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Author
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil? Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for Catherine Earnshaw and the doomed outcome of that relationship, leading to his revenge. Poetic, complex and grand in scope, Emily Brontë's masterpiece...
Author
Lexile measure
880L
Description
"Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil? Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for Catherine Earnshaw and the doomed outcome of that relationship, leading to his revenge. Poetic, complex and grand in scope, Emily Bront©±'s masterpiece...
3) The switch
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Leena is too young to feel stuck. Eileen is too old to start over. It's time for the switch... Ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, Leena escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Newly single and about to turn 80, Eileen would like a second chance at love. But her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen... So Leena proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen...
4) The soldier
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Devlin St. Just, the bastard son of a duke, arrives at his new estate, he discovers that he is responsible for the previous owner's illegitimate daughter and her beautiful cousin, which further complicates his life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
393 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a shocking attack, heiress Rowena Kinnaird feels betrayed by her family and the man she was to marry. She flees the Highlands, landing at the Duke of Nottingham's door. Rowena needs help but is hesitant to trust a flirt like Brice. Then she learns his life is also under threat. When her father locates her, can she and Brice find a way out of danger?
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
439 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1910 Edwardian England, a British-born young heiress raised in the palace of Monaco comes to Yorkshire, where mystery and tragedy threaten her very existence"--
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After the death of her parents, Evangeline must succeed as a schoolteacher in a remote region of Northern England in order to claim her inheritance from her grandfather and be reunited with her younger sister, Lucy. When a local bricklayer, Dermot, offers his help, she finds herself falling in love with the Irishman" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
434 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Detective Samson O'Brien is ready to settle down to a nice cup of tea, but it's not long before he's called on for help with a new case. In order to execute a recent will, solicitor Matty Thistlethwaite requires a copy of a death certificate for a young woman who died when Samson was a child. It should be straightforward, but things in Bruncliffe rarely are. Particularly when Matty insists that Delilah Metcalfe, with her wealth of local knowledge,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Spring is in the air in Bruncliffe. But not everyone is filled with the joys of the season. Implicated in the murder of a man in Leeds, the Dales Detective Agency's Samson O'Brien is facing tough questions from the police, while his business partner Delilah Metcalfe is facing criticism from her family and friends for her loyalty to the town's black sheep. Then the truth about Samson's policing past is brutally exposed and Bruncliffe turns its back...
10) Sylvia's lovers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1989
Lexile measure
1220L
Physical Desc
xxiv, 533 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Set in a coastal English town during the early phases of the Napoleonic Wars in the 1790s, Sylvia's Lovers follows the complicated love life of a young woman. Sylvia Robson lives a very happy life with her parents on a farm. Her cousin, a kind but dull Quaker man named Philip, loves her dearly, but Sylvia's heart is captured by a handsome sailor named Charlie. As they grow closer, Charlie and Sylvia become secretly engaged. However, when Charlie is...
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Long ago, Evelyn Cross sacrificed her good name, her freedom, and any hope for love. Now, in the remote English countryside, she struggles to survive and avoid the scandal threatening to destroy all she holds dear...until a sinfully handsome viscount arrives on her doorstep, offering marriage, salvation, and tempting her with so much more.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
1911. Inside Sharston Asylum on the edge of the Yorkshire moors, men and women are kept apart by high walls and barred windows. There is a ballroom, vast and beautiful, and for one bright evening every week the inmates come together and dance. When John and Ella meet they strike up a tenuous courtship. When one gets a chance to leave Sharston for good, John and Ella face a dilemma: whether to cling to familiar comforts or to confront a new world--...
Author
Series
Publisher
K.L.A. Fricke Inc
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Butterflies & Ballgowns: The North Yorkshire moors are always a magical place, but they're particularly enchanting at the holidays...especially if one gets to travel back in time to a Victorian Christmas. For Bronwyn Dale, it is the stuff of dreams. Fancy-dress balls, quirky small-town traditions, even that classic one-horse open sleigh, complete with jingle bells. There's just the tiny problem of the Butterfly Effect. How does a time-traveler make...
14) The gift
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Adam Gabriel has always been a child of nature. Raised on his parents' remote Yorkshire farm, where life is measured by the rhythms of the flock, the turn of the seasons, and the yearly arrival of an itinerant local monk, he seems destined for a quietly contented life. As Adam grows, Luke and Bethany see flickers of something extraordinary in their son--a healing touch that goes beyond his love for the land. But Adam's gentleness has always made...
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An epic love story that spans childhood into adulthood, the film follows Heathcliff, an outsider taken in and given a home by a benevolent Yorkshire farmer, Earnshaw. Heathcliff develops a passionate relationship with the farmer's teenage daughter, Catherine, inspiring the envy and mistrust of his rough-hewn son, Hindley. Years later, when Earnshaw dies, the young adults must finally confront the intense feelings and destructive rivalries that have...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
463 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Yorkshire, 1843: Lydia Robinson -- mistress of Thorp Green Hall -- has lost her precious young daughter and her mother within the same year. She returns to her bleak home, grief-stricken and unmoored. With her teenage daughters rebelling, her testy mother-in-law scrutinizing her every move, and her marriage grown cold, Lydia is restless and yearning for something more. All of that changes with the arrival of her son's tutor, Branwell Brontë, brother...
Author
Description
"Yorkshire, 1843: Lydia Robinson -- mistress of Thorp Green Hall -- has lost her precious young daughter and her mother within the same year. She returns to her bleak home, grief-stricken and unmoored. With her teenage daughters rebelling, her testy mother-in-law scrutinizing her every move, and her marriage grown cold, Lydia is restless and yearning for something more. All of that changes with the arrival of her son's tutor, Branwell Bront©±, brother...