Sunrise Surrender

Sunrise Surrender PDF Author: Vivian Vaughan
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 162681855X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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A swashbuckling outlaw and a spirited young woman play a dangerous game of cat and mouse on the Mississippi River in this romance from “a superb writer” (RT Book Reviews). Mississippi River, 1879. Delta Jarrett is desperate to end the recurring dreams that haunt her: disturbing, passionate dreams about her ancestor, pirate Anne Bonny, and Anne’s lover, Calico Jack. In need of distraction, Delta agrees to serve as a reporter for her brother-in-law Hollis’s newspaper, the St. Louis Sun. She’ll cover stories onboard a Louisiana showboat, the Mississippi Princess, at each port of call as it makes its way to New Orleans. Brett Reall, on the run from a murder he did not commit, is back in the bayous of Louisiana after a decade, disguised and on the lookout for bounty hunters and the law. His enemies could be anywhere, but after boarding the Mississippi Princess, he has a new fear: that his unquenchable desire for Delta will put her in harm’s way. Delta can sense the danger that surrounds Brett, but her vivid dreams and growing love for this real-life pirate only draw her closer to him—and to disaster. “A compelling romance that incorporates all the mystery, adventure, and passion of a historical novel with a fresh approach—the perfect tale for the reader who craves a hint of the unusual within a love story.” —RT Book Reviews

Sunrise Surrender

Sunrise Surrender PDF Author: Vivian Vaughan
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 162681855X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Book Description
A swashbuckling outlaw and a spirited young woman play a dangerous game of cat and mouse on the Mississippi River in this romance from “a superb writer” (RT Book Reviews). Mississippi River, 1879. Delta Jarrett is desperate to end the recurring dreams that haunt her: disturbing, passionate dreams about her ancestor, pirate Anne Bonny, and Anne’s lover, Calico Jack. In need of distraction, Delta agrees to serve as a reporter for her brother-in-law Hollis’s newspaper, the St. Louis Sun. She’ll cover stories onboard a Louisiana showboat, the Mississippi Princess, at each port of call as it makes its way to New Orleans. Brett Reall, on the run from a murder he did not commit, is back in the bayous of Louisiana after a decade, disguised and on the lookout for bounty hunters and the law. His enemies could be anywhere, but after boarding the Mississippi Princess, he has a new fear: that his unquenchable desire for Delta will put her in harm’s way. Delta can sense the danger that surrounds Brett, but her vivid dreams and growing love for this real-life pirate only draw her closer to him—and to disaster. “A compelling romance that incorporates all the mystery, adventure, and passion of a historical novel with a fresh approach—the perfect tale for the reader who craves a hint of the unusual within a love story.” —RT Book Reviews

Secret Surrender

Secret Surrender PDF Author: Vivian Vaughan
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626818568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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“An emotionally layered and thoroughly engaging story of love lost and found” in the Old West from the author of A Wish to Build a Dream On (Paperback Forum). The year is 1880, and Molly Durant has fallen on hard times. When her mother dies, Molly is left with a dilapidated boarding house and five siblings, all of whom she is determined to keep together. But with no boarders, and her banker fiancé set on sending her siblings to foster homes, fate seems against her. Then Molly gets an unexpected knock on her door. Standing before her is the man to whom she once foolishly gave her body, the same man who abandoned her: Rubal Jarrett. Or someone who looks like him? The man claims to be Jubal Jarrett, twin brother of Molly’s old lover, here to survey a route for a railroad through the timberland. “Jubal” soon has the boarding house brimming with paying guests. He plans to help her turn her life around. Only then can he leave without a guilty conscience. He will not run out on her again. But as memories of that long-ago night with Molly race through his head, will he finally be able to make amends, or will he get caught in his own trap? “A superbly spun tale of love and desire that will capture your heart from the beginning.” —Paperback Forum

Silver Surrender

Silver Surrender PDF Author: Vivian Vaughan
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626818541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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A silver mining heiress and a Texas Ranger find love on the run in this epic tale of romance and high adventure “bursting with the flavor of Mexico” (RT Book Reviews). Aurelia Mazón is determined to escape her high-mountain town and head for the big city—even though her father owns the town silver mine. When he vows to send Aurelia and her mother to Guanajuato if the silver thefts continue, Aurelia sets a plan in motion to make her dreams come true. But just when her plan begins to work, the unthinkable happens: a handsome Texas lawman is arrested for the thefts. Desperate to keep her big city dreams alive, Aurelia has no choice but to break the gringo out and escape with him into the Sierra Madres, where sparks fly between the two strong-willed strangers. Chased through the Sierras by the Federales, Carson Jarrett realizes that his budding, passionate romance with Aurelia cannot come to pass: the Mazón family will never allow her to marry a gringo. But Aurelia’s indomitable spirit say otherwise—and Carson has never met a woman he believes in more. “[Vivian Vaughan] can always be counted on to deliver a moving, tender romance.” —Affaire de Coeur

Refuel Your Wait

Refuel Your Wait PDF Author: Laci Richter
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725275287
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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In a world full of waiting, we could all use a little faith. This book speaks directly to the heart of waiting adoptive parents, but could also encourage anyone who finds themselves waiting for that next season of life. The text was originally written by the author as a journal while she and her husband struggled to start a family. This journal is now a book filled with Scripture and devotions of hope. Refuel Your Wait includes heartbreaking and joyful personal stories of infertility, the adoption process, relationships with birthparents, and a medical miracle. This book will encourage the reader to turn their wait from a passage of time into intentional time of prayer, relationship building, and unexpected joy.

Chance of a Lifetime

Chance of a Lifetime PDF Author: Vivian Vaughan
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626818517
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393

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An electrifying tale of love and adventure in the Wild West from a writer who “can always be counted on to deliver a moving, tender romance” (Affaire de Coeur). Fort Davis, Department of Texas, 1868. Sabrina Bolton’s life is marked by terrible guilt: her twin sister’s death when they were five left their mother in a perpetual state of melancholy. Now she barely speaks to Sabrina except to admonish her. Fourteen years later, Sabrina wants more. She wants romance. And she cannot summon one tender feeling for the suitor her mother has chosen for her. Then Tremayne rides onto Fort Davis. Reared by Apaches after his parents were murdered, he considers himself an outcast in both worlds. To him, all white-eyes women are witless. As if to prove the point, he almost runs down a fiery-haired woman who has wandered into the street and tripped on her skirts. He helps her stand, and from that moment he finds no peace unless he is with Sabrina. Tremayne knows he must eventually leave her, before she becomes an outcast, too. But once the heart has found its true desire, can it ever let go? “Vaughan possesses a remarkable command of place and sensation. Readers will feel the whalebone stays digging into Sabrina’s sides as her mother laces her to fit a too-tight gown.” —Crescent Blues Book Views

Branded

Branded PDF Author: Vivian Vaughan
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626818487
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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A blistering tale of passion and intrigue set in the American West: “The excitement never lessens” in this “thrilling story” (Rendezvous). El Paso, Texas. 1895. Five years ago, life as Jacy Kimble knew it came to an end. Her brother Hunter and his best friend Trevor Fallon were sent to Yuma Prison for murder. The scandal cost her family their Arizona ranch, ruined her father’s political career, and even took his sanity. Once the belle of Arizona society, Jacy was haughty and flirtatious, especially with Trevor Fallon. But she can’t believe her eyes when the handsome cowhand shows up at her door with an incredible story: He was freed in the middle of the night with orders—to clear her brother’s name and keep him from hanging. For five years she has hated Trevor, blaming him for her brother’s fate. Should she believe him now? It’s a hard choice for Jacy: trust the man who ruined her life, or throw away any hope for her family’s future. Complicating everything, she feels her powerful attraction for Trevor returning. How can she put herself in harm’s way again? How can she not?

No Place for a Lady

No Place for a Lady PDF Author: Vivian Vaughan
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626818495
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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“An East Coast feminist clashes with a stubborn Texan in Vivian Vaughan’s wild west adventure. Hop aboard for a humorous and poignant ride.” —RT BOOK REVIEWS When Madolyn Sinclair, Secretary of the Boston Woman Suffrage Society, steps off the train in Buckhorn, Texas, she doesn’t know there is a right and wrong side of the tracks. Madolyn has come to this god-forsaken land with three purposes: to find her runaway brother Morley, secure her inheritance, and return to Boston to organize a Center for Women’s Rights. What she had not expected to find in this windswept land—or anywhere—was love: Madolyn Sinclair has dedicated herself to teaching submissive women from all walks of life that they don’t need men. Then she meets Tyler Grant, her brother’s erstwhile business partner, who offers to take her to Morley’s ranch. She reluctantly accepts, and Tyler takes her on a wagon ride she will never forget. But Tyler has an ulterior motive, and he’s caught a tantalizing woman in his web of deceit.

Sweet Autumn Surrender

Sweet Autumn Surrender PDF Author: Vivian Vaughan
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626818533
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 435

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To save her West Texas home, a young widow must join forces with a violent desperado—and tame the wild passions he ignites within her: “A superb writer” (RT Book Reviews). Ellie Langstrom has built a quiet, simple life on a ranch in Summer Valley, married to the love of her life: gentle, older Benjamin Jarrett. But that life is shattered when her barn burn to the ground and she finds Benjamin’s bullet-riddled body on the back doorstep. Reeling from shock and grief, Ellie has no idea who would want to hurt him or why. So she telegraphs Benjamin’s brother Carson, a Texas Ranger, for help. Two months later, a Jarrett brother finally arrives—only it’s not Carson, but the blue-eyed gunfighter, Kale Jarrett. Ellie is terrified of guns and of the handsome gunslinger now living in her house. But she needs him . . . maybe in ways she doesn’t want to admit. “The real treasure of Sweet Autumn Surrender is the love Ellie Jarrett has to give to Kale and his family.” —The Book Shelf

The Shadow Warriors: O.S.S. and the Origins of the C.I.A.

The Shadow Warriors: O.S.S. and the Origins of the C.I.A. PDF Author: Bradley F. Smith
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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This is an account of the nation’s first intelligence agency, the Office of Special Services (O.S.S.) — how it operated, what it accomplished, and how it laid the basis for the present Central Intelligence Agency — and how its charismatic founder, “Wild Bill” Donovan, established control over it, recruited its staff, and, most importantly, sold Roosevelt, the armed services, the Allies, and the rest of the country on the agency’s varied — and often bizarre — shadow warfare missions during World War II. The O.S.S.’s special relationship with the British, the key role of academics and its embarrassing connection with the Soviets’ N.K.V.D. are also addressed. Smith concludes that the creation of the C.I.A. after the war owed less to the accomplishments of the O.S.S. than to Donovan’s public relations skills and the precarious military situation the country found itself in at the time. “Mr. Smith... has done an exhaustive job of research on the O.S.S. and Donovan... the book offers an honest, lively portrait of an important American and the contributions, good and bad, that he and the O.S.S. made to the American intelligence system... Much of this book can be read for the pleasure of observing a genuine American character in action. Mr. Smith, who does not fawn on his subject, captures Donovan’s kinetic energy and vision.” — Philip Taubman, The New York Times “This may be as close to a definitive medium-length history of OSS as we are likely to get. It draws fully on the extensive original files now available (both American and British) and on the recent flood of secondary writing... The author has a sure grasp of the basic history of the war. His narrative chapters put OSS firmly into that wider context, and his perspectives and judgments ring true. And there are excellent chapters on the usually neglected Research and Analysis section and on the relations between OSS and Soviet intelligence agencies... an important book.” — Foreign Affairs “[A]lmost certainly the most balanced study to date of the ‘shadow’ or ‘irregular’ warfare that was the special province of OSS... Resting on an impressive amount of research into unpublished manuscript collections in both this country and Great Britain, [The Shadow Warriors] is a convincing account, in large measure because its author retains a balance in his conclusions even as he does not hesitate to render firm judgments.” — The Public Historian “Bradley F. Smith has produced a carefully researched, lucid study of... the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)... Smith deserves recognition for writing the most comprehensive study to date on the origins of United States central intelligence.” — The Journal of American History “Bradley Smith has undertaken a formidable task in writing this history of the Office of Strategic Services which is the most reliable record to date of its wide range of activities during the Second World War... an audacious book that is fascinating for its disclosures and entertaining to read.” — The Slavonic and East European Review “Bradley Smith... credits the OSS with accomplishments in support of the military, but considers shadow warfare dangerously overvalued... The book is... humanly interesting at the same time that it addresses the very largest moral and military questions.” — Kirkus

Reluctant Enemies

Reluctant Enemies PDF Author: Vivian Vaughan
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626818509
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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“A western romance true to the enchanting landscape of New Mexico and as fired with sexual tension as a starry western sky.” —RT Book Reviews New Mexico Territory, 1879. Will Radnor has never stopped looking for Charles Martin Kane, the man who murdered his father back in Philadelphia. Following the first good lead he’s had in years, Will accepts a position with a law firm in Santa Fé. But in Chimayo, a golden-haired cowgirl dressed like Billy the Kid climbs into the stagecoach and changes his life forever. Then he learns her name. Priscilla McCain has realized her dream to become the best danged cowgirl in New Mexico Territory, following in the boot steps of her beloved father, Charlie McCain . . . otherwise known as Charles Martin Kane. Greenhorn lawyers aren’t usually Priscilla’s type. But Will is tall and handsome, and soon even wild horses can’t keep them apart. As Will’s love for Priscilla grows, he knows the time will come when she must choose between him and her father, and either choice will be disastrous for everyone. With justice finally in sight, can he forego his revenge for the woman he loves?