The Makeshift Marriage

The Makeshift Marriage
Author: Sandra Heath
Publisher: Belgrave House
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2015-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1610849205

Sir Nicholas Grenville fought a disastrous duel for Laura Milbanke’s honor, and, believing himself dying, he married her so she wouldn’t be poverty-stricken. But the baronet didn’t die. Laura took him to his home, King’s Cliff, where beautiful Augustine Townsend awaited him. Laura had a decision to make: whether to fight for her husband or leave with attractive Daniel Tregarron for the New World. Regency Romance by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet

MAKESHIFT MARRIAGE

MAKESHIFT MARRIAGE
Author: Daphne Clair
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596261415

The day before her wedding, Stefanie finds out her fianc? eloped with her best friend, Noelle. In shock, she quits her job and leaves her hometown. Then one day, she runs into Noelle’s ex-fianc?. Needing a wife for his job, he surprises Stefanie by asking her to marry him. Despite some hesitation, she accepts his offer. His kindness helps her begin to heal her broken heart, even as she realizes that their makeshift marriage is more than a little confusing.

Something New

Something New
Author: Lucy Knisley
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1626722498

Presents an illustrated memoir of what happens after the proposal. Fascinated and horrified by the wedding industry. the author set out to put her own stamp on the tradition and create the most adorable DIY wedding imaginable.

The Makeshift Marriage

The Makeshift Marriage
Author: Sandra Heath
Publisher: Signet Book
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1983-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780451147073

Miss Laura Milbanke agreed to marry Sir Nicholas Grenville because he had fought a deadly duel for her hand. But when they return to his estate, she finds a ravishingly beautiful rival who was Nicholas's true love. Now Laura wonders if she should try to fight this challenger. . . .

The Makeshift Husband

The Makeshift Husband
Author: Hilda Stahl
Publisher: Bethel Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1993
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780934998482

Seth must decide whether to accept Diane and her baby as his family after discovering that he is not the father of the child.

The Story of a Brief Marriage

The Story of a Brief Marriage
Author: Anuk Arudpragasam
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250074754

Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize “Brave...Brilliant...This is a book that makes one kneel before the elegance of the human spirit and the yearning that is at the essence of every life.” —The New York Times Book Review "One of the best books I have read in years." —Colm Toibin Two and a half decades into a devastating civil war, Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority is pushed inexorably towards the coast by the advancing army. Amongst the evacuees is Dinesh, whose world has contracted to a makeshift camp where time is measured by the shells that fall around him like clockwork. Alienated from family, home, language, and body, he exists in a state of mute acceptance, numb to the violence around him, till he is approached one morning by an old man who makes an unexpected proposal: that Dinesh marry his daughter, Ganga. Marriage, in this world, is an attempt at safety, like the beached fishing boat under which Dinesh huddles during the bombings. As a couple, they would be less likely to be conscripted to fight for the rebels, and less likely to be abused in the case of an army victory. Thrust into this situation of strange intimacy and dependence, Dinesh and Ganga try to come to terms with everything that has happened, hesitantly attempting to awaken to themselves and to one another before the war closes over them once more. Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage is a feat of extraordinary sensitivity and imagination, a meditation on the fundamental elements of human existence—eating, sleeping, washing, touching, speaking—that give us direction and purpose, even as the world around us collapses. Set over the course of a single day and night, this unflinching debut confronts marriage and war, life and death, bestowing on its subjects the highest dignity, however briefly.

HIS MAKESHIFT WIFE

HIS MAKESHIFT WIFE
Author: Anne Ashley
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2017-06-25
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596693404

After losing both her parents, Briony Winters was adopted by a distinguished family in Britain. Since then, she has led a wonderful life…until she found out that the lady of the house, her godmother, Lady Ashworth, left a will with a shocking clause when she died. The will stipulates that to inherit the estate, Briony must marry Lady Ashworth's nephew and only blood heir, Luke Kingsley, who is also a famous hedonist. If she refuses, her friend Mary could lose her shop and Briony’s servants will be out of jobs. To protect her friend and her staff, she has no choice but to marry this playboy Luke, yet she is hesitant to enter a loveless marriage. However, after one passionate kiss at their wedding, she feels something stirring in her body…

The Stolen Marriage

The Stolen Marriage
Author: Diane Chamberlain
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250087295

Steeped in history and filled with heart-wrenching twists, The Stolen Marriage is an emotionally captivating novel of secrets, betrayals, prejudice, and forgiveness. It showcases Diane Chamberlain at the top of her talent. One mistake, one fateful night, and Tess DeMello’s life is changed forever. It is 1944. Pregnant, alone, and riddled with guilt, twenty-three-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly gives up her budding career as a nurse and ends her engagement to the love of her life, unable to live a lie. Instead, she turns to the baby’s father for help and agrees to marry him, moving to the small, rural town of Hickory, North Carolina. Tess’s new husband, Henry Kraft, is a secretive man who often stays out all night, hides money from his new wife, and shows her no affection. Tess quickly realizes she’s trapped in a strange and loveless marriage with no way out. The people of Hickory love and respect Henry but see Tess as an outsider, treating her with suspicion and disdain. When one of the town’s golden girls dies in a terrible accident, everyone holds Tess responsible. But Henry keeps his secrets even closer now, though it seems that everyone knows something about him that Tess does not. When a sudden polio epidemic strikes Hickory, the townspeople band together to build a polio hospital. Tess knows she is needed and defies Henry’s wishes to begin working at there. Through this work, she begins to find purpose and meaning. Yet at home, Henry’s actions grow more alarming by the day. As Tess works to save the lives of her patients, can she untangle the truth behind her husband’s mysterious behavior and find the love—and the life—she was meant to have? A Library Reads Top Ten Book of October 2017 Praise for The Stolen Marriage: "[A] well-crafted crime-tinged tale." —Publishers Weekly "The Stolen Marriage is the kind of story that will grab you and refuse to let you go until you turn the last page." —All About Romance "Readers will be sucked in immediately...you just can't go wrong with a book with [Chamberlain's] name on the cover." —Southern Pines Pilot

Carrie

Carrie
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2011-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307743667

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET ATWOOD • Stephen King's legendary debut, the bestselling smash hit that put him on the map as one of America's favorite writers • In a world where bullies rule, one girl holds a secret power. Unpopular and tormented, Carrie White's life takes a terrifying turn when her hidden abilities become a weapon of horror. “A master storyteller.” —The Los Angeles Times • “Guaranteed to chill you.” —The New York Times • "Gory and horrifying. . . . You can't put it down." —Chicago Tribune Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she's kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem. And when she finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, Carrie feels like she's finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates' vicious taunts is over . . . but an unexpected and cruel prank turns her gift into a weapon of horror so destructive that the town may never recover.