MIRA Books

I loved this book from front to back and can't wait to continue reading on with Lydia, Carol, Jaqualine & Alix... hope to hear more of their life entilitled stories. Carol hit home for me... in many of places, and this book is as close to my heart as each women was in the story.

The Honourable Annelise Kempton desired nothing more than to come between Christian Montclam and her charge, Hetty Chipple.  Annelise does attract the attention of Christian, who finds her much more interesting than the younger and more attractive Miss Chipple. 

This is the first story I've read by Anne Stuart and I enjoyed it very much.

Interesting twist...caught me from chapter one...kept me guessing but loved the way the author pulls it all together near the end. a hero and heroine that you can't help root for... who doesn't love a woman strong enough to love but know that is won't be good for her, so she doesn't until she sees change.

SYNOPSIS:  Life in Grace Valley is never dull...

Set in the beautiful, wild countryside of Exmoor in sixteenth-century England, The House of Allerbrook depicts sixty years in the lives of the Sweetwater family, particularly Jane Sweetwater, who from an introspective teenager gradually becomes a strong, outspoken woman, fiercely loyal to her family.

When Laurel Scanlol needs a fresh start, she retreats to Mimosa Grove, an old estate outside Bayou Jean, Louisiana. Bequethed to her by her maternal grandmother, Laurel loves its sense of history. But amidst prmevel beauty she sense something...unfinished.

The sudden, unexpected death of Sir Edward Gray causes his widow, Lady Julia to suspect murder.  She enlists the aide of Nicholas Brisbane and presses forward, following a trail of clues.  In the process, she learns many unpleasant truths about Edward, Nicholas, and her herself.

The Manning Sisters is actually two of Debbie Macomber's earlier books reissued in one volumne.  These stories have stood the test of time.

The Cowboys Lady  Originally published in 1990

This book showed how following your dreams can change your life.  It definitely makes you study your own goals.  It has encouraged me to make my list of twenty wishes.  I am sure with a little work these wishes too, may come true.

Susannah Nelson is feeling unsettled, now at 50 she's looking back at the way her life has gone and wondering about the road she left untraveled. Going back to help her mother after her father's death, Susannah visits old friends and wonders about the boyfriend she never saw again when she was shipped off to school abroad.