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A Stray Pup, A Second Chance, and a Killer on the Loose�Wagtail�s About to Get Wild!


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A Hacker, an Undercover Mission, and a Love Worth Fighting For.


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A Duke by any other name would smell as� dastardly?
Roguish?
Rakish?
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Shaken, Stirred, and Unexpectedly in Love�Can They Mix Business with Pleasure?


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As London's high society watches their every move, can these two brilliant minds find the formula for true love?


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Chocolate, Second Chances, and a Love Too Sweet to Let Go.


Elswyth Thane

Elswyth Thane

Helen Elswyth Thane Ricker Beebe (May 16, 1900 – July 1984) was an American romance novelist. Born in Burlington, Iowa, she was the daughter of a local teacher and high school principal. The family moved to New York City in 1918, and "Helen Ricker" changed her name to "Elswyth Thane". She began working as a freelance writer in the 20s, and became a newspaper writer and a Hollywood screenwriter. Her first novel, Riders of the Wind, was published in 1926. Her novel, The Tudor Wench, about Elizabeth I of England, was made into a play. On September 22, 1927, she married 50-year-old naturalist and explorer William Beebe. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was one of the guests at the wedding. 'Will' Beebe (2nd from left) and wife Elswyth Thane (far right) with friends at home near Wilmington, Vermont in 1957 Beebe died in 1962, leaving only half of his estate to his widow. She lived on the couple's farm in Wilmington, Vermont. Her last work, Fighting Quaker: Nathaniel Greene, was published in 1972. When she died, she left her papers to the University of Iowa. Thane is most famous for her "Williamsburg" series of historical fiction. The books cover several generations of a single family from the American Revolutionary War up to World War II. The action moves from Williamsburg in later books to England, New York City and Richmond, Virginia. Her most romantic book is TRYST, 1939. Williamsburg novels: * Dawn's Early Light (1934) * Yankee Stranger (1944) * Ever After (1945) * The Light Heart (1947) * Kissing Kin (1948) * This Was Tomorrow (1951) * Homing (1957)

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Series

Rediscovered Classics: Williamsburg

Books:

Yankee Stranger, May 2017
Rediscovered Classics: Williamsburg
Trade Size / e-Book
Dawn's Early Light, May 2017
Rediscovered Classics: Williamsburg
Trade Size / e-Book
Strength Of The Hills, October 1998
Hardcover (reprint)
Kissing Kin, October 1996
Williamsburg #5
Hardcover (reprint)
Ever After, May 1996
Williamsburg #3
Hardcover
This Was Tomorrow, October 1994
Williamsburg #6
Hardcover
The Light Heart, October 1994
Williamsburg #4
Hardcover
Homing, June 1994
Williamsburg #7
Hardcover
Yankee Stranger, January 1983
Williamsburg #2
Paperback
Tryst, June 1980
Hardcover
Yankee Stranger, January 1976
Williamsburg #2
Hardcover (reprint)

 

 

 

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