Author: Maggie Brendan
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441234020
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
When Catharine Olsen leaves Holland for America as a mail-order bride, she brings along some extra baggage: two sisters, her mother's set of Blue Willow china, and a tragic past. When she arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, she promptly marries Peter Andersen and dreams of starting life over in this rugged land. Peter is kind and patient with Catharine and accommodating to her sisters. His mother, however, is not. When she begins a campaign to sabotage Peter's marriage, Catharine is distraught, worried that her secret past will be discovered. Will her life end up as nothing but broken pieces? Or will these trials make her stronger? Readers will love negotiating the clash of cultures and class as a highborn European and a Western wheat farmer learn to love one another and trust God with both the past and the future.
Deeply Devoted (The Blue Willow Brides Book #1)
Author: Maggie Brendan
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441234020
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
When Catharine Olsen leaves Holland for America as a mail-order bride, she brings along some extra baggage: two sisters, her mother's set of Blue Willow china, and a tragic past. When she arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, she promptly marries Peter Andersen and dreams of starting life over in this rugged land. Peter is kind and patient with Catharine and accommodating to her sisters. His mother, however, is not. When she begins a campaign to sabotage Peter's marriage, Catharine is distraught, worried that her secret past will be discovered. Will her life end up as nothing but broken pieces? Or will these trials make her stronger? Readers will love negotiating the clash of cultures and class as a highborn European and a Western wheat farmer learn to love one another and trust God with both the past and the future.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441234020
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
When Catharine Olsen leaves Holland for America as a mail-order bride, she brings along some extra baggage: two sisters, her mother's set of Blue Willow china, and a tragic past. When she arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, she promptly marries Peter Andersen and dreams of starting life over in this rugged land. Peter is kind and patient with Catharine and accommodating to her sisters. His mother, however, is not. When she begins a campaign to sabotage Peter's marriage, Catharine is distraught, worried that her secret past will be discovered. Will her life end up as nothing but broken pieces? Or will these trials make her stronger? Readers will love negotiating the clash of cultures and class as a highborn European and a Western wheat farmer learn to love one another and trust God with both the past and the future.
The Bride of the Wilderness
Author: Charles McCarry
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453232524
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Something completely different from the bestselling thriller writer: “a full-blooded, unashamed romance . . . Mr. McCarry sweeps you along” (The New York Times). Fanny’s father, Henry Harding, has known Oliver Barebones since the two men were children. Together they survived the Great Plague and the Great Fire, and now they are rich, middle-aged, and unmarried. Everyone’s shocked when Oliver, a lifelong bachelor, falls headfirst for a superstitious young girl named Rose. In two days he’s decided to marry her. For the Hardings and the Barebones, it will be years before they find such happiness again. Ruin comes to them all in the shape of Alfred Montagu, a cold-hearted moneylender who ensnares them in crushing debt and schemes to marry Fanny. After her father dies, Fanny attempts to take refuge in France. It’s not far enough to escape her troubles, so with Oliver and Rose, she departs for a far-off place called Connecticut, dodging Montagu by diving into the teeth of dangers no London girl could ever imagine.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453232524
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Something completely different from the bestselling thriller writer: “a full-blooded, unashamed romance . . . Mr. McCarry sweeps you along” (The New York Times). Fanny’s father, Henry Harding, has known Oliver Barebones since the two men were children. Together they survived the Great Plague and the Great Fire, and now they are rich, middle-aged, and unmarried. Everyone’s shocked when Oliver, a lifelong bachelor, falls headfirst for a superstitious young girl named Rose. In two days he’s decided to marry her. For the Hardings and the Barebones, it will be years before they find such happiness again. Ruin comes to them all in the shape of Alfred Montagu, a cold-hearted moneylender who ensnares them in crushing debt and schemes to marry Fanny. After her father dies, Fanny attempts to take refuge in France. It’s not far enough to escape her troubles, so with Oliver and Rose, she departs for a far-off place called Connecticut, dodging Montagu by diving into the teeth of dangers no London girl could ever imagine.
The Wedding
Author: Gurjinder Basran
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 1771624175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
You’re invited to The Wedding, an electrifying novel about the joining of two South Asian families, and the secrets, resentments, and unspoken truths boiling just beneath the surface. Interweaving themes of identity, culture clashes, and the immigrant experience as found in The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri with the exuberance and sharp humour of Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians, Gurjinder Basran delivers a wide-ranging but intimate portrait of a vibrant, complex Sikh community. Set in Vancouver and Surrey, BC, The Wedding exposes the inner lives of the wedding party, guests and event staff, in the lead-up to a lavish wedding. This novel, centered around the impending marriage of Devi and Baby, illustrates the union of two people, two families and all the ways in which an entire community bears witness, ensnares and uplifts itself. Like all great Bollywood films, The Wedding is rife with family drama, steeped in tradition and an ode to love in all its forms. With humour, nuance and honesty, The Wedding spills the chai—exploring desire and expectation, suffering and judgment, class and race—all in search of a happy enough ever after.
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 1771624175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
You’re invited to The Wedding, an electrifying novel about the joining of two South Asian families, and the secrets, resentments, and unspoken truths boiling just beneath the surface. Interweaving themes of identity, culture clashes, and the immigrant experience as found in The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri with the exuberance and sharp humour of Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians, Gurjinder Basran delivers a wide-ranging but intimate portrait of a vibrant, complex Sikh community. Set in Vancouver and Surrey, BC, The Wedding exposes the inner lives of the wedding party, guests and event staff, in the lead-up to a lavish wedding. This novel, centered around the impending marriage of Devi and Baby, illustrates the union of two people, two families and all the ways in which an entire community bears witness, ensnares and uplifts itself. Like all great Bollywood films, The Wedding is rife with family drama, steeped in tradition and an ode to love in all its forms. With humour, nuance and honesty, The Wedding spills the chai—exploring desire and expectation, suffering and judgment, class and race—all in search of a happy enough ever after.
The Bride's Surprise
Author: Jacqueline Diamond
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426813171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Rebecca Salter has turned up at the Breakfast Inn Bed in her wedding gown. Minus her groom. And with her best friend, and best man, Rick Travis, in hot pursuit!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426813171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Rebecca Salter has turned up at the Breakfast Inn Bed in her wedding gown. Minus her groom. And with her best friend, and best man, Rick Travis, in hot pursuit!
The Bride Wore Crimson
Author: Adrianne Lee
Publisher: Forever Yours
ISBN: 145557418X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
EVERY BRIDE WANTS A KILLER WEDDING Weddingville, Washington, is in the throes of its annual bridal fair. For Daryl Anne Blessing, that means soothing the high-strung brides-to-be who have taken her family's dress shop by storm. Hunky photographer Seth Quinlan is around to provide eye candy and witty repartee-but it's no laughing matter when a diamond ring set disappears from the Ring Bearer Jewelers, followed by a designer gown from Blessing's Bridal Shop. Daryl Anne hopes the thefts are just the work of a prankster poking fun at the wedding fever that's overtaken the town. But Weddingville's shopkeepers can't afford for the bridal fair to lose its luster. Then business takes a dark turn when a bride is found dead in Flower Girl Shop's fridge. Now, with Weddingville's romantic reputation on the line, Daryl Anne and Seth turn up the heat on their own simmering attraction-and a killer determined to make bridezillas a dying breed . . .
Publisher: Forever Yours
ISBN: 145557418X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
EVERY BRIDE WANTS A KILLER WEDDING Weddingville, Washington, is in the throes of its annual bridal fair. For Daryl Anne Blessing, that means soothing the high-strung brides-to-be who have taken her family's dress shop by storm. Hunky photographer Seth Quinlan is around to provide eye candy and witty repartee-but it's no laughing matter when a diamond ring set disappears from the Ring Bearer Jewelers, followed by a designer gown from Blessing's Bridal Shop. Daryl Anne hopes the thefts are just the work of a prankster poking fun at the wedding fever that's overtaken the town. But Weddingville's shopkeepers can't afford for the bridal fair to lose its luster. Then business takes a dark turn when a bride is found dead in Flower Girl Shop's fridge. Now, with Weddingville's romantic reputation on the line, Daryl Anne and Seth turn up the heat on their own simmering attraction-and a killer determined to make bridezillas a dying breed . . .
Never Fall for the Bride's Father
Author: Julia Kent
Publisher: Julia Kent
ISBN: 163880298X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Power outages. Runaway brides. Collapsed wedding cakes. Tainted caviar. Handsy grooms. And the always classic: jealous MILs who wear white. No wedding catastrophe can faze Katie Gallagher, because when you plan for the worst, you deliver the best. The best wedding ever. Her company, Wedding Protectors, Inc., promises happily ever afters. Guaranteed. Whatever it takes. But always-prepared Katie? She’s steering clear of her own HEA. Years of dating older, wealthy, alpha businessmen who treat her like an ornament has left a bad taste in her mouth. And some bruises on her ego. Love is her job. Not her destiny. So when she falls for silver fox and self-made millionaire Patrick Cooper, she breaks a rule so taboo, it doesn’t technically exist: Never fall for the bride’s father. Enter Patrick, a widowed art dealer with salt-and-pepper charm. He can't resist trying to share an Uber with the captivating, enticingly stubborn blonde. Their encounter? Classic enemies-to-lovers. Sparks fly, but not the good kind... at first. Starting off on the wrong foot left a terrible impression, but when a series of coincidences pushes them together, the more time they spend with each other, the more the lines blur. Chance favors the risk-takers, so when he takes a leap of faith and gets a passionate kiss that rocks his world, Katie opens closed doors in his heart. Can he really have a new soulmate — Or is this just a May-December fling? Enjoy book 2 in New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent's wedding series, Whatever It Takes!
Publisher: Julia Kent
ISBN: 163880298X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Power outages. Runaway brides. Collapsed wedding cakes. Tainted caviar. Handsy grooms. And the always classic: jealous MILs who wear white. No wedding catastrophe can faze Katie Gallagher, because when you plan for the worst, you deliver the best. The best wedding ever. Her company, Wedding Protectors, Inc., promises happily ever afters. Guaranteed. Whatever it takes. But always-prepared Katie? She’s steering clear of her own HEA. Years of dating older, wealthy, alpha businessmen who treat her like an ornament has left a bad taste in her mouth. And some bruises on her ego. Love is her job. Not her destiny. So when she falls for silver fox and self-made millionaire Patrick Cooper, she breaks a rule so taboo, it doesn’t technically exist: Never fall for the bride’s father. Enter Patrick, a widowed art dealer with salt-and-pepper charm. He can't resist trying to share an Uber with the captivating, enticingly stubborn blonde. Their encounter? Classic enemies-to-lovers. Sparks fly, but not the good kind... at first. Starting off on the wrong foot left a terrible impression, but when a series of coincidences pushes them together, the more time they spend with each other, the more the lines blur. Chance favors the risk-takers, so when he takes a leap of faith and gets a passionate kiss that rocks his world, Katie opens closed doors in his heart. Can he really have a new soulmate — Or is this just a May-December fling? Enjoy book 2 in New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent's wedding series, Whatever It Takes!
Brides of Beckham Books 11-20
Author: Kirsten Osbourne
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
A collection of books 11 through 20 of the Brides of Beckham series. Included are: Mail Order Misfit Elaine, tired of being treated as fragile and with a cane in hand, sneaks out to meet the owner of a mail order bride agency. She chooses a man and travels to Kansas City to marry him. Meanwhile, Colin considers a mail order bride at a restaurant when he sees Elaine, rejected by her intended groom. He impulsively asks her to marry him instead. Mail Order Minx When Berta elopes, Millie takes her place as a mail order bride. Although she can't cook and loves meddling in others' lives, Connor is excited for his new wife's arrival. When Millie shows up instead of Berta, he takes it in stride since Berta had already married someone else. Mail Order Misunderstanding After years of studying, Julia finally landed her first teaching job in a small Texas town. But on her arrival, she was mistakenly married to a man who had been waiting for his mail order bride. Now, she must navigate the challenges of being a married teacher and wondering how her new husband will react when his true bride arrives. Mail Order Misfortune Anna arrives to meet her groom two weeks late, only to find him already married. She reluctantly becomes a teacher for the community, while Jesse moves to Wiggieville with his son and struggles with his mischievous reputation. Mail Order Melody L'Angelina, a famous opera singer, receives a threatening note and becomes a substitute mail order bride named Eliza Woods. Calvin Simpson sends for a mail order bride and is thrilled when a mature woman arrives. Mail Order Mischief Elizabeth, a mail order bride agency manager, is lonely and loves one man. When she receives a letter from a man in Texas, she considers marrying him to be near her sister. Bernard works for Elizabeth after his life is shattered. As he heals and gets to know her, he realizes he's falling for her but knows his place. She wants to take a trip to Fort Worth, and he can't let her go alone. Mail Order Mistletoe Meg O'Reilly, a teacher, is harassed by the last four members of the demon horde. When they give her a copy of the Grooms' Gazette and tell her to find a groom, she chooses one and sends a letter that same day. The last thing Lars Borgen wants is love, but he needs a wife to share his life and work. Mail Order Midwife Patsy Lawrence was a widowed midwife who felt like life was passing her by while she worked and missed out on time with her daughter. She took matters into her own hands and responded to a mail order bride offer, hoping for a better future for herself and her child. Dr. Wesley Hardy needed a wife to complete his frontier existence and sent a letter to an agency hoping to find someone compatible. He received a response from Patsy, a widow with a young daughter, but was unsure about her profession as a midwife. Mail Order Merry Merry Winters feels indebted to her sister and brother-in-law who have given her a home for four years. When they pass away in a fire, she agrees to become a mail order bride in Montana as long as she can continue running her business. Clyde Bellman is ready for a wife and sends a letter to a matchmaker in Massachusetts. When Merry arrives with two children, he must be the best uncle to them. Mail Order Miracle Francine "Frankie" Weston left home at 17 to homestead in Idaho with her brother, disguised as a man. Now, at 20, she wants to marry and sends for a mail order groom willing to take her last name. Wallace Miller, a former demon horde member, is struggling to find direction until his sister shows him a letter from a woman seeking marriage.
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
A collection of books 11 through 20 of the Brides of Beckham series. Included are: Mail Order Misfit Elaine, tired of being treated as fragile and with a cane in hand, sneaks out to meet the owner of a mail order bride agency. She chooses a man and travels to Kansas City to marry him. Meanwhile, Colin considers a mail order bride at a restaurant when he sees Elaine, rejected by her intended groom. He impulsively asks her to marry him instead. Mail Order Minx When Berta elopes, Millie takes her place as a mail order bride. Although she can't cook and loves meddling in others' lives, Connor is excited for his new wife's arrival. When Millie shows up instead of Berta, he takes it in stride since Berta had already married someone else. Mail Order Misunderstanding After years of studying, Julia finally landed her first teaching job in a small Texas town. But on her arrival, she was mistakenly married to a man who had been waiting for his mail order bride. Now, she must navigate the challenges of being a married teacher and wondering how her new husband will react when his true bride arrives. Mail Order Misfortune Anna arrives to meet her groom two weeks late, only to find him already married. She reluctantly becomes a teacher for the community, while Jesse moves to Wiggieville with his son and struggles with his mischievous reputation. Mail Order Melody L'Angelina, a famous opera singer, receives a threatening note and becomes a substitute mail order bride named Eliza Woods. Calvin Simpson sends for a mail order bride and is thrilled when a mature woman arrives. Mail Order Mischief Elizabeth, a mail order bride agency manager, is lonely and loves one man. When she receives a letter from a man in Texas, she considers marrying him to be near her sister. Bernard works for Elizabeth after his life is shattered. As he heals and gets to know her, he realizes he's falling for her but knows his place. She wants to take a trip to Fort Worth, and he can't let her go alone. Mail Order Mistletoe Meg O'Reilly, a teacher, is harassed by the last four members of the demon horde. When they give her a copy of the Grooms' Gazette and tell her to find a groom, she chooses one and sends a letter that same day. The last thing Lars Borgen wants is love, but he needs a wife to share his life and work. Mail Order Midwife Patsy Lawrence was a widowed midwife who felt like life was passing her by while she worked and missed out on time with her daughter. She took matters into her own hands and responded to a mail order bride offer, hoping for a better future for herself and her child. Dr. Wesley Hardy needed a wife to complete his frontier existence and sent a letter to an agency hoping to find someone compatible. He received a response from Patsy, a widow with a young daughter, but was unsure about her profession as a midwife. Mail Order Merry Merry Winters feels indebted to her sister and brother-in-law who have given her a home for four years. When they pass away in a fire, she agrees to become a mail order bride in Montana as long as she can continue running her business. Clyde Bellman is ready for a wife and sends a letter to a matchmaker in Massachusetts. When Merry arrives with two children, he must be the best uncle to them. Mail Order Miracle Francine "Frankie" Weston left home at 17 to homestead in Idaho with her brother, disguised as a man. Now, at 20, she wants to marry and sends for a mail order groom willing to take her last name. Wallace Miller, a former demon horde member, is struggling to find direction until his sister shows him a letter from a woman seeking marriage.
The Bride's Herbal
Author: Bertha P. Reppert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961721039
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961721039
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
War Brides
Author: Melynda Jarratt
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1770706038
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
For thousands of young British girls, the influx of Canadian soldiers conscripted to Britain during the Second World War meant throngs of handsome young men. The result was over 48,000 marriages to Canadian soldiers alone, and a mass emigration of British women to North America and around the world in the 1940’s. For many brides, the decision to leave their family and home to move to a country thousands of miles away with a man they hardly knew brought forth ensuing happiness. For others, the outcome was much different, and the darker side of the story reveals the infidelity, domestic violence, poverty, alcoholism and divorce that many lived through. War Brides draws on original archival documents, personal correspondence, and key first hand accounts to tell the amazing story of the War Brides in their own words-and shows the love, passion, tragedy and spirit of adventure of thousand of British women.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1770706038
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
For thousands of young British girls, the influx of Canadian soldiers conscripted to Britain during the Second World War meant throngs of handsome young men. The result was over 48,000 marriages to Canadian soldiers alone, and a mass emigration of British women to North America and around the world in the 1940’s. For many brides, the decision to leave their family and home to move to a country thousands of miles away with a man they hardly knew brought forth ensuing happiness. For others, the outcome was much different, and the darker side of the story reveals the infidelity, domestic violence, poverty, alcoholism and divorce that many lived through. War Brides draws on original archival documents, personal correspondence, and key first hand accounts to tell the amazing story of the War Brides in their own words-and shows the love, passion, tragedy and spirit of adventure of thousand of British women.
Hikayat
Author: Roseanne Saad Khalaf
Publisher: Saqi
ISBN: 1846591686
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
From Lebanon's golden age, through years of civil conflict and its aftermath, these women offer a captivating portrait of a country in flux. Well-known authors such as Emily Nasarallah, Hanan al-Shaykh and Alawiya Sobh, alongside newer voices, share he desire to push boundaries, tackling subjects from the crippling effects of war in past decades, through longing for romantic adventures in a conservative society, to the functioning of families across the divides of emigration and generational conflict. The characters in these stories are on the brink of something - whether it be religious or social divides, or sexual awakening. The language reflects the great tension, and the great beauty in their transformation. And the collection as a whole reveals the rich diversity of the complex multi-cultural society out of which these stories have emerged. 'In turn lyrical, sensuous, comic and ironic ... rare and fascinating ...' Independent 'Some truly insightful, engaging work ...' New Statesman
Publisher: Saqi
ISBN: 1846591686
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
From Lebanon's golden age, through years of civil conflict and its aftermath, these women offer a captivating portrait of a country in flux. Well-known authors such as Emily Nasarallah, Hanan al-Shaykh and Alawiya Sobh, alongside newer voices, share he desire to push boundaries, tackling subjects from the crippling effects of war in past decades, through longing for romantic adventures in a conservative society, to the functioning of families across the divides of emigration and generational conflict. The characters in these stories are on the brink of something - whether it be religious or social divides, or sexual awakening. The language reflects the great tension, and the great beauty in their transformation. And the collection as a whole reveals the rich diversity of the complex multi-cultural society out of which these stories have emerged. 'In turn lyrical, sensuous, comic and ironic ... rare and fascinating ...' Independent 'Some truly insightful, engaging work ...' New Statesman