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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted." --George Washington Unrequited love might have sparked a flame that ignited a cause that became the American Revolution. Never before has this story about George Washington been told. Crafted from hundreds of letters, witness accounts, and journal entries, Dear George, Dear Mary explores George's relationship with his first love, New York heiress...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Birdie Robinson thought she'd gotten everything she wanted out of life: fame, adoration and an A-list career as Hollywood's most beloved ingenue. But after an on-set feud goes viral, she's forced to go into hiding in the one place where no one would think to find her: her childhood home. Wallowing in her bedroom, she stumbles upon an anonymous love letter from a former boyfriend and decides that a very public reunion with her nameless suitor could...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"1951. Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an isolated mental asylum by her husband. Run by a pioneering psychiatrist, the hospital is at first Esther's prison but soon surprisingly becomes her refuge. 2018. Free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker embarks on a research posting in the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast. When a violent storm forces her to take shelter on a far-flung island, she discovers a collection of hidden love...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
2009: Caroline wakes up in a Paris hospital with no memory of her past. Slowly regaining recollections of a man and a young child, she vows to piece her life back together. 1943, Nazi-occupied Paris: Céline, a young widow, tries to build a new life for her daughter while working in her father's flower shop. When a ruthless German officer discovers her Jewish ancestry, Céline is forced to play a dangerous game to secure the safety of her loved ones....
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When New Orleans coffee merchant Louis Durand first meets his bride-to-be after a months-long courtship by mail, he's shocked that she doesn't match the photographs sent with her correspondence. But Durand has told his own fibs, concealing from her the details of his wealth, and so he mostly feels fortunate to find her so much more beautiful than expected. Soon after they marry, however, he becomes increasingly convinced that the woman in his life...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"En una caja de seguridad abandonada en un banco de Nueva York aparecen un fajo de cartas manuscritas, fotograf̕as, pasaportes caducados y veintid̤s joyas de un valor incalculable. Jane Willoughby, empleada judicial, recibe el encargo de encontrar a los posibles herederos, y Phillip Lawton, experto de la casa de subasta Christie s, el de tasar las piezas. Atra̕da por el hallazgo, Jane averigua el nombre de la enigm̀tica mujer que aparece en las...
28) I can't wait to call you my wife: African American letters of love and family in the Civil War era
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of letters exchanged between African Americans during the Civil War era"--
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Complications arise when Marietta's secret love letters are accidentally found by the wrong man. 1828, the London countryside. For years, Marietta Stone has harbored a secret infatuation for the handsome Frederick Finch and has poured out her deepest feelings in a series of passionate love letters that she keeps in a locked drawer. But when Marietta's private letters are accidentally delivered to Frederick's house, she must retrieve them immediately...
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