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Author: Tabetha Waite Publisher: Tabetha Waite ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 92
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It’s a battle of matrimony, but who will win in wedlock? Miss Dulcenia Hargrove is a bespectacled wallflower, who never thought that she would be fortunate enough to find a prospective husband. However, when she is approached by a celebrated matchmaker, she decides that it wouldn’t hurt to take her advice. When they travel to a house party to meet the suitor the lady has in mind, sparks immediately fly. But is his regard in truth? Lord Carew Fernvine, Marquess of Dalhousie, is a rake. He decided to attend a ridiculous house party to humor an older lady for his own amusement. He has no intention of marrying anyone, particularly a mousy woman that is known for being dull. However, he soon finds that Lady Dulcenia has much more to recommend her than he originally believed. It isn’t until his resolve is tested by a newcomer vying for the lady’s hand, that he has to decide if he’s as against marriage as he once thought.
Author: Tabetha Waite Publisher: Tabetha Waite ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 92
Book Description
It’s a battle of matrimony, but who will win in wedlock? Miss Dulcenia Hargrove is a bespectacled wallflower, who never thought that she would be fortunate enough to find a prospective husband. However, when she is approached by a celebrated matchmaker, she decides that it wouldn’t hurt to take her advice. When they travel to a house party to meet the suitor the lady has in mind, sparks immediately fly. But is his regard in truth? Lord Carew Fernvine, Marquess of Dalhousie, is a rake. He decided to attend a ridiculous house party to humor an older lady for his own amusement. He has no intention of marrying anyone, particularly a mousy woman that is known for being dull. However, he soon finds that Lady Dulcenia has much more to recommend her than he originally believed. It isn’t until his resolve is tested by a newcomer vying for the lady’s hand, that he has to decide if he’s as against marriage as he once thought.
Author: Tera W. Hunter Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674979249 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 417
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Winner of the Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History Winner of the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize Winner of the Littleton-Griswold Prize Winner of the Mary Nickliss Prize Winner of the Willie Lee Rose Prize Americans have long viewed marriage between a white man and a white woman as a sacred union. But marriages between African Americans have seldom been treated with the same reverence. This discriminatory legacy traces back to centuries of slavery, when the overwhelming majority of black married couples were bound in servitude as well as wedlock, but it does not end there. Bound in Wedlock is the first comprehensive history of African American marriage in the nineteenth century. Drawing from plantation records, legal documents, and personal family papers, it reveals the many creative ways enslaved couples found to upend white Christian ideas of marriage. “A remarkable book... Hunter has harvested stories of human resilience from the cruelest of soils... An impeccably crafted testament to the African-Americans whose ingenuity, steadfast love and hard-nosed determination protected black family life under the most trying of circumstances.” —Wall Street Journal “In this brilliantly researched book, Hunter examines the experiences of slave marriages as well as the marriages of free blacks.” —Vibe “A groundbreaking history... Illuminates the complex and flexible character of black intimacy and kinship and the precariousness of marriage in the context of racial and economic inequality. It is a brilliant book.” —Saidiya Hartman, author of Lose Your Mother
Author: Wendy Moore Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0307383377 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 402
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A cinematic and thrilling true story exploring the life and catastrophic marriage of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore—“a tale of wealth, status, and privilege, laced with lust, greed, [and] pride” (The Times) “Spectacular . . . Serious, perceptive, thoughtful and—by no means least—compulsively readable.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post With the death of her fabulously wealthy coal magnate father, Mary Eleanor Bowes became the richest heiress in Britain. An ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II, Mary grew to be a highly educated young woman, winning acclaim as a playwright and botanist. At eighteen, she married the handsome but aloof ninth Earl of Strathmore in a celebrated, if ultimately troubled, match that forged the Bowes Lyon name. Freed from this unhappy marriage by her husband’s early death, she stumbled headlong into scandal when a charming Irish soldier, Captain Andrew Robinson Stoney, flattered his way into the merry widow’s bed. When Mary heard that her gallant hero was mortally wounded in a duel defending her honor, she could hardly refuse his dying wish; four days later they were married. Yet the “captain” was not what he seemed. Staging a sudden and remarkable recovery, Stoney was revealed as a debt-ridden lieutenant, a fraudster, and a bully. Immediately taking control of Mary’s vast fortune, he squandered her wealth and embarked on a campaign of appalling violence and cruelty against his new bride. Finally, fearing for her life, Mary dared to plan an audacious escape and an even more courageous battle to reclaim her liberty and her fortune. Based on meticulous archival research, Wedlock is a gripping, addictive biography, ripped from the headlines of eighteenth-century England.
Author: Janette Kenny Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1426840950 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 187
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Untamable conquistador blood runs fiercely through Miguel Gutierrez's veins. He's conquered the business world to make billions, built his luxury hacienda—he owns all he can see…. But the one thing he can't buy is his wife's love. Miguel is a proud and passionate man. He has vowed to honor Allegra to his dying day. But now that promise has changed. Miguel will make her regret her apparent disregard of their marriage vows. He won't let her go— not until he's had his revenge….
Author: Katherine Franke Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 1479815748 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 287
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Compares today’s same-sex marriage movement to the experiences of black people in the mid-nineteenth century. The staggering string of victories by the gay rights movement’s campaign for marriage equality raises questions not only about how gay people have been able to successfully deploy marriage to elevate their social and legal reputation, but also what kind of freedom and equality the ability to marry can mobilize. Wedlocked turns to history to compare today’s same-sex marriage movement to the experiences of newly emancipated black people in the mid-nineteenth century, when they were able to legally marry for the first time. Maintaining that the transition to greater freedom was both wondrous and perilous for newly emancipated people, Katherine Franke relates stories of former slaves’ involvements with marriage and draws lessons that serve as cautionary tales for today’s marriage rights movements. While “be careful what you wish for” is a prominent theme, they also teach us how the rights-bearing subject is inevitably shaped by the very rights they bear, often in ways that reinforce racialized gender norms and stereotypes. Franke further illuminates how the racialization of same-sex marriage has redounded to the benefit of the gay rights movement while contributing to the ongoing subordination of people of color and the diminishing reproductive rights of women. Like same-sex couples today, freed African-American men and women experienced a shift in status from outlaws to in-laws, from living outside the law to finding their private lives organized by law and state licensure. Their experiences teach us the potential and the perils of being subject to legal regulation: rights—and specifically the right to marriage—can both burden and set you free.
Author: Barbara McMahon Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1460366697 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 172
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Once they were blissfully married… For ten years Heather Jackson has tried to forget she was once a loving young wife. She had to make an impossible decision between her family or her husband—it was her marriage she was forced to sacrifice. Then they were unhappily divorced… But now Heather's ex-husband is back. She can see that Hunter is still hurting—he doesn't understand why Heather walked out on their marriage. Even when she confesses the truth, it seems too much has happened for a reconciliation. But Heather can see the attraction is still there—and, deep down, so is the love.
Author: Treal Ravenel Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781546597865 Category : Languages : en Pages : 118
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You can have a great marriage from Day one. I know that is a broad statement, but I hold true to it and can prove it through the pages of this book. What I found to be true, even in my marriage, is that you have to choose to be happy every day, no matter what! The women I know, including me, who are truly winning in their marriage is not because we have a perfect marriage, not because we have never encountered any level of adversity or challenges, but it is because we made a decision to WIN. When you get married, you are bringing two people from different walks of life, backgrounds, and environments to live together forever, so of course, they are going to be differences, disagreements and sometimes division. You have to choose if you will allow these differences and conflicts to be the steering wheel of your marriage in creating constant controversy between you and your husband or will you use them as fuel to better the marriage by constantly learning more about yourself and your husband to grow as you become one. Throughout scripture; God shows us how to build a healthy marriage in providing step by step instructions. Doing the footwork up front will lessen the effect of the opposition and adversity.
Author: Jeff Pearlman Publisher: Avery ISBN: 1592407374 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 496
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The definitive biography of Chicago Bears and Hall of Fame superstar Walter Payton. Based on meticulous research and interviews with nearly 700 contacts, an unforgettable portrait that describes a man who lived his life just like he played the game: at full speed.