Posts Tagged ‘love’
Miss Milton Speaks Her Mind, by Carla Kelly
Miss Milton Speaks Her Mind, by Carla Kelly Orphaned as a child, Miss Jane Milton lives to serve her Stover cousins, tending to their every need. Her beloved cousin Blair suffered a slow and painful death from wounds received at the Battle of Waterloo, and now, ten months later, Miss Milton feels utterly forlorn. Her…
Read MoreMiss Billings Treads The Boards, by Carla Kelly
Miss Billings Treads the Boards, by Carla Kelly Cynical, lazy Lord Grayson is coerced into delivering a message to lovely Katherine Billings, whose late father frittered away a fortune on artwork. All his purchases were forgeries, save one, which—if sold—would offer Kate a modest living. Meanwhile, Kate has bowed to necessity and set off for…
Read MoreMiss Chartley’s Guided Tour, by Carla Kelly
Miss Chartley’s Guided Tour, by Carla Kelly To all appearances, Miss Omega Chartley is a schoolteacher on holiday. In fact she is a gentlewoman fallen on hard times, left at the altar eight years earlier and forced to make her own way in the world after the loss of her family fortune. Omega’s modest tour…
Read MoreReunion, by Mary Daheim
Reunion, by Mary Daheim Serena Farrar’s world is on the brink of self-destruction. Determined to do her part to free the slaves, she dreams of joining the staff of her cousin’s newspaper in Springfield as a journalist. But the only way she can move to Massachusetts is to bow to her family’s wishes and marry…
Read MoreMiss Whittier Makes a List, by Carla Kelly
Miss Whittier Makes a List, by Carla Kelly In the early 1800s, seventeen-year-old Hannah Whittier is traveling by ship down the coast from her Quaker home in Massachusetts to her brother’s house in Charleston, South Carolina. To while away the dull hours, Hannah composes a list of qualities she wants in a husband. Boredom will…
Read MoreDaughter of Fortune, by Carla Kelly
Daughter of Fortune, by Carla Kelly Maria Espinosa should not have survived the 1679 cholera epidemic in Mexico City that killed her parents, already reeling from the loss of their fortune, nor should she have survived an Apache raid on the caravan transporting her to a sister in remote Santa Fe, in the royal colony…
Read MoreThe Last of Lady Lansdown, by Shirley Kennedy
The Last of Lady Lansdown, by Shirley Kennedy In the dawn of the Regency era in Northern England, precious few mourn the sudden and shocking passing of the Earl of Lansdown. Certainly not Jane Elton, the young and beautiful widow whose life he made a misery. After her initial relief, Jane must contend with an…
Read MoreSecond Chances, by Jeff Erno
Second Chances, by Jeff Erno Harold Wainwright is dying. At seventy-nine, stricken with cancer, the billionaire insurance mogul has much to regret. In his youth he rejected his only true love, Jacob, because the young artist was distracting him from the pursuit of wealth and success. Now Harold is alone, rich beyond his wildest dreams…
Read MoreHeartbreak Trail, by Shirley Kennedy
Heartbreak Trail, by Shirley Kennedy 1850. Lucy, a pampered New Englander, is dragged by her husband and cold-hearted brother-in-law on a wagon train bound for California. The first casualty of the arduous trek is her husband. Lucy longs to return home, but that would mean abandoning her little stepson. How fortunate then that rugged Clint…
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