The "New York Times"-bestselling master of romance returns with two classic novels featuring bad boys with big hearts. This two-in-one volume includes "The Return of Rafe MacKade" and "The Pride of Jared MacKade."
A first novel set in St. Elizabeth's, a Kentucky home for unwed mothers run by nuns. Rose Clinton turns up there, pregnant but by no means unwed, and fleeing from her life by means of a series of lies. She learns to cook from elderly Sister Evangeline, and ends up marrying Son, the handyman, who narrates the second section of the novel, describing ...
Hannah Coulter, wife of Nathan--both of them perennial characters in Wendell Berry's series of novels and stories set in Port William, Kentucky--is now an old woman looking back on her life. As she ponders her childhood, her two marriages, her children, and now her aloneness--and tries to accept the fact that the family farm may be taken from her- ...
Bestselling author Morgan reveals the complex character of Daniel Boone--a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and more fascinating then the myths that surround him. Extensive endnotes, cultural and historical background material, and maps add to this authoritative work.
"In China there are two classes of people, the upper crust and the under crust, just like there is in Leesville. China has three religions stated by Mr. Confuscius, Mr. Tao and Mr. Buddha. Leesville has seven religions, Catholics, Episcopalians, Methodists...
China Bayles's friends and family are urging her to get some rest--and a Kentucky Shaker village seems the ideal place for it. But the restored modern version of the village is plagued with misfortune.
When it first hit the shelves in 1998, it took the South by storm. The 2004 edition is bigger, brighter, and bolder than ever, with more luscious photography, updated plant listings, and a special focus on native and heritage plants.
Nealy Coleman Diamond, the proud owner of Blue Diamond Farms, is a tough and demanding horsewoman who makes it her business to always win. When Nealy semi-retires, she cedes management of the farm to her daughter, Emmie--on the condition that Emmie live up to Nealy's own exacting standards. Emmie, an excellent horsewoman in her own right, has her ...
Nealy Diamond's homecoming is something of a bitter affair. When she left years earlier, it was to get away from the abusive and tyrannical rule of her father. Now, with her father on death's door, she goes home to try and make sense of her upbringing.
In Berry's novel about farmer in a small Kentucky river town, old Jack Beechum recalls his long and eventful life, while the town continues to change, and to lose the cohesion and sense of community that Jack has always been able to take for granted.
Berry's 10th novel features his usual setting--the fictional Port William, Kentucky. As Jayber Crow, the town barber, reflects on his life, Berry brings alive not only his hero but the entire network of relationships in a small, close-knit town, as its citizens struggle through the Great Depression and after. Jayber himself, hopelessly in love ...
Clay Sizemore searches for a meaningful life in a Kentucky mining town, where he falls in love with young fiddle-player whose husband abuses her. At the same time, Clay strives to find out more about his mother, who died young and left him nothing but a boxful of her belongings.
A seasoned journalist exposes the truths and injustices that plague a small Kentucky town after it is ripped apart by a shocking crime. b&w photographs.
A "New York Times" bestselling author introduces sexy extreme fighter Dean RHavocS Conor, who is reunited with the sisters he was separated from as a boy. Now he must stop one sister from marrying a devious criminal, so he teams up with his sister's best friend to expose the man. Original.
The story of Calumet Farm, a breeding farm for Kentucky Derby winners that collapsed under the strain of lawsuits, creditors, family trouble, and shady dealings. This award-winning writer draws on many never-reported facts to chronicle the compelling and tragic story behind Calumet's downfall. The saga brings to life the colorful characters from ...
Set in 1956, this is the story of Icy, a 10-year-old girl with Tourette's syndrome who has been raised in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky by her grandparents. She does her best to hide the jerks and spasms brought on by her disorder, but the other kids call her the "Frog Child", and eventually Icy is sent to a children's asylum. Upon her return, ...
Harry Haristeen and Mrs. Murphy, feline sleuth extraordinaire, are back in their latest adventure. When Harry and Fair are robbed the first day they arrive on their long-delayed honeymoon, Mrs. Murphy pounces on solving the mystery.
Years after being dumped by a Kentucky politician destined to be president, a media heiress exacts her revenge by trumping up scandals and crimes to plague the White House.
Thoroughbred horse breeder Nealy Coleman Diamond returns to the deathbed of her estranged father, Josh, and discovers some secrets about her past. While she's back in her hometown, she seeks revenge on the man who conceived a child with her and then abandoned her, forcing her to raise her illegitimate daughter by herself.
Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening and the increase in their home's property value. Book retailers are well aware that the trend in gardening books is to regional titles that provide credible information on the plants that perform well in specific regions. ...
This novel, composed of many short episodes, is set in Wendell Berry's fictional Kentucky town, Port William, during World War II. Its subject is the town itself--its people, farmland, forests, and river--and the central event is the news that Virgil Feltner, son of Mat and Margaret, is missing in action in Europe.
New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards delivers the contemporary romance her fans have been waiting for. Johnny Harris is back in his Kentucky hometown, out on parole and ready to start a new life. But the only one willing to give him a chance is his former teacher, Rachel Grant, whose friendship soon turns to passion.
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