Contemporary
epub |eng | 2004-11-30 | Author:Washington Irving [Irving, Washington]

The Oxonian offered at once to have his fortune told, and the girl began with the usual volubility of her race; but he drew her on one side near the ...
( Category: Short Stories January 21,2016 )
epub |eng | 2010-11-26 | Author:Lucy Maud Montgomery [Montgomery, Lucy Maud]

Midsummer Madness Gay did not find the first few weeks of her engagement to Noel all sunshine. One could not in a clan like hers. Among the Darks and Penhallows ...
( Category: Family Life January 21,2016 )
epub | | | Author:Edith Wharton

* * * VI * * * On the way home, in the first drop of his exaltation, Durham had said to himself: "But why on earth should Bessy invite ...
( Category: Anthologies January 21,2016 )
epub |eng | 2005-03-31 | Author:James Fenimore Cooper [Cooper, James Fenimore]

The asseveration of the marine was interrupted by Griffith, whose blood had sensibly cooled, and whose generous feelings were awakened in behalf of his comrades, now that his own fate ...
( Category: Sea Stories January 21,2016 )
epub |eng | 2004-02-29 | Author:James Fenimore Cooper [Cooper, James Fenimore]

Chapter XVII. "Sit still, and hear the last of our sea sorrow."--Shakspeare The weight of the tempest had been felt at that hapless moment when Earing and his unfortunate companions ...
( Category: Biographical January 21,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Margaret Mitchell [Mitchell, Margaret]

“Gone With the Wind” By Margaret Mitchell 285 no-counts like the MacIntoshes, they can vote. And they’re runnin’ things now. And if they want to come down on you for ...
( Category: Historical January 21,2016 )
epub |eng | 2010-11-25 | Author:Lucy Maud Montgomery [Montgomery, Lucy Maud]

CHAPTER XXI We’ll just sit here,” said Barney, “and if we think of anything worth while saying we’ll say it. Otherwise, not. Don’t imagine you’re bound to talk to me.” ...
( Category: Classics January 21,2016 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-21 | Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]

For several minutes, Reede stood where he was in the hospital corridor, unable to move. He hadn’t been asleep for a day and a half and he should go home ...
( Category: Fantasy January 17,2016 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]

For most of the day he stayed very far ahead of her. Only now and again did she glimpse his buckskins. Mostly she kept her head down and trudged along ...
( Category: Historical January 17,2016 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]

"Miss Amy, I'd like a word with you." She looked up from the bread she was thumping and met Russell's angry eyes. She had no doubt that Zoë had been ...
( Category: Friendship January 17,2016 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]

After his attack, she was quiet for a few moments. "Forgive me, Joss. I had hoped Rosamund could replace Constance, but I see she cannot." Jocelin turned away because he ...
( Category: Scottish January 17,2016 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]

180HIGHLAND VELVET "Please," she said, her hand on Stephen's chest. "I've never asked you for anything before." "Except to change my name, my nationality, my-" Generated by ABC Amber LIT ...
( Category: Scottish January 17,2016 )
epub |eng | 2010-06-01 | Author:Larry McMurtry [McMurtry, Larry]

11 WHEN I woke up, still clutching my check, Jill was trying to put a pillow behind my head. She looked great. She had only to wash her face to ...
( Category: Psychological Thrillers January 15,2016 )
epub |eng | 2008-12-22 | Author:Jayne Ann Krentz [Krentz, Jayne Ann]

The Neon Sunset was almost entirely deserted. A teenaged waitress dressed in a T-shirt and jeans lounged against the counter, flipping through a copy of a magazine that featured a ...
( Category: Mystery January 15,2016 )
epub |eng | 1995-06-22 | Author:Jayne Ann Krentz [Krentz, Jayne Ann]

Two hours later Desdemona watched uneasily as Stark tossed a handful of toothpicks down onto his desk. The little sticks bounced and skittered on the glass surface. “It had to ...
( Category: Contemporary January 15,2016 )