But her kind messenger assures her that he will take care of everything. Touched by his concern and sensitivity, Frannie's love for him begins to grow. There is only one problem: He is from the wealthy side of the river, and she is from the poor side. Will the jealousy and schemes of their friends pull them apart—or show them the road to faith and love? Grace Livingston Hill is the beloved author of more than 100 books. Read and enjoyed by millions, her wholesome stories contain adventure, romance, and the heartwarming triumphs of people faced with the problems of life and love.

    But his sorrowful contemplation is disturbed by the appearance of a lovely young woman who has come to the woods to pick flowers. Gently she reaches out to offer Revel comfort and the gift of faith.Separated now by miles and years, the memory of his sweet encounter with the "girl of the woods" brings Revel the courage to face a frightening and uncertain future--and the promise of a love that can overcome his past.

    She had enough money for her holiday, and when it was over she would find useful work. Her plans were vague, but she would have plenty of time to think things out when she got to Cairn. One thing only was certain—she was never going back to prison again. Young Frances Field arrives in a scenic coastal village in Scotland, having escaped her dreary life as an orphan treated as little more than a servant by an uncle and aunt. Once there, she encounters an array of eccentric locals, the occasional roar of enemy planes overhead, and three army wives—Elise, Tommy, and Tillie—who become fast friends. Elise warns Frances of the discomforts of military life, but she’s inclined to disregard the advice when she meets the dashing and charming Captain Guy Tarlatan.The ensuing tale, one of D.E. Stevenson’s most cheerful and satisfying, is complicated by a local laird with a shady reputation, a Colonel’s daughter who's a bit too cosy with Guy, a spring reputed to guarantee marriage within a year to those who drink from it, and a series of misunderstandings only finally resolved in the novel’s harrowing climax.Spring Magic, first published in 1942, is here reprinted for the first time in more than three decades. Furrowed Middlebrow and Dean Street Press are also reprinting four more of Stevenson's best works—Smouldering Fire, Mrs. Tim Carries On, Mrs. Tim Gets a Job, and Mrs. Tim Flies Home. This new edition includes an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith.“The author tells of what befell a young woman who, while on a seaside holiday in Scotland, enters the social life surrounding a battalion of troops and of how she found personal happiness. Lively and charming.” Sunday Mercury“The cheeriest company . . . charmingly told” Sunday Times

    I've resolved never to marry, never to have a child. I'm a good nurse. I'll stay one. I'm not going to be a woman." Kristine Grant was young and warm and lovely. She thought she could forget her womanhood in her dedication to duty."I promised myself to help the sufferings of others and give life no more chance of hurting me." This was the secret which lay behind the serene blue eyes of lovely Nurse Kristine Grant as she moved with quiet efficiency from bed to bed bringing comfort and healing to her patients in the Male Medical ward of Samaritan Hospital.Kristine believed her proud career was enough--that she could forget she was a woman. But to Captain Jim Dudley, whose life she saved, and to Dr. Bowen, Chief of Staff, Kristine was far more than a nurse. She was a beautiful woman--a woman to be loved.¿Could she turn love down? Kristine is now engaged to one man but loves another, while dedicating her life to the service of others.

    To regain the city, the Duke of Alva laid siege to it in 1573. The siege was lifted for a month in April, but when the Duke returned in May, the city was nearly out of food, but no relief came until early October when the rebels regained the city. Against this background of war, starvation and espionage, the story of Lord John of Texel and Nele van Doon unfolded, as they supported the espionage of the Sea Beggars, and worked to keep the city from falling.