The story of Thomas, a shy, frail orphan boy who goes to live with foster parents on an isolated croft on an island in the Hebrides.
Gossip from Thrush Green (Miss Read ) (Beloved Thrush Green Series, #6)
by Miss Read
GOSSIP FROM THRUSH GREEN returns readers to the delightful English village, neighbor to Fairacre, for a golden summer. But this sleepy, pristine setting conceals a flurry of activity amongst the villagers. Rumor has it that Mr. Venables is considering retirement just as the village's teacher is about to make an important decision. Molly Curdle prepares for a new baby. The kindly vicar, Charles Henstock, works on his sermon -- quite unaware of the disaster that will overtake him. However, there i...
The Fiance Fix (Harlequin Large Print (Numbered), #565) (Harlequin Romance, #3719)
by Carole Mortimer
I nternational bestselling author Carole Mortimer makes a special guest appearance in Harlequin Romance! Joanne Delaney will do anything to protect her beloved daughter from a custody claim-including marrying for :onvenience! Only, she receives two unexpected proposals-one from handsome stranger Nick Mason, and another from wealthy businessman David Banning....
Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre (Beloved Fairacre Series, #17)
by Miss Read
Song of the Lark (Great Plains, #2) (Perennial Favorites Collection)
by Willa Cather
Thea Kronborg is born into poverty in a small desert town in the American Midwest. One of seven children, she is somehow set apart, a fact recognised by the discerning few, including Ray Kennedy, who longs to marry her but whose fate it is to set her free. With her rugged will and pioneer spirit, Thea carves her way from Moonstone, Colorado, to windy Chicago, from Dresden to New York and a triumphant debut at the Metropolitan Opera. She becomes a great opera singer but learns that as a true...
In What Gets Into Us, the new collection of short stories by Moira Crone, a curious child discovers that some believe ""the gods who made this world didn't make it right, and they are terribly sorry about it."" A nine-year-old girl is the only one who realizes that her mother's mental illness has put the family's survival at stake. A shy African American woman confronts evil directly in a terrifying act of love. A teenage orphan replaces a wayward son in a privileged but unhappy family. A young...
Celebrations at Thrush Green (Windsor Selection S.) (Thrush Green)
by Miss Read
A celebration causes trouble in the village of Thrush Green...A major, double celebration is planned in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green: the village school is in its centenary year; and exactly a hundred years ago, one of the village's most notable residents founded a mission school in Africa.But the preparations are beset with problems - Winnie Bailey's health is not what it was; the new headmaster doesn't appear to be entirely right for the job; and there are mixed reactions to the fundra...
The narrator of Gold by the Inch, a young New Yorker of Asian descent, has returned to the country of his birth following a disastrous relationship and his father's death. Thailand is in the throes of rampant economic development, and everyone the narrator meets -- from noodle-shop owners to his own relatives to the jaded children of the rich -- seems to be drunk on the nation's financial miracle. Or high on something else. The latter is true of Thon, the very young, very beautiful male prostitu...
Having the Boss's Babies (Tender Romance S.) (Silhouette Romance, #1840)
by Barbara Hannay
Like the rest of the staff at Kanga Tours, Alice Madigan is nervous about meeting her new boss-but when he walks through the door it's worse than she ever could have imagined! Alice had shared one very special night with him-but now they have to play it strictly business! How long can they pretend nothing has happened? Especially now that Alice has discovered she's going to be having her boss's babies....
From the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them--Cara first: dark and beautiful, then Peter: striking and serious. The couple is spending the summer of 1969 in the rooms below hers while Frances is researching the architecture in the surrounding gardens. But she's distracted. Beneath a floorboard in her bathroom, she finds a peephole that gives her access to her neighbors' private lives.
For generations, the Walkers have lived in the Island, a small, working class mill-town beside Ontario's Attawan River. But in the summer of 1965 their peace is shattered. When a union organiser comes to town, Alf Walker is forced to choose between loyalty to his friends and advancement up the company ranks. His decision threatens to overwhelm not only his own life, but also his family. Through the course of the book, we come to know the Walkers intimately - Alf, as he attempts to keep ahead of...
Assignment, Single Father (Mills & Boon Medical)
by Caroline Anderson
The right man for Fran? Working as a practice nurse for Dr Xavier Giraud's surgery and caring for his children had seemed perfect for Fran after the traumas of A&E. Except she fell in love with this emotionally wounded, stressed-out single father who couldn't submit to his love for her in return. She could still accept a job with one of Xavier's wealthy patients. After all, where could her relationship with Xavier go? Nevertheless, she was compelled to stay and find out! Double Destiny - One wom...
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! • A bighearted novel with technicolor characters, plenty of Texas swagger, and a powder keg of a plot in which marriages struggle, rivalries flare, and secrets explode, all with a clever wink toward classical mythology. For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe: "The Iliad meets Friday Night Lights in this muscular, captivating debut" (Oprah Daily). The Briscoe family is once again the talk of their small town when March returns to East Texas two years after h...