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The bride's farewell
By Meg Rosoff. 2009
On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and…
flees - determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse. The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. For Senior High readers. 2009.iPod et minijupe au 18e siècle (Roman 14/18)
By Louise Royer. 2011
Un soir, Sophie revient de ses cours à l’Université, quand elle est soudainement éblouie par une lumière intense. Prise de…
vertige, et sans trop savoir pourquoi ni comment, elle se retrouve en plein cœur de Paris… en l’an 1767! Ne pouvant retourner chez elle, elle est recueillie par Nicolas et Élyse, qui l’aideront à s’intégrer à la vie du 18e siècle, dans un milieu dont elle ignore tout des convenances et des règles. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2011.Washington avalanche, 1910 (Historical Romance Ser.)
By Cameron Dokey. 2000
Fleeing her conniving guardian stepbrother, seventeen-year-old Ginny Nolan boards a Seattle-bound train and meets young Virginia, who is apprehensive over…
her imminent arranged marriage to a stranger. The girls temporarily trade identities, giving Virginia a chance to assess the fiancé. But unexpected love and an avalanche intervene. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.Fear the drowning deep
By Sarah Glenn Marsh. 2016
Bridey has loathed the sea ever since her granddad was lured off a cliff. She insists there is a creature…
out there, others just think her mad. Now a young woman's body washes up on shore and she is convinced that her granddad's killer has returned. Then she finds Fynn, an outsider, injured on the beach and she takes him home to heal. But when more girls vanish, he is the obvious suspect. Can Bridey discover who or what is plaguing her town before those she loves most are lost to the waves?Song of the silent harp (Emerald Ballad Ser. #Vol. 1)
By B. J. Hoff, B. J Hoff. 1991
The potato famine is devastating Ireland, and all Nora Kavanagh has left is her son Daniel and her faith in…
God. Her childhood friend Morgan Fitzgerald, whom she has always loved, arranges for Nora and Daniel to make their way to America. There they are helped by Michael Burke, now a New York City policeman, who loved Nora when they were children. Prequel to Heart of the Lonely Exile (DB 41304)Christy's choice (Christy Ser. #No. 6)
By C Archer. 1996
When Christy receives an offer to teach in her hometown of Asheville, she makes a decision that stands to affect…
her entire future. During a train wreck on her return to Cutter Gap, Christy experiences a life-changing insight that clarifies her destiny. Sequel to The Proposal (BR 10900). For grades 5-8Sybill (The Foxbridge Legacy #1)
By Jo Ann Ferguson. 1988
A young woman banished from the splendor of Elizabethan society is swept into dangerous passions and hidden agendas at a…
powerful nobleman's estate in the first novel of Jo Ann Ferguson's spellbinding Foxbridge Legacy series Disgraced and penniless after her father's death, Sybill Hampton leaves London for the wild northwest coast to become the ward of a man she barely knows. When she arrives at Foxbridge Cloister, it isn't her guardian who greets her, but a darkly handsome stranger who infuriates her with his assumption that she is a fortune hunter. The enigmatic overseer of the isolated estate, Trevor Breton, shares an uneasy relationship with his employer, the mercurial Owen Wythe, Lord Foxbridge, and a tantalizing one with Sybill, who at her guardian's request takes over the housekeeping duties. Sybill begins to fall under Trevor's seductive spell, unaware that a plan is being set in motion--a cunningly orchestrated scheme that may force her to wed one man while losing her heart to another.Persuasion: Novela... (Word Cloud Classics)
By Jane Austen. 2012
No home library is complete without the classics Persuasion is a keepsake to be read and treasured Published in…
1818 Persuasion was Jane Austen s last completed novel In this compelling love story Anne Elliott is unhappy and unmarried at twenty-seven At the urging of her family she broke her engagement to the man she loved eight years before because he was poor and didn t have good family connections When they meet again he is wealthy a captain in the navy and looking for a wife but he has not forgiven Anne for her rejection and resolves not to fall in love with her again With a heat-burnished cover foil stamping and designed endpapers the Word Cloud Classics edition of Persuasion is the perfect addition to any bookshelf About the Word Cloud Classics series Classic works of literature with a clean modern aesthetic Perfect for both old and new literature fans the Word Cloud Classics series from Canterbury Classics provides a chic and inexpensive introduction to timeless tales With a higher production value including heat burnished covers and foil stamping these eye-catching easy-to-hold editions are the perfect gift for students and fans of literature everywherePersuasion: Novela... (Enriched Classics)
By Jane Austen. 2009
The Enriched Classics series offers readers such features as:* A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information* A…
chronology of the author's life and work* A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context* An outline of key themes and plot points to help guide the reader's own interpretations* Detailed explanatory notes* Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work* Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction* A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience* Reader-friendly font sizeLove is in the cards for a young Scottish heiress in the first book of a delicious new trilogy of…
historical romances, Secrets of the Loch, from New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp.A family legend of hidden treasure mingles with the mist over the shores of Loch Baille... But it's not the cache of gold dating back to Culloden that Jack Kensington claims when he arrives in the Highlands; it's the house he won in a London card game from a luckless Scotsman. Stunned to learn that her wastrel brother wagered their family estate, Isobel Rose must find a way to save her home and the people she loves...even if it means accepting a loveless marriage. Or perhaps not so loveless? Isobel unlocks the secrets of desire in the arms of the mysterious and handsome Englishman, but a series of "accidents" makes her fear that she will soon be a widow instead of a wife. As their hunt for lost riches turns into the search for a killer, Isobel fights her attraction to the man who stole her birthright...but can Jack convince Isobel that he can provide a home for her heart, and a love to treasure?Skye Lakota (Skye Trilogy #1)
By Krista Janssen. 2015
Krista Janssen captivates us in the first of her Skye Trilogy. A half-breed Lakota Sioux warrior is forced to travel…
to Scotland by his Scottish father. In the Highlands, he adjusts to a challenging new culture, and finds unbridled passion with a daring young English woman. Strong-willed Beth Talbot leads a secret life in London writing for a political pamphlet - until she is dragged to Scotland by her uncle who insists she marry an aging Laird. The Laird's restless and newly educated half-breed son, Fletcher Mackinnon, is enchanted by Beth and maneuvers to save her from the unwanted marriage. Their attraction to each other becomes a glorious love, but a royal assassination plot in England puts their lives and their love in grave peril.The Hunchback of Notre Dame: A Pantomime (Word Cloud Classics)
By Victor Hugo. 1998
This historically significant novel of love and betrayal led to a renewed interest in preserving the grand architecture of Paris.Victor…
Hugo&’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written in 1831, at a time when the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was falling into disrepair. This epic novel helped spark a preservationist movement that led to the cathedral being restored to its full glory. Set in 1482, the story tells of how four men—the hunchbacked bell-ringer, Quasimodo; the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo; the dashing soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers; and the poet Pierre Gringoire—vie for the love of Esmeralda, a young Romani woman. As the story unfolds, readers come to realize that the focus of the story is not only on the human characters but on the grand cathedral itself.The Left Behind Bride: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #10)
By Mahrie G. Reid. 2018
Maggie Conrad’s husband of ten days is sent overseas in WW1 and never comes home. A second suitor is lost…
at sea in Nova Scotia’s August Gale. Turning thirty, and on her own, she resolves to make a life for her herself and her younger brother, Ivan. Against her wishes, Ivan goes to work for the rum runners and operates a surf boat bringing shipments ashore. When war-veteran and Prohibition Preventative agent, John Murdock, arrives undercover in the area he is referred to Maggie for room and board. With a rum runner and a man she suspects is a policeman living under her roof, Maggie must juggle law and justice, family loyalties and her growing attraction to John as she decides whether marriage might be in the cards for her after all.Envy the Wind: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #11)
By Victoria Chatham, Anita Davison. 2018
Grace MacKinnon’s widowhood promises little but a life of drudgery under her father-in-law’s oppressive rule. When quiet rebellion turns to…
opportunity, she books passage on an Atlantic steamer only to face near disaster in Halifax harbour. Her future looks doomed from the start until with the help of a sympathetic stranger, she arrives on Prince Edward Island. Her new-found independence drives her to undertake a brave new adventure in a male dominated world, and a chance encounter with Lucy Maud Montgomery brings her a surprising ally. Despite the challenges, Grace keeps her head and prevails, until an encounter with bootleggers during Canadian Prohibition threatens to topple her hard won success. Can Grace trust those she goes to for help, or as a woman alone in turn of the century Charlottetown are the odds stacked against her?Shadows of Valor
By Elsie Park. 2017
Something dark stirs within the peaceful walls of the prosperous town of Graywall, something only the mysterious vigilante known as…
The Shadow can overcome. Torn between a sense of justice and a desire for revenge, The Shadow is the nobleman Sir Calan, who must use his skills to assist the Lord of Graywall.When Sir Calan is sent to hunt down smugglers who have run rampant after the levying of a harsh tax by King Edward, he learns of a plot against the just ruler of the town, Lord Shaufton. To thwart this plot, Calan enters a pseudo courtship with Shaufton's daughter under the guise of Sir Calan, even as he wrestles with emotions stirred by the lovely Elsbeth, Lord Shaufton's niece. Elsbeth may be the only person who can heal Calan's troubled soul, but she has secrets of her own.Rife with deceit, greed, and betrayal, Shadow of Valor is a timeless tale of honor, love, and redemption.Where the River Narrows: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #12)
By Kathy Fischer-Brown, Genevieve Montcombroux. 2018
For many Loyalists during the American War for Independence, the perilous journey to Canada is just the beginning of a…
long and arduous struggle to find a new home and a new life amid the upheavals of war and separation, death and privation. For Elisabeth Van Alen, it also means finding new strength and the will to survive in a new country.Envy the Wind: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #11)
By Victoria Chatham, Anita Davison. 2018
Grace MacKinnon’s widowhood promises little but a life of drudgery under her father-in-law’s oppressive rule. When quiet rebellion turns to…
opportunity, she books passage on an Atlantic steamer only to face near disaster in Halifax harbour. Her future looks doomed from the start until with the help of a sympathetic stranger, she arrives on Prince Edward Island. Her new-found independence drives her to undertake a brave new adventure in a male dominated world, and a chance encounter with Lucy Maud Montgomery brings her a surprising ally. Despite the challenges, Grace keeps her head and prevails, until an encounter with bootleggers during Canadian Prohibition threatens to topple her hard won success. Can Grace trust those she goes to for help, or as a woman alone in turn of the century Charlottetown are the odds stacked against her?The Left Behind Bride: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #10)
By Mahrie G. Reid. 2018
Maggie Conrad’s husband of ten days is sent overseas in WW1 and never comes home. A second suitor is lost…
at sea in Nova Scotia’s August Gale. Turning thirty, and on her own, she resolves to make a life for her herself and her younger brother, Ivan. Against her wishes, Ivan goes to work for the rum runners and operates a surf boat bringing shipments ashore. When war-veteran and Prohibition Preventative agent, John Murdock, arrives undercover in the area he is referred to Maggie for room and board. With a rum runner and a man she suspects is a policeman living under her roof, Maggie must juggle law and justice, family loyalties and her growing attraction to John as she decides whether marriage might be in the cards for her after all.The Left Behind Bride: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #10)
By Mahrie G. Reid. 2018
Maggie Conrad’s husband of ten days is sent overseas in WW1 and never comes home. A second suitor is lost…
at sea in Nova Scotia’s August Gale. Turning thirty, and on her own, she resolves to make a life for her herself and her younger brother, Ivan. Against her wishes, Ivan goes to work for the rum runners and operates a surf boat bringing shipments ashore. When war-veteran and Prohibition Preventative agent, John Murdock, arrives undercover in the area he is referred to Maggie for room and board. With a rum runner and a man she suspects is a policeman living under her roof, Maggie must juggle law and justice, family loyalties and her growing attraction to John as she decides whether marriage might be in the cards for her after all.A Tangled Web
By Benjamin Lefebvre, L M Montgomery. 2009
No amount of drama between the Dark and Penhallow families can prepare them for what follows when Aunt Becky bequeaths…
her prized heirloom jug - the owner to be revealed in one year’s time. The intermarriages, and resulting fighting and feuding, that have occurred over the years grow more intense as Gay Penhallow’s fianceaves her for the devious Nan Penhallow; Peter Penhallow and Donna Dark find love after a lifelong hatred of each other; and Joscelyn and Hugh Dark, inexplicably separated on their wedding night, are reunited. Hopes and shortcomings are revealed as we follow the fates of the clan for an entire year. The legendary jug sits amid this love, heartbreak, and hilarity as each family member works to acquire the heirloom. But on the night that the eccentric matriarch’s wishes are to be revealed, both families find the biggest surprise of all.