Author: Jude Deveraux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439108013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux, a suspensful romance about a woman who uncovers a powerful treasure—and to protect it, she’ll need the help of the man she can’t have…but can’t help falling for. What if your most closely guarded wishes suddenly began to come true? Graduate student Gemma Ranford wants the job cataloging the documents of one of Edilean’s oldest families so much that she is ready to do battle to get it. Desperate to finish her dissertation, she’s sure that investigating the Frazier family history will yield new information to invigorate her research. But she is surprised to find among the papers references to the legend of the Heartwishes Stone, a magical talisman said to grant wishes to anyone named Frazier. And as she spends more time with the family in their small Virginia town, she realizes that the most secret wishes of each of the Fraziers are coming true—and that she’s falling hopelessly in love with Colin, the Fraziers’ eldest son. But now that the Stone’s powers have been awakened, so have the designs of an international thief. Gemma and Colin must find the Stone before it can be used against the family but not before each of their deepest desires is fulfilled. . . .
Heartwishes
Author: Jude Deveraux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439108013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux, a suspensful romance about a woman who uncovers a powerful treasure—and to protect it, she’ll need the help of the man she can’t have…but can’t help falling for. What if your most closely guarded wishes suddenly began to come true? Graduate student Gemma Ranford wants the job cataloging the documents of one of Edilean’s oldest families so much that she is ready to do battle to get it. Desperate to finish her dissertation, she’s sure that investigating the Frazier family history will yield new information to invigorate her research. But she is surprised to find among the papers references to the legend of the Heartwishes Stone, a magical talisman said to grant wishes to anyone named Frazier. And as she spends more time with the family in their small Virginia town, she realizes that the most secret wishes of each of the Fraziers are coming true—and that she’s falling hopelessly in love with Colin, the Fraziers’ eldest son. But now that the Stone’s powers have been awakened, so have the designs of an international thief. Gemma and Colin must find the Stone before it can be used against the family but not before each of their deepest desires is fulfilled. . . .
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439108013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux, a suspensful romance about a woman who uncovers a powerful treasure—and to protect it, she’ll need the help of the man she can’t have…but can’t help falling for. What if your most closely guarded wishes suddenly began to come true? Graduate student Gemma Ranford wants the job cataloging the documents of one of Edilean’s oldest families so much that she is ready to do battle to get it. Desperate to finish her dissertation, she’s sure that investigating the Frazier family history will yield new information to invigorate her research. But she is surprised to find among the papers references to the legend of the Heartwishes Stone, a magical talisman said to grant wishes to anyone named Frazier. And as she spends more time with the family in their small Virginia town, she realizes that the most secret wishes of each of the Fraziers are coming true—and that she’s falling hopelessly in love with Colin, the Fraziers’ eldest son. But now that the Stone’s powers have been awakened, so have the designs of an international thief. Gemma and Colin must find the Stone before it can be used against the family but not before each of their deepest desires is fulfilled. . . .
Holiday Heart Wishes: A Clean Small Town Holiday Romance
Author: Lucinda Race
Publisher: MC Two Press
ISBN: 173316166X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Enjoy this clean, small town, holiday romance by award winning and bestselling author, Lucinda Race. Can a Christmas wish come true… When social media director Vera Davis loses her job in the city, she takes her adorable, goofy rescue pup and heads home for the holidays, to her sweet hometown of Dickens. She’s hoping to move in with her mom and start a new business. But her drive is interrupted when she rescues a handsome, snowbound stranger stranded by side of the road. Newspaper reporter Tony Barbee may be a stranger to Vera, but Dickens is his hometown, too. He’s come to spend Christmas with the uncle who raised him. But Vera and Tony are in for a surprise when they find her mother and his uncle living together. Aren’t they moving too fast? Tony and Vera share something besides relatives in a blossoming romance: a tradition that when they see the Christmas tree in the gazebo on the village green—a scene right out of a Norman Rockwell painting—they should make a Christmas wish. Though they resist their own growing attraction to one another, Christmas is a time of surprises and gifts, and the unexpected answer to a heartfelt holiday wish may bring Vera and Tony the greatest gift of all… Holiday Heart Wishes is the first novella in A Dickens Holiday Romance, although each book can be read as standalone. A sweet and clean romantic story with a guaranteed happily ever after. Happy reading!
Publisher: MC Two Press
ISBN: 173316166X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Enjoy this clean, small town, holiday romance by award winning and bestselling author, Lucinda Race. Can a Christmas wish come true… When social media director Vera Davis loses her job in the city, she takes her adorable, goofy rescue pup and heads home for the holidays, to her sweet hometown of Dickens. She’s hoping to move in with her mom and start a new business. But her drive is interrupted when she rescues a handsome, snowbound stranger stranded by side of the road. Newspaper reporter Tony Barbee may be a stranger to Vera, but Dickens is his hometown, too. He’s come to spend Christmas with the uncle who raised him. But Vera and Tony are in for a surprise when they find her mother and his uncle living together. Aren’t they moving too fast? Tony and Vera share something besides relatives in a blossoming romance: a tradition that when they see the Christmas tree in the gazebo on the village green—a scene right out of a Norman Rockwell painting—they should make a Christmas wish. Though they resist their own growing attraction to one another, Christmas is a time of surprises and gifts, and the unexpected answer to a heartfelt holiday wish may bring Vera and Tony the greatest gift of all… Holiday Heart Wishes is the first novella in A Dickens Holiday Romance, although each book can be read as standalone. A sweet and clean romantic story with a guaranteed happily ever after. Happy reading!
My Heart's Wishes
Author: Jill Altman
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463404417
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
At the age of 41 after a lifetime spent attempting to please others, Jill Altman embarked on a journey to honor her own feelings and desires by hiking the entire 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail in one year (called thru-hiking). The story of her adventure not only illustrates her roller coaster ride through love, fear, and everything in between, but also chronicles the daily trials and tribulations in the life of a thru-hiker. Ultimately she uncovered how her commitment to her goal of reaching and summiting the final mountain, Mount Katahdin in Maine, actually stood between her and her real purpose in hiking the trail.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463404417
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
At the age of 41 after a lifetime spent attempting to please others, Jill Altman embarked on a journey to honor her own feelings and desires by hiking the entire 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail in one year (called thru-hiking). The story of her adventure not only illustrates her roller coaster ride through love, fear, and everything in between, but also chronicles the daily trials and tribulations in the life of a thru-hiker. Ultimately she uncovered how her commitment to her goal of reaching and summiting the final mountain, Mount Katahdin in Maine, actually stood between her and her real purpose in hiking the trail.
Stranger in the Moonlight
Author: Jude Deveraux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471135543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In the second novel in her bestselling Edilean trilogy, Jude Deveraux returns to the idyllic Virginia town where three best girlfriends joyfully reunite as they each seek out their heartfelt dreams and desires. Kim Aldredge is delighted that her dear college "sister" Jecca has found lasting love with Kim's cousin Tristan. But despite her flourishing jewelry-making career, Kim's own happiness seems as distant as the childhood summer when she played the hours away with young Travis Merritt, who came to Edilean with his mother under mysterious circumstances. At the end of that innocent season, he promised Kim he would return one day . . . and then vanished without even a goodbye. Years later, a worn photo is Kim's only proof of the perfect joy they shared. But when she least expects it, Travis, now a savvy Manhattan attorney, will crash into her life once more. Will Kim see the boy she knew under the man he's become?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471135543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In the second novel in her bestselling Edilean trilogy, Jude Deveraux returns to the idyllic Virginia town where three best girlfriends joyfully reunite as they each seek out their heartfelt dreams and desires. Kim Aldredge is delighted that her dear college "sister" Jecca has found lasting love with Kim's cousin Tristan. But despite her flourishing jewelry-making career, Kim's own happiness seems as distant as the childhood summer when she played the hours away with young Travis Merritt, who came to Edilean with his mother under mysterious circumstances. At the end of that innocent season, he promised Kim he would return one day . . . and then vanished without even a goodbye. Years later, a worn photo is Kim's only proof of the perfect joy they shared. But when she least expects it, Travis, now a savvy Manhattan attorney, will crash into her life once more. Will Kim see the boy she knew under the man he's become?
Lavender Morning
Author: Jude Deveraux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849831939
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Jocelyn Minton is a woman torn between two worlds. Her mother grew up in a world of private schools and afternoon tea, but she married the local handyman. After her mother died when Joce was only five, her father remarried into his own class, and Joce was an outsider -- until she met Edilean Harcourt, sixty years her senior, but a kindred soul. When Miss Edi dies, she leaves Jocelyn all her worldly possessions, which include clues to a mystery that began in 1941, set in a small town in Virginia that Joce has never heard of. But, because of her benefactor's notorious past, the townspeople know who Joce is, and they've plotted out her entire future, including who she is meant to marry. But Jocelyn has her own ideas about men -- and secrets that no one wants revealed.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849831939
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Jocelyn Minton is a woman torn between two worlds. Her mother grew up in a world of private schools and afternoon tea, but she married the local handyman. After her mother died when Joce was only five, her father remarried into his own class, and Joce was an outsider -- until she met Edilean Harcourt, sixty years her senior, but a kindred soul. When Miss Edi dies, she leaves Jocelyn all her worldly possessions, which include clues to a mystery that began in 1941, set in a small town in Virginia that Joce has never heard of. But, because of her benefactor's notorious past, the townspeople know who Joce is, and they've plotted out her entire future, including who she is meant to marry. But Jocelyn has her own ideas about men -- and secrets that no one wants revealed.
The Scent of Jasmine
Author: Jude Deveraux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439168962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
When fulfilling a favor for her godfather puts Catherine Edilean Harcourt in danger, the southern bell must decide if trusting an alleged, yet attractive, convict will be the best or worst decision she’s ever made. Charleston, 1799. A daughter of Southern gentility and a gifted painter, Catherine Edilean Harcourt has no lack of suitors at home in Virginia, waiting to fulfill her dream of marriage and family. But Cay’s adventurous spirit, fostered by growing up with her three brothers, is piqued while visiting her godfather in South Carolina. Bedridden with a broken leg, he asks Cay to fill in for him on an urgent task: on her way to a fancy dress ball, she must deliver a packed horse to an old friend’s son—who also happens to be an escaped convict charged with murdering his wife! Cay agrees to the plan, which doesn’t’ go at all as planned… whereupon she finds herself fleeing Alexander McDowell’s captors, riding blind into the night with the fugitive Scotsman. Through she should fear him, Cay finds herself overwhelmingly attracted to Alex, and drawn into his tale of misguided justice and his innocence as they seek refuge in the steamy Florida everglades. Will trusting him be the worst mistake of her life? Or will falling in love be the salvation both of them have been looking for?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439168962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
When fulfilling a favor for her godfather puts Catherine Edilean Harcourt in danger, the southern bell must decide if trusting an alleged, yet attractive, convict will be the best or worst decision she’s ever made. Charleston, 1799. A daughter of Southern gentility and a gifted painter, Catherine Edilean Harcourt has no lack of suitors at home in Virginia, waiting to fulfill her dream of marriage and family. But Cay’s adventurous spirit, fostered by growing up with her three brothers, is piqued while visiting her godfather in South Carolina. Bedridden with a broken leg, he asks Cay to fill in for him on an urgent task: on her way to a fancy dress ball, she must deliver a packed horse to an old friend’s son—who also happens to be an escaped convict charged with murdering his wife! Cay agrees to the plan, which doesn’t’ go at all as planned… whereupon she finds herself fleeing Alexander McDowell’s captors, riding blind into the night with the fugitive Scotsman. Through she should fear him, Cay finds herself overwhelmingly attracted to Alex, and drawn into his tale of misguided justice and his innocence as they seek refuge in the steamy Florida everglades. Will trusting him be the worst mistake of her life? Or will falling in love be the salvation both of them have been looking for?
Wishes
Author: Jude Deveraux
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 9781439194751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shy, sweet Nellie Grayson frees herself from the burdens placed on her by her demanding father and sister and is finally able to open herself to love with a little help from a very unconventional fairy godmother.
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 9781439194751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shy, sweet Nellie Grayson frees herself from the burdens placed on her by her demanding father and sister and is finally able to open herself to love with a little help from a very unconventional fairy godmother.
Integral Justice
Author: John J. Walsh
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608331512
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
This book shows us that as people internalize their Catholic faith, it guides them forward to deeper commitment to others. 'They can begin then, to address both the symptoms of injustice, and the systems that cause injustice. This conversion to gospel values will enable us to become effective agents for the transformation of the world.' (From back cover) Contents include: - Barriers to integral justice - Levels of faith appropriation - The Christian discovery process - Rediscovering the primary role of scripture - The new spirituality - Church as Easter-Pentecost process - The Eucharist: "The great coming together"--Understanding the "Structures of sin" - Changing people changing structures.
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608331512
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
This book shows us that as people internalize their Catholic faith, it guides them forward to deeper commitment to others. 'They can begin then, to address both the symptoms of injustice, and the systems that cause injustice. This conversion to gospel values will enable us to become effective agents for the transformation of the world.' (From back cover) Contents include: - Barriers to integral justice - Levels of faith appropriation - The Christian discovery process - Rediscovering the primary role of scripture - The new spirituality - Church as Easter-Pentecost process - The Eucharist: "The great coming together"--Understanding the "Structures of sin" - Changing people changing structures.
Scarlet Nights
Author: Jude Deveraux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849832803
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
What if you learned that your fiancé was not who he claimed to be? Engaged to charming, seductive Greg Anders, Sara Shaw is happily anticipating her wedding in Edilean, Virginia. The date has been set, the flowers ordered; even her heirloom dress is ready. But just three weeks before the wedding, Greg gets a call during the night and leaves without explanation. Two days later a strange man turns up at her apartment . . . Mike Newland is an undercover detective. His assignment is to use Sara to track down a woman who is one of the most notorious criminals in the country, and who also happens to be the mother of the man Sara plans to marry. Mike thinks the job will be easy - if he can figure out how to make Sara trust him. But Mike has no idea what this mission has in store for him. He has connections to Edilean dating back to his grandmother's time there in 1941, but he's worked hard to keep them private. As Mike and Sara get to know each other, he can't help but share secrets that he's told no one else. And in return, Sara opens up to Mike about things she could never reveal to Greg. As they work together to solve two mysteries, will Mike and Sara's growing love for each other be enough to heal the wounds of the past?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849832803
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
What if you learned that your fiancé was not who he claimed to be? Engaged to charming, seductive Greg Anders, Sara Shaw is happily anticipating her wedding in Edilean, Virginia. The date has been set, the flowers ordered; even her heirloom dress is ready. But just three weeks before the wedding, Greg gets a call during the night and leaves without explanation. Two days later a strange man turns up at her apartment . . . Mike Newland is an undercover detective. His assignment is to use Sara to track down a woman who is one of the most notorious criminals in the country, and who also happens to be the mother of the man Sara plans to marry. Mike thinks the job will be easy - if he can figure out how to make Sara trust him. But Mike has no idea what this mission has in store for him. He has connections to Edilean dating back to his grandmother's time there in 1941, but he's worked hard to keep them private. As Mike and Sara get to know each other, he can't help but share secrets that he's told no one else. And in return, Sara opens up to Mike about things she could never reveal to Greg. As they work together to solve two mysteries, will Mike and Sara's growing love for each other be enough to heal the wounds of the past?
Wishes
Author: Jeanette R. Lynton
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423604377
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Paper crafting trendsetter and best-selling author of Cherish: Scrapbook Layouts Made Beautifully Simple, Jeanette R. Lynton carries on the art of handmade, heartfelt personal correspondence with Wishes: Fall in Love with Cardmaking. The stunning companion to Originals: Handcrafted Cards Made Easy, this book contains 109 patterns portrayed in more than 200 greeting cards, invitations, and announcements, touching on themes and occasions such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, Halloween, congratulations, gratitude, celebration, and "just because. Wishes includes Jeanette's innovative Card Workshops, which show you how to make up to 16 cards using just a few sheets of paper. Plus, you'll find dozens of Jeanette's tips and techniques for creating the eye-catching details that make each handmade card extra special. Jeanette R. Lynton, founder and CEO of Close To My Heart, one of the largest direct-selling paper crafting and scrapbooking companies in the industry, has frequently spearheaded trends in the burgeoning paper crafting/scrapbooking arena. Jeanette's many contributions have made paper crafts more fun and accessible than ever before, and her creative influence continues to bring a vibrant breathof beauty to the art of preserving memories and honoring relationships. She lives near Salt Lake City.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423604377
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Paper crafting trendsetter and best-selling author of Cherish: Scrapbook Layouts Made Beautifully Simple, Jeanette R. Lynton carries on the art of handmade, heartfelt personal correspondence with Wishes: Fall in Love with Cardmaking. The stunning companion to Originals: Handcrafted Cards Made Easy, this book contains 109 patterns portrayed in more than 200 greeting cards, invitations, and announcements, touching on themes and occasions such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, Halloween, congratulations, gratitude, celebration, and "just because. Wishes includes Jeanette's innovative Card Workshops, which show you how to make up to 16 cards using just a few sheets of paper. Plus, you'll find dozens of Jeanette's tips and techniques for creating the eye-catching details that make each handmade card extra special. Jeanette R. Lynton, founder and CEO of Close To My Heart, one of the largest direct-selling paper crafting and scrapbooking companies in the industry, has frequently spearheaded trends in the burgeoning paper crafting/scrapbooking arena. Jeanette's many contributions have made paper crafts more fun and accessible than ever before, and her creative influence continues to bring a vibrant breathof beauty to the art of preserving memories and honoring relationships. She lives near Salt Lake City.