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Series
Shenandoah sisters volume 4
Language
English
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Description
Mayme, a former slave, and Katie, the daughter of a Southern aristocrat, fight to save their home against foreclosure, theft, and an evil-minded relative with ideas of his own during the aftermath of the Civil War.
3) Yesterday
Author
Language
English
Description
Raised on her father's South Carolina plantation, Callie Parker wanted for nothing, and now she is about to marry wealthy local scion Wyn Archer. But her wedding wouldn't be complete without the three people she grew up with under the sheltering branches of the angel oaks at Parker Manor. There's Bode Jessup, part brother and part idol, who has become a wildly attractive man.
Next is Brie Canfield, Callie's freckle-faced playmate, now an FBI agent...
Author
Series
Shenandoah sisters volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite being born within a year of each other in the same North Carolina county, Mayme and Katie live in two vastly different worlds, until the Civil War bring death and destruction to Katie's Rosewood Plantation home and Mayme's slave quarters, and the two girls find themselves struggling to survive the war's devastation.
Author
Series
Carolina cousins volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young former slave Jake Patterson heads north after the Civil War in search of the father he has long resented, meets two young women--one white and one also a former slave--trying to keep a plantation alive, and finds love, but a dangerous secret catches up to him.
Author
Series
Brides series (Deeanne Gist) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in 1640's Colonial Virginia, a marriage of convenience becomes most inconvenient when the bride proves more than the planter had bargained for"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Shenandoah sisters volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Book 2 of Shenandoah Sisters. Mayme and Katie, from entirely different worlds, have been thrown together in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War. Just teenagers, they are left to survive only by their own wits and shared experiences. Gradually, they are learning to appreciate each other's strengths and to shore up each other's weaknesses. Out of their efforts to simply stay alive comes a growing awareness of the Lord's love and care for them, as...
Author
Series
Carolina cousins volume 3
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fire. It had ripped Seffie from her family and stolen her dearest friend. Will she allow it to destroy her one chance at happiness? Growing up a slave, Seffie served as companion to a sickly white girl and learned to read and write and even speak French. But her life of relative comfort soon comes to an end. When loss and tragedy drive the joy from her life, Seffie quickly learns to guard her heart and hide her past. Secretly, Seffie nurtures a new...
Author
Series
Shenandoah sisters volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Book 3 of bestselling Shenandoah Sisters. Katie, the daughter of a plantation owner, and Mayme, the daughter of a slave, find themselves with only each other after the Civil War. They devise a scheme to keep Katie's plantation going, disguising the fact they are all alone. Now in book three, the girls face new threats to their security. A long-lost uncle appears and then disappears as suddenly, taking their secret with them. Then a flood threatens...
Author
Series
Carolina cousins volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The Stirring Conclusion to the Carolina Cousins Series! A lone rider galloped through the night. He could not slow down or it would be too late. Many lives, and his own future, depended on his getting there in time.... Winds of change are blowing over the Carolina cotton fields . . . changes that will rock the lives of all those who live at the Rosewood Plantation. Katie and Mayme are young women now. Jeremiah has left to seek work in the city. Can...
Author
Series
Carolina cousins volume 2
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The tragic romance of Emma and a wounded 'buffalo soldier.' When the two fall in love, it poses problems for William McSimmons' political career. Can their love keep them together?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity," as the first black hero in American fiction. Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics, it remains a shocking,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Mount Vernon Love Story was the first novel written by Mary Higgins Clark, the bestselling author of twenty-two novels that have made her America's Queen of Suspense. The role of leader came naturally to George Washington, the man revered as "the father of his Country." But when it came to the social aspects of life in the mid-18th century, he was both awkward and insecure. It was only through the love of a woman that he found the happiness that gave...
Author
Series
Faith of our fathers volume 1
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
It is the eve of the Civil War, and the delicate fabric of young nation threatens to tear apart as volatile issues divide its people.
Author
Series
Bregdan Chronicles volume 1
Publisher
A Voice In The World Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Carrie Cromwell comes of age as the dark clouds of the Civil War swallow the country. Born with a fiery spirit and a strong mind, she finds herself struggling between the common wisdom of the South and the truth she has discovered. The activities of the Underground Railroad and her close friendships with the Cromwell Plantation slaves create difficult choices. But when her decisions put her at odds with her heritage, and challenge her dreams, will...
Author
Series
Life of faith: Millie Keith volume 4
Life of faith Millie Keith volume 4
(Kersten R.)Life of faith.Millie Keith volume 4
Life of faith Millie Keith volume 4
(Kersten R.)Life of faith.Millie Keith volume 4
Publisher
Mission City Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Before arriving at her uncle's Southern plantation, Millie Keith vowed to give her heart to Jesus, to honor her parents, and to always follow God's will, but she finds her convictions tested in ways she never imagined after she falls into the high society life surrounding her.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A bride most begrudging (2005): a British lady who is taken to the colonies against her will as a "tobacco bride." The colonial farmer who "wins" her realizes he has gotten more than he bargained for in the ensuing battle of wills.
Courting trouble (2007): In 1890s Texas, being a single woman at 30meant you were practically a spinster. Tired of leaving it up to providence, Essie takes matters into her own hands, casting her sights on the towns remaining...
19) Secret tides
Author
Series
Southern tides volume 1
Publisher
Howard Pub
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Camellia York accidentally kills the plantation owner, the father of the man she intends to marry and must lie to protect herself and Ruby, a slave who is privy to the secret and who also longs to buy her freedom to be with her son and the man she loves.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2004, c2001
Edition
Berkeley trade pbk. ed.
Language
English
Description
Caroline Wimbley Levine is summoned from Manhattan home to South Carolina to check on her mother, Miss Lavinia, who has supposedly gone mad, and is finally able to resolve her relationship with her eccentric parent, and get answers to some of the secrets of the past that have haunted her adult life.
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