Victorian House

Maisie Thomas spends every summer at Grange House, a hotel on the coast of Maine ruled by the elegant Miss Grange. In 1896, when Maisie turns 17, her visit marks a turning point. On the morning after her arrival, local fishermen make a gruesome discovery: drowned lovers, found clasped in each other's arms. It's only the first in a series of events that casts a shadow over Maisie's summer. As she considers the attentions of two very different young men, Maisie also falls under the gaze of Miss Grange, who begins to tell her disturbing stories of her past.

At a time when speculative fiction seems less and less far-fetched, Margaret Atwood lends her distinctive voice and singular point of view to the genre in a series of essays that brilliantly illuminates the essential truths about the modern world. This is an exploration of her relationship with the literary form we have come to know as "science fiction”, a relationship that has been lifelong, stretching from her days as a child reader in the 1940s, through her time as a graduate student at Harvard, where she worked on the Victorian ancestor of the form.

As Christmas day approaches, faith and family take center stage in Jake and Janet’s life. Will Jake ever forgive Janet? Will she ever forgive him? Will they find a way to save their family home and business? Most importantly, will Mary be okay? Meet Jake McDonald, a businessman at McDonald Ranch who’s on the brink of giving up. It’s not enough that his family business is so deep in the hole that Jake is afraid he’ll never dig out—his wife Janet, the love of his life and mother to Jake’s infant daughter, has also asked for a trial separation. Feeling like he’s losing ...

The young new schoolmistress arrives at Dandridge Abbey . . . Felicity gets schooled in the ways of the aristocracy ... the secrets ... the philandering ... the frolicsome events of the day ... in the countryside of Victorian England. Young Felicity is accepted as schoolmistress to the young girls of Dandridge Abbey ... young ladies Alyce and Millicent who are her own age ... and who also enjoy merriment for learning, especially for things of a naughty nature! In Book 1: Sent away to accept a post that does not require work: Little Felicity tastes the birch ... and more! Felicity gets ...

Haunted Montague by Harper Stanwick, Sr. is a gripping mystery fiction novel set in the eerie, fog-shrouded valleys of the English countryside during the early 20th century. This chilling story of secrets, shadows, and psychological suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Explore the haunting mystery surrounding Montague Hall, a sprawling estate with a dark past. Follow Major Sauer and his friends as they uncover secrets buried deep within the ancient walls of the house. Encounter eerie apparitions, unsettling whispers, and chilling discoveries that will leave ...

How could a painting be stolen from a museum without a single door or window being broken? Two young women and one young man lead unobtrusive lives working at a Victorian coffee house, for the owner Mr. McDougal. But when a famous painting is stolen, they must assume their other identities: moonlighting as apprentice detectives under the employ of Mycroft Holmes. But will this case strain the limits of their friendship and their wits? “The Case of the Young Patrician Lady” is a lighthearted mystery from the pen of Alydia Rackham. If you enjoy the stories of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule ...

Eighth grade should be great. But Tina learns she needs to come up with $900 for the school trip. Mama’s been laid off, no Dad in the picture. Now what? Money Is only the beginning of the challenges the year would bring. What can a kid do about adult problems? If she has a goldmine house, she’s got a good start on fixing them. And maybe even figuring out the “who’s my dad?” question.

Sacred – Ghostly Tales. Three traditional Victorian ghost stories from David Ralph Williams. For many, the ghost stories of old and particularly, from our Victorian forebears have always been popular. The Victorians excelled at telling them as they had an uncanny flair for capturing the feeling of malevolence and unearthly horror. Christmas eve has traditionally been the time to tell such frightening and eerie stories whilst seated around the fireside. Montague Rhodes James a principal of King’s College Cambridge was a master of this art and would invite students and friends to his ...

Sarah Hubbard makes her living as a seamstress in her solitary home beside Willoughby Run, a creek near Gettysburg. Her loyalties are firmly on the side of the North so when Confederate soldier, Jesse Mitchell, seeks refuge at her home she cautiously agrees to help him. Jesse promised his sister-in-law to bring her husband, Jonas, home safely. With all the death he's witnessed fighting for "The Cause," protecting Jonas has become a matter of honor. He is prepared to die for his brother and his country. He appreciates his luck in finding a caring woman behind enemy lines.

How would you feel if your child could see the undead? Claire Mumford is just coming to terms with it when tragedy strikes her. Now she is trapped at home recovering and can't escape the very ghosts that haunt her six year old. Ghosts that don't rest easily. Can she uncover the mystery of the plague that struck over twenty citizens in the tiny hamlet of Woodland, Delaware in 1903? Can the spirits that are haunting their lives finally be put to rest? Can she find where the smallpox riddled bodies were buried and give them peace before they they run out of patience?

When one man's scheme to create the Greatest Freak Show on Earth leads to an insane obsession that can only end in devastating tragedy. The ghoulish proprietor of a Victorian arcade specifically designed to showcase the myriad of freaks, outcasts, and oddities that abound in old London town is a man driven by his own dark desires. Rodney Thompson is an emotionless, sadistic person who craves glory above all else - at least until the beautiful Violet wafts into his world. From the very day when Violet first takes a dainty step inside the arcade, Rodney is determined to make her his own. A ...

Cuatro bellas jóvenes están unidas por un mismo objetivo: valerse de su complicidad y sus armas femeninas para conseguir marido. Una de ellas, Annabelle, intenta seducir a un aristócrata con la intención de salvar a su familia. Pero el destino siempre sorprende...

A Sleeping Beauty Awakened by a Rogue’s Kiss… After fleeing the dukedom that was rightly his, the last thing exiled nobleman Justin Connor expected to find washed up on the wild shores of his island paradise was a young woman asleep on the sand, curled like a child beneath the moonlight. His hard-won peace is shattered by the mischievous creature with the wicked dimple and mysterious past. Orphaned and cheated of her inheritance, Emily Claire Scarborough has sailed halfway around the world to find the man who promised her father he would take care of her, then abandoned her to an ...

A Short Story Set in an old Victorian house, a Saturday morning art class for twelve to fifteen year olds turns into a crime scene when a body is discovered.

This box set contains four novellas in the best-selling Magnificent Devices steampunk series.

Mexico, My Love is a swashbuckling epic that’ll take you from the streets of Marseilles, through the deserts of Africa, across the pirate-infested seas, and ultimately into the madness of the Mexican-American War. Claudette is a French girl who dreams of true love and adventure. Diego is a brash Mexican patriot trying to live up to his grandfather’s sword-fighting legend. Together they’ll fight to keep their love alive in the face of French smugglers, desert warriors, pirates, and the American invasion of Mexico. Mexico, My Love is a romantic historical novel that brings to life the ...

In the decades before the First World War, the owners of the nation’s stately homes revelled in a golden age of glory and glamour. Nothing lay beyond their reach in a world where privilege and hedonism went hand-in-hand with duty and honour. This was a time when the ancestral seats of ancient nobility stood side-by-side with the fabulous palaces of Jewish bankers and Indian princes, when dukes and duchesses mixed with aristocratic society hostesses who had learned to dance in the chorus line and self-made millionaires who had been raised in the slums of Manchester and Birmingham.

Available as a value box set amazon.com/dp/B086BWQHKN (copy and paste the link into your browser) When Helen’s strong, stubborn mother, Charity, nearly dies after a terrible flu sweeps New York City, it makes sense to accept a marriage proposal from her longtime best friend, Andy, living far away in much healthier Montana. Ever a wanderer, he moved away at sixteen and has kept in touch with Helen ever since. She’s never stopped loving him and prays that she can build a new life with him out West, one that will include her mother. But when Helen and her mother arrive in Chapman’s Forge...

Available as a value box set amazon.com/dp/B086BWQHKN (copy and paste the link into your browser) Sadie Scott’s childhood was less than pleasant. Raised by a cruel aunt, she and her sister, Suzie, finally get away and begin building their lives anew. When Sadie falls in love with a Montana man, Chester Hill, through the mail, and agrees to be his bride, she’s excited to start out on a whole new path. But, while waiting for her sister to join her on the train, Sadie is horrified when Suzie never shows, and the train departs. Then, when Sadie arrives in Montana, her joy at finally meeting...

"The good old days" aren't all they're cracked up to be...at least in Jeanne M. Dams's turn-of-the-century novels. Her woman on the spot, Hilda Johansson, a maid in the Studebaker household in South Bend, sees what's going on among the rich, suffers what's going on among the less fortunate...and has no trouble telling it like it is.