The Vengeful Bridegroom
Title | The Vengeful Bridegroom PDF eBook |
Author | Kit Donner |
Publisher | Zebra Books |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1420108476 |
Following her acclaimed debut "The Notorious Bridegroom," Donner continues her series with a tantalizing Regency tale of romance and revenge. Original.
The Robber Bridegroom
Title | The Robber Bridegroom PDF eBook |
Author | Eudora Welty |
Publisher | HMH |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 1978-11-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0547544375 |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes a classic fairy tale and turns it into a novel set along the eighteenth-century frontier of the Natchez Trace. In the clammy forests of Louisiana, somewhere between New Orleans and the muddy Mississippi River, the berry-stained bandit of the woods, Jamie Lockhart, saves the life of a gullible planter. In reward, Jamie is given shelter—only to kidnap the planter’s lovely young daughter, Rosamund. It’s an impulsive act that will have far-reaching consequences, and will set in motion a series of fantastic, murderous, and flamboyantly uncivilized romantic adventures. With legendary figures of Mississippi’s past—including notorious riverboatman Mike Fink and the thrill-killing Harp brothers—mingling side-by-side with characters from legendary fairy tales and the author’s own imagination, The Robber Bridegroom in an exuberant cocktail of fantasy, folklore and history along the treacherous Natchez Trace. The basis of the popular musical that has run both on and off Broadway, The Robber Bridegroom is “a modern fairy tale, where irony and humor, outright nonsense, deep wisdom and surrealistic extravaganzas becomes a poetic unity through the power of a pure exquisite style” (The New York Times). “As sly and irresistible as anything in Candide. For all her wild, rich fancy, Welty writes prose that is as disciplined as it is beautiful.” —The New Yorker
The Bridegroom
Title | The Bridegroom PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Lael Miller |
Publisher | HQN Books |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2018-01-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1488095604 |
Be swept away on the Arizona frontier in a tale of passion, adventure and dangerous promises… Don’t miss this beloved classic from #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller. Undercover agent Gideon Yarbro is renowned for stopping outlaws almost before they commit a crime. But now he must stop a wedding—despite the bride’s resistance. Lydia Fairmont will lose everything if she doesn’t honor her betrothal to a heartless banker. The only loophole is if she marries someone else instead, but to her, one loveless match is the same as another. It’s not good enough for Gideon. Determined to honor his own decade-old promise to help Lydia, he carries her off to Stone Creek and makes her his reluctant wife. Forget a honeymoon for “show”—not with a vengeful ex-fiancé on their trail and a hired gun on the loose. But there just might be hope for the marriage…and two hearts meant for each other. Originally published in 2009
The World in Chicago Herald
Title | The World in Chicago Herald PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Poets of Methodism
Title | The Poets of Methodism PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Woolcock Christophers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 1875 |
Genre | Hymn writers |
ISBN |
The Blackmailed Bridegroom; The Luckless Elopement
Title | The Blackmailed Bridegroom; The Luckless Elopement PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy Mack |
Publisher | Signet Book |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2001-04-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780451203571 |
Two delightful Regencieshellip;one delightful volume!The Blackmailed BridegroomMiss April Wendover has forced Lord Adam Glenville to agree to marry her-or else face ruinous scandal. But soon April is struck by the mocking gleam in Glenvillers"s eyes-and by a chilling realization: the moment they become man and wife, Glenville will no longer be at her mercy-she will be at hishellip;.The Luckless ElopementOn the highway to her country retreat, beautiful Victoria Seymour met Mr. Andrew Massingham, an unscrupulous fortune-hunter no sensible young lady would ever be foolish enough to trust. But knowing the danger of falling in love with him and avoiding that perilous pitfall were two very different things. And Vicky was horrified to discover that her heart was capable of betraying her-to a man who might betray her still morehellip;.
The Ghost Bride
Title | The Ghost Bride PDF eBook |
Author | Yangsze Choo |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 371 |
Release | 2013-08-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0062227386 |
Now a Netflix Mandarin original drama! From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Tiger, a Reese’s Book Club pick Yangsze Choo’s stunning debut, The Ghost Bride, is a startlingly original novel infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, and unexpected supernatural twists. Li Lan, the daughter of a respectable Chinese family in colonial Malaysia, hopes for a favorable marriage, but her father has lost his fortune, and she has few suitors. Instead, the wealthy Lim family urges her to become a “ghost bride” for their son, who has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, a traditional ghost marriage is used to placate a restless spirit. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at what price? Night after night, Li Lan is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, where she must uncover the Lim family’s darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family. Reminiscent of Lisa See’s Peony in Love and Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter, The Ghost Bride is a wondrous coming-of-age story and from a remarkable new voice in fiction.