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Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Alan and Adam Kane arrive in Texas in 1835 and join up with Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, and other Texans as they join forces against Mexico's General Santa Anna, with plans to station themselves in the Texan fort known as the Alamo.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
It's London, 1857, and everything is at stake for Serafina Trent, a woman of means, but not the typical Victorian lady who feels her place is to be seen and not heard. Wealthy widow of a nobleman and daughter of a famous scientist, she's a skeptic who only trusts what can be proven. When her brother's most recent female dalliance, a beautiful actress, is found murdered, all evidence points to him. Especially since the actress had just rejected him...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Gabriel, the Duke of St. Easton, is ordered by the King to take guardianship over Lady Alexandria Featherstone, whose parents are presumed dead after failing to return from a treasure hunt. Alexandria, believing her parents are still alive, ignores this royal assignment and travels to faraway lands to find them. Gabriel pursues her, always one step behind. When they do meet, the search pales in comparison to what God has planned for both of them.
11) Promise me this
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Michael Dunnagan was never supposed to sail on the Titanic, nor would he have survived if not for the courage of Owen Allen. Determined to fulfill his promise to care for Owen's relatives in America and his sister, Annie, in England, Michael works hard to strengthen the family's New Jersey gardening business. Michael reaches out to grief-stricken Annie through letters, and when World War I erupts in Europe, he risks everything to keep his promise....
Author
Language
English
Description
Ingrid Larsen, a young Swedish immigrant, arrives in Michigan in 1871 to search for her brother who has disappeared into the woods to work the dangerous lumber camps. Destitute and losing hope, she encounters a newly widowed farmer who is struggling to raise five children. Marriage would solve both of their problems, and so Ingrid proposes to a man she barely knows. She will fight to protect her new family - and to win the heart of her new husband....
Author
Publisher
Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ben Hansby is determined to cast a young student, Kate Winter, in his musical as he guards his participation in the Underground Railroad, while Kate is determined to use the musical to flee from her mother's determination to marry her off to a wealthy suitor.
15) Band of sisters
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Maureen O'Reilly and her younger sister flee Ireland in hope of claiming the life promised to their father twenty years before. After surviving Ellis Island, Maureen learns that their benefactor, Colonel Wakefield, has died, and his family refuses to own his Civil War debt. Alone, impoverished, and in danger of deportation, Maureen contrives to obtain employment in a prominent department store. But she soon discovers that the elegant façade hides...
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Melvin Hitchcock of the 'Hitching Post Mail-Order Bride Catalog' isn't dishonest -- not exactly. If he tweaks his clients' applications a bit, it's because he's looking out for their best interests. This charming bouquet of novellas introduces four Hitching Post prospects in the year 1870, each one eager for second chances and hungry for happiness. Year in, year out, they'll learn that love often comes in unexpected packages.
17) Rainy day dreams
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When the Burgert family moves to Seattle in 1856, Kathryn is convinced her father has destroyed her life. The backwoods settlement offers none of the comforts and culture she loved in San Francisco. She cares nothing for the new sawmill the townsfolk are so excited about. That is, until she meets Jason, a lumberjack with dreams for a bright future. As she comes to know Jason, Kathryn can't help catching his vision. But the future they hope for is...
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Language
English
Description
Sentry Dance Pickett has watched, helpless, for months as conditions in the Andersonville Prison worsen by the day. He knows any mercy will be seen as treason ... Southern belle Violet Stiles cannot believe the good folk of Americus would condone such barbarism, despite the losses they've suffered. When her goodwill campaign stirs up accusations of Union sympathies and endangers her family, however, she realizes she must tread carefully ... Confederate...
Author
Language
English
Description
England, 1940. Clare Childs knew life would change when she unexpectedly inherited the Maggie Bright -- a noble fifty-two-foot yacht. In fact, she's counting on it. But the boat harbors secrets. When a stranger arrives, searching for documents hidden onboard, Clare is pulled into a Scotland Yard investigation that could shed light on Hitler's darkest schemes and prompt America to action. Across the Channel, Hitler's "Blitzkrieg" has the entire British...
Author
Language
English
Description
Sold into slavery by her father and forsaken by the man she was supposed to marry, young Egyptian Kiya must serve a mistress who takes pleasure in her humiliation. When terrifying plagues strike Egypt, Kiya is in the middle of it all. To save her older brother and escape the bonds of slavery, Kiya flees with the Hebrews during the Great Exodus. She finds herself utterly dependent on a fearsome God she's only just beginning to learn about, and in love...
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