Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Forgotten Room comes a captivating 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. May 2013 Her finances are in dire straits and bestselling author Sarah Blake is struggling to find a big idea for her next book. Desperate, she breaks the one promise she made to her...
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Formats
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
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...
4) 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, 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
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...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
507 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
561 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
India Prendergast is joined in the search for her cousin, a member of the possibly fraudulent Lady Travelers society, by the nephew of one of the groups members, Derek Saunders, to whom she is drawn despite his scandalous reputation.