Author: Nan Tubre
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475975139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Regina, Donna, Stella, Bethany, and Cicely are lively residents of the exclusive Heritage Memories Retirement Village. They share an enthusiasm for living life to the fullest but their antics soon turn the Village upside down as they live the way they want rather than how they are expected. They each prevail over personal trials and tribulations by traveling, laughing, and leaning on each other. In the process, they form a partnership and business so secret, most of their family members are completely unaware it exists. Enter Paul Sanders, the mysterious new resident who turns out to be quite a charmer with a history as allusive as it is devastating. His unexpected arrival forces the five best friends along diverse paths filled with deception and betrayal. Their lives are further complicated by the appearance of a woman claiming to be the love child of one of them. The very foundation of The Old Ladies Club is shaken as decades-old secrets emerge, threatening to either reinforceor shattertheir world. Secrets of the Old Ladies Club shares a poignant story of loyalty, ambition, and passion that explores how far a friendship can be tested before it is destroyed forever.
Secrets of the Old Ladies’ Club
Author: Nan Tubre
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475975139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Regina, Donna, Stella, Bethany, and Cicely are lively residents of the exclusive Heritage Memories Retirement Village. They share an enthusiasm for living life to the fullest but their antics soon turn the Village upside down as they live the way they want rather than how they are expected. They each prevail over personal trials and tribulations by traveling, laughing, and leaning on each other. In the process, they form a partnership and business so secret, most of their family members are completely unaware it exists. Enter Paul Sanders, the mysterious new resident who turns out to be quite a charmer with a history as allusive as it is devastating. His unexpected arrival forces the five best friends along diverse paths filled with deception and betrayal. Their lives are further complicated by the appearance of a woman claiming to be the love child of one of them. The very foundation of The Old Ladies Club is shaken as decades-old secrets emerge, threatening to either reinforceor shattertheir world. Secrets of the Old Ladies Club shares a poignant story of loyalty, ambition, and passion that explores how far a friendship can be tested before it is destroyed forever.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475975139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Regina, Donna, Stella, Bethany, and Cicely are lively residents of the exclusive Heritage Memories Retirement Village. They share an enthusiasm for living life to the fullest but their antics soon turn the Village upside down as they live the way they want rather than how they are expected. They each prevail over personal trials and tribulations by traveling, laughing, and leaning on each other. In the process, they form a partnership and business so secret, most of their family members are completely unaware it exists. Enter Paul Sanders, the mysterious new resident who turns out to be quite a charmer with a history as allusive as it is devastating. His unexpected arrival forces the five best friends along diverse paths filled with deception and betrayal. Their lives are further complicated by the appearance of a woman claiming to be the love child of one of them. The very foundation of The Old Ladies Club is shaken as decades-old secrets emerge, threatening to either reinforceor shattertheir world. Secrets of the Old Ladies Club shares a poignant story of loyalty, ambition, and passion that explores how far a friendship can be tested before it is destroyed forever.
And Ladies of the Club
Author: Helen Hooven Santmyer
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425102435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
"A great novel that is American to its core...so gently memorable, so bursting with life, that those who abandon themselves to its pages will find it claiming a permanent place close to their hearts." --New York Daily News "A warm, evocative, often hilarious picture of society, culture, politics and family life." --Atlanta Constitution "A warmly human story...never flags from first page to last." --Publishers Weekly A groundbreaking bestseller with two and a half million copies in print, "...And Ladies of the Club" centers on the members of a book club and their struggles to understand themselves, each other, and the tumultuous world they live in. A true classic, it is sure to enchant, enthrall, and intrigue readers for years to come. "It is hard to think of a better place to spend the summer than in AHelen Hooven Santmyer's? world." --Cosmopolitan
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425102435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
"A great novel that is American to its core...so gently memorable, so bursting with life, that those who abandon themselves to its pages will find it claiming a permanent place close to their hearts." --New York Daily News "A warm, evocative, often hilarious picture of society, culture, politics and family life." --Atlanta Constitution "A warmly human story...never flags from first page to last." --Publishers Weekly A groundbreaking bestseller with two and a half million copies in print, "...And Ladies of the Club" centers on the members of a book club and their struggles to understand themselves, each other, and the tumultuous world they live in. A true classic, it is sure to enchant, enthrall, and intrigue readers for years to come. "It is hard to think of a better place to spend the summer than in AHelen Hooven Santmyer's? world." --Cosmopolitan
The Ladies of the Secret Circus
Author: Constance Sayers
Publisher: Redhook
ISBN: 0316493643
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
From the author of A Witch in Time comes a magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America of family secrets, sacrifice, and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus. Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder—a world where women weave illusions of magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. Bound to her family's circus, it's the only world Cecile Cabot knows until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate affair that could cost her everything. Virginia, 2004: Lara Barnes is on top of the world until her fiancé disappears on their wedding day. When her desperate search for answers unexpectedly leads to her great-grandmother’s journals, Lara is swept into a story of a dark circus and ill-fated love. Soon secrets about Lara’s family history begin to come to light, revealing a curse that has been claiming payment from the women in her family for generations. A curse that might be tied to her fiancé’s mysterious disappearance Praise for The Ladies of the Secret Circus: "At times decadent and macabre, The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a mesmerizing tale of love, treachery, and depraved magic percolating through four generations of Cabot women." —Luanne G. Smith, author of The Vine Witch "Fans of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus will love this page-turning story of dark magic, star-crossed love, and familial sacrifice." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Ambitious and teeming with magic, Sayers creates a fascinating mix of art, The Belle Époque, and more than a little murder.” —Erika Swyler, author of The Book of Speculation For more from Constance Sayers, check out A Witch in Time.
Publisher: Redhook
ISBN: 0316493643
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
From the author of A Witch in Time comes a magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America of family secrets, sacrifice, and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus. Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder—a world where women weave illusions of magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. Bound to her family's circus, it's the only world Cecile Cabot knows until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate affair that could cost her everything. Virginia, 2004: Lara Barnes is on top of the world until her fiancé disappears on their wedding day. When her desperate search for answers unexpectedly leads to her great-grandmother’s journals, Lara is swept into a story of a dark circus and ill-fated love. Soon secrets about Lara’s family history begin to come to light, revealing a curse that has been claiming payment from the women in her family for generations. A curse that might be tied to her fiancé’s mysterious disappearance Praise for The Ladies of the Secret Circus: "At times decadent and macabre, The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a mesmerizing tale of love, treachery, and depraved magic percolating through four generations of Cabot women." —Luanne G. Smith, author of The Vine Witch "Fans of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus will love this page-turning story of dark magic, star-crossed love, and familial sacrifice." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Ambitious and teeming with magic, Sayers creates a fascinating mix of art, The Belle Époque, and more than a little murder.” —Erika Swyler, author of The Book of Speculation For more from Constance Sayers, check out A Witch in Time.
The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club Unleashed
Author: Duncan Whitehead
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781502330185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
2nd Edition: Unleashed -The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking CLub - Part 2 Four months after the disappearance of Tom Hudd from a leafy Savannah neighborhood, the members of an afternoon cocktail and dog walking club ponder his whereabouts; despite one of them knowing his true fate. Recently elected mayor Elliot Miller has new agendas, and just where is Doug Partridge? An old man's death bed memories recall his ultimate revenge, while Savannah Detective Jeff Morgan has been assigned to two missing person's cases and a years old murder that he believes already solved. Once again, though, a killer lurks and even more secrets unfold, as does an ever expanding web of deceit and lies. Who will die and who will live to see out the conclusion to a story of revenge, twists and murder? As before, the plot thickens, and the residents of Gordonston, all with deep hidden agendas, resume their plotting and desire for revenge and retribution; twists and turns lead the reader once again to a conclusion, and another sucker punch ending that will leave them breathless.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781502330185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
2nd Edition: Unleashed -The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking CLub - Part 2 Four months after the disappearance of Tom Hudd from a leafy Savannah neighborhood, the members of an afternoon cocktail and dog walking club ponder his whereabouts; despite one of them knowing his true fate. Recently elected mayor Elliot Miller has new agendas, and just where is Doug Partridge? An old man's death bed memories recall his ultimate revenge, while Savannah Detective Jeff Morgan has been assigned to two missing person's cases and a years old murder that he believes already solved. Once again, though, a killer lurks and even more secrets unfold, as does an ever expanding web of deceit and lies. Who will die and who will live to see out the conclusion to a story of revenge, twists and murder? As before, the plot thickens, and the residents of Gordonston, all with deep hidden agendas, resume their plotting and desire for revenge and retribution; twists and turns lead the reader once again to a conclusion, and another sucker punch ending that will leave them breathless.
Tall Tails Secret Book Club
Author: CeeCee James
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A mysterious mansion, a suspicious death, and a cat too smart for its own good...When Laura Lee took the summer job as a housekeeper at the old Thornberry Estate, she knew it was a creepy place, but she had no idea how creepy. Mrs. Fitzwater warned her to keep her mind on her work and her nose in her own business, but one thing after another leads her astray, between the mansion giving up its puzzles as she goes about her work, fun secrets to share with the clever ladies in her book club who are always up for a mystery, and a cat that seems to know more than she does. The death of a chauffeur just outside the estate gates changes everything and suddenly creepy turns to deadly as Laura Lee finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. When the police seem unable to solve the crime, can Laura Lee and her intrepid club find the killer before the killer finds Laura Lee?
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A mysterious mansion, a suspicious death, and a cat too smart for its own good...When Laura Lee took the summer job as a housekeeper at the old Thornberry Estate, she knew it was a creepy place, but she had no idea how creepy. Mrs. Fitzwater warned her to keep her mind on her work and her nose in her own business, but one thing after another leads her astray, between the mansion giving up its puzzles as she goes about her work, fun secrets to share with the clever ladies in her book club who are always up for a mystery, and a cat that seems to know more than she does. The death of a chauffeur just outside the estate gates changes everything and suddenly creepy turns to deadly as Laura Lee finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. When the police seem unable to solve the crime, can Laura Lee and her intrepid club find the killer before the killer finds Laura Lee?
The Persian Pickle Club
Author: Sandra Dallas
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429903368
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties of loyalty and friendship that unite the women in a quilting circle in Depression-era Kansas It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429903368
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties of loyalty and friendship that unite the women in a quilting circle in Depression-era Kansas It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another.
Temple Secrets
Author: Susan Gabriel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998105055
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A town held together with secrets. A wealthy widow looking for an heir. One choice could shame high society into submission. Temple Secrets is a hilarious novel with a Southern gothic flair. If you like wisecracking humor, headstrong women, and twisty mysteries, then you'll love this compelling tale of an unconventional inheritance.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998105055
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A town held together with secrets. A wealthy widow looking for an heir. One choice could shame high society into submission. Temple Secrets is a hilarious novel with a Southern gothic flair. If you like wisecracking humor, headstrong women, and twisty mysteries, then you'll love this compelling tale of an unconventional inheritance.
Secret Prey
Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425268500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
A wealthy banker is dead, shot once in the chest during a hunting trip. There are many reasons for him to be killed, and many people who would do the deed. But who did? Lucas Davenport has an idea. But this routine murder investigation is about to turn into something different. A cat-and-mouse game with a killer who does not hesitate to take the fight to Lucas himself. And those he loves… WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425268500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
A wealthy banker is dead, shot once in the chest during a hunting trip. There are many reasons for him to be killed, and many people who would do the deed. But who did? Lucas Davenport has an idea. But this routine murder investigation is about to turn into something different. A cat-and-mouse game with a killer who does not hesitate to take the fight to Lucas himself. And those he loves… WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
Secret Rider
Author: Jessica Ames
Publisher: Jessica Ames
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Enjoy this motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling romance author Jessica Ames... For the love of my Club, I’ll give my life. For my love of her, I’ll die… A one-night stand: that was all she was supposed to be. She wasn’t supposed to walk into his bar a week later and demand a job. Wade is used to dealing with formidable women but Paige may just be his match. She’s fiery, feisty and he wants her, but before they can be together, he needs to learn what she’s hiding. Paige’s life is on a downward spiral. Her money is gone, her ex is in the wind and she’s looking down the barrel of a loaded gun. The only bright spot is Wade. The problem is she’s neck-deep in trouble and she’s not dragging anyone into her mess—least of all a man as good as him. But Wade has his own secrets. His Club is testing his loyalties and he’s not sure who he trusts anymore. Digging into his brothers’ lives could put his own at risk, but he needs answers and he’s not going to stop until he gets them—even if it destroys his ties to the Lost Saxons in the process. All books in the Lost Saxons MC universe should be read in order. This is a romantic story with a guaranteed happily ever after. It does have some strong language and violence.
Publisher: Jessica Ames
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Enjoy this motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling romance author Jessica Ames... For the love of my Club, I’ll give my life. For my love of her, I’ll die… A one-night stand: that was all she was supposed to be. She wasn’t supposed to walk into his bar a week later and demand a job. Wade is used to dealing with formidable women but Paige may just be his match. She’s fiery, feisty and he wants her, but before they can be together, he needs to learn what she’s hiding. Paige’s life is on a downward spiral. Her money is gone, her ex is in the wind and she’s looking down the barrel of a loaded gun. The only bright spot is Wade. The problem is she’s neck-deep in trouble and she’s not dragging anyone into her mess—least of all a man as good as him. But Wade has his own secrets. His Club is testing his loyalties and he’s not sure who he trusts anymore. Digging into his brothers’ lives could put his own at risk, but he needs answers and he’s not going to stop until he gets them—even if it destroys his ties to the Lost Saxons in the process. All books in the Lost Saxons MC universe should be read in order. This is a romantic story with a guaranteed happily ever after. It does have some strong language and violence.
I'll Tell You A Secret
Author: Anne Coleman
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551994453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
"Memory opens for me through my body. I slip back because I catch a smell, hear a sound, or hold an evocative flavour on my tongue. But these single-sense glimpses of or gusts from the past are often fleeting. More compelling for me, more total, is when my whole body, the entire surface of my skin, and my muscles' movements connect me to my old self. Especially it is the movements of summer, when more of me meets the elements, while I am swimming, or feeling my bramble-scratched legs against hot rocks. Or when I am experiencing the lovely lassitude that fills me at the end of a long afternoon of sun and water as I stand slicing tomatoes for my supper, while corn boils, and sun falls in the window on a pile of raspberries in a bowl. All my senses, all, are alive." –from I'll Tell You a Secret A delightful, beautifully written and thoroughly engaging story of coming-of-age in the 1950s that focuses on Anne Coleman between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one, and her relationship with "Mr. MacLennan" (Canadian literary figure Hugh MacLennan), which played out in the summers in the village of North Hatley, Quebec, a picturesque resort that has been known to attract artists and writers and the upper-classes. In prose that is intimate, visual, and resonant with immediacy, Anne Coleman brings us back to summers in the 1950s, revealing the eccentricities of North Hatley and its residents, but most of all focusing on her special friendship with a man many years her senior. Independent, individualistic, sensually alert, as a young girl Anne Coleman did not fit the mould. Later, when Anne is eighteen, she leads a double life, one which follows the course of a romance with Frank, the dark, brooding European young man who has a strange hold over her, and the enigmatic Mr. MacLennan, whose own feelings for Anne suggest themselves to her in ways that are at once confusing, tantalizing, and deeply important. Along the way, the story also offers a wonderfully evocative portrayal of the 1950s, its sexual repressiveness and mores. The beautiful village of North Hatley comes alive in vivid ways. This is a unique coming-of-age story by a writer who writes sentences that cut to the bone.
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551994453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
"Memory opens for me through my body. I slip back because I catch a smell, hear a sound, or hold an evocative flavour on my tongue. But these single-sense glimpses of or gusts from the past are often fleeting. More compelling for me, more total, is when my whole body, the entire surface of my skin, and my muscles' movements connect me to my old self. Especially it is the movements of summer, when more of me meets the elements, while I am swimming, or feeling my bramble-scratched legs against hot rocks. Or when I am experiencing the lovely lassitude that fills me at the end of a long afternoon of sun and water as I stand slicing tomatoes for my supper, while corn boils, and sun falls in the window on a pile of raspberries in a bowl. All my senses, all, are alive." –from I'll Tell You a Secret A delightful, beautifully written and thoroughly engaging story of coming-of-age in the 1950s that focuses on Anne Coleman between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one, and her relationship with "Mr. MacLennan" (Canadian literary figure Hugh MacLennan), which played out in the summers in the village of North Hatley, Quebec, a picturesque resort that has been known to attract artists and writers and the upper-classes. In prose that is intimate, visual, and resonant with immediacy, Anne Coleman brings us back to summers in the 1950s, revealing the eccentricities of North Hatley and its residents, but most of all focusing on her special friendship with a man many years her senior. Independent, individualistic, sensually alert, as a young girl Anne Coleman did not fit the mould. Later, when Anne is eighteen, she leads a double life, one which follows the course of a romance with Frank, the dark, brooding European young man who has a strange hold over her, and the enigmatic Mr. MacLennan, whose own feelings for Anne suggest themselves to her in ways that are at once confusing, tantalizing, and deeply important. Along the way, the story also offers a wonderfully evocative portrayal of the 1950s, its sexual repressiveness and mores. The beautiful village of North Hatley comes alive in vivid ways. This is a unique coming-of-age story by a writer who writes sentences that cut to the bone.