How to persuade the lady your interest is genuine? No easy task. Has the viscount met his match, or can he win and claim a wife?What do you do when your father has no faith in you?Ignore him.David, Suddards' father assumes—wrongly—that David gambles deep and has had an affair with a married lady before she has given her husband an heir. Enraged, his father issues an ultimatum. Marry within three months or lose everything that is not entailed.David refuses. If that's what his father thinks of him, he can go to the devil. He will marry when he is ready and not before.What a shock then, a year later, when the one woman he is interested in shows no interest in him!It's up to him to persuade her he's the right husband for her, and when he does...sparks fly. Can these two strong-willed people ever learn how to compromise and find that in fact they are the perfect match? Views: 219
Each holiday season, new and returning guests gather in the small town of Timberton, Montana, to celebrate Christmas at the Timberton Hotel. Resident artist and chef Mist’s unique way of offering exceptional cuisine, exquisite décor, and a touch of the unexpected, has a way of bringing visitors and local townsfolk together in heartfelt camaraderie.As this year’s guests arrive with hopes of a white Christmas, unseasonably warm weather hints at a less-than-wintery wonderland. But whether the snow falls or not, one thing is certain: with Mist around, there's bound to be a little magic. No one ever leaves Timberton without renewed hope for the future.*Cookie recipes included! Views: 219
Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brother to two different owners. Ann is convinced her family must run away on the Underground Railroad. Will Ann's family survive the dangerous trip to their freedom in the North ? This Girls Survive story is supported by a glossary, discussion questions, and nonfiction material on the Underground Railroad, making it a valuable resource for young readers. Views: 219
Can she escape the man who holds her heart hostage?Sadie Tanner grew up on the western plains of Wyoming, shunned by her wealthy relatives and in fear that she’d never be accepted as a normal lady in the town of Emerald Falls. Then she’s betrothed to a well-known rancher’s son, and her chance is on the horizon. Or at least it was before she was kidnapped for ransom. Now she’s facing a gang of dirty outlaws. She should be revolted by a bunch of thieves and murderers, shouldn’t she? But one of the men is not what she expected.Clay Pearson is a man with a broken past, landing him in a well-known and troublesome outlaw gang. He’s thankful for the makeshift family around him, and he’s comfortable with his day to day life. That is, until he steals Sadie and brings her back to camp. Then he finds himself pulled in two directions. Should he give up the girl to help the family who’s cared for him his entire life, or hold tight to the woman with the courage of a wildcat who’s bewitched his heart? Views: 219
If your sister asked, you'd fly halfway across the country to help her, wouldn't you? But what if you're afraid to drive, let alone fly? What if she lives somewhere that's white and cold? That's the dilemma 60-year-old Jane Emerling faces in Goodbye, Miss February. Jane is the exact opposite of her independent, adventurous older sister Andy. She feels like Miss February on the calendar, sitting on her cushion doing nothing. Although seemingly content with her sheltered life, deep down Jane wants to be the person others go to for help. Her life changes when Andy becomes ill and asks Jane for help. Jane leaves her comfortable life in California and flies to tiny Cherry Glen in the middle of a bitter Iowa winter. Once there Jane becomes friends with several residents, including feisty, blue-haired Florence. She becomes involved in not only her sister's illness but the town dramas of a missing teenager and a bank robbery, as well as the lives of the Cherry Glen citizens,... Views: 219
The chains we cannot see can be the hardest ones to break. When Aulus runs up a gambling debt to his father's political enemy, he's desperate to pay it off before his father returns to Rome. His best friend Marcus suggests they fake the kidnapping of Aulus's sister Julia and use the ransom money. But when the man they hired kidnaps her for real, Aulus is catapulted into a desperate search to find her. Torn from his childhood home by Rome's conquering armies and sold as a farm slave to labor until he dies, Dacius's faith gives him strength to bear what he must and serve without complaining. After a deadly accident makes him one of Julia's litter bearers, he overhears Marcus advising her brother to kidnap her. When Dacius almost dies thwarting the kidnapping, a Christian couple take them in to keep her brother from finding them before her father returns. But pretending to be free again makes returning to slavery more than Dacius can bear, while acting like a... Views: 219
