***2016 WATTY AWARD WINNER - VORACIOUS READS*** WINNER OF THE FICTION AWARDS 2016 - HISTORICAL FICTION Against all odds, Libby Marks-Whelan is back at court - and no longer confined to the service corridors as a lady-in-waiting. With the start of the new Winter Season, however, the competition for a crown just got a...
Lolita Badmus has spent fifteen years in a foreign land with her family, but her perfectly planned life fell apart when she discovered her work permit was not renewed. Building a life afresh alone without the protective love and care of her family was terrifying. Her father's new found hate worsened her predicament, a...
The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertf...
My name is Stephanie, I'm 16 years old and live in Orinda. I was born in May 5th I go to Holden high school. My life is basically perfect not because my family is wealthy because it hasn't always been like that. Even before my family had money we were completely happy with money or without. My mother is a woman o...
The Duke of Marlborough has signed betrothal contracts on behalf of his daughter, Lady Arianna Kent. But Arianna is not the type to blindly follow her father's biddings. It is not long before Arianna has different plans for her life and as the wedding date draws near, she sets sail for the colonies. Life isn't as easy...
Addaline Walker has just returned from a medical mission in the jungles of Guatemala. She spent two years there learning about the people, the culture and getting her heart broken by Sam, a player and doctor who only saw her as a notch in his bedpost. She is only home two days when the unthinkable happens, she is kidn...
Leaving home eight years ago wasn't the worst mistake MaryBeth Waters made, every decision since then has been worse. Coming home to face who she was and who she has become will not be easy. What will everyone say when the pastor's daughter returns with a sinful past that will have everyone talking? What will happen b...