Lawana Blackwell
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When Life Seemed Its Worst, Gresham Awaited Julia Hollis' opulent life in Victorian London crashes to pieces when her husband passes away. Worse, she is told by his bankers that he gambled away their fortune. Now, the family's hope rests on The Larkspur, an old abandoned coaching inn in the quaint village of Gresham. Driven by dread and her desire to provide for her children, Julia decides to turn the dilapidated inn into a lodging house. But can...
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In difficult circumstances, Charlotte Ward, once a famed stage actress, tries to restart her career--only to experience disaster. Her estranged daughter, Rosalind, comes to the rescue and moves her mother to a quiet English coastal village. Charlotte is grateful to get to know Rosalind after years apart. As one who has regrets about her own romantic past, it's a joy for Charlotte to see love blossom for her daughter. For Rosalind, however it's time...
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Gresham chronicles volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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Left penniless when her husband dies, Julia Hollis, accustomed to an opulent life in Victorian London, moves with her children to the village of Gresham. There she takes in boarders at Larkspur, an old abandoned coaching inn. Overwhelmed by her new responsibilites, she none-the-less takes interest in the eligible new vicar who moves into town.
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Gresham chronicles volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 27
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In 1872, in the English village of Gresham, love unexpectedly changes the lives of two women: schoolmistress Lydia Clark, suddenly courted by two men, but falling for another; and Noelle Somerville, a Londoner running from a failed love affair with a married man.
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Gresham chronicles volume 4
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English
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The grown children of vicar Andrew Phelps and Julia Hollis now face challenges of their own. Surgeon Philip Hollis's wife resents his family. And writer Aleda Hollis craves privacy. But when Andrew requires Philip's medical skills and Aleda unwittingly advances an evil man's schemes, newcomer Jewel Libby becomes a source of strength for the family.
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Gresham chronicles volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 27
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Love is in the air. You will sense it as soon as you arrive in Gresham. As the wedding of Julia Hollis and Vicar Andrew Phjelps approaches, the quaint English village is caught up in a stir of excitement and the promise of an event to remember. --- [Excerpt from back cover.]
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Tales of London volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 24
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An orphanage in the slums of London is the only home Sarah Matthews has ever known. When she is suddenly whisked away to a wealthy widow's home in the prestigious Mayfair district, Sarah can't fathom what has happened. Why would this elderly woman, a stranger, want her company? But Dorothea Blake has reasons she isn't revealing. As Sarah blossoms into a young woman, the secret Mrs. Blake harbors threatens to make them both outcasts among London's...
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Tales of London volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Catherine Rayborn is thrilled with her first taste of independence when she begins Girton College in Cambridge in 1880. Amid all the excitement, however, comes the painful realization of the vast difference between true love and shallow infatuation.
9) Leading lady
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Tales of London volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
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Book 3 of Tales of London is set in the fascinating world of the London theatre at the close of the nineteenth century. Wardrobe mistress Bethia Rayborn incites the wrath of Muriel Pearce Holt, the new leading lady at London's Royal Court Theatre. Muriel plots revenge, but in scheming to steal Bethia's true love, she may lose the truest love she has ever known.
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"After a tumultuous childhood, Carley has fashioned an orderly life for herself in San Francisco. Unexpected news arrives of a large inheritance and a house in Tallulah, Mississippi. But Carley finds more than she bargained for in Tallulah: along with faith, self-worth, romance: a murder mystery that threatens her newfound happiness"-- provided by publisher.
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Victorian serenade volume 1
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English
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Adam Burke has been hiding for seven years, but now a con artist has intruded into his life hoping to gain his wealth. But a servant stirs Adam's heart and he know life will never be the same.