Download or read book Minerva and the Rocking Chair written by Glenda Clemens and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miss Minerva and William Green Hill written by Frances Boyd Calhoun and published by Musson. This book was released on 1909 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miss Minerva and William Green Hill Fiction written by Frances Boyd Calhoun and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book Miss Minerva and William Green Hill written by Frances Boyd Calhoun and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Miss Minerva and William Green Hill' is a novel that follows the life of Miss Minerva, who takes in her orphaned relative, William. Once he arrives, she quickly realizes the boy has been raised by a black family and speaks their dialect. Despite the disapproval of those around her, Miss Minerva sees the beauty and value in preserving this language, even as society deems it inappropriate. In a world where racial tensions are high, Miss Minerva's determination to honor William's heritage and language sets her on a path of discovery and understanding. This heartwarming tale is a reminder that the power of language and history can bridge even the widest divides.
Download or read book Miss Minerva s Baby written by Emma Speed Sampson and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the first four years of Miss Minerva's baby.
Download or read book High Stakes Bachelor written by Cindy Dees and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than hearts are at stake for a legendary family in Cindy Dees's new miniseries, The Prescott Bachelors Wannabe stuntwoman Ana Izzolo can't believe she's landed a starring role in actor-producer Jackson Prescott's new film. A plain-Jane nobody and a megastar? Their on-screen chemistry is electric, burning up the celluloid...but offscreen, Ana is stalked by danger. Like a true Hollywood hero, Jackson whisks her to his oceanfront mansion, practicing love scenes while keeping her safe. But when their real-life relationship starts mirroring the movie's leading couple, the confirmed bachelor fears he may fall for the doe-eyed ingenue. If the stalker doesn't get her first
Download or read book Hope in the Land written by Olivia Newport and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Henry Edison turns up in Lancaster County to survey farm women about their domestic contributions during the 1930s, the last thing Amish housewife Gloria Grabill has time for is the government agent’s unending questions. Gloria’s hands are already full with a farm to run alongside her husband, a houseful of children, and an English neighbor, Minerva Swain, who has been trying Gloria’s patience for forty years. Gloria’s oldest daughter, Polly, wants nothing more than the traditional path of an Amish farmer’s wife, but everything she does seems to push Thomas Coblentz further away. While the Great Depression shadows the country in gloom, can Amish and English neighbors in Lancaster County grasp the goodness that will sustain hope?
Download or read book The Grub and Stakers House a Haunt written by Charlotte MacLeod and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A widow meets a ghost with an appetite for treasure, liquor, and revenge Zilla Trott is pouring her cat some chamomile tea when the drifter appears in her kitchen. He is grubby and crude—not at all the kind of person you’d usually find in the pleasant town of Lobelia Falls—but something about him intrigues the aging widow. Perhaps it’s his rugged good looks, or the way he seems to come from another time and place. Or perhaps it’s the fact that he’s been dead for nearly a century. When Lobelia Falls was in its rough-and-tumble frontier infancy, Hiram Jellyby was the best mule driver the town had ever seen, until an argument over a hidden cache of gold left him bleeding to death in a back alley. He returns in spectral form to secure a proper burial, and finds that in modern-day Lobelia Falls, no one knows more about turning the soil than Zilla Trott’s gardening buddies—all members of Dittany Monk’s fearless Grub-and-Stake Gardening and Roving Club.
Download or read book Magica written by E.S. Magill and published by Gramarye Press. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing is more powerful than magic...except family. Introducing a newcomer to the Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Thriller genres - the Paranormal Family Thriller. Maggie Towne is the Magica, the most powerful witch in the world and the guardian of Magic itself. Juggling the responsibilities of raising a family and protecting the Witch World isn’t a walk in the park. Maggie's suffered through the murder of her husband and youngest child two years earlier. And just when she thinks she and her children can move on and be happy, trouble comes knocking at her door. On a stormy night a desperate stranger arrives seeking protection from a fanatical cult and a rogue witch. Both are determined to seize what they believe is rightfully theirs, and in doing so they unleash unimaginable evil. With her children's lives at stake, Maggie must confront the rogue witch and the cult, using all the power at her disposal to protect her family and the world of Magic. Teaming up with a contingent of powerful witch allies, as well as the tenacious, and possible new love interest, Detective Benson Scott, Maggie embarks on a harrowing journey to stop the rogue witch and cult. But as secrets unravel and betrayals mount, Maggie’s family and the fate of Magic itself hang in the balance. Will Maggie Towne succeed in stopping the encroaching darkness, or will she be forced to watch as her family and everything she holds dear are torn apart forever? Magica is an electrifying novel that will leave readers on the edge of their seats. With a captivating exploration of the power of family and the resilience of the human spirit, this thrilling paranormal adventure will take readers on a ride of emotions, magic, and heart-stopping moments of danger. Urban Fantasy's grown up. Now it's got kids to raise and bills to pay. And you thought fighting evil was hard...
Download or read book Little Heaven written by Nick Cutter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman to evaluate the safety of a boy who may have been taken against his will to a New Mexico backwoods settlement, where the mercenaries encounter paranoia, mistrust, and insanity in the shadow of a monolithic idol.
Download or read book Truly Madly Deeply written by Elizabeth August and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A WILLING WIFE? Sweet-natured Minerva Brodwick knew that Judd Graham would stop at nothing to protect his beloved little brood, but never had she imagined the protective father would go so far as to propose a marriage of convenience! Falling for his adorable little angels came naturally to the nanny-turned-newlywed…. Unfortunately, so did falling for their irresistable father. When Judd popped the question, he assumed he was immune to his blushing bride's charm. After all, he had vowed never to give his heart again. But every time he caught Minerva gazing up at him with such starry-eyed wonder, he felt compelled to make her his in every way. Could this gruffly tender family man actually be falling truly, madly, deeply in love?
Download or read book Dangerous Indenture written by Kelli A. Wilkins and published by Medallion Media Group. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eager to escape her past in Ireland, Shauna Farrow signs on to become an indentured servant to Joshua Stewart, a wealthy man in Pennsylvania Colony. But a life of servitude quickly turns to drudgery, and her hopes for starting over and creating a better life for herself are waning—until she meets her master’s roguish son, Ashton. Shauna fights her growing attraction to Ashton, torn between propriety and acting on her emotions. But amidst their flirting, something dark stirs. Shauna soon discovers why no other servants will work for the strange Stewart family. Stewart House has an unsavory reputation: a previous servant died there under mysterious circumstances. When another servant goes missing in the middle of the night, Shauna is convinced that a member of the family is responsible. When Shauna’s investigation leads her too close to the truth, it’s up to Ashton to save her before time runs out.
Download or read book The Funeral Plain written by Michael Dean Kiggans and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elijah is just nine when he loses his iron working father in a skydiving plane crash. When his father is forever buried in the family cemetery, Elijah accepts the realization that one day—already marked—he too will die. Through vivid memories of not just that fateful day but also his childhood, Elijah reflects about the time not only of his father’s untimely demise, but the rippling effect it had upon his paternal relatives, how their lives transformed everything in his own. The Funeral Plain reveals the moving crescendo of a young man’s deeper journey into the truth of life; an homage to the ghosts of memory in the long book of life. The Funeral Plain is an award-winning Finalist for the 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the two categories of First Novel (60,000-80,000 words) and General Fiction/Novel (under 80,000 words), and an iUniverse Editor’s Choice.
Download or read book Harlequin Romantic Suspense November 2014 Box Set written by Carla Cassidy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for heart-racing romance and high-stakes suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles for one great price every month! HER COLTON LAWMAN (The Coltons: Return to Wyoming) By New York Times bestseller Carla Cassidy With his town under quarantine and an escaped killer on the loose, Sheriff Flint Colton must protect the one woman who can testify against the murderer. But getting close to Nina could just prove his undoing. HIGH-STAKES BACHELOR (The Prescott Bachelors) By Cindy Dees When stuntwoman Ana lands her first big role, she finds herself the target of an increasingly violent stalker. The movie’s star, Jackson, insists she stay with him for her safety. Can she risk both her career and her heart? TEXAS STAKEOUT By New York Times bestseller Virna DePaul An undercover stakeout becomes a mission to protect for U.S. marshal Dylan when the fugitive’s widowed sister is targeted. Can he do his job and win the woman he’s come to think of as his own? DESIGNATED TARGET (To Protect and Serve) By Karen Anders After rescuing the genius Dr. Skylar Baang, NCIS agent Fitzgerald must protect the beautiful scientist from betrayal by her own government—without falling too hard for her himself!
Download or read book The Seven Year Bitch written by Jennifer Belle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of High Maintenance and Going Down comes a witty, heartfelt comic novel about marriage, motherhood, and discovering that the life you have is exactly the one you want. What’s a fabulous New York City girl supposed to do when she finds herself fantasizing about the Grim Reaper more than she fantasizes about her husband? When she can’t help but give him the finger on the set of Sesame Street? And when she doesn’t exactly hope for a safe landing when he goes away on business? No, ex-hedge fund manager and new mom Isolde Brilliant hasn’t got the seven year itch—taking care of her baby and husband and having a growing suspicion that she’s living life in captivity has turned her into a seven year bitch. That’s New York author Jennifer Belle’s deliciously provocative phrase for the boredom, anger, and hurt that can creep into even the best of marriages—and affect even the most saintly of wives. In the tradition of Jennifer Weiner and Meg Wolitzer, Belle delivers a dead-on, raw and hilarious novel about motherhood and marriage and discovering the life you have is exactly the one you wanted.
Download or read book The Marrow Thieves written by Cherie Dimaline and published by DCB. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when you think you have nothing left to lose, they come for your dreams. Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden — but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves.
Download or read book Moonfall written by Tamara Thorne and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The picturesque community of Moonfall is getting ready for its most popular tourist attraction, the Halloween Hunt. Sara Hawthorne returns to the town and the haunted halls of St. Gertrude's Home for Girls, where a woman died a horrible death 12 years earlier. Sara is about to uncover St. Gertrude's hellish secret, one she'll carry with her to the grave.
