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In the Name of a Woman: A Romance
In the Name of a Womanunfolds as a dramatic tale of intrigue, loyalty, and hidden motives set within a world where reputation and devotion can alter the course of lives. As secrets emerge and loyalties are tested, characters find themselves navigating deception, emotional conflict, and the powerful influence of love and honor. Through this unfolding […]
Rich men’s children
Set amid the refined yet demanding world of American high society, the novelRich Men’s Childrenexplores how wealth shapes the lives and choices of the young people who inherit it. Written byGeraldine Bonner, the story follows characters who grow up surrounded by privilege but must still confront questions of purpose, affection, and moral responsibility. As friendships, […]
The Corsican Lovers
The Corsican Loversunfolds amid the passionate traditions and rugged landscapes of Corsica, where devotion and rivalry often walk side by side. In this tale byCharles Felton Pidgin, love grows within a society shaped by honor, loyalty, and the ever present shadow of family pride. As the central romance deepens, moments offierce devotioncollide with old customs […]
Let Us Kiss and Part
Let Us Kiss and Part; A Shattered Tieis a late-19th-century American romance novel that tells the emotionally charged story ofLeon and Verna Dalrymple, a young couple whose marriage collapses amid pride, poverty, and escalating conflict. After their bitter separation, the narrative shifts forward sixteen years to focus on their daughterJessie, who must navigate life’s hardships […]
The Sun of Saratoga
I walked part of the way up the hillside, spying out the ground and seeing what places for concealment there might be. I did not mean to be lax in my duty in any particular. I appreciated its full import. The great idea that we might take Burgoyne and his whole army was spreading among […]
Four Bells
The romance of the sea! Damned rubbish, he called it. The trade of seafaring was one way to earn a living. This was about all you could say for it. He had been lured into the merchant service as the aftermath of an enlistment in the Naval Reserve for the duration of the war. There […]
The Divine Lady
As I sat, years ago, in the Admiral’s cabin of Nelson’s flag-ship, the Foudroyant, the thought of this romance came to me, for this ship was the sea-shrine of that great but errant passion. She is a wreck now, her stranded ribs are green with weed, her bones are broken in the wash of the […]
The Chaste Diana
This romance of “The Beggar’s Opera” introduces many real persons but all imaginatively treated. Lord Baltimore, “The American Prince,” as he was called at the time in society, has come down to us with a reputation for heartlessness of which I have made the most, and it would be difficult for any novelist to exaggerate […]
Grey Wethers – A Romantic Novel
More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon. The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,—from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might […]
A Daughter of Witches – A Romance
Miss Temperance Tribbey stood at the back door of the old Lansing house, shading her eyes with one hand as she looked towards the gate to discover why Grip, the chained-up mastiff, was barking so viciously. The great wooden spoon, which she held in her other hand, was dripping with red syrup, and showed that […]