Posts Tagged ‘Carla Kelly’
The Lady’s Companion, by Carla Kelly
The Lady’s Companion, by Carla Kelly Daughter of a baronet who has gambled away everything, lovely Susan Hampton has no choice but do the unthinkable: get a job. Swallowing her pride, she finds a position as a lady’s companion in the Cotswolds to Lady Bushnell, a widow whose husband served with distinction in the British…
Read MoreRegency Glad Tidings, by Carla Kelly
Regency Glad Tidings, by Carla Kelly “Holly and Ivy”—The Napoleonic Wars are over. Troops are returning home to a joyous Christmas, except for Surgeon Jake Frost, who must escort a hypochondriac captain, barely wounded at Waterloo. Jake prepares to hate every minute of the ordeal, until he meets the hypochondriac’s fiancé. “Yours Sincerely”—Madeline and her…
Read MoreThe Wedding Journey, by Carla Kelly
The Wedding Journey, by Carla Kelly A shy surgeon, Captain Jesse Randall has long been secretly in love with Elinore Mason, the daughter of a drunken officer deep in debt to Major Bones, who is determined to seduce Elinore. The British Army has begun its winter retreat from Spain, controlled by Napoleon, back to the…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreOne 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…
Read MoreLibby’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…
Read MoreWhen 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…
Read MoreHer 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreRegency Royal Navy Christmas, by Carla Kelly
Regency Royal Navy Christmas, by Carla Kelly Even the squared away, efficient Royal Navy must surrender to the joys and misadventures of a Regency Christmas. Four stories shine a light on Christmas during the Napoleonic Wars on land and sea. In Boxing the Compass, a homesick frigate captain shepherding a convict convoy to Australia wants…
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