An actress by trade, Julia St. Clement is playing her most dangerous role yet. She dresses as a man to warn Lord Anthony Rastmoor of a cruel plot against him. She still loves him, despite his betrayal years ago. Rastmoor believes that Julia is dead. But when Julia's actress "wife" disappears, Rastmoor and Julia must form an uneasy alliance. It's only a matter of time before he unmasks her-and there's no telling what will happen when he does.
Tracking down a killer... and healing old wounds. When police officer and chaplain Gabe Elliot hears a disturbing deathbed confession, he turns to the one person who can help--the fianc e he left behind ten years ago. As the small town's archivist, Brinna Jenson has the skills to investigate the fifty-year-old murder. And she's determined to find out whether her best friend's dying grandfather is responsible for covering up a heinous crime. But between break-ins and threats, a shadowy figure pursues them. If Brinna and Gabe want to claim their second chance at love, they'll have to survive... From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Tracking down a killer... and healing old wounds. When police officer and chaplain Gabe Elliot hears a disturbing deathbed confession, he turns to the one person who can help--the fianc e he left behind ten years ago. As the small town's archivist, Brinna Jenson has the skills to investigate the fifty-year-old murder. And she's determined to find out whether her best friend's dying grandfather is responsible for covering up a heinous crime. But between break-ins and threats, a shadowy figure pursues them. If Brinna and Gabe want to claim their second chance at love, they'll have to survive... From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Tender Tales inspired by favorite Mother Goose Rhymes. Mother Goose nursery rhymes have been with us for hundreds of years. Those dashing heroes and spunky heroines from our favorite Regency Romance novels probably grew up reciting Little Miss Muffet or Jack and Jill. Now some of these well-known rhymes have been given full Regency Romance treatment. These Mother Goose characters are all done up in muslin and breeches, cavorting at balls, navigating the ton, and ready to meet their own happy endings.
1815, Nottinghamshire, EnglandMr. Robert Locksley is not the great-great-grandson of the infamous Robin Hood. He just happens to share the same name. And an estate in Nottingham. And the shame of an addled grandfather who liked to don green hosen and rob from their neighbors. The legend is nothing more than a source of embarrassment for Robert and now that he's come back from the horrors of war, he wants nothing to do with violence or suffering or Robin Hood again. It comes as quite a shock, then, when he discovers his peaceful home is in chaos and he is presumed dead There's a new sheriff in town and nothing in Nottingham is as it should be. There's only one thing to do-bring Robin Hood back to life.Marianne Maidland never quite outgrew her fascination with Robin Hood. She used to romp through Sherwood Forest and dream of adventure. Returning to Nottingham as a cultured lady, she is sad to hear that Robert Locksley is dead and his beautiful estate is falling to ruin. But the good people of Nottingham are suffering, and she isn't sure why. She knows what they need, though; they need Robin Hood If Robert isn't here to fill that role, then she will have to. How handy that she's an excellent archer and has just found Grandfather's old Robin Hood costume.Sparks fly-along with arrows -when these pretenders collide. Would there be a happy ending for two daring rogues in the forest? Sure would
One day a bear was born with a very big tail and was teased by everyone. When he grew up he searched for the magic wishing well, and when he found it he wished for his tail to change. However, the wishing well played a trick on him and turned his tail into a penny. He becomes known as Pennybottom Bear. Pennybottom goes on a search for a home where he will fit in. He finally finds happiness in a town filled with animals that had made the same wish at the same wishing well. Pennybottom teaches everyone to be thankful for what they have.
Set in the post-hippie era of the Dressed-for-Success 1980s, Why You Must: A San Francisco Saga offers a deftly interwoven series of intimate narratives addressing the eternal puzzle of why smart, talented, educated people so often fall short of achieving their fondest ambitions of artistic glory. Writers, actors, street performers, and stand-up comedians appear in this novel just as they were at the dawn of the Digital Revolution: being social without media and before anyone understood the coming cumulative impact of personal cell phones, desktop publishing, and the World Wide Web. Tragically originating in that same not-so-long-ago age was the AIDS epidemic, which extinguished so many of the brightest creative lights from a generation seeking freedom and fulfillment in "Baghdad-by-the-Bay." Most profoundly, Why You Must explores the mysteriously fluid nature of friendship, love, and sex in a place and time when the social boundaries between "gay" and "straight" were beginning to blur, and recreations of the previous decade were starting to be recognized as life-wasting addictions. Funny and sad, guileless and wise, Why You Must is a uniquely told tale of aspiring human beings struggling to become the selves they dream of. Some can, many cannot, but all must at least try to follow their heart's desires - or fail for lack of trying and "die with their] music still inside."
Putter's Purple Power Toe is a humorous, fictional, 60-page chapter book for children ages 6 to 12 years (and older). It is written by Sue Olson Gee and illustrated by her nephew Nate Josephs. On his parent' s farm in 1958, a 10 year old boy named Putter stubs his toe on a mysterious purple rock in the woods while playing hide-and-seek. He is unaware that he now has magic powers in his purple toe, until his pet gerbil starts talking and his brother stops. Go along with Putter to his little two-room country school in Big Bend City, and relive some of the author's memories in that special haven in Minnesota. Follow Putter's exciting adventures through a year of carefully making twelve wishes and discovering that "good" wishes are the most rewarding.
Since the early nineteenth century, the women of Gee’s Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. In the only photo-essay book about the quilts of Gee’s Bend for children, award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin explores the history and culture of this fascinating group of women and their unique quilting traditions. Rubin uses meticulous research to offer an exclusive look at an important facet of African American art and culture. In the rural community of Gee’s Bend, African American women have been making quilts for generations. They use scraps of old overalls, aprons, and bleached cornmeal sacks - anything they can find. Their traditions have been passed down through the decades. Much to the women’s surprise, a selection of the quilts was featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2002. The exhibition then travelled to the Whitney Museum in New York City. “Eye-poppingly gorgeous,” wrote a critic for the New York Times about the exhibition. He continued, “Some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art will exhibit its newly acquired collection of Gee’s Bend quilts in 2017. Rubin is known for producing well-researched, highly praised and sophisticated biographies of artists and other important figures. Through similar research, The Quilts of Gee’s Bend shares specifics about this rare community and its rich traditions, allowing children to pause to consider history through the eyes of the people who lived it and through a legacy that is passed on to the next generation. This book should be of great interest to classrooms, libraries and those interested in African American art, in addition to quilting, life in early emancipated colonies in the South, and Gee’s Bends importance in the Civil Right’s movement. The quilts and the incredible stories behind them are powerful motivators for anyone who wishes to accomplish anything. A map, directions on how to make a quilt square, endnotes and an index round out this stunning nonfiction book.
