The Unlikely Gunwharf Rats, by Carla Kelly

The Unlikely Gunwharf Rats, by Carla Kelly The year is 1808. Davey Ten, a promising Gunwharf Rat, has finished a year of medical school at the renowned University of Edinburgh. It’s been a tough year for Davey. Students and faculty alike have been informed of Davey’s early workhouse years, his questionable parentage, and his lowly…

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One Good Turn, by Carla Kelly

One Good Turn, by Carla Kelly In this sequel to Libby’s London Merchant, Benedict Nesbitt, Duke of Knaresborough, becomes a reluctant Good Samaritan. Under duress from his butler, he offers a ride to a Spanish woman and child trudging in the rain. She does him a good turn, and he feels obligated to return the…

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Libby’s London Merchant, by Carla Kelly

Libby’s London Merchant, by Carla Kelly Elizabeth “Libby” Ames knows nothing about Nesbitt Duke, a London merchant who meets with an accident in front of her uncle’s house. A kind woman, she will tend to him until he feels better. Benedict Nesbitt, Duke of Knaresborough, is not in her house by accident at all. In…

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The Irish Book Club of Dublin (Ohio), by Robin Strachan

The Irish Book Club of Dublin (Ohio), by Robin Strachan Laura Fisher is married to a minister who abuses her regularly and undermines her self-esteem. When their oldest son dies under suspicious circumstances, Laura’s husband insists they must forgive and forget. But Laura needs to know the truth so that justice can be served. In…

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A Wild Colonial Girl, by Jean Harrington

A Wild Colonial Girl, by Jean Harrington 1686: Bored with village life, 18 year old Abby O’Donnell longs to sail away into the exciting world beyond the ocean. She has little hope of that ever happening until Lord Harry Rushmount, a man unlike any she’s ever met, sails into Providence harbor. Abby is convinced fate…

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When We Meet Again, by Carla Kelly

When We Meet Again, by Carla Kelly If you must fight a war, make it good one, so you can entertain admiring children and grandchildren years in the future. But what if your World War II stories are nothing more glamorous than an aircraft factory in boring Kansas, or a sugar beet farm in Southeast…

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Her Smile, by Carla Kelly

Her Smile, by Carla Kelly Sometimes people end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Thanks to an impulsive request from Elizabeth Ann Everett, the Everett family from Omaha, Nebraska, become tourists on a vacation in newly created Yellowstone National Park. The year is 1877 and the weather is fine, perfect for a…

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The Mistress of Fashion, by Evelyn Richardson

The Mistress of Fashion, by Evelyn Richardson Juliette de Flournoy refuses to be imprisoned by her past — the French Revolution that robbed her family of their heritage, and the rape that left her homeless — comforting herself with her dreams of becoming London’s premier modiste, and by her friends, the enterprising ladies off Mrs.…

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The Necklace, by Carla Kelly

The Necklace, by Carla Kelly Hanneke Aardema is the daughter of an ambitious Dutch herring merchant. It is 1211, when Spain’s kingdoms are planning a final push to drive the weakening caliphate from the Iberian Peninsula. Warriors fired by the flames of Islam have ruled Spain for five hundred years. Because Hanneke’s dowry will finance…

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