Henry Carter Hull

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When John Barton's wife dies, he is forced to raise his daughter, Mary, alone, while he grieves the love of his life. Though he is a hard-working man, John struggles to provide for his family. Realizing how unfair his financial situation is, John becomes very resentful towards the unethical distribution of wealth between the social classes. Against John's wishes, when Mary comes of age, she decides to help support their family by working in a dressmaking...

The breathtaking love story of an illegitimate girl and the young noble who would choose her above all. Gender issues and economic hardships are dealt with deftly in Doctor Thorne , the third novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire, and arguably the saga's finest love story. Set in rural England in the fictitious county of Barsetshire, this Victorian novel is one of Anthony Trollope's most optimistic and engaging works. When Henry Thorne seduces local...

Paul, struggling with the recent death of his mother, finds Pia, his daughter from his first marriage, pregnant and living illegally in a council flat with a pair of Polish siblings in London, and after abandoning his second wife and their children to experience Pia's exciting and dangerous life, he rides a train where he crosses paths with Cora, a woman escaping from her marriage to her Civil Service husband.

Emma Woodhouse's charitable intentions toward others are increasingly undermined by her supreme narcissism. Bent on improving the looks, manners, and marital prospects of the parentless Harriet Smith, a young boarder at a neighborhood school, Emma must suffer through a series of mortifying misunderstandings before she learns to stop meddling in the lives of others.

"Everyone needs a little help finding love... He's loved and lost before... But his daughter wants him to try again. While widower Tug Moyer isn't looking for a new wife, his eight-year-old daughter is convinced he needs one-and that her social media plea will bring his perfect match. The response is high, but nobody seems quite right for the sheriff...except her teacher, Christa Alero, who insists she isn't interested. Now their little matchmaker...

They had made a binding arrangement, Dutch surgeon Sebastian van Tecqx had offered Emily's father the chance to have a life-changing operation. But favors don't come cheap, and the doctor expected something in return. It wasn't hard for Emily to exchange her drab nurse's lodgings for Sebastian's luxurious home, but how could Emily stop herself from falling in love with her charismatic employer? Especially once Sebastian made it clear that marriage...

She was wrongly accused… and now she's searching for the dangerous truth. Finally exonerated after fifteen years in prison, Kinsley Garrett's determined to find her father's true killer--even if it makes her a target. Staying alive means relying on police chief Marcus Bayne's protection, but she won't trust him…or anyone. Not after the way everyone turned on her following her arrest. But as Marcus risks everything to shield her, can Kinsley keep...

A Denver neurosurgeon relocates to the small rural town named after her ancestor in the aftermath of a wrongful malpractice suit to recover and reconnect with her estranged father-- Maggie Sullivan has hit a wall in her high-stress career in neurosurgery. Afteer an emergency high-risk procedure, Maggie is in the middle of a wrongful death lawsuit. She returns to Sullivan's Crossing to slow down before she burns out completely. Her eccentric father,...