Author: Ivy Seijo
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483446891
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A fictional story of four generations of a family with real life situations and historical facts... staged in Puerto Rico in the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century. It addresses real-life interactions between members of all four generations at different times in their lives... in situations we can all relate to in our real-lives. Also, it is educational in that it provides correct definitions and translations of Spanish/Puertorrican nicknames, food, and ingredients for different colloquial plates that are still prepared in this day and age. It portrays beliefs that some readers will identify with and others will just file it under fantasy... but it's fun and interesting. This is just the beginning... the end of it will be coming soon!
Miss Lila; Between Breaths ... The Beginning
Author: Ivy Seijo
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483446891
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A fictional story of four generations of a family with real life situations and historical facts... staged in Puerto Rico in the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century. It addresses real-life interactions between members of all four generations at different times in their lives... in situations we can all relate to in our real-lives. Also, it is educational in that it provides correct definitions and translations of Spanish/Puertorrican nicknames, food, and ingredients for different colloquial plates that are still prepared in this day and age. It portrays beliefs that some readers will identify with and others will just file it under fantasy... but it's fun and interesting. This is just the beginning... the end of it will be coming soon!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483446891
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A fictional story of four generations of a family with real life situations and historical facts... staged in Puerto Rico in the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century. It addresses real-life interactions between members of all four generations at different times in their lives... in situations we can all relate to in our real-lives. Also, it is educational in that it provides correct definitions and translations of Spanish/Puertorrican nicknames, food, and ingredients for different colloquial plates that are still prepared in this day and age. It portrays beliefs that some readers will identify with and others will just file it under fantasy... but it's fun and interesting. This is just the beginning... the end of it will be coming soon!
A Requiem For The Dead
Author: Winter Austin
Publisher: Tule Publishing
ISBN: 1964703301
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The dead can no longer keep their secrets … On a cold February morning, ME Olivia Remington-Thorpe’s severely beaten and bleeding husband stumbles onto Sheriff Elizabeth Benoit’s retreat. Before slipping into unconsciousness, he begs her to find Olivia. Hours later, Deputy Detective Lila Dayne discovers a mysterious boneyard with dark secrets. The timing is catastrophic. Still reeling from the horrific events of the past autumn, the deputies of Eckardt County are spread thin, and tempers are short. Elizabeth’s relationship with her lead investigator is sour. Still worse, her ex-husband moved back to Iowa with a devilish deal. As Elizabeth and Lila race the odds to uncover the truth of the skeletal remains and find their missing friend alive, Olivia seeks a way to escape from an abductor who is proving that she didn’t know her husband as well as she thought. More bodies turn up, mysterious visitors arrive in Juniper, and one mistake from the Eckardt County Sheriff’s team will spell their own deaths in their most dangerous murder investigation to date.
Publisher: Tule Publishing
ISBN: 1964703301
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The dead can no longer keep their secrets … On a cold February morning, ME Olivia Remington-Thorpe’s severely beaten and bleeding husband stumbles onto Sheriff Elizabeth Benoit’s retreat. Before slipping into unconsciousness, he begs her to find Olivia. Hours later, Deputy Detective Lila Dayne discovers a mysterious boneyard with dark secrets. The timing is catastrophic. Still reeling from the horrific events of the past autumn, the deputies of Eckardt County are spread thin, and tempers are short. Elizabeth’s relationship with her lead investigator is sour. Still worse, her ex-husband moved back to Iowa with a devilish deal. As Elizabeth and Lila race the odds to uncover the truth of the skeletal remains and find their missing friend alive, Olivia seeks a way to escape from an abductor who is proving that she didn’t know her husband as well as she thought. More bodies turn up, mysterious visitors arrive in Juniper, and one mistake from the Eckardt County Sheriff’s team will spell their own deaths in their most dangerous murder investigation to date.
Death on the Prairie
Author: Kathleen Ernst
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738744700
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Chloe Ellefson and her sister, Kari, have long dreamed of visiting each historic site dedicated to Laura Ingalls Wilder. When Chloe takes custody of a quilt once owned by the beloved author, the sisters set out on the trip of a lifetime, hoping to prove that Wilder stitched it herself. But death strikes as the journey begins, and trouble stalks their fellow travelers. Among the "Little House" devotees are academic critics, greedy collectors, and obsessive fans. Kari is distracted by family problems, and unexpected news from Chloe's boyfriend jeopardizes her own future. As the sisters travel deeper into Wilder territory, Chloe races to discover the truth about a precious artifact—and her own heart—before a killer can strike again.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738744700
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Chloe Ellefson and her sister, Kari, have long dreamed of visiting each historic site dedicated to Laura Ingalls Wilder. When Chloe takes custody of a quilt once owned by the beloved author, the sisters set out on the trip of a lifetime, hoping to prove that Wilder stitched it herself. But death strikes as the journey begins, and trouble stalks their fellow travelers. Among the "Little House" devotees are academic critics, greedy collectors, and obsessive fans. Kari is distracted by family problems, and unexpected news from Chloe's boyfriend jeopardizes her own future. As the sisters travel deeper into Wilder territory, Chloe races to discover the truth about a precious artifact—and her own heart—before a killer can strike again.
Lila's Hamsa
Author: Arlene Kurtis
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499060386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
No deception ever lasts, does it, Rabbi? Lila bowed her head in shame. After fleeing a disastrous marriage, she arrived in the small town of St. George where her hamsa became the key that opened a gate to her Garden of Eden. There she found ideals she could believe in, and the love that she yearned for. But the time would come when her past would overwhelm her present, and then the good luck charms magic could no longer protect her.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499060386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
No deception ever lasts, does it, Rabbi? Lila bowed her head in shame. After fleeing a disastrous marriage, she arrived in the small town of St. George where her hamsa became the key that opened a gate to her Garden of Eden. There she found ideals she could believe in, and the love that she yearned for. But the time would come when her past would overwhelm her present, and then the good luck charms magic could no longer protect her.
Miss McGhee
Author: Bett Norris
Publisher: Bywater Books
ISBN: 1932859330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Two women find love amid the stifling intolerance of a small southern town.
Publisher: Bywater Books
ISBN: 1932859330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Two women find love amid the stifling intolerance of a small southern town.
Harlequin Desire August 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2
Author: Sara Orwig
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459254554
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Harlequin Desire brings you three new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from August 1 to August 31! Escape with a rugged rancher, a hot Hollywood director and a playboy prince. This Harlequin Desire bundle includes Deep in a Texan's Heart by Sara Orwig, Wrong Man, Right Kiss by Red Garnier and His by Design by Dani Wade. Look for 6 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin Desire!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459254554
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Harlequin Desire brings you three new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from August 1 to August 31! Escape with a rugged rancher, a hot Hollywood director and a playboy prince. This Harlequin Desire bundle includes Deep in a Texan's Heart by Sara Orwig, Wrong Man, Right Kiss by Red Garnier and His by Design by Dani Wade. Look for 6 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin Desire!
On Grandma's Porch
Author: Deborah Smith
Publisher: BelleBooks
ISBN: 1935661213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Stories and "True Facts" about growing up Southern in the good old days. More than a dozen southern authors contribute warm, nostalgic stories and fun trivia about "the era before shopping malls, Disney, and Wal-Mart." Includes the authors' favorite nostalgic recipes.
Publisher: BelleBooks
ISBN: 1935661213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Stories and "True Facts" about growing up Southern in the good old days. More than a dozen southern authors contribute warm, nostalgic stories and fun trivia about "the era before shopping malls, Disney, and Wal-Mart." Includes the authors' favorite nostalgic recipes.
Mile Zero
Author: Thomas Sanchez
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679732608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
"Mile zero" marks the location of Key West -- the island that defines the end of the American road, the cultural junction where Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Afro worlds collide. On this island, with its cruel legacy of slave trade and Latin revolution, and its turbulent present of marijuana millionaires, threadbare illegal immigrants, and hard-luck treasure hunters, lives St. Cloud, an American expatriated in his own country, a fugitive from the unresolved anguish of his generation. Chronicling St. Cloud's dangerous reawakening, Mile Zero illuminates the inward and outward tumult of our time in a huge, startling, and profoundly felt novel.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679732608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
"Mile zero" marks the location of Key West -- the island that defines the end of the American road, the cultural junction where Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Afro worlds collide. On this island, with its cruel legacy of slave trade and Latin revolution, and its turbulent present of marijuana millionaires, threadbare illegal immigrants, and hard-luck treasure hunters, lives St. Cloud, an American expatriated in his own country, a fugitive from the unresolved anguish of his generation. Chronicling St. Cloud's dangerous reawakening, Mile Zero illuminates the inward and outward tumult of our time in a huge, startling, and profoundly felt novel.
The Case of the Vanishing Emerald
Author: Holly Webb
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544556917
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
A young girl and her dog are on the hunt for stolen jewels and a saboteur in this mystery set in the theater world of Victorian London. “Isn’t it a bit strange that all these horrible things are happening to Miss Massey now . . . Just in time to make her think that the curse is working.” Sarah Massey, talented lead actress in Circus Sweethearts, is a mess. She should be dancing on air—after all, her boyfriend just proposed. But she has lost his gift: a beautiful emerald necklace with a storied history. Rumor has it whoever loses the necklace will be cursed, and now everything around Miss Massey is falling apart. She turns to Maisie Hitchins and her dog, Eddie, for help. But when Maisie shows up at the London theater, things only get stranger. Maisie begins to wonder if it’s really the lost emerald causing all of these problems, or if someone in the troupe is green with envy . . . This follow up to The Case of the Stolen Sixpence is the second book in the Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins series.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544556917
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
A young girl and her dog are on the hunt for stolen jewels and a saboteur in this mystery set in the theater world of Victorian London. “Isn’t it a bit strange that all these horrible things are happening to Miss Massey now . . . Just in time to make her think that the curse is working.” Sarah Massey, talented lead actress in Circus Sweethearts, is a mess. She should be dancing on air—after all, her boyfriend just proposed. But she has lost his gift: a beautiful emerald necklace with a storied history. Rumor has it whoever loses the necklace will be cursed, and now everything around Miss Massey is falling apart. She turns to Maisie Hitchins and her dog, Eddie, for help. But when Maisie shows up at the London theater, things only get stranger. Maisie begins to wonder if it’s really the lost emerald causing all of these problems, or if someone in the troupe is green with envy . . . This follow up to The Case of the Stolen Sixpence is the second book in the Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins series.
Passages of Hope
Author: Terri J. Haynes
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1636094074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Discover the Story Behind a Secret Passageway Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure. Gracie Kingston begins renovations on the Philadelphia house inherited from her grandmother and finds a secret room. It is connected to a house nearby, the home of William Still, the man known as the father of the Underground Railroad. As she researches, she discovers a mystery in her house’s ownership. In 1855, Olivia Kingston helps a mother and her young child by hiding them in a secret room in her home. As she helps, she learns that there may be an impostor conductor in their community. As Gracie’s and Olivia’s stories intertwine, they learn the meaning of sacrifice and love. Don’t miss other great books in the Doors to the Past series: The Lady in Residence by Allison Pittman Hope Between the Pages by Pepper Basham Bridge of Gold by Kimberley Woodhouse Undercurrent of Secrets by Rachel Scott McDaniel Behind Love's Wall by Carrie Fancett Pagels High-Wire Heartbreak by Anna Schmidt Love's Fortress by Jennifer Uhlarik A Promise Engraved by Liz Tolsma Laura's Shadow by Allison Pittman Passages of Hope by Terri Haynes In Spotlight and Shadow by Rachel Scott McDaniel The Keys to Gramercy Park by Candice Sue Patterson
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1636094074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Discover the Story Behind a Secret Passageway Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure. Gracie Kingston begins renovations on the Philadelphia house inherited from her grandmother and finds a secret room. It is connected to a house nearby, the home of William Still, the man known as the father of the Underground Railroad. As she researches, she discovers a mystery in her house’s ownership. In 1855, Olivia Kingston helps a mother and her young child by hiding them in a secret room in her home. As she helps, she learns that there may be an impostor conductor in their community. As Gracie’s and Olivia’s stories intertwine, they learn the meaning of sacrifice and love. Don’t miss other great books in the Doors to the Past series: The Lady in Residence by Allison Pittman Hope Between the Pages by Pepper Basham Bridge of Gold by Kimberley Woodhouse Undercurrent of Secrets by Rachel Scott McDaniel Behind Love's Wall by Carrie Fancett Pagels High-Wire Heartbreak by Anna Schmidt Love's Fortress by Jennifer Uhlarik A Promise Engraved by Liz Tolsma Laura's Shadow by Allison Pittman Passages of Hope by Terri Haynes In Spotlight and Shadow by Rachel Scott McDaniel The Keys to Gramercy Park by Candice Sue Patterson