Stepping Stones: Book 1 This Far by William (Bill) Stenlake (3 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Stepping Stones; This Far Harry Wrothstockly writes letters to several country estates, as part of his history assignment at sixth form. The very last thing he expected a few years later, was the letter he received from Tom Forrester's Executor. Tom Forrester was a bachelor, who owned Stepping Stones. Stepping Stones Estate had not responded to Harry's letter at the time, but apparently Tom Forrester had read it and hung onto it. For reasons only known to Tom Forrester, he leaves everything to Harry Wrothstockly, Harry will find out that the estate has been mismanaged over Tom's lifetime. The walled garden and the gardens around the house have been neglected and are overgrown. A good number of the fields have been sold off by Tom over the years. The remaining fields have been left fallow for decades. The house itself is rundown, tired and neglected too. But some good news; the roof appears to be solid enough. The bad news is that Harry and his wife, Jo, have to take out a mortgage, to pay off the last of the tax due and the solicitor's bill for administrating the estate, before they can take on the house and estate. Everyone expects that Harry will inherit and then put the estate up for sale, but Harry has other ideas. There are discoveries, about the house and its history, which guide his thinking over how he develops Stepping Stones. All was going well until Harry fell down the stairs to the basement one day. That changed things a little. Read about that and how Harry & Jo have transformed Stepping Stones back into life.

Genre: Sagas

Climbing Irish by James F Walsh Price verified 6 hours ago

Can Northern Ireland Catholics, demeaned as Papists, climb out of England's Plantation's religious bigotry and ethnic intolerance? In 1922, when England broke Ireland apart, Papists Michael and Bridget Connolly undergo a Plantation Minister's sniper fire. They escape to Free Ireland and are demeaned as 'Orangemen'. In 1925 Immigration is to Chicago a City riven with Prohibition's organized crime gangs. Michael, a master carpenter, is not free from criminal Labor Organizers, and Bridget demeaned as 'Irish Immigrant Trash.' The Great Depression does not reduce Michael or Bridget to residue resulting from England's Planation during America's pre-revolutionary days. In 1938, the opportunity to operate his own business organization lures Michael, Bridget, and their four Chicago born children to Oklahoma City during the height of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, during the plight of the 'Okies,' folks too troubled to be intolerant. In 1939, a move to Dallas finds the Connollys meeting head-on with intolerance in the form of 'Dirty Catholic Yankee.' The Connolly lads find themselves in fist fights. Yet, Michael's work expands and Bridget dedicates her energies to the donut road of pacification. In 1943, Michael's mathematical talents win him a position with a Detroit Metallurgy Firm. The Conollys relocate where intolerance takes the form of Hillbilly.No matter the bigotry and intolerance, the Connolly's are CLIMBING IRISH.

Genre: Sagas

Caring For Grace (Love on Palmar Island Book 3) by Susanne Ash (221 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

A single dad trying to find his way away from his career, a babysitter with too much on her shoulders, and the adorable nine-month-old who brings them together. Dr. Parker Flagg needs help with his daughter, Grace. After handling raising her by himself while teaching physics, he's reached his limits. He finds himself back home on Palmar Island, trying to get his feet back under himself with the help of his mother and the small southern community he grew up in. When a friend asks him to help out at the local high school, he agrees under one condition. He needs a reliable nanny to care for Grace. Robin Warren hasn't had the easiest upbringing. She's making the best of it, taking any job she can to cobble up enough money to attend the local community college part time. When she hears about a babysitting job that allows her to continue her class, she jumps at the chance. What neither of them expected was the instant attraction they felt. Maneuvering the fine line between professional relationship and budding love is hard enough in a small southern town where gossip runs rampant. But when Parker's ex-wife shows up out of the blue and wants back into Parker and Grace's life, all bets are off. Caring For Grace is a clean contemporary beach romance with a HEA and no cliffhangers.

Genre: Sagas