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Author
Publisher
Seren
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1940, Elsa Jones finds herself lonely and homesick in a changing Hong Kong as war threatens. Bomb shelters spring up and soldiers appear on the streets. When Hong Kong falls to the Japanese, Elsa and her husband Tommy are captured and interned in a makeshift camp on the southern side of the island, where, along with the rest of the colonial elite, they struggle to survive in hostile surroundings. Several years later, they return to...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
It was such a fine hot Midsummer day at Hollowdell station, that the porter had grown tired of teasing the truck-driver’s dog, and fallen fast asleep—an example which the dog had tried to follow, but could not, because there was only one shady spot within the station-gates, and that had been taken possession of by the porter; so the poor dog had tried first one place, and then another, but they were all so hot and stifling, and the flies kept...
Author
Publisher
Marina Oliver
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"There were many arranged marriages in the seventeenth century. Barbara's took place when she was still a child. Her husband Ludovick was a supporter of the King, fighting in his armies, and comes to claim her only to find Barbara has fallen in love with a neighbour and wants to have her marriage annulled. Ludovick refuses to free her, and sets about wooing his bride."--
64) Irish Bride
Author
Publisher
Marina Oliver
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
New Regency from Marina Oliver. Brigid has no money, but her unknown family appear to come to her rescue.Is the offer of a home an escape or a trap? Brigid, orphaned, becomes companion and friend to Sophia. When Sophia's brother Matthew proposes, she cannot take him seriously. He must not be allowed to marry a penniless girl. Then her unknown Irish aunt and uncle offer her a home, and her cousin Colum wants to marry her. She is reluctant to accept,...
65) Last Brother
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In July 1863 the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fought outside the sleepy Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. In The Last Brother, the story of one small boy is told amidst the dramatic events of those early days of July. Though he is only 11 years old, Gabe is a bugler in the Union Army. He takes his responsibility very seriously; after all, there are over 60 different battle calls for buglers to learn. But what is even more important to Gabe...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"From a captivating new voice in romance comes a sexy, intriguing tale set amidst the rugged grandeur of the American frontier. . . When Rachel Douglas left her aunt's house in Virginia for the wilds of the Dakota Territory, she knew the journey would be long and arduous. But she didn't realize that she had been summoned west to be used as a pawn in a ranch war with her father's neighbor--or that her fierce, sudden attraction to Sager, her father's...
Author
Publisher
Flora Speer
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Laura finds a piece of aquamarine glass on the New Jersey beach. But it's not sea glass, it's a miniature time-machine that transports her back 30,000 years to an earth threatened by an approaching asteroid. Kentir, leader of the project to destroy the asteroid has also brought to the land he calls Issa, Hua Te, a Chinese mage; Chac, an Aztec priest; and Marica, a woman from the 23rd century in hope one of them will have knowledge that will help.The...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"HER CAPTAIN RETURNS How could anything considered sinful feel so good? That is what Miss Corinne Claymore asked herself as she gave into the titillating suggestions of Captain Ryder Montgomery. Corinne never knew what she was getting into with her innocent flirtations with Ryder. Scandal ensues as they are discovered in an amorous embrace in the gardens at Lady Covington's ball. Corinne finds herself not only married to Ryder, but abandoned. A short...
69) Wheels of Grace
Author
Publisher
Robert Hale
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Grace Dannings has lived her entire young life in the safe and idyllic Dartmoor village of Walkhampton, working as a maid at a farm within sight of her own humble family home. Her only wish is that nothing will ever change in her contented, happy existence. But it is May 1914 and the village is alive with talk of the situation in Europe. When war breaks out, its ugly tentacles reach everyone in the village, leaving no one untouched among Grace's family,...
70) Lord of Pleasure
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Desperate Times. . . It's been months since Lady Charlotte Chartwell's philandering husband met his untimely end at the hands of an angry mistress. But as miserable as he made Charlotte in life, his death proves to be an even harsher blow. For not a farthing of his fortune or estate have passed on to her, and as a ruined widow, she is destitute, penniless, and utterly without hope. Lead To Desperate Pleasures. . . Then, as Charlotte is considering...
71) Janie's Freedom
Author
Publisher
Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Time Period: 1867 Eleven-year-old Janie finds herself in a quandary. The War Between the States is now over, and Miss Laura, widowed mistress of Rubyhill Plantation, has told Rubyhill's former slaves they're welcome to stay or free to leave. But for Janie, where should she go? There are still dangers in the South, and so many unknowns in the North-and moving may eliminate any chance of ever finding her mother. Using actual historical events to tell...
Author
Publisher
Night Shift Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"In Catherine Gayle's An Unintended Journey, Abby Goddard's life is going along just swimmingly, apart from the disappearance of her life's love-Wesley Cavendish, a man well above her station. Just before Christmas, Grandmama dies after revealing the identity of Abby's grandfather. The Duke of Danby, no less. Now the entire family will travel to Yorkshire to confront Danby, hoping to gain a dowry for Abby. But then Wesley reemerges, sparking a hope...
Author
Publisher
Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Time Period: 1808 Thirteen-year-old Betsy Miller is shocked when her parents decide to move from their home in Boston to the rugged frontier city of Cincinnati. They'll take a dangerous, weeks-long journey by boat down the Ohio River. If that's not bad enough, Betsy's annoying cousin George is also making the trip-with his equally annoying dog. Especially for girls ages eight to twelve, this exciting story shares the emotional turmoil of a young...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Traveling secretary and dilettante detective Hattie Davish is bringing her talents to a small New England town whose wealthy residents have more secrets than they do money. . .When Hattie Davish's job takes her to Newport, Rhode Island, she welcomes the opportunity for a semi-vacation, and perhaps even a summer romance. But her hopes for relaxation are dashed when she learns that members of the local labor unions are at odds with Newport's gentry....
76) Obsession
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"A woman on the edge of sina | Helen Rivenall is willing to do anything to escape the brutality of her uncle's home. But a promise of honest employment is a ruse. Drugged and auctioned off in a notorious London brothel, she finds herself won by a man who wants nothing from her except her participation in a harmless charade. Left with no choice, she reluctantly agrees, but as their web of lies grows, so does temptation and the realization that pleasure...
77) One Real Cowboy
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Straight From The Heart Cord Tanner has a very simple plan: get paid to be Beatrix Northroupe's husband for a month so the prim, but very sexy, Englishwoman can gain rightful ownership of her family's stud farm. Money in hand, he's going to get as far away from Revolt, Kansas, as a fast horse can take him. But Cord soon finds that he admires his Trixie's reckless courage--not to mention she's one great kisser. Maybe he's crazy to hope for a real...
78) MacKenzie's Lass
Author
Publisher
Glynnis Campbell
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Scottish Lasses (Book 3)Meet the lasses in the world of Mary Queen of Scots...Like the Scottish thistle, they're lovely yet tough, beautiful yet prickly, and only the strongest and wisest heroes are able to elude their thorns to discover the tender blossom within.MacKenzie's Lass by Glynnis CampbellSet in the time of Mary Queen of Scots...A woman with a taste for adventure...a man who knows how to satisfy her hunger. The chef to Queen Mary cooks up...
79) Favored Son
Author
Publisher
Sarah Woodbury
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
November 1147. Gareth and Gwen have again been called to a castle belonging to Robert, Earl of Gloucester, this time by Prince Henry, who insists his uncle was murdered. Allying with Normans doesn't come easily to Gareth and Gwen, but initial doubts are swept aside as more losses come to light. Because Robert's death has upended the balance of power in England, friends and foes alike have a vested interest in keeping the truth from coming out, and...
80) Acre
Author
Publisher
J. K. Swift
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A doomed mission. The Kingdom of Jerusalem hanging by a thread. One Knight Justice must face his greatest fears or die trying...Brother Foulques de Villaret just wants to stay in Acre and perform his sworn duties. Instead, the young Hospitaller Knight of Saint John must undertake a dangerous journey from the Holy Lands to a remote village nestled in the Alps, the 'Spine of the World'. His mission: buy 500 peasant boys and return them to Acre to be...
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