epub |eng | | Author:Alicia Gaspar de Alba

Chapter 41 22 February 1691/92 Querida Madre, Today is my daughter’s eighth birthday, and it is you on my mind more than Aléndula. The roosters are starting to crow, and ...

epub |eng | 1989-10-15 | Author:Elmer Kelton

Chapter 16 ANDREW LET Eli and Zeb do the talking. He stood back and watched Michael’s face as the old man and the young one described the village. Michael frowned ...

epub |eng | 2022-05-03 | Author:D.S. Getson

Twenty-One “Earl Hahn, you let go of that porch rail right now.” “No.” “Get in the Ford.” “No.” Miss Hazel casts an exasperated glance toward Lucy, who sits on the ...

epub |eng | | Author:Mary Smathers

RETURN TO THE FOREST RANCHO CASTRO AND INLAND OF BAHÍA DE MONTERREY, ALTA CALIFORNIA 1796–1804 After storming out of their most heated conversation ever, that day in her tiny bedroom, ...

epub |eng | 2014-01-09 | Author:Kristy K. James [James, Kristy K.]

~~~ “Are you sure we should?” Nina gasped, her eyes alight with excitement. Daniel chuckled and almost dragged her to the starting line. “If we don’t hurry they’ll run out ...

epub |eng | 2011-03-13 | Author:Matt Braun

Julia Webb was a striking young woman. She had auburn hair, eyes green as clover, and a sumptuous figure. Her face lacked classic beauty—sprinkled with freckles, full lips, and an ...

epub |eng | 2012-10-31 | Author:K'Anne Meinel

CHAPTER SIXTEEN I didn’t see Michael that morning even though I knew he was around. Tom and he were doing the chores and setting things up outside. Michael had made ...

mobi |eng | 2021-12-28 | Author:William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone

CHAPTER 18 Tired and chafing for vengeance, Stone Eyes rode along the shallow valley that led to the Snake River crossing Tracker Who Sees knew of. A handful of his ...

epub |eng | 2008-07-15 | Author:Thomas Cobb

Lieutenant Anthony Austin He did not have to ask about the reply from George Crook. He saw it in the set of Bobby’s jaw, in the way that he pulled ...

pdf | | 2022-06-20 | Author:Unknown

epub |eng | 2015-12-24 | Author:Max Brand [Brand, Max]

* * * VII. — ENTER MARSHAL GAINES THE rush of air from the opened door passed like a solemn sighing through the big room, but it did not need ...

epub |eng | 2020-05-21 | Author:Max Brand [Brand, Max]

CHAPTER XXIII One may take chances with a revolver, which is a careless and sometimes a foolish weapon; but there is a sort of philosophical calm about a rifle which ...

epub |eng | 2020-07-17 | Author:Teresa Ives Lilly [Lilly, Teresa Ives]

Chapter Seven “I do.” Ruby’s words trembled from her lips. It was impossible to make this ceremony seem real; standing in a pink calico dress, beside a man she didn’t ...

epub |eng | 2014-10-27 | Author:Danielle Steel [Steel, Danielle]

Chapter 14 At the end of November, while Americans celebrated Thanksgiving, things continued to get worse in Europe. Polish Jews were forced to wear a yellow star of David on ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-15 | Author:Celeste De Blasis [Blasis, Celeste De]

And then within a few days of arrival in Annapolis, Alex had witnessed a scene that haunted her still. She had been on one side of the street near Mrs. ...