, something she thinks she can fix?
On the surface, Justin Tome has it all: a successful career with the Banners, money, fame. But he's been on a downward spiral the last few months. He's become more withdrawn, his game has gone downhill, and he's been partying too much. He thinks it's nothing more than what's expected of him, nothing more than once again failing to meet expectations and never quite measuring up. Then he starts dating Val and realizes that maybe he has more to offer than he thinks.
Or does he? Sometimes voices from the past, voices you've heard all your life, are too strong to overcome. And when the unexpected happens, Justin is certain he's looking at a permanent Delay of Game--unless one strong woman can make him see that life is all about the future, not the past.
**About the Author
Lisa B. Kamps is the author of the best-selling series The Baltimore Banners, featuring "hard-hitting, heart-melting hockey players" (USA Today), on and off the ice. Her much-anticipated new series, Firehouse Fourteen, features hot and heroic firefighters and will launch with ONCE BURNED in early 2016. Lisa grew up with an overactive imagination, strong encouragement from her parents, and an insatiable infatuation with the Peanuts gang. That infatuation—along with an impatience she has yet to outgrow—jump-started her love of writing. After all, why should she be forced to wait a whole week to read the stories of her favorite characters when she could create stories for them whenever she wanted? That love of writing continued to grow, along with all those voices in her head, even during her assorted careers: first as a firefighter with the Baltimore County Fire Department, then a very brief (and not very successful) stint at bartending in east Baltimore, and finally as the Director of Retail Operations for a busy Civil War non-profit. Lisa currently lives in Maryland with her husband and two sons, one very spoiled Border Collie, two cats with major attitude, several head of cattle, and entirely too many chickens to count. You can reach Lisa through her website, www.LisaBKamps.com Views: 6
Erik, my contact in Amsterdam, is just a little too relaxed in my opinion. But I swear, I’m really trying to be less uptight. And suddenly Max seems to have this odd aversion to riding a bike! What’s that about? So everything is very chilled out here and I may or may not go off my food plan to partake in some brownies. I mean, who am I to turn down a bit of chocolate, right? (wink, wink) You know me so well.** Views: 6
