She knew when he asked her to marry him it was to be a marriage of convenience. To Daniel Morgan, self-made millionaire and reluctant playboy, young Liza Hanford was that rarest of all creatures -- an efficient, compassionate and discreet private sec...
This is a novel about family ties, the heartaches and joys of a turn of the century family in Pennsylvania. The father is a minister who sees good in everyone. Mom is a stay at home mom and the children are like kids everywhere. The book takes us int...
Absorbing story of a woman facing the crisis of a broken marriage. Katherine Davenport is a happy woman with a husband she loves, two delightful children, a wide circle of friends, and an assured position in the small suburban community. Her happines...
The elite society church stood alongside the city's tenements and poverty that only a large city could offer. The parishioners of St. Matthew's were dedicated to themselves and the maintenance of the status quo. Young minister Hilary Laurens, who had...
Hester Carr, had everything -- charm, security, and friends who cared for her. Everything -- but a man. Her husband’s death had left her with memories of a calm, quiet happiness. There had never been any great passion between them. There had cer...
Paul Devereaux, a brilliant young lawyer and an eloquent and persuasive speaker, becomes a frequent visitor at the Kirkland house and is offered an amazing opportunity in politics by his host--a chance far beyond his years and experience. As the cent...
This novel deals with the tribulations which beset Gavin McAllister, upstanding family man and teacher in a small conservative college where the pressures of raising his brood have kept him from getting his doctorate. He still hopes to when Rose, his...
In small town America of the turn of the century, both thinking and making a living for oneself were for men only. But at 25, the beautiful and talented Violet Carpenter chose to wait for the love that would last a lifetime. Obliged to support herese...
In this richly detailed novel of a vanished time and way of life, Mrs. Turnbull unfolds the deeply moving story of young Jim Ryall, who loves his land and his family above all.Then two women enter Jim's life: his pretty bride Peggy, with whom one of ...