Tea, Coffee and Chocolate inQueen Anne’s Reign 1702 -1714 - Rosemary Morris

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About Rosemary Morris

I live in Hertfordshire, near inspirational countryside and within easy access of London, which is useful when I want to visit places of historical interest in the capital city.

My historical romances, rich in facts, are written in my office, aka the former spare bedroom, furnished with a large waxed oak desk and an 8ft by 6 ft bookcase which contains my historical non-fiction for research, some of the classics, favourite novels and books of poetry.

To enhance my novels, I enjoy researching food and costume, politics and economics, social history, religion and other topics.

Although, as the saying goes, they did things differently in the past, emotions have not changed, but the characters in my novels are of their time, not 21^st century people dressed in costume. Before I begin a new book, I name my main characters and fill in detailed character profiles. By the time I write the first sentence, I can visualise them and know the hero and heroine almost as well as I know my friends. 

My novels have themes which modern day readers can relate to. For example, in The Captain and The Countess rank and wealth do not guarantee happiness.

Tea, Coffee and Chocolate inQueen Anne’s Reign 1702 -1714

These beverages were so popular that on the 16^th December 1704 at the House of Commons a Committee of wayes and means resolved to double the duties on Coffee Tea and Chocolate.

Tea

The price of black tea fluctuated. In 1704 the price was between twelve and sixteen shillings a pound. Between 1706 and 1710 the minimum price was fourteen shillings per pound and the maximum price was thirty-two shillings.

Green tea cost as little as thirteen shillings and sixpence in 1705 and as much as twenty-six shillings a pound in 1707.

The variations in the cost were due to the age of the tea and whether leaves had been brewed, dried and mixed with cheaper tea.

On the 26^th August 1710, an advertisement for tea was published in The Tatler.

Bohea Tea made of the same Materials that Foreign Bohea is made of, 16s a Pound. Sold by R. Fary only at the Bell in Grace Church Street, Druggist. Note, The Natural Pecko Tea will remain, after Infusion, of a light grey Colour. All other Bohea Tea, tho’ there be White in it, will change colour, and it is artificial.

Coffee

Coffee Houses where men gathered to converse and read free broadsheets were popular. The price of coffee was mentioned in an advertisement in The Postman in 27/30^th April 1706.

Whereas Coffee was formerly sold at 2s 6d per pound and is now already amounted to betwixt 6s and 7s per pound, the Majority of Retailers have thought it reasonable to request their Customers to pay 3 half pence per Dish and do assure that no person that sells Coffee for 1d a Dish can make good Coffee.

Care was taken in the  manufacture coffee. For example.

Thomas Burges, Druggist, removed from Snow Hill to the Blew Anchor in Fleet Street, near Serjeants Inn, sells the best of coffee roasted in the new way, having a better flavour, and is a much sweeter way than the common method of roasting Coffee.

Chocolate

Chocolate Houses began to close when tea and coffee became more popular than chocolate, although the drink was still served at home by those who could afford it first thing in the morning.

There were two types of chocolate the most popular, Caraco, at 3s a pound and Martineco, at 2s 6p a pound, both of which were roasted, ground and sold plain or mixed with sugar.

In 1703 a man advertised his invention, a machine for making better quality chocolate which was 1s cheaper than the current prices.

However, it is worth noting that the duty on the nuts was high enough to make smuggling worthwhile. On the 14^th/17^th April, 1704 the London Post reported.

Last week 6 Sacks of Cocoa Nuts were seiz’d by a Customs Officer.

Excerpt from The Captain and The Countess

A gust of wind urged Edward and Lindsay forward through the door and into the noisy, smoke-filled coffeehouse. They made their way to the counter which was presided over by a good-looking female.

A flirtatious gleam appeared in her eyes. “What’s your pleasure, gentlemen?”

Edward handed her four pennies. “A bowl of coffee apiece.”

She indicated a lad of some ten years or more dressed in breeches, full-sleeved shirt, and apron. “He’ll serve you.”

Edward seized Lindsay by the arm and guided him to a bench to prevent his friend making advances toward the woman. “Don’t venture down that road unless you would welcome the pox.”

They sat facing the fire, above which lidded iron pots of water hung from hooks. The boy soon set bowls of steaming coffee on the trestle table before them. Edward laughed at the expectant look on the child’s face. “A penny for your trouble.”

The coin disappeared into a pocket before the boy darted off to serve another customer.

Edward sighed.

“Want to be back on board?”

“Yes, the wait is interminable but my uncle, Admiral Rooke, will see me right.”

“All very well for those with grand connections,” Lindsay teased.

Edward laughed as he punched his fist playfully.

Equally playful, Lindsay parried the blow.

Oh, it was good to be with an old friend.

Lindsay pointed to one of the many frames hanging on the wall. “A lock of mermaid’s hair,” he mocked. “And look at the horseshoes. One would think one was in a farrier’s shop.” He eyed a shelf. “Do you see those pills and potions? Nectar from the East to rejuvenate a man. I am surprised they don’t claim all those remedies are as infallible as the Pope.”

“Howard, Lindsay, as I live and breathe.”

They looked up at an elderly man—with a turban on his head—who wore a rust-coloured banyan. Both of them stood to salute the senior officer. “Captain Dennison,” they chorused.

“Nay, lads, I’ve retired. I live nearby with m’married daughter. Sit yourselves down. No need to salute.” Two gentlemen on the bench opposite Edward and Lindsay moved to make room for Dennison. “Boy,” he shouted. “Coffee laced with rum.” He gazed at Edward. “Heard about your trouble, m’lad. Can’t condone insubordination. I ran a tight ship but none called me tyrant. Never did approve of bullies. Well, who knows better than the two of you? Those were the days.”

Edward retained a soft spot for the old man who had always encouraged him to set his sights high. “Indeed they were, sir.”

Captain Denison eyed the fine glass lantern, inadequate to completely illuminate the coffee shop. “More light is needed, I can scarce see.” He peered through the tobacco smoke. “By my faith, there’s young Manners. Now he’s a likely lad.

Novels by Rosemary Morris

Early 18^th Century novels:

Tangled Love, Far Beyond Rubies, The Captain and The Countess

Regency Novels

False Pretences, Sunday’s Child, Monday’s Child, Tuesday’s Child, Wednesday’s Child and Thursday’s Child.

Mediaeval Novel

Yvonne Lady of Cassio. The Lovages of Cassio Book One

www.rosemarymorris.co.uk

http://bookswelove.net/authors/morris-rosemary

20th Century Events by Katherine Pym

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20^th century carried a lot of weight. Prior to the 1920’s when my parents were born, the century suffered from a polio epidemic, the San Francisco Earthquake, WW-1 and the Bolshevik movement. The Czar & his family’s execution.

Spanish Flu Hospital

My grandfather had the Spanish flu that killed so many. With the hospital full, they found a pallet and wedged him in a corner, hoping he would survive. He did. 😊

In the 1920’s women threw their corsets in the bin. Shedding inhibitions, men and women drank bathtub gin and danced the charleston. My dad remembered when homemade brews exploded in the basement. 

Silent films morphed into talkies and the world paused at the harsh realities of the 

Great Depression.  Dad lived in the city and experienced long soup lines, issued clothing that my grandmother dyed, trying to disguise the humiliation of government handouts. My mom lived in the farmland and had more food at her disposal. Her aunties fashioned underwear out of printed flour sacks, and very comfortable they were too, or so she said.

Soup Kitchen

My parents witnessed the build-up of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, the jitter-bug, Hollywood’s greatest days, the biggest war ever, and the atomic bomb. 

Women painted their legs to simulate silk-stockings because none were available. Dad said his Navy whites were always stained orange after a night of dancing, which did not put the men in good stead with their superior officers.

After the war, Hollywood introduced black noir movies, where the scenes always seemed to take place at night, the streets wet as if it had rained. Women’s hats got 

smaller, their hair shorter. 

Into the 2^nd half of the century, we saw the rise of Communism and as a reaction to that, McCarthyism. Remarkable scientific marvels catapulted the world from a sleepy planet to OMG, don’t press that button.

WW-2

The Korean War marched around the periphery of our cynical thoughts. Eisenhower was president. Elvis Presley had women screaming, “Kiss me. Kiss me.” Hollywood put out incredible grade B movies where couples ‘necked’ the entire film.

Everyone swing-danced; later we did the ‘twist’, causing women’s waistlines to shrink. Dr Salk found the cure for polio and mom dragged us to the school where we were first in line to eat a sugar cube saturated with the vaccine. 

The Cuban Crisis. Fathers came home early from work and informed their families we only had hours to live. The planet went silent with fear as a shaky hand hovered over the Red Button of Doom. From then on, we ducked and covered under our school desk, breathing in dirt from the playground. 

Nuclear Fallout Map

The Beatles & Rolling Stones. A bevy of unfortunate killings: JFK, Martin Luther King, Malcomb X & Bobby Kennedy’s assassination. 

The Berlin Wall.

Race for the moon. In the Apollo Program, panels 32 & 16 on the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) were my dad’s responsibility. He was proud of his work and once asked my grandmother what she thought of his part in it. She asked, “What do you mean?” Dad huffed a breath. “My part in men going to the moon and walking on it.”  My grandmother replied it was a hoax. No one could ever fly to the moon, much less stand on it. The whole thing had been filmed on a movie set. My dad stared at her in disbelief.

The best music came during the 60’s & 70’s, mostly connected with the Vietnam War. 

Two Cold Hippies

Hippies ran amok across the country but they were especially filled with love in San Francisco. Smoking weed, downing mushrooms and peyote buttons. LSD. Dancing naked in the streets with flowers in their hair. 

Going to dances were no longer popular. Stoned to the bone, everyone sat lotus-style on the floor or the grass (Woodstock-the world’s greatest example of sex, drugs, & rock’n roll) and listened to mind-bending music.  

I suppose I should mention Nixon’s Watergate; the assassination attempt on George Wallace. Hollywood advanced into the computer era with the green screens and the amazing special effects of Star Wars. Jimmy Carter’s Iran humiliation. 

Woodstock

The Berlin Wall

President Reagan’s attempted assassination, big hair and large shoulder pads. The movie Superman. Lady Diana’s wedding. 

The Shuttle exploded over Cape Canaveral, shutting down the program for a few years until the reason was documented and nailed in cement. Michael Jackson’s breakthrough that every musician wanted to copy, the Thriller video. 

In the 90’s, our world changed with the fall of Communism, the Berlin Wall sledgehammered into chunks of concrete. 

Our planet became smaller with the advent of the computers on the business and personal level. The internet came about with primitive chatrooms and emails. At the airport, a loved one could still accompany you to the gate, and you could carry on board a bottle of wine you wanted to give Auntie at the family reunion.  

Challenger Exploding

People live longer these days. Both in their 90’s when they left, my mom and dad saw so much. What do you suppose they’ll say about the baby boomers in the 21^st century (other than we ruined the world, which we considered our own parents to have done)? 

Hopefully, they’ll say: a lot.   

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Many thanks to Wikicommons Public Domain

Summer inspiration by J. S. Marlo

J. S. Marlo BWL Author Page

In the summer, I love sitting on the deck with my laptop, drink iced tea, and write. In my corner of the woods, we can only do this a few months, so we do enjoy every non-rainy day. I started a new series in the spring and my plan was to finish the first book before September--or at least the first draft. I'm usually pretty good with deadlines, even the ones I impose on myself for no reasons, but with 30 days left, it pains me to admit I'm no closer to write the word END than I was in May. So, what went wrong?

Well, it started with a cracked toilet tank. I had to install a new toilet before it leaks. Waiting wasn't an option. What derailed my plan was the detour I made through the laminate section of the hardware store when I went to buy a new toilet.

I've had the same carpet throughout my house for 22 years and I've been cursing it every time I clean it. I knew it needed to go, preferably sooner rather than later, but there was always other priorities. Anyway, when I walked through the laminate aisle, I saw that gorgeous laminate at 50% off. I just couldn't resist. Before I came back to my senses, I ordered 72 boxes, went home, and ripped a corner of the carpet so I wouldn't change my mind.

June and July were spent installing laminate in three bedrooms, two hallways, a living room, a dining room, and a flight of uneven stairs. I finished yesterday. This wasn't what I had planned on doing this summer, but I'm pleased — sore and bruised, a little bit disappointed I didn't write a word,  but very pleased with the results.

With 30 days left and a writing conference to attend in Calgary next week, there is no way I will be able to finish Book One. I'll be lucky to write a quarter of it, but you know what, it's okay. While I was doing my floor, I mapped my entire Book Two in my head, and do you know what my heroine will be doing? She'll be installing laminate floor...in a prison.

Happy reading!

JS

 J. S. Marlo's Website

New Releases from BWL Publishing Authors

It has been a busy summer for BWL authors and I'm excited to share some terrific new releases

From best selling UK author Anita Davison and Canadian Regency Romance Author Victoria Chatham, we are thrilled to announce the release of Book 11 in the Canadian Historical Brides Collection, Envy the Wind, Prince Edward Island

http://books2read.com/Envy-The-Wind

Grace MacKinnon’s widowhood promises little but a life of drudgery under her father-in-law’s oppressive rule. When quiet rebellion turns to opportunity, she books passage on an Atlantic steamer only to face near disaster in Halifax harbour.

Her future looks doomed from the start until with the help of a sympathetic stranger, she arrives on Prince Edward Island. Her new found independence drives her to undertake a brave new adventure in a male dominated world, and a chance encounter with Lucy Maud Montgomery brings her a surprising ally.

Despite the challenges, Grace keeps her head and prevails, until an encounter with bootleggers during Canadian Prohibition threatens to topple her hard won success.Can Grace trust those she goes to for help, or as a woman alone in turn of the century Charlottetown are the odds stacked against her? 

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From Canadian Author Billie Turner, just released a paranormal suspense that is sure to keep you glued to the pages - with the lights left one - until you've read the very last word 

http://books2read.com/Out-of-Darkness

 
Cursed to an immortal life, Kai is bound by honour to protect the mortal world for eternity. A loner, he avoids humans but that changes when he rescues a university student from a brutal attack. Without sight and alone, she seems virtually helpless and Kai is disgusted by his intense reaction. Irresistibly drawn to her, he is determined to resist the attraction, yet compelled to protect her when he learns she has no family. To shelter her from his enemies, he whisks her to a secluded cabin in the mountains to recover from her injuries.

When university student Emma Carlisle wakes up from a brutal assault, she is unable to see. The sexy-voiced stranger taking care of her is determined to remain by her side and keep her safe regardless of her feelings on the matter. Fiercely independent, Emma struggles to maintain some control of her life while she indulges in the instant attraction they share and dares to tempt the reluctant immortal. Unfortunately, being with Kai puts her in even more danger as his enemies pursue him for a taste of his immortality.

If you like a sexy, strong immortal like Karen Marie Moning's Immortal Highlander, you'll fall in love with Billie Turner's immortal in Out of Darkness.

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From Australian author Priscilla Brown, a romance novel that finds a couple rekindling chemistry

http://books2read.com/Finding-Billie

For mechanic Billie, fixing cars is easier than fixing her love life. She runs her successful business, raises a teenage boy, and has a loving family, but she’s missing a special someone. When childhood friend Zac, whose family secretly left town years ago, calls into her service station by chance, they’re astonished to come across each other.

A freelance photographer, Zac shocks himself with the sudden need to stay a while in this small historic country town and get to know Billie again. Working together to deal with the alarming unsympathetic redevelopment of the town including loss of her business, they are concerned when related evidence surfaces of an unsavory clandestine past association between their families.

Their friendship blossoms; for Zac, struggling to cope after a personal tragedy, warm-hearted Billie is easy to talk to, but he cannot let himself love her. Billie is unsettled to find her long-mislaid hormones leaping into life, but dare she risk loving someone carrying so much baggage? Can Zac allow Billie to help him heal?

If you loved Sally Thorne in 99 Percent Mine, you'll fall madly in love with Priscilla Brown's Finding Billie.

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From Canadian author Cobe Reinbold, a young adult mystery that'll have you turning those pages like crazy trying to figure this one out 

http://books2read.com/Dangerous-Past

 A small Idaho town is shaken by the disappearance of high school student Mady Smith. The rumor mill suggests suicide… but Mady's body is still missing.

It seems as though the community has accepted the explanation, but her boyfriend believes otherwise. Brian's suspicions are validated when he receives a laptop she left him. The laptop uncovers a series of clues that convince him there’s more to the story then suicide. He enlists the help of three friends to decipher the clues and solve the mystery. Throughout the journey of twists and turns, they find themselves in life threatening situations, which lead them to discover Mady’s dangerous and twisted past.

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From USA author Geeta Kakade comes a mystery suspense that will delight the baby boomers, and confound the most dedicated reading sleuth

http://books2read.com/Blood-Garnets-and-Murder

Maya’s holistic center, Nithya Shanti, in Southern California, offers alternative medical treatments plus an opportunity to align mind, body and soul. The name means Daily Peace, but that carefully created environment of massages, meditation and mindful living is going to be tested every which way there is. Her blood garnet earrings are a reminder that the stones offer protection. From whom? Or from what?

Apple isn’t taken in by holistic mumbo jumbo. What is this place anyway? An internal lube joint? A con center? Well no one’s fooling her. She’s keeping notes, and reporting this place’s attempt to separate gullible seniors and their money to the CIA, FBI or Homeland Security. While she gathers evidence, her personal mantra is ‘So Help Me’.

When murder takes center stage at Nithya Shanti, finding the killer and saving an innocent person takes top priority. Maya and Apple find sleuthing makes life very interesting. The two seniors unite to prove that they may be old, but they are not extinct.

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From Canadian Young Adult Author Suzanne deMontigny comes the eagerly awaited Book 3 in her award winning middle grade novel series Shadow of the Unicorn. Book 3, The Revenge

http://books2read.com/The-Revenge

Born deep in the forest, far from the herd, Damien is kept a dark secret by his parents until his father, Samuel, decides the colt must join the other foals to be initiated. But the unicorns are horrified by Damien’s birth defect. They see him as a freak despite his astonishing abilities. Then when a rival shoves Samuel over the edge of the canyon to his death, Damien’s talents turn deadly. Can anyone stop him before he destroys their world?

If you liked Richard Adam's Watership Down, you'll love the series, Shadow of the Unicorn."

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From USA author Betty Ann Harris a spicy romantic suspense pits a best selling romance author and her special FBI agent against a deadly stalker

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F65KBWC 

Just when she thinks her nightmare is finally over, Maggie Tyler returns home to find a threatening note from her stalker attached to the newspaper outside her door. She alerts the FBI, whose protection she was under, and she’s put back into protective custody, back into the safe arms of her protector, Stephen O’Leary, the FBI Special Agent who was originally assigned to her case.

The FBI reopens the investigation and Stephen whisks Maggie off to a different safe location. But is she safe? The FBI thought they killed her stalker when Stephen shot the sheriff at Moon’s Peak Lake in A Very Special Agent. But the alarming and threatening note attached to her newspaper shows her stalker is still very much alive.

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From Canadian author Margaret G. Hanna comes a historical novel set on the Canadian Prairies that will tug at your  heart strings and tickle your funny bone.  

http://books2read.com/Our-Bulls-Loose-In-Town

A tiny shack in a vast prairie. Spooked horses and straying bulls. A town half-destroyed by fire. The year with no crop. An untimely death.

Little did Addie Wright realize what she would face when she came west from Ontario in 1910 to marry her fiancé, Abraham Hanna. Based on entries in Abraham’s diaries, Our Bull’s Loose In Town! tells the story of the author’s grandparents as they built their farm and raised a family in the Meyronne district of southwestern Saskatchewan. Through trials and triumphs, sorrows and successes, the horrors of the Great War, the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties and the dark years of the Dirty Thirties, they found strength and courage in their faith, in their indomitable humour, and in their family and neighbours.

This is also the story of the rise and decline of a prairie village, and of the political and social turmoil of a province and country in the first half of the twentieth century, all as Addie lived it.

Fans of Laura Inglis Wilder (Little House on the Prairie) will love Margaret G. Hanna's "Our Bull's Loose In Town!" Tales From the Homestead.

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From BWL Best Selling Australian author Tricia McGill, a powerful novel set in medieval times

http://books2read.com/Powerful-Destiny

It is 850AD and Norse warrior Rolf lands on the shores of East Anglia determined to take revenge on a Celtic clan. Following a fierce battle, where the Celts are savagely killed, Rolf comes face to face with the daughter of the slain Celtic leader. So stunned by the beauty, along with the courage of Brigid, he is convinced that his Three Fates of Destiny brought them together. Resolved to make this woman his own, he spares the lives of the captured Celtic women and children and takes them back to his homeland across the ocean.

Strangely drawn to the Norseman who is so sure they are destined to be together, Brigid must fight against succumbing to the wishes of the man who killed her father. Nevertheless, to save her fellow Celtic captives from slavery or worse, Brigid must keep a bargain with the Norse leader—a bargain that will see her tied to him forever.

In present day Cornwall, naturally shy Rolf shares his secluded lighthouse with his wolfhound. An artist, he delights in the rugged scenery and ever-changing weather. While in the nearest bookshop one day, he meets a newcomer to town. Brigid’s unusual personality strikes a chord with him. Not only are both convinced they have met before, but their fascination for Viking and Celtic history forges an unusual bond between them. Outspoken and forthright, Brigid sets out to break down the barrier of reserve and caution Rolf has erected over the years. Is it simply whimsy or can lovers across centuries be reunited?

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From Canadian author J.M. Dolan a suspense novel that will confound your senses and have you questioning your reasoning skills

http://books2read.com/Unredeemed

Just when everything is going well in her life, researcher Jamee Blair is forced to become an amateur detective after the live-in caregiver hired for her sister’s medical crisis, vanishes.

To track down the truth of the missing caregiver, Jamee enlists the help of modern day highlander, Samuel Craig, a politician appointed investigator into human trafficking links to international organized crime. Together, Jamee and Sam embark on a disturbing search for Odessa and, as the mystery unfolds, they find themselves navigating the twists and turns of Canada’s seedy underground immigration. Jamee’s comedy filled one-line zingers, aimed to keep Sam at arms distance, become a second chance at happiness.

When a casino chip is found with the body, Sam suspects more than a simple homicide, and when a second crime scene is discovered on a suburban Calgary beach, the search leads to so much more. In this romantic thriller, the unlikely pair uncover a conspiracy that involves murder, assassins, spies and espionage.

If you like Janet Evanovich's one-line zingers or David Baldacci's fast-paced style, you'll love the romantic suspense and intrigue of Unredeemed by J M Dolan.

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From Canadian author J.C. Kavanagh the eagerly awaited sequel to the award winning Young Adult novel A Twisted Climb comes Darkness Descends. The Twisted Climb 2

http://books2read.com/Darkness-Descends

Climbing to sleep is such a nightmare.

Jayden, Connor and Max thought they had climbed their way out of ‘falling’ to sleep. Little did they know that they would be pulled back into Richard Hatemore's dreaded dream world, triggering a new wave of adventures and paranormal terrors. When Connor’s little sister Georgia becomes trapped there, a compelling energy unites the main characters once again. It is only after they accept the ‘cross over’ invitation and join forces in the moonlit dream world that the trio finally understand their rekindled purpose: saving Georgia.

Can Jayden, Connor and Max survive the harrowing journey and strange activities in Richard's dream world, and rescue Georgia? Perhaps - but only if they’re willing to overcome their biggest fears and unlock the powers that bind them. 

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From USA author Rita Karnopp the re-release of her Western historical romance novel Sacred Ground

http://books2read.com/Sacred-Ground

  

Someone wants Brett Turner’s land badly enough to sabotage him, and he knows just who the culprit is: his neighbor, Willow Howling Moon.

They don’t see eye-to-eye on anything. When their sons, who are best friends, run away into the mountains just before a blizzard hits, Willow and Brett have no choice but to go after them—together. In the course of the rescue, they discover an unexpected and unwelcome mutual love. The realization that both their lives are in danger finally convinces him she’s not his enemy.   This heartwarming love story is set in Montana

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Also From USA author Rita Karnopp the re-release of her Western historical romance novel Ransom Love

http://books2read.com/Ransom-Love

Montana Territory-1868. After spending four years as a captive of the Blackfeet, Jennie Proctor must decide whether to trust the handsome white man who has come to rescue her, or spend the rest of her life a Blackfeet.

Cody Larimer has one goal in life, to rescue captive women from the Indians. When he finds the beautiful and haunting Jennie proctor, the last thing he expects is for her to tell him to leave her with the Blackfeet.

However, Jennie’s situation soon changes, and she and Cody must struggle together if they wish to survive. Feelings of anger and mistrust soon develop into mutual respect and love, leaving both of them something neither believed possible.

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From UK author Rosemary Morris Thursday's Child the 5th book in her highly acclaimed Regency series Heroines Born on Different Days of the Week 

http://books2read.com/Thurdays-Child

On their way to a ball, eighteen-year-old Lady Margaret is reminded by her affectionate brother, the Earl of Saunton, to consider her choice of words before she speaks. Despite his warning, she voices her controversial opinion to Lady Sefton, one of Almack’s lady patronesses, who can advance or ruin a debutante’s reputation. Horrified by her thoughtless indiscretion, Margaret runs from the ballroom into the reception hall where she nearly slips onto the marble floor.

Baron Rochedale, a notorious rake catches her in his arms to prevent her fall. Margaret, whose family expect her to make a splendid marriage, and enigmatic Rochedale, who never reveals his secrets, are immediately attracted to each other, but Rochedale never makes advances to unmarried females.

When Margaret runs out into the street, out of chivalry it seems he must follow the runaway instead of joining his mistress in the ballroom, where anxious mothers would warn their daughters to avoid him.

Rochedale’s quixotic impulse leads to complications which force him to question his selfish way of life.

Entangled by him in more ways than one, stifled by polite society’s unwritten rules and regulations Margaret is forced to question what is most important to her. 

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From Australian Author Jan Selbourne comes a multiple five star reviewed WWII Historical that once you start you're not going to put this book down until you finish.  It is exceptionally well-written and tells a gripping story of a soldier's life in England after surviving a hellish war

http://books2read.com/The-Proposition

 

They met on the eve of a battle. One enlisted to avoid prison, the other enlisted to avoid the money lenders. On the bloodied fields of France, Harry Connelly collapses beside the corpse of Andrew Conroy. It’s a risk, a hanging offence, it’s his only hope for a future. Harry swaps identity discs.

Now known as Andrew, he is just another face in post war London until a letter arrives with a proposition. Accepting will plunge him into a nightmare of murder, family jealousy and greed.

To survive he must live this lie without a mistake, until he falls in love with Lacey. To keep her he must tell the truth and face the consequences. 

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