Deeanne Gist
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From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled - by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behavior by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's efforts to be chosen as Edith Vanderbilt's lady's maid. But the stakes rise even higher when Mack and Tillie become entangled in a cover-up at the town...
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Brides series (Deeanne Gist) volume 3
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English
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Tired of Waiting for a Match-Made-in-Heaven, She'll Settle for One Made in Texas Whether it's riding bikes, catching snakes, or sliding down banisters, Essie Spreckelmeyer just can't quite make herself into the ideal woman her hometown--and her mother--expect her to be. It's going to take an extraordinary man to appreciate her joy and spontaneity--or so says her doting oil-man father. Unfortunately such a man doesn't appear to reside in Corsicana,...
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Undercover as a telephone repairman, Texas ranger Luke Palmer is out to capture the gang of outlaws led by Frank Comer; Palmer is forced to take Georgie Gail, switchboard operator and birder, into his confidence when the closer he comes to the gang, the further she works her way into his heart.
4) Beguiled
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When novelists Deeanne Gist and J. Mark Bertrand first met in a Houston critique group, they never expected where friendship would take them. She wrote romance; he wrote crime novels. But growing respect for each other's work culminated in the decision to try blending their talents into this wonderfully engaging story merging romance and mystery. Rylee Monroe walks dogs in old-money Charleston, a part of the city recently targeted by a daring thief....
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Brides series (Deeanne Gist) volume 2
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English
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Rachel van Buren arrives in Gold Rush San Francisco with two wishes: to protect her younger siblings and to return east as soon as possible. Both goals prove more difficult than she could imagine as her brother and sister are lured by the city's dangerous freedom and a missionary-turned-gambler stakes a claim on her heart. Rachel won't give up without a fight though, and soon all will learn an eloquent but humorous lesson about what truly makes a...
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North Carolina, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Als die junge Tillie Reese ihre Stelle in Biltmore House antritt, ist sie von dem Luxus fasziniert, der sie dort umgibt. Und von Mack Danvers, einem alles andere als angepassten jungen Mann aus den Bergen, der anfängt, im Haushalt der Familie Vanderbilt zu arbeiten. Als Tillie den Auftrag bekommt, Mack Benehmen beizubringen, funkt es zwischen den beiden. Doch ist die junge Frau bereit, sich von ihrem Lebenstraum...
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Brides series (Deeanne Gist) volume 4
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English
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A Texas-Sized Tale of Unexpected Love... Essie Spreckelmeyer is the last woman anyone in Corsicana, Texas, expected to see with a man on her arm. Independent and outspoken, she's known more for riding bicycles in outrageous bloomers than for catching a man's eye. And the last man who seems willing to give her a second glance is Tony Morgan, newly hired at Spreckelmeyer's oil company. The disinherited son of an oil baron, Tony wants most to restore...
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Texas, 1904: Die junge Telefonistin Georgie Gail ist stolz auf ihre Unabhängigkeit und darauf, dass sie sich in der Männerwelt ihres kleinen Ortes behaupten kann. Deshalb ärgert sie sich gleich doppelt, als die Telefongesellschaft ihr einen Techniker vor die Nase setzt, der ihr auf die Finger schauen soll.
Doch der gutaussehende Luke Palmer ist alles andere als ein erfahrener Telefonist. In Wirklichkeit ist er ein Gesetzeshüter, der auf der Spur...