Young Charlotte Mortimer is content with her lot. She loves her job teaching the poor and destitute in the local school and is happy with her strong, steadfast fiance Luke. Then, one day, a terrible mining explosion rocks the town and suddenly everything Charlotte thinks she knows is thrown into doubt. The arrival of wealthy businessman Justin Weatherby complicates things further. Charlotte must marry him to save the school she loves even if it means sacrificing everything else that is dear to h...
A Nuova Vita (Miti&leggende, #3) (Miti & Leggende, #2)
by Sabina Cescon
Kerry Laraghy is the girl with everything. The daughter of a lovely, loving Irish country home, she is destined to succeed her father as a trainer of world-class racehorses. But Kerry doesn't want Ireland or horses: she wants Paris, Africa and a man who can take her far away from her inheritance. Brandon Lawrence, heir himself to a multinational corporation, is a loving father, husband of a glamorous wife, wealthy and secure. But under the smooth surface Brandon is secretly at war with himself....
A new contribution to the barbarian adventure saga finds an adolescent Conan assisting his family and experiencing a first crush before Aquilonian forces invade the land.
Pearl in the Mist (Landry, #2) (Landry Saga (Pb))
by V C Andrews and Andrews, Kay
The second novel in the exciting new V.C. Andrews series: a young girl growing up on the Louisiana bayou discovers she has another family... Even after living there for a year, 16-year-old Ruby Dumas still wonders at the splendor of her father's New Orleans mansion and rejoices in the warmth of his love. But true happiness eludes her, for Ruby must carefully avoid a venomous enemy: her stepmother, who cringes and sneers at Ruby's backwater upbringing. And Ruby's every effort to befriend her cri...
Henrietta's Own Castle (Best of Betty Neels) (Betty Neels Collection, #26)
by Betty Neels
When Henrietta was left a house in a Dutch village, she decided to make her home there. She thought she would like everything about Holland, except Marnix van Hessel. As 'lord of the manor', he behaved as if it were still the Middle Ages. Why couldn't he just marry his fiancee and leave Henrietta in peace?