Duel of the Heart

Duel of the Heart
Author: Rose Tomlin
Publisher: Evening Post Books
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2018-08-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1642373079

Theodosia Burr Alston was born the daughter of political figure Aaron Burr when the United States was in its infancy. She was a prodigious child, living a privileged life in Manhattan during a captivating period in U.S. history, and acquiring, at her father's insistence, "a most perfect education." As the young country wrestled with conflict and strife, Theodosia's life often seemed to mirror its turbulence. Her unexpected marriage startled the political world. Her struggle to adjust to the difficult and unaccustomed responsibilities as mistress of a rice plantation in South Carolina was monumental. She was the centerpiece in the lives of two very powerful men, which resulted in a painful stretch of her loyalties and caused her great inner turmoil and pain. Theodosia's story is fascinating in its complexity. An impressive woman in her own right, she was destined for greatness through her personal and political connections. The unexpected conclusion of Theodosia's story will inspire readers to learn more about this intriguing woman.

Heart Duel

Heart Duel
Author: Robin D. Owens
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2004-04-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440624259

"Dara Joy fans, rejoice! Robin Owens has created a unique world of her own...fun and sexy."--Anne Avery In HeartMate and Heart Thief, award-winning author Robin D. Owens built a world where psychic talents and desires of the heart flourish. Now, she returns to Celta with a story of star-crossed lovers... Healer Lark Collinson hates the street dueling that is a way of life among the noble families on Celta--it was just such a skirmish that killed her Healer husband and left her a grieving widow. The last thing she wants is to love a man to whom fighting is a way of life--a man like the brashly confident Holm Holly. All it takes is one brief touch for Holm to know that Lark is his HeartMate, though wooing her will be his greatest challenge. For not only does she despise everything he represents, but the long-standing feud between their families has exploded into even greater violence. Their destiny has been revealed...but at what cost to their own hearts?

Duel of Hearts

Duel of Hearts
Author: Diane Farr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2002
Genre: England
ISBN: 9780739429228

Beautiful, spoiled Lilah Chadwick is shocked when she receives a letter from her father announcing his plans to marry again. Determined to foil the wedding, she sets out for London, though she must share a coach with a handsome, yet irksome stranger. Lord Drakesley is on an identical errand, for the bride Lilah objects to is Drake's cousin, Eugenia, who he wants for himself.

The Book of the Heart

The Book of the Heart
Author: Eric Jager
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2000-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780226391168

In today's increasingly electronic world, we say our personality traits are "hard-wired" and we "replay" our memories. But we use a different metaphor when we speak of someone "reading" another's mind or a desire to "turn over a new leaf"—these phrases refer to the "book of the self," an idea that dates from the beginnings of Western culture. Eric Jager traces the history and psychology of the self-as-text concept from antiquity to the modern day. He focuses especially on the Middle Ages, when the metaphor of a "book of the heart" modeled on the manuscript codex attained its most vivid expressions in literature and art. For instance, medieval saints' legends tell of martyrs whose hearts recorded divine inscriptions; lyrics and romances feature lovers whose hearts are inscribed with their passion; paintings depict hearts as books; and medieval scribes even produced manuscript codices shaped like hearts. "The Book of the Heart provides a fresh perspective on the influence of the book as artifact on our language and culture. Reading this book broadens our appreciation of the relationship between things and ideas."—Henry Petroski, author of The Book on the Bookshelf

Duel of the Heart

Duel of the Heart
Author: Sara Blayne
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1986-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780821718490

A Duel of Hearts

A Duel of Hearts
Author: Barbara Cartland
Publisher: Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2012-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1782130152

Just seventeen, Lady Caroline Faye is already the toast of the Season and accustomed to the ways of genteel Society. So when notorious cad Sir Montagu Reversby offers to drive her in his phaeton from London to Sevenoaks, she innocently accepts – little knowing that he is planning to fake a broken axle so that she will be forced to spend the night alone with him at a remote country inn. But Lady Caroline of made of sterner stuff than the predatory Sir Montagu imagined. Escaping his lecherous clutches, she finds refuge in the imperious Brecon Castle only to discover that her new-found haven and its master, Lord Brecon, harbour dark and terrible secrets. A murderous plot is afoot and Caroline's innocent mistake will come back to haunt her as heartbreak and humiliation in the dark, foreboding castle turn to hope and then ardent, all-consuming passion.

Heart Duel

Heart Duel
Author: Robin D. Owens
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2004-04-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780425196588

"Dara Joy fans, rejoice! Robin Owens has created a unique world of her own...fun and sexy."--Anne Avery In HeartMate and Heart Thief, award-winning author Robin D. Owens built a world where psychic talents and desires of the heart flourish. Now, she returns to Celta with a story of star-crossed lovers... Healer Lark Collinson hates the street dueling that is a way of life among the noble families on Celta--it was just such a skirmish that killed her Healer husband and left her a grieving widow. The last thing she wants is to love a man to whom fighting is a way of life--a man like the brashly confident Holm Holly. All it takes is one brief touch for Holm to know that Lark is his HeartMate, though wooing her will be his greatest challenge. For not only does she despise everything he represents, but the long-standing feud between their families has exploded into even greater violence. Their destiny has been revealed...but at what cost to their own hearts?

Heart Quest

Heart Quest
Author: Robin D. Owens
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2006-09-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101205504

Tucked away in the Druida City of Celta, Trif Clover knows she has a HeartMate. She wants him so badly she’s actually going door-to-door with her charmkey to find him. What she doesn’t know is that he has already found her. Guardsman Ilex Winterberry knows that Trif is his HeartMate, but fears that being twice her age, with a short life ahead of him, he will only scare her away. He yearns to be close to her—and she needs to be close to him. There’s a killer on the loose, stalking those with unstable Flair psi power like Trif’s. Facing his most difficult task yet, Ilex must reveal the truth of their destiny or else leave Trif in the grasp of a vicious murderer...

The Book of Duels

The Book of Duels
Author: Michael Garriga
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2014-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1571318860

Fierce, searing, and darkly comical, Garriga's debut collection of short-short fiction depicts historical and imagined duels, re-envisioning in a flash the competing points of motivation—courage and cowardice, honor and vengeance—that lead individuals to risk it all. In this compact collection, “settling the score” provides a fascinating apparatus for exploring foundational civilizing ideas. Notions of courage, cowardice, and revenge course through Michael Garriga’s flash fiction pieces, each one of which captures a duel’s decisive moment from three distinct perspectives: opposing accounts from the individual duelists, followed by the third account of a witness. In razor-honed language, the voices of the duelists take center stage, training a spotlight on the litany of misguided beliefs and perceptions that lead individuals into such conflicts. From Cain and Abel to Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickenson; from John Henry and the steam drill to an alcoholic fighting the bottle: the cumulative effect of these powerful pieces is a probing and disconcerting look at humankind’s long-held notions of pride, honor, vengeance, and satisfaction. Meticulously crafted by Garriga, and with stunning illustrations by Tynan Kerr, The Book of Duels is a unique and remarkable debut.

Duel of Hearts

Duel of Hearts
Author: Elizabeth Mansfield
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2015-01-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1497697670

To save the man she secretly loves, a young lady embarks on a dangerous deception in award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield’s delightful Regency romance It’s a scandal that twenty-seven-year-old Sarah Stanborough is still unwed. Despite her matchmaking mother’s fervent wishes, Sarah refuses to encourage the eminently eligible John Phillip North, Marquis of Revesne. The arrogant bounder has actually fought duels to keep her potential suitors at bay. Only one man attracts the independent spinster: handsome Edward Middleton, her young cousin’s guardian, who detests the frivolous gossip and shallow flirtations of London society as much as she does. But when Lord North threatens Edward’s life, Sarah knows there’s only one way to save the man who has stolen her heart. Yet even she can’t predict the consequences of the risky charade she is about to set in motion.