Linda Shertzer

"In Highland Fling--Nancy Mitford's first novel, published in 1931--a set of completely incompatible and hilariously eccentric characters collide in a Scottish castle, where bright young things play pranks on their stodgy elders until the frothy plot climaxes in ghost sightings and a dramatic fire. Inspired in part by Mitford's youthful infatuation with a Scottish aristocrat, her story follows young Jane Dacre to a shooting party at Dulloch Castle, where she tramps around a damp and chilly moor on a hunting expedition with formidable Lady Prague, xenophobic General Murgatroyd, one-eyed Admiral Wenceslaus, and an assortment of other ancient and gouty peers of the realm, while falling in love with Albert, a surrealist painter with a mischievous sense of humor. Lighthearted and sparkling with witty banter, Highland Fling was Mitford's first foray into the delightful fictional world for which the author of The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate later became so celebrated. With an Introduction by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey"-- "First novel by comic British novelist Nancy Mitford, first published in 1931, reissued with an introduction by Julian Fellowes"--

Kevin MacIntyre never expected to see Dr. Emily Berthoff again, and didn't want to. Not after they'd broken off their engagement eight years ago and she'd left for medical school. He'd wanted to forget her as easily as she'd seemed to forget him. But he couldn't. And now she was back. When she'd taken a job back home in Colorado, Emily had dreaded running into Kevin. She didn't want to relive the anger and the hurt of their breakup. Or reawaken the powerful feelings she'd had for Kevin. Then she saw him at a friend's wedding and knew that was impossible, she still loved him. But could she forgive him?

Four bridesmaids stitch a wedding quilt-and find it's the groom's brother that has the bride snagged-in Jennifer Blake's novella. Jo Anne Cassity pits the owners of rival stores in a competition to bid for a handmade quilt-and each other's affections. Linda Shertzer tells of a man who demands the return of a keepsake quilt from a young widow, and tries not to fall in love. Christina Cordaire follows a modern career woman who finds herself flung back to the 1840s-who now must work to save the unraveling relationship of wayward lovebirds.

A JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF DESIRE.. EMILY She was a city lady, proper and refined, who traveled to Iowa to collect her young, orphaned niece. BEN Running a farm and law office -- and raising a daughter -- kept Ben Cameron too busy to remember the pain of his past. He only knew that he desired Emily Shaw with a powerful longing... Emily can't imagine a place more uncivilized than the heartland. But soon the warmth of country life touches her heart....Ben is changed, too, as the sorrow of being widowed slowly melts and he finds himself falling in love again. Together they dream of a home made warm by family and laughter, made bright by the fires of love. And together they make a place where dreams come true...