Merrily Ever After

Author: Cathy Bramley
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1398714860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
'A thought provoking story of love and complicated family relationships, guaranteed to warm every reader's heart' SHEILA O'FLANAGAN 'The perfect comfort read to warm your heart as the nights draw in and the festive season approaches' PHILLIPA ASHLEY 'Brimming with seasonal secrets and festive feelgood - is Christmas even Christmas without Cathy Bramley?' HOLLY HEPBURN 'A feel good festive treat for readers - I adored it!' FAITH HOGAN Don't miss the brand-new feel good read from your favourite storyteller Cathy Bramley. Two strangers. One big secret. And a Christmas to remember . . . Merry has always wanted a family to spend Christmas with, and this year her dream comes true as she says 'I do' to father-of-two Cole. But as she juggles her rapidly-growing business, wedding planning and the two new children in her life, her dream begins to unravel. Emily is desperately waiting for the New Year to begin, so she can finally have a fresh start. She has always put her family first, leaving little time for happiness and love. When her beloved father Ray moves into a residential home, she discovers a photograph in his belongings that has the potential to change everything. As past secrets come to light, will this be a magical Christmas for Emily and Merry to remember?

Merrily Ever After

Author: P. Jameson
Publisher: Paper Zombie Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
You read their beginning in Merrily Mated, now see how they found the sweetest happily ever after… The Ouachita clan of werecats first came together because of a Christmas miracle, but fate isn’t finished with them yet. After nine long years of trying to grow their family into the perfect dream come true, fated mates, Ryan and Layna, are ready to give up. Not on each other but on their dreams. When they’re given the chance to help an abandoned baby temporarily, they’re faced with a pain harsher than what they’ve already been through. The pain of hope. But this little one isn’t what any of them expected, and when the fiery truth comes out, hearts are bound to melt. A visit from a Shadow of Christmas past, a Lost child, and the reunion P. Jameson fans have been asking for, all wrapped up with a shiny bow as we revisit the Ouachitas in Merrily Ever After.

MERRILY EVER AFTER

Author: Jenny Holiday
Publisher: Forever Yours
ISBN: 1538744600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
These newlyweds are in for a big surprise in this delightful holiday novella from the USA Today bestselling author known for her "unputdownable contemporary romances" (Booklist). Elise Maxwell is loving her first Christmas with her husband, Jay Smith. So far, newlywed life has been filled with laughter and lots of steamy marital "bliss." But when Elise discovers she's accidentally, against-all-odds pregnant, happily-ever-after screeches to a halt. Although she sees it as a Christmas miracle, Elise knows her new husband might not agree... Jay never wanted to be a father. In fact, he's avoided it his entire life, worried he'd repeat the patterns of his own messed-up childhood. He's madly in love with Elise and, until now, he thought they were on the same page about not having children. But her surprise pregnancy changes everything. Elise is suddenly committed to parenthood, and Jay knows he can't lose her. Facing his deepest fears will be difficult, but with a little holiday magic, Jay might be able to prove to Elise that - as a family - they're destined to live merrily ever after. "Holiday writes a story full of warmth and affection... a magical amuse-bouche of a tale." -- USA Today, Happy Ever After Praise for the Bridesmaids Behaving Badly series: "Satisfying." --New York Times Book Review on One and Only "The perfect rom-com." -- Refinery29 on One and Only "A summer read more satisfying than a poolside popsicle." -- Entertainment Weekly on It Takes Two "Romantic comedy at its best." -- The Washington Post on It Takes Two "Witty, sexy and wonderfully entertaining." -USA Today, Happy Ever After on It Takes Two

MERRILY EVER AFTER

Author: Jenny Holiday
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1538744600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120

The Smile of a Ghost

Author: Phil Rickman
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857890220
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512

Book Description
Merrily is called to investigate a possible ghost sighting in her seventh fascinating adventure In the affluent, historic town of Ludlow, a teenage boy dies in a fall from the castle ruins. Accident or suicide? No great mystery—so why does the boy's uncle, retired detective Andy Mumford, turn to diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins? More people will die before Merrily, her own future uncertain, uncovers a dangerous obsession with suicide, death, and the afterlife hidden within these shadowed medieval streets.

Ever After

Author: Barry Singer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149305161X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 425

Book Description
Written by Barry Singer—one of contemporary musical theater's most authoritative chroniclers—Ever After was originally published in 2003 as a history of the previous twenty-five years in musical theater, on and off Broadway. This new edition extends the narrative, taking readers from 2004 to the present. The book revisits every new musical that has opened since the last edition, with Barry Singer once again as guide. Before Ever After appeared in 2003, no book had addressed the recent past in musical theater history—an era Singer describes as "ever after musical theater's many golden ages." Derived significantly from Singer's writings about musical theater for the New York Times, New York Magazine, and The New Yorker, Ever After captured that era in its entirety, from the opening of The Act on Broadway in October 1977 to the opening of Avenue Q Off-Broadway in March 2003. This new edition brings Ever After up to date, from Wicked, through The Book of Mormon, to Hamilton and beyond. Once again, this the first book to cover this new, pre-pandemic age of the Broadway musical. And, once again, utilizing his recent writing about musical theater for HuffPost and Playbill, Barry Singer's viewpoint is comprehensive and absolutely unique.

To Dream of the Dead

Author: Phil Rickman
Publisher: Quercus
ISBN: 1623653096
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 545

Book Description
December, and the river is rising. The village of Ledwardine has never been flooded in living memory. Within days it will be an island. There's no electricity. The church is serving as a temporary mortuary for two people who drowned. Only one man feels safer. An aggressively atheist author has been moved, for his own safety, Rushdie-style, into a secluded house just outside the village. Fundamentalist Christians have hated him for years. Now he's offended the Muslims. Bad move. Meanwhile, archaeologists, assisted by Merrily's teenage daughter, Jane, are at work in Coleman's Meadow, unearthing an ancient row of standing stones which some people would rather stay buried. The atheist's temporary home is close to the site. And his young wife is becoming conspicuously agitated. Is it the fear of discovery--or the kind of fear that she, of all people, could never disclose? One thing is clear: the last person who's going to be welcome in that house is an exorcist. With the flood water washing up Church Lane towards the vicarage and the shop running out of cigarettes it looks like a cold and complex Christmas for Merrily Watkins in an ancient community forced to untangle its own history against the swirling uncertainty of the future.

The Quarterback

Author: Julia Keanini
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
He was the one. I was sure of it . . . until he left me for the girl who hated me most. My cruel, conniving stepsister. She'd always wanted Drake and I didn't know how she'd turned him against me, so I tried to move on with my life. I married the wrong guy, a jerk who only showed his true colors after the vows had been said, but he gave me the best kid in the world before walking out on us. Even though I was now a single mom with barely a penny to my name, being left for a second time didn't hurt as badly as losing Drake. She made her choice. It wasn't me. So I poured my heart and soul into the one thing that has always been there for me: football. Pushing myself to my physical maximum, only stopping when I become the best. And my latest win confirms that I'm the best, everyone says. So I know what I have to do--propose to the girl who's stayed by my side for the past decade. I'm not even sure I love her, but she's earned her ring. With him I was the belle of the ball. I was always the princess, not the girl who fades into the background. Now I have an incredible group of friends and family who support me, and of course my beautiful Lexie, but something is still missing. Someone. And I know who it is. Ella was the one who made me feel alive. Her belief in me persuaded me that I could take on the world. But that was fifteen years ago. Things change, and I've convinced myself that we've closed the door on that chapter of life. Until I see her again. Now the deliciously gorgeous football star, who'd moved away to win fame and fortune while I found only poverty and disgrace, is back home. Back in the small town where our story both began and ended. And when we see each other for the first time in fifteen years, he doesn't even have the decency to have a danged shirt on. I didn't know eight packs were possible. The moment her big brown eyes meet mine, I realize that nothing has changed. My heart still beats faster. I still have an incredible urge to pull her into my arms. But he's home to marry my stepsister. Karla is completely wrong for him, and we both know it. But what can we do about it? A Modern-Day Cinderella inspired Sweet Romance. This book was previously published under the title Merrily Ever After.

A Merry Little Christmas

Author: Cathy Bramley
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1398713902
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
This Christmas indulge in some me-time and enjoy this uplifting and heart-warming story from Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Bramley. Full of romance, laughter and family drama, A Merry Little Christmas is the perfect book to curl up with this festive season. In the snowy market town of Wetherly, Merry is about to take on her biggest project yet - the arrival of a new baby. She has always dreamed of being a mother, since losing her mum at a young age. Everyone is so excited, so why is Merry feeling terrified? And why is she struggling to open up to business partner and best friend Nell, whose help she needs at their thriving candle shop more than ever? What Nell desperately wants for Christmas is a baby with husband Olek. But when she uncovers a shocking truth about Olek's past, dreams of a family are turned upside down. Nell feels she has no-one to turn to, as Merry is wrapped up in her own plans for the new baby. Tensions run high as Christmas approaches, and Merry and Nell's friendship reaches breaking point. As long-held secrets finally come to light, can Nell and Merry save the most precious gift of all - their friendship?

The Remains of an Altar

Author: Phil Rickman
Publisher: Quercus
ISBN: 1623652987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 451

Book Description
Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mother and Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, heads for the Malvern Hills to investigate an alleged paranormal dimension to a spate of road accidents in the sleepy village of Wychehill. Merrily is called in when two people are killed in a head-on crash that is also linked to the revamped local pub which, it seems, has injected the valley with a shattering, strobing surge of inner-city nightlife... and drugs. When a dealer is found savagely murdered below the great earthen hillfort of Herefordshire Beacon, police ask: is it a ritual killing, a gangland disposal or a cry of outrage? As Merrily and the police follow separate paths towards the truth, Merrily's teenage daughter, Jane, faces the consequences of her own obsession with a possibly prehistoric site in their home village of Ledwardine. Until, on a night of frenzied violence, in a place at the centre of an ancient, universal mystery, the final, shocking connections are made.