<p>From Library Journal:  Damask grows up during the reign of Henry VIII. The increasing peril to anyone who is perceived to hold opinions that differ from the king's is a constant threat in her life and in her family's. When her cousin Kate is orphaned and comes to live at the family manor, they become acquainted with Bruno, a boy their age who lives at St. Bruno's, the nearby abbey. Some believe that he is a "holy child," as he first appeared in the Christmas crib on Christmas day. The three children form lasting relationships that, along with the intrigues of 16th-century politics and religion, affect their lives as their stories continue through adulthood, marriage, and children. Anna White, in a rich voice, creates distinctive presences for all the characters and makes the story and time as real as today. Historical detail and suspense hold the listener throughout. Highly recommended.?Melody A. Moxley, Rowan P.L., Salisbury, N.C.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.</p>

The Miracle at St. Bruno's

Romance

CARR, Philippa

Historical

G.P.Putnam's Sons

When Lucy's mother is flung out of the house by her husband, she is rescued by a naval officer. Only on her deathbed does she reveal Lucy's true lineage. Trying to hold the family together, Lucy seeks work at the Buchanan house, where her mother worked, and where she first met Nick and Murdoch.

The love-child

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Collins

The Drop of the Dice (Daughters of England)

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

The song of the siren

History

Europe

Saraband for Two Sisters

<p>Against the background of an England torn by civil war, religious persecution, and political treachery in the turbulent era of Cromwell and the Stuart Restoration, is the passionate story of Arabella Tolworthy, whose loves and destiny are inextricably linked to the plight of her nation. The dethroned Charles I had met the executioner's ax with regal calm, and as Oliver Cromwell tightened his Puritan grip on English church and state, thousands of royalists fled their confiscated lands. Among them was young Arabella, her family seeking safe harbor in France where they hoped to serve the exiled royal heir, Charles II. Separated from her parents, confronted by the unaccustomed hardships of political banishment, she finds solace in the company of the ravishing and charismatic actress, Harriet Main. Little does Arabella suspect the threat Harriet will post to her future happiness. Nor does she envision the tragedy that lies ahead when dashing Edwin Eversleigh, Cavalier and heir to a titular fortune, makes her his bride after a whirlwind courtship. For in the deceptive peace following Parliament's Restoration of the Crown, a widowed Arabella returns to England bearing a new scion of the Eversleigh estate. Suddenly, her quiet devotion to the memory of her beloved husband is shattered by the arrival of Edwin's cousin Carleton, whose bitterness at being deprived of his inheritance seemingly only Arabella can allay. The reappearance at Eversleigh Court of the conniving Harriet further jeopardizes Arabella's spiritual bond with the past. Only amidst the cataclysmic suffering wrought by St. Giles Plague and the Great London Fire does Arabella find courage enough for a personal renewal, which may help her make her separate peace with England.</p>

Lament for a lost lover

The Adulteress

Suffering from the humiliation of Dickon's rejection, Lottie, the result of a passionate love-affair between Zipporah and a French nobleman, makes her home in a new country with a family she has not met before. This is the tenth book in the "Daughters of England" series.

Zipporah's Daughter (Daughters of England)

HarperCollins, Publishers

The Return of the Gypsy

A chance encounter with danger at the Pool of St Branok caused lovely Angelet to look upon her dashing cousin Benedict with more than cousinly affection. And in the lawless goldfields of Australia, forced into a loveless marriage, Angelet found Benedict--and knew her heart would always be his. HC: Putnam's.

The Pool of St Branock (Daughters of England)

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