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The bride's farewell
Par Meg Rosoff. 2009
On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and…
flees - determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse. The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. For Senior High readers. 2009.iPod et minijupe au 18e siècle (Roman 14/18)
Par Louise Royer. 2011
Un soir, Sophie revient de ses cours à l’Université, quand elle est soudainement éblouie par une lumière intense. Prise de…
vertige, et sans trop savoir pourquoi ni comment, elle se retrouve en plein cœur de Paris… en l’an 1767! Ne pouvant retourner chez elle, elle est recueillie par Nicolas et Élyse, qui l’aideront à s’intégrer à la vie du 18e siècle, dans un milieu dont elle ignore tout des convenances et des règles. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2011.J'aurais voulu vous dire William
Par Arlette Cousture. 1998
Une romancière pour la jeunesse se lie d'amitié avec un aveugle et se retrouve obsédée par un ami de ce…
dernier. Cet ami qui vient de mourir était un homme effacé et plutôt solitaire auquel on ne connaissait qu'une passion: la photographie des chiens et des bâtisses. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 1998.Washington avalanche, 1910 (Historical Romance Ser.)
Par Cameron Dokey. 2000
Fleeing her conniving guardian stepbrother, seventeen-year-old Ginny Nolan boards a Seattle-bound train and meets young Virginia, who is apprehensive over…
her imminent arranged marriage to a stranger. The girls temporarily trade identities, giving Virginia a chance to assess the fiancé. But unexpected love and an avalanche intervene. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.Fear the drowning deep
Par Sarah Glenn Marsh. 2016
Bridey has loathed the sea ever since her granddad was lured off a cliff. She insists there is a creature…
out there, others just think her mad. Now a young woman's body washes up on shore and she is convinced that her granddad's killer has returned. Then she finds Fynn, an outsider, injured on the beach and she takes him home to heal. But when more girls vanish, he is the obvious suspect. Can Bridey discover who or what is plaguing her town before those she loves most are lost to the waves?Song of the silent harp (Emerald Ballad Ser. #Vol. 1)
Par B. J. Hoff, B. J Hoff. 1991
The potato famine is devastating Ireland, and all Nora Kavanagh has left is her son Daniel and her faith in…
God. Her childhood friend Morgan Fitzgerald, whom she has always loved, arranges for Nora and Daniel to make their way to America. There they are helped by Michael Burke, now a New York City policeman, who loved Nora when they were children. Prequel to Heart of the Lonely Exile (DB 41304)Christy's choice (Christy Ser. #No. 6)
Par C Archer. 1996
When Christy receives an offer to teach in her hometown of Asheville, she makes a decision that stands to affect…
her entire future. During a train wreck on her return to Cutter Gap, Christy experiences a life-changing insight that clarifies her destiny. Sequel to The Proposal (BR 10900). For grades 5-8Sybill (The Foxbridge Legacy #1)
Par Jo Ann Ferguson. 1988
A young woman banished from the splendor of Elizabethan society is swept into dangerous passions and hidden agendas at a…
powerful nobleman's estate in the first novel of Jo Ann Ferguson's spellbinding Foxbridge Legacy series Disgraced and penniless after her father's death, Sybill Hampton leaves London for the wild northwest coast to become the ward of a man she barely knows. When she arrives at Foxbridge Cloister, it isn't her guardian who greets her, but a darkly handsome stranger who infuriates her with his assumption that she is a fortune hunter. The enigmatic overseer of the isolated estate, Trevor Breton, shares an uneasy relationship with his employer, the mercurial Owen Wythe, Lord Foxbridge, and a tantalizing one with Sybill, who at her guardian's request takes over the housekeeping duties. Sybill begins to fall under Trevor's seductive spell, unaware that a plan is being set in motion--a cunningly orchestrated scheme that may force her to wed one man while losing her heart to another.Persuasion: Novela... (Word Cloud Classics)
Par Jane Austen. 2012
No home library is complete without the classics Persuasion is a keepsake to be read and treasured Published in…
1818 Persuasion was Jane Austen s last completed novel In this compelling love story Anne Elliott is unhappy and unmarried at twenty-seven At the urging of her family she broke her engagement to the man she loved eight years before because he was poor and didn t have good family connections When they meet again he is wealthy a captain in the navy and looking for a wife but he has not forgiven Anne for her rejection and resolves not to fall in love with her again With a heat-burnished cover foil stamping and designed endpapers the Word Cloud Classics edition of Persuasion is the perfect addition to any bookshelf About the Word Cloud Classics series Classic works of literature with a clean modern aesthetic Perfect for both old and new literature fans the Word Cloud Classics series from Canterbury Classics provides a chic and inexpensive introduction to timeless tales With a higher production value including heat burnished covers and foil stamping these eye-catching easy-to-hold editions are the perfect gift for students and fans of literature everywherePersuasion: Novela... (Enriched Classics)
Par Jane Austen. 2009
The Enriched Classics series offers readers such features as:* A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information* A…
chronology of the author's life and work* A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context* An outline of key themes and plot points to help guide the reader's own interpretations* Detailed explanatory notes* Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work* Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction* A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience* Reader-friendly font sizeTreasured: An Unexpected Pleasure His Sinful Touch His Wicked Charm (Secrets of the Loch #2)
Par Candace Camp. 2014
Love is in the cards for a young Scottish heiress in the first book of a delicious new trilogy of…
historical romances, Secrets of the Loch, from New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp.A family legend of hidden treasure mingles with the mist over the shores of Loch Baille... But it's not the cache of gold dating back to Culloden that Jack Kensington claims when he arrives in the Highlands; it's the house he won in a London card game from a luckless Scotsman. Stunned to learn that her wastrel brother wagered their family estate, Isobel Rose must find a way to save her home and the people she loves...even if it means accepting a loveless marriage. Or perhaps not so loveless? Isobel unlocks the secrets of desire in the arms of the mysterious and handsome Englishman, but a series of "accidents" makes her fear that she will soon be a widow instead of a wife. As their hunt for lost riches turns into the search for a killer, Isobel fights her attraction to the man who stole her birthright...but can Jack convince Isobel that he can provide a home for her heart, and a love to treasure?Skye Lakota (Skye Trilogy #1)
Par Krista Janssen. 2015
Krista Janssen captivates us in the first of her Skye Trilogy. A half-breed Lakota Sioux warrior is forced to travel…
to Scotland by his Scottish father. In the Highlands, he adjusts to a challenging new culture, and finds unbridled passion with a daring young English woman. Strong-willed Beth Talbot leads a secret life in London writing for a political pamphlet - until she is dragged to Scotland by her uncle who insists she marry an aging Laird. The Laird's restless and newly educated half-breed son, Fletcher Mackinnon, is enchanted by Beth and maneuvers to save her from the unwanted marriage. Their attraction to each other becomes a glorious love, but a royal assassination plot in England puts their lives and their love in grave peril.The Hunchback of Notre Dame: A Pantomime (Word Cloud Classics)
Par Victor Hugo. 1998
This historically significant novel of love and betrayal led to a renewed interest in preserving the grand architecture of Paris.Victor…
Hugo&’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written in 1831, at a time when the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was falling into disrepair. This epic novel helped spark a preservationist movement that led to the cathedral being restored to its full glory. Set in 1482, the story tells of how four men—the hunchbacked bell-ringer, Quasimodo; the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo; the dashing soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers; and the poet Pierre Gringoire—vie for the love of Esmeralda, a young Romani woman. As the story unfolds, readers come to realize that the focus of the story is not only on the human characters but on the grand cathedral itself.The Left Behind Bride: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #10)
Par Mahrie G. Reid. 2018
Maggie Conrad’s husband of ten days is sent overseas in WW1 and never comes home. A second suitor is lost…
at sea in Nova Scotia’s August Gale. Turning thirty, and on her own, she resolves to make a life for her herself and her younger brother, Ivan. Against her wishes, Ivan goes to work for the rum runners and operates a surf boat bringing shipments ashore. When war-veteran and Prohibition Preventative agent, John Murdock, arrives undercover in the area he is referred to Maggie for room and board. With a rum runner and a man she suspects is a policeman living under her roof, Maggie must juggle law and justice, family loyalties and her growing attraction to John as she decides whether marriage might be in the cards for her after all.Envy the Wind: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #11)
Par Victoria Chatham, Anita Davison. 2018
Grace MacKinnon’s widowhood promises little but a life of drudgery under her father-in-law’s oppressive rule. When quiet rebellion turns to…
opportunity, she books passage on an Atlantic steamer only to face near disaster in Halifax harbour. Her future looks doomed from the start until with the help of a sympathetic stranger, she arrives on Prince Edward Island. Her new-found independence drives her to undertake a brave new adventure in a male dominated world, and a chance encounter with Lucy Maud Montgomery brings her a surprising ally. Despite the challenges, Grace keeps her head and prevails, until an encounter with bootleggers during Canadian Prohibition threatens to topple her hard won success. Can Grace trust those she goes to for help, or as a woman alone in turn of the century Charlottetown are the odds stacked against her?Also Known as Lard Butt
Par Ann Herrick. 2015
Laura finds out that, Ricky, the boy who created her horrible nickname, "Lard Butt," has moved back into town—and immediately…
schemes to keep him quiet. After all, she can't let her new swim teammates, especially drool-worthy Noah, hear the horrible name! No way! She's determined to put a million years between grade school and junior high—even in the face of a father who drives an éclair, a would-be-movie-star mother who suddenly moves back home, and a past that comes back to haunt her with the dreaded nickname. Although Laura's embarrassed about how she looks in a swimsuit, she tries to stay true to her vow to take risks. She even lets Maria talk her into going to the school dance, where she braves negotiating a truce for a quarreling couple. New friendships form, Laura's mother starts getting too domesticated for Laura's comfort, and hints of romance start to develop—or do they?Hey, Nobody's Perfect
Par Ann Herrick. 2012
Her parent's divorce did not wipe out their traditional family values. Dad is still way too self-centered, Mom is still…
resentful, Russ is still shoving food in his mouth and Sivia doesn’t need any more drama. But when the new student, obnoxious and legless Keeley, becomes her project partner, her life becomes even more complicated. Family friction, peer pressure and her overly controlling father are threats her budding relationship, but prejudices she never knew she had and doesn't want to acknowledge are the biggest hurdle of all.All's Fair in Love and Words
Par Ann Herrick. 2012
Laurel can't handle her new authority as editor of the yearbook, especially when it comes to Matt, the new guy…
at school who has her head spinning. Is she doing what's best for the yearbook, or what's best for her? Is she being unfair to Matt, or is he trying to use her? To complicate matters, her best friend's love life is falling apart, her home life is driving her crazy with parents who are frantic about their upcoming high-school reunion and a sister who has suddenly become klutz of the century. Can Laurel help her best friend, survive her chaotic household and resolve her war of words with Matt without losing at love?It's All In Your Mind
Par Ann Herrick. 2013
17-year-old Vija Skalbe wants to be an all-American girl—no matter how hard her parents try to impose their strict Latvian…
standards on her. She feels unsure of herself with one foot in each country. Then Nolan, a folksinger, steals her heart at a coffeehouse. When Nolan stops at their table, it's Vija's friend, Caprice, who does all the talking. But it is Vija who gets his phone number—and later the back seat of his motorcycle. Soon she is cruising from one adventure to another, dizzy with joy, her new-found freedom and the excitement of being with the kind of guy who is a challenge. It doesn't matter that Nolan wants everything his way. Or that he's constantly eyeing other girls. Or that he can be pouty and punitive. Or that he says she's seeing things all wrong. Until it does matter. But Vija's in so deep. Will she deal with Nolan's controlling tactics, or is she too far under his spell?My Fake Summer Boyfriend
Par Ann Herrick. 2014
Katie eagerly agrees to pretend she is Alex's girlfriend for the summer in order to protect his job. Amid sundrenched…
waves, they develop a friendship that is on the verge of turning romantic, when who should arrive but Nicole, Alex's old girlfriend. In three days, Nicole ruins Katie's relationship with Alex. So Katie gets involved with Logan, Nicole's handsome older brother, though Alex is the one for her. Soon enough Katie learns that fake romances can get out of hand and lead to complications she never imagined.