Author: Janet Dean
Publisher: Steeple Hill
ISBN: 1426848692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Fleeing an arranged marriage, debutante Elizabeth Manning exchanges places with a mail-order bride bound for New Harmony, Iowa. Life on the frontier can't be worse than forced wedlock to pay her father's gambling debts. But Ted Logan's rustic lifestyle and rambunctious children prove to be more of a challenge than Elizabeth expects. She doesn't know how to be a mother or a wife. She doesn't even know how to tell Ted the truth about her past—especially as her feelings for him grow. Little does she know, Ted's hiding secrets of his own, and when their pasts collide, there's more than one heart at stake.
The Substitute Bride
Author: Janet Dean
Publisher: Steeple Hill
ISBN: 1426848692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Fleeing an arranged marriage, debutante Elizabeth Manning exchanges places with a mail-order bride bound for New Harmony, Iowa. Life on the frontier can't be worse than forced wedlock to pay her father's gambling debts. But Ted Logan's rustic lifestyle and rambunctious children prove to be more of a challenge than Elizabeth expects. She doesn't know how to be a mother or a wife. She doesn't even know how to tell Ted the truth about her past—especially as her feelings for him grow. Little does she know, Ted's hiding secrets of his own, and when their pasts collide, there's more than one heart at stake.
Publisher: Steeple Hill
ISBN: 1426848692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Fleeing an arranged marriage, debutante Elizabeth Manning exchanges places with a mail-order bride bound for New Harmony, Iowa. Life on the frontier can't be worse than forced wedlock to pay her father's gambling debts. But Ted Logan's rustic lifestyle and rambunctious children prove to be more of a challenge than Elizabeth expects. She doesn't know how to be a mother or a wife. She doesn't even know how to tell Ted the truth about her past—especially as her feelings for him grow. Little does she know, Ted's hiding secrets of his own, and when their pasts collide, there's more than one heart at stake.
The Substitute Bride
Author: SWEETBLUNCH
Publisher: Summit Publishing Company Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
“I need you to go to New York and pretend to be your twin sister.” That was the command Laila Fiorenza’s father gave her when her sister ran away from home just days before she had to meet her betrothed, the handsome, party-going, Greek shipping magnate, Nikos Pallis. But after being jilted in a previous betrothal, Laila had only one wish, which is to never be the second choice in love again. So, eager to go back to her sheltered life in Sicily and unwilling to do what her father commands, Laila comes clean to Nikos about the farce, hoping he would call off the wedding. However, Nikos had other plans, and he might just be willing to grant her wish.
Publisher: Summit Publishing Company Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
“I need you to go to New York and pretend to be your twin sister.” That was the command Laila Fiorenza’s father gave her when her sister ran away from home just days before she had to meet her betrothed, the handsome, party-going, Greek shipping magnate, Nikos Pallis. But after being jilted in a previous betrothal, Laila had only one wish, which is to never be the second choice in love again. So, eager to go back to her sheltered life in Sicily and unwilling to do what her father commands, Laila comes clean to Nikos about the farce, hoping he would call off the wedding. However, Nikos had other plans, and he might just be willing to grant her wish.
The Substitute Bride
Author: No‘l Cades
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0648087433
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When the Marquis of Westford offers to marry disgraced Elizabeth Cosgrove to save her family's honour, little does he realise that she has swapped places with her younger cousin Lily. When the passion he arouses in her only confirms his belief that she's a wanton, how can Lily ever convince him of her innocence?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0648087433
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When the Marquis of Westford offers to marry disgraced Elizabeth Cosgrove to save her family's honour, little does he realise that she has swapped places with her younger cousin Lily. When the passion he arouses in her only confirms his belief that she's a wanton, how can Lily ever convince him of her innocence?
The Substitute Bride & The Gladiator
Author: Janet Dean
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488035997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Enjoy two stories of strength and hope in days gone by from Love Inspired Historical The Substitute Bride by Janet Dean Fleeing an arranged marriage, Elizabeth Manning exchanges places with a mail-order bride bound for New Harmony, Iowa. Life on the frontier can’t be worse than forced wedlock to pay her father’s gambling debts. But Ted Logan’s rustic lifestyle and rambunctious children are more of a challenge than Elizabeth expects. And how can she tell Ted the truth about her past? Little does she know, Ted’s hiding secrets of his own… The Gladiator by Carla Capshaw Should anyone learn she is a Christian, slave Pelonia Valeria will be executed. Her faith threatens not only herself, but her master, legendary gladiator Caro Viriathos. Can she convince a man who found fame through unforgiving brutality to show mercy? And when she’s ultimately given the choice, will Pelonia choose freedom or the love of a gladiator?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488035997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Enjoy two stories of strength and hope in days gone by from Love Inspired Historical The Substitute Bride by Janet Dean Fleeing an arranged marriage, Elizabeth Manning exchanges places with a mail-order bride bound for New Harmony, Iowa. Life on the frontier can’t be worse than forced wedlock to pay her father’s gambling debts. But Ted Logan’s rustic lifestyle and rambunctious children are more of a challenge than Elizabeth expects. And how can she tell Ted the truth about her past? Little does she know, Ted’s hiding secrets of his own… The Gladiator by Carla Capshaw Should anyone learn she is a Christian, slave Pelonia Valeria will be executed. Her faith threatens not only herself, but her master, legendary gladiator Caro Viriathos. Can she convince a man who found fame through unforgiving brutality to show mercy? And when she’s ultimately given the choice, will Pelonia choose freedom or the love of a gladiator?
The Substitute Bride
Author: Clare Sheridan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
The Bedtrick
Author: Wendy Doniger
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226156443
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 631
Book Description
"Somehow I woke up one day and found myself in bed with a stranger." Meant literally or figuratively, this statement describes one of the best-known plots in world mythology and popular storytelling. In a tour that runs from Shakespeare to Hollywood and from Abraham Lincoln to Casanova, the erudite and irrepressible Wendy Doniger shows us the variety, danger, and allure of the "bedtrick," or what it means to wake up with a stranger. The Bedtrick brings together hundreds of stories from all over the world, from the earliest recorded Hindu and Hebrew texts to the latest item in the Weekly World News, to show the hilariously convoluted sexual scrapes that people manage to get themselves into and out of. Here you will find wives who accidentally commit adultery with their own husbands. You will read Lincoln's truly terrible poem about a bedtrick. You will learn that in Hong Kong the film The Crying Game was retitled Oh No! My Girlfriend Has a Penis. And that President Clinton was not the first man to be identified by an idiosyncratic organ. At the bottom of these wonderful stories, ancient myths, and historical anecdotes lie the dynamics of sex and gender, power and identity. Why can't people tell the difference in the dark? Can love always tell the difference between one lover and another? And what kind of truth does sex tell? Funny, sexy, and engaging, The Bedtrick is a masterful work of energetic storytelling and dazzling scholarship. Give it to your spouse and your lover.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226156443
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 631
Book Description
"Somehow I woke up one day and found myself in bed with a stranger." Meant literally or figuratively, this statement describes one of the best-known plots in world mythology and popular storytelling. In a tour that runs from Shakespeare to Hollywood and from Abraham Lincoln to Casanova, the erudite and irrepressible Wendy Doniger shows us the variety, danger, and allure of the "bedtrick," or what it means to wake up with a stranger. The Bedtrick brings together hundreds of stories from all over the world, from the earliest recorded Hindu and Hebrew texts to the latest item in the Weekly World News, to show the hilariously convoluted sexual scrapes that people manage to get themselves into and out of. Here you will find wives who accidentally commit adultery with their own husbands. You will read Lincoln's truly terrible poem about a bedtrick. You will learn that in Hong Kong the film The Crying Game was retitled Oh No! My Girlfriend Has a Penis. And that President Clinton was not the first man to be identified by an idiosyncratic organ. At the bottom of these wonderful stories, ancient myths, and historical anecdotes lie the dynamics of sex and gender, power and identity. Why can't people tell the difference in the dark? Can love always tell the difference between one lover and another? And what kind of truth does sex tell? Funny, sexy, and engaging, The Bedtrick is a masterful work of energetic storytelling and dazzling scholarship. Give it to your spouse and your lover.
The Complete Russian Folktale
Author: Jack V. Haney
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9781563244957
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This introduction to the Russian folktale considers the origin, structure and language of folktales; tale-tellers and their audiences; the relationship of folktales to Russian ritual life; and the folktale types which are translated in subsequent volumes of "The Complete Russian Folktale".
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9781563244957
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This introduction to the Russian folktale considers the origin, structure and language of folktales; tale-tellers and their audiences; the relationship of folktales to Russian ritual life; and the folktale types which are translated in subsequent volumes of "The Complete Russian Folktale".
The Complete Russian Folktale: v. 6: Russian Tales of Love and Life
Author: Jack V. Haney
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040288944
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
"The Complete Russian Folktale" makes available to English readers a rich folk tradition that has not been easily accessible or well known in the West. Compared to other European traditions, the East Slavs have an extremely large number of tale types. Using the Russian version of the Aarne-Thompson index to folktale types, and drawing on both archival and written sources dating back to the early sixteenth century, J.V. Haney has assembled and translated examples of the full range of tales. Nearly all of these tales will appear here in translation for the first time. Volume 6 presents tales classified 850-999, which describe the travails of young people who are seeking happiness and love. They portray acts of fate, prophecy, and even divine justice, in a village context of social misery, folk tradition, the aggravations of family life, and the heartaches of the lovelorn. J.V. Haney's extensive introduction and annotations explain the structure of the tales, their place in the A-T system and in folklore studies, and the specifics of their Russian provenance.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040288944
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
"The Complete Russian Folktale" makes available to English readers a rich folk tradition that has not been easily accessible or well known in the West. Compared to other European traditions, the East Slavs have an extremely large number of tale types. Using the Russian version of the Aarne-Thompson index to folktale types, and drawing on both archival and written sources dating back to the early sixteenth century, J.V. Haney has assembled and translated examples of the full range of tales. Nearly all of these tales will appear here in translation for the first time. Volume 6 presents tales classified 850-999, which describe the travails of young people who are seeking happiness and love. They portray acts of fate, prophecy, and even divine justice, in a village context of social misery, folk tradition, the aggravations of family life, and the heartaches of the lovelorn. J.V. Haney's extensive introduction and annotations explain the structure of the tales, their place in the A-T system and in folklore studies, and the specifics of their Russian provenance.
The Bed-trick in English Renaissance Drama
Author: Marliss C. Desens
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874134766
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
None of these assumptions has been tested against the evidence of the surviving plays from the period - an oversight that the present study seeks to remedy.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874134766
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
None of these assumptions has been tested against the evidence of the surviving plays from the period - an oversight that the present study seeks to remedy.
The Wallflower's Revenge
Author: SWEETBLUNCH
Publisher: Summit Publishing Company Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
"I will come back for my revenge." That was Tatiana Rostova's promise to herself as she fought for her life one cold night out at sea, after the two people she loved the most betrayed her and watched as the ruthless ocean tried to swallow her whole. She would even sell herself to the devil-even if the ddevil came in the form of a six-foot-two, silver-eyed Italian duke named Lucca Cavelli. She would take everything that was rightfully hers-and this will be the start of the wallflower's revenge.
Publisher: Summit Publishing Company Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
"I will come back for my revenge." That was Tatiana Rostova's promise to herself as she fought for her life one cold night out at sea, after the two people she loved the most betrayed her and watched as the ruthless ocean tried to swallow her whole. She would even sell herself to the devil-even if the ddevil came in the form of a six-foot-two, silver-eyed Italian duke named Lucca Cavelli. She would take everything that was rightfully hers-and this will be the start of the wallflower's revenge.