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Author
Series
Wyoming sunrise volume 2
Language
English
Description
"If widowed seamstress Nell Armstrong has to make one more pair of boring chaps for the cowboys in her tiny Wyoming town, she might just quit the business altogether! So meeting Brand Nolte, a widower struggling to raise three girls on his own, seems like her dream come true. Brand has no idea how to dress the girls properly, and Nell finally has a chance to create beautiful outfits while also teaching the girls to sew. But Nell is much more than...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maria knows she's lucky to have landed in the sewing room of the royal household. Before World War I casts its shadow, she catches the eye of the Prince of Wales, a glamorous and intense gentleman. But her life takes a far darker turn, and soon all she has left is a fantastical story about her time at Buckingham Palace. Decades later, Caroline Meadows discovers a beautiful quilt in her mother's attic. When she can't figure out the meaning of the message...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
vi, 408 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1912 Nice, and set against the backdrop of the sinking of the Titanic, Marcela, after her cruel, controlling husband disappears with their two young sons, does everything in her power to find them until an era-defining disaster strikes, making a reunion seem impossible.
Author
Series
Blood of stars volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Physical Desc
392 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Disguising herself as a boy to compete for the position of imperial tailor, Maia must somehow complete the impossible task of sewing three magic gowns for the emperor's bride-to-be from the sun's laughter, the moon's tears, and the blood of stars.
5) Cassidy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Following the success of her recent stand-alone novel, White Chocolate Moments, bestselling author Lori Wick returns to delight readers with a new series set in the vast open places of Montana.
Token Creek, Montana Territory, 1880-Cassidy Norton is a fine seamstress who makes her living sewing for others. Amid the bustle of a busy frontier town, her life is rich. What time her business doesn't take, her friends and church family fill. But Cassidy...
Author
Series
Publisher
Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Callie Carmichael, designer and seamstress, is known for making bridesmaid dresses that lead the wearer to find true love. When Hunter Owens asks her to make him a special best man suit, she worries he might find true love--with someone else.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Firebird comes this richly detailed historical novel of an unconventional tailor's daughter who is swept up in a suspenseful drama of passion and intrigue. When a fever leaves her deaf at the age of sixteen, shattering her hopes of marriage, Veda Grenfell turns her exceptional talent to her father's prestigious Savile Row tailoring firm. She matures into a woman of eye-catching beauty, but it is her...
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
1220L
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Follow the remarkable journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power from her childhood in a small French village to her life as a naturalist in nineteenth century Messina, Sicily, where she conducted groundbreaking research and invented aquariums" --
10) Unravel the dusk
Author
Series
Blood of stars volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Physical Desc
354 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maia Tamarin has returned from her journey to a kingdom on the brink of war; the boy she loves is gone, and she is forced to don the dress of the sun and assume the place of the emperor's bride-to-be to keep the peace. Ever since she was touched by the demon Bandur, Maia has been changing-- glancing in the mirror to see her own eyes glowing red, losing control of her magic, her body, her mind. But even if she loses herself completely, Maia will stop...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st. Aladdin ed.
Lexile measure
490L
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Betsy Ross is upset when her brother tells her that she cannot make furniture because she is a girl, but her mother teaches her that she can still do important things.