Download or read book Mr Winterbourne s Christmas written by Joanna Chambers and published by Joanna Chambers. This book was released on 2018 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lysander Winterbourne has been living happily at Edgeley Park for the last eighteen months. By day he is Adam Freeman's estate manager, by night, his lover...but Adam never speaks of his feelings and Lysander has no idea whether their relationship is any more than a convenient arrangement for Adam. When the two men are invited to Winterbourne Abbey for a family Christmas, matters quickly come to a head. Snowed in at the Abbey with a house full of guests, Lysander has to face up to shocking revelations, long-held secrets and a choice he never expected to have to make...

Download or read book Christmas at Winterbourne written by Jen Silver and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Christmas festivities for the guests booked into Winterbourne House have all the goings-on of a traditional holiday. The only difference is that this guesthouse is run by lesbians, for lesbians.When the guests arrive, tensions are already simmering between the house's owner Wilma (Wil) and very pregnant partner, Gabriella. Wil has a lot on her plate...ensuring the smooth running of the events, looking after all the guests, including her in-laws and business partners. What she hasn't planned for is a ghost from Christmas past. Wil inherited Winterbourne from her adopted mother, Kim Russell, author of a series of successful lesbian novels. Most of the guests who stay, do so because they are fans of the author.One guest, Sally Hunter, is on a mission to write Kim's official biography. She meets with resistance from the people at the house she tries to interview, stirring up memories from those who knew the reclusive writer well.For a bit of extra spice to the festivities, add in an unexpected snowstorm, a disappearing guest,and an imminent birth. Join the guests and staff at Winterbourne for a Christmas you'll not soon forget.

Download or read book The Christmas Teaser written by Daisy Starling and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of the picturesque village of Winterbourne, where snow-covered cottages nestled beside winding cobblestone streets and the air was filled with the scent of evergreen, an enchanting mystery was about to unfold. Winterbourne was a place that seemed frozen in time, a village where tradition and magic were intertwined, and where the spirit of Yuletide shone brighter than the winter stars. At the center of this enchanting village stood a grand and ancient manor, known as Winterbourne Manor, where secrets whispered through the halls and hidden treasures awaited discovery. But it was not just the manor that held secrets; the very air of Winterbourne seemed to hum with mysteries, as if the village itself was a guardian of ancient enigmas. One crisp December morning, as snowflakes danced from the heavens, a curious invitation arrived at the doorsteps of a select few. The message was simple yet enigmatic, an ornate parchment adorned with intricate snowflake patterns that seemed to glisten in the winter light. It bore the seal of Winterbourne Manor and the signature of its enigmatic owner, Lord Edward Winterbourne. The invitation read: You are cordially invited to embark on a quest that will unravel the mysteries of Yuletide and reveal the true magic of Christmas. Gather at Winterbourne Manor on the eve of Christmas Eve, and together, we shall discover the enchantments that lie hidden within the heart of Winterbourne. It was an invitation that could not be ignored, for those who received it felt an irresistible pull-an undeniable sense that they were being called to something extraordinary. Among the chosen few were Emma, a young woman with a deep connection to the natural world; Mr. Thompson, a historian with an insatiable curiosity; Max and Sophie, adventurous siblings who believed in the magic of the season; and Mrs. Anderson, a wise and warm-hearted soul with a connection to the Heart of Winterbourne's Knowledge. As they gathered at Winterbourne Manor on the eve of Christmas Eve, their journey into the heart of Yuletide began. Little did they know that this quest would lead them on an adventure filled with puzzles, traditions, and enchantments that would not only deepen their connection to the village but would also uncover the true spirit of Christmas-a spirit of love, unity, and the enduring magic of the season. Join us as we embark on this extraordinary journey through the pages of The Christmas Teaser: A Holiday Adventure, where the village of Winterbourne and its mysteries come to life, and where the magic of Yuletide waits to be discovered by those with open hearts and a spirit of adventure.

Download or read book Introducing Mr Winterbourne written by Joanna Chambers and published by Joanna Chambers. This book was released on 2018 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lysander Winterbourne appears to lead a charmed life. Handsome, amiable, and a renowned sportsman, he is the darling of London society. As far as Adam Freeman is concerned though, Lysander is just another spoiled aristocrat. A wealthy mill owner, Adam has no time for the frivolous world of the ton, but when his younger brother becomes engaged to Althea Winterbourne, he reluctantly agrees to be introduced to society–with the Winterbourne clan’s golden boy as his guide. Resigning himself to a few days of boredom, Adam is surprised to learn that there is much more to Lysander than his perfect surface. But will Adam have the courage to introduce Lysander Winterbourne to his own secret self?

Download or read book Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor written by Ally Carter and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years in foster care, April gets to live in a mansion where she and four other children are caught up in a mystery related to a missing heir, a lost legacy, and the Phantom.

Download or read book The First Snow of Winter written by Joanna Chambers and published by Joanna Chambers. This book was released on 2021-02-21 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Winterbourne prequel story 1814: Captain Sam Alderton returns to England from the continent with his life in tatters. Maimed and directionless, the last thing he wants to do is spend Christmas with his family and their close friends, the Huxleys—especially Jasper Huxley, who he almost kissed five years before. Sam plans to avoid the festivities, but when the first snow of winter arrives, and he and Jasper are trapped alone together at Alderton Hall, they find themselves revisiting old traditions and painful memories together—and discovering that things may not have been quite as either of them thought five years earlier. This story previously appeared in the Gifts For The Season anthology

Download or read book Changing Times written by Jen Silver and published by Affinity Rainbow Publications. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years on from when we first met Dani Barker and Camila Callaghan in Changing Perspectives, they’re enjoying marriage and semi-retirement in a luxury flat near London. Dani’s niece, Holly, runs their mixed media business, now gaining a foothold in the highly competitive online games market. Holly’s older sibling, Luc, influences people to take action on climate issues with their website, Gaia One: One Earth, One Chance. Romance has been in short supply for both Holly and Luc. Immersed in her work, Holly’s dating life is non-existent. For Luc, family prejudices stand in the way of a relationship with the love of their life. Can Holly and Luc succeed in making the changes necessary to achieve their own happy ever afters?

Download or read book A Wild Moon Rises written by Jen Silver and published by Affinity Rainbow Publications. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful author, Malory G Holmes, has had a rough year. Wounded by an emotional breakup and writer’s block she returns home after eight months travelling to discover the startling results of a DNA test. Apparently, through her mother’s side, she is related to a baronet with an estate in Briarbay, Northumberland. She decides to visit the place to find out more about this unknown side of her family. Selene Wylde is content with life, running a bookshop in the small hamlet of Briarbay. She also looks after her father, Reginald, who is grieving over the recent death of his husband, Sir Alan Guyatt. Reginald is worrying about his claim to stay at Briarbay Hall as the Will of Sir Alan has not yet been found. With the arrival in her shop of a very attractive, well-known writer, Selene’s world begins to tilt alarmingly. Malory and Selene become entangled in a web of secrets and deceptions with the added complication of a rapidly growing attraction.

Download or read book Winterbourne Revisited written by Jen Silver and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My fifth novel, Christmas at Winterbourne, was published in November 2016. The story takes place over four days of the Christmas holidays at a lesbian retreat in Sussex, Winterbourne House. Wil and Gaby are the owners and hosts to the family and guests arriving for the festivities. Gaby is heavily pregnant and hoping to get through this Christmas period without giving birth. But, of course, she does...on Boxing Day.This short story, a visit to Winterbourne House four years later, gave me the chance to see how things were going with the family and two of their former guests. Teri is looking forward to her fourth birthday and all she wants for Christmas is...snow. Lots of it...just like at the time of her birth, when Winterbourne House was snowbound.(This story originally appeared in Affinity's Charity 10th Anniversary Christmas Anthology.)

Download or read book Darcy Comes Home written by Jen Silver and published by Affinity Rainbow Publications. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After twenty-five years Darcy and Angie meet again and from the faintly flickering embers of their forbidden teenage love, a flame erupts. Family complications arise including a reluctant engagement, secret surrogacy, and a persistent ex-wife. Villagers in Professor Darcy Belsfield's childhood home of Sycamore Haven remember her being sent away to a Christian conversion camp in Canada when her father discovered her making love to her school friend, Angie. Angie has never married but she does have a past and some unenthusiastic plans for the future. Will the differences in their lives doom the chance of Darcy and Angie discovering if they can build a future together?

Download or read book Walter s Friend Or Big Boys and Little Boys written by Henry Cadwallader Adams and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Labours of Lord Perry Cavendish written by Joanna Chambers and published by Joanna Chambers. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Perry Cavendish knows that he's seen as a not-too-bright, amiable, sporting sort of chap. The type who can hold his own in the boxing ring, drink most men under the table, and offer a useful opinion on a piece of horseflesh—but not much else. When Perry visits his friend, Lysander Winterbourne, he is introduced to the Honourable Jonny Mainwaring, a free-thinking artist who is everything Perry is not: unconventional, emotional… and very talkative. At first, Perry is overwhelmed by the vibrant, witty Jonny Mainwairing, but when he agrees to sit for him, he discovers the real man beneath the dramatic flourishes, and the undeniable physical attraction he feels for Jonny begins to develop into something more. But Jonny is not to be easily won over. While he has a longstanding weakness for brawny men like Perry, he’s still smarting from his latest heartbreak and determined to change his habit of throwing himself into each new affair without pausing to recover from the last. Can Perry convince Jonny that he is more than just an empty-headed young buck, and that they could have a real future together?

Download or read book Sessional Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Daisy Miller written by Henry James and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry James’s Daisy Miller was an immediate sensation when it was first published in 1878 and has remained popular ever since. In this novella, the charming but inscrutable young American of the title shocks European society with her casual indifference to its social mores. The novella was popular in part because of the debates it sparked about foreign travel, the behaviour of women, and cultural clashes between people of different nationalities and social classes. This Broadview edition presents an early version of James’s best-known novella within the cultural contexts of its day. In addition to primary materials about nineteenth-century womanhood, foreign travel, medicine, philosophy, theatre, and art—some of the topics that interested James as he was writing the story—this volume includes James’s ruminations on fiction, theatre, and writing, and presents excerpts of Daisy Miller as he rewrote it for the theatre and for a much later and heavily revised edition.

Download or read book Winterbourne written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a desperate bid to escape the advances of the tyrant King John, beautiful Lady Melyssan embarks upon a dangerous deception, claiming to be married to his worst enemy, Lord Jaufre de Macy, the legendary Dark Knight.Seeking shelter at Jaufre's castle, Winterbourne, she is unprepared for the angry warrior who returns to confront her. Lord Jaufre is a man as harsh and unforgiving as the Welsh borderland he rules. Will Melyssan's love and courage be enough to conquer Jaufre's dark heart ---and to save them both from the wrath of a vengeful king?

Download or read book Death of a Hero written by Richard Aldington and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great World War I antiwar novels—honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading nature of combat as it rushes toward its astounding finish. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.