Margaret Lake
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At Coulter's Restaurant - Book 2
A Slice of Life Christmas - a novelette
It's Christmas and there are wedding bells ringing around Coulter's Restaurant as they prepare to celebrate Rosalie and Michael's wedding. But the bride is hiding something, a secret that she won't even share with her fiancé, and that secret has Rosalie calling off the wedding. Can Grace, her best friend, intervene in time to save Rosalie from making the biggest mistake of...
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Grace Coulter has been hiding in the kitchen of her family restaurant since she was eight years old. That's when the name-calling began. Stretch, skinny-minny, boy in girl's clothes, all because of the slender height that had her towering over even the tallest boys in the class.Now, nearly thirty years later, Grace is head chef of the failing restaurant and still hiding in the kitchen. Like many businesses during the current recession, Coulter's may...
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May, 1942 - Regan O'Reilly is on her way to the biggest assignment of her career as a private investigator. Magnum's Department Store has been plagued by a series of thefts and Regan must go undercover to solve the case.If she's successful, it will be a real feather in her cap. Not to mention, the job takes her out of the reach of Mark Harris, the man who has begun to win her heart.
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Companion Cookbook to A Slice of Life by Margaret Lake
This cookbook is not for the faint of heart. These recipes were passed down from grandmothers to mothers to daughters and sons. They are not guaranteed gluten-free, salt-free and definitely not fat free or even low fat.
I can tell you having taste-tested the recipes myself (and made some adjustments from the original recipes given to me by friends and family), I found them all to be delicious....
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Sometimes, love can be found in the strangest places.Mordaunt and the Dove - "Mordaunt Telracs, Singer of Ballads, Teller of Fortunes, Maker of Most Effective Love Potions" until he succumbs to the witch Grizelda.A Walk in the Woods - In search of the perfect woman, Mathias the Wizard invents the most perfect spell ever madeGrindel's Tale - Grindel fights developers who would destroy the woods he protects.Sir Dragonbreath - Gwendolyn is a lonely witch,...
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When Lena Manning finds herself widowed after World War I, she must build a new life for herself and her infant daughter. With the help of her church, she finds stability and contentment until the arrival of a new pastor turns her quiet life upside down.Turned out of her job at the church, Lena is offered employment and a home with a wealthy family. When the son of the house pursues her, she is drawn into the seductive world of wealth and power. Can...
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May, 1942 - Regan O'Reilly comes from a long line of police officers. She would have followed her father and brother into the Force but women officers are rare and usually relegated to the status of social workers.
Now she's a private investigator with her own agency and the freedom to live her life the way she wants. That is until she meets widower Mark Harris and his delightful son, Patrick, who have plans of their own for Regan.
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A Slice of Life - Grace Coulter has been hiding in the kitchen of her family restaurant since she was eight years old. That's when the name-calling began. Stretch, skinny-minny, boy in girl's clothes, all because of the slender height that had her towering over even the tallest boys in the class. Now, nearly thirty years later, Grace is head chef of the failing restaurant and still hiding in the kitchen. Like many businesses during the current recession,...
10) The Brave Heart
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October, 1917 — Lena Garson, 19 years old, daughter of an old-fashioned banker and his wife, thinks of herself as a very well-brought up young lady leading a quiet life with a predicable future. When Clarence Muldoon, son of the richest man in town, begins to court her, Lena feels her life is now going in the direction her parents want for her.
Jack Manning, born on the wrong side of the tracks but determined to make a better life for himself and...
11) The Bold Heart
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Sequel to The Brave Heart and Listen to Your HeartThe Bold Heart1937 - Jackie Manning Bradshaw. She'd inherited Jack Manning's bold heart, tempered once in a very great while by her stepfather's gentle upbringing and her mother's practical nature. But as far as Jackie is concerned, she'll need that bold heart to work her way onto the Broadway stage, the only place she's ever wanted to be.
Bill, Nan, and Eddie, Jackie's best friends in acting school....
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A Walk In The Woods - Flash Fiction In search of the perfect woman, Mathias the Wizard invents the most perfect spell ever made. Sweet Savage Charity - A Novelette In 1621 New England, a Puritan woman fights for her right to choose. Grindel's Tale - A Short Story Grindel fights developers who would destroy the woods he protects. Only In My Dreams - A Novelette After 30 years of marriage, Delia can still dream, can't she? Sir Dragonbreath - A Short...
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August, 1942 - Fresh from the successful completion of an undercover assignment, Regan is determined to do her bit for the war effort. Before returning home, she goes to Washington to offer her investigative skills to the Army.
Now all Regan has to do is avoid Mark Harris who is still actively pursuing her and ignore the call of her own heart.
14) The Earth Signs
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Tori (Taurus)Tori Bullen loves her job as a financial adviser and she's really very good at it. In fact, she makes more than enough money to indulge her passion for fine clothes and fine art. The only fly in her personal ointment is her extreme clumsiness. Tori is a bull in a china shop and she is terrified when her mother asks her to buy a crystal vase.
Carter Hendricks loves the fine crystal, delicate art glass, and beautifully shaped silver pieces...
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May, 1942 - Regan O'Reilly comes from a long line of police officers. She would have followed her father and brother into the Force but women officers are rare and usually relegated to the status of social workers.Now she's a private investigator with her own agency and the freedom to live her life the way she wants. That is until she meets widower Mark Harris and his delightful son, Patrick, who have plans of their own for Regan.From an undercover...
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From the innocence of a small town in 1917 to the glamor of Hollywood in the 1940's, the Manning women learn to listen to their hearts.
THE BRAVE HEART
October, 1917 – Lena Garson, 19 years old, daughter of an old-fashioned banker and his wife, thinks of herself as a very well-brought up young lady leading a quiet life with a predicable future. When Clarence Muldoon, son of the richest man in town, begins to court her, Lena feels her life is now...
17) Three Novelettes
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Sweet Savage Charity – Plymouth Colony 1621Within months of stepping off the Mayflower, Charity Williams buried her husband. Within hours, she was told whom she would marry. But Charity has other ideas. Aided by the Wampanoag brave she meets in the forest, she plans to defy the governor, the council and the whole colony.Of Love and War – July 4, 1943John Jameson is home from the war. The Fourth of July has always been his favorite holiday, but...
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1927 – Howard Jenkins is a history professor, immersed in the medieval world, in love with the past. His younger brother, Reginald, is a ne'er do well who plays at being a student to please their parents. When Reginald's gambling debts involve Howard in a bootlegging operation, Howard is blasted out of his secure academic world. Howard's only question now is, what would King Richard do?The one good thing to come out of this dreadful situation is...
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November, 1942 - Regan is sent by the OSS to join the underground in a France struggling to survive under German occupation. She is assigned to gather information on the infamous wolf packs; U-boats that travel in groups to hunt down and sink Allied warships. But she begins to suspect that her French contacts may be working against her.
When Regan's mission takes an unexpected turn, her only thought is to return to the man she left behind and her...