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The final instalment of the breathtaking Liverpool Sagas, perfect for fans of Helen Forrester and Pam Howes Cathy is glad to have her husband back now The Great War is over, but her son John is not so sure. Struggling to keep the peace, Cathy has her work cut out for her, as the pair seem unable to see eye-to-eye.Surviving with four children on Greg's meagre wages is hard enough without their rows, but with the help of her parents and loyal friends...
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A spring flood sends a wall of water sweeping down The Great River in Alaska, devastating a small native village. Everlasting, a young Déné girl and her people survive but her father and uncle disappear down the river in their skin-covered canoe. Everlasting leaves home to search for her father and uncle. With the help of wild Alaska animals she finds danger, adventure and friendship.
83) The Saga of the Volsungs (Translated by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris with an Introduction
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One of the most legendary of the Icelandic sagas, "The Saga of the Volsungs" is the 13th century work of unknown authorship which relates the origin and decline of the Volsung clan. The story unfolds over five parts as it passes in time through the various generations of the clan. In the first part, the preliminary generations are described, beginning with Sigi, a man banished from his homeland who through his adventuring arises to create a great...
84) Girl Talk 2
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All of My Violet eGoddesses Are My Wives is a book about philosophy, which the author believes is the key to educating the masses of the world. Keith N. Ferreira is a self-taught Trinidad & Tobago born American philosopher. He is a disabled American military veteran, who lives in Delaware, USA. The book, All of My Violet eGoddesses Are My Wives, is written in the style of the literary collage aphorism, which is a style of aphorism that is repetitive....
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Can both sisters find happiness, when one marries for love, and the other for money…Sisters Mary and Cathy Ward couldn't be more different: Fiercely independent Mary is determined to leave the mean streets of Liverpool, whereas Cathy – quiet and well loved – is happy with the life she has.But when both girls fall for the same man conflict threatens to push them apart, and as they are caught up in their own troubles, Liverpool erupts in the Bloody...
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In 1973, a child was born. Okinawa, Japan was his birthplace. However, his mother didnt want him born. She wanted him to be born stillborn. She claimed she didnt want him to be born overseas. And, she almost got her wish, as that child had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck in the womb. The American military doctor recognized this fact when his mother pushed to get him out of her. With every push, his vital signs weakened. Two weeks prior...
87) The Road Home
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Book Three, 'The Road Home', has veteran Manager Jim Watson making an observation to his wife Di that they seem to lurch from one disaster to another at Keeala Resort and perhaps it's time they took a holiday. But in the tradition of the resort they are beset by more criminal activity, most of which they are oblivious to until it overtakes them. One seriously ill resident must face the end of her life while two others struggle to re-emerge from their...
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TWO ORPHANED BROTHERS AFTERONE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN +ONE ENORMOUS TRUST FUND =ONE DEADLY SIBLING RIVALRYKory van Luden is one of the youngest chess grandmasters of his time. Even blindfolded, he can beat almost anyone. But his genius may not save him in the game of life. Not against the most ruthless opponent he will ever face:His older brother.Born with war in his blood, Damon van Luden is the best of the military's elite. He's as cunning and ruthless...
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Once upon a time, Michael had a great career and a wonderful family until his sudden death. Worse yet, when he arrived at the pearly gates, he was denied entrance. Now, given the chance to redeem himself as a Guardian Angel, Michael intervenes in the lives of people who are in peril. Winter is pounding its way through Indianapolis, and trouble for Michael follows swiftly on the howling winds. A serial killer has just taken the life of another homeless...
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A heart-wrenching and powerful saga of one girl's journey to adulthood Lu Wilmott grows up in the Portsmouth slums of the 1920s. Stricken by diphtheria, she is sent to the Hampshire countryside where she discovers a robust fighting spirit and the first stirrings of attraction...But then must she follow her mother into the city's grim corset-making trade. Lu realizes that things must change. And she can make it happen. Her journey from shy child to...
91) Cobbled Life
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Otto, a young man living with his family in a small village situated a few miles from Piotrikow, Poland, is conscripted into Tsar Nicholas IIs army in 1908. From there, events over which he has little control, take him on his lifes journey to St. Petersburg, Russia, through battles in Galicia and eventually to the windswept Saskatchewan prairies. He finds love, experiences adventure, encounters loneliness, undergoes tragedy, and continues to hope...
92) The Factory Girl
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Henzey is no ordinary factory girl...
Henzey Kite can't believe it when Billy Watts walks into her life. A cut above the local boys - strong, charming and wildly ambitious - he won't settle for anything less than the wealth of high society.
But with wealth comes sacrifice. All Henzey wishes for is a home and a family, while Billy has his sights set at the top.
When the Great Depression destroys the Black Country, their love crumbles with it. The...
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The tangled lives and loves of the Pengarron family continue… Will the long-standing love triangle between Kerensa Pengarron, the beautiful wife of Sir Oliver, and her first love Clem Trenchard, ever be resolved? The christening of little Harry Pengarron unearths old scores, bringing Oliver and Clem face to face for the first time in years. And the next generation of Pengarrons must face its own problems when Luke, the embittered, crippled heir...
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Jesus of Nebraska is a novel that combines elements of A Prairie Home Companion, TV crime drama, New Thought philosophy, the New Testament, and a healthy dose of family and friendship. In a story that takes you from a rustic village to Manhattan, from corrupt politicians to evangelical bikers, from tears to laughter, from disgust to sympathy, there is the underlying, reassuring message that higher love is the breath of life.
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Winter, Liverpool 1947.
Evie Kilgaren is a fighter. Abandoned by her mother and with her father long gone, she is left to raise her siblings in dockside Liverpool, as they battle against the coldest winter on record. But she is determined to make a life for herself and create a happy home for what's left of her family.
Desperate for work, Evie takes a job at the Tram Tavern under the kindly watch of pub landlady, and pillar of the community,...
96) Text Loving
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Text Loving focuses on the everyday issues that we face in different types of relationships whether it is on an intimate level or friendship level. I have learned a lot about people and how they are in different relationships and situations while writing this book. We sometimes may not know exactly what one may think of the other. Sometimes we may say things we don't mean or do things to hurt each other deliberately. We are quick to point fingers...
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Bob and Margaret Wolff celebrated their wedding anniversary six months after their marriage--in case they didn't make it a full year. However, they shared a thirty-one year honeymoon before Bob's tragic accidental death. Alaskan Wolff Pack is Bob and Margaret's story, and the story of the remarkable children, friends, and pets they accumulated along the way. The delights of living in the Alaska bush amidst four legged neighbors, the closeness of sharing...
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Three girls go to war and find true friendship A spellbinding standalone saga from Grace Thompson set in World War II Ethel runs away from a violent father, a man so fierce he beat her fiancé senseless. Gorgeous Kate leaves her doting parents and their grocery store. Shy and sheltered Rosie, who has grown up with her grandmother, decides to escape her sleepy home town. All three join the NAAFI, determined to do their bit against Hitler. Through...
100) Callie Healy
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Last year my sister came home and fell hopelessly in love with the man I thought I'd have a future with. Now they're parents to a beautiful baby, and as much as I want to be a part of their lives, I can't be around them without feeling betrayed, so I moved to Kentucky to start over fresh. I never anticipated seeing someone from my past, or being thrown into an affair neither of us are able to break away from.He's dangerous, but loyal. He's powerful;...
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