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Lorena McCourtney
BETRAYED 2/1996 ISBN:0880707569 Rosalyn finds herself drawns to the enigmatic logger who rescues her on a rain swept Oregon road. But will Shea Donahue remain broken by the tragedy in his own past?
ESCAPE 9/1996 ISBN:1576730123 Beth Curtis promised her brother and his wife that if anything should happen to them, she would raise their son as if her were her own. When a double tragedy occurs, the boys grandfather tries to gain custody of the child.
Colleen McCullough
THE LADIES OF MISSALONGHI 1987 ISBN: 0060157399 Sometimes fairy toles can come true-even for plain,shy spinsters like Missy Wright. Neither as pretty as cousin Alicianor as domineering as mother Drusilla, she seems doomed to aquiet life of near poverty at Missalonghi, her family's pitifullysmall homestead in Australia's Blue Mountains. But It's a brandnew century-the twentieth-a time for new thoughts and boldnew actions. And Missy Wright is about to set every self-righteous tongue in the town of Byron wagging. Because she hasjust set her sights on a mysterious, mistrusted and unsuspectingstranger ... who just might be Prince-Charming in disguise.
Sylvia McDaniel
THE PRICE OF MOONLIGHT 12/2002 ISBN: 0821773224 When Jean Cuvier was murdered, he left a legacy of scandal and betrayal that rocked New Orleans. For the wealthy Creole businessman had not one wife to mourn him, but three. Much to Nicole Rosseau Cuvier's shock, she was the second of the three Cuvier Widows. For four happy years, Nicole Rosseau loved and trusted Jean Cuvier. Their marriage eased the shame of her illegitimate birth; at last she was a lady, the mistress of Rosewood Plantation. When she learned she was pregnant, she rushed to New Orleans to tell Jean.only to find him dead, and herself the object of scandal. Desperate to protect her child's reputation, she paid a drifter to be her legal, but very temporary husband. Nicole couldn't have known that Maxim Viel had a secret motive for accepting her offer.and his own score to settle with the past. Or that the handsome stranger would offer a love that could heal her shattered heart.
STARLIGHT SURRENDER 2/2004 ISBN: 0821775197 Louisiana shipping tycoon Jean Cuvier ruined Layla DuChampe’s father and forced her into marriage. But when Jean is murdered, Layla discovers she was not the only woman Jean duped. To her shock, she is the third Cuvier widow...and she stands accused of his murder. Now, facing the gallows, and with no lack of motive and evidence to convict her of killing Jean, she must turn for help to her old adversary Drew Soulier, a rake, a charmer, and the best attorney in New Orleans. Layla knows that Drew has his doubts about her innocence, and those doubts are growing day by day. And as tensions mount both in the courtroom and in the storm of a passion they can’t deny, Layla finds her heart, and her very life, in the hands of the one man she is afraid to trust…
SUNLIGHT ON JOSEPHINE STREET 5/2002 ISBN: 0821773126 Grief was the last thing Marian Cuvier felt when she got word of her husband's untimely death. Anger, shock, humiliation—that was more like it. But determination surfaced, too—to ensure her children's future and find her new place in the world. That led her to Jean's shipping business, and to Louis Fournet, Jean's former partner. Convincing Louis that she was more than a delicate, useless ornament to New Orleans society was the first problem. And when the darkly handsome businessman awakened feelings Marian found wholly unfamiliar but all too tempting, she discovered that convincing herself not to fall in love again was going to be the most difficult task of all.
Cathy McDavid
HIS DESERT ROSE 2/2004 ISBN: 0803496370 Rose Flannigan is a young woman on a mission. She’s using her nursing skills to bring modern medicine to the citizens of Rainbow Canyon, a remote town in the still untamed southwest of 1914. Not everyone takes to her newfangled ideas, including Lt. Ethan Gray from nearby Fort Bradley. He is, however, quite taken with her, despite her sometimes radical views and a frustrating independent streak. He’s on a mission of his own, to win this courageous and compassionate lady’s heart—though she’s none to eager to give it up. Complications arise when a vandal is determined to thwart Rose and close down her clinic. Can a near tragedy bring these two stubborn individuals together and teach them the value of compromise?
Meagan McKinney
MOONLIGHT BECOMES HER 11/2001 ISBN: 1575667878 She was known as Lady Moonlight, a thief the newspapers called as ethereal as a moonbeam and as elusive as a jungle cat. Uppercrust soirees were her milieu; expensive sparklers her target. And no one--from the Astors to the Vanderbilts--was safe. Far from being the Amazonian woman of rumor, Lady Moonlight was in reality the young and demure Mystere Rillieux, one of society's own. Passed off as a New Orleans debutante, Mystere hid her past as well as her seductive womanly charms from everyone she met. Everyone but one man.... Railroad magnate Rafe Belloch had no lack of fortune and no lack of pride. Which was why he never forgot the crime committed upon him two years before. A masked woman with startling blue forget-me-not eyes and catlike grace had relieved him of his money--and his clothes. He vowed that one day the tables would be turned. Amid the balls and operas of the summer season, Lady Moonlight struck again and again. Rafe had his suspicions--and his own plans for the lovely thief should he find her. One glance at Mystere's eyes told him everything he needed to know. But first he had to prove it. Thus began a dangerous dance around the truth--and a shocking flirtation. Rafe Belloch had finally met his match....
Elisabeth McNeill
THE LADY OF CAWNPORE 10/2004 ISBN: 0727860909 Following the massacre at Cawnpore in 1857, Emily and her sister Lucy are captured and held at the Bibighar, the house of the Indian mistress of the British Nabob. Years later, in 1919, a young British doctor called Jenny Garland encounters an elderly woman living in terrible poverty in the slums of the Cawnpore Bazaar. As friendship grows between them, Jenny discovers that they share a history neither of them could ever have imagined.
Melinda McRae
SWEET REWARDS 8/1996 ISBN: 0451406478 In turn-of-the-century London, a young suffragette's meeting with an up-and-coming member of Parliament leads to a vote for love. Unconventional and unbending, Julia Sydney fights for the women's vote with blind determination. David Kimbrough was born into privilege and is used to getting what he wants--and he wants Julia more than anything.
Melissa MacNeal
DEMON'S DARE 4/2002 ISBN: 0352336838 Bad enough that Aunt Lill has traded Vanita away as Damon Harte's bride, in repayment of her gambling debts. Worse yet, this beautiful, creative albino is more interested in his twin sister Desiree than in marrying anyone! Once she's hauled, naked, to the Hartes' decaying plantation mansion by Franklin Harte, Our Heroine gets caught in the dark world of Damon's life-sized clockwork toys and Desiree's possessive lust, and becomes the target of their daddy's depraved humiliations, as well. Only her dare with the mysterious Pearce Truman keeps Vanita hopeful of escaping to reclaim her family's Lexington, Kentucky horse farm, where she can avenge her aunt's deceptions.
Margaret MacWilliams
THE MARRIAGE AGREEMENT(#597) 8/1980 ISBN:0440149347 When Maria Templeton's father arranges a tour of England and she meets Monty (son and heir of the Duke of Atherton) she is totally overwhelmed. He whisks her into the midst of English society, and when he proposes, she readily accepts. But she discovers that her father, had offered to pay Monty to marry her! Torn between pride and hopeless love, Maria makes a decision that will alter her life.
SARATOGA SEASON 11/1980 ISBN: 0896213072 As high-spirited as one of her father's Thoroughbreds, Abigail Worth preferred cantering across the countryside to mincing after eligible bachelors at society balls.
TORIA(#670) 8/1981 ISBN:0792706838. She was born in disgrace and raised in poverty, a servant who soared to the top of London's theatrical world. Toria Leighton ruled onstage. But her heart belonged to Alex, Duke of Blakesley, a man pledged to another and determined to honor his vows.
Mary Mackey
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS 12/1989 ISBN: 0356151638 A novel of epic richness, vast historical scope and incomparable elegance, three generations of women are presented - from pre-World War II Berlin, to the London blitz, to the birth of live television and the excitement of contemporary Hollywood. Lovely Viola plunges into ecstasy with a playwright, Kathe gets a TV job but no steady men, and Mandy is not willing to pay the price for fame.
Linda Madl
SWEET RANSOM 10/1989 ISBN:0671669435 In a savage land, she was a noblewoman of pride and passion-and a warrior's captive! There was courage in her bearing and fire in her eyes as the ravishing golden haired Countess faced down her Cossack captors.....
Marina Malcolm
SECRET IN THE SHADOWS 7/1991 ISBN: 0843931124
Thomas Mallon
BANDBOX 1/2004 ISBN: 0375421165 Bandbox is a hugely successful magazine, a glamorous monthly cocktail of 1920s obsessions from the stock market to radio to gangland murder. Edited by the bombastic Jehoshaphat “Joe” Harris, the magazine has a masthead that includes, among many others, a grisly, alliterative crime writer; a shy but murderously determined copyboy; and a burned-out vaudeville correspondent who’s lovesick for his loyal, dewy assistant. As the novel opens, the defection of Harris’s most ambitious protégé has plunged Bandbox into a death struggle with a new competitor on the newsstand. But there’s more to come: a sabotaged fiction contest, the NYPD vice squad, a subscriber’s kidnapping, and a film-actress cover subject who makes the heroines of Fosse’s Chicago look like the girls next door. While Harris and his magazine careen from comic crisis to make-or-break calamity, the novel races from skyscraper to speakeasy, hops a luxury train to Hollywood, and crashes a buttoned-down dinner with Calvin Coolidge.
Rickey R. Mallory
HERE I'LL STAY 1999 ISBN: 189102051X Darcy never meant..... to marry a stranger, but from the moment she meets darkly handsome, mysterious Andrew Trevalian, she cannot resist his burning touch. How far must she go to discover the haunting secret buried in his past?Ý And what if the nightmares he can't overcome are true? What if the man she would give her life to save murdered his parents?
Marianne Mancusi
WHAT, NO ROSES? 7/2006 ISBN: 0505526751 Unless Dora Duncan can stop it, it’s going to be another St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. A year ago, her (now ex) boyfriend Nick stood her up at the worst possible moment. That was when she gave up important TV reporting for stories like “Too Stressed for Sex.” And though such clips have a certain relevance, things have been a whole lot quieter. Too quiet. Until now. Now she’s gotta go back in time (don’t ask!) and stop that very same Nick from messing up the time-space continuum. She has to travel back to a place where everybody speaks easy and cuts a rug—and this Chicago ain’t no musical. Here, there are tommy guns and torpedoes, guys and dolls, gin joints, flappers, stoolies, rats and a whole lot more; and prohibition means anything but no. It’s the 1920s. Time for Dora to roar. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Paula Marshall
AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR 12/1996 ISBN: 0263800075
AN AMERICAN PRINCESS 03/1993 ISBN: 0263780481 Sally-Anne McAllister, driven by a traumatic experience into espousing the women's movement, had decided to write articles about the hard life of women in the East End of London. But to do that she felt she should have first hand experience. By denying her background, and spinning a long line of 'whoppers', she was employed by Dr. Neil Cochrane. He knew there was something odd going on - those beautiful hands had never done a day's work -- but at least she was safe in his household... What he hadn't bargained for was how such a lovely and vibrant young woman would disrupt his peace!
JACK COMPTON'S LUCK 10/2002 ISBN: 026383140X Passion... or pride? Four years of war and even more years of trying to save the family estate have knocked the daredevil out of Jack Compton. Seeing Lady Chancellor joyously dancing the Charleston brings his passion for life back full force! As luck would have it, this wealthy heiress is drawn to him. But pride is a powerful thing. Unwilling to be branded a fortune-hunter, will Jack choose honor over love?
THE QUIET MAN 12/1999 ISBN: 0263818950 The dawn of a new century...For Allen Marriott, 1899 was proving to be a tumultuous time. For years he had nursed a grievance against his rich cousin, but now he was working as Gerard Schuyler's private secretary. Refusing to allow Gerard to reveal their family connection, Allen was nearly undone when he found Torry Schuyler was sponsoring the beautiful young girl he had rescued from a train wreck. Caught up in the magnetic attraction between them, Trish Courtney agreed to be silent, heightening the thrill of their illicit meetings...
TOUCH THE FIRE 04/1994 ISBN: 0263782506 Venice 1896/London 1904. In shock at her husband's unexpected death, the Countess Otmoor, Kate Schuyler as was, deceived her family, and left for the Continent incognito as Mrs Kate Moore, to fetch up in Venice where she met Sir Richard Haviland and his small daughter Sophie. Passion had never touched Kate, but the fire of her feelings for Richard led her into love and she became his mistress. But her hopes for marriage were dashed when Richard discovered who she really was, for the bad feeling between their families was too great -- and eight years later it seemed little had changed...
THE WAYWARD HEART 10/1998 ISBN: 0263812332 Nicholas Allen Schuyler couldn't help but see the irony in his situation. Determined to make his own way in life, he had renounced the "Schuyler" name and fortune. Starting a new life, he was free to pursue a new career as an author. But falling in love with Veronica Marlowe of Marlowe Court presented him with a difficulty. How could he persuade her family that a penniless writer, Nicholas Allen, was good enough to marry their daughter without relying on his family name?
Stella Martin
INSTEAD OF THE THORN 1923 ISBN: 0848813669
Connie Mason
ICE AND RAPTURE 1/1993 ISBN: 0843941936 Cool as a cucumber and totally dedicated to her career as a newspaper woman, Maggie Afton is just the kind of challenge Chase McGarrett enjoys. Virile and all too sure of himself, Chase is just the kind of man Maggie detests--especially when she learns that he has no intention of taking her across the Yukon to report on the Klondike gold rush. The two are a study on opposites. But when they join forces, the sparks of their desire can melt the frozen wilderness.
Patricia Matthews
FLAMES OF GLORY 1982 ISBN:0553014153 She was torn from the arms of love and imprisoned in the hot embrace of passion... Sultry Tampa, crossroad for gallant soldiers of the Spanish-American War, was the beloved home of young Jessica Manning. Her elegance and delicate beauty entranced the most valiant men, but fate gave her the most ruthless - hot-blooded Brill Kroger. Ignited by selfish passion, Brill abducted Jessica, then swept his anguished prize on a blazing seaward quest for Aztec gold. Through it all, Jessica dung to one aching wish - a return to her glowing moments of surrender in the strong arms of dashing Rough Rider Lieutenant Neil Dancer. Neil's heart burned wildly for his lost Jessica, and his fury now drove him to pledge his very life to rekindle the flames of their glorious love.
LOVE'S GOLDEN DESTINY 9/1979 ISBN:0523406584 It was a lust for gold that brought them together--only to be trapped by the wildest of passions!...The race for gold brought lovely photographer Belinda Lee's father to the Alaskan Yukon. Now his urgent letter has compelled Belinda to follow him to that brutal land. But Belinda has no idea of the danger she must face, or of the wild passions that will awaken in the wilderness. When an attempt on her life leaves her abandoned and snowbound, it is Josh Rogan, the compelling secret government agent, who rescues the beauty and tempestuously ignites her smoldering desires in a torrid night of love. In a land savaged by the bitter greed of ruthless men, Belinda must conquer every peril to claim love's golden destiny.
SAPPHIRE 9/1989 ISBN:0373971117 From London to exotic India to glittering New York - her passion for gems leads her to fortune, and love. From the moment her eyes first catch the magical brilliance of the star sapphire, Regina Paxton vows that one day she'll possess it. She finds a kindred spirit in gem hunter Brian Macbride. Together they discover paradise and riches in India - and passion in each other's arms. But fate drives Regina alone to New York City, where nothing will stop her from becoming jeweler to the world's elite. But just as her empire rivals the opulence of Tiffany's, destiny reunites her with Brian Macbride and her world is sent spinning.
Joan Mellows
LETTY BARLOW(#61) 8/1980 ISBN:0449500829 She was seventeen when her father's sudden death wrenched the calm and quiet out of Letty Barlow's existence. Her previously well-ordered schoolteacher's life was about to change forever. The kindness shown by her late father's employer had been overwhelming and had thrust Letty into a social whirl far above her station. Soon Letty had two admirers - the charming and attentive John Chaplin, and Charles Despard, whose sardonic wit and realistic outlook had drawn Letty to him at once. Now, with two swains and a new job as companion to a young, recently widowed Countess, Letty had surely entered into a wonderful new world. Until that mysterious face appeared in the windows. Then, all too quickly, it became apparent that someone - or something - was trying to frighten the Countess, or worse. Could Letty, aided by the man she loved, solve the puzzle? Or was her own life in danger as well?
Anne Melville
ALEXA 1979 ISBN: 0385135017 In a quiet English village, Alexa cherishes a forbidden dream of becoming a great opera singer and sets out to conquer Europe and America.
BLAZE 1981 ISBN: 0385148321
Karen Mercury
THE HINTERLANDS 3/2005 ISBN: 1932815112 The year is 1896. In the vast network of the Niger Delta waterways, where palm oil and blood flow from the hinterlands, the ancient Kingdom of Benin is under siege. Legendary trader Brendan Donivan battles to protect his adopted homeland's sacred civilization from the colonial expansion of the British while balancing his commerce with the whiteman's world. Brendan's reality is fractured by the arrival of Elle Bowie. New York anthropologist Elle Bowie is drawn to the Guinea Coast by a dream. Amazed to discover the domain she came to dissect holds vast happiness and delights, she cannot reveal her true ambition. For against everything her mind and heart has trained her for, she has it bad for the "Coast Gentleman." Brendan cannot love a woman who is in cahoots with the British. Elle cannot love any man. Central in the scheming of the Oil Rivers' citizens are the traitorous gnome Mateus, descended from Portuguese soldiers, the happy-go-lucky Texan, Rip, who masquerades as Elle's husband as long as it serves his purpose, and the majestic and brutal General Ologboshere in command of thousands of warriors. As Brendan and Elle become mixed up in the political intrigues of the steamy jungle, the British forces bear down relentlessly upon them. They face the extinction of a way of life: trading hulks anchored in the rivers, advanced bronze artwork, colossal war canoes, and the supremacy of the Oba, King of Benin, second in command to the gods. The Kingdom of Benin is the land of ritualistic human sacrifice and juju religion. The lives and loves of many hang in the balance in...The Hinterlands.
Jean Merrill
SERAPHINA(#85) 12/1980 ISBN:0449501248 Seraphina's life was ordered and tranquil until... her niece, Georgiana, came to visit. First Miss Georgiana's canary flew over the gate and into the garden of Seraphina's long-lost fiance. Then Miss Seraphina Silk missed her weekly Ladies' Guild meeting and met instead the disturbing, mysterious Mr. Rowbotham. Next, Georgiana disappeared and Seraphina had to don the garish costume of a magician's assistant to find her. And finally, she saved her niece from the clutches of villainous white slavers and, at long last, Seraphina found her own true love!
Emma Merritt
RETURN TO SUMMER 4/1990 ISBN: 0373163371
Jill Metcalf
MARRIAGE BY DESIGN 7/1999 ISBN: 0843945532 'Marriage by Design.' Her sign proclaimed it as one of a number of services procurable through Miss Coady Blake, but there was nothing illicit in what it offered. All a prospective husband had to do was obtain a bride - Coady would take care of the wedding details. But it was difficult to purchase luxuries in the Yukon Territory, 1989, and Coady charged accordingly. And when the handsome Stone MacGregor appeared and cried foul of her little operation, Coady found herself desiring more than just his investigation. After hearing several suspicions about Coady's business ethics, Northwest Mounted Police officer Stone MacGregor took it upon himself to search out the crafty huckster. Instead, the inspector found a willful beauty who thought she knew the worth of every item - and he found himself thinking that the proprietress herself was far beyond price.
Fern Michaels
VEGAS RICH 8/1996 ISBN: 0821755943 Spanning over half a century, Vegas Rich is the unforgettable story of...Sallie Coleman, who follows her dreams from Texas to Las Vegas, where a twist of fate makes her the richest and most powerful businesswoman in Nevada...Philip Thornton, the handsome Bostonian who marries Sallie and transforms her into Vegas's most elegant first lady...Fanny Logan, the Pennsylvania beauty who creates an ultra-successful clothing empire - and finds happiness and heartbreak as the wife of Sally and Philip's son, Ash...Ash Thornton, who builds Babylon, the magnificent casino that becomes his most towering triumph - and his tragic downfall...Simon Thornton, Ash's brother, whose search for meaning takes him from World War II battlefields to Wall Street and back to Nevada, where her finds love at last with the wife of his fiercest rival. Played out against the glittering rise of Las Vegas, Vegas Rich is an enthralling story of power and passion, lust and ambition, of bitter rivalries and unswerving devotion...of dreams lost and love found.
SINS OF OMISSION 1989 ISBN: 0345341201 It is the end of World War I. American soldiers Reuban Tarz and Daniel Bishop have both been wounded fighting in the trenches of France. But then the beautiful and sensual Marchioness Michelene Fonsard spirits them from the hospital to her lavish French chateau, opening the door to Reuben's dreams of wealth and power. Reuben and Mickey fall in love and life is idyllic for the three friends--until the arrival of the lovely and spoiled Bebe Rosen unleashes the savage passions and desperate deceptions that explode in...SINS OF OMISSION.
WHITE FIRE 1978 ISBN: 0821756389 She possesses the courage and beauty of her wild Cossack ancestors. Now Katerina is on a vengeance guest against the marauders who destroyed her village and stole her priceless snow-white horses in the name of the mad czar. Nor will she rest until she has killed the man who dared to take her innocence. Never does she dream that it is her irresistible seducer - a proud Mongol prince - who will help her avenge her people and reclaim her horses. Together, they harness the fires of fury and passion that consume them. And, together, they forge a destiny as magnificent as the land and the love that is their glorious heritage...
Calvin Miller
SNOW 9/1998 ISBN: 0764221523 It was 1929, on an ordinary winter's eve, with no hint of miracles in the slate skies over the rural town of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. But misty rings circling the sun and a biting wind announced the coming of a big snow and promised the children a Christmas blanket of white. At six o'clock the snow began to fall. Large white flakes that obliterated distance and shut every home into its own isolated yard. December's crystals hung from every eave, and it was very cold. Mary Withers, a poor young widow with a sick child named Alexis, is in desperate need of asthma medication for her daughter. The paralyzing storm makes travel nearly impossible, and the doctor's only hope is that Erick Mueller, son of the town's coal vendor, can make it through the deep snow to Mary's house with the coal truck. It was Erick's unusual kindness that had given Mary the extra coal to heat her house in the storm. Will the young college professor also find a way to help save Alexis's life?
Judith McCoy Miller
WOVEN THREADS(#244) 1997 ISBN: 1577481968 Knowing that God is directing her path, Tessie, armed with years of schooling has taken the position as physician for the Santa Fe Railroad in Florence, Kansas. Part of her longs to show her independence and strength within her profession, while a deeper part longs to be loved and cared for. Tessie glows under the attention of Charlie Banion, the handsome and very capable operations manager for the railroad, but her interest is stirred by an intriguing English patient, Edward Buford, who may hold the key to restoring the hearing to Tessie's young patient and ward. Tessie must follow Edward to Chicago to learn about new ear surgery techniques, but her heart is in Florence. Where does God want her to be...and with whom will she weave the threads of her life?
Linda Lael Miller
THE MAN FROM STONE CREEK 6/2006 ISBN: 0373771150 There was trouble in Haven, Arizona, and Ranger Sam O'Ballivan was determined to sort it all out. Badge and gun hidden, he arrived posing as the new schoolteacher, and his first order of business was to bring the rough ranchers' children under control. To that end, he called on Maddie Chancelor, the local postmistress, whose younger brother was in firm need of discipline. Sam wasn't sure what to expect—but it was definitely not this graceful woman whose prim, proper stance was so at odds with the fire in her eyes. Working undercover to capture a dangerous band of rustlers and train robbers was a job that had always kept him apart from other people. He was a man with his heart firmly in check—until Maddie. Now she was unwittingly tempting him down a path he'd sworn he'd never travel. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
A WANTED MAN 7/2007 ISBN: 037377236X The past has a way of catching up with folks in Stone Creek, Arizona. So schoolmarm Lark Morgan and Marshal Rowdy Rhodes are determined to hide their secrets—and deny their instant attraction. That shouldn't be too hard, since each suspects the other of living a lie. Her too-fancy clothes and big-city ways inspire gossip all over town; his blond good looks and impudent grin belong to a man sporting a gunfighter's coat. But Rowdy and Lark have one truth in common: the very real dangers they face. Like the gang of robbers wreaking havoc on the railroad heading toward Stone Creek—the men Ranger Sam O'Ballivan expects Rowdy to nab. And as past and current troubles collide, Rowdy and Lark must surrender their stubborn pride to the greatest power of all—an undying love. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Teresa Miller
REMNANTS OF GLORY 1981 ISBN: 0425053717 A novel about an unsung pioneer school teacher in the Oklahoma territory, and her intolerance of bigotry towards blacks and Indians.
Marlys Millhiser
THE MIRROR 1978 ISBN: 0449241874 On the eve of her wedding in 1978, Shay Garrett peers into the antique mirror in her family's longtime home, the famous Victorian Gingerbread House on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, and falls unconscious only to wake in the body of her own grandmother Brandy on the eve of her wedding—in 1900. The virginal Brandy, in turn, awakes in Shay's body to discover herself pregnant. What follows is a fascinating look at how two women—and their families—cope with this strange situation.
DiAnn Mills
NEW BEGINNINGS short story in THE PAINTING 1/2000 ISBN: 1577486404 Betsy Malone is living a lie. Newly wed to her childhood sweetheart, Nicholas, Betsy tries desperately to hide her horrible secret: she no longer loves him, if she ever did. Always perceptive, Nicholas can't be fooled for long and Betsy fears what will happen when he discovers the truth.
Louise Jordan Miln
ANN ZU-ZAN 1932
BY SOOCHOW WATERS 1929
FEAST OF LANTERNS 1920
THE FLUTES OF SHANGHAI 1928
THE GREEN GODDESS 1922
IN A SHANTUNG GARDEN 1924 Romance blossoms between a foreign devil and a Chinese girl in pre-revolutionary China.
IN A YUN NAN COURTYARD 1927
IT HAPPENED IN PEKING 1926 Set during the Boxer rebellion in China.
MR. AND MRS. SEN 1923
MR. WU 1918
PENG WEE'S HARVEST 1933
PERFUMED JUSTICE 1924
THE PURPLE MASK 1918
QUAINT KOREA 1896
RED LILY AND CHINESE JADE 1938RICE 1930
RUBEN AND IVY SEN 1925 ...The story of Mrs. Sen and her children, Ruben and Ivy. The novel treats dramatically the social and personal results of the marriage of an English woman in Washington's diplomatic set and a wealthy Chinese man (who dies very young). In spite of her great beauty, young Ivy is embarrassed by her mixed ancestry, while her brother Ruben is passionately Chinese in spirit, worships the memory of his father and adores his mother. Louise Miln beautiful depicts the complexity of these characters and the dilemmas facing the two children as they consider the question of marriage for themselves. The children face difficult and sometimes heartbreaking problems, revealing aspects of their own personalities and the social surroundings in the early past of the last century.
THE SOUL OF CHINA 1925 A delightful tale of fiction and romance depicting the life and customs of China and its peoples, Mrs. Miln thrills us with the beauties of Chinese life, their unbounded loyalty, their love for flowers, and their reverence for maturity and old age.
THE VINTAGE OF YON YEE 1931
Margaret Mitchell
LOST LAYSEN 1996 ISBN:0684837684 Until recently, the odd thought Margaret Mitchell had only one story to tell: Gone With the Wind. Now meet a heroine to match Scarlett: Courtenay Ross, a feisty, independent-minded woman, and the two men -- one a cool-headed, well-heeled gentleman, the other a hot-blooded, pugnacious sailor -- who adore her. A tale of yearning, valor, and devotion, Lost Laysen enthralls from its delightful beginning to its unforgettable end.
Nancy Mitford
LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE ...Again features young Fanny Logan as narrator. Fanny is now married, the wacky Radlett family makes plenty of welcome appearances, and the focus remains on courtship and romance. But this time around the plot centers on Polly Hampton, heiress and beauty, who is strangely uncooperative in pursuing the proper husband. The truth behind this inconvenient disinclination is revealed in a series of wonderfully comic scenes populated by Mitford's characteristically dotty characters.
THE PURSUIT OF LOVE(#506) 1945 A comical portrait of an extremely eccentric family, the Radletts, which is headed by Fanny's eternally grumpy (and probably insane) Uncle Matthew. The romantic adventures of beauteous Cousin Linda (based on Nancy herself) form the core of the story, which is a hilariously funny roman à clef and a classic of the literature of the period dominated by the "bright young things."
Stephanie Mittman
ANGELS IN THE SNOW short story in A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE 12/1996 ISBN: 0440222907
THE MARRIAGE BED 5/1996 ISBN: 044022182X Set on the Williamson Farm in 1897 Wisconsin, we are introduced to Olivia and Spencer on their wedding night. Spencer's life has been beset with tragedy; Olivia is his second wife and a poor consolation prize for a man whose family was torn from him by Scarlet Fever. Olivia has been a friend and neighbor to him throughout his life and she has been in love with Spencer for as long as she can remember. Now she only wants to make him happy again and to help replace some of what he has lost. Fighting his growing love for Olivia, Spencer makes terrible and hurtful mistakes, pushing Olivia away before he is finally able to court his wife and to accept the love she offers-- and to give love in return.
Aishling Morgan
CREAM TEASE 7/2003 ISBN: 0352338113 Devon, 1939. Recalcitrant RAF officer Alexander Gorringe dreams of a cushy billet where he won't have to face the action of World War II. Together with his vindictive and perverted uncle. Reginald Thann, who has his own reasons for wanting to see young Sappho Yates become Gorringe's willing sex-slave.
Kathleen Morgan
CHILD OF PROMISE 3/2002 ISBN: 0800757610 Leaving him ripped her heart apart. Coming back tore it open again. Will Beth let fear keep her from Noah, her kindred soul? Beth MacKay is home again, back to Culdee Creek where her loving family has been waiting for five years. When she left to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor, she was hopelessly devoted to Noah Starr, the minister of Grand View's parish, and utterly heartbroken at his marriage to someone else. Little Beth is all grown up now, over her childish crush and brandishing a fierce determination to prove she's not just an illegitimate half-breed. But as Dr. Elizabeth MacKay, Beth is carrying more than just a medical degree; the wounds of her childhood have compounded with a newer hurt that festers deep inside. Noah is widowed now, a single father to Emily, his handicapped baby girl. His heart is also ragged, torn by grief and a growing sense of disillusion with the pastorate. Had he only imagined his calling to the ministry? Noah and Beth's lives soon become intertwined as they both exercise their gifts and serve the people of Grand View. These two injured souls risk everything as they are irresistibly drawn to each other and the healing grace of their Father.
Robert Morgan
LIKE CHAFF TO THE WIND 10/2004 ISBN: 059532925X Robert Henery, a racehorse trainer, is forced by unfortunate circumstances in England to accept a position in Hungary, training the horses for a Count who has a beautiful and self-willed daughter. The chaotic events following the First World War and the Russian revolution soon envelope his life and that of the lovely Elizabet, and their destinies are entwined in the dramatic events that follow, ending eventually in a remarkable denouement in Britain.
Gilbert Morris
THE BELOVED ENEMY 8/2003 ISBN: Kefira Reis, a young Jewish woman, works in a sweatshop in the New York garment district. When her boss abuses her, she fights back and flees, hoping to find a better life. Joshua Winslow has just been released from prison and longs to get his life back on the right track. But just as he sets out to find honest work, he is attacked by tramps and badly beaten. A timely encounter with Kefira saves Josh's life. As she encourages him to pursue his dream of becoming an archaeologist, she finds her own desires coming true. But complications from their past lives threaten their budding romance...and put their most cherished beliefs to the test.
THE PILGRIM SONG 4/2003 ISBN: Lewis Winslow has money, an elegant house, and the future of his business is looking bright. But on the home front, he has lost his beloved wife and is disappointed with the way his children are turning out. Josh cares for nothing but pleasure. Jenny is caught up in society, while her sister Kat resists anything that seems feminine. And then there's Hannah who leads the life of a recluse. But when the calendar reads October 1929, Lewis has lost everything. The Winslows must change their priorities as individuals and as a family if they expect to survive. If they will let it, their unimagined pilgrimage could lead them out of a life of self-centered indulgence to their own land of promise.
THE SILENT HARP 10/2004 ISBN: 0764227610 Sharon Winslow is artistic, wealthy, socially prominent--and determined to remain single. Having lost her first love in the Great War, she is certain that marriage is not for her. Then she meets Temple Smith, a rough man who appears as uncouth as he is poor. What could a woman of her stature and talent find in such a man? Her hopeless attraction to him vies with her fear that he is only after her money. But where differences abound, the adventure of love begins. He must convince her that she will never realize her full potential without him- that without him her true beauty will remain as hidden as the song of a silent harp.
Suzanne Morris
KEEPING SECRETS 1979 ISBN:0385115350 The Great European War and the threat of revolution in Mexico cast suspicion and distrust over the tranquil plazas of the sleepy Texas town of San Antonio while two women find their lives and destinies entangled in romance, intrigue, and espionage in Keeping Secrets.
Pamela Morsi
MARRYING STONE 8/1994 ISBN: 0515114316 Meggie was a dreamer who'd spent her entire life in the tiny town of 'Marrying Stone'. But though her life was simple, she was always sure that someday her prince would come. J. Monroe Farley arrived with his Edison listening box to record the traditional music of the Ozarks, determined to focus all his attention on his studies. But there, in this remote mountain hamlet, he found something he never expected - the princess of his dreams...
NO ORDINARY PRINCESS 6/1997 ISBN: 0380786435 Brash and efficient, yet an incurable romantic, Princess 'Cessy' Calhoun firmly believes in love at first sight. But at twenty-four she has never been smitten - until a sophisticated gentleman named 'Gerald' sweeps her off her feet. For her newfound romance Cessy will give up anything - even her considerable fortune. A handsome and rootless Rough Rider with a past and a crazy dream of 'black gold,' Tom Walker needed money and Cessy was swimming in it. So he created a refined alter ego to woo the rich man's daughter. But Cessy's enthusiastic spirit is infectious. And from the ruins of his get-rich-quick scheme, Tom sees her in an appealing new light. But though he now yearns for this remarkable stranger, Cessy's heart will never truly be his - not as long as the lady 'Gerald' married loves a lie.
RUNABOUT 2/1994 ISBN:0515113050 Set in Plattsville, Okla., when Woodrow Wilson was president, this novel recalls rural America in the days of carousels, country dances and the simple pleasures of church and home. The story begins when spunky but plain Tulsa May Bruder, the reverend's daughter, is publicly jilted by Dr. Odie Foote at their engagement party. Her best friend, Luther Briggs, the most attractive bachelor in town, vows to help her save face by a make-believe courtship. The plot develops with predictable self-discovery and the evolution from friendship to sexual passion. More unexpected is the relationship between Luther's younger brother Arthel and the beauty queen, Maybelle Penny. Luther and Arthel's mother was Native American, and the racial taunts of Maybelle (including names such as "Chief Buffalo Brain") serve as the aggressive catalyst of their relationship. The third coupling pairs Emma Dix, the town's fallen woman, and Doc Odie Foote. Emma Dix ran away with a married man but is given a chance to regain her reputation when she returns to nurse her dying father. After her first and only suitor leaves her at their engagement party, Tulsa May Bruder, the town wallflower, gives the town gossips something to talk about when she begins a very public courtship with childhood friend Luther Briggs.
SIMPLE JESS 4/1996 ISBN: 0515118370 The last thing widow Althea Winsloe wanted to do was remarry. Unfortunately, her meddlesome mountain neighbors had other plans. So, one autumn night they banded together and gave Althea a shocking ultimatum: She was to find herself a husband by Christmas...or the town would do it for her! Althea knew she had her choice of any single man in Marrying Stone, Arkansas. Yet the only one she felt truly comfortable with was Simple Jess. Sweet and gentle, Jess wasn't as smart as your average man. But his tender manner stirred Althea's heart in ways she had never dreamed possible. It would take a miracle to find a husband in Marrying Stone. But sometimes miracles are right under your nose...
SOMETHING SHADY 7/1995 ISBN: 0515116289 Gertrude Barkley, unmarried and unapologetic, had already caused a lot of talk in Venice, Missouri, with her independent ways and her book-writing career. But when she bobbed her waist-length hair, the town gossips had a field day... Mikolai Stefanski didn't know what all the fuss was about. In fact, he rather liked Gertrude's daring new look. A proud Polish immigrant, who had managed to become Venice's most successful businessman, Mikolai had always admired Gertrude's rebellious spunk - if only from afar. After all, he believed in doing things his own way too - though he wasn't quite as flamboyant about it. They had lived in the same sleepy town for a long time. But it would take a scandalous discovery - and a wild misunderstanding - to make them appreciate each other in a whole new way...
SWEETWOOD BRIDE 7/1999 ISBN: 006101365X Eulie Toby didn't like playing tricks, but the only way she could keep her younger orphaned siblings together was to get married - and Moss Collier was the perfect choice. Handsome and kind, he seemed so lonely living with his hermit uncle on that pretty sweep of Tennessee mountaintop. It didn't matter if their vows came at the end of a shotgun; Eulie promised Moss she'd make him the best wife in all of the Sweetwood. But a young bride and a ready-made family were the last things on Moss's mind. He had big dreams of going West and nothing was going to stop him - not Eulie's sweet innocence...not her deliciously kissable lips...and especially not that growing warmth deep inside his heart every time she came near. Moss had plans all right - but he hadn't planned on falling in love.
Jennifer Mueller
ONCE UPON A SPY 7/2005 While World War II rages on the continent, a mysterious woman is washed ashore on the Scottish coast. The inhabitants of Am Binnean castle give her refuge from the storm, but it's soon apparent that Elise Dutton is not all she pretends to be. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Tamela Hancock Murray
LOVESWEPT 1/2004 ISBN: 1586609343 Cecily is swept off her feet by one of Capital Duster's door-to-door salesman. When Averil Kingsley gives his unconventional demonstration - by dumping dirt on her mother's heirloom carpet - Cecily gives him her heart. Never mind that she stands a head taller than the handsome peddler. Never mind that, for all she knows, The Capital Duster Electric Pneumatic Carpet Renovator shines more brightly than the Kingsley family reputation. Something draws Cecily to him, and she can't help but imagine he might feel the same about her. Can Cecily trust the Lord to reveal His plan for her heart?
Anton Myrer
ONCE AN EAGLE 1968 The story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power. Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the deadly Pacific jungles of World War 11, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War -- Vietnam.
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