Laura Frantz
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"Amid the Jacobite uprising of 1715, an English heiress flees to the Scottish lowlands to stay with allies of her powerful family. But while castle walls may protect her from the enemy outside, a maelstrom of intrigue, shifting allegiances, and temptations of the heart lie within"--
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Ellie Ballantyne, youngest child of Silas and Eden, has left finishing school. But back at her family home in Pittsburgh, Ellie finds that her parents are away on a long trip and her siblings don't seem to want her to stay. When she opens a day school for young ladies, she begins tutoring the incorrigible daughter of the enemy Turlock clan. The Turlocks are slaveholders and whiskey magnates, envious of the powerful Ballantynes and suspicious of their...
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Torn between two men, Wren Ballantyne must decide what sort of future she wants.
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Lady Elizabeth "Liberty" Lawson, daughter of the British lieutenant governor of the Virginia Colony, seems to have her life in order. But colonial Williamsburg is a powder keg on the verge of exploding, and her fiance's cousin Noble Rynallt carries the flame of revolution in his heart. Will she stay true to her English roots, or side with Noble and the radical revolutionaries?
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Ballantyne legacy volume 1
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"On a bitter December day in 1785, Silas Ballantyne arrives at the door of master blacksmith Liege Lee in York, Pennsylvania. Silas is determined to finish his apprenticeship and move west. But because he is a fast worker and superb craftsman, Liege endeavors to keep him in Lancaster by appealing to an old tradition: the apprentice shall marry one of his master's beautiful daughters. Eden is as gentle and fresh as Elspeth is high-spirited and cunning....
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In the borderlands of 1770 West Virginia there is no place for finer feelings. Charged with keeping the peace with local tribes, a hero of the French and Indian War is determined to stay free of romantic entanglement--until he meets a frontier maiden who just might be able to change his mind.
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On the 1770s Kentucky frontier, secrets from Temperance Tucker's past in Virginia complicate matters when she acts as a guide for a handsome surveyor from Virginia named Sion Morgan.
1770s, Kentucky frontier. Temperance Tucker and her family run an inn along the Shawnee River. A surveyor from Virginia, Sion Morgan, arrives with his crew, looking for an experienced guide. At first he balks when Tempe is appointed to lead his team, but comes to realize...
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"Caught between the warring French and English on Canada's rugged shores in 1755, Sylvie Galant is forced from her Acadian home and family and is alone in colonial Virginia. Now the enemy soldier who once tore her world apart might be the key to restoring her shattered past"--
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It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Chocolatier Esmée Shaw is fighting her own battle of the heart. Having reached her twenty-eighth birthday, she is reconciled to life alone after a decade-old failed love affair from, which she's never quite recovered. But, she longs to find something, worthwhile to do with her life.
Captain Henri Lennox has returned to port after a lengthy absence, intent on completing...
12) Tidewater Bride
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Selah Hopewell seems to be the only woman in the Virginia colony who has no wish to wed. True, there are too many men and far too few women in James Towne. But Selah already has her hands full assisting her father in the family's shop. And now she is in charge of an incoming ship of tobacco brides who must be looked after as they sort through their many suitors.
Xander Renick is perhaps the most eligible tobacco lord in the settlement. His lands...
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Bien à l'abri, depuis sa naissance, dans sa maison du Kentucky, Rowena «Wren» Ballantyne n'a entendu que de vagues rumeurs chuchotées sur l'immense fortune et le majestueux manoir de son grand-père en Pennsylvanie. Quand son père reçoit une lettre le convoquant à New Hope, Wren fait le voyage avec lui et se retrouve bientt dans un monde totalement inconnu: des membres de sa famille qu'elle n'a jamais vus, des danses qu'elle n'a jamais apprises...
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Ellie Ballantyne quitte le pensionnat pour jeunes filles et retourne à la demeure familiale de Pittsburgh, o elle découvre que ses parents sont partis pour un long voyage et que ses frères et soeurs ne semblent pas réjouis par son arrivée. Mais Ellie est déterminée à rester et à trouver sa place dans le monde, et décide d'ouvrir un externat pour jeunes filles. Mais lorsqu'elle prend sous son aile l'incorrigible et plus jeune membre de la...
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En 1784, par un jour de décembre glacial, Silas Ballantyne se présente à la porte du forgeron de Liege Lee dans le comté de York en Pennsylvanie. Silas est résolu à terminer son apprentissage très vite pour partir vers l'Ouest. Mais comme il se révèle un ouvrier rapide en même temps qu'un artisan habile, Liege tente par tous les moyens de la garder à Lancaster, en faisant appel à une vieille tradition: l'apprenti doit épouser une des...