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The Christmas Foundling: a Christmas Regency Romance

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher : Paradigm Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Foundling: a Christmas Regency Romance written by Martha Keyes and published by Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2020-12-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A babe in a manger once saved the world. Can this one save a failing marriage? Lydia Blakeburn, Baroness Lynham, wants nothing more than to present her husband with an heir, but after five years of marriage, she has all but given up on doing so. What started as a love match has since begun to sour, yet there is nothing Lydia can do to free Miles from a marriage she is certain he regrets. The future they had envisioned together is slipping farther and farther away. Miles Blakeburn is at his wit's end. Not only has he failed to produce an heir to the family's ancient title, his wife has withdrawn from him entirely. The one thing in the world she wants, he has thus far been unable to give her: a child. He is a failure in every regard. When they happen upon an abandoned baby at the Frost Fair, Miles simply can't resist the light he sees sparked in his wife's eyes as she holds the child. He agrees to take the foundling in until Christmastide is over, when they will find the babe a permanent home. But, for a couple who's been yearning for a baby for years, the infant can't help but expose all the feelings Lydia and Miles have long been trying to bury, feelings that have the power to bring them back together—or estrange them forever.

The Christmas Foundling

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Foundling written by Martha Keyes and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A babe in a manger once saved the world. Can this one save a failing marriage? Lydia Blakeburn, Baroness Lynham, wants nothing more than to present her husband with an heir, but after five years of marriage, she has all but given up on doing so. What started as a love match has since begun to sour, yet there is nothing Lydia can do to free Miles from a marriage she is certain he regrets. The future they had envisioned together is slipping farther and farther away. Miles Blakeburn is at his wit's end. Not only has he failed to produce an heir to the family's ancient title, his wife has withdrawn from him entirely. The one thing in the world she wants, he has thus far been unable to give her: a child. He is a failure in every regard. When they happen upon an abandoned baby at the Frost Fair, Miles simply can't resist the light he sees sparked in his wife's eyes as she holds the child. He agrees to take the foundling in until Christmastide is over, when they will find the babe a permanent home. But, for a couple who's been yearning for a baby for years, the infant can't help but expose all the feelings Lydia and Miles have long been trying to bury, feelings that have the power to bring them back together--or estrange them forever. *This book deals with the topic of infertility, which can be triggering for some Five Christmas romances and the Frost Fair that started them all. This is the fifth book in the clean and sweet Regency romance Belles of Christmas: Frost Fair series. Although this second chance romance is a stand-alone novel, the books are best enjoyed when read in order. Book 1: Her Silent Knight by Ashtyn Newbold Book 2: All is Mary and Bright by Kasey Stockton Book 3: Thawing the Viscount's Heart by Mindy Burbidge Strunk Book 4: On the Second Day of Christmas by Deborah M. Hathaway Book 5: The Christmas Foundling by Martha Keyes

Annabelle

Author : Thomas W. Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Annabelle written by Thomas W. Wells and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Christmas Stories from Charles Dickens' Magazines - 20 Titles in One Edition

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8027233062
Total Pages : 1739 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Stories from Charles Dickens' Magazines - 20 Titles in One Edition written by Charles Dickens and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 1739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not to be confused with Dicken's well known Christmas Tales (A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man) this eBook presents a collection of 20 short stories, published in the Christmas edition of Dickens' weekly magazines "Household Words" and its successor, "All the Year Round", between the years 1850 and 1867. Charles Dickens was the publisher and editor of, and a major contributor to these magazines. He often invited other authors to contribute with stories or to write stories in collaboration with himself. Content: - A Christmas Tree - What Christmas Is As We Grow Older - The Poor Relation's Story - The Child's Story - The Schoolboy's Story - Nobody's Story - The Seven Poor Travellers - The Holly-Tree - The Wreck of the Golden Mary - The Perils of Certain English Prisoners - Going Into Society - The Haunted House - A Message From the Sea - Tom Tiddle's Ground - Somebody's Luggage - Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings - Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy - Doctor Marigold - Mugby Junction - No Thoroughfare

The Foundling

Author : Cardinal Francis Spellman
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787205428
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The Foundling written by Cardinal Francis Spellman and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1951, this is the simple, heart-warming story of a baby left by its mother in a great cathedral in New York, and of the man who found it. Opening immediately after World War I, the story centers on Paul Taggart, a returned soldier, who had lost an arm in the war and who also carried on his face a disfiguring scar. It was at Christmas time that Paul entered the cathedral and there, in the crib, discovered Peter, the small helpless foundling who was to mean so much to him in the future... A compassionate, moving story.

Goodwill for the Gentleman

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher : Paradigm Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goodwill for the Gentleman written by Martha Keyes and published by Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma Caldwell doesn’t hate anyone—except for Hugh Warrilow, the man who jilted her older sister and left like a coward to join the army. Men are clearly not to be trusted, and Emma is determined not to give her heart to one. No, a marriage of convenience is the very thing to suit her. Hugh Warrilow has been secretly in love with Emma Caldwell for years, so when the time comes to live up to both families’ expectations and marry her sister, he can’t find it in himself to do it. Disgraced and misunderstood, he joins to fight Napoleon on the Continent, hoping he will forget Emma and be forgotten by everyone he has disappointed. An injury brings Hugh home—just in time for Christmas and the snowstorm that leaves him trapped under the same roof as Emma. How will he explain that his unforgivable act was motivated by how desperately he loved her? Her icy reception doesn’t leave him the chance, nor does it offer much hope for the season’s expectation of peace on earth and goodwill to men.

Charles Dickens's Stories from the Christmas Numbers of "Household Words" and "All the Year Round", 1852-1867

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Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Charles Dickens's Stories from the Christmas Numbers of "Household Words" and "All the Year Round", 1852-1867 written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Charles Dicken's Stories from the Christmas Numbers of "Household Words" and "All the Year Round," 1852-1867

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Author : Charles Dickens
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 674 pages
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Download or read book Charles Dicken's Stories from the Christmas Numbers of "Household Words" and "All the Year Round," 1852-1867 written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CHEER: 180+ Novels, Tales & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8027221935
Total Pages : 4976 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CHEER: 180+ Novels, Tales & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated Edition) written by Charles Dickens and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 4976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of "THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CHEER: 180+ Novels, Tales & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) A Christmas Inspiration (Lucy Maud Montgomery) The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford) Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott) Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) The Twelve Days of Christmas Silent Night Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson) Christmas with Grandma Elsie (Martha Finley) Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) The Christmas Angel (Abbie Farwell Brown) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling) The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton) Granny's Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne) The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin) Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) The Birds' Christmas Carol (Kate Douglas Wiggin) The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (Elizabeth Harrison) Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum) The Christmas Angel (Abbie Farwell Brown) The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter) Toinette and the Elves (Susan Coolidge) The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky) At the Back of the North Wind (George MacDonald) Christmas at Thompson Hall (Anthony Trollope) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells) The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke) The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann)...

The Christmas Holiday Cheer: 180+ Novels, Tales & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)

Author : Selma Lagerlöf
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4984 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Holiday Cheer: 180+ Novels, Tales & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated Edition) written by Selma Lagerlöf and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 4984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Christmas Holiday Cheer: 180+ Novels, Tales & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated Edition),' readers are invited to explore the rich tapestry of holiday-themed literature through an impressive compilation that spans various genres, literary movements, and historical periods. The anthology seamlessly weaves together the voices of some of the most revered authors in Western literature, presenting a collection that is as diverse in style as it is unified in theme. From the nostalgic recollections of Selma Lagerlöf and Louisa May Alcott to the poignant observations of Charles Dickens and Leo Tolstoy, this volume stands as a testament to the multifaceted nature of Christmas storytelling. Key pieces delve into themes of love, generosity, spiritual reflection, and social critique, offering a panoramic view of the holiday seasons influence on literary creativity. The contributing authors and editors of this anthology bring a wealth of cultural, historical, and literary backgrounds, enriching the collection with their unique perspectives and narratives. Their works reflect not only the individual literary heritages of countries such as England, America, Russia, and Scandinavia but also belong to broader literary movements, including Romanticism, Realism, and the Victorian era, among others. This diverse assembly of texts invites readers to traverse the globe and centuries, providing insight into the universal and enduring appeal of Christmas as a source of inspiration for storytellers. The anthology serves as a gateway to understanding the complex ways in which Christmas has been celebrated, contemplated, and reimagined through literature. 'The Christmas Holiday Cheer: 180+ Novels, Tales & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)' is an indispensable collection for anyone interested in the literary articulations of the Christmas spirit. It offers a unique opportunity to engage with the works of literary giants across time and space, all the while exploring the universally beloved theme of Christmas. This anthology is not merely a compilation of holiday stories; it is a journey through the evolving landscape of Christmas literature, making it an educational treasure trove for students of literature, history, and culture. Readers are encouraged to delve into this voluminous collection, which promises not only a festive holiday read but also a profound exploration of the human condition during the season of giving.

Redeeming Miss Marcotte: a Sweet Regency Romance

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher : Paradigm Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redeeming Miss Marcotte: a Sweet Regency Romance written by Martha Keyes and published by Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Previously published as A Foolish Heart. Redeeming Miss Marcotte is a sweet Regency retelling of Shakespeare's timeless classic A Midsummer Night's Dream. She wants him back. He'll have anyone but her. Mercy Marcotte doesn't deserve a second chance at love. At least, that's what she's believed since jilting Solomon Kennett, the man she loved, when his fortunes took a turn for the worse. But Solomon is back from the West Indies, rich, aloof, and about to offer for Mercy's best friend. Mercy resolves to stay out of it—until her friend runs off with another man. She can't stand by while Solomon is humiliated yet again. Whatever the past, Solomon Kennett is taking control of the future. He is certain he will get what he wants now that he has proven himself worthy of consideration by even the most fastidious of fathers. When the woman he is supposed to propose to is kidnapped by another man, he feels honor-bound to go after them—only to be followed by Mercy, the woman who spurned him years ago. With end goals, loyalties, and history at odds for all involved, nothing is as it seems. The last thing anyone needs is a love potion to further entangle things. Skeptical in the highest degree and determined not to surrender control to his heart, Solomon finds himself wondering if there isn't perhaps something to the potion after all.

Wyndcross: a Sweet Regency Romance

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher : Paradigm Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wyndcross: a Sweet Regency Romance written by Martha Keyes and published by Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate Matcham needs a fortune or a husband. She wants neither. With a tainted inheritance in the balance, she receives one offer to become a scoundrel's mistress and another offer of a marriage of convenience. Before resigning herself to a choice, she accepts the invitation to visit a childhood friend, considering it a last hurrah before embarking on a bleak future. The visit goes sideways when she falls for the gentleman her friend intends to marry, a man well out of Kate's league--and one who seems to be hiding something. Smuggling has overtaken the county, and it seems that everyone is complicit in the trade that killed her father. One by one, her options dwindle as she struggles against her strengthening feelings for a duplicitous man, a determination not to hurt her friend, and keeping the promise she made long ago: to stand up to the people who killed her father.

The Road through Rushbury

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher : Paradigm Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Road through Rushbury written by Martha Keyes and published by Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgiana Paige is on the shelf after eight full Seasons in London and not a single offer of marriage. When the opportunity to act as companion to her spinster aunt presents itself, she jumps at the chance to escape the Marriage Mart and embark on a new adventure. Upon her eventful arrival in the tiny Yorkshire village, though, she finds herself confronted with a man who both piques her interest and provokes her pride. A lowly country vicar, Samuel Derrick would do anything to keep his coarse but idyllic parish the way it is. When change arrives there in the form of multiple new tenants straight from London, he vows to fight against their meddling. He is unprepared, though, for Georgiana Paige and the way she forces herself into the inner workings of the parish. His past experience tells him to keep the woman at arm's length, but his heart—and her determination to stay involved—won't allow for it. As the village fights against the industrialization and poverty sweeping the North, Samuel and Georgiana find themselves working to pull the village together, even as those around them seemed determined to pull it apart. But how can two people who have lived such disparate lives bring anything together when they are fighting against their own desires for change and love?

Hazelhurst

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher : Paradigm Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hazelhurst written by Martha Keyes and published by Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh from the humiliating annulment of the love match she always wanted, Lady Anne Vincent meekly agrees to the marriage of convenience her father has arranged. She feels hopeful that this marriage can be one of cordial indifference, protecting her from the hurt she knows so well. Tobias Cosgrove isn’t meant for marriage, free spirit that he is. And yet, as the only son, marry he must. He is thus relieved when his father reveals his future wife to be the calm, collected Lady Anne Vincent, for he is confident she won’t plague him with neediness or hysterics like so many of the other young women in society. But when Lady Anne's past reappears on their doorstep, she and Tobias are forced to confront whether a marriage of convenience is the type of marriage they wish for after all.

Cecilia

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher : Paradigm Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cecilia written by Martha Keyes and published by Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cecilia Cosgrove’s beauty opens doors and hearts everywhere she goes. With a marquess courting her, the status and wealth her family is counting on her to obtain is finally within her reach—until she meets Jacques Levesque, the French nobleman who immediately pegs her as affected and superficial. While piqued and offended, Cecilia secretly begins to wonder whether he might not have a point. Poor French émigré Jacques Levesque has been disguised as a French nobleman for almost as long as he can remember, trying his hardest to keep his head down in a society obsessed with rank and high birth. But when Cecilia Cosgrove comes into his life, he finds it hard to maintain his façade—or to want to. While Cecilia struggles between the desire to please others and the wish to pursue her own course, Jacques's interest in her provokes a powerful enemy intent on taking him down. With love, acceptance, and the future on the line for them both, Cecilia and Jacques must decide whether a life lived behind a mask is any life at all.

Isabel

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher : Paradigm Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Isabel written by Martha Keyes and published by Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Isabel Cosgrove is informed by her father that he lost her hand in marriage while playing cards with Charles Galbraith—the gentleman she’s been admiring from a distance for years—she is filled with dismay. How can she agree to wed a man whose reason for marriage is part-revenge, part-indifference? Intent on avoiding a painful union where her regard cannot be returned, she concocts a plan. Charles Galbraith didn’t intend to become engaged as a result of a drunken wager at cards, but after the woman he loves spurns him, what does it matter whom he marries? But even Miss Cosgrove, the fiancée he won by wager, seems intent not to marry him—a fact that both relieves and piques him. She instead suggests a plan that has the potential to temporarily appease her father’s demand of marriage while also winning back the love of the woman Charles truly wants. But when Charles and Isabel are thrown into the midst of a brewing scandal and another man’s potential disinheritance, their plan begins to unravel thread by thread, challenging what Galbraith thinks he wants—and just how much more time with him Isabel’s heart can stand.

A Matchmaking Mismatch: a Sweet Regency Romance

Author : Martha Keyes
Publisher : Paradigm Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Matchmaking Mismatch: a Sweet Regency Romance written by Martha Keyes and published by Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Previously published as True of Heart Love lessons have never gone so awry Miss Ruth Hawthorn helps support her fatherless family the only way she can: doling out love advice in a local newspaper column under an assumed name, The Swan. When she receives a lucrative request for an in-person consultation from someone signed "O," her brother persuades her to go to London with him, teaching him what he needs to know in order to survive the short appointment. But when "O" moves up the time of the rendez-vous and Ruth's brother is nowhere to be found, she is forced to take matters into her own hands. Philip Trent, Lord Oxley, knows precisely which woman will best fill his late mother's shoes as the viscountess—now all he needs is a little help winning her over, swarmed as she is by suitors. Ashamed of his ineptitude with women but determined to succeed, Philip secretly enlists help. The youthful, bespectacled Swan seems like the last person capable of providing such help, but Philip finds in the young man both a friend and a confidant, with a surprising understanding of love. Philip's choice of woman is proving more difficult than anticipated, though, and Ruth's ongoing disguise and frequent meetings with him are taxing her conscience—and her heart. With more secrets than Ruth can manage and a heart long since lost to her most important client, she faces the threat of discovery and ruin—a prospect somehow eclipsed by the heartbreak she will face when those secrets are inevitably discovered by the man she loves.