![]() They were so perfectly matched and well suited for each other personality wise. I loved Grace and Lovingdon's love story. It might have also been a tad bit embarrassing. The second I realized it was the kids, I might have done a little jig. However, I dare you not to squee like a fan girl if you have because I don't think it is possible. In fact, it is completely two different generations. ![]() This story just worked for me on every level.Character Thoughts: I will admit that you don't have to read the series that this is spun off of to enjoy this or the characters. ![]() Why? It has a plot device that I have never seen in an historical and it really worked! Seriously, I think Kimba said it best when she said the secret was just brilliant. ![]() James! How did I not grasp this was about the kids! YEAH!Story Thoughts: I told someone the other day that I was just going to write this for my review: If you love Historical Romance then you need to read When the Duke Was Wicked. Listened for Fun (Audible)Overall Rating: 4.50Story Rating: 4.75Character Rating: 4.50Audio Rating: 4.50 (Not part of the overall rating)First Thought when Finished: When the Duke was Wicked by Lorraine Heath was a wonderful dip back into the families of St. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. ![]() When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town-and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.Įnter Mia Warren – an enigmatic artist and single mother – who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. National, International, and #1 New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR įrom the bestselling author of EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, a riveting story that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives ![]() ![]() Myron nursed the cat, which was suffering from frostbite, back to health and named him Dewey, after Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal library classification system. On January 18, 1988, Vicki Myron, a librarian at the Spencer Public Library, discovered an eight-week-old male kitten that had been left in the library's drop box the previous night. Myron adapted it for two children's versions, wrote the sequel Dewey's Nine Lives (2010), and published a third children's book, Dewey's Christmas at the Library. Dewey's caretaker, head librarian Vicki Myron, published a book on Dewey's life in 2008, entitled Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, which became a New York Times number-one nonfiction bestseller which was translated into numerous languages. His story became so well known that, after his death in November 2006, his obituary was featured in more than 270 newspapers worldwide. ![]() His fame soon grew nationally, then internationally, and he was featured in a variety of mediums, including Paul Harvey's radio program The Rest of the Story and a Japanese documentary about cats. ![]() Having been abandoned in the library's drop box in January 1988, he was adopted by the library and gained local attention for his story shortly thereafter. ![]() Dewey Readmore Books (Novem– November 29, 2006) was the library cat of the Spencer, Iowa, Public Library. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Catalonia she’s popularly known as La Moreneta because the colour of her face and hands has darkened over the centuries. ![]() The twelfth-century Virgin of Montserrat is a highly expressive Romanesque sculpture. The image of the Virgin of Montserrat, crowned as patron saint of Catalonia by Pope Leo XIII in 1881, is housed in a large basilica designed to welcome pilgrims. ![]() The monastery’s name is derived from two Catalan words, mont and serrat in honour of its dramatic setting. Years later, Abbot Oliba, Bishop of Vic, ordered a monastery to be built at the hermitage. The origins of the abbey date from 888 and can be traced to the hermitage of Santa Maria where, according to legend, the Virgin appeared to some shepherd boys. The sanctuary of Montserrat is just 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Barcelona, set into the most emblematic mountain in Catalonia and surrounded by an incredible landscape that welcomes over two million visitors each year. ![]() |