Showing results for title "The Choice" in Historical

1949, County Durham. When Angie marries her sweetheart Quentin and moves into Cuthford Manor to begin their new life together, she feels like the luckiest woman in the world. But Quentin falls victim to a tragic accident and Angie's life is left devastated. Now, along with the prospect of rebuilding her life, she is faced with an impossible choice that will have far-reaching consequences for herself and those she loves most. Only with the help of her family, the community of Cuthford Manor and her old friends from the Shipyards, will Angie draw on the inner strength to find happiness again.

Why must a lady marry at all? Of course a person must have means… and the Bennets had none. But surely her father would live to be a great age. Not yet fifty, Mr. Bennet had years before they must worry about Mr. Collins casting them out. It was only Mama that was difficult. Some days Lizzie believed that her mother would marry each one of them off at the first opportunity, regardless of personal wishes or lack of affection. But, as her mother’s child, she could be equally stubborn. Elizabeth Bennet would marry for love and nothing less. However, when she believes that her father is ...

An exciting story full of suspense and romance, A Lady's Choice is a romantic comedy that follows three friends away from London to the country where there is a nefarious plot afoot. Can they capture the hearts of the men they desire and manage to escape with their lives? A house party in the English countryside should have been the perfect escape from the London social season for three women tired of attempting to find a husband. If only there wasn’t a would-be murderer on the loose intent on ruining their plans. Look inside to begin reading now! *A Lady's Choice is the comical and ...

RONE Award Finalist for Historical: Post Medieval and the recipient of InD'tale Magazine's 4.5 star review and coveted Crowned Heart for excellence! Miss Elizabeth Armistead, India born and raised, is happily betrothed to British soldier, Duncan Cruikshank. When she arrives in London a month prior to the wedding she meets Mr. Lloyd-Jones and soon finds that he has invaded even her dreams. Besides Duncan, Mr. Lloyd-Jones is the only man who makes her feel as if he sees past her exceptional beauty to the person within. Her mother would prefer Elizabeth marry the rich and well-connected Mr. ...

One newly impoverished Marquess meets one relentlessly inquisitive Lady. Lady Sarah has already lost one gentleman close to her and finding herself interested in a gentleman bearing an injury is not a wise choice – particularly when she discovers that he is heavily impoverished. Her heart refuses to be pulled away, however, and she begins seeking him out all the more. Gideon, Marquess of Stoneleigh, has a problem to solve: someone injured him and stole a great deal of his wealth through less than scrupulous means. To regain his fortune, Gideon must put all of his efforts into solving the ...

Meet June Dennings - her husband died, she's running out of money, there is no good local man left to marry. She takes a giant leap of faith accepts an offer of marriage and a train ticket to becoming a mail-order bride on a faraway dry, dusty desert town of Amarillo to marry a cattle rancher that she had corresponded with only four times and has never met!

Sarah Turner tends the lock on the Lehigh Canal in Walnutport, Pennsylvania. She’d like nothing better than to get away from the canal, having enough of it as a child when she led the mules that pulled her father’s boat. But being a widow with three small children, she seems to have no other option. Sarah isn’t looking for love again, but should she ever find it, she knows it could never be with a canal man....

Eliza Gallagher is tough, resilient, and rides a horse like she was born in the saddle - all necessary qualities for someone who runs a cattle ranch. She had more to avenge than any of them, and she was counting on those skills to finally find the justice they all sought - until she realized it could cost her everything and everyone she loved.

Lou Channer wants a life outside of North Devon, somewhere she's never left. She yearns to contribute to the war effort and takes a job as a clerk in the Royal Canadian Naval Yard in Plymouth, lodging with other girls from the depot who take her under their wing. When Lou catches the eye of local wheeler-dealer Harry, who dazzles her with nights about town, she finally feels like one of the girls. And when Lieutenant Douglas Ross asks her out, Lou can't decide who to give her heart to. But during war, tragedy is always just around the corner....

For 10 years Delia has had to fend for herself and her son, Jack, and as a young unmarried mother, life has never been easy. Every new coat and pair of shoes was bought with what little money she could scrape together as a singer on the stage. But when the theatre work dries up, Delia faces a dilemma: continue the search for employment with no knowing whether she'll find the stability and security her son needs or return to the place that should be home...where only spite and hatred await them.

Halifax, 1876. On the death of her mother and sister, Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and her brother in a privately run workhouse. After the matron's son attacks her, Isabelle decides to escape by agreeing to marry a farmer she has never met. But Farrell is a drunkard and in constant feud with his landlord, Ethan Harrington. When he deserts her, Isabelle and Ethan are thrown together. But both are married and must hide their growing love.

In a time when the traditional ways of medicine are constantly being questioned by new doctors fresh from medical school, midwife Martha Cade tries to balance her life's calling with the demands of her family. Recently reunited with her estranged 17-year-old daughter, Martha finds herself torn between guiding her child and allowing her to be an adult. At the same time, she must decide whether she'll risk reopening the heart she'd long closed off to love.

A shy beauty in distress: When Guineveve Holland arrives in London, she's full of apprehension. Mrs. Holland has no great affection for her daughter, but she still has grand ambitions. Guin is to be married off for wealth and position. Guin's own hopes are ignored. Stammering, shy and gauche, Guin does not shine in society. Sir Frederick Hawkesworth pities the beleaguered beauty. He has a soft spot for damsels in distress. As the London Season progresses, his interest in Miss Holland becomes far more personal than he ever anticipated.

It is 1887 and Queen Victoria is on the throne. Businessman and meteorologist Geoffrey de Roussier is passionate about his weather station and railways, yet little of his passion seems to filter through to his shy, naïve young wife, Rebecca. Following his tragic demise, Rebecca discovers that Geoffrey’s railroad investments have failed, leaving her penniless. As the past threatens to engulf her, Rebecca realises she has to make a choice.

Following in his father’s footsteps, Thomas Grandby has made a name for himself in the world of investments and wealth. He’s managed to avoid the Marriage Mart - for the most part - but constant reminders of his age have him thinking 1839 might be the year he takes a bride. If only Lady Victoria seemed as interested in him as she is in her avocation - training horses. Her green-eyes, jet black hair, and slight limp have him positively mesmerized.

James Stuart Donovan Hastings, Earl of Billingswood, has had one headache after another. First, his home is in disrepair, his nephew is too young for his own good, his best friend thinks he's gone round the bend, and now someone just tried to kill him. If it wasn't for the angel with strawberry blonde hair and amethyst eyes, he might well be dead. Blasted horse, thinks he knows more than the master!

It is 1960. Her mother dead and her father missing. She is indebted and fiercely loyal to her grandmother and intensely passionate about art; her talent is second to none. She faces tremendous inner turmoil and conflict. Ignoring her true love, heir to an earldom, she flaunts the advances of a British Secret Service, a rogue spy. Can Sarah make the right choices, critical choices that will affect not only her life but the lives of those she holds dear, both in love and life?

France, 1399: the Duke of Brittany is dead, and his widow, Joanna of Navarre, has inherited control of their land - a testament to her intellect, integrity and political prowess. Then comes an unprecedented proposal from Henry IV, King of England. The price of becoming his Queen? Abandoning her homeland, leaving her children and sacrificing her independence. Henry's hold on the crown is unsteady, and war is brewing.

Becca McQuaid came to England to find the perfect horse but instead met a darkly mysterious challenge in Austen Heath, Baron of Hampton. She’s determined to buy Austen’s stallion Gambler’s Choice. He’s determined not to sell, but the rivals are thrown together by an accident that leaves Austen with a broken leg and the threat he’ll never ride again. Austen Heath has the title, heritage, and manor house but not the fortune. Becca is wealthy. Her charms are irresistible, but he believes she’s shopping for a Ladyship to go with her money.

The Missouri Territory, 1819... A woman is viciously betrayed and abandoned by her unfaithful husband. She is rescued by a widower uninterested in love. In desperation, she becomes engaged to his best friend. One woman, three very different men. Life is about choices.