Download or read book A Very Merry Masquerade written by Meg Osborne and published by Meg Osborne. This book was released on 2016 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A festive Pride and Prejudice variation novella. Elizabeth Bennet is furious when she discovers Mr. Darcy has removed, with Charles Bingley in tow, to London for Christmas, seeing in it a blatant attempt to undermine the relationship that had begun to flourish between Bingley and her sister. When the Gardiners invite Elizabeth and Jane to stay with them in Gracechurch Street over the festive season, she seizes on the opportunity to repair the damage Darcy has caused and reunite the lovers, little realising her own heart is in danger, and from Darcy himself. Fitzwilliam Darcy acted in the best interest of his friend in preventing an unequal match – or so he thought. Reacquainted with both Jane and Elizabeth Bennet, he is forced to acknowledge his first, hasty assessment of both sisters was utterly false. Can he salvage not only his friend's hopes of future happiness, but his own, before the year is out? This is a regency Pride and Prejudice variation novella.
Download or read book Masquerade written by Kit Williams and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On his way to deliver a splendid necklace to the Sun from the Moon, Jack Hare is diverted by a series of odd characters and when he finally reaches his destination he realizes that the necklace is missing. The reader is invited to answer several riddles and solve the mystery from clues given in the text.
Download or read book A Noble Masquerade Hawthorne House Book 1 written by Kristi Ann Hunter and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sparkling Regency Romance from a Captivating New Voice Lady Miranda Hawthorne acts every inch the lady, but inside she longs to be bold and carefree. Entering her fourth Season and approaching spinsterhood in the eyes of society, she pours her innermost feelings out not in a diary but in letters to her brother's old school friend, a duke--with no intention of ever sending these private thoughts to a man she's heard stories about but never met. Meanwhile, she also finds herself intrigued by Marlow, her brother's new valet, and although she may wish to break free of the strictures that bind her, falling in love with a servant is more of a rebellion than she planned. When Marlow accidentally discovers and mails one of the letters to her unwitting confidant, Miranda is beyond mortified. And even more shocked when the duke returns her note with one of his own that initiates a courtship-by-mail. Insecurity about her lack of suitors shifts into confusion at her growing feelings for two men--one she's never met but whose words deeply resonate with her heart, and one she has come to depend on but whose behavior is more and more suspicious. When it becomes apparent state secrets are at risk and Marlow is right in the thick of the conflict, one thing is certain: Miranda's heart is far from all that's at risk for the Hawthornes and those they love.
Download or read book The Darcy Decision written by Meg Osborne and published by Meg Osborne. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet have finally confessed their true feelings for one another and decided to marry - and not even Mr Bennet's opposition will prevent their future happiness. Their friends support the match, even if Elizabeth's father remains an obstacle, and the group departs to London for Christmas. Caroline Bingley seems to be the only person of their party to recognise the true folly of the match, and will stop at nothing to force Fitzwilliam Darcy to see sense, even if that means involving his own aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who is surely against such a marriage… Can Darcy and Elizabeth overcome this last opposition even from those close to them and learn from the obstacles they have faced thus far on their journey to happily ever after? The Darcy Decision is a Pride and Prejudice variation, and the conclusion of the Pathway to Pemberley Series.
Download or read book The Colonel s Cousin written by Meg Osborne and published by Meg Osborne. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reunited at Rosings… Fitzwilliam Darcy can avoid calling on his aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, no loner, but he can certainly avoid doing so alone. He convinces his cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, into accompanying him in an effort to deflect from his aunt's incessant matchmaking, but does not foresee the presence of another obstacle in Kent – the distracting Elizabeth Bennet. Lizzy has enjoyed her time with Charlotte and is planning to return to London to mend matters between Jane and Mr Bingley when fate sends the orchestrator of their great separation right into their path. He is not alone, though and Lizzy finds herself caught by the funny, charming Colonel Fitzwilliam. It should be simple, for his affection for her is immediately clear, yet despite the objection of Lizzy's rational mind, her heart knows what it wants, not the colonel, but his cousin. This is a sweet regency Pride and Prejudice variation novella.
Download or read book The First Time They Met written by Meg Osborne and published by Meg Osborne. This book was released on with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an engagement is announced between Charles Bingley and Jane Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy is keen to visit and takes Georgiana with him, eager to partake in the happiness of the household. The very last thing he expects is to fall in love himself, but upon first meeting Elizabeth Bennet his heart is lost forever. Elizabeth Bennet scorns the idea of love at first sight, until it happens to her and happiness seems inevitable, until challenges from all sides see fit to intervene. Battling the cautious objections of family and friends, and the selfish interference of those who will stop at nothing to part this particular happy couple, can love triumph for Lizzy and Mr. Darcy?
Download or read book Half the Sum of Attraction written by Meg Osborne and published by Meg Osborne. This book was released on with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough…" Eight years and a bit before their romantic reunion, Anne Elliot meets Captain Frederick Wentworth for the first time. Immediately struck by the handsome Commander's easy manner and good humour, she cannot dare to hope he feels the same way about her. Frederick is home from the sea and staying with his brother, a Curate in Monkton, little expecting he will meet a young woman who will capture his heart and change his life. This novella is inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion, and considers how her two protagonists might have met and fallen in love the first time around…
Download or read book Masquerade written by Anne Shade and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlem, New York, 1925 is a mecca of cultural and creative freedom, where masquerade drag balls are all the rage and the music, dancing, and loose prohibition laws unite people from all walks of life. Dinah Hampton came to Harlem for better opportunities for her family but ends up working as a nightclub chorus girl to help make ends meet. Among the nightlife and danger, she finds love in the most unexpected way. When a scandal rocks Celine Montre’s family and sends them fleeing from New Orleans to Harlem, the gorgeous Dinah Hampton helps her to discover that there’s more to life, and love, than she ever thought possible. When a notorious gangster sets her sights on seducing Celine, Dinah and Celine are forced to risk their hearts, and lives, for love.
Download or read book After the Letter written by Meg Osborne and published by Meg Osborne. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When any two young people take it into their minds to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to carry their point…" Captain Wentworth and Anne Elliot's wedding was once prevented by the interference of friends and family. Now fate has afforded them a second chance, will fresh obstacles derail their happiness? With one letter, their love story was settled, their happily-ever-after decided upon, but matters are rarely so easily resolved and more than one person has a hand to play in keeping this couple together - or forcing them apart...
Download or read book Reunited written by Meg Osborne and published by Meg Osborne. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Frederick Wentworth has learnt to his cost that he loves Anne Elliot and always has: though it took the threat of losing her to illness and then to another suitor for him to realise the truth of his feelings. When he is invited, with his brother Edward, to spend Christmas in Somerset with his sister, he is delighted to find Anne will be spending the season with her own sister, in nearby Uppercross, rather than at Bath as he had assumed. Anne is eager to learn whether the affection Frederick once had for her remains, as she has dared to hope it might. Free of the threat of other attachments, they might admit their true feelings and embark on a future together, if only the busy Christmas season and interfering friends and family will allow them to! Reunited is the final book in the three part Love Remains novella series, a variation on Jane Austen's Persuasion.
Download or read book Christmas Masquerade written by Debbie Macomber and published by Severn House. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jo Marie first met Andrew, her dream man, in the crush of a Mardi Gras parade. But by Christmas, he was introduced to her as someone else's fianc . Yet Jo Marie noticed that Andrew and his intended didn't always act like a loving couple. In fact, in the whirl of Christmas parties and festivities they constantly seemed to be changing partners. During one dance Jo Marie even found herself in Andrew's arms, sharing a tender moment. Had she gone crazy? In the harsh light of reality, her dream man was going to marry another woman. Or was he? The confusion had to end - it was a lonely game that just wasn't in the spirit of the Christmas season
Download or read book Masquerade and Civilization written by Terry Castle and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public masquerades were a popular and controversial form of urban entertainment in England for most of the eighteenth century. They were held regularly in London and attended by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people from all ranks of society who delighted in disguising themselves in fanciful costumes and masks and moving through crowds of strangers. The authors shows how the masquerade played a subversive role in the eighteenth-century imagination, and that it was persistently associated with the crossing of class and sexual boundaries, sexual freedom, the overthrow of decorum, and urban corruption. Authorities clearly saw it as a profound challenge to social order and persistently sought to suppress it. The book is in two parts. In the first, the author recreates the historical phenomenon of the English masquerade: the makeup of the crowds, the symbolic language of costume, and the various codes of verbal exchange, gesture, and sexual behavior. The second part analyzes contemporary literary representations of the masquerade, using novels by Richardson, Fielding, Burney, and Inchbald to show how the masquerade in fiction reflected the disruptive power it had in contemporary life. It also served as an indispensable plot-catalyst, generating the complications out of which the essential drama of the fiction emerged. An epilogue discusses the use of the masquerade as a literary device after the eighteenth century. The book contains some 40 illustrations.
Download or read book The murders of Allan Poe the Light and the Darkness written by Char and published by Leo. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories are divided into two parts; Light, and dark. In the dark part there is a story that pays homage to Egar Allan Poe that any fan of yours his will like. The other stories are horror stories that are critical of society. In the light part are stories of self-improvement, love and family. I lived in Japan for 4 years and on two occasions I met scammers. The final two stories are based on those occasions.
Download or read book A most mysterious case written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Husband s Love written by Meg Osborne and published by Meg Osborne. This book was released on with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of his brother's sudden death, Colonel Fitzwilliam's life is thrown into turmoil but he is left to weather the gathering storms alone as his key confidante, his cousin, is distracted from helping by his own rapidly changing circumstances. Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet plan to marry as soon as possible. Lizzy ought to be completely happy. But with one sister still estranged from her and another whose own happiness looks set to be usurped she has her work cut out in ensuring her whole family might face a happier future. With one friend working with her and another against her, can she settle matters not only for herself but for her sisters too – and round out the year with not one wedding, not two, but three?
Download or read book Masquerades of War written by Christine Sylvester and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores the concepts and practices of masquerade as they apply to concepts and practices of war. The contributors insist that masquerades are everyday aspects of the politics, praxis, and experiences of war, while also discovering that finding masquerades and tracing how they work with war is hardly simple. With a range of theories, innovative methodologies, and contextual binoculars, masquerade emerges as a layered and complex phenomenon. It can appear as state deception, lie, or camouflage, as in the population-centric American warfare in Iraq that was sold as good for the local people, or the hidden violence Russian military forces used on each other and on local men in Chechnya. Masquerade can also be part of a people's war logic as exemplified by the Maoist movement in India. Yet masquerade can also be understood as a normal social mask that people don to foreground an identity or belief from one's cluttered repertoire in order to gain agency. Elements of masquerade can appear in texts that proclaim seemingly unequivocal positions while simultaneously yet subtly suggesting opposing positions. Masquerades of all kinds also seem ubiquitous in fieldwork research and in resistance movements in war zones. Perhaps masquerade, though, is ultimately the denial of death lurking behind the clarion call of security, a call that bolsters war by making militarized policing normal to secure populations from terrorists. These interpretations and others comprise Masquerades of War. This book will be of much interest to students of critical war studies, critical security, conflict studies and IR in general.
Download or read book Mr Darcy s Christmas Carol written by Meg Osborne and published by Meg Osborne. This book was released on 2017 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead, but if the courses be departed from, the ends will change…" ~ Charles Dickens Fitzwilliam Darcy is in London, and resigns himself to the social whirl of Christmas with Charles and Caroline Bingley and without mention of any young ladies with the surname "Bennet". Alas, his subconscious has other plans and he finds himself, one evening, plagued by dreams. Awaking upset at the potential futures played out in his imagination, he determines he must undo his mistakes before it is too late. Elizabeth Bennet is surprised to see both Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy appear back in Hertfordshire so soon after they left for London, but cannot deny her pleasure at seeing them again, firstly for Jane's sake, but more reluctantly for her own. For Mr Darcy is not the only person whose nightly dreams have revealed a future they might enjoy, if only they are brave enough to act in the present… Mr Darcy's Christmas Carol is a regency Pride and Prejudice variation novella – just in time for Christmas!
