![]() A fascinating story deftly told - and, for me at least, ideally read with Bach's thirty-six movements playing softly in the background: a recipe for literary rapture." "This is one of the most extraordinary, clever, beautiful, and impeccably researched books I have read in years. To say the author has done justice to his subject is the highest praise of all." ".an erudite and immensely readable miscellany that will give you the sensation of having consumed a library over a weekend or less.Conveying in mere words sounds as rich and multifarious as those that comprise the Cello Suites takes no small literary gift. ".a passionate ode to the joy of discovery.” ![]() ![]() Read The Cello Suites - preferably with their melodious hum in the background - and you will never look at a cello in quite the same way again." ".the book is best distinguished by its writing. ![]()
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![]() He realized what a stupid idea that was when the supporting water fell away and she, probably afraid he would drop her, tightened her legs to keep herself up. “Hush,” he murmured and turned sharply toward shore, intending to get them out of the water and set her away from him. ![]() She tried to shift against him again, but he held her still, trying to catch his breath and regain control of himself. “Dougall,” Murine moaned in protest when he broke their kiss. If Dougall’s not careful, this Scot might just end up tying the knot… I love Highlander Books and I love Lynsay Sands!! Falling for the Highlander is the perfect escape! Woman that makes him want to do more than just help her escape. But encountering the runaway lass on the road out of town sets Offered Lady Murine for a few horses, Dougall was disgusted and promptly turned ![]() Help smuggle a beautiful fugitive back to Scotland instead. It means braving the countryside alone-or worse, with a tempting Scot by herĭougall set out to sell a few horses to an English lord he never expected he’d She’s determined to take matters into her own hands, even if When her scoundrel brother does just that-in exchangeįor a few Scottish horses, no less-she’s appalled, but she refuses to stand byĪnd let it happen. ![]() If there’s one thing Lady Murine will not abide, it’s her virtue being handed over If Dougall’s not careful, this Scot might just end up tying the knot… Falling for the Highlander by Lynsay Sands ![]() ![]() ![]() " Forever Bound" (2010, short story appears in the anthology Warriors) (a prequel to Forever Peace, it tells the story of Julian Class being drafted and trained as a soldierboy while falling in love with Carolyn).Forever Peace (1997) (while thematically linked to the previous novel, Forever Peace is not actually a sequel and is not set in the same universe: it is an entirely separate work, although published in a combined volume titled Peace and War with The Forever War and Forever Free).Forever Free (1999) (a direct sequel to the first novel)." A Separate War" (1999, short story appeared first in 1999 in the anthology Far Horizons collected in 2006 in War Stories and A Separate War and Other Stories) (The story of Marygay Potter after she parts with William Mandella in The Forever War). ![]() ![]() The Forever War (1974) (Nebula Award winner, 1975 Hugo and Locus SF Awards winner, 1976 ).The Forever War and Forever Peace both received the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel. Not all of them take place in the same future universe. The Forever War series is a series of science fiction novels by Joe Haldeman. Series of science fiction novels by Joe Haldeman ![]() ![]() ![]() I loved how history came to life in this story. The Lady of Galway Manor by Jennifer Deibel takes us to Ireland in the 1920. Travel to the Emerald Isle for another poignant and romantic story from the enchanted pen of Jennifer Deibel. As events take a dangerous turn for Annabeth and her family, she and Stephen begin to see that perhaps the “other side” isn’t quite as barbaric and uncultured as they’d been led to believe–and that the bonds of friendship, love, and loyalty are only made stronger when put through the refiner’s fire. ![]() Meanwhile, as the war for Irish independence gains strength, many locals resent the De Lacys and decide to take things into their own hands to display their displeasure. Having had his heart broken, he no longer believes in love and is weary of peddling the ÒliesÓ the Claddagh Ring promises. Stephen Jennings longs to do anything other than run his family’s jewelry shop. ![]() Bored without all the trappings of the British Court, Annabeth convinces her father to arrange an apprenticeship for her with the Jennings family–descendants of the creator of the famed Claddagh Ring. In 1920, Annabeth De Lacy’s father is appointed landlord of Galway Parish in Ireland. ![]() |