epub |eng | | Author:Mary Wood

Chapter Fifteen Elsie Elsie stirred. Always awake these days before the knocker-up arrived, she turned over for the umpteenth time, still unable to get used to the emptiness of her ...

epub |eng | 2022-08-09 | Author:Penny Haw

Chapter 19 1900 Edinburgh, Scotland “It is just a matter of time,” Lady Widdrington had written. She was not wrong. I, however, was wrong for hoping that Mrs. Fawcett, Mrs. ...

epub |eng | 2016-06-02 | Author:Jessica Brockmole

Buy Link to Fall of Poppies Enjoyed SOMETHING WORTH LANDING FOR? Don’t miss the entire Fall of Poppies anthology featuring stories from bestselling historical fiction authors Jessica Brockmole Hazel Gaynor ...

epub |eng | 2022-05-19 | Author:Chris Nickson [Nickson, Chris]

SEVENTEEN A nervous, uniformed special constable was waiting outside his office when Harper arrived in the morning. As soon as he saw the new chief constable, he straightened his back ...

epub |eng | | Author:Martin Booth

24 Last evening, far off over the wall to the garden, a storm was brewing. Although I could not see them, I imagined hills with their patchwork of fields bright ...

epub |eng | 2022-01-15 | Author:Rosemary Aitken

* * * It was awkward going into the dairy factory these days. There were rumours flying round – concerning Patience, you could tell – though people didn’t generally say ...

epub |eng | 2022-06-11 | Author:C. W. Gortner

Twenty-One 1884–1885 At over seventy years, William Gladstone was experienced in the vagaries of the political life, having had the distinction of serving as prime minister for three prior terms. ...

epub |eng | 2012-05-23 | Author:Erik Fosnes Hansen

The maestro stood still, watching what was happening for a few seconds, his expression troubled. But he had seen a great deal in his time and he thought he understood ...

epub |eng | 2020-09-11 | Author:Lesley Crewe

* * * It was noon the next day when Emmeline finally gave Emily a call to let her know she was ready for company. She’d spent the morning unpacking ...

epub |eng | 2006-01-24 | Author:Craig Nova

Wade Cannon THE FARM. SUMMER. 1950 IT HAD BEEN A MONTH SINCE CHIP HAD PROPOSED TO CAROLYN and since then he had finished in Cambridge and come to the farm, ...

epub |eng | 2008-11-15 | Author:Chris Stewart

SWITCHBACK 27 FLIGHT OF TWO F-16 FALCONS 120 MILES OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF MAINE The pilot of the lead aircraft looked out the left side of his cockpit, then ...

epub |eng | | Author:James Rada, Jr

Friday, October 4, 1918 Alan spent the night in Western Maryland Hospital, sleeping in the chair beside Emily’s bed. Sitting in a wooden chair with a straight back wasn’t the ...

epub |eng | 2021-01-12 | Author:J'nell Ciesielski

Chapter 15 “It’s gaudy.” Ignoring Esther’s disdain, Lily stood back and admired her handiwork. It wasn’t quite time for Christmas greenery, but the thick pine branches and crusty cones perfectly ...

epub |eng | 2021-10-15 | Author:Chuck Johnston

* * * The horizon was clear, the stars were bright, but the lights Aziz had been told to follow, the ones that would guide him into the city, were ...

epub |eng | 2014-01-23 | Author:Karen Gettert Shoemaker

“Papa doesn’t much care for John, though he tries to hide it,” Katherine wrote in her note. “I think it’s because John is not afraid of him the way the ...