Passion had always ruled her.Margaret Douglas, daughter of a Queen, niece of King Henry VIII never did anything by half measures. When she was a young woman she dared to love knowing it could only end in heartbreak. Love was never meant for those so close to the throne. Still she went on believing that one day she would have it all. A husband. A family. A legacy.Her story is that of a woman who lived a life full of intrigues and power struggles. Some may have called her greedy but it was ambition that drove her - that overcame her. Will she be prepared to risk everything she ever loved to achieve her dreams?Royal Court Series Book 3 can be read as a standalone.
In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Said practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina.They and other past and future stars formed one of the greatest baseball teams of all time. They were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.As a child, Anne Keene's father, Jim Raugh, suited up as the team batboy and mascot. He got to know his baseball heroes personally, watching players hit the road on cramped, tin-can buses, dazzling factory workers, kids, and service members at dozens of games, including a war-bond exhibition with Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium.Jimmy followed his baseball dreams as a college All-American but was crushed later in life by a failed major-league bid with the Detroit Tigers. He would have carried this story to his grave had Anne not discovered his scrapbook from a Navy school that shaped America's greatest heroes including George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, John Glenn, and Paul "Bear" Bryant.With the help of rare images and insights from World War II baseball veterans such as Dr. Bobby Brown and Eddie Robinson, the story of this remarkable team is brought to life for the first time in The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II.
In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this spirited Field of Dreams-like father-daughter account, author Anne R. Keene opens with a story about her father, Jim Raugh, who suited up as the team batboy and mascot. He got to know his baseball heroes personally, watching players hit the road on cramped, tin-can buses, dazzling factory workers, kids, and service members at dozens of games, including a war-bond exhibition against Babe Ruth's team at Yankee Stadium. Jimmy followed his baseball dreams as a college All-American, but was crushed later in life by a failed major-league bid with the Detroit Tigers. He would have carried this story to his grave had Anne not discovered his scrapbook from a Navy school that shaped America's greatest heroes including George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, John Glenn, Paul "Bear" Bryant, and John Wooden. With the help of rare images and insights from World War II baseball veterans such as Dr. Bobby Brown and Eddie Robinson, the story of this remarkable team is brought to life for the first time in The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II.
Master of Disguise is a historical novel, centered on the American Revolutionary War. It is a story of courage, strength and bravery. The story depicted aspects of what happened due to the results of war. The main characters tell of a time when life was difficult, a time that lost its innocence and a time for all to thrive on living. The historical era determined our fate and our future.
Master of Disguise is a historical novel, centered on the American Revolutionary War. It is a story of courage, strength and bravery. The story depicted aspects of what happened due to the results of war. The main characters tell of a time when life was difficult, a time that lost its innocence and a time for all to thrive on living. The historical era determined our fate and our future.
At the conclusion of the twentieth century, the United States economy was booming, but, the gap between the rich and poor widened significantly in the 1990s, poverty rates among women and children skyrocketed, and there was an unprecedented rise in familial homelessness Based on a four–year ethnographic study, Anne R. Roschelle examines how socially structured race, class, and gender inequality contributed to the rise in family homelessness and the devastating consequences for parents and their children. Struggling in the Land of Plenty analyzes the appalling conditions under which homeless women and children live, the violence endemic to their lives, the role of the welfare state in perpetrating poverty, and their never-ending struggle for survival. Only by exploring the stories of homeless women and children can we begin to construct appropriate social policy.
At the conclusion of the twentieth century, the US economy was booming, but the gap between the rich and poor widened significantly in the 1990s, poverty rates among women and children skyrocketed, and there was an unprecedented rise in familial homelessness. Based on a four-year ethnographic study, Anne R. Roschelle examines how socially structured race, class, and gender inequality contributed to the rise in family homelessness and the devastating consequences for parents and their children. Struggling in the Land of Plenty analyzes the appalling conditions under which homeless women and children live, the violence endemic to their lives, the role of the welfare state in perpetrating poverty, and their never-ending struggle for survival.
LARGE PRINT EDITIONGraduate student Raina Sun is in for a season of mayhem and murder. When she volunteered to take the new foreign exchange student shopping on the last weekend before Christmas, she ended up in a riot for the last hot toy of the season and an abandoned baby. Sometimes it doesn't pay to be a Good Samaritan. But calling the mysterious phone number in the diaper bag leads to more questions than answers. A strange man claims to be the child's father, and his alleged mother turns up dead. The local police are more interested in keeping the town's good name out of international news than considering if there's foul play. And to make matters worse, she has less than a week to find his birth parents before the FBI takes over the case. Raina summons her sleuthing skills to protect this baby and soon discovers everyone has a few skeletons in their closets. With her pimp-cane-toting grandma, she must track down a hidden killer before she becomes the next victim. There's no place for an amateur when it comes to murder... Don't miss out on Raina's new adventure--get your copy of "Gusty Lovers and Cadavers" today
LARGE PRINT EDITIONGraduate student Raina Sun is trying to keep her head above water as the bills roll in when her dashing college adviser cons her out of several months of rent. Her quest to retrieve the money sets in motion a streak of even worse luck. First, she stumbles on her advisor's dead body and becomes a suspect in his murder. Next, the only man she's ever loved reappears as the lead detective to the case. Raina's having trouble interpreting his signals--does he want to reignite their passion, or just stay close to his prime suspect?Her life careens further out of control when her grandma shows up at Raina's postage-stamp-sized apartment, dragging a red suitcase and trouble of her own. As Raina summons her sleuthing skills, she discovers that when it comes to murder, there may be no place for an amateur.For readers who like cozy mysteries, quirky characters, and a dash of humor. Come on in, the water's fine--get your copy of Raining Men and Corpses today
Graduate student Raina Sun is in for a season of mayhem and murder. When she volunteered to take the new foreign exchange student shopping on the last weekend before Christmas, she ended up in a riot for the last hot toy of the season and an abandoned baby. Sometimes it doesn't pay to be a Good Samaritan. But calling the mysterious phone number in the diaper bag leads to more questions than answers. A strange man claims to be the child's father, and his alleged mother turns up dead. The local police are more interested in keeping the town's good name out of international news than considering if there's foul play. And to make matters worse, she has less than a week to find his birth parents before the FBI takes over the case. Raina summons her sleuthing skills to protect this baby and soon discovers everyone has a few skeletons in their closets. With her pimp-cane-toting grandma, she must track down a hidden killer before she becomes the next victim. There's no place for an amateur when it comes to murder... Don't miss out on Raina's new adventure--get your copy of "Gusty Lovers and Cadavers" today
Raina Sun is cashing in a gift certificate for a free hairstyle from the town's premier beauty salon and day spa. No more walking dandelion head, thank you very much. Life is on the up-and-up-until she finds an attacker holding her best friend in a headlock outside the treatment rooms. She never thought she would spend her birthday pinned against a rice paper screen, gagging on a mouthful of seaweed, with the attacker plucking at her best friend's weave like a farmwife de-feathering a chicken. The storm is far from over. When the attacker ends up six feet under, her best friend becomes the prime suspect. Raina summons her sleuthing skills to jump full-tilt into this murder investigation to clear her best friend's name. With her stink-bomb-toting grandma and the geriatric posse, she soon discovers death is easy, and it's the living that kills to protect the dead. Don't miss another fast-paced cozy mystery-get your copy of "Balmy Darlings and Deaths" today
Raina Sun thought being a fake fianc e to an acquaintance would get her closer to her deceased grandfather's journal. But instead, she winds up cloistered in an elaborate country estate, surrounded by members of the Nine Dragons Triad, a multi-generational criminal organization. When the dead body of a rival lands in her lap, Raina must prove her fake fianc 's innocence. Amid the hostile triad members, could she find the conniving killer before she becomes the next victim? And will the secret hidden in the journal come to light? Come on out, the sun is shining--get your copy of "Sunny Mates and Murders" today For readers who like cozy mysteries, quirky characters, and a dash of humor.
Murky weather in store... with a chance of fatal storms. After Raina Sun witnesses a kidnapping, the victim shows up unharmed and claims she was at a day spa. The case grows even murkier when Raina's client, the husband of the supposed victim, is found dead at the old pumpkin patch, the site for a contentious new mall development. Raina's new boss seems more worried about collecting their fee than finding the killer. To make matters worse, Raina's sister plans a getaway weekend in Lake Tahoe to revive her marriage, landing Raina with a tornado of a three-year-old. A kidnapping, a dead client, and an energetic preschooler--Raina's weekend goes from bad to worse. Can Raina see her way clear to the end, or will a storm come crashing down when the murderer realizes she's hot on the trail? Grab your flashlight and come along--get your copy of "Murky Passions and Scandals" today
Raina Sun arrives in Las Vegas to elope and ends up with a missing groom. With an overbooked hotel and a rock and roll conference, Raina thought her fianc was helping the hotel with their security-until a strange woman searches Raina's room and a dead woman is found in a laundry bag. And to make matters worse, the security videos show both Raina and her fianc interacting separately with the dead woman hours before her death. With no communication from her fianc , Raina fears the worst-he is in hiding. But from whom? And how is he connected to the victim? With the help of the grandmas, can Raina find the killer and track down her fianc ? Or will she become the next victim?
LARGE PRINT EDITIONRaina Sun arrives in Las Vegas to elope and ends up with a missing groom. With an overbooked hotel and a rock and roll conference, Raina thought her fianc was helping the hotel with their security-until a strange woman searches Raina's room and a dead woman is found in a laundry bag. And to make matters worse, the security videos show both Raina and her fianc interacting separately with the dead woman hours before her death. With no communication from her fianc , Raina fears the worst-he is in hiding. But from whom? And how is he connected to the victim? With the help of the grandmas, can Raina find the killer and track down her fianc ? Or will she become the next victim?
Raina Sun is newly married and enjoying her role as the police station's unofficial pastry chef. When her husband bought a dilapidated old house on a steal, they are thrown into a whirlwind of construction activities with well-meaning relatives coming into town, permit issues, and a dead body behind the drywall of the living room.With all construction activities at a standstill and her husband working overtime to help with the cash flow, Raina must solve this cold case to get her life back on track. With the help of the geriatric Posse Club, will Raina find the hidden killer after all this time or will she become the next victim?
