Christmas tree tinsels give memories of happy and festive times during the year when they are family gatherings and gift giving the time of year when people thank God of all He has given us and will be giving us in the coming year!
The "New York Times" bestselling author returns to the charming village of Misty Harbor, Maine, to deliver this hometown holiday romance about a widow who finds herself celebrating Christmas with a newfound love. Original.
Christmas comes but once a year, so take some time out to settle in, cuddle up, and ward off winter's chill with a hot toddy of hot romance from five of your favorite storytellers?
The Life and Times of Thaddeus Whiskers is a fantasy, which takes place on a farm and in a protected area of woods at the edge of a national forest in central Kentucky, USA. It is the story where one discovers that humans and animals share closely related worlds. The characters portray strengths, frailties, delights, and challenges common to human beings. As they face and deal with moral and emotional dilemmas, they reveal truths about human traits without being overly pointed. Each has a distinctive persona, which recognizes the importance of the Creator, friends, and family in their lives. The reader may find that it is easier to see the essential qualities of the human soul, to believe in beauty, goodness, and virtue through the experiences of these whimsical personalities. The world of the farm and Old Coffey Woods is a safe place to be and to learn about the realities of life and death. The characters in this story are sincere and true to life, with the goodness and tenderness that is alive somewhere in every one of us.
Recounts the true story of an entrepreneurial woman who succeeded in a male-dominated industry in the twentieth century. What would you do with your last sixty dollars? If you were Patricia Murphy youd turn it into a fortune by buying a rundown Brooklyn diner. On the cusp of the Great Depression, the diner became an overnight sensation, the first of nine popular Patricia Murphys Candlelight Restaurants that opened over the course of four decades in New York and Florida. Popovers and Candlelight recounts how Murphy bucked Mad Menerasexism in a male-dominated field and created remarkable dining experiences with solid American fare, a talented staff, and eye-popping décor. Dripping in diamonds, she transcended ethnic prejudices to become a socialite and built a brand that sold fragrance as well as food. Mutinous siblings, a desperate manager, and a typhoid outbreak brought it all to an operatic end, but Marcia Biederman restores Murphy and her contributions to their proper place in womens and culinary history. This book will delight readers with its rags-to-riches story and fascinating view of class, gender, ethnicity, and food culture during much of the twentieth century. An impressive accomplishment on many counts: Biederman describes an important but forgotten chapter in mid-century restaurant history, portrays an outsize, Mildred Piercelike personality, and gives a memorable sense of postwar, populuxe suburbia. Paul Freedman, author of Ten Restaurants That Changed America
Mathews's standard biography of Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), based on extensive research in archives in this country and family records in France. An important artist in the salons of Paris, Tanner was born and studied in Philadelphia but left America for Europe, where his race would not stand in the way of his ambition. Providing a full account of the artist's life and art, Henry Ossawa Tanner gives readers insight into the art trends of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well as into the struggle of African Americans of this period. "[Tanner] ranks not only as the first truly distinguished Negro American artist but as one of America's first outstanding successes in the salons of Europe. In this work [Mathews] has significantly added to our knowledge of the history of American art."—John Hope Franklin, from the Foreword "The book gives the main facts of Tanner's life and successfully places his artistic work in its historic context....It is a welcome and useful volume."—August Meier, Journal of American History
The bride thought they’d live happily ever after — until a murderer struck.... The guests were off the wall. The would-be groom was off the wagon. And the bride certainly wasn’t blushing. Aside from that, it was the perfect occasion: a party for Hannah Ives’s widowed father and the younger woman he had suddenly decided to marry. Then the evening takes a strange turn, with a sudden death and disappearance. For Hannah, the stunning turn of events came after a Christmas season slide into anger and confusion. First her father had found a floozy who had already buried three husbands. Then her late mother’s jewelry started showing up around the gold digger’s neck. Now Hannah, who has just put her life together after a bout with cancer, is desperately searching for her missing father. Because this poor man has either made a terrible mistake, committed a terrible crime, or fallen victim to a killer who seized the moment for murder....
Deservedly compared to her countrywomen, Binchy and Pilcher, Willett is an equally gifted storyteller."—Booklist In Marcia Willett's latest novel, Jolyon, who had been abandoned by his mother, Maria, is living at the Keep with his father and his stepmother Fliss. Now that Jolyon is a successful television presenter of gardening programs, the recently widowed Maria, lonely and impressed by her son's fame, reappears and hopes to step back into his life. But Jolyon finds it difficult to trust his mother and forgive the hurt she had inflicted on him.
In this latest early novel from bestselling author Marcia Willett, Mathilda Rainbird bequeaths her home to three unknown relatives: twenty-two-year-old Tessa, who misses her dead parents and brother but has learned to live alone; Will, a widower, who is drawn to Mathilda's housekeeper, Isobel; and Beatrice, a retired prep-school matron who thinks the idea of living with her cousins is preposterous. Deeply moving and utterly real, Second Time Around features the shining honesty that Willett's fans have come to love.
This heartwarming collection of Christmas stories proves that anything can happen during the holiday--especially love. Features tales by Fern Michaels, Virginia Henley, Holly Chamberlain, and Marcia Evanick. Original.
Bobby Foster, carhop at the chic Cafe Comedie, is going to the gas chamber. He’s already confessed to the murder of Tracy Kostakos, the club’s rising star. But two years after the crime, Tracy’s body is still missing and Bobby’s confession is full of holes. All Souls Legal Cooperative’s final appeal sends San Francisco’s number one PI Sharon McCone behind the footlights into the super-charged arena of anxious club owners and aspiring young hopefuls, into the fractured world of Tracy’s privileged family and the mind of a young comedienne who was not the good little girl they thought they knew, and into a labyrinth of death and deception where someone will kill to laugh last and get away with murder.
Katherine's father, Dillon Blackwood has a heart attack. At his doctor's suggestion he takes cruise to recuperate and returns with a new bride, Eleanore. Eleanore brings her three offspring to live at the Blackwood house located outside of Richmond, Virginia and then plots to get rid of her new stepdaughter--one way or another. Her lies and deception cause Dillon to severely beat Katherine. Then the stepchildren plan to play nasty sexual games with Katherine while her father's away. Fearing for her life, Katherine calls her brother, Devin who quickly comes to her rescue. In Texas, Katherine quickly substitutes Frank Dailey for her father. However, Frank's feelings are anything but fatherly. Blake Dailey retires from being a professional hired killer (hit man) and returns home. Blake immediately detects his father's true feelings for Katherine. Blake figures she's a gold digger after his father's money so he decides to court her to prove her a phony. This plan backfires when Blake falls for her. Refusing one last hit, Blake discovers Dillon Blackwood is the intended target. Blake wants to visit Katherine's father under the premise of asking for her hand, while actually trying to determine who ordered the hit and stop it. Things immediately go bad in Virginia when Katherine is kidnapped to get her father to where the 'accident' can happen. Back in Texas, Kyle (Franks youngest son) finds out about Blake's past when an old acquaintance of Blakes' visits to see if Blake took a hit he refused. After hearing the Blackwood name and the state of Virginia, Kyle goes to Devin and his father. Frank assumes Blake plans to kill Dillon and possibly even Katherine to keep her from marrying him. In Virginia, things get worse, even after Blake's rescue of Katherine and her father. Frank is enraged to learn his oldest son is a cold-blooded murderer and Katherine's father insists she have nothing more to do with Blake. Katherine returns with Devin to Texas after Blake promises to come for her. Back in Texas, Frank proposes to Katherine. She refuses and tells him that she's in love with Blake. Blake arrives and they flee to Utah. Devin calls and says Kyle left to search for them. Thinking they would hide in New York City, Kyle goes to Katherine's oldest brother, Dustin. Unfortunately, Blake's old boss has now put out an open contract on Blake. Blake threatens his old boss with a horrible death and a deal is struck—Blake will make one more hit on the man's rival. On their way back to Texas after the job, Kyle takes a bullet meant for Katherine. This forces Blake to return home with Kyle's body to face his father. Frank's hatred for Blake surges out of control. He's lost Katherine and now Kyle—because of Blake. Uncontrollably enraged, Frank suffers a massive stroke. Blake is forced to run his fathers’ ranch while Katherine tries to help Frank recover. Although Katherine and Blake are secretly married, because of her tender care, Frank thinks she's secretly in love with him. When Katherine discovers she's pregnant, she tells Frank hoping this will bring father and son together. In a fit of rage, Frank screams that he hopes the child dies. Two days later, a fall down the stairs causes a miscarriage. Blake then hires Frank's physical therapist, Terry as a housekeeper because Katherine's fall will keep her bedridden for a while. Frank marries Terry and spending his money like there's no tomorrow. Blake ends up using his money to keep the family ranch in the family. An attempt on Blake's life sends them again fleeing to Utah so Blake can recover. The assassin finds them and Katherine is forced to kill him to save Blake's life. Again pregnant, they return to Texas to finish their dream home and raise the child Katherine is now carrying. When Frank's money is gone—so is Terry. Blake begins to wonder if his life is a contract living on borrowed time.
Marcia Evanick charms our socks off again when a secret Santa sets out to court his Christmas angel the old-fashioned way--complete with a partridge in a pear tree.
Once again "New York Times" bestselling author Marcia Rose displays her dazzling talent for getting inside the hearts and minds of women and laying bare the truths that unite them throughout time. Spanning three centuries and six generations of women, pulsing with drama and passion, here is an epic novel of women gifted with the extraordinary power to heal, from the author of "Nurses".
The beloved author of First Friends returns to the intwined relationships, loves, and rivalries of Devon in this “captivating comedy of manners” (Booklist). In A Friend of the Family, Marcia Willett returns to beloved characters Kate Webster and Cass Wivenhoe and the story that began with First Friends. Yet it is one of their friends, Felicity Mainwaring, who takes center stage. Everyone knows Felicity is a happily married woman—that is, married to her husband and happily dallying with her paramour George. When Felicity is widowed, everyone expects George to pop the question. And he does. But his intended bride is not Felicity. With her usual generous helping of tears and laughter, Marcia Willett again provides her fans with a treat to be savored. “This sequel to First Friends . . . makes for engrossing reading.” —Publishers Weekly First published in the UK as Thea’s Parrot
Short stories include: Wally's first Christmas, Jigsaw Jones: The case of the Santa Claus mystery; Midnight gets a star; Take a penny, leave a penny; The nutcracker retold; Holiday disaster; Christmas on the prairie; The rocking chair: a classroom play; A visit from St. Nicholas.
Laces' escape from an abusive father ends in Liberty Mill. Here, she meets the charming Steel O'Conner, a 3rd generation steel worker. Steel rescues her from an assault but isn't there to protect her from a disgruntled mob of fellow mill workers. Badly injured, uninsured, jobless and then homeless, Steel brings her into his home to mend. Steel's job at the mill ends when the mill closes. He decides that his fortune is south in Texas' greener pastures. He wants Lace to play married while sharing his bed. The news of an impending child sends Steel flying into a rage. This sends Lace fleeing north towards Liberty Mill. On the bus, fellow passenger, Bob Trout, insists she come with him to his daughters' home. Lace doesn't feel comfortable indefinitely imposing on Bob's family. Her call allows Mrs. Castle to tell Steel where he can find her. Back in Liberty Mill, Steel gets work in nearby Pittsburgh, weds Lace and awaits the birth of their child. Frank & Karen Dailey quickly become friends to Steel & Lace. Laces father finds her with what could be disastrous results. Is there hope? Or will their love and life die with Liberty Mill?
A SATISFYING EMOTIONAL FIX, nicely grounded in historical detail. --Publishers Weekly From the author of the national bestseller Hospital comes a sweeping saga of four generations of women, played out against a passionate portrait of America in the twentieth century. LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER carries us from 1910 to the present, from "free love"in Greenwich Village to the Summer of Love in San Francisco, from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York to the fires of the London Blitz. Here is the engrossing saga of Leah Vogel Lazarus, the matriarch of a family of women whose lives and loves become the rich tapestry of Marcia Rose's most dazzling novel.... AN ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD(c)
Grandma helps Katie to fall asleep on Christmas Eve by telling her a story about a Christmas stocking. On board pages. A looped string is attached to the book enabling it to be hung from a Christmas tree.
The Poinsettia is a pointed star representation of fertility and abundance for the coming year after Christmas...it never actually dies but sleeps until the next season of giving, sharing, and interchange between people. Let us love the use of flowers, candies, candles, socks at the christmas time.
The egg shape and the egg art forms represent the generation or germ of an idea sparked in creation "in the beginning God created Heaven and Earth! This is Christmas and God created Light and merriment!
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