Download or read book Charmed Gowns Crowns written by Jennifer Chance and published by Gowns & Crowns. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the curse of the Saleri family all but vanquished, Caroline Saleri returns to the picturesque idyll of Sea Haven Island, South Carolina. There she plans to lose herself for a few months in low country bliss--helping to prepare her family's vacation home for sale, attending local lectures...and trying to forget the aggravating, enigmatic professor who's mocked her family's superstitions on a public stage.Unfortunately, one detail remains to ensure the family curse is never invoked again. Caroline is tasked to recover a collection of supposedly charmed old jewelry from a local private museum--a simple afternoon adventure. Then she recognizes the museum's proprietor, and her life turns upside down.Determinedly misanthropic Professor Simon Blake has long since kept the world at arm's length. The one chink in his armor? His beloved grandparents and their eccentric collection of friends. But when an angry attendee of one of his lectures turns out to be the woman his grandparents and their cronies have been talking about for more than eighty years--a real-life fairytale countess, intent on breaking an ancient curse--he doesn't know whether to throw her out, welcome her in, or call the cops.One thing's for sure...he's in no mood to be Charmed.

Download or read book Gertie s Charmed Sewing Studio written by Gretchen Hirsch and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling sewing author Gretchen Hirsch returns to her roots with a fresh look at fashion classics—how they were made then, and how modern day sewists can re-create them now—in Gertie’s Charmed Sewing Studio. Gretchen Hirsch, aka “Gertie,” returns to her roots with a dive into beloved fashion classics, including the mermaid gown, the structured sheath (think Elizabeth Taylor), the Rose Marie Reid swimsuit, and more—plus a little fashion history, to inspire modern-day style mavens. Sewists, thrift shoppers, and fashion collectors will love making the book's three downloadable patterns, and learning how to reproduce favorite vintage looks that fit modern figures. The first half of the book is a journey through pattern and couture sewing techniques and iconic designs. Gretchen combines a bounty of sketches, historic images, process photos, and clear instructions to create an irresistible sewing guide and lookbook for the vintage fashion enthusiast. In the second half, Gretchen deconstructs three intricate garments, the Madeleine dress, the Camille sheath, and the Lillian princess coat: Focusing on just three designs offers a sewing and design foundation in a full range of sizes—from 2–20 and 18 to 34, with separate A-H cup sizes. This wide range is not easy to find in other sewing books, and more important than ever for body inclusivity. Each garment (two dresses and a jacket) is shown with detailed instructions and links to download and print full-size patterns. Featured garments: The Structured Tropical Dress The Rita Blouse The Night and Day Dress The Lilli Ann-Style Princess Coat The Rose Dressing Gown The Tropical Mermaid Gown The Marilyn Jeans The Rose Marie Reid Swimsuit The Cummerbund Bubble Dress Plus full-size patterns (to download and print) for: The Madeleine Dress, the Camille Sheath Dress, and the Lillian Jacket From Gretchen Hirsch: Gertie’s New Book for Better Sewing Gertie Sews Vintage Casual Gertie’s New Fashion Sketchbook Gertie’s Ultimate Dress Book Gertie’s Charmed Sewing Studio

Download or read book Champions of the Crown written by and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stolen to Wear His Crown written by Marcella Bell and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From unworldly scientist… …to his fearless queen! Mina has finally achieved her dream of becoming chief scientific advisor of Cyrano, when she’s stolen from the interview room! She’s taken directly to the palace chapel, where the terms of a secret betrothal mean she must marry the king—immediately. Powerful King Zayn knows all too well monarchs can’t afford dangerous distractions like love. Yet still, he’s appalled to be wed to a complete stranger! Mina is altogether too sensitive, too scholarly, too unpolished to be queen. But that can’t stop the desire that flares each time she looks his way… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. Read all The Queen’s Guard books: Book 1: Stolen to Wear His Crown Book 2: His Stolen Innocent's Vow

Download or read book Crowns Coronations written by William Jones and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Earthly Crown written by Kate Elliott and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVIn the second book of Kate Elliott’s Novels of the Jaran, Tess Soerensen is pulled between two powerful men—her brother and her husband—and their competing revolutions/divDIV/divDIV On the planet Rhui, the nomadic tribes of the jaran are uniting the settled cities of their homeland one by one. Their charismatic leader, Ilya Bakhtiian, has his loyal wife by his side, but there is something about her he doesn’t know: Tess Soerensen is a human. And not just any human—back home, her brother, Charles, led an unsuccessful revolt against the all-powerful Chapalii empire. Even though Charles was later made a duke in the Chapalii system, his revolutionary bent has not faded, and he is traveling to Rhui to locate Tess and uncover precious information about a past insurgency. Charles’s insistence that Tess join him is as strong as Ilya’s reluctance to part with his beloved wife—and neither considers that Tess may have her own plans for the future. As three fiercely independent spirits struggle for a solution, the fates of both the human race and the jaran hang in the balance./divDIV /divAn Earthly Crown is the second volume of the Novels of the Jaran, which also include Jaran, His Conquering Sword, and The Law of Becoming. /div

Download or read book A Crown of Imp and Bone written by Debra Dunbar and published by Debra Dunbar. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once more the fate of mankind rests on Satan’s shoulders. A stupid misunderstanding has broken a ten-thousand-year old contract between the fae and the angels, and humans are now paying the price. Fairies are crossing through portals and freely kidnapping men, women, and children without fear of reprisal. The humans have no idea what’s happening to these random people, and the angel’s answer is to close the fae portals every couple of days and establish a committee to study the problem. And nobody has time for that. It’s up to me to get the Seelie queen to back down, to bring peace to a war-torn realm, and to rescue a bunch of teenage fairy girls—all while planning my wedding. Because the solution to every problem is chaos, and that’s what imps do best.

Download or read book Castle Crown Conscience written by Suna Flores and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suna is the mother of five and the wife of a loving husband who is a ‘political junkie’ with her. Their fascination has led to the study of current events and revelations about people of today as seen through a fantasy of the past. Suna has been a teacher, a counselor, an actor and a playwright. Watching people and writing about them are her passion.

Download or read book Crown of Ghosts written by Autumn Jones Lake and published by Ahead of the Pack, LLC. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s a long road to redemption... I sacrificed fifteen years for a crime I didn’t even commit. In my absence, the world kept on turning. The one dream I held onto burned to ashes. Freedom fails to satisfy me Everything’s changed, except my love for the Lost Kings Motorcycle Club. As soon as I meet her, the darkness recedes. A new dream takes shape. Her touch restores me. Her broken soul is mine to fix. But I can’t shake the déjà vu sensation every time we touch. History wants a repeat and all I want is peace. This is Grinder's first book. Crown of Ghosts can be read as a standalone. For maximum enjoyment, reading the series in order is suggested. Topics: motorcycle clubs, motorcycle club romance, may december romance, lost kings mc series, long romance series, autumn jones lake, incarceration, reintegration into society, prison, release from prison, crime and punishment, criminals and outlaws, vigilant justice, hollywood demons, hollywood demons series, devil demons mc, age gap romance, second chances romance, second chance at life, parole, life on parole, finding love later in life, steamy romance, stalking, taboo relationships, romance, alpha hero, protective alpha hero, murder daddy, ruthless alpha hero, ruthless protector, savage protector, royal, highways, roads, upstate new york, motorcycle club territory, prison gangs, life after prison, incarceration, biker romance, motorcycle daddies, motorcycle daddy

Download or read book The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle written by Janet Fox and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eerie gothic fairytale with a World War II setting and magic at its heart-- and the recipient of four starred reviews and multiple honors. Twelve-year-old Katherine Bateson believes in a logical explanation for everything. But even she can't make sense of the strange goings-on at Rookskill Castle, the drafty old Scottish castle-turned-school where she and her siblings have been sent to escape the London Blitz. What's making those mechanical shrieks at night? Why do the castle's walls seem to have a mind of their own? And who are the silent children who seem to haunt Rookskill's grounds? Kat believes Lady Eleanor, who rules the castle, is harboring a Nazi spy. But when her classmates begin to vanish, one by one, Kat must face the truth about what the castle actually harbors--and what Lady Eleanor is--before it's too late. Selected for the Spirit of Texas Reading Program, a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and more, this tale of magic and power has charmed readers everywhere.

Download or read book The Crown Book of the Beautiful the Wonderful and the Wise written by Linn N. Chapin and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Crown of Ivy and Glass written by Claire Legrand and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Full of high stakes and detailed fantasy worldbuilding with interesting mythology for readers." —Library Journal New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn, Claire Legrand, makes her stunning adult debut with A Crown of Ivy and Glass, a lush, sweeping, steamy forbidden romance series starter that's perfect for fans of Bridgerton and A Court of Thorns and Roses. Lady Gemma Ashbourne seemingly has it all. She's young, gorgeous, and rich. Her family was Anointed by the gods, blessed with incredible abilities. But underneath her glittering façade, Gemma is deeply sad. Years ago, her sister Mara was taken to the Middlemist to guard against treacherous magic. Her mother abandoned the family. Her father and eldest sister, Farrin—embroiled in a deadly blood feud with the mysterious Bask family—often forget Gemma exists. Worst of all, Gemma is the only Ashbourne to possess no magic. Instead, her body fights it like poison. Constantly ill, aching with loneliness, Gemma craves love and yearns to belong. Then she meets the devastatingly handsome Talan d'Astier. His family destroyed themselves, seduced by a demon, and Talan, the only survivor, is determined to redeem their honor. Intrigued and enchanted, Gemma proposes a bargain: She'll help Talan navigate high society if he helps her destroy the Basks. According to popular legend, a demon called The Man With the Three-Eyed Crown is behind the families' blood feud—slay the demon, end the feud. But attacks on the Middlemist are increasing. The plot against the Basks quickly spirals out of control. And something immense and terrifying is awakening in Gemma, drawing her inexorably toward Talan and an all-consuming passion that could destroy her—or show her the true strength of her power at last.

Download or read book Within the Hollow Crown written by Margaret Campbell Barnes and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king..." —Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard II Unlike his father, the Black Prince, or his namesake, King Richard the Lionheart, Richard II never really wanted to be king. But the mantle of royalty is thrust upon his shoulders at age 11, at a time when England is racked by unrest and class warefare. A leader as unexpected as he is inexperienced, young Richard must find a way to triumph over a fierce conflict more destructive than any foreign enemy.Richard's love for his wife, Anne of Bohemia, gave him the strength to outwit the schemes of his enemies and govern as he saw fit, providing England with years of properity under his reign. But when tragedy strikes, Richard begins to loose the common touch by which he had ruled so brilliantly, and begins a downward spiral from which his detractors would derive strength... "Sympathetic picture of sensitive, peace-loving, and ill-beset Richard II, who had it in him to be one of the best kings England ever had."—Booklist "Ms. Barnes captures the flavor, pageantry, and color of the Middle Ages...a distinguished novel." —Philadelphia Inquirer

Download or read book The High Crown Chronicles written by Jodi Gallegos and published by Clean Teen Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a crown is at stake, blood will be shed… The High Crown Chroniclesis cinematic storytelling at its best. With stunning imagery, dynamic characters, and a slow-burn romance, Jodi Gallegos has built a fantastical world. Coupled with a strong female heroine who’s both relatable and fierce, this seamlessly layered plot pours the foundation for an epic fantasy series that readers will devour before asking for more. Malory is bound by blood to ensure the High Crown is returned to her kingdom—be it the blood that runs through her veins or the blood spilled at her feet. The eldest heir of the kingdom of Devlishire, Malory is destined to be the first reigning queen in a hundred years, though she’d prefer to spend her days sparring in the courtyard or reading tales of the long-forgotten gods rather than studying languages and royal lineage. But an upset in the balance of power between the Unified Kingdoms is about to disrupt peace in the land and promote unquenchable greed amongst its rulers. A jealous younger brother—and a salacious rumor—leaves Malory as a pawn in her father’s plot to overthrow the new ruling king. She’s forced to participate or risk the life of her best friend Esmond, a knight in the King’s Guard. Betrayed by her family, sent away from her home, and denied her birthright, Malory will navigate the courts of her new kingdom to protect it against any who threaten it—and her. Her journey will reawaken the warrior inside herself, and the gods who have lain dormant for a hundred years. The High Crown Chronicles is a young adult fantasy that embraces the spirit of betrayal, deception, and political intrigue that is at the core of Philippa Gregory novels, with the dark vengeance of George R.R. Martin. With heart-stopping action, relatable characters, and impeccable writing, the first novel in The High Crown Chroniclesby Jodi Gallegos is sure to leave readers hungry for more. The High Crown Chronicles by Jodi Gallegos - The High Crown Chronicles, Book 1 (Now Available) - Queen Of The Ruins, Book 2 (December 1, 2020) - The Battle of Gods and Men (Summer of 2021) Readers who love action-packed young adult fantasy page turners like The Key by Jennifer Anne Davis and An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir will love The High Crown Chronicles by Jodi Gallegos.

Download or read book To Wear a City s Crown written by Kenneth W. Wheeler and published by Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Focuses on Houston, Galveston, Austin, and San Antonio..." Dust jacket.

Download or read book Under the Red Robe written by Stanley John Weyman and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Under the Red Robe' is a historical novel by Stanley J. Weyman. It was often described as his best work, and was also his most commercially successful. The plot features one of Weyman's more interesting characters, Gil de Berault, a gambler and notorious dueller living in Paris during the French religious wars of the early 17th century who sometimes acts as hired muscle for the Cardinal. He fights one duel too many and is given the choice between execution or helping the Cardinal capture a key Huguenot rebel. He picks the second option and ultimately achieves his objectives but in the process meets a good woman.

Download or read book In the Shadow of the Crown written by Jean Plaidy and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Henry VIII's only child, the future seemed golden for Princess Mary. She was the daughter of Henry's first queen, Katharine of Aragon, and was heir presumptive to the throne of England. Red-haired like her father, she was also intelligent and deeply religious like her staunchly Catholic mother. But her father's ill-fated love for Anne Boleyn would shatter Mary's life forever. The father who had once adored her was now intent on having a male heir at all costs. He divorced her mother and, at the age of twelve, Mary was banished from her father’s presence, stripped of her royal title, and replaced by his other children--first Elizabeth, then Edward. Worst of all, she never saw her beloved mother again; Katharine was exiled too, and died soon after. Lonely and miserable, Mary turned for comfort to the religion that had sustained her mother. In a stroke of fate, however, Henry's much-longed-for son died in his teens, leaving Mary the legitimate heir to the throne. It was, she felt, a sign from God--proof that England should return to the Catholic Church. Swayed by fanatical advisors and her own religious fervor, Mary made horrific examples of those who failed to embrace the Church, earning her the immortal nickname "Bloody Mary." She was married only once, to her Spanish cousin Philip II--a loveless and childless marriage that brought her to the edge of madness. With In the Shadow of the Crown, Jean Plaidy brings to life the dark story of a queen whose road to the throne was paved with sorrow.