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  Shattered Dreams

  Penny Fields-Schneider

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  Jack's quest for happiness is thwarted by heartbreak in Book Two of the Portraits in Blue Series 
  As Jack leaps onto the train to Malaga, he has no thought for the responsibilities that await him on the other side of the world. All he knows is that he isn’t ready to leave Sofia, the girl who captured his heart in Paris, nor her talented twin brother, Andres. The twins’ idyllic farm offers sweeping views of the Mediterranean, days spent painting for the Galleria Toulouse, and the enduring charm of Spanish village life. Even so, the trio’s happiness is soon plagued by misunderstandings and complications. Tragedy, heartbreak and declining economic circumstances force Jack and Sofia to leave the life they love and travel across the world to Australia to seek financial security and family connections. There, the heady lure of Melbourne’s art world beckons them and they fall under the spell of the charismatic but dominating Justus Jorgensen. Jack and Sofia enthusiastically embrace the visionary’s dreams. Tirelessly, they commit to the creation of Montsalvat, an art enclave whose buildings are modelled on seventeenth century Europe, where residents live free from the bonds of social conventions. While the bohemian lifestyle of Montsalvat proves stimulating, Jack is increasingly disturbed when a darker side of Jorgensen’s personality emerges. Even utopian dreams have costs. What Jack does not anticipate is that everything he loves will be threatened, with tragic consequences that test his very sanity. 
  The second of the four book Portraits in Blue Series

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  Forgotten Authors The - Men -...

  Morgan Robertson, Sax Rohmer,...

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  Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. 
  In literature the ambition is much narrower.  In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published.  And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.  Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be published in any great number. 
  In the 15th Century Gutenberg’s printing press began the revolution to address the second and by the 19th century had gathered pace with startling speed and mass distribution.  Education for the many was brought in to help people understand more of their world and, with new skills, how to have a better place within it.  Now, if the powers that owned the presses and means of distribution agreed an audience would now be able to avail themselves of your ideas, your printed words.  
  Sadly, in the thirst for the new, the recent and the past fell from sight, relegated to dark corners and dusty shelves.   
  But the printed word is rarely without someone, somewhere busying themselves through piles of papers and books rediscovering what a good story is, whatever its age. 
  In this volume we offer up a small selection of those talents whose time has now come again.

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  Cactus Rose

  Samantha Harte

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  In the heat of the southwest, desire is the kindling for two lost souls—and the flame of passion threatens to consume them both. 
  Rosie Saladay needs to get married—fast. The young widow needs help to protect her late husband's ranch, but no decent woman can live alone with a hired hand. With the wealthy Wesley Morris making a play for her land, Rosie needs a husband or she risks losing everything. So she hangs a sign at the local saloon: "Husband wanted. Apply inside. No conjugal rights."Delmar Grant is a sucker for a damsel in distress, and even with Rosie's restrictions on "boots under her bed" stated firmly in black and white, something about the lovely widow's plea leaves him unable to turn away her proposal of marriage. 
  Though neither planned on falling in love, passion ignites between the unlikely couple. But their buried secrets—and enemies with both greed and a grudge—threaten to tear them apart. They'll discover this marriage of convenience may cost them more than they could have ever bargained for.

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  Media The - A Short Story...

  Henry James, E M Delafield,...

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  The Modern Age is one of information overload.  Bombarded, surrounded, and battered by facts, figures, opinions and seemingly whatever else comes out of anyone’s head from all directions at all hours of the day and night.  It’s exhausting. 
   
  However, in this volume we go back a little way to when social media was an actual chat on the street corner or a dinner party, when breaking news was tomorrow’s newspaper or something momentous when a TV or radio programme could be interrupted with the outbreak of war or the death of a leader or sovereign. 
   
  In the pens of such luminaries as Henry James, E M Delafield, C E Montague, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and many others we connect with old fashioned media from publishing and advertising to telegrams and radio and everything in between in ways that are surprising, enlightening but always entertaining. 
  1 - The Media - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - The Death of the Lion - Part 1 by Henry James 
  3 - The Death of the Lion - Part 2 by Henry James 
  4 - The Voice of God by Winifred Holtby 
  5 - Home Life Relayed by E M Delafield 
  6 - His Wife's Deceased Sister by Frank R Stockton 
  7 - Over the Wires by H D Everett 
  8 - The Night Wire by W F Arnold 
  9 - The Millionaire's Telegram by Barry Pain 
  10 - Mutiny by Dorothy Edwards 
  11 - The Eidoloscope by Robert Duncan Milne 
  12 - The Cloud-Men by Owen Oliver 
  13 - Why Herbert Killed His Mother by Winifred Holtby 
  14 - Looking at the Classics by E M Delafield 
  15 - Making a Living by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
  16 - Two or Three Witnesses by C E Montague

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  Love in the Mountains

  Rachel Wesson

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  She risked everything to heal the wounded. Now she must fight to rebuild her own life. 
   
  Shamrock Ridge, Colorado Territory, 1868. 
   
  Sarah Dunne arrives with little more than a worn carpetbag, a horse, and a past she cannot speak of. Trained as a doctor during the war, she treated the wounded until she was captured and held as a prisoner. Now barred from practicing medicine, she takes work as a nurse, knowing her skills far exceed the title she's been forced to accept. 
   
  The town is still recovering from the war, and Sarah is determined to stay quiet, keep her head down, and help where she can. But soon she is pulled into the lives of the people around her—a child in need of urgent care, and a local doctor who sees her as a threat. 
   
  As buried secrets begin to surface, Sarah must choose between silence and truth, safety and courage. Can she reclaim the life she once fought for, or will the past destroy her second chance? 
   
  Perfect for fans of clean historical romance and strong heroines, Sarah's story is a powerful tale of resilience, healing, and the hope found in unexpected places.

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  Voices of the Forgotten: Book...

  Alexander Pike

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas.
   
  
  Voices of the Forgotten is a powerful exploration of hidden histories, lost dreams, and the resilience of the human spirit. Across the ruins of fallen cities and the shadows of untold stories, a chorus of voices rises—whispering secrets, demanding to be heard. As long-buried truths come to light, a new generation must confront the legacy of the past and find the courage to forge a different future. Deeply moving and richly atmospheric, Voices of the Forgotten is a tribute to those who history tried to silence—and a reminder that even in the darkest corners, hope endures. Perfect for listeners who crave emotional depth, historical mystery, and narratives woven with compassion and strength, this audiobook resonates long after the final words fade.

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