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The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England from 1485-1649 [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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For the writer and anyone else interested in Renaissance England (1485-1649), this remarkable resource covers the day-to-day details: fashions, food, customs, family life, the Royal Court, law and punishment, holidays, city and rural living, seafaring and land occupations, alehouses, marriage, birth and death rituals--and a great deal more, written with authority in a wonderfully readable style. Included are bibliographies and internet addresses for further research. Written by Kathy Lynn Emerso... more info>> 1996
Words: 85700 - Reading Time: 244-342 min.
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Winter Tapestry [MultiFormat]
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During the reign of Mary Tudor, Cordell Shelby's father is poisoned, and she alone suspects he was murdered. But it is a time fraught with treason and rebellion, hampering her determination to find his killer. And a handsome young courtier, Roger Allington, tricks her into a marriage of convenience that isn't convenient at all. 1991
Words: 96000 - Reading Time: 274-384 min.
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Cloud Castles [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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Kendra Jennings is an optimist, Deputy Sheriff Alex Moreau a cynic. Fate brings them together on a lonely country road in the western Maine mountains. Alex thinks she's keeping secrets ... and he's right; but Kendra is telling the truth about the peculiar things that have happened since she moved to her pretty little house deep in the woods. When her life, and that of his teenaged son, are threatened, Alex has more than his duty to do. 1989
Words: 66000 - Reading Time: 188-264 min.
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Echoes and Illusions [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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Lauren Ryder can't explain her nightmares after seeing her own face in a four-hundred-fifty-year-old portrait in a museum. And where are the first eighteen years of her life? Adam, her law-enforcement consultant husband, searches for rational answers. But only a leap of faith can save their relationship, and Lauren's life. 1993
Words: 77000 - Reading Time: 220-308 min.
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Love Thy Neighbor [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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Returning to Maine to discover her roots, Linnea Bryan also discovers her next door neighbor, Marsh Austin, a retired cop injured in the line of duty. She's curious about her family's past; he's suspicious of her decision to stay in Austin's Crossing and renovate her grandfather's house. 1997
Words: 50000 - Reading Time: 142-200 min.
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Someday [MultiFormat]
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Kristy Russell, a high school senior, sets out to discover why Sonny, the boy she's crazy about, has rejected her. Her quest involves her in plans for a Project Graduation party and a school-wide production of The Music Man. And her ultimate decision about herself and Sonny ends up putting her in danger. 2001
Words: 40000 - Reading Time: 114-160 min.
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Sleepwalking Beauty [MultiFormat]
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Bodyguard Duncan Glendower, assigned to keep watch over Andrea Lauderdale by her over-protective grandfather, invites her to share his remote hunting cabin in Maine. Andrea's sleepwalking is an old problem about which she knows nothing until she wakes up one morning in Duncan's bed. Duncan is torn between his feelings for her and his conviction that he isn't good enough for her. They're from two different worlds ... or are they? 1997
Words: 50000 - Reading Time: 142-200 min.
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Face Down Under the Wych Elm [Secure eReader (recommended)]
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 After the death of her roguish husband, Lady Appleton travels with a new
suitor to Maidstone. There she learns of two gentlewomen, Constance
Crane and her elderly cousin Lucy, who are being jailed for bewitching
two men to death. Lady Appleton deduces that the deaths were the work of a
mysterious poisoner. With Constance and Lucy facing the gallows, Susanna
Appleton has to root out the killer--fast. 2000
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Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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In the rapidly fading twilight, Susanna did not recognize the dead man.
Then someone brought a lantern forward: the dead man was her husband,
Sir Robert Appleton. When a coded letter from her late husband instructs
her to meet him at a London alehouse, she knows his "death" was a ruse.
When he shows up, tumbling down steps in a crowded square, she suspects
poisoning. Accused of the crime, she will burn at the stake--unless
she can track down the true killer. 2000
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Relative Strangers [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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Waycross Springs, Maine boasts a grand old hotel, Sinclair House, where a ghost appears to Corrie Ballantyne. Adrienne is an ancestor of handsome Lucas Sinclair, who owns the hotel, and she seems to push Lucas and Corrie together. Is this just ghostly matchmaking, or does Adrienne have a more urgent agenda this Christmastime? Former Loveswept by Kathy Lynn Emerson 1997
Words: 47482 - Reading Time: 135-189 min.
Category: Romance
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That Special Smile [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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Widower Russ Tandy, owner of a music and gift shop, recruits Tory Grenville to help his teenage daughter prepare for a beauty pageant at Sinclair House. In high school, Tory was a geeky nerd who had a crush on Russ when he was a basketball star. But now they're on equal footing, and if they fall in love, will she be able to handle instant motherhood and giving up the job she loves? 1998
Words: 46068 - Reading Time: 131-184 min.
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Family Lies [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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Ariadne Palmer, part-owner of an antiquarian bookshop in Maine, doesn't believe Clay Franklin when he tells her she has a twin sister and grandparents that she's never known. As a lawyer, Clay has sworn not to tell her the whole truth about her parents, but his immediate and growing attraction to her argues strongly against his promise. Originally published as a Silhouette Special Edition under the title Separated Sisters and the pseudonym Kaitlyn Gorton. 1997
Words: 63000 - Reading Time: 180-252 min.
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Face Down Upon an Herbal [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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Susanna, Lady Appleton, is ordered by Queen Elizabeth to assist Eleanor Madderly with an herbal she is preparing. The queen's emissary failed to mention that a man had been murdered at Madderly Castle--and that part of Susanna's mission is to solve that crime. Traitorous forgery, hidden identities, and secret passages all make her task the more dangerous. 2nd of the Face Down historical mystery series by Kathy Lynn Emerson 2000
Words: 63184 - Reading Time: 180-252 min.
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Face Down Before Rebel Hooves [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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When Sir Walter Pendennis asks her help to stop a treasonous uprising, how can Lady Appleton refuse? Pretending to be someone else, she infiltrates the rebel camp and puts her own life at risk, but it isn't always easy to tell the villains from the heroes and the two feisty countesses leading the Rebellion of 1569 are forces to be reckoned with. Historical Mystery by Kathy Lynn Emerson. 6th in the Face Down series originally published by St. Martin's. 2001
Words: 67000 - Reading Time: 191-268 min.
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The Rapunzel Trap [MultiFormat]
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Hope Rowan suspects Rapunzel had agoraphobia--just like she does. And Cooper Sanford, returned high school bad boy, doesn't really seem the handsome prince who could lure her out, does he? But Coop wants Hope's help with his motherless daughter, and he's willing to help her overcome her fears--except that he has a few doubts of his own. Formerly a Silhouette Special Edition titles Hearth, Home and Hope by Kaitlyn Gorton. 1995
Words: 68000 - Reading Time: 194-272 min.
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Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie [MultiFormat]
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When the steward at her husband's Lancashire estate dies under mysterious circumstances, Susanna, Lady Appleton suspects he was murdered. As an expert on poisonous herbs, she sets out to discover the truth but ends up unearthing more secrets than she bargained for. This first book in the Face Down mystery series, set in sixteenth-century England, is "a breezy and amusing historical whodunit." (Booklist) 1997
Words: 66125 - Reading Time: 188-264 min.
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Deadlier than the Pen [MultiFormat]
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Diana Spaulding is a widowed theatrical columnist trying to survive in the scandal-fueled journalistic world of 1888 New York City. Her editor assigns her a story on horror-author Damon Bathory, whom he suspects of murdering two female journalists. Diana faces danger from a deranged artist, a matriarch with a warped sense of humor, a traveling acting troupe--and the elusive Bathory himself. First in the new Diana Spaulding series by Kathy Lynn Emerson 2004
Words: 81942 - Reading Time: 234-327 min.
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Unquiet Hearts [MultiFormat]
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When Thomasine Strangeways returned to Catsholme Manor, the scene of her unhappy childhood, things were not as they had once been. Nick Carrier, who had been her friend and protector then, was now a moody widower who could encourage her passion and spurn her kisses. To fulfill her mother's deathbed request was proving dangerous--and loving Nick perhaps even more so. Historical Romance by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by Harper Monogram 1994
Words: 88969 - Reading Time: 254-355 min.
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Tried and True [MultiFormat]
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Grant Bradley, a rugged history professor trying to create a living history center, was surprised when Vanessa Dare, the popular talk show hostess, agreed to spend a week in costume at his Victorian farmhouse. More startling was the intense desire that flared between them, which suggested a "history" of their own--more real than a dream of the past. Contemporary romance by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by Loveswept. 1998
Words: 46500 - Reading Time: 132-186 min.
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Firebrand [MultiFormat]
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Today Ellen Allyn would be called a psychic, but in 17th century England and New England the label was witch. When Ellen fled London, only the adventurous Jamie Mainwaring accepted her uniqueness. Sailing to New England together formed lasting ties between them, and they faced the untamed new world both together and alone in search of the truth about their hearts. Historical Romance by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by Harper Monogram 1993
Words: 90499 - Reading Time: 258-361 min.
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The Green Rose [MultiFormat]
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Meriall Sentlow, a beautiful young widow, accepted Sir Grey Neville's offer of a mock betrothal because it offered her freedom. Sir Grey made the offer to avoid a blackmailer. But they found themselves caught up in both affection and intrigue--awaiting the fate of the trading vessel, The Green Rose. Historical Romance by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by Harper Monogram 1994
Words: 90783 - Reading Time: 259-363 min.
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Face Down among the Winchester Geese [MultiFormat]
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When her husband becomes one of the suspects in the murder of several Southwark prostitutes (known as Winchester Geese), Lady Appleton vows to uncover the identity of the real killer in order to prove her husband's innocence. The year is 1563. "A solid bet for historical mystery fans." (Publisher's Weekly) Historical mystery by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by St. Martin's Press and Kensington Books 1999
Words: 65751 - Reading Time: 187-263 min.
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Face Down across the Western Sea [MultiFormat]
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Does England have a claim to the New World? Queen Elizabeth I thinks so and she's gathered together a group of scholars to prove it. Drawn into intrigue and danger through her friendship with Sir Walter Pendennis, Lady Appleton lends a hand to uncover ancient secrets and solve a murder. Historical mystery by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by St. Martin's Minotaur 2002
Words: 66197 - Reading Time: 189-264 min.
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Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross [MultiFormat]
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Susanna, Lady Appleton is an expert on poisonous herbs, but she never expects to diagnose her own husband's death as murder. Sir Robert, long believed lost at sea, turns up freshly dead in Westminster and Susanna is accused of the crime. To prove her innocence she must discover the real killer's identify. Elizabethan mystery by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by St. Martins and Kensington 2000
Words: 70946 - Reading Time: 202-283 min.
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Face Down under the Wych Elm [MultiFormat]
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Susanna, Lady Appleton, learns that her dead husband's former mistress, Constance Crane, will be tried as a witch for causing the death of a man. Susanna suspects the victim was poisoned, and aided by her suitor, Nick Baldwin, and her servant Jennet, she uncovers a plot involving a forgotten will and the canceled vow of a nun. Historical mystery by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by St. Martins and Kensington 2000
Words: 63104 - Reading Time: 180-252 min.
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