Impatient with Desire

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Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 1401395015
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Impatient with Desire by : Gabrielle Burton

Download or read book Impatient with Desire written by Gabrielle Burton and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great adventure. A haunting tragedy. An enduring love. In the spring of 1846, Tamsen Donner, her husband, George, their five daughters, and eighty other pioneers headed to California in eager anticipation of new lives out West. Everything that could go wrong did, and an American legend was born. The Donner Party. We think we know their story--starving pioneers trapped in the mountains performing an unspeakable act to survive--but we know only that one harrowing part of it. Impatient with Desire brings us answers to the unanswerable question: What really happened in the four months the Donners were trapped in the Sierra Nevadas And it brings to stunning life a woman--and a love story--behind the myth. Tamsen Eustis Donner, born in 1801, taught school, wrote poetry, painted, botanized, and was fluent in French. At twenty-three, she sailed alone from Massachusetts to North Carolina when respectable women didn't travel alone. Years after losing her first husband, Tully, she married again for love, this time to George Donner, a prosperous farmer, and in 1846, they set out for California with their five youngest children. Unlike many women who embarked reluctantly on the California-Oregon Trail, Tamsen was eager to go. Later, trapped in the mountains by early snows, she had plenty of time to contemplate the wisdom of her decision and the cost of her wanderlust. Historians have long known that Tamsen kept a journal, though it was never found. In Impatient with Desire, Burton draws on years of historical research to vividly imagine this lost journal--and paints a picture of a remarkable heroine in an extraordinary situation. Tamsen's unforgettable journey takes us from the cornfields of Illinois to the dusty Oregon Trail to the freezing Sierra Nevada Mountains, where she was forced to confront an impossible choice. Impatient with Desire is a passionate, heart-wrenching story of courage, hope, and love in hardship, all told at a breathless pace. Intimate in tone and epic in scope, Impatient with Desire is absolutely hypnotic.

Impatient with Desire

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Publisher : Voice
ISBN 13 : 9780316372671
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (726 download)

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Book Synopsis Impatient with Desire by : Gabrielle Burton

Download or read book Impatient with Desire written by Gabrielle Burton and published by Voice. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burton's novel reimagines the Donner party tragedy through the eyes of Tamsen Donner, wife of George Donner, the leader of the group that, in 1846, set out for California and wound up snowbound in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for the winter.

Searching for Tamsen Donner

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803224435
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Searching for Tamsen Donner by : Gabrielle Burton

Download or read book Searching for Tamsen Donner written by Gabrielle Burton and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tamsen Donner. For most the name conjures the ill-fated Donner party trapped in the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1846–47. Others might know Tamsen as the stoic pioneer woman who saw her children to safety but stayed with her dying husband at the cost of her own life. For Gabrielle Burton, Tamsen’s story, fascinating in its own right, had long seemed something more: the story of a woman’s life writ large, one whose impossible balancing of self, motherhood, and marriage spoke to Burton’s own experience. This book tells of Burton’s search to solve the mystery of Tamsen Donner for herself. A graceful mingling of history and memoir, Searching for Tamsen Donner follows Burton and her husband, with their five daughters, on her journey along Tamsen’s path. From Tamsen’s birthplace in Massachusetts to North Carolina, where she lost her first family in the space of three months; to Illinois, where she married George Donner; and finally to the fateful Oregon Trail, Burton recovers one woman’s compelling history through a modern-day family’s adventure into realms of ultimately timeless experiences. Here Burton has for the first time collected and published together all seventeen of Tamsen’s known letters.

All That I Desire

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250023823
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis All That I Desire by : Francis Ray

Download or read book All That I Desire written by Francis Ray and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When self-made auction-house owner Lance Saxton meets journalist Fallon Marshall on one of his many world travels, she makes him wonder whether he is finally ready to settle down.

Trial by Desire

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Publisher : HQN Books
ISBN 13 : 1426868928
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Book Synopsis Trial by Desire by : Courtney Milan

Download or read book Trial by Desire written by Courtney Milan and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the three years since her husband left her, Lady Kate Carhart has managed to forge a fulfilling life for herself. But when Ned Carhart unexpectedly returns, she finds her tranquility uprooted—and her deepest secrets threatened. Though she has no intention of falling for Ned's charms, Kate can no longer deny the desire that still burns in her heart. Ned is determined to regain his wife's trust by using unbridled seduction. But just as Kate surrenders to Ned's passion, her carefully guarded past threatens to destroy her. Now Kate must place her faith in the only man she's ever loved, and the only one who has ever betrayed her….

As You Desire

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Publisher : Amber House Books
ISBN 13 : 1943505527
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (435 download)

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Book Synopsis As You Desire by : Connie Brockway

Download or read book As You Desire written by Connie Brockway and published by Amber House Books. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rake in tarnished armor… Desdemona Carlisle has spent most of her young life dreaming of a knight in shining armor. When a dashing figure in midnight-black riding a snow-white steed comes to rescue her from the ruffians who have kidnapped her, she believes her destiny has finally arrived. She surrenders herself to the masked stranger’s embrace only to discover her rescuer is none other than Harry Braxton, the scoundrel who stole her heart when she was just a girl, adding it to his collection of exotic treasures as if it were just another trinket. Harry Braxton doesn’t want to be any woman’s knight-errant. He plays the role of notorious rake to hide the dangerous secret that has kept him from offering Desdemona his own heart. But his tarnished armor soon begins to crumple beneath the irresistible assault of Desdemona’s sparkling wit, her dazzling beauty, her teasing and tender touch. As a legendary treasure hunter, he never dreamed he’d be forced to give up the most priceless treasure of all. When Lord Ravenscroft, Harry’s aristocratic cousin, comes courting, Desdemona makes a startling discovery. She might yearn for a hero, but what she really needs is a man—the only man who can fulfill all of her desires… “Connie Brockway’s work brims with warmth, wit, sensuality and intelligence.”—Amanda Quick, New York Times bestselling author “If it’s smart, sexy, and impossible to put down, it’s a book by Connie Brockway!”—Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling author “If you’re looking for passion, tenderness, wit, and warmth, you need look no further. Connie Brockway is simply the best.”—Teresa Medeiros, New York Times bestselling author “Connie Brockway’s work belongs on every reader’s shelf!”—Romantic Times “Connie Brockway delivers romance with strength, wit, and intelligence.”—Tami Hoag, New York Times bestselling author “Brockway’s lush, lyrical writing style is a perfect match for her vivid characters, beautiful atmospheric setting, and sensuous love scenes.” — Library Journal

Desire of My Heart

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Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (518 download)

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Book Synopsis Desire of My Heart by : Heidi Gray McGill

Download or read book Desire of My Heart written by Heidi Gray McGill and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Rachel has ever wanted is a family. How could God grant her the desire of her heart, then do nothing to prevent it being taken away? Can she wait for God's perfect timing, or will she take matters into her own hands...again? About to age out of a Missouri orphanage in 1858, shy Rachel listens with terror as the orphanage matron tells her she's practically auctioning her off to the highest bidder for her hand in marriage. Rachel prays, asking God to help her and her younger brother Charlie escape, but how? When God provides what Rachel believes to be her liberator, the seed of an idea sets in motion an adventure that will bring happiness and heartbreak, and nearly cost Rachel her health. When trouble comes, it comes in a big way and those who care for Rachel wonder if she will ever recover. Rachel and Charlie face danger and sorrow, see new territory, and grow in their faith. They just might even find the desire of their hearts and realize God had bigger plans than they ever imagined.

If You Desire

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416525009
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis If You Desire by : Kresley Cole

Download or read book If You Desire written by Kresley Cole and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-04-24 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sexy historical romance, the second of the Dark Heart series, a Highlander with a dark past returns to the place he fled long ago to protect a woman he once loved from danger. He tried to run... In his youth, Hugh MacCarrick foolishly fell in love with a beautiful English lass who delighted in teasing him with her flirtatious ways. Yet he knew he could never marry her because he was shadowed by an accursed family legacy. To avoid temptation, Hugh left home, ultimately becoming an assassin. She tried to forget him... Jane Weyland was devastated when the Highlander she believed would marry her abandoned her instead. Years later, when Hugh MacCarrick is summoned to protect her from her father's enemies, her heartache has turned to fury—but her desire for him has not waned. Will passion overwhelm them? In hiding, Jane torments Hugh with seductive play. He struggles to resist her because of deadly secrets that could endanger her further. But Hugh is no longer a gentle young man—and toying with the fever-pitched desires of a hardened warrior will either get Jane burned...or enflame a love that never died.

Things We Have in Common

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Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1460396391
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis Things We Have in Common by : Tasha Kavanagh

Download or read book Things We Have in Common written by Tasha Kavanagh and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] perfectly orchestrated girl-who-cried-wolf thriller.”—The New York Times Book Review A dark, utterly compulsive novel about what happens when the warped imagination of a teenage girl turns into reality… When fifteen-year-old Yasmin—obese, obsessive and deemed a freak by her peers—sees a sinister man watching Alice Taylor from the school fence, she becomes convinced he’s planning to take her. After all, who wouldn’t want the popular and perfect Alice? Then Yasmin realizes if she can find out who he is before he acts, she’ll be the only one who can tell the police, save Alice and become Alice’s heroine. But as Yasmin discovers more about this man, her affections begin to shift. Perhaps she was wrong about him. Perhaps she doesn’t need Alice after all… And then Alice vanishes.

Impatient Foodie

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501128914
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Impatient Foodie by : Elettra Wiedemann

Download or read book Impatient Foodie written by Elettra Wiedemann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impatient Foodie bridges the gap between the ideals of the organic, slow food movement and the realities of a busy life. Loaded with shortcuts, pantry lists, and more than one hundred handy and delicious recipes for busy people, this vividly illustrated, easy-to-navigate cookbook shows how to get the most out of your meals in the least amount of time. Organized by ingredient to minimize grocery store trips and maximize seasonality, Impatient Foodie offers easy ways to spin off kale, chicken, fish, berries, and more into multiple meals, and offers home cooks a variety of inspiring vegetarian and vegan options. Unique, friendly, and entertaining, --Provided by Publisher.

Love in the Afternoon

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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429922486
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Love in the Afternoon by : Lisa Kleypas

Download or read book Love in the Afternoon written by Lisa Kleypas and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love in the Afternoon continues the Hathaways series by Victorian romance author Lisa Kleypas. As a lover of animals and nature, Beatrix Hathaway has always been more comfortable outdoors than in the ballroom. Even though she participated in the London season in the past, the classic beauty and free-spirited Beatrix has never been swept away or seriously courted...and she has resigned herself to the fate of never finding love. Has the time come for the most unconventional of the Hathaway sisters to settle for an ordinary man—just to avoid spinsterhood? Captain Christopher Phelan is a handsome, daring soldier who plans to marry Beatrix's friend, the vivacious flirt Prudence Mercer, when he returns from fighting abroad. But, as he explains in his letters to Pru, life on the battlefield has darkened his soul—and it's becoming clear that Christopher won't come back as the same man. When Beatrix learns of Pru's disappointment, she decides to help by concocting Pru's letters to Christopher for her. Soon the correspondence between Beatrix and Christopher develops into something fulfilling and deep...and when Christopher comes home, he's determined to claim the woman he loves. What began as Beatrix's innocent deception has resulted in the agony of unfulfilled love—and a passion that can't be denied...

The Heart's Desire

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Publisher : City Lights Books
ISBN 13 : 0872868893
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (728 download)

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Book Synopsis The Heart's Desire by : Nahid Rachlin

Download or read book The Heart's Desire written by Nahid Rachlin and published by City Lights Books. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jennifer Sahary, an American artist, and her husband Karim, a professor and Iranian immigrant, make an extended visit to Teheran shortly after the Iran-Iraq War, encountering unforeseen dangers and sexual temptations that change the course of their lives. When their young son is taken by his grandmother to the holy city of Qom without Jennifer’s knowledge, she sets out to find him, learning much about Iran and about herself along the way. And as Karim renews contact with his family and surveys the misery and needs of his war-torn country, he begins to question where he can best achieve his ideals. In sensuous and elegant prose, Rachlin weaves the interlinking stories of a man and a woman and their contrasting cultures with balance and sympathy. "One can learn a lot from this novel . . ."-- Publishers Weekly Nahid Rachlin is an Iranian who lives in New York City, where she teaches creative writing at Barnard College. She is author of Veils: Short Stories and Married to a Stranger (both published by City Lights) and Foreigner (W. W. Norton). She teaches at the New School University and the Unterberg Poetry Center in New York.

Reading Like a Writer

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Publisher : Union Books
ISBN 13 : 1908526149
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (85 download)

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Book Synopsis Reading Like a Writer by : Francine Prose

Download or read book Reading Like a Writer written by Francine Prose and published by Union Books. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humour and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart – to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John le Carré for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue and to Flannery O’ Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail; to be inspired by Emily Brontë ’ s structural nuance and Charles Dickens’ s deceptively simple narrative techniques. Most importantly, Prose cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted, and reminds us that good writing comes out of good reading.

Prayers for Sale

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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429962372
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Prayers for Sale by : Sandra Dallas

Download or read book Prayers for Sale written by Sandra Dallas and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hennie Comfort is eighty-six and has lived in the mountains of Middle Swan, Colorado since before it was Colorado. Nit Spindle is just seventeen and newly married. She and her husband have just moved to the high country in search of work. It's 1936 and the depression has ravaged the country and Nit and her husband have suffered greatly. Hennie notices the young woman loitering near the old sign outside of her house that promises "Prayers For Sale". Hennie doesn't sell prayers, never has, but there's something about the young woman that she's drawn to. The harsh conditions of life that each have endured create an instant bond and an unlikely friendship is formed, one in which the deepest of hardships are shared and the darkest of secrets are confessed. Sandra Dallas has created an unforgettable tale of a friendship between two women, one with surprising twists and turns, and one that is ultimately a revelation of the finest parts of the human spirit.

What the Duke Desires

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471113779
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Book Synopsis What the Duke Desires by : Sabrina Jeffries

Download or read book What the Duke Desires written by Sabrina Jeffries and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maximilian Cale, the Duke of Lyons, long ago buried his grief for his missing elder brother, Peter, who was presumed dead after being kidnapped by their Great-Uncle Humbert. When a mysterious note arrives from Tristan Bonnaud asserting that the Duke's brother is alive, it leads him straight to the winsome Lisette Bonnaud, illegitimate daughter of a viscount and Tristan's sister. Soon after, Max and Lisette are travelling to Paris posing as husband and wife, in search of Tristan, who has disappeared. The longer he spends with Lisette, the easier it is for Max to see that the line between dukedom and desire is easier to cross than he imagined.

The Imperative of Desire

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Publisher : Purple Hand Press
ISBN 13 : 9781953195005
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Imperative of Desire written by Elena Graf and published by Purple Hand Press. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jo & Laurie

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984812033
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Book Synopsis Jo & Laurie by : Margaret Stohl

Download or read book Jo & Laurie written by Margaret Stohl and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling authors Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz bring us a romantic retelling of Little Women starring Jo March and her best friend, the boy next door, Theodore "Laurie" Laurence—now available in paperback! 1869, Concord, Massachusetts: After the publication of her first novel, Jo March is shocked to discover her book of scribbles has become a bestseller, and her publisher and fans demand a sequel. While pressured into coming up with a story, she goes to New York with her dear friend Laurie for a week of inspiration—museums, operas, and even a once-in-a-lifetime reading by Charles Dickens himself! But Laurie has romance on his mind, and despite her growing feelings, Jo's desire to remain independent leads her to turn down his heartfelt marriage proposal and sends the poor boy off to college heartbroken. When Laurie returns to Concord with a sophisticated new girlfriend, will Jo finally communicate her true heart's desire or lose the love of her life forever?