When heiress Margaret Macy overhears an evil scheme to force her to marry her step-father’s nephew, she flees. She has no money and in the 19th century there is only one way for her to survive: find a position as a servant. Although she has never done a stitch of work in her life, she […]
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Review: The Secret Mission by A. Van der Jagt
John, an escaped Huguenot, returned to France on a mission for the Dutch government, hoping for an opportunity to free his father, a galley slave. As John travelled through France, he faced one danger after another. He hid within a few yards of King Louis XIV, met two Huguenot girls desperate to escape to England, […]
Review: The Escape: The Adventures of Three Hugenot Children Fleeing Persecution
John’s father, a Huguenot in southern France, was arrested by Father Francis and sentenced to the galleys for life. A few years later the same priest snatched away John’s little sister Manette and sent her to Paris. John’s mother died of grief, and not much later Father Francis let it be known that he was […]
Review: A Lancaster County Christmas
When she was at the doctor’s to renew her sleeping pill prescription, Jamie Fitzpatrick met bubbly Danny Riehl, an Amish six year old. He and his dad were there with his mom, Mattie, who had recently miscarried the first baby she’d conceived since Danny’s birth. When Danny forgot his handmade owl whistle at the office, […]
Review: Love on the Line by Deeanne Gist
Luke Palmer, an undercover Texas Ranger hunting for a notorious train robber, is stationed to the small town of Brenham as a telephone repair and salesman. The switchboard operator, Georgie Gail, a beautiful, opinionated birdwatcher, does not appreciate her new boss. She has her own ideas about many things including train robbers, having met the […]