Ruth Bell Graham is known as the wife of evangelist Billy Graham. It was Ruth who influenced Billy, as his most trusted life-partner. In Ruth, a Portrait, we meet this fascinating and remarkable woman. Brimming with anecdotes, this is a breathtaking journey, with stops at many of this century's epoch-making events.The childhood years of the future Mrs. Billy Graham were spent light-years away--in the China of the 1920s and 1930s. The daughter of medical missionaries, she and her family were caught in a crucible of unspeakable hardship; in addition to pestilence and plague, there was the unstable political and military turmoil surrounding the Nationalist government, the Communists, and the Japanese invaders. These hazardous realities shaped Ruth Bell and her family, a family inured to difficulties, but buoyed up by their deep belief in God's abiding will.Virtually raised by the Grahams, the author is a repository of Ruth Bell Graham's stories and has seen... Views: 48
The snow is deep in Maine's Busman's Harbor and the mighty rivers are covered in ice. Snowden Family Clambake Company proprietor Julia Snowden and her mother, Jacqueline, are hunkered down for the winter when a mysterious package arrives—heating up February with an unexpected case of murder . . . Inside the mystery package is an enormous black diamond necklace that once belonged to Julia's great-grandmother and disappeared in the 1920s. Who could have sent it—and why? Julia's search for clues takes her on a perilous journey through her mother's troubled family history, from a squabble over the family fortune in "frozen water" to the recent unexplained death of Jacqueline's long-lost cousin Hugh—who'd been missing and presumed drowned for more than forty years. To protect her mother's inheritance, Julia must fend off a small army of feuding relatives, solve the mystery surrounding Hugh's demise, and get back home before the next blizzard buries... Views: 48
From - The Rainbow Reader -- Salem West (rainbowreader.blogspot.com):"Being the Steel Drummer is one of the very best whodunits to hit the bookshelves this year. It's well written, well plotted, intricate, and inventive ... ... manages to create a central crime that is the literary equivalent of an M.C. Escher drawing ... ... can arguably be described as one of the most well written bondage scenes in all of lesbian literature ... ...Beyond the classic whodunit, Ms. Bradbury also treats readers to a gripping and sensual love story between two women in post Civil War America." Detective Maggie Gale is back and she's on the verge of saying - I love you - to her beautiful live-in "inamorata", college professor Kathryn Anthony, but first Maggie has to solve a murder in the local civil war era cemetery. When Maggie finds an old journal detailing a hot romance between two 19th century women who lived right in her neighborhood, she works to find the connection between what's happening in the present to the tragedy that drove the two women apart 140 years ago. A ghostly figure, secret passages, valuable treasure, and trying to find the intimate key to trust and commitment in their relationship all challenge P.I. Maggie Gale and Dr. Kathryn Anthony in this exciting second book in the Maggie Gale Mystery Series. Don't miss this sexy new novel by critically acclaimed author Liz Bradbury, it's sure to entertain lovers of both mystery and romance!From - The Valley Gay Press Book Review - Sheryl Schulte:5 Stars "(W)hether you crave the mystery genreor not, the compelling characters, the electric dialog, thefascinating details of the past, and the intimate tensionand smoldering bedroom scenes of the present, will leave noone unsatisfied. Don't miss this exciting new novel!From - Latest Lesbian Book On My Nightstand | Card Carrying Lesbian - Sasha Lortrian (cardcarryinglesbian.com): "The latest lesbian novel by Liz Bradbury is out and a perfect summer time read. It has a bit for everyone: romance, mystery, more lesbian characters then just the main one or two... (Bradbury) builds an entire world for you that's very authentic for an out lesbian to be living in. Views: 48
Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of. Jayne takes Sinclair on a much needed visit to her winter wonderland home, the North Pole. She wants him to see what her royal life is truly like. She knows the protocol and regulations that define her existence as heir to the Winter Throne aren't for everyone and worries that it will be more than he wants to handle. All seems well until a weird coincidence in a toy contest has some of the citizens of the North Pole giving Sinclair the side-eye. He's a necromancer, and not everyone is okay with that. Jayne vows to prove his presence and the apparent cheating are unrelated, but digging deeper uncovers all kinds of strange occurrences that only complicate things and make another perfectly clear. Someone doesn't want... Views: 48
Together again...But far from safeWhen Lauren Beckett is nearly killed in a home invasion and discovers her son was switched at birth, she knows there's only one man she can turn to for protection. Deputy Cameron Doran isn't expecting to find his ex-lover on his ranch, claiming the unthinkable about the nephew he's been raising. But as they seek the truth, someone else is on the hunt...and wants them dead.Blue River RanchFrom USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen! Views: 48
Earthquake aftershocks trap Mayor Patrick O'Shea and his assistant Briana Bliss in an elevator. But emergency services are stretched to the limit with 911 calls. The mayor and Briana wait. And passions flare… Briana Bliss planned to use her job as Mayor Patrick O'Shea's assistant to get back at him for allegedly destroying her uncle's political chances. But she's unprepared for the way Patrick makes her feel. And in the close confines of the stalled elevator, Patrick and Briana give in to the attraction that's been sizzling between them for months. Now how will Briana ever prove to Patrick that she acted out of love…and not revenge? Views: 48
When a startling discovery reveals that Sarah's self-cutting problem is much worse than imagined, things unravel quickly in this chilling novelette. Views: 48
