Download or read book Bride Island written by Alexandra Enders and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six after leaving her husband and young daughter behind--hoping to spare them from her drinking, depression, and a legacy of self-destruction--to seek refuge to a coastal town in Maine near Bride Island, her family retreat, Polly Birdswell has put her life back together and hopes to reunite with her child, but family squabbles over Bride Island could threaten everything she loves. Original.

Download or read book Bride Island written by Alexandra Enders and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six years ago, Polly Birdswell—drinking and deeply unhappy—made a decision that changed her life forever. Believing she could spare her young daughter a legacy of self-destruction, she left her husband and child and moved north to a coastal town in Maine. There, close to Bride Island, the beloved family retreat she considers her true home, she set about getting sober and remaking her life. Now Polly desperately wants seven-year-old Monroe back and is determined to prove—to herself especially—she’s a stable and loving mother. At the same time, a sudden decision to sell Bride Island unleashes a wave of family greed that endangers the island’s future. As Polly and her siblings try to claim ownership of what they love, they discover some things can never truly be owned, and Polly must again ask herself what she’s willing to relinquish. Beautifully written and emotionally complex, Bride Island is a poignant debut novel about love, motherhood, and the haunting and sometimes conflicting pulls of family and the places that shape us.

Download or read book Island Bride written by L. L. Chaikin and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning novelist Linda Chaikin brings her series to a rousing conclusion in the fast-paced trilogy with a grand finale complete with sword fighting, sea battles, and the quest for silver.

Download or read book Billionaire s Island Bride written by JUDY ANGELO and published by Phoenix Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Best-selling Author, Judy Angelo, presents: Volume 3: BAD BOY BILLIONAIRE VERSUS REBEL ISLAND BRIDE - AND THE WINNER IS... Normally shy and reserved, college student Erin Samuels goes to the island of Santa Marta where she breaks out of her shell and does things that shock even her. And, as if that weren't bad enough, she ends up trapped in a marriage by blackmail! Dare DeSouza is used to women throwing themselves at him and he lumps Erin Samuels in the same category. Gold-diggers, that's what they all are, but this time he has a plan. He sets out to teach Erin a lesson she'll never forget...and ends up learning the greatest lesson of his life. An island romance that will keep readers guessing every step of the way...

Download or read book To Honor and Trust Bridal Veil Island Book 3 written by Tracie Peterson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Bestselling Fiction from Coauthors Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller Callie DeBoyer is unsettled as she arrives at Bridal Veil Island with the Bridgeport family. She's just received a letter from her parents, missionaries in coastal Africa, stating they are in dire need of more personnel. Should Callie give up her governess job and join her parents in their important work? Is God calling her to the mission field, or does she just want to escape the emotional scars of being jilted by her former beau? When she enrolls young Thomas Bridgeport in golf lessons, Callie meets Wesley Townsend, who urges Callie to take lessons, as well. During their time at the golf course, Callie comes to care for Wesley--until she discovers hidden secrets about his past. Then expensive jewels go missing from various homes on the island, and suspicion is aimed in Callie's direction. As the investigation continues, Callie wonders if she should escape it all by going to Africa. After the secrets he kept about his past, will Wesley ever be a man she can honor and trust for the rest of her life?

Download or read book The Brides of Rollrock Island written by Margo Lanagan and published by Ember. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their livings—and to catch their wives. The witch Misskaella knows the way of drawing a girl from the heart of a seal, of luring the beauty out of the beast. And for a price a man may buy himself a lovely sea-wife. He may have and hold and keep her. And he will tell himself that he is her master. But from his first look into those wide, questioning, liquid eyes, he will be just as transformed as she. He will be equally ensnared. And the witch will have her true payment. Margo Lanagan weaves an extraordinary tale of desire, despair, and transformation. With devastatingly beautiful prose, she reveals characters capable of unspeakable cruelty, but also unspoken love.

Download or read book Bought One Island One Bride written by Susan Stephens and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bought: One Island, One Bride Susan Stephens Self–made billionaire Alexander Kosta has come to the island of Lefkis for revenge. He will see it destroyed, as it tried to destroy him. He doesn't count on feisty beauty Ellie Mendoras to be the thorn in his side! She's sought refuge on the island to escape her troubled past... now she'll fight the gorgeous Greek tycoon with all her strength. But there's a dangerous smile on Alexander's lips. As far as he's concerned, Ellie's a little firecracker who needs to be tamed. He'll seduce her into compliance, and then buy her body and soul!

Download or read book To Have and To Hold Bridal Veil Island Book 1 written by Tracie Peterson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling Author Team Debuts New Historical Romance Series When Audrey Cunningham's father proposes that they move to Bridal Veil Island, where he grew up, she agrees, thinking this will help keep him sober and close to God. But they arrive to find wealthy investors buying up land to build a grand resort on the secluded island--and they want the Cunninghams' acreage. Contractor Marshall Graham can't imagine why the former drinking buddy of his deceased father would beckon him to Bridal Veil Island. And when Boyd Cunningham asks him to watch over Audrey, Marshall is even more confused. He has no desire to be saddled with caring for this fiery young woman who is openly hostile toward him. But when Audrey seems to be falling for another man--one who has two little girls Audrey adores--Marshall realizes she holds more of his heart than he realized. Which man will Audrey choose? And can she hold on to her ancestral property in the face of overwhelming odds?

Download or read book Voyageurs written by Margaret Elphinstone and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2009-11-26 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1800s, Rachel Greenhow, a young Quaker, goes missing in the Canadian wilderness. Unable to accept the disappearance, her brother Mark leaves his farm in England, determined to bring his sister home. What follows is a gripping account of Mark's odyssey and his travels with the voyageurs - the men who canoe Canada's fur-trade route. As adventure and discovery propel the plot forward, Elphinstone takes the reader back in time and intertwines the story with enduring themes of love, war and family ties.

Download or read book The Rock Star s Email Order Bride written by Demelza Carlton and published by Lost Plot Press. This book was released on with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mail order bride and a rock god: can they make fairy tales come true? In the final year of her business degree, Phuong has her future all mapped out. Finish studying, then go home and save her family's business. Until her father dies and it all falls apart. Broke and jobless, she stumbles on a solution: find herself an Australian husband. Fast. She's not looking for love - Phuong doesn't believe in fairy tales. Her marriage will be a business deal, pure and simple. But when she meets her husband-to-be and discovers he's a reclusive rock star living at Romance Island Resort, maybe it's time to believe a girl can live happily ever after. A tiny taste of what's in store: Idly, she clicked on one of the unread messages from some other man whose profile was a sculpted, headless torso, like something cropped from the cover of a romance novel. Mr Six-Pack's message was short: "I'm looking for a woman who knows all fairy tales are lies, but who still hopes one might come true." Reflexively, Phuong clicked on his profile. Mr Six-Pack was a gym junkie, he admitted, who went by the name of Lucky Jason. He worked on a remote island, but it was lonely and he wanted to share his living accommodation with someone who could brighten the darkness at night. Or so he said. She laughed softly before clapping a hand over her mouth at the thought that she might wake Norman. His snores continued, like he was sawing down a tree with his nose in his sleep, so she breathed a sigh of relief and returned to ogling Jason's abs. Desire flooded through her for the first time in months. She hit the reply button. "Which fairy tale did you have in mind, and which character are you? The big bad wolf, the woodcutter or Prince Charming?" Before she could think better of it, she sent the message. The response came back almost instantly: "What would you like me to be? I can cut down everyone keeping you from me, carry you off to my castle like Prince Charming, then turn into the big bad wolf and eat you all up until you scream for joy." "That only happens in books," she whispered to herself, then typed the words and fired them off. Lucky Jason had an answer for that, too: "One day, some romance author will write books about us and a million lonely women will crave the sort of sex you only have to ask for." Arrogant much? "No one's that good. What if I'm after Prince Charming, a man who loves me, listens to me and wants to take care of me, and I'm not interested in sex?" "Prince Charming is a prick who'll smother you and turn jealous if you look at anyone else. He'll lock you in a tower and never let you out. And he wouldn't know what to do with his own c*ck, let alone your body. Prince where-do-I-put-my-prick. That's not me, babe." "No? You don't get jealous? What do you do when your girl looks at another man?" "Grin and wink at the guy while my arm's around her. He'll never be me and never have what I do, but that's cool. Not everyone's as awesome as me. Let me show you, babe." Romance Island Resort series This is the second book in the Romance Island Resort series, which includes: Maid for the Rock Star (#1)The Rock Star's Email Order Bride (#2)The Rock Star's Virginity (#3)The Rock Star and the Billionaire (#4)The Rock Star Wants A Wife (#5)The Rock Star's Wedding (#6)Maid for the South Pole (#7) Keywords: Keywords: new adult, new adult rock star romance, rock star romance series, small town bride romance, small town romance series, island romance series, australian romance series, mail order bride romance

Download or read book Alcatraz Bride written by Ann Burrows Eib and published by Golden Gate National Parks Association. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fifteen-year-old Ann Burrows was excited when she found out that her family would be moving to California's Alcatraz Island. She had visions of sunny beaches and warm breezes - a place much different from her Kansas City, Missouri, home town. Later, romance blossomed with a young man from San Francisco, when the couple was married on the island, a chapter in a family's personal history became the subject of international news stories. This is a snapshot of a moment in time (the 1950s), of the infamous island as a home, not a prison. Of coming of age on the Rock" -- Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.

Download or read book Insta Bride written by M. L. Tompsett and published by M L Tompsett; Tompsett Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missy wants passion and no strings. Adrian is looking for love. Can love work, or will their past pull them apart? Secrets, lies, love, and revenge. Slide between the pages and submerge yourself in this sexy, contemporary romance. The CEO and owner of Jamés Advertising, Missy Jamés, has worked hard to become the best there is and successfully wealthy. Avoiding men since her last failed relationship with a money-hungry cheating ex, she’s determined to keep men at arm’s length. Celebrating the completion of a lucrative business deal, she contemplates letting her hair down in Vegas. After all, what happens in Vegas stays there, right? Introducing herself as Oliviér, Missy meets the sexy Tanner Steel. Fingers crossed he’ll live up to her expectations and fulfill all her fantasies. But, can she trust him with her body and enjoy a no-strings night of passion? Adrian Steele, known as Tanner to his friends, despises his title of “New York’s most eligible billionaire playboy” and travels to Vegas to celebrate his friend’s buck’s party, where he meets the beautiful Oliviér. Is she the one he can trust with his heart? Or will Oliviér be like all the other social climbing females who grace his bed? Tanner’s secret lifestyle is revealed thanks to his friends, causing Oliviér to turn her back on the one man she thought she could trust. The question is… can Tanner reach Oliviér in time, or will he be too late and lose her forever? A Billionaire - Secret baby - Revenge - Second chance - Novella. Second Chance at Love, series - all standalone books. Insta Bride The Bodyguard's Convenient Marriage Ghost of a Chance in Love Secret Heiress

Download or read book The Accidental Bride written by Janice Harayda and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-06-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only a month before her fairy-tale wedding to the third richest man in the second largest city in Ohio, Lily Blair is beset by doubts. Should she plunge headfirst into the security of country club life or follow her career dreams to New York?

Download or read book The Chesapeake Bride written by Mariah Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a new chapter in her celebrated Chesapeake Diaries series, featuring her signature “rich characterization, charming setting, and a romance you’ll never forget” (Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Architect Cassidy Logan has sworn off good-looking adventurers. Newly divorced, she’s focused on building ecologically friendly, historically accurate homes on the Chesapeake Bay for her father’s construction company. Traveling to Cannonball Island—where there has been no new construction in nearly one hundred years—Cass is sensitive to the heritage of the island, and has come up with plans so perfect she’s determined to buy a home for herself. Even the fact that Owen Parker—a local who she dismisses as a lightweight and a player—seems to be everywhere isn’t enough to deter her from building her dream house. Owen Parker is and always has been sinfully handsome and wickedly clever, a magnet for mischief as well as girls. He’s a rolling stone, going and doing whatever appeals to him, from flying a mail plane in Alaska, to working on a cattle ranch in Australia, a shrimp boat in Louisiana, and surfing and diving in Costa Rica. When an old friend offers him a job salvaging a sunken ship on the Chesapeake Bay, Owen gladly accepts. Something has been telling him it was time to head home to Cannonball Island, and a job is as good an excuse as any. And he’s totally smitten by the pretty architect on the scene, but it seems he’s finally met a woman who’s immune to his charms. Sooner or later, Owen will have to face the reason why he always runs, because this time, leaving just might be harder than staying.

Download or read book The Afrocentric Bride written by Therez Fleetwood and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this internationally acclaimed styling guide for brides of color, Fleetwood shares her secrets on how to create an Afrocentric gown by using fabrics imported from Africa, adorning it with cowrie shells, embroidering and quilting it with natural colors and fibers, as well as wearing one's favorite soft pastel shade or a wonderful vibrant red.

Download or read book Aruba written by Lynne Sullivan and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We travel to grow a€" our Adventure Guides show you how. Experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than you would otherwise a€" sometimes best done on foot, in a canoe, or through cultural adventures like art courses, cooking classes, learning the language, meeting the people, joining in the festivals and celebrations. This can make your trip life-changing, unforgettable. All of the detailed information you need is here about the hotels, restaurants, shopping, sightseeing. But we also lead you to new discoveries, turning corners you haven't turned before, helping you to interact with the world in new ways. That's what makes our Travel Adventure Guides unique. The author is fascinated with these islands and her passion comes across in the text, which is lively, revealing and a pleasure to read. Detailed town and regional maps make planning day-trips or city tours easy. Adventures covered range from town sightseeing tours and nature watching to sea kayaking and mountain climbing excursions. Travelers looking for a more relaxed vacation may want to sign up for dance lessons and take part in the local Carnaval or join a local cycling club and tackle some of Aruba's most scenic areas - these cultural adventures will introduce you to the people and afford you a truly unique travel experience. This guide focuses on Aruba primarily and is based on material found in our larger book, Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao Pocket Adventures.

Download or read book Laptop Bride written by Cathy Lynn and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the explosion of the World Wide Web, planning a wedding has never been more fun or filled with so many choices! The Internet allows you to personalize your wedding, find great ideas, prices, items you want and sometimes items you never knew existed. Best of all, you can shop anytime of day 24/7, in any type of weather, any kind of dress, and you don't have to worry about parking or salespeople. Laptop Bride's focus is to help you find what you are looking for quickly while saving aggravation and money. For example, who would have thought that you could rent a chocolate fountain over the internet? Well, you can! Perhaps the groom wants to forego the tux and wear an Elvis jumpsuit instead. Want to surprise your groom? Have a U.S. Flag flown over the capitol on your wedding day. Simply go to HomeofHeroes.com and order your flag (in advance of course) to fly at the exact time of your wedding! Need a recipe and directions to make the groom an armadillo cake? We have the links. We have links for designer gowns, veils, favors and more. Let's face it; shopping on-line is the ultimate in convenience, opportunity and fun.