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Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other’s family. “Difficult” because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings Henrietta to the family estate to meet his parents, they are less than enthused about his impoverished intended.

When eight-year-old Nora arrives at the Park Ridge School for Girls in 1932, she is sure there’s been some mistake. She can’t imagine why she and her little sister, Patsy, were torn from their mother only to be subjected to the cruel whims of the house matron, Mrs. Morris. When their mother fails to rescue them week after week—and Mrs. Morris drops hints that their mother may be a “fallen woman”—Nora begins to doubt they will ever see her again.

Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago's northwest side. It's 1935, but things still aren't looking up since the big crash and her father's subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings. Henrietta is eventually persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall - and just when she's beginning to enjoy herself, the floor matron turns up dead. When aloof Inspector Clive Howard appears on the scene, Henrietta agrees to go undercover for him-and is plunged into Chicago's grittier underworld. Meanwhile, she's still busy playing mother hen to her younger siblings, as well as to pesky neighborhood boy Stanley, who believes himself in love with her and keeps popping up in the most unlikely places, determined to keep Henrietta safe - even from the Inspector, if need be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant for messing up the Inspector's investigation, the lovely Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most unsuitable ways.

When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open-and-shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta, much to Clive’s dismay, begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings.

Their honeymoon abruptly ended by the untimely death of Alcott Howard, Clive and Henrietta return to Highbury, where Clive discovers all is not as it should be. Increasingly convinced that his father’s death was not an accident, Clive launches his own investigation, despite his mother’s belief that he has become “mentally disturbed” with grief.

In this seventh book of the series, Clive and Henrietta return to England to find Castle Linley in financial ruin. When Clive’s cousin, Wallace, invites an estate agent in to assess the home’s value, the agent is later found poisoned, throwing all of the Castle’s guests into suspicion. Clive and Henrietta are soon drawn into an investigation, which is slowed by an incompetent local inspector and several unexplained phenomena...the cause of which many, especially the frail Lady Linley, believe to be the workings of the ghost of a hanged maid.

After receiving a desperate letter reporting her father to be gravely ill, inveterate matchmaker Melody Merriweather leaves college and rushes back to her small hometown of Merriweather, Wisconsin—only to discover that she’s expected to take over the running of her family’s general store, the Merc, until he recovers.

Clive and Henrietta (and baby, Teddy!) return to Highbury to spend Christmas with the family. Clive’s mother, Antonia, schemes to increase her social standing at her club by introducing the pair during the annual Christmas ball as the newly minted Lord and Lady Linley. Her plans go awry, however, when the club’s collection of gifts for the poor mysteriously goes missing. Henrietta and Clive are reluctantly drawn into the case, though Clive suspects it is nothing more than a silly prank.

Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans, despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love.

In this sixth book of the series, Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. While in London, they are approached by their old friend, Inspector John Hartle, who convinces them to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, a famous Renaissance painting, of which Hitler’s top men are also in pursuit.

Inspired by best-selling author Janette Oke and the Hallmark Channel original TV series When Calls the Heart, these 40 devotions from Hope Valley are about finding moments of grace, joy, and beauty amid the unexpected circumstances of life. In this collection, Brian Bird, executive producer and co-creator of When Calls the Heart, and Michelle Cox illuminate the God-moments from the fictional, 1910 mining town of Hope Valley. The stories of faith, hope, and love from each episode will inspire and encourage you with wonderful virtues and relatable life lessons.

In this outstanding book, author Michelle Cox challenges our old belief systems and shows us how to rebuild principles to calm our minds, offer hope, and restore our connection with our heavenly parents.

There are numerous reasons why people don't have kids and the most common is not because they are selfish. In today's society, many of us understand that it's not appropriate to make comments on another person's weight, ethnicity, religion, or sexual persuasion. So why do we still feel it's appropriate to not only comment, but have an often-uneducated opinion on whether a person has a child or not?

In Doctors Are Not Gods, Michelle Cox shares her very personal experiences of both her mother being medically mistreated and her own case of being misdiagnosed for months before needing emergency surgery for cervical cancer. With an attitude of learning from mistakes, Michelle asks what she herself could have done better in order to be the boss of her own health and well-being in future and stop handing over the power of something so important to others.

This is a book about death, dying, and grief. It’s about overcoming fears of dying young and how you can use that energy to propel you forward in ways you didn’t realize were possible. It’s also a book about resilience - about overcoming the odds and bad genes, and still living the best life possible.

Bianca kehrt als alleinerziehende Mutter von drei lebhaften Kindern in ihre Heimatstadt Seattle zurück, nachdem ihr Mann sie mit seiner Sekretärin betrogen hat. Tag für Tag kämpft sie sich durch den Alltag, fest entschlossen, es alleine zu schaffen. Doch als der charmante Handwerker Jack auf seiner Harley vorfährt, wird alles anders. Er hilft ihr nicht nur in einer brenzligen Situation, sondern bringt auch frischen Wind in ihr Leben. Jack hat jedoch eine Bedingung: sie darf sich nicht in ihn verlieben. Für Bianca klingt das verlockend - schließlich bleibt ihr keine Zeit für Romantik.

Atlas Stark, alleinerziehender Vater aus Seattle, ist am Limit. Als Witwer muss er sich nicht nur um seine kleine Tochter kümmern, sondern er nimmt auch noch das Baby seiner Cousine bei sich auf. Gleichzeitig ist er Partner in einer Anwaltskanzlei. Als dann seine Tochter immer eifersüchtiger auf das Baby wird, sucht Atlas Hilfe bei einer Kindertherapeutin. Er hat jedoch nicht damit gerechnet, dass die Therapeutin eine blonde und attraktive Traumfrau ist. Dumm nur, dass sie sich von der ersten Minute an streiten.

Liam Dixon, alleinerziehender Vater aus Seattle, hat ein tolles Leben. Er ist ein erfolgreicher Scheidungsanwalt und hat eine angenehm lockere Affäre mit einer Kollegin. Als er sieht, wie seine Freunde aus dem Single-Väter-Club sich verlieben und glücklicher sind als je zuvor, beginnt er jedoch sein Leben in Frage zu stellen. Die Affäre mit Richelle reicht ihm nicht mehr, er will mehr: Eine gemeinsame Zukunft. Doch dann holt ihn seine Vergangenheit ein.

Adam Eastwood weiß, dass eine Tanzschule genau das Richtige für seine quirlige Tochter Mira ist. Den ganzen Tag wirbelt sie im Tutu durch das Haus - warum also nicht einen Profi bezahlen, der ihr beibringt, wie man richtig tanzt? Allerdings hat Adam nicht damit gerechnet, dass ausgerechnet Violet Benson von der berühmten New Yorker Ballettkompanie Miras Lehrerin sein würde. Violet ist wunderschön und zudem die perfekte Lehrerin für Mira. Und sie ist genau die Art von Frau, nach der Adam sein ganzes Leben lang gesucht hat.

Der alleinerziehende Vater Scott Dixon war wirklich nicht auf der Suche nach einem feurigen One-Night-Stand. Aber als er auf einem Junggesellenabschied die faszinierende Rothaarige mit den unglaublich grünen Augen trifft, kann er nicht widerstehen. Am nächsten Morgen ist sie dann spurlos verschwunden, was Scott mit einem angeknacksten Ego zurücklässt. Doch kurz darauf trifft er sie schon wieder. Allerdings ganz anders als gedacht... Die frisch geschiedene und alleinerziehende Eva Marchand fängt neu an.