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Letters and Love by thequietwriter
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Elizabeth Garrison has never had an interest in the newspaper advertisements of men seeking a bride. But life as the unmarried daughter of the family is taking its toll on her, mentally and physically. What's the harm in writing one letter? Noah Coleman has been in the Wyoming territory for nearly a decade. He's proved his claim and feels able to support a family. Better a bride he's never met than the sixteen year old daughter of a neighbor whose family has become too interested in him. But will disappointing a neighbor ruin everything he has built up?
When Cannons Fire (Book 1) by Rstoll5
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Housekeep, Alice Kinly, arrives at Prescott Manner ready for new experiences. Right away she is taken with the magnificent country mansion as well as the household butler's chocolate brown eyes. However, she is quick to learn that this is no ordinary manner with no ordinary residents. An independent cook, one energy-filled orphan, a nearly mute butler, and a navy captain locked in the glory days of the past. Will Alice ever fit in here? Has she finally found a home? Find out in my first ever Christian Novel (cover by @JenYarrington)
Angel of Mercy by mseverett88
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England 1872 Emmaline Rhodes has given up on love. Jilted by her fiancé and forced to provide for her family after her father's untimely death, Emma finds work as a nurse employed by the Angels of Mercy. An organization that sends nurses to those in need. Emma has accepted her lot in life and that duty to her family will always come first. But when she meets the uncouth and grumpy Earl of Salisbury her plans begin to change. Emma is determined to discover the events of the earl's mysterious accident and bring those involved to justice. But what started as a mission for redemption soon turns into a deep love for the man. Ethan Northcott, Earl of Salisbury is not a happy man. After losing his parents as a child he was raised by his aunt and uncle. He was the heir, but he was never treated as such. Now a grown man he wants no part of society or his title. After his accident, he remembers little of what happened and is outraged to find a nurse was hired to look after him. She is bossy, demanding and too smart for her own good. And yet he finds her honesty refreshing, her ministrations comforting, and her witty remarks addictive. As time passes, he becomes more infatuated with her. He knows he can't let her go but for the first time in his life his money can't buy him what he most desires. As Ethan and Emma grow closer it becomes clear Ethan's accident was not so accidental after all. But will Emma be able to find the culprit before they strike again? Will Ethan have the courage to tell Emma he loves her before she leaves on her next assignment? Time is running out. The Earl and Angel have a decision to make. Can their love really conquer all?
No love for Louisa by jayjay33
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Eleven year Louisa O'Mara 's young life is torn apart when she loses both her parents, and is abandoned in an orphanage . But thanks to the kind Benefactor the Reverend John Phillips an old family friend of her mother's, she finds herself reunited with her Maternal estranged family But her mother's Uncle Joseph, whom she goes to live with, has not forgiven his sister for bringing shame on the family by eloping with Henry O'Mara, Louise's father ,whom they had deemed highly unsuitable and a bad match, and years on he still he blames her actions for the early death of his father, So he has no time for his niece Louisa. But his ill wife Katherine, unhindered by the scandal of the past, sees it as their Christian duty that they take in, Louisa insisting that she will be good company for their seven year old daughter Rosemary, and so Louisa begins a new life as the poor orphaned older cousin who is never quite accepted by the family, and must navigate an uncertain future when her younger cousin Rosemary is of marriable age and is all set for her coming out in London, with Louisa tagging along as her companion during the season. Rosemary insists she will be the hit of the season, and her love for having her rival suitors fight over her hand, draws the reluctant Louisa into an unlikely friendship with The Duke of Crayford's eldest son Alex. But can their new found friendship become anything more. After all, everyone knows that the future Duke has shown no interest in finding a wife since his betrothed left him at the alter. Instead he prefers to focus all his time and energy on his philanthropy and helping those less fortunate than himself. So is Rosemary right in her assumption that Alex only interest in her poorer orphaned relation Louisa, is because he pities her, and he sees her as one of his charity cases
On The Other Side by Spitfiregal
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Immigrating from Scotland, her husband passing away suddenly on their crossing to America, a pregnant Claire Birrell and her daughter Aggie try to carve out a life for themselves in New York during the Great Depression. Can Claire find courage, hope and happiness on the other side of fear and despair?
DELLA by -kyavhill
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highest rank: #1 in Clean & Elegant Della Andrews. Rosy cheeks and a voice softer than silk. When her father is forced to work overseas, he arranges for her to stay with her cousins, who she has never met before. There in London, she is thrust into a completely foreign life to navigate on her own - - the upper class life. Will she adjust, or find herself in a downward spiral of confusion? Especially when a dashingly handsome man - who could never be hers - is involved. Follow Della as she embarks on a journey of self discovery, love, and maybe a little tragedy. ~ DELLA © Kya V. Hill ™ 2019 The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. This story is published subject to the condition where no part shall not be copied, reproduced or retransmitted without consent on the author. Any violation to this is breaking the copyright law. A single copy of the materials available in this story may be made solely for personal noncommercial use. Individuals must preserve any copyright or notices. Users may not distribute any copies to others wether it's electronically or handwritten without consent of the author.
To See You by Sarahbeth552002
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Zelda Abbott had tried to be all things to all people like a good southern girl should. She had given up on her dreams, again and again, to keep the peace for those around her. The one time she did something for herself, tired to break away, things had gone horribly wrong, and her secrets hung heavy around her shoulders in a cloke of unhappiness. No one had ever guessed her secrets, no one had really wanted to try until he came back into her life. Boone Norris had been part of her childhood fantasies. Her brother's best friend who intimidated everyone he met, including Zelda. Now he was back in New Orleans, pushing her limits and demanding the truth.
A Chance Meeting in Glasgow by LillianSulivan
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Victorian Scotland in 1875 didn't present a woman with many options. Katherine Cameron was too old to marry, too high born to be a housekeeper, too uneducated to be a governess, from too disreputable a family to be a companion and too skinny to be a mistress. The quiet independence she'd created wasn't everything she wanted, but she knew it was the best she was likely to get. Then an unexpected meeting with Andrew Spears, a fascinating American about whom she knows very little, launches both their hearts on an adventure through the lives of servants, industrialists, peers and prostitutes, from the Second City of the Empire to a beautiful hidden Highland glen, along the cutting edge of the wonders of the Victorian Age and finally face to face with her shocking past - and his secret life.
To Defend A Duke by vickitickitoria
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Four years ago, Evelyn Wright's perfect life as a debutante in London was ripped away from her, and her family moved to the countryside. Since then, she has adjusted to the simple life, but one letter is about to send her to the city and back into the life of a socialite, forced to suffer through balls, matchmaking, scheming mothers and worst of all, despicable rakes. Evelyn wants nothing to do with this life, eager to return home, until a ​fateful decision throws her into the path of one of societies most daring rakes, Nathanial Blackmore, the Duke of Winchester. He is arrogant, rich and entitled, everything she despises about men, but as the unlikely pair begin to work together to avoid the hangman's noose, she discovers that there is a lot more to him than sinful smiles and dangerous promises. Can they escape the death sentence that hangs above them? Or is Evelyn more in danger of losing her heart, than her head?
A Short Courtship by LillianSulivan
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It doesn't have to take long.