Gabrielle: Bride of Vermont is 14th in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series.Gabrielle isn’t looking for love, but circumstances demand she find a husband immediately. Can she agree to marry the only man who’ll accept her terms, even if it means moving to Texas?Boone Dillingham believes a wife will be the solution for his loneliness. Too bad his heart belongs to a woman other than the one he’s planning to marry!Boone and Gabrielle are determined to make their marriage of convenience work, but they’re both toting a little more luggage than the other one knows about. Could it be that their union is less about convenience and more about having their hearts renewed? Views: 10
An old flame has returned to Troy's life: Kitty Stilton, now wife of an American presidential hopeful, has come back to London, and with her, an unwelcome guest.Private eye Joey Rork has been hired to make sure Kitty's amorous liaisons with a rat-pack crooner don't ruin her husband's political career. He wants to know why Kitty has been spotted with Danny Ryan, whose twin brothers, in addition to owning one of London's hottest jazz clubs, are said to have inherited the crime empire of fallen mobster Alf Marx. Before Rork can find out, he meets a gruesome end...But he isn't the only one, and with the body-count mounting is it possible that the blood trail leads back to Troy's police force and into his own forgotten past? Views: 10
According to Persephone, dubbed the Incomparable Miss Compton by Society, a man in love refuses to leave your side for a second and looks at you as if you were a luscious raspberry trifle. Her cousin and chaperone Sarah has her doubts. But when the eligible Malcolm, Viscount Breckonridge, begins showing such symptoms, Sarah isn’t sure which Miss Compton he is interested in… Regency Romance by Regina Scott; originally published by Zebra Views: 10
A gripping tale of love and self-sacrifice set on wild DartmoorThe year is 1875, when life high up on Dartmoor is harsh and unforgiving. Beautiful, vivacious and compassionate, Rose Maddiford could have any husband she chooses, but she is devoted to only one man, her father, manager of the gunpowder mills at Cherrybrook. When tragedy strikes, it seems that despite Rose's determined efforts, there is only one way to hold the family together. But it is a solution that requires the greatest sacrifice from Rose. Like a lamb to slaughter, she finds herself trapped in an impossible situation. Solace comes from the most unlikely source, but what future can there be for two lost souls whose lives have been shattered by the cruel hand of fate? Perhaps, though, the answer lies in the very place Rose has not looked, and there is hope for her after all. Views: 9
L is for Lessons
“Emotions are experienced in the extremes. You cannot hate so deeply if you have not loved with the same ferocity.”
Levi Worthington, the Duke of Ludington, has known Miss Lydia Phelps his entire life. He's never thought of her as anything more than his sister's best friend, until one fateful night when everything changed between them.
When Lydia's impetuous choices leave Levi reeling, he wants nothing more than to teach her a lesson and finds himself forcing a situation both of them instantly regret. A tumult of emotions war within him as he tries to undo the damage he's created which only results in more mistakes.
Join two imperfect people on their journey as they try to discover how to control the mixture of emotions experienced with young love while navigating in a world neither of them realizes is lurking with danger. Views: 9
"Browse, read a bit, browse some more, and then head for the kitchen."—Hudson Valley NewsFrom small-town bakeries to big city restaurants, Best Food Writing offers a bounty of everything in one place. For eighteen years, Holly Hughes has scoured both the online and print world to serve up the finest collection of food writing. This year, Best food Writing delves into the intersection of fine dining and food justice, culture and ownership, tradition and modernity; as well as profiles on some of the most fascinating people in the culinary world today. Once again, these standout essays—compelling, hilarious, poignant, illuminating—speak to the core of our hearts and fill our bellies. Whether you're a fan of Michel Richard or Guy Fieri—or both—there's something for everyone here. Take a seat and dig in. Views: 9
He's a reclusive Earl with a painful secret that's kept him from knowing a lover's touch. She's a sheltered debutante tired of living by society's rules. But when she's forced from the ballroom to the brothel, Lily discovers the dark thrill of falling from grace...and into the arms of a man who could destroy her as easily as he saved her.Lily Chadwick has spent her life playing the respectable debutante. But when an unscrupulous moneylender snatches her off the street and puts her up for auction at a pleasure house, she finds herself in the possession of a man who fills her with breathless terror and impossible yearning. Though the Earl of Harte claimed Lily with the highest bid, he hides a painful secret—one that has kept him from knowing the pleasure of a lover's touch. Even the barest brush of skin brings him physical pain, and he's spent his life keeping the world at arm's length. But there's... Views: 9
A gripping first-hand account of life at home after World War One. When underage soldier, Joe Henry, returns from the war in 1918, the England that he comes home to is very different from the one he left behind. His father is injured and the Spanish flu is raging... Joe may have survived World War One, but the danger isn't over yet. Views: 9
Johnnie Easter takes his family by surprise when he falls in love with Harriet Sowervy. For all his business talent Johnnie is a shy lad, awkward at social events. But when he meets gentle Harriet, beaten into submission by her brutal parents, Johnnie reveals hidden strengths, rescuing his love from her prison-like life and making her his bride. Harriet's love for her rescuer, her hero, her husband, knows no bounds. Surely theirs is a marriage made in heaven? But as Johnnie devotes more and more time to the family business, rushing newspapers across the country on the swift new 'Fourpenny Flyers', Harriet suffers from his neglect. Until, amid the terrible massacre at Peterloo, where her eyes are opened to the suffering and deprivation of the poor around her, she meets dynamic revolutionary Caleb Rawson, who is everything Johnnie is not - passionate, exciting, and champion of the poor. And so the seeds of tragedy are sown... Views: 9
When they step into the Imagination Station, kids experience an unforgettable journey filled with action-packed adventure to inspire their imaginations. With each book, they're whisked away with cousins Patrick and Beth to embark on a new journey around the world and back in time.In Freedom at the Falls, the Imagination Station takes Patrick and Beth to 1860s America, the time of the Civil War. There they meet key historical figures of the period and help conduct escaping slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada. This is the first in a three-part story arc focusing on Civil War America. Views: 9
