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In Frozen in Time, Susan Snow Lukesh takes a mid-nineteenth century photo album from New Bedford, Massachusetts, created against an almost unmentioned backdrop of the Civil War, and moves the people seemingly frozen in time backwards and forwards, offering details of daily living, marrying, working, and dying of both the individuals whose portraits are included as well as their kin and colleagues. The details of daily living, of the marrying, working, and dying of the neighbors and kin in the photo album from New Bedford, demonstrate the personal side of the development of this famous whaling capital through its transition to a strong mill economy. These details also show how the financial a...
Christmas in Bluebell Cove GP Ethan is filled with hope when Francine unexpectedly returns to Bluebell Cove. Could his Christmas wish of being a family come true after all? It will take a good dose of festive cheer and their very own miracle Christmas baby to mend their marriage - and their hearts! The Village Nurse's Happy-Ever-After In Bluebell Cove, Nurse Phoebe's finally found a place she and her baby can call home. But gorgeous new boss Harry Balfour is having a disturbing effect on her! Harry, however, realises that Phoebe is one in a million, and wants to make all her dreams come true! The Bluebell Cove Stories Where dreams really do come true!
1885, East London Abigail and Gideon are under siege. Noxious fogs have been bringing their clinic waves of indigent patients with inexplicable symptoms, telling wild tales of a demonic presence in the fog. If that’s not enough, someone wants the clinic for themselves, and they’re using the force of law to get it. On the other side of town, heiress Meg Eisenstadt and her brother Nat live a life of well-intentioned aimless luxury. She dabbles in social justice causes and he pursues alchemy. And in a secret lab in the depths of Whitechapel, disgraced physician Jin Wylie attempts to rebuild his shattered life by performing dubious research for a shadowy cabal. They live in separate worlds o...
In 1870, Louisa May Alcott and her younger sister Abby May Alcott began a fourteen-month tour of Europe. Louisa had already made her mark as a writer; May was on the verge of a respected art career. Little Women Abroad gathers a generous selection of May’s drawings along with all of the known letters written by the two Alcott sisters during their trip. More than thirty drawings are included, nearly all of them previously unpublished. Of the seventy-one letters collected here, more than three-quarters appear in their entirety for the first time. Daniel Shealy’s supporting materials add detail and context to the people, places, and events referenced in the letters and illustrations. By the...
Indian legend says that the spirit can overcome all obstacles, even time itself. But Doctor Paige Randolph doubts that anything can help her recover from the loss of her child and her failed marriage—until a mysterious crop circle casts her back one hundred years. The gifted doctor has dedicated herself to bringing new life into the world, and not even the savage Canadian frontier or the Riel Rebellion can stop her. As headstrong as she is beautiful, she'll fight against primitive practices and mystical medicine men, and even ignorant government, using native potions and strange herbs to save lives. But after a love she never expected changes her life, and the teachings of a mighty shaman open her mind, Paige learns that, just as she cannot deny the yearnings of her heart, neither can she ignore the powerful truths of the spirit world. A powerful time-travel historical romance, Now And Then explores native Canadian history and the complicated path one woman chooses when her destiny takes her on an unusual journey.
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