You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
The American Civil War still threatens to tear the nation in twain. Private Ian Campbell betrayed his company and his duty because he fell in love with a handsome Yankee prisoner-of-war, Drew Conrad. Both men are on the run, desperate to reach Campbell¿s family home in West Virginia, which may have escaped the conflict unscathed and may offer them both peace and salvation from the cruelties and hatreds heightened by the war.
This is the touching story of a vivacious, talented girl growing up in splendid freedom in Transylvania, then Hungary but now part of Rumania, until a tragic event transplants her and three older siblings to eighteenth century Vienna and the house of a cardinal, whose wards they have become. The four youngsters know they have no choice but to adjust to their drastically changed life and a demanding curriculum of studies. In time, all four teenagers are placed with religious orders and eventually take their vows. The youngest, Tessa, enters the abbey of Goss in Styria, a contemplative order of choir women from noble families, and she eventually becomes Choir woman Maria Columba. Her great tal...
A rich, apparently successful, design partnership of three men and three women waits in a vast antique-littered bedroom while one of them - Esther - dies. Primarily occupied with a reaction to pain and the insights pain can inspire.
"... better than 50 shades!" This WHOLE series is AWESOME!" ~ Michelle Turner Save 25% over individual purchase! From New York Times and #1 Dark Fantasy bestseller Tamara Rose Blodgett, comes True Blood meets Twilight in a dark tale of twisted loyalties, where one woman's blood is the salvation for both vampires and werewolves. Nearly 2000 pages of BLOOD! Vampire and werewolf soldiers seek a prophesied female of supernatural heritage for survival. "This is my all time favorite series!" "This is one that you definitely cannot put down!" "Be prepared to be emotionally pulverized." Included Novels (with individual star ratings): BLOOD SINGERS: 4.0 BLOOD SONG: 4.3 BLOOD CHOSEN: 4.3 BLOOD REIGN: ...
Tessa knew that she deserved the fate that had befallen her. The decision to run away from a father who hated her and a marriage she wanted no part of was entirely hers. Certainly the outcome was her responsibility. So why did she keep trying to escape her life? Had she not learned that her master's control was absolute? Escape would never be possible. And yet, when a trip across the ocean presented an unlikely opportunity, she didn't hesitate. But was Tessa reaching too far? Was redemption impossible? Even as a child Trey understood that there was no law to protect a slave against the whims of a white man. So there would be no justice for his family unless he took matters into his own hands. As an adult Trey swore that there would be nothing that would keep Baron Henley safe from his revenge. But even well laid plans could go awry. Particularly when his attention was diverted to the bewildering, raven-haired beauty he impulsively abducted.
Jody Day would have liked to have had children, but it didn't work out that way. At the age of 44, she admitted to herself that her quest to be a mother was at an end. She presumed that she was through the toughest part, but over the next couple of years she was hit by waves of grief, despair and isolation. Eventually she found her way and created the Gateway Women Network, helping many thousands of women worldwide. In 'Living the Life Unexpected', Jody addresses the taboo of childlessness and shows women how to live creative, happy, meaningful and fulfilling lives without children.
Meet the Davenport family! Six brothers and sisters who call picturesque Carmel-by-the-Sea home. Successful, brilliant, and passionate, the only thing they all still need is the perfect partner in love and life. Hotshot movie star Archer Davenport has never met a stunt he couldn’t ace, a challenge he couldn’t overcome, or a woman he couldn’t have. When he breaks his leg during a dangerous stunt, the production company insists on hiring a live-in caretaker for him. He refuses the help…until he meets Tessa Taylor. She’s not only caring and beautiful, she’s also as tough on him as a drill sergeant. Tessa knows all about confident men. She used to be married to one and that didn’t ...
None
Tessa Collins has just moved to Alaska. An anthropologist and professor, she embarks on a research trip to Denali National Park with five other people. Unexpectedly an early winter storm pummels the tundra. When the band of researchers is forced to take refuge in a cave, Tessa finds herself drawn to two of her traveling companions-a Native Alaskan activist and adventurer, and a former New York stockbroker turned Alaskan general store owner. Against this dramatic background, Tessa finds herself worrying about survival but also enjoying the attentions of two men. Ripped away from all she's known, she is learning more about herself, and in the midst of this harrowing experience, she realizes she has choices to make. Will she make the right ones? This exciting and tender novel will captivate anyone who likes stories of romance and adventure.
In The Friends (1970), Esther is diagnosed with leukaemia, causing her friends to reassess their working-class identity, their imagined achievements as well as their own mortality. Bluey (1993) is a play about repressed memory resurfacing and three imagined futures that the protagonist cannot muster the courage to confront. In Men Die Women Survive (1990) a trio of estranged wives gather around the dinner table. As they conduct a post-mortem on their failed relationships a tale of betrayal and revenge emerges. Telling the story of a 44-year-old actress Gertie and her influence on Sam, a black teenager working as a car-park attendant, Wild Spring (1992) explores acting as a metaphor for the false images of ourselves with which we fall in love.