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Catherine M. Rae
AFTERWARD 3/1992 ISBN:0312068948 Exploration of a family affected by the 1904 fire that broke out on the General Slocum, a ferry chartered for an excursion on NY's East River, where more than a thousand people died.
FLIGHT FROM FIFTH AVENUE 2/1992 ISBN:0312117884 In New York City of 1911, Maida Jardine, the youngest daughter of a prosperous banker feels trapped in the social circuit of the time-one designed solely to win her a husband of influence and wealth.
SARAH COBB 9/1990 ISBN:0312045794 A story of both the happy and poignant sides of the upper-class New York lifestyle, from the late Victorian era through the First World War.
Patricia Rae
STORM TIDE 8/1983 ISBN:0821712306 In a time when it was unladylike to desire one man, defiant, redheaded Elizabeth Harbour desired two. Her body longed to be held in the strong, protective arms of Damon, the handsome sea captain. Yet she yearned for the status and wealth that only Jon, the genteel doctor, could provide..
Miriam Raftery
APOLLO'S FAULT 3/1996 ISBN: 0505520842 Stubborn and tenacious, Apollo would lead Taylor on the romantic adventure of a lifetime - from a dusty old Victorian attic to the strong arms of Nathaniel Stuart and his turn-of-the-century charm. One minute Taylor and Apollo were in modern-day San Francisco, and the next thing she knew, a shift in the earth's crust, a wrinkle in time, and the lovely historian found herself facing the terror of California's most infamous earthquake - and a love so monumental it threatened to shake the foundations of her world.
Rona Randall
CURTAIN CALL 1983 ISBN: 0241111110 1939 is a critical year in the lives of one of London's most famous theatrical families, the Carvers, and life after 1939 is never the same.
THE EAGLE AT THE GATE 1/1978 ISBN: 0698108639 In the verdant Kentish countryside, a beautiful Edwardian actress and her brooding aristocratic husband play out a deadly drama of twisted desire and tangled family passion...To Aphra Coleman, exquisite actress, the invitation to perform at the magnificent Abbotswood estate seemed heavensent.
THE LADIES OF HANOVER SQUARE 6/1981 ISBN:0698110676 When her scandalous Aunt Dulcima sweeps into Deborah Yorke's life, its whole course changes. The orphaned daughter of a country parson, Deborah is whisked off to London, where her vivacious aunt is the hostess of a fashionable card salon at her house in Hanover Square. A former Gaiety Girl and famous professional beauty, Dulcima is now seeking the security of marriage. With the help of her niece who, she believes, will lend her campaign respectability, she hopes to get her wealthy lover, Lord Ashleigh, to wed her, and so gain acceptance into Society and provide the long-for heir to Kingsmere, his ancestral home in Sussex.
Olive Pratt Rayner (aka Grant Allen)
THE TYPE-WRITER GIRL 1897 ISBN: 1551115298 Juliet Appleton is an officer’s daughter who is forced to make her own way in the world after her father’s death. Having been trained in typewriting and shorthand, she obtains employment at a law office, only to find that she cannot bear to work with her unpleasant colleagues and employer. Juliet possesses some of the characteristics of the infamous "New Woman": she has attended Girton College, she smokes cigarettes, and she travels the countryside on her bicycle. After various adventures, Juliet finds a new opportunity as a type-writer girl for a publishing company. She falls in love with her employer, and he with her, but complications inevitably ensue.
Colleen L. Reece - Albert B. Town
CROW'S NESTS AND MIRRORS 1/1994 ISBN: 15548466X Just about everyone in Three Rivers, Washington, thinks Jenny Ashley is special. She was the first woman to enter the Fourth of July horse race; know she's going to be the first woman firewatcher perched high above the forest in what's known as a crows'-nest. Miles apart from Jenny, yet near to her in his dreams, Keith Burgess keeps vigil in another crows'-nest. As he fingers a small, round mirror in his hand, a thought takes shape. Reflected across acres of majestic greenery, sapphire springs, and alpine peaks, their love story begins. Theirs is a love rooted in the history of Washington State, and indelibly etched in the turbulent years of World War I. Theirs is a love forever blessed by a faith stronger than any human force.
Colleen L. Reece
TAPESTRY OF TAMAR 10/1993 ISBN: 1557484430 The world is a frightening place for Tamor O'Donnell. She escapes a loveless marriage of convenience, only to find that again and again she must flee new dangers. Living under a false name, she would like to accept the love and security offered by the young lawyer Gordon Rhys, but she is afraid to trust him with the secret of her identity. This time when she runs away she finds herself caught in a danger she cannot escape: the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
A TORCH FOR TRINITY 1992 ISBN: 1557483221 The new schoolmarm in the one-room school outside Cedar Ridge, Washington, hardly matched the rough and tumble country kids' expectations. Trinity Mason was college educated, pretty and petite, and the sternest taskmaster they had known! Likewise, the isolated country school was the last place Trinity envisioned herself. Committed to her grandmother's belief that the torch of learning must be passed from one generation to the next, Trinity perseveres. However, a chance meeting at a family party with the rugged logger and farmer Will Thatcher makes Trinity forever thankful God led her there. Together Will and Trinity carve a life in the Washington wilderness despite natural disaster, disease, and the Great Depression.
Paula Reibel
A MOURNING MOON 1985 ISBN: 0688039723 It was an arranged marriage and Mindel's young heart rebelled. But her wedding night touched her with fire, and the memory of that burning love was to shape her life, and her children's lives for generations. Saga of a family's destiny, leading from the darkness of Europe to a shining new America...a powerful and moving first novel of a woman's refusal to forget the first man she ever loved, and of a Jewish family's struggle to overcome the burden of its past during World War I's turmoil and aftermath.
Ginny Reyes
A FAERIE TALE 8/1998 ISBN 0515123382 In 1899, the people of Woodbury, Pennsylvania, were very superstitious. But not Patrick. A practical Irish banker, he knew that wishing for true love by tossing a coin into a well was a waste of good money. If only he could convince Annie of that. The fanciful lass had inherited a small fortune, but her head was filled with dreams of art and passion. Patrick was utterly baffled by the girl. Enter Rosaleen and Eamon, a faerie and a leprechaun disguised in human form. Their task is simple: Bring two mortal souls together. But their subjects are impossible! Patrick and Annie go together like oil and water...
Jan Richardson
A REASON TO BELIEVE 10/2006 (ebook) The first in an exciting trilogy, A Reason to Believe, joins Edwina Jefferson and John Morgan on Galveston island at the end of the 19th century. Edwina has been raised in a life of luxury and privilege but feels trapped inside her mother's expectations for her life. John believes he has been called to the island for a special purpose but finds himself drawn to socialite Edwina. Their lives, and the lives of those around them, are changed forever when a horrific storm ravages the island. Will John be able to hold onto his convictions, and God's calling, in the midst of chaos? Can Edwina find a place in a world that is suddenly different from everything she has ever known? Is it possible that they can build a future together despite the devastation that surrounds them? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Eva Rice
Barbara Riefe
JULIA 4/1982 ISBN:086721029X Three sisters were allied against their grandfather, the powerful patriarch of the Shackleford dynasty. His guilty secrets shadow their dreams, and his terrible revenge threatens their very lives. A stirring multigenerational saga of three sisters... She was beautiful and gifted, yet her relentless ambition threatened to destroy her.
OLIVIA 9/1981 ISBN:0515071390 Three sisters were allied against their grandfather, the powerful patriarch of the Shackleford dynasty. His guilty secrets shadow their dreams, and his terrible revenge threatens their very lives. A stirring multigenerational saga of three sisters... Fierce, proud, deeply in love, she ached for the man whose dark fate she longed to share..
Eugenia Riley
THE PHANTOM OF THE BATHTUB 8/2006 ISBN: 0505526522 Why ever would her new house be haunted? It was just a hangman’s house, next to the Hanging Oak on Savannah's Hangman's square, with an enormous cemetery nearby. Now all Viveca Stanhope needed to complete the spooky scene was a few black spiders and cobwebs. Instead she gets a phantom. In her bathtub. A ghost who insisted on whispering sweet nothings in her ear every time she sank into the bubbles. But it was her enigmatic neighbor who really made Viveca shiver at night—for a completely different reason. Maxwell Beecher had the uncanny ability to make Viveca forget her past and look toward the future. Not even a spectral lover could compare to the wicked delights she found in Max’s arms. Still, Viveca had ideas of her own—and a plan to exorcise both mischievous scoundrels. But she hadn't counted on Max's passionate determination to make a place for himself in her life. She had a sneaking suspicion that her phantom of the bathtub will soon have to move over for a new man in the house. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Mildred E. Riley
FLOWERS FOR ROSE LILY short story in A MOTHER'S LOVE 5/1996 ISBN: 0786002697
NO REGRETS 1996 ISBN:188547864X During the exciting era of the Harlem Renaissance, Maddie and Roy find themselves drawn to each other by their love of music. Maddie, a gifted high school soprano, longs to become a classical singer. Roy, a talented musician, wants her to sing with his band. Fate separates the pair as Maddie goes to Paris to further her musical career and Roy finds work in a Harlem nightclub. From Harlem's Sugar Hill to Paris' Left Bank, to the south side of Chicago, their paths cross and diverge.
Alexandra Ripley
FROM FIELDS OF GOLD 1994 ISBN: 0446514063 The war has swept away all her wealth. Now poor, nearly thirty, and without a husband, Francesca 'Chess' Standish has only her pride, a crumbling Tidewater mansion, and a patent on a machine that needs the right man to fulfill its promise. Barely twenty and outrageously handsome, Nate Richardson is that man. With a heart committed to another man's wife and a raging ambition to be rich, he agrees to marry Chess. He gets the patent. She gets a business partner and, she hopes, a husband who will someday want her. But the bargain will plunge her into a world of betrayals, cutthroat deals, and raw passions. And it will transform Chess into a woman to be reckoned with - unpredictable, newly glamorous, and strong enough to fight any rival, even the world, for her right to love.
ON LEAVING CHARLESTON 1984 ISBN: 0440166101 Pre-Civil War-Victorian-Edwardian-1920s,30s. Ripley continues the saga of the Tradd family and moves into the international settings of Paris and New York of the Roaring Twenties.
Irene Roberts
SEA JADE 08/1987 ISBN: 0263758052 Until the message came from the Empress, Sea Jade's life had been one of silken gowns and embroidered slippers, her days filled with pleasures, gossiping, laughter and joy. Now, by Imperial Decree, she was plucked from her noble father's house and forced to play the part of a lowly peasant to spy on the hated foreign missionaries. Suddenly she found herself alone in a China teeming with enemies, including the dreaded Boxer rebels. And the beautiful white man Paul Aubrey's life depended on her. As a Rice Christian her only hope lay with the nobleman Han Shen. Amazingly he was prepared to defy the sinister Empress and shelter Sea Jade and her white barbarian. Then, to her dismay, he informed Sea Jade that she was to become his Number One Wife. What was she to do -- torn between this strong, physical man who made her feel so helpless and the saintly Paul Aubrey to whom she had given her heart? Would she ever learn that loving and being in love were two quite different things?
Anne Robins
A PERFECT ROMANCE 11/2004 ISBN: 0821777009 On the fateful night of the Titanic disaster, heiress Loretta Linden made sure her friends and fellow passengers got to the lifeboats before she even thought of herself. Her soft heart is legendary—and her desire to help others is her great passion. She will not rest until her little band is safely reunited in her native San Francisco—where she meets the dashing Captain Quarles. Malachai Quarles has sailed the seven seas and he’s had many a sweetheart, but he’s never met a woman like Loretta. She’s beautiful, funny, and generous to a fault, a collector of assorted lost causes, underdogs, and stray cats—and his heart. The freewheeling captain is madly in love with her—but he won’t be tamed…
A PERFECT STRANGER 7/2004 ISBN: 0821776991 The Castle Walk, the Peabody, and the Lambeth Stroll—dancer Isabel Golightly could do them all and never miss a step. She’s the toast of the Titanic, and the center of attention in its most elegant ballroom. The swells don’t have to know that she and her little daughter aren’t traveling in first class, and Isabel doesn’t care. Nothing can go wrong…they’re on their way to a new life in America! Then, amid the terrifying chaos before the great ship goes down, a gentleman—a perfect stranger—puts them into the last lifeboat. They owe their lives to him—but she’ll never know his name…Rescued by a quirk of fate, Somerset FitzRoy remembers little about his ordeal in the icy water. But he cannot forget the frightened child who begged him for help that night—and her mother’s beautiful face haunts his dreams. Days later, he is overjoyed to find Isabel and Eunice among the survivors in New York. Will she remember him? She must—because their love was meant to be…
A PERFECT WEDDING 4/2005 ISBN: 0821777017 A NEW LIFE: Rescued from the doomed Titanic moments before its sinking, stewardess Marjorie MacTavish is determined to find happiness at last. The dear friends who stood by her on that fateful night have vowed to help her now, and Marjorie, ever hopeful, accompanies them to the bustling port of San Francisco to begin all over again, far from the gloomy slums of Glasgow. Anything is possible in America, it seems--especially romance . . .A NEW LOVE: Dr. Jason Abernathy, dashing man about town, is beguiled by Marjorie's soft brogue and fresh charm. He has no way of knowing how much his gallantry delights her--or that his kindness to the less fortunate has already melted her heart. If the shy lass from Scotland would just say yes, he would consider himself the luckiest man on earth . . RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Denise Robins
ILLUSION OF LOVE 2001 ISBN: 0786231882 A year ago, Pamela Morris married Lord Julian Eden in a shroud of secrecy. But only days later his plane was shot down and he was reported missing. Now she is marrying for a second time, although her new husband doesn't know about her past.
Suzanne Robinson
JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT 4/2000 ISBN 0553579614 Edwardian. It's 1899, and American heiress Mattie Bright is too modern for her own good. Mattie would love to spend her days racing through town in her motorcar. Instead she's in London looking for a husband whose lineage will maker fortune respectable. The only interesting man Mattie has encountered is the handsome Lord Cheyne Tennant - and they've been at war from the moment they met! No one knows that Cheyne is working with Scotland Yard to catch a blackmailer plaguing London's wealthiest aristocrats. He'll need a daring young woman to help capture the culprit - but no gilded English lily will do. Mattie, with hair black as midnight and a fearless soul to match, is just perfect. But Cheyne doesn't know just how far Mattie will go to find the adventure she craves. And when he finally realizes how much she means to him, it may be too late to protect her...
Shirley S. Rohde
CROSSWINDS 1/1997 ISBN: 1577480139 The war may be raging in Europe, but Nettie Homes feels defeated within the safety of her once loving home. Her husband, Derrick, would rather fight in the frontlines than witness another traumatic miscarriage. Derrick and Nettie have lost two babies, and now Nettie must bear the fate of this third pregnancy alone. Determined to prove herself, Nettie takes control of her father's silk mill, bringing welcome changes to the burdened employees. Determined to prove himself, Derrick must complete his military assignment despite loneliness and regret. Will Derrick prevail against the crosswinds of love and war? To reach Nettie in time, he must master unpredictable and turbulent currents, but he can's do it alone.
Katie Rose
RUNAWAY HEARTS 4/2001 ISBN: 0553581422 Amateur Chemist Mary Lou Finch once blew up her own laboratory--but that was nothing compared to her explosive first meeting with Pierce Thorndike. Mary Lou fibbed outrageously to win the position of governess to Thorndike's son. In reality, she is hoping to do a little detective work and find the prize racehorse that was stolen from Thorndike's stable. For Mary Lou's father has bet every dime he has on Damien's Curse--and it the horse is not found before the Saratoga races, her family will be ruined. Mary Lou had planned a strictly scientific investigation. . . until Pierce's sexy blue eyes sent a seductive tingling from her head to her toes. Now, as high stakes, pounding hooves, and irresistible kisses sweep Mary Lou away, the novice sleuth raced toward an unknown finish--one that puts her in danger of losing her heart, her innocence, and maybe even her life. . .
Marcia Rose
A TIME TO HEAL 5/1998 ISBN: 034540226X In the beginning, there's White Bird, daughter of a Pequot healer, forced to flee to the banks of the Connecticut River after the massacre of her tribe. There, White Bird instructs her daughter, Annis, in the art and power of healing, a gift that Annis then passes down to Morgan Wellburn, her child by a white man. Following her own destiny, Morgan is led to Dr. Grace Chapman--one of the few female physicians in the country--and later to bustling Brooklyn at the turn of the century, where her skills as a midwife and champion of the poor will lead her to her ultimate dream... Through generations of love and loss, heartache and passion, Morgan's own daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter will be challenged and changed by their remarkable, inherited gift in this unforgettable novel of women who dare to fight for their right to heal - and for their hearts.
Clarissa Ross
MOSCOW MISTS 1977 ISBN:084392280X Her heart belonged to one man alone... Her blood racing with desire, her heart pounding with the fulfillment of a thousand dreams, beautiful New York debutante Elise Cooper pledged her life and love to darkly handsome Count Alexander Martynov. After a whirlwind courtship, he swept her away from home and family, to Imperial Russia. There she discovered a world in which incredible opulence coexisted with grinding poverty, and the Imperial Family, indeed the entire Court, lived in fear of the evil monk, Rasputin. Plunged into this royal circle of madness to Alexander had placed her very life in danger, and only by thwarting Rasputin's awesome power could she hope to save herself and the man she loved.
TANGIER NIGHTS 1981 ISBN:0515053686 Across the burning Moroccan desert, a Yankee beauty pursues passion, adventure and a prize more precious than gold ...Well-bred, innocent Mary Cabot. Her future amid the cream of Boston society, as the pampered fiancee of banker Harry Ames, seems assured until her brother Frank vanishes--along with a suitcase full of the bank's money. Mary's desperate efforts to find her brother and clear his name lure her into the sinister underworld of London and the dark, enticing Casbahs of Tangier.
Marilyn Ross
BARNABAS COLLINS(#1) 11/1968 It's1899 and Barnabas Collins first arrives in Collinwood.
BARNABAS COLLINS AND QUENTIN'S DEMON(#14) 2/1970
BARNABAS COLLINS AND THE GYPSY WITCH(#15) 3/1970 Barnabas is suspected of murder and must prove to the police and his cousin Roxane that he is innocent.
BARNABAS, QUENTIN AND DR. JEKYLL'S SON 4/1971
BARNABAS, QUENTIN AND THE CRYSTAL COFFIN(#19) 7/1970
BARNABAS, QUENTIN AND THE WITCH'S CURSE(#20) 8/1970
BARNABAS, QUENTIN AND THE FRIGHTENED BRIDE(#22) 10/1970
Anne Rundle
MOONBRANCHES 10/1986 ISBN: 0027771903 While spending the summer in the house where her aunt is housekeeper in the early days of World War I, fourteen-year-old Frances becomes involved in the house's violent past when she is "visited" by the long-dead twin of the owner's sinister son, seventeen-year old Martin.
Eva Rutland
NO CRYSTAL STAIR 2/2000 ISBN: 1551665190 Ann Elizabeth Carter grew up in the segregated Atlanta of the 1920s and 1930s, part of the black privileged class, the much-loved daughter of a doctor -- and the granddaughter of a slave. She was a charming, confident young woman with a well-planned life ahead of her. Then she upset all those plans when she fell in love. It was 1942 and Robert Metcalf was a member of the first black unit in the Army air Corps, stationed a Tuskegee, Alabama. For the first time she left her sheltered life in Atlanta to marry Rob. For the first time she had to learn what it really meant to be a black woman in the twentieth-century America. During the decades that followed, Ann Elizabeth's life -- and her marriage -- were shaped by the changes that shook the country, that redefined it. During those decades she learned the truth of a lifetime.
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