Blair Books

A friend in work loaned this book to me some weeks ago. I read it at every spare moment and since finishing it i cannot stop thinking about it. The story is about a girl who has a rough upbringing and there is plenty of good old fashioned romance and tear jerking storylines.I have never read such a brilliant book.

This is a superb book (as are all her others)! My grandmother let me borrow this book when I was back home in Scotland visiting for the summer and I started it at 11 p.m. and finished it a 5 a.m. I could not put it down. This is about a young girl who is sold to an orphanage in Glasgow because her parents can't afford to keep her and when she becomes of age she is shipped to Canada with a load of other children and they are sold as wokers on farms. She receives scarlet ribbons as a gift and it is her one true prized possession because it is all she really has of her own. The story follows the young girl into adulthood and her search for love. Of course the scarlett ribbons have meaning but if I say any more it will ruin it for you. The characters are so well developed that they will creep into your heart and will stay there forever. If you have time to sit and really enjoy this book - do it!!!! I can't say enough about it. If you love this one, you will love her other books too.

In 1847, Marcus Fitzalan visits eccentric Jade Smithfield under the pretense of seeking employment as her business affairs manager. He really wants to learn why Jade is trying to prevent the construction of a railroad in the area that his disabled brother owns. Jade rejects Marcus as too handsome for the twelve brittle women and seventeen children that live under her roof. Besides she believes all men are created equally, nasty, abusive and bad.

However she changes her mind when she sees how good he is reaching out to battered reticent little Emily who is taken with Marcus' dog Tweenie. As he continues to display kindness towards her charges, Marcus also begins to convince her some men can be nice. As they fall in love, he fears she will assume the worst in him once she learns why he applied for the job.

This is an interesting complex Victorian romance with a social message starring an eccentric female obsessed with protecting women and children who hates men as being abusive. Marcus originally arrived to stop Jade from sabotaging his sibling's railroad, but soon finds he loves his employer and needs to help her with her charges. Fans will appreciate this Dickensian spin as "progress" vs. the need of the forgotten downtrodden competes with the hero knowing that he will probably lose his love once she learns of his deception.

Harriet Klausner

This story is set on the East Sussex Coast, England, 1847. Jade Smithfield's grandmother unwittingly sold a land option to the South Downs Railroad before she died. When Jade learned that her man of affairs, Neil Kirby, engineered it, she discharged him. However, when Kirby left he took her inheritance, her copy of the land option sale, and the money from the sale with him. Jade needed that money and receipt if she was to have any hope of stopping the railroad from laying track on her property and keep them from uncovering her grandmother's secret. Then there is Giles Dudley, her fourth cousin twice removed. He intends to inherit the Peacehaven Estate by proving Jade's grandmother insane at the time she made her will. If he succeeds, Dudley inherits everything. Jade and all the people who depend on her will be thrown into the streets.

Marcus Fitzalan wants to save his disabled brother's railroad, and the families who will lose their living without it, by investigating into the railroad accidents halting construction. To do so, Marcus applies as Jade's new man of affairs. But Marcus finds out upon meeting Jade that his philandering days are over. The more learns about Jade and the women and children she takes care of, the more he knows that Jade must have a very good reason for wanting to stop the railroad's construction. However, he cannot help Jade if she does not trust and confide in him.

***** Author Annette Blair combines action and romance with strong characters and a bit of comedy to give her readers a story they will never forget! I could not help but fall in love with little Emmy and her puppy's antics. Nor could I stop myself from feeling as though I knew all the main and secondary characters for real. The story is written so smoothly that I felt as if I was a part of their circle. Such writing talent is rare and I am grateful to have come across this novel. It is heading straight for my Keeper Shelf, never to be loaned out, and hoarded for my future reading pleasure alone. Annette Blair is a master (or is it mistress?) of the Historical Romance genre. I cannot recommend this tale highly enough and I plan to tell everyone I know about it. *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

A great addition to the Campaigns of the Civil War series, and proof that there is always something fresh to say about any historical subject. I especially liked the essay concerning Lee's personnel moves in the wake of The Wilderness; it's becoming increasingly politically incorrect to praise Marse Robert. Also, the essay on the fighting at the Bloody Angle is a wonderful piece of microhistory. The maps are excellent. As with the rest of the series, a must- read for the hardened Civil War student.

Gallagher hits homeruns with this wonderful series of books on the critical campaigns of the CW. Not a continuous retelling but Gallagher and company get into specifics of the campaign through separate essays that allow greater detail on controversies, personnel, mistakes, and many subjects that prior to this were limited in detail. An example is Krick the Younger's detailed essay on the little known battle of Yellow Tavern that cost Jeb Steuart his life. The other essays all offer new detail and great insight. I was particularly fascinated by Gallagher's own essay on Lee's grappling with command erosion through the loss of Longstreet, Ewell's collapse and Hill's physical erosion. Show's Lee as a great commander much like a coach that loses star players but still manages a great game. All the essays are excellent by Matter, Reardon, Blair, Rhea and Carmichael but Krick senior's feature on the Mule Shoe exhibits great detail on one of the most horrid portions of any battle of the CW involving endless hours of close up fighting in the salient. The fighting involves trench warfare, attacking and shooting from just a few feet apart, hand to hand combat, continuous rain and a continuing of a struggle with death that seemed to have no end. After you read Krick's Mule Shoe, you recognize how the war changed dramatically from Bull Run to an incredible desperate struggle of all out war. Read closely Krick senior's dig at Longstreet who was not present after being shot down in the wilderness. Krick, a legendary critic of Longstreet, cannot leave him alone even in his absence.

This is an excellent desk reference, although highly technical it's an excellent desk resource for design and support systems engineering.

Jerry Whitaker and Blair Benson have authored a "bible" for the audio engineer. I find myself often reading sections of the book that cover items I haven't used since college. It is also a very useful reference work for concepts and applications, and a great help in "refreshing" the memory. Worth every penny I paid for it.

This book doesn't have nice illustration or fancy pictures, but covers all the major aspects of managing, without boasting or waffling. It's very well written, so I would define it a "VERY USEFUL" book.

This book is a very well written guide to the essentials of business management. No techno-babble, no haughty wordiness. Direct, succinct, and funny at times. Nice book for those of us who have too much of this type of stuff to read.

Stealing the show is an awesome book. I like Sabrina Wells because of her bubbly personality and short height, because I'm short, too! Sabs and I have alot in common also because we love acting and are both very dramatic!

Stealing the show is a very funny book. I enjoyed reading it a lot and would love to read more books from this series. In this book Sabrina Wells tries out for the part of Sandy in her school play Grease. The only problem is Stacy tries out for Sandy and gets the part. Sabrina is given the role of Frenchy and does very well. A very funny part is when Sabrina tries to die her hair Blonde but it ends up orange.

Its hard to believe that the dog people lived on untitled land from before the war for southern independence up until the 1970s. But it is absolutely true my roots go deep in east texas on my mothers side and similar stories have been handed down through the generations in my family. The dog peoples world was irreversibly changed through the greed of the timber companies and oil companies never to be the same. I.C. Eason as the main charactor in this book is a heroic figure as someone who doesn't care or give a damn of what you think of him and one of fierce individualism. Read this book if you want something so different from the everyday.

I originally stumbled across this book when I typed 'Eason' in the computer at our local library while randomly searching for books. When I read the description I knew that these were my relatives. My family is from all over Texas from before it was a part of the US. This part of the family is from East Texas. My Grandpa Eason last lived in Thicket, TX.
I give this a 5 star rating, not because I'm a relative, but because it is rich with the history and language I know from when I lived near Houston 30+ years ago.

This book was incredible. I first found it at a school book fair when I was just starting to take French. I was absolutely fascinated because of the great details about France (Paris especially) that the author uses throughout the novel. I felt as if I were there. I can definitely identify with one of the main characters, Nina Shaw. She got to do what anyone with such a passion for the French culture and language would be thrilled to do. I have never seen a book with such accurate a portrayal of France. It was a simply amazing book!

This is a great story about three best friends who each have wonderful adventures in Paris. This book is about romance, friendship, dreams and goals, and choices. Too bad it's out of print, though. Qian L.

It's an excellent book, because it have information that you don't found here in Mexico in the library about Dysautonomia.

This book is a valuable guide for patients grappling with autonomic dysfuntion, and also for their relatives. Several different classes of sycope are covered in detail. Many patients spend years trying to get a correct diagnosis, and after diagnosis, they struggle to find some helpful therapy. Many family practice physicians may see a patient with prodromal symptoms for years before referring them to a specialist. This work helps explain why these problems are often brushed aside.

This is a delightful and insightful book that is well researched. It has very interesting background on many place names and gives the reader a new understanding on why we have such odd names for many of our towns, etc. I am sure that the same kind of explanations may be applied to place names in many states, not just North Carolina; therefore this book is not just for North Carolinians!

I am familiar with this author's writings & I always find her stories warm, funny & just a lovely respite between stress attacks. She is a fabulous southern writer. This book is no exception, she humorously explains why certain oddly named cities in North Carolina happened to get their names. this is a great beach read! It is also a fun road book witht he kids!