The Promise of Jenny Jones

The Promise of Jenny Jones
Author: Maggie Osborne
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1455588539

A desperate mother takes Jenny Jones' place in front of a firing squad in exchange for Jenny's promise to see her daughter safely to California. Though she and the six-year-old Graciela get off to a rocky start, Jenny will do everything in her power to keep her promise, even with the child's cousins in hot pursuit. Then she is mysteriously drawn to the handsome cowboy Ty Sanders, and though neither know it yet, their purpose is the same.

Just Between You and Me

Just Between You and Me
Author: Jenny B. Jones
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2009-08-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 141858004X

“There are few things I love more than curling up with a Jenny B. Jones cast of characters. Save the Date was no exception.” —Kristin Billerbeck, author of The Theory of Happily Ever After The only thing scarier than living on the edge is stepping off it. Maggie Montgomery lives a life of adventure. Her job as a cinematographer takes her from one exotic locale to the next. When Maggie's not working, she loves to rappel off cliffs or go skydiving. Nothing frightens her. Nothing, that is, except Ivy, Texas, where a family emergency pulls her back home to a town full of bad memories, painful secrets, and people Maggie left far behind . . . for a reason. Forced to stay longer than she intended, Maggie finds her family a complete mess, including the niece her sister has abandoned. Ten-year-old Riley is struggling in school and out of control at home. The only person who can really handle the pint-sized troublemaker is Conner, the local vet and Ivy's most eligible bachelor. But Conner and Maggie keep butting heads—he’s suspicious of her and, well, she doesn't rely on anyone but herself. As Maggie humorously fumbles her way from one mishap to another, she realizes she's going to need to ask for help from the one person who scares her the most. To save one little girl—and herself—can Maggie let go of her fears and just trust God? “Jenny B. Jones strikes a perfect balance of quirkiness and vulnerability.” —Allison Pittman, author of Stealing Home “Jones’s sassy style is merely one of this romance novelist’s many endearing talents . . . Some subtle faith messages about trusting God despite painful pasts round out this fast-paced, lighthearted romantic escape.” —Publishers Weekly review of Save the Date

Save the Date

Save the Date
Author: Jenny B. Jones
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2011-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1401685358

“Save the Date is a sweet romance filled with laugh-out-loud moments. Jones breathes new life into the clichéd ‘relationship of convenience’ plot with characters to root for.” —RT Book Reviews You are cordially invited to the wedding of the year with the most unlikely bride and groom. Save the date . . . and say your prayers. When funding for Lucy's non-profit job is pulled, she is determined to find out why. Enter Alex Sinclair, former professional football star and heir to Sinclair Enterprises—the primary donor to Lucy's non-profit organization. Both Lucy and Alex have something the other desperately wants. Alex has it all . . . except for the votes he needs to win his bid for Congress. Despite their mutual dislike, Alex makes Lucy a proposition: pose as his fiancée in return for the money she desperately needs. Bound to a man who isn't quite what he seems, Lucy finds her heart—and her future—on the line. Save the Date is a spunky romance that will have readers laughing out loud as this dubious pair try to save their careers, their dreams . . . and maybe even a date. “There are few things I love more than curling up with a Jenny B. Jones cast of characters. Save the Date was no exception.” —Kristin Billerbeck, author of The Theory of Happily Ever After “Jones’s sassy style is merely one of this romance novelist’s many endearing talents . . . Some subtle faith messages about trusting God despite painful pasts round out this fast-paced, lighthearted romantic escape.” —Publishers Weekly “If you love novels with real characters wrestling with life and faith while they find love, this is the book for you.” —Cara Putman, author of Delayed Justice

A Sugar Creek Christmas

A Sugar Creek Christmas
Author: Jenny B. Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2014-12-14
Genre: Christmas stories
ISBN: 9780692353066

Sometimes all love needs is a second chance. Morning television show darling Emma Sutton has just been fired. The only way to get her job back is to find a holiday story to warm the coldest heart. So when her hometown of Sugar Creek, Arkansas, needs a Christmas event planner, Emma moves back, sure her story lies in the town's desire to become a tourist's holiday wonderland. The plan is perfect-until Emma meets her new boss. Charming, handsome Noah Kincaid isn't just Sugar Creek's newest mayor. He's also Emma's ex-fiancé. Ten years ago Emma left Noah her ring and a goodbye note, but it's haunted her ever since. The last thing Noah wants to do is work with the woman who broke his heart, but Emma's desperate to prove to him that her bah-humbug ways won't interfere with her work.Emma finds it's more than the mistletoe drawing her back to Noah. Whatever they had is clearly not over, but Noah's kisses can't protect Emma from a past that won't leave her alone. As the snow falls and the trees glisten, love will come to Sugar Creek. But will it come in time to make all of Emma's Christmas dreams come true? Enjoy this sweet, heart-warming Christmas story, book one in the series.

I'll Be Yours

I'll Be Yours
Author: Jenny B. Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2016-03-16
Genre: Adoptees
ISBN: 9780692665466

She's the coach's brilliant daughter, clueless about love. He's the dethroned football star, ready to teach Romance 101. When dark secrets and sparks collide, there's no playbook for what happens next. The day Andrew Levin arrives at Washington High, Harper O'Malley knows he'll make the perfect starter boyfriend. The school's newest band geek is totally in Harper's league, yet completely out of this late-bloomer's reach. Between fitting in with a new family, scoring the first chair in band, and rescuing dogs for the local animal shelter, Harper's never had the opportunity to hone her dating skills. But even though Harper's love life is far from perfect, she's got the perfect plan.Harper knows she's insane to agree to tutor Ridley Estes, a notorious heartbreaker and the star of her high school's football team-but in exchange, he's offered to school her in the game of love. Just when she sees promise with her crush, a football scandal rocks her family, her town, and Ridley's entire future. Harper suddenly has everything to lose-her family, friends, and even her heart. When the dust of the scandal settles, nothing will be the same. Including the girl who asked the most popular jock to teach her about love."I'll Be Yours is a perfect YA literary concoction of angst, attraction, heartbreak, romance, authenticity, and humor. Captivating and real, I'll Be Yours is both swoon-worthy and heartrending, begging for a re-read as soon as the last page ends." Rel Mollet, RelzReviewz.com"Jones's sassy style is merely one of this romance novelist's many endearing talents." Publisher's Weekly"Jenny B. Jones is my go-to author for a hysterical beach read!" Best-selling author Kristin Billerbeck"Funny, insightful, sheer joy--that's what you always get with a Jenny Jones story." --Award-winning author Sibella Giorello

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List
Author: John Charles
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2007-07-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1440625603

Great reads for busy people. This is a guide to help busy people find great reads in fiction and nonfiction. Filled with recommendations of popular, entertaining reading, this book covers mystery and suspense, romance, women’s fiction and chick lit, Westerns, science fiction, such nonfiction topics as animals, art, biography, memoirs, business, true crime, and more. Plus, each entry includes a summary of the book, its significance, and a critique/observation/comment.

A Stranger's Wife

A Stranger's Wife
Author: Maggie Osborne
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2009-09-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0759522294

Lily Dale is released early from prison under one condition: she must temporarily impersonate the wife of powerful gubernatorial candidate Quinn Westin. Lily is identical to Westin's runaway wife, Miriam. The transformation from convict to society woman goes smoothly and Quinn and Lily find themselves drawn to each other--for real. But as Lily discovers more about her "twin's" disappearance, she wonders if she can trust this man she can't seem to resist.

The Wives of Bowie Stone

The Wives of Bowie Stone
Author: Maggie Osborne
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2009-09-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0446568694

A man’s death sentence leads to a passionate new life in this classic frontier romance by the award-winning author of Silver Lining. The Civil War may be over, but ex-cavalry major Bowie Stone still stares death in the face. As a condemned man in the town of Passion’s Crossing, Kansas, he can only escape execution through marriage to a local woman. In desperate need of help on her farm, Rosie Mulvehey offers her hand. Their marriage of convenience seems simple enough . . . though Bowie’s wife Susan might disagree, if only she knew he was alive . . . When news of Bowie’s death sentence reaches her, Susan Stone must find a new life for her and her three-year-old son. Answering an ad from a man in Wyoming, she makes her way out to the frontier to become a stranger’s bride. As Bowie and Rosie discover a connection they never expected, Susan discovers that dark days can lead to new horizons . . .

Eloquent Reticence

Eloquent Reticence
Author: Leona Toker
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2021-11-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0813188172

The importance of the ethics of form in literature has only recently gained broad recognition and has thus far been explored mainly from the position of moral philosophy and critical theory. Leona Toker develops a narratological approach to the subject, based on studying "reticence" in works of fiction. Reticence consists in narrative techniques through which writers create information gaps that build interest, enhance tension, and control the reader's comprehension of theme, character, and event. Using novels by Fielding, Austen, Dickens, Conrad, Forster, and Faulkner, Toker demonstrates how the withholding of information affects readers' attitudes, stimulates their reassessment, and leads to a self-critical reorientation—and how such manipulation of attention has specific ethical and aesthetic significance. Drawing on descriptive poetics, reader-response criticism, and information theory, Toker marks the parallel situations of the characters in the fiction she analyzes and of the readers who encounter it, and presents a novel approach to the issue of first and repeated readings. The inquiry into the twofold role of the reader opens the discussion of narrative techniques to ethical issues. Through her analysis of silences in representative works Toker makes a meaningful contribution to modern narrative study and offers new insights into a number of familiar novels. This well informed, sensitive, and judicious study will appeal to scholars interested in narrative theory and ethical criticism and to students of Faulkner and of the classical English novel.

What Do I Read Next? Volume 2 2003

What Do I Read Next? Volume 2 2003
Author: Gale Group
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2004
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780787661823

This volume contains descriptions of 1,245 books in nine fiction genres, including author or editor's name, publication information, story type, major characters, setting, plot summary, and more.