In beautiful Brunswick Bay Harbor, Maine, couples find true love where they least expect it. A charming and heartfelt collection of small-town romances! Shattered Diamonds: Josie’s lifelong Olympic dreams are destroyed. Alex’s wife is missing and the accusing looks tear him apart as he attempts to raise his daughter on his own. Can two lost souls save each other? Shining Pearls: Single father Alex moved on from heartbreak in the only way he knew how. Josie trusted him. When secrets from the past resurface, will they find a way to heal, or has their path to happiness been crushed beyond repair? Shimmering Emeralds: Levi’s a little bit country. Meg’s a whole lot of rock and roll. Can these two opposites meet in the middle or will their past mistakes rob them of their second chance at romance? Ann Omasta’s small-town contemporary romance novels are great choices for readers who love Meghan Quinn, Melanie Harlow, Ivy Smoak, Lauren Landish, or L.J. Shen. When tragedies bring the residents of coastal Brunswick Bay Harbor together in ways they never could have imagined, will these intriguing characters find their happily-ever-afters, or will their secrets destroy them? Meet them now and find out.

In beautiful Brunswick Bay Harbor, Maine, couples find true love where they least expect it. A charming and heartfelt collection of small-town romances! Shattered Diamonds: Josie’s lifelong Olympic dreams are destroyed. Alex’s wife is missing and the accusing looks tear him apart as he attempts to raise his daughter on his own. Can two lost souls save each other? Shining Pearls: Single father Alex moved on from heartbreak in the only way he knew how. Josie trusted him. When secrets from the past resurface, will they find a way to heal, or has their path to happiness been crushed beyond repair? Shimmering Emeralds: Levi’s a little bit country. Meg’s a whole lot of rock and roll. Can these two opposites meet in the middle or will their past mistakes rob them of their second chance at romance? Shadowed Rubies: Dr. Danica Waters is lost in the woods, Brunswick Bay Harbor’s infamous kidnapper just found her, and her apartment is on fire with her sweet dog, Bruiser, inside. Will sexy firefighter Max be able to save her day? Shocking Sapphires: Molly Malone is carrying an abandoned baby across the road when famous movie star Grant Chandler comes speeding through town. When these three collide, all of their lives will be changed forever. Shaded Amethysts: Avery Biggs is convinced her life can’t get any worse, but a child falling through the ice will more than double her trouble when two gorgeous and eligible bachelors vie for her attention. When tragedies bring the residents of coastal Brunswick Bay Harbor together in ways they never could have imagined, will these intriguing characters find their happily-ever-after endings, or will their secrets destroy them? Meet them now and find out.

Avery Biggs thought her life couldn't get any worse after getting fired and moving back in with her parents. But when a child falls through thin ice on a frozen pond, Avery's world is turned upside down. After an unlikely hero emerges, Avery finds herself caught between two eligible bachelors, who hate each other: the charming and compassionate local veterinarian, Dr. Noah James, and the mysterious and new-to-town bad boy, Gage Tavish. As Avery’s complicated love life heats up, she also embarks on a mission to help her best friend win a bitter custody battle against the child's neglectful birth mother. With her heart on the line and a child's future at stake, Avery must find a way to navigate the tumultuous waters of love, loss, friendship, and family. Get swept up in the drama of the captivating romance novel, Shaded Amethysts. This unputdownable love story can be enjoyed as a standalone novel or as the sixth book in the Brunswick Bay Harbor Gems series. The COMPLETE Brunswick Bay Harbor Gems Series: 1) Shattered Diamonds 2) Shining Pearls 3) Shimmering Emeralds 4) Shadowed Rubies 5) Shocking Sapphires 6) Shaded Amethysts

Claude has an intuitive faith in something splendid and feels at odds with his contemporaries. The war offers him the opportunity to forget his farm and his marriage of compromise; he enlists and discovers that he has lacked. But while war demands altruism, its essence is destructive

Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.