Promise of the Valley

Promise of the Valley
Author: Jane Peart
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2009-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 031083290X

When Southern-born Adelaide Pride follows her Yankee employer to California, she faces a private civil war and re-examines her values of love and honor. Twenty-six-year-old Adelaide Pride stepped out of the horse-drawn buggy to gaze one last time at the charred remains of her childhood home. Six generations of Prides had lived and entertained there under warm Southern skies. That was before the Civil War- robbing Addie of her youth, her parents, and the man she would have married! Fortunately, an aunt and uncle had taken her in, but they could scarcely afford to feed themselves. Not wishing to remain a burden, Addie accepted a position as a companion to a Yankee spinster at a health spa in Napa Valley, California. Addie shivered with a mixture of fear and anticipation. Very soon she would journey by train to the remote land that was untouched be conflict and overflowing with financial prosperity and social opportunities. Did she dare to hope that her dreams of love and belonging were yet possible? Or would she become lost in the a world of the sick and aged, ending up a spinster like her employer, Mrs. Amberly?

Plains of Promise

Plains of Promise
Author: Alexis Wright
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0702267392

In this brilliant debut novel, Alexis Wright evokes city and outback, deepening our understanding of human ambition and failure, and making the timeless heart and soul of this country pulsate on the page. Black and white cultures collide in a thousand ways as Aboriginal spirituality clashes with the complex brutality of colonisation at St Dominic's mission. With her political awareness raised by work with the city-based Aboriginal Coalition, Mary visits the old mission in the northern Gulf country, place of her mother's and grand-mother's suffering. Mary's return re-ignites community anxieties, and the Council of Elders again turn to their spirit world.

Deep in the Valley

Deep in the Valley
Author: Robyn Carr
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459256638

Look for Robyn’s new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life—order your copy today! Welcome to Grace Valley, California— where blood runs thicker…ties are stronger…and love is all the more sweet. Visitors to the town often remark about the valley's peace and beauty—both of which are plentiful. Unlocked doors, front porches, pies cooling in the windows—this is country life at its finest. But visitors don't always see what lies at the heart of a community. Or just beyond… June Hudson grew up in Grace Valley, the daughter of the town doctor. Leaving only to get her medical training, she returned home and followed in her father's footsteps. Some might say she chose the easy, comfortable route…but June knows better. For June, her emergency room is wherever she's needed—or wherever a patient finds her. She is always on call, her work is her life and these people are her extended family. Which is a good thing, since this is a town where you should have picked your husband in the ninth grade. Grace Valley is not exactly the place to meet eligible men—until an undercover DEA agent suddenly starts appearing at all sorts of strange hours. Everybody has secrets down in the valley. Now June has one of her own.

Every Little Promise

Every Little Promise
Author: Lexi Ryan
Publisher: Lexi Ryan
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2020-04-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1940832152

One night in Vegas. One shot at a second chance. When I fell in love with Brinley Knox, she was the spoiled daughter of the wealthiest family in Orchid Valley. I was the troublemaker orphan, brought to town to find the straight and narrow. She was the homecoming princess. I was the hired help. She was the perfect daughter. I was the cautionary tale. We were young enough to think we could beat the odds. Naïve enough to think the world would make room for true love. Neither of us was prepared for the bitter cold of reality. I haven’t seen her for ten years. Until tonight. Face-to-face with a woman who should be a stranger, I recognize the heart of the girl I never stopped loving. She’s giving me one night. I’m betting everything on making it more. From New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan comes a sexy and emotional new story. Every Little Promise is a 28,000-word prequel to Every Little Piece of Me.

Kaitlyn's Promise

Kaitlyn's Promise
Author: Brenda Butler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2016-07-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781536817171

In the small town of Heather Valley, when Kaitlyn Westin offers to become a surrogate for her sister, she happily expects that her proposal will give her sister the chance to have the child she's always wanted. The timing for a pregnancy is ideal. Kaitlyn is at a crossroads in her career and her romantic life is currently non-existent. Her past relationships, combined with her own mother's disinterest in her, leaves her believing that no man could be interested in her while carrying another person's child. Besides that, she has little faith anyone would stay by her side no matter how difficult life gets.Dominic Cabral visited Heather Valley throughout his youth and always wanted to return. He finally settled into town with his young daughter after securing his dream job. He had everything he ever wanted, or so he thought. Then he met Kaitlyn. Yet he feels his life is in too much chaos to start any kind of relationship. His daughter's mother has left the country to attend school and he believes his first priority is to his daughter. The problem is, he can't stop thinking about the beautiful and charming, Kaitlyn Westin.Living in a small town, the two of them run into each other often and they cannot deny their attraction to the other, but Dominic is unaware of Kaitlyn's pregnancy. About the time he discovers her shocking news, he also learns his daughter's mother may want custody. Will he leave Kaitlyn to be the father he never had and forego his chance at happiness? Kaitlyn's whole world is in Heather Valley and Dominic can't imagine pulling her away from all she knows and loves, including the child she carries. Will Dominic and Kaitlyn have to let each other go in order to do what's best for the other?

The Wenatchee Valley and Its First Peoples

The Wenatchee Valley and Its First Peoples
Author: Richard Scheuerman
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780976359111

The native people of the mid-Columbia nurture a deep spiritual connection to their surroundings. Oral histories and accounts taken from archival documents survey legendary regional geologic formations and weave a fascinating interpretive history of the Wenatchis. The narrative is lavishly illustrated with period lithographs and John Clement's stunning photographs.

Promise Canyon

Promise Canyon
Author: Robyn Carr
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460380738

Welcome back to VIRGIN RIVER with the books that started it all… After years spent on ranches around Los Angeles, Clay Tahoma is delighted to be Virgin River's new veterinary assistant. The secluded community's wild beauty tugs at his Navajo roots, and he's been welcomed with open arms by everyone in town—everyone except Lilly Yazhi. Lilly has encountered her share of strong, silent, traditional men within her own aboriginal community, and she's not interested in coming back for more. In her eyes, Clay's earthy, sexy appeal is just an act used to charm wealthy women like his ex-wife. Lilly can't deny his gift for gentling horses, but she's not about to let him control her. There's just one small problem—she can't control her attraction to Clay. But in Virgin River, faith in new beginnings and the power of love has doors opening everywhere…. Look for What We Find by Robyn Carr, a powerful story of healing, new beginnings and one woman's journey to finding the happiness she's long been missing. Order your copy today!

Promise Not to Tell

Promise Not to Tell
Author: Jennifer McMahon
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061827487

“McMahon unfurls a whirlwind of suspense...Combining murder mystery and coming-of-age tale with supernatural elements, this taut novel is above all a reflection on the haunting power of memory.” –Entertainment Weekly A woman’s past and present collide in terrifying ways in this explosive debut by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon. Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned home to rural Vermont to care for her mother, who's afflicted with Alzheimer's. On the night she arrives, a young girl is murdered—a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate's childhood. Three decades earlier, her dirt-poor friend Del—shunned and derided by classmates as "Potato Girl"—was brutally slain. Del's killer was never found, while the victim has since achieved immortality in local legends and ghost stories. Now, as this new murder investigation draws Kate irresistibly in, her past and present collide in terrifying, unexpected ways. Because nothing is quite what it seems . . . and the grim specters of her youth are far from forgotten. More than just a murder mystery, Jennifer McMahon's extraordinary debut novel, Promise Not to Tell, is a story of friendship and family, devotion and betrayal—tautly written, deeply insightful, beautifully evocative, and utterly unforgettable.

Promise of the Wolves

Promise of the Wolves
Author: Dorothy Hearst
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2008-06-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416570217

The first in The Wolf Chronicles trilogy, brilliantly weaving together original research, lovable characters and a dynamic, thoroughly engaging plot, Promise of the Wolves is a historical adventure story in the tradition of Clan of the Cave Bear and Watership Down. Set 14,000 years ago in what is now Southern Europe, Promise of the Wolves is told from the point of view of Kaala, a young wolf born of a forbidden, mixed-blood litter. An outcast after her mother is exiled, Kaala struggles to earn her place in her pack. But her world is turned upside down when she rescues a human girl from drowning. Kaala and her young packmates begin hunting and playing with humans—risking expulsion from their pack and banishment from their home in the Wide Valley. When war between humans and wolves threatens, Kaala learns that she is the last in a long line of wolves charged with keeping watch over humans in order to prevent them from losing touch with nature and thus destroying the world. But to do so she must solve the great paradox of wolfkind: though wolves must always be with humans, humans cannot abide the presence of wolves, and every time the two come together, war ensues. Kaala must choose between safety for herself, her friends, and their human companions and the survival of her pack—and perhaps all of wolf and humankind.

A Promise of Forgiveness

A Promise of Forgiveness
Author: Jo Ann Brown
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-02-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0369706242

“Jo Ann Brown’s writing is both powerful and charming. She provides a respite from the cares of the day and gives the invitation to join her for a journey of peace that lingers in the heart.” —Kelly Long, national bestselling author Every little secret is a chain to the past… For Amish widow Naomi Ropp, moving back to her parents’ Bliss Valley home—with her boisterous twin toddler boys—is a chance to start over and bury the painful secrets of her marriage forever. But her life is turned upside down once again when she learns she’s not the only one hiding things. The parents she believed were always open and honest have been keeping a secret her whole life. And now her only confidant is her father’s new employee—a handsome Amish man who was once her childhood tormentor. Samuel King knows more than anyone should about mistakes—and the way he treated Naomi is at the top of his list. But the shock of seeing her pretty face again is quickly overshadowed when they find a slumbering boppli abandoned on his porch. Caring for the sweet newborn together is finally bringing some peace to their troubled pasts. But when a spark leads to growing feelings as they start to look toward the future, Samuel must find a way to convince Naomi to trust the man he's become…and the promise of new love. SECRETS OF BLISS VALLEY Secrets of Bliss Valley A must-read novel from Love Inspired: Stories to Uplift and Inspire.