Carla Kelly

The story of a honeymoon couple traveling through the beautiful Erie Canal country in the 1830's.

Man from Southern Cross - Margaret Way Chance for a lifetime - Susan Fox Jack and Jillian's wedding - Jule McBride

FROM UGLY DUCKLING TO BEAUTIFUL SWAN Illegitimate Polly Brandon has never felt like more than an ugly duckling. So she's amazed when Hugh Philippe Junot pays her such close attention as they sail for Portugal. Under ordinary circumstances she knows this distinguished lieutenant colonel of marines would never have looked at her, but having his protection for the journey is comforting -- and something more that she's afraid to give a name to. Should she trust what she sees in Hugh's eyes -- has she turned from an ugly duckling into a beautiful, desirable swan?

Julia Darling breaks off her engagement, they didn't really have the same outlook. she has been to a well known cooking school. She goes to cook for cowboys in Wyoming. Very good story about how the girl grows in her life and beliefs...

SUNSHINE FOR CHRISTMAS - Mary Jo Putney. Lord Randolph is lonely and doesn't want to go fto Christmas festivities with either friends or relatives. It has been raining for more than 30 days. He decides to go where there is sunshine at this time - Italy. Unfortunately, when he arrives, it is raining in Naples too. Later, he gets involved in an Italian family tiff, through no fault of his own. A young spinster, Elizabeth Walker, saves Lord Randolph from the clutches of the unhappy family. When he finds that Elizabeth is between governess jobs, he hires her to be his guide. THE LAST WISH - Anita Mills. Wealthy Uncle Jack is dying; it is the Christmas holidays. Gathered about are three cousins: George, Edwin and Drew. Of the three, Drew is the only solvent cousin; in fact, he is wealthier than his uncle. The other two are there for the money; each is afraid the other cousin will get the will changed just before Uncle Jack dies. Both of these cousins are seriously in debt due to their gambling. The entire apple cart is overturned when Uncle Jack's granddaughter arrives. Jack and his son had a falling out and there was no communication between the men. Both of Rebecca Grey's parents are now dead and her Aunt Mia can no longer keep the child ... her employer insists. PLAYING HOUSE - Mary Balogh. I absolutely loved this story. A deeply cynical and unhappy Marquess of Bedford has come back home after a 6 year absence. He has brought his young daughter, Dora; his wife is deceased (after abandoning her husband and their child for another man). While bringing baskets of food for the poor, Lilias Angove and her young brother and younger sister meet Dora and have a great time. The Angove children invite Dora to go collecting boughs and mistletoe. Thus begins a lovely tale. THE THREE KINGS - Carla Kelly. I had read this story before and enjoyed reading it again. It is about a young woman, Lady Sarah Comstock, who is trying to leave Salamanca, Spain for the Spanish border. Her brother James was recently killed in a local library archives while copying long-lost documents related to Christopher Columbus. A friend puts Sarah in the hands of a Spanish general, Colonel Sotomayor, to get to the border. Spain is at war with France and the French have overrun the country. The trip is dangerous and Sotomayor is seriously wounded. THE CHRISTMAS STAR - Sheila Walsh. Louise Beresford, a poor relation to a duke and duchess, has been taken into their household. Louise quickly becomes indispensable to the family and staff. The duke's youngest daughter, Amelia, is about to have her 18th birthday party during the Christmas holiday season. Russian Prince Andrei Zarcov, visiting in the neighborhood, soon is invited to Lady Amelia Revel's party. The duchess and Amelia immediately try to spend as much time with the prince as possible.

When Matthew Jordan left, Josie immersed herself in her work. But a career was little consolation when all she wanted was a family, so she never gave up hope of his return. It hadn't occurred to her that he might not return alone. So it came as a shock when "Mrs. Jordan" introduced herself and their two adorable children! If only she could believe Matthew when he explained that the Jordans weren't the family they might at first seem, that he was back because it felt right to be with Josie again at Christmastime -- like coming home.

AND A SIXPENCE FOR HER SHOE ~~ ANNE BARBOUR A young woman counts on her lucky sixpence to bring her a marriage proposal from the man of her dreams. SOMETHING NEW ~~ CARLA KELLY A widow is surprised by two unexpected visitors at her sister's wedding - one breaks her heart and the other captures it forever. SOMETHING BLUE ~~ EDITH LAYTON A 'blue' groom is torn between the woman to whom he is betrothed and a woman from his past. SOMETHING OLD ~~ PATRICIA OLIVER For a masquerade ball, an old wedding tress transforms a shy, lonely woman into a dazzling Queen Guinevere and brings her an enchanted Sir Lancelot. SOMETHING BORROWED ~~ PATRICIA RICE When the bride-to-be leaves her fiance standing at the alter, her sister borrows the groom.

"As the eighteenth century draws to a close, the Kwahadi Comanches seem to be making their peace with the settlers of the Spanish Colony of New Mexico. No one is as relieved as Marco Mondragón and his adored wife Paloma Vega, whose ranch, the Double Cross, sits on the edge of Comanchería. Their tranquility is short-lived, however, for other Comanches are terrorizing the plains, led by the ruthless renegade, Great Owl."--Author's website

Miss Hannah Whittier was a most proper young lady, but now she found herself in a most improper position. Not only was she the sole female on a British man-of-war but the ship’s commander, Captain Sir Daniel Spark, seemed to feel she owed him far more than gratitude for fishing her out of the sea. The overbearing arrogant officer was all that Hannah found infuriating in a man—and it should have been easy to repulse his advances…if only he were not so handsome…if only he did not know how to be so charming…if only she did not find the salt air worked a sea change on her senses…as powerful currents swept her far from familiar shores into unknown waters where the compass of conscience could not guide her on a course that was headed for the shoals of scandal and the rocks of ruin…

Roxanna Drew, widowed too young, finds refuge in a deserted house on the estate of an absentee owner, but when the handsome owner pounds on her door in the middle of a snowstorm, his masculinity reminds her that she has been too long without a husband.