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News & reviews for the fiction lover in us all!
News & reviews for the fiction lover in us all!
Baroness Diana Pamerston-Wriothesley and her husband, Lord Reginald, have accepted an invitation to Lord DeVere's estate, along with her cousin Annalee and her husband Ned. Diana, married to the much older Reggie for ten years, is a faithful yet unhappy wife. Reggie's drinking, gambling, and disdain have seen to that.
In October 1948, the mill town of Donora, Pennsylvania was covered in smog due to a combination of the mill emissions and the weather. This actual historical event led to a movement for clean air in the United States culminating in the Clean Air Act.
When Sir George Bancroft is informed that he is bankrupt, his once secure and indulged life is about to be turned upside down. To his rescue comes a relative, Gregory Rogers, who bails out Sir George and proceeds to take over Bancroft Hall, the family home. Gregory is the perfect gentleman and businessman, soon charming George's three sons and daughter, Jane.
Johanna Wade came to Missouri to help her father lead a missionary wagon party looking for a place to settle. The trip is her chance to become closer to her long absent father. After all, there’s nothing holding her to her former life. Heartbroken (her fiancée died), she has no interest in men, however she seems to have attracted the attention of two.