Paradise Peak

Paradise Peak
Author: Janet Dailey
Publisher: Zebra
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2021-01-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1420148761

Travel the USA with Janet Dailey’s New Americana series! A visit to this close-knit community in Tennessee is the perfect escape this winter. Fans of Lori Wilde, RaeAnne Thayne, and Debbie Mason will want to visit every state for love stories with heart and happily ever afters… With a wildfire burning its way toward Paradise Peak, Tennessee, folks are drawing together to save the small mountain community. Times like these can make a hero out of a man—no matter what dark secrets he carries in his heart . . . A desire for absolution brought ex-con Travis Alden to Paradise Peak. But when he finds honest work, along with a keen sense of belonging, he shelves his plan to unburden his guilty secret, instead working to rehabilitate a ranch—alongside the very people his transgressions hurt the most. With the chance to create a haven for wildfire refugees, Travis seizes the opportunity to do good, to earn the respect his new boss shows him. Only Travis doesn’t count on his feelings for his boss’s beautiful niece. Hannah Newsome is a woman with a past as bleak as Travis’s—the kind of woman he should protect, not pursue. But once the rugged loner sees her wariness turn to warmth, once he tastes the potent passion between them, all he can think about is having it all right here in Paradise Peak, with Hannah by his side . . . Praise for Janet Dailey’s New Americana Novels “As captivating as it is swoon-worthy.” —Woman’s Worldon Hart’s Hollow Farm “Readers have been waiting more than a year for the next installment in author Janet Dailey’s New Americana series, and it has finally arrived. Letters from Peaceful Lane gives readers a deeply personal view of life in the Ozark Mountains.” —Woman’s World “Dailey gives readers a steadily paced novel showcasing the harsh realities that many second marriages undergo. The detailed character development shines…adding nuance to the contemporary romances. Fans of Susan Wiggs and Debbie Macomber will enjoy the third in Dailey’s New American series, which emphasizes that family struggles can be overcome, and love will always prevail.” —Booklist on Letters from Peaceful Lane “The pacing was quick, and the vivid and colorful descriptions of the land, the trails, and the horse therapy program made me feel like I was there…Dailey is one of my favorite authors for Western romances, and Sunrise Canyon did not disappoint.” —Romance Junkies on Sunrise Canyon “In romance legend Dailey’s touching first Americana novel…there’s no sugarcoating the work that Kira and Jake will have to put in to reach a happy ending, and the harsh truths of their story make this well-written steady-paced story believable.” —Publishers Weekly on Sunrise Canyon “Wonderful.” —Cowgirl Magazine on Sunrise Canyon

Hannah's Art of Home

Hannah's Art of Home
Author: Hannah J. Keeley
Publisher: Capital Books
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2004-06
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781931868822

Whether one is a mother hen who loves feathering her nest, a mastermind who sets goals with schedules to match, a creative spirit who adds color and flair before elbow grease, or a starry-eyed dreamer who watches it all happen, Hannah Keeley's remarkable new guide shows how easy it can be to organize and decorate a home that nurtures the spirit and frees up time to spend with family and friends.

Hannah’s Journey

Hannah’s Journey
Author: Kay Davis
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2019-09-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1489711414

Hannah Smallwood is no stranger to personal tragedy. At age eight, she lost her parents and was sent to live with an aunt she barely knew. Years later she has somehow managed to emerge from her heartbreak stronger, more self-assured, and focused on her career. Still, there is just one person from her past she has never forgotten: the first man to break her heart, Micah Ray. Despite her unresolved feelings for Micah, Hannah is certain she still likes men. Unfortunately she has not met one she is willing to risk her heart on—until her hunky neighbor, Dylan Cook, introduces himself one day. While she is contemplating what to do about the magic she feels with Dylan, Micah unexpectedly reenters her life. Still, Hannah and Dylan’s chemistry cannot be denied, and they soon marry. But when tragedy strikes again, Hannah must face the ghosts of the past before she can ever embrace the hope of healing and decide if lasting love is worth it all. Hannah’s Journey shares the tale of one woman’s journey to find love, and herself, as life leads her down an imperfect path lined with new beginnings.

Breathless in Paradise

Breathless in Paradise
Author: Emily Cena
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2014-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1312406607

A fun, funky, island love story set on St. John in the beautiful Virgin Islands, Breathless in Paradise tells the tale of the not-so-straightforward romance between Hannah Wesley, a recent transplant to St. John, and Dirk Miles, an island boy by birth who's back temporarily to captain his parents' charter sailboat Breathless.

A Treacherous Paradise

A Treacherous Paradise
Author: Henning Mankell
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2013-07-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307362450

From the internationally acclaimed author of the Wallander crime series, a dramatic new standalone novel set in turn-of-the-century Sweden and Mozambique, whose indomitable female protagonist is awoken from naiveté by her exposure to racism, and by her own unexpected inner strengths. Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at 19, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After 2 brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her colour. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise," as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more importantly, those she has of herself.

The Spitfire Grill

The Spitfire Grill
Author: James Valcq
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2002
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573629303

It all starts with the release of fidgety, suspicious Percy Talbott from state prison after serving a five-year sentence. We don't know why, only that she's released and on her way to Gilead and its "colors of paradise." But when she arrives it is February and bitter cold, and the only one around to meet her is restless Sheriff Joe Turner, who takes her to the Spitfire Grill to help the aging Hannah Ferguson run the diner. All is gray, dismal and listless around them, and the characters are in the "winter of their lives" emotionally and spiritually.

The Paradise Vendor

The Paradise Vendor
Author: David Alan Hall
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2000-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595124968

General Motors. Chevron. OPEC. Wall Street. Big names. Big business. A bulwark of opposition standing in the way of Casey Raymond, a wealthy entrepreneur risking his life to market gasless, hydrogen-powered cars. {line space} Drugs. Violence. Homelessness. Race hatred. Powerful prejudices. Powerful social forces imprisoning Samuel Towers, a black teenager from inner city Los Angeles who skirts the law to escape his past, to finance his dream of filmmaking by working for a nameless company who pays cash for killing, for the ultimate assassination of a white man who dares to challenge the oil-based economy of our world. {line space} Rarely does an action-adventure novel transcend the genre and offer a new vision for living. Spanning twenty years and three presidential administrations, The Paradise Vendor is a panoramic epic examining the costs of empowerment, the price of intimacy, and the simple affirmation of the value of oneself

The Kristin Hannah Collection: Volume 1

The Kristin Hannah Collection: Volume 1
Author: Kristin Hannah
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 1532
Release: 2014-11-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466883022

Available for the first time in this stunning electronic edition, THE KRISTIN HANNAH COLLECTION: VOLUME 1 is sure to delight the beloved, blockbuster bestselling author's legions of fans. Includes: FIREFLY LANE To the people around them they were known as TullyandKate or the Firefly Lane Girls. A single, inseparable unit. Best friends forever. On the surface they were as opposite as two people could be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret home life that is destroying her. Yet they are best friends who swear they'll be there for each other, and for thirty years that promise holds strong—until events and choices in their lives make that promise impossible. More than a coming-of-age novel, this is the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you—and knows what has the power to hurt you and heal you. TRUE COLORS The Grey sisters had only each other when their mother died years ago. Their stern, unyielding father gave them almost no attention. Winona, the oldest, needs her father's approval most of all. An overweight dreamer, she never felt at home on the sprawling horse ranch that had been in her family for three generations. Aurora, the middle, is the peacemaker. Vivi Ann, the youngest, is the undisputed star of the family. Everything comes easily to Vivi Ann, her father's love most of all. But when Vivi Ann makes a fateful decision to follow her heart, rather than take the route of a dutiful daughter, events are set in motion that will test the love and loyalties of the Grey sisters. They will be pitted against each other in ways none could have imagined. Secrets will be revealed, and a terrible, shocking crime will shatter both the family and their beloved town. With breathtaking pace and penetrating insight, Kristin Hannah's has written a novel that's about sisters, vengeance, jealousy, betrayal—and ultimately, what it truly means to be a family. FLY AWAY Kristin Hannah returns to the world of the unforgettable characters from FIREFLY LANE and asks the question: How do you hold yourself together when your world has fallen apart? This is the story of three women who have lost their way and need each other—plus a miracle—to transform their lives. An emotionally complex, heartwrenching novel about love, family, motherhood, loss, and redemption, it reminds us that where there is life, there is hope, and where there is love, there is forgiveness. Told with her trademark visceral storytelling and illuminating prose, Kristin Hannah reveals why she is one of the most beloved writers of our day.

Dorothy West's Paradise

Dorothy West's Paradise
Author: Cherene Sherrard-Johnson
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0813552249

Dorothy West is best known as one of the youngest writers involved in the Harlem Renaissance. Subsequently, her work is read as a product of the urban aesthetics of this artistic movement. But West was also intimately rooted in a very different milieu—Oak Bluffs, an exclusive retreat for African Americans on Martha’s Vineyard. She played an integral role in the development and preservation of that community. In the years between publishing her two novels, 1948’s The Living is Easy and the 1995 bestseller The Wedding, she worked as a columnist for the Vineyard Gazette. Dorothy West’s Paradise captures the scope of the author’s long life and career, reading it alongside the unique cultural geography of Oak Bluffs and its history as an elite African American enclave—a place that West envisioned both as a separatist refuge and as a space for interracial contact. An essential book for both fans of West’s fiction and students of race, class, and American women’s lives, Dorothy West’s Paradise offers an intimate biography of an important author and a privileged glimpse into the society that shaped her work.