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Christmas at the shelter inn
Par RaeAnne Thayne. 2023
"[Thayne] engages the reader's heart and emotions, inspiring hope and the belief that miracles are possible." —Debbie Macomber, #1 New…
York Times bestselling author Come home to Shelter Springs this Christmas, where hearts are warm and hopes are bright... Growing up at the Shelter Inn hotel, Natalie Shepherd envied guests who could come and go as they pleased. So when it was time to finally leave for college and put the lush green mountains around Shelter Springs—along with the cloud of loss that seemed to follow her family—behind her, she swore she'd never come back. But now her sister McKenna needs a favor. On pregnancy bed rest at doctor's orders, McKenna needs a helping hand with her two young daughters and someone to take over the inn during the hectic holiday season, and Nat can't refuse. And just when things can't get worse, she runs into her late brother's best friend, Griffin Taylor... Griff has mixed feelings about Natalie's return. She's just as beautiful and full of life as he remembered, but there's a secret he's carried for years about her brother—and the guilt is eating away at him. Still, Christmas in this small town is filled with treasured traditions and new adventures that hold the promise of something sweet and lasting. From matchmaking seniors to rambunctious nieces, it seems everyone is hoping Nat and Griff will put loss behind them and find a happy new beginningPrisoner of my desire
Par Johanna Lindsey. 1991
Rowena Belleme is being forced by her stepbrother Gilbert to wed the elderly Lord Lyons. Gilbert wants an heir and…
the lands lost to him by Rowena's father. But Lyons is old and Rowena is contemptuous of him and her stepbrother. Lyons dies before bedding Rowena, and Gilbert must find a suitable replacement, or all his plans will be for naught. Warrick de Chaville might be a perfect substitute. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerSilver wings
Par Grace Hill. 1988
First published in 1931. Amory Lorrimer is thrilled to get a position as social secretary in the Whitney household. On…
the very day that she arrives, she watches a small plane landing nearby. Before another day passes the pilot, Gareth, presents her with his silver wings. But soon Gareth makes a nonstop flight to Alaska and crashes short of his destination. Everyone believes him to be dead except Amory, who is sure that he will be savedMan of my dreams
Par Johanna Lindsey. 1992
Megan Penworthy doesn't plan to marry just any man, she plans to marry the Duke of Wrothston. But when she…
first meets the duke, he is disguised as Devlin Jefferys, a horse breeder who will be living on her family's estate. Megan's father is privy to the duke's deception, but Megan isn't, and so she faces a dilemma when she begins to fall in love with Jefferys. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerPrivate pleasures
Par JoAnn Ross. 1992
When Cassie McBride is offered a job at the Gallagher mansion she jumps at the chance to spend more time…
with handsome Roarke Gallagher. But Roarke's powerful father separates them, sending pregnant and penniless Cassie to New York. Cassie finds success in modeling but, after devastating news from back home, she blames herself for her daughter's deafness. Explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong languageMixed blessings
Par Danielle Steel. 1992
Three California couples, each married the same day, struggle about having children. Diana and Andrew Douglas want at least four,…
but after a year Diana still is not pregnant. Barbara and Charles Winwood have differing opinions on children--she couldn't care less, and he wants lots. Pilar and Bradford Coleman wonder if it is too late to have a child of their own when Brad is about to become a grandfather. Some strong language. BestsellerThe love child: a novel
Par Catherine Cookson. 1990
Anna Dagshaw is one of six illegitimate children born to Nathaniel Martell and Maria Dagshaw. Nathaniel's drunken wife will not…
divorce him, so he, Maria, and the children live as a family and endure the spitting, taunts, hostility, and even violence of the villagers. Anna is determined to overcome her heritage, but fears she will never marry-until she meets Timothy Barrington, who has his own pain. Strong language and violenceThe endearment
Par LaVyrle Spencer. 1983
Anna Reardon and her brother, James do not have much of a life in Boston. Their mother is a prostitute,…
and basically, they are raising themselves. When James sees Karl Lindstrom's advertisement for a "mail-order bride," he convinces Anna to write Karl. Desperate to change their way of life, Anna misrepresents herself in her letters. Now, in Minnesota, the truth is coming out. Descriptions of sex. BestsellerAlmost heaven
Par Judith McNaught. 1990
Lady Elizabeth Cameron is a young woman of unmatched beauty. But her reputation is ruined during her first London season…
when she is found in the arms of Ian Thornton--persona non grata with the ton. However, circumstances conspire to throw them together on several occasions, and soon their dislike for each other is vying with a passion that may be even stronger. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe foolish gentlewoman
Par Margery Sharp. 1948
Written in 1948, this romantic comedy revolves around Isabel Brocken, who is considered frivolous and foolish by her brother-in-law, Simon.…
World War II is over and the widowed Isabel returns home to Chipping Lodge, just eight miles from the center of London. She brings together her family members and friends, whose reactions vary when Isabel proposes to make amends to Tilly Cuff for an injustice years agoThe bargain bride: a new Camfield novel of love
Par Barbara Cartland. 1989
David, the Earl of Blakeney, has lost all of his money. Blake Hall is in ruins, and the creditors are…
arriving on the morrow to demand he sell everything that is left to pay his debts. With Blake Hall to be sold, what is to become of David and his sister, Lady Aleda? Then, along with the creditors, comes Doran Winton, who makes an offer David and Aleda cannot refuseAlways and forever
Par Cynthia Freeman. 1990
Kathy Ross and David Kohn first meet on a trip to Germany to aid concentration camp survivors. It is love…
at first sight. But time and circumstances keep them apart. Kathy marries David's cousin Phil, but soon realizes she has made a big mistake. Forced to flee with her son, she makes a new life for them, and dreams of David. Can her dreams come true? Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerAspen gold: a novel
Par Janet Dailey. 1991
Kit Masters returns to her home on Silverwood Ranch in Aspen, Colorado, after ten years. She spent those years in…
Hollywood as a soap-opera actress, but in Aspen she'll be starring in her first movie. There are sad memories in her hometown, but there's also Tom Bannon--her old love who jilted her but is now available again. Descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe Marquis wins
Par Barbara Cartland. 1990
Daniela Brooke, heiress to a fortune, is practically alone in the world now that her mother and father are dead.…
All she has left is a stepmother who tricked her father into marriage just before his untimely death. And now there is a terrible plot afoot to marry Daniela to her stepmother's lover. Her only hope is a friend of her father's--the Marquis of Crowle. But he is only interested in gambling. Will he gamble on love?The nutmeg tree
Par Margery Sharp. 1937
An indiscretion in 1916 resulted in the irrepressible Julia's having a baby and then marrying. In 1937 her daughter Susan…
writes from France begging her mother to come to her aid. Susan is in love and wants to marry, but her grandparents, who have raised her, object to the match. Julia flies to her daugther's side to help--and to escape creditorsFrivolous pretence
Par Anthea Malcolm. 1990
King George IV is divorcing Queen Caroline, and some think Frank Hawksley's wife Demetra has allowed secret information regarding the…
trial to fall into the wrong hands. But Demetra is innocent--although her husband does not think so. Demetra devises a plan to unmask the real traitor, but, in order to carry out her plan, she must leave her homeEddie's blue winged dragon
Par C. S Adler. 1988
Eleven-year-old Eddie, a tough, gutsy kid with cerebral palsy, has a burning desire to get even, just once, with Darrin,…
the bully who makes his life so miserable at school, and with Miss Clark, an unfair teacher who claims she can't understand his sometimes garbled speech. When Eddie buys a glass dragon as a birthday gift for his sister Mina, reality and fantasy blend as the dragon turns into a living weapon of revenge. For grades 5-8The light that failed
Par Rudyard Kipling. 1986
Kipling's first novel, published in 1890, is the story of an artist who received a sword wound while working in…
the Sudan as an illustrator. Knowing that his sight would soon be gone, he strove to finish his painting, "Melancholia," at the same time suffering from an unhappy love affairTender triumph
Par Judith McNaught. 1983
Katherine Elizabeth Connelly's six-month marriage to David Caldwell, his abuse, and their acrimonious divorce have left her unable to trust…
men. Two years later Ramon Galverra, a handsome, virile Pureto Rican, enters Katie's life, and she is utterly confused. She is drawn to him, but he seems to be hiding something. Might he, like David, ultimately abuse her? Some strong language and some descriptions of sexPromise me a rainbow
Par Cheryl Reavis. 1990
Perhaps fate caused Catherine Holben to buy the gnomes. She is struggling to put her life back together after being…
deserted by her husband because she couldn't have children. Joe D'Amaro and his children are selling the gnomes because his building company is not doing well and they need the money. Both are nursing painful losses and don't want to set themselves up for more. But fate has other ideas. Strong language and descriptions of sex