It is 1925 in Savannah, Georgia, as five-year-old Nicie walks through her slum neighborhood and wonders who she really is. Raised by her grandmother, aunt, and uncle and given no details of her biological parents, Nicie feels angry and alone. She longs to belong, but Nicie is the victim of secrets. Called Nice Chile by her grandmother, Nicie is undernourished and bears the unfortunate knowledge that she is not wanted. Her grandmother cares for her, but when Nicie is six, her grandmother passes away, changing her life forever. Haunted by recurrent dreams about her parents, Nicie finds a kindred spirit in a new friend, Miss Missy Mock, who soon tells her the story of her family of another place and time and slowly unlocks the mysteries of her identity. Missy takes Nicies hand and leads her into the past, where she is about to find the amazing grace she has been searching for her whole life. In this historical tale set in the Deep South, the truth is finally revealed to a little girl determined to discover her identity and realize the happiness she deserves.
Talented and ambitious, clothing designer Char Brody finds her drive to be the best in the world of international haute couture faltering when she meets handsome photojournalist Fletcher Hawkins. Original.
Can you borrow a bride for nine months without her stealing your heart? A demure member of the Richmond Ladies Sewing Circle, Faith Collins certainly isn’t the type of lady who would answer an advertisement to bear a stranger’s child. Wealthy Wyoming rancher Reese Jordan isn’t looking for a lady—or a bride. But when the dark-eyed beauty responds to his ad, he cannot resist offering her more than just a contract to provide him with an heir to his fortune. As they travel west and struggle to guard their wounded hearts, Faith and Reese quickly discover just how easily business can turn to pleasure…and pleasure to love. Book 1 of the BORROWED BRIDES Series, which includes Golden Chances, Harvest Moon, Something Borrowed, The Counterfeit Bride, and Twice Blessed: A Borrowed Brides Novella “Tender, enthralling romance straight from the heart!”—Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling author “Sparkling romance and passion that sizzles…Rebecca Hagan Lee taps into every woman’s fantasy.”—Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling author “Golden Chances is delightful, warm, well-written…a ‘don’t miss’ read!”—Romantic Times “A clever plot with true-to-life characters and plenty of emotion create a story that will touch your heart. Special enough to read in a single sitting.”—Rendezvous “Historical romance fans are fortunate to have a treasure like Rebecca Hagan Lee.”—Affaire de Coeur “Rebecca Hagan Lee is a writer on the rise!”—Romantic Times “Every Rebecca Hagan Lee book is a tender treasure!”—Teresa Medeiros, New York Times bestselling author Victorian romance, Western romance, Bride romance, Americana romance
In 1912 England, seventeen-year-old Prince Edward falls in love with the beautiful Lily Houghton who is not of royal blood, and as the two young lovers prepare to wed, the prince's royal destiny hangs in the balance.
The best thing about weighing 571lb is eating whatever you want. You don't worry about gaining 5lb: you know it won't make a difference. You know that losing 5lb won't make a difference either.' Rebecca Golden weighed just over 6lb at birth.
This title explores and explains how the Golden Gate Bridge was built. The bridge's construction is described in terms of the engineering process. The book explores why the bridge was built and describes the design stages and technologies used during construction. The book also describes the challenges builders faced while building the bridge.
The Golden Yoke is a remarkable achievement. It is the first elaboration of the legal, cultural, and ideological dimensions of precommunist Tibetan jurisprudence, a unique legal system that maintains its secularism within a thoroughly Buddhist setting. Layer by layer, Rebecca Redwood French reconstructs the daily operation of law in Tibet before the Chinese invasion in 1959. In the Tibetans' own words, French identifies their courts, symbols, and personnel and traces the procedures for petitioning and filing documents. There are stories here from judges, legal conciliators, and lay people about murder, property disputes, and divorce. French shows that Tibetan law is deeply embedded in its Buddhist culture and that the system evolved not from the rules and judgments but from what people actually do and say. In what amounts to a fully developed cosmology, she describes the cultural foundation that informs the system: myths, notions of time and conflux, inner morality, language patterns, rituals, use of space, symbols, and concepts. Based on extensive readings of Tibetan legal documents and codes, interviews with Tibetan scholars, and the reminiscences of Tibetans at home and in exile, this generously illustrated, elegantly written work is a model of outstanding research. French combines the talents of a legal anthropologist with those of a former law practitioner to develop a new field of study that has implications for other judicial systems, including our own.
Rolling in the D describes two years of life in and out of Detroit. Themes include the meaning of houses and homes, belonging, abandonment, revival, souls, and personal injury. The work examines life in the city through the lens of the author's experience, and also presents the story of the Heidelberg Project, a folk art environment located in the heart of a languishing central city neighborhood. The author makes efforts to bare the device of her work (especially by way of the artist's statement) and to respect the people whose stories intersect with hers in the manuscript.
Lamplight: A Golden Light Anthology illuminates Biblical truths and offers hope. Only the Bible is 'a lamp unto your feet and a light for your path', but this anthology, filled with inspirational short stories and poems, may help along the way. Authors Seth D. Clarke, David Andrews, Larissa Hinton, Lynda Lee Schab, Rebecca Grubb, Linda Tracy Miller, Delores Liesner, and J.R. Bingham offer stories of loss and healing, of discovery and adoration, of life and inspiration. Their stories weave together like a tapestry of the human heart creating a beautiful picture of light and hope. Step onto the path, take up your lamp, and follow the light with Lamplight: A Golden Light Anthology. *** Look for more books in the series - Lamplight: A Golden Light Anthology Christian and Inspirational Short Stories and Poems Gaslight: A Golden Light Anthology Historical Short Stories Nightlight: A Golden Light Anthology Children's Short Stories and Poems Limelight: A Golden Light Anthology Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Stories Spotlight: A Golden Light Anthology Young Adult Short Stories
FOUR Favorite Regency Authors -- THREE never-before-in-print Christmas novellas -- ONE beloved classic now back in print . . . and a partridge in a pear tree . . . In Coventry's Christmas, Rebecca Hagan Lee offers a charming new story. With Christmas approaching, Amabel Thurston is ordered from the family home by her father's widow and must seek the protection of her guardian, Deverel Brookfield, eighth Marquess of Coventry. Unfortunately, the Devil of Coventry has little use for Christmas and even less for proper young ladies. In the never-in-print Star of Wonder, Lynn Kerstan brings her special brand of magic to the page when an exotic and dangerous stranger arrives to disrupt the meager Christmas of Stella Bryar, who has struggled to support the family retainers in the wake of her father's death. Allison Lane's newest Christmas treat is A Christmas Homecoming. When prodigal son Alex Northcote returns from a six year absence to take control of the family estate, he must run a gauntlet of possible brides, who have all been installed for a holiday house party by his determined grandmother. Avoiding the trap would have been so much easier, if the guest list hadn't included a quiet widow, who once jilted him for another. In the classic Home for Christmas, Alicia Rasley gives us a Christmas with a bit of intrigue. When Verity receives an unexpected invitation from her estranged father to spend the holidays at his Cornwall estate, she accepts with delight. But, ever mindful of her father's attention to propriety, she must scramble to find a husband and "father" for her fatherless child. Could a handsome and enigmatic stranger solve all her problems?
It's the day of the Big Puddle-Jumping Competition, but when Peppa's real plastic golden boots are stolen so is her chance of taking part. She needs them back - and quackly . . . Quack! Quack!
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