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Paradise Ranch is Dusty's home now: he's come to terms with not having a family of his own. That is until he meets Jane Wilder. She's running from a troubled past as well, but that past is about to catch up with her. When the two of them are forced to work together on the run down schoolhouse where Jane is the schoolmistress, she does everything she can to keep her secret safe while he fights his growing attraction to her. Can their love overcome the sins of the parents, or will Jane and Dusty miss their chance at happiness?

Favel Farrington møder den unge Roc Pendorric på den idylliske ø Capri i Middelhavet, hvor hun bor sammen med sin far. Det er kærlighed ved første øjekast, og Favel er lykkelig, da hun som nygift ankommer til sit nye hjem Pendorric i Cornwall. Rocs søster og hendes familie venter dem med åbne arme, og det morer Favel, at den lokale befolkning straks giver hende tilnavnet Bruden fra Pendorric. Men Favels morskab forvandler sig snart til bekymring.

Lenore vokser op i familien Sallongers silkehus; et imperium der bygger på silke og silkefabrikation i Viktoriatidens England. Hendes bedstemor er højt værdsat som en fremragende kjoledesigner, og hun og Lenora bliver accepteret næsten som medlemmer af familien. Lenores liv centrerer omkring huset jævnaldrene unge: Arrogante og flirtende Charles, alvorlige, men venlige Philip, selvviske Julia, og den blide, handicappede Cassie.

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Genevieve Waters-Ewing is married. She's married to a man she doesn't love, and didn't agree to marry. The scoundrel dragged her to the altar, and now everything is going to change. In a split second decision, she runs away, and stows aboard a chuck wagon that's leaving on a cattle drive, heading north to Montana. She doesn't know where she'll go, or what she'll do, she only knows one thing - she has to leave Fort Worth, Texas.

Marty Leigh rejser til Cornwall for at blive guvernante på godset Mount Mellyn. Men straks efter ankomsten fyldes Marty af blandede følelser, for godset er fascinerende, men også fyldt med problemer. Den otteårige Alvean skal undervises af Marty. Pigen har et vanskeligt og koldt sind og forsøger at gøre livet surt for den nye guvernante, der til gengæld ønsker at vinde den lille piges venskab. Godsejeren, Connan TreMellyn, giver hende ingen hjælp.

Created for her class in grant writing, Dr. Anne H. Holts' grant writing book allows you to collect the information you need to apply for grants for any project. Following the method outlined in this book you will develop the confidence to find and apply for grants to pay for your goals.

Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. The Cynfell Brothers are the very embodiment of a sinful existence. But could the right woman change that? Being the mistress of one of the most notorious rakes in London was never going to be easy, but Josephine believed she was strong enough. After all, she loved Dante Cynfell to distraction.

John Garrett is my image of a real cowboy, and my heroes are still cowboys. He's good with his gun and his fists, but doesn't fight except when forced. Smart, loyal and tough, John captures your heart, and the heart of Andy Blaine the heroine. Andrea is a bit of a tom-boy, but a beautiful, strong and true western woman. John gets involved in the war for water rights on Silver Creek and neighboring ranches because his father seems to be involved on the wrong side of the law.

In the Charleston Harbor rests an old abandoned military fort. History and mystery surround Castle Pinckney. And there's a reason the living call it the Ghost Isle. Squojo has slipped out of the orphanage, again. While adventurin' with Sash, his ghost-sniffing dog, their destiny will become intertwined with Cheetze, a legendary ghost boy. Together with the help of a Gullah root doctor and her young apprentice, they race against time to solve the specter's riddle.

Da stjernen i 1870'ernes London morskabsteater, den vidunderlige Desiré, dør, efterlader hun sin unge datter i svaere vanskeligheder, som må overvindes en efter en, i Paris, i London, på Leverson Manor, før hun kan vinde lykken. Victoria Holt (1906-1993), pseudonym for Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert, var en af verdens mest elskede og mest produktive forfattere i sin levetid. Hun begyndte allerede at skrive som 17-årig, og en raekke af hendes tidlige noveller blev trykt i London-aviserne.

Skjulte skatte. Mystiske haendelser. Mørke hemmeligheder. Anna Brett frygter, at hun er dømt til at vaere en guvernante for andres familier resten af hendes liv. Men da den flotte kaptajn Redvers Stretton kommer tilbage i hendes liv, bliver hun draget vaek fra det kolde, engelske landskab og til Stillehavets mystik, hvor intet er hvad det ser ud til, og mod en gåde, kun hun kan løse. Mens den smukke, blonde og blåøjede kaptajn gør sit for at få Anna til at glemme sin fortid, går det op for hende, at der gemmer sig mørke hemmeligheder under hans charmerende overflade.

Fra det øjeblik, unge Suewellyn fangede det første glimt af slottet Mateland, har hun vidst, at hun en dag ville komme til at bo der. Men hvordan kan et uaegte barn nogensinde straebe efter sådan en drøm? Mystiske omstaendigheder har sendt Anabel og Joel Mateland i landflygtighed. På en vulkanø ved Australiens kyst vokser deres datter Suewellyn op, og minderne om England synes at blegne.

Fra det øjeblik Dallas Lawson møder den charmerende og berygtede Comte de la Talle, ved hun, at intet nogen sinde vil blive det samme. Også slottet som ligger dybt inde i vinlandet i Frankrig, og som ifølge legenderne er hjemsøgt, udøver en mystisk tiltraekningskraft på Dallas. Dallas, der er sat til at faerdiggøre sin nu afdøde fars livsvaerk - at restaurere slottets uerstattelige malerier - bliver hvirvlet ind i de mystiske hemmeligheder, både slottets og dets ejer er omspundet af, og det viser sig hurtigt, at det ikke kun er slottets malerier der traenger til en kaerlig hånd.

I 1893 finder en ung engelsk pige ved navn Annalice Mallory en gravsten med sit eget navn på - men hendes navnesøster er død 200 år tidligere. Fundet udløser en raekke dramatiske og uhyggelige begivenheder, hvor fortid og nutid blandes sammen, og snart befinder Annalice sig på en desperat rejse mod en mystisk tropeø. På sin rejse møder hun dødbringende farer - men også et løfte om kaerlighed.

In the early morning hours of July 5, 1947, Army Private Buck Anderson and his fellow soldiers were awakened and loaded on rugged-terrain Army vehicles. They were trucked across the rough New Mexico desert outside of Roswell to clean up what they thought was an aircraft crash site. They were sworn to secrecy but none would ever forget what they encountered scattered across the barren landscape.

On the darkest night one star shone brightest. Venture into the enchanting world of Tinsel the Christmas angel, and experience the wonders her brilliant star inspired on one magical night that changed the world.

Experience the friendship that saved Christmas! Join Young Santa Claus and his delightful companions on another adventure as they journey deep into the Dark Wood where the Magic Thief dwells. They must find and retrieve the Scepter of Christmas before the magic of Christmas is lost forever. An unforgettable tale where the bond of friendship proves the most powerful magic of all.

The device, accidentally left behind by the alien visitor, will make Steven the most powerful 12-year-old on the planet. But he is not ready for what is about to happen.

Den lille pige Drusilla og hendes to venner Lavinia og Fabian leger gemmeleg på godset og finder tilfaeldigvis en indisk vifte af påfuglefjer. Rygterne siger, at der knytter sig onde, overnaturlige kraefter til den smukke vifte, men Drusilla vaelger alligevel at tage den til sig. Da Drusilla er blevet voksen, rejser hun til Indien, og efterhånden får den ene katastrofale begivenhed efter den anden hende til at indse, at rygterne om viften talte sandt.