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Language
English
Description
A historical mystery, infused with romance, that links the lives of three women across a century--two deep in the past, one in the present--to the doomed passenger liner, RMS Lusitania. As the Lusitania steams toward its fate, three women work against time to unravel a plot that will change the course of their own lives, and history itself.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
437 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Harriet Beecher marries Calvin Stowe in 1836, sure of a future filled with romance, a family, and her writing. Calvin is supportive, and Harriet is determined to preserve her independent spirit. Two months later, she discovers she's pregnant just as Calvin leaves for a European business trip. Overwhelmed, Harriet feels like she's living another woman's life. Struggling to balance being a wife and mother with her passion for writing and social change,...
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Anna Ivey's journey west with Asa Mercer's girls is an escape from the griefs of her past. She's not supposed to be a bride, though, just a cook for the girls. But when they land, she's handed to Joe Denton and the two find themselves in a knotty situation. She refuses to wed him and he's about to lose his land. With only a few months left, can Joe convince this provoking--but beguiling--easterner to be his bride?
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
457 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Earl of Rule proposes to Horatia Winwood's sister, who is already in love with someone else. For her family's happiness, Horatia offers herself instead. Everyone knows she's no beauty, but she'll keep out of the Earl's way and make him a good wife. Until his archenemy sets out to ruin her reputation.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
571 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The day after Memorial Day 1889, 20 million tons of water careened downhill to Johnstown, PA, washing away the city, along with 2,000 of its residents. The tragedy occurred when a dam built for the recreation of members of the exclusive South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club broke. This tragedy links Elizabeth Haberlin and Lee Parker. Elizabeth was a member of society's elite in late 19th-century Pennsylvania. Lee and her mother have been abandoned by...
6) Notorious
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
597 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
It is 1322, and the Marcher lords are rebelling against King Edward II. Lady Brianna de Beauchamp, daughter of a powerful Marcher, knows she should not involve herself in the battle. But when she meets dangerously handsome Wolf Mortimer, who has the gift of second sight, she cannot deny her passions.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
471 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
At the Sugarloaf Ranch, Smoke and Sally Jensen prepare to welcome Preacher home for the holidays unaware that their friend is trailed by a storm full of trouble. On a mission of vengeance, an old trapper is rescued by Ace and Chance Jensen from ruthless outlaws and wanted by a driven bounty hunter named Luke Jensen. And, just released from prison, a criminal mastermind assembles a vicious gang of cutthroats to extract his final revenge against his...
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Language
English
Description
Daughter of a scandalous mother, Delilah is already notorious even among Paris society. Her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch, and as a result Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfather's savanna manor house until the gossip subsides. The house is a sun-bleached skeleton of a faded dream in a decadent world full of expats. Then she meets Ryder White, her guide to the complex beauty of African wildlife...