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The Brides United - Sweet Edition

Author : Piper Davenport

Publisher : Trixie Publishing, Inc.

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 34,72 MB

Release : 2021-05-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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***This is the SWEET version of the Brides United, edited to be suitable for a younger audience*** Professional dancer Mark Battaglia is desperate to be reunited with the sister he thought was lost forever. When he defies time to find her, he comes face-to-face with a hostile brother-in-law and a beautiful woman he can’t seem to get out of his mind. Headstrong and independent Gabrielle Butler is determined to oppose her overprotective father and contact her cousin in the War Office. She has sensitive information that could change the course of the combat that is tearing the country apart. Caught up in her mission, she is unprepared for the effect a mysterious and dashing stranger has on her heart. In the midst of the War Between the States, a group of friends make a bold decision to stop the death of one of the greatest men in history. Can Mark and Gabrielle overcome the obstacles that stand in their way? Can the friends succeed in their quest to change history?



American Child Bride

Author : Nicholas L. Syrett

Publisher : UNC Press Books

Page : 369 pages

File Size : 12,68 MB

Release : 2016-09-02

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1469629542

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Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. But Nicholas L. Syrett challenges this assumption in his sweeping and sometimes shocking history of youthful marriage in America. Focusing on young women and girls--the most common underage spouses--Syrett tracks the marital history of American minors from the colonial period to the present, chronicling the debates and moral panics related to these unions. Although the frequency of child marriages has declined since the early twentieth century, Syrett reveals that the practice was historically far more widespread in the United States than is commonly thought. It also continues to this day: current estimates indicate that 9 percent of living American women were married before turning eighteen. By examining the legal and social forces that have worked to curtail early marriage in America--including the efforts of women's rights activists, advocates for children's rights, and social workers--Syrett sheds new light on the American public's perceptions of young people marrying and the ways that individuals and communities challenged the complex legalities and cultural norms brought to the fore when underage citizens, by choice or coercion, became husband and wife.



The Bride Accused - Sweet Edition

Author : Piper Davenport

Publisher : Trixie Publishing, Inc.

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 28,53 MB

Release : 2021-05-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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***This is the SWEET version of the Bride Accused, edited to be suitable for a younger audience*** Jessica Battaglia, an RN at Harrisburg Hospital, is drugged and framed for her grandfather’s murder. While in the interrogation room at the police station, she finds herself transported to a remote area where she meets a mysterious stranger. Inexplicably drawn to the gorgeous young man, she’s pulled into an adventure she could have never imagined. Travis Wade is a deserter, but presumed dead in the Union Army. He’s being hunted by unknown assailants and in his journey to get to safety, he comes upon a beautiful woman who turns his world upside down. Falling in love with her was not the plan and she is not what he expected, but he cannot resist her, even though she refuses his offer of marriage. When she disappears, will he be able to find her? Will she finally trust him enough to give him her heart?



Japanese War Brides in America

Author : Miki Ward Crawford

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 24,90 MB

Release : 2009-11-25

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0313362025

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Following the end of World War II, 500,000 American troops occupied every prefecture of Japan and interracial marriages occurred. The sudden influx of 50,000 Japanese war brides during 1946-1965 created social tension in the United States, while opening up one of the country's largest cross-cultural integrations. This book reveals the stories of 19 Japanese war brides whose assimilation into American culture forever influenced future generations, depicting love, strength, and perseverance in the face of incredible odds. The Japanese war brides hold a unique place in American history and have been called ambassadors to the United States. For the first time in English these women share their triumphs, sorrows, successes, and identity in a time when their own future was tainted by social segregation. This oral history focuses mainly on women's lives in the period following World War II and the occupation of Japan. It illuminates the cultural expectations, the situations brought about by the war, and effects of the occupation, and also include quotes from various war brides regarding this time. Chapter interviews are set up in chronological fashion and laid out in the following format: introduction of the war bride, how she met her husband, her initial travels to America, and life thereafter. Where needed, explanations, translations, and background history with references are provided.



Buying a Bride

Author : Marcia A. Zug

Publisher : NYU Press

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 26,58 MB

Release : 2016-06-07

Category : Law

ISBN : 1479821322

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There have always been mail-order brides in America—but we haven’t always thought about them in the same ways. In Buying a Bride, Marcia A. Zug starts with the so-called “Tobacco Wives” of the Jamestown colony and moves all the way forward to today’s modern same-sex mail-order grooms to explore the advantages and disadvantages of mail-order marriage. It’s a history of deception, physical abuse, and failed unions. It’s also the story of how mail-order marriage can offer women surprising and empowering opportunities. Drawing on a forgotten trove of colorful mail-order marriage court cases, Zug explores the many troubling legal issues that arise in mail-order marriage: domestic abuse and murder, breach of contract, fraud (especially relating to immigration), and human trafficking and prostitution. She tells the story of how mail-order marriage lost the benign reputation it enjoyed in the Civil War era to become more and more reviled over time, and she argues compellingly that it does not entirely deserve its current reputation. While it is a common misperception that women turn to mail-order marriage as a desperate last resort, most mail-order brides are enticed rather than coerced. Since the first mail-order brides arrived on American shores in 1619, mail-order marriage has enabled women to improve both their marital prospects and their legal, political, and social freedoms. Buying A Bride uncovers this history and shows us how mail-order marriage empowers women and should be protected and even encouraged.



The Bride Pursued

Author : Piper Davenport

Publisher : Trixie Publishing, Inc.

Page : 375 pages

File Size : 18,54 MB

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Category : Fiction

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18+ for language and sexual situations… Is love timeless? Does only one true love exist for each person? Can the course of history be changed in order to save a future generation? Shaye Montgomery is the tour manager for her childhood friend and major recording artist, Rayne Green. Rayne disappears on the night of a sold-out concert in Chicago, leaving Shaye to pick up the pieces while trying to figure out what happened to her friend. Shaye flies from Seattle to Chicago in an effort to investigate Rayne's disappearance, and finds herself transported back in time and trapped in a tiny cabin with a badly beaten man. Laughing Crow is a talented tracker who, while on the way to join his friends in Harrisburg for Thanksgiving, is attacked by a group of men and left for dead. He finds himself being tended to by a beautiful and mysterious woman who captures his heart and turns his life upside down. Despite his love for Shaye, Laughing Crow must keep her at a distance, in a misguided effort to protect her from society. Heartbroken, Shaye chooses to leave, changing the course of their lives forever. Will the man known for finding the unfindable be successful in his pursuit of the woman he loves?



The Bride Spy

Author : Piper Davenport

Publisher : Trixie Publishing, Inc.

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 28,63 MB

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Category : Fiction

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Hannah Nelson, a native New Zealander, has been accepted to DePaul University in Chicago. She had been living in Portland, Oregon for several years, and is relieved to be away from the questions surrounding the sudden disappearance of her close friend, Emma. While at her dance studio, housed in an historic building in downtown Chicago, she is drawn to a painting of a handsome man from 1865, and as she looks into his emerald green eyes, her world goes black. Christopher Butler is in Lincoln's War Cabinet and working with his close friend, Clayton Madden to keep the President safe. Upon returning from Lincoln's historic Gettysburg Address, he hears a strange noise in his barn, and enters to find a beautiful woman unconscious on the straw strewn floor. He realizes quickly she is the key to his sanity and he will never let her go. As Hannah navigates her new world and comes to terms with the fact she has been transported back in time, will she allow Christopher to love her? Will she find answers about what happened to Emma in her own circumstances, and will she find out if her presence in the past will help the state of the future?



The Bride Found

Author : Piper Davenport

Publisher : Trixie Publishing, Inc.

Page : 382 pages

File Size : 12,38 MB

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Category : Fiction

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18+ for language and sexual situations… Is love timeless? Does only one true love exist for each person? Can the course of history be changed in order to save a future generation? Emma Wellington is dealing with the strange disappearance of her sister and brother-in-law, and no one is certain they're even still alive. Saddled with their home drowning in probate, she is forced to take over the settling of their estate. As she is standing in her sister's library, possibly for the last time, she sees a strange vision and then her world goes black. She awakens to find herself in an old-fashioned carriage house, facing a man in top hat and tails. Clayton Madden is in Lincoln's War Cabinet and after arriving home one evening, discovers a beautiful woman in the shadows of his carriage house. He is immediately enamored with the tall beauty, despite her strange speech and dress. His intention is to get to know her further, but she disappears in the middle of the night with no explanation as to where she's gone. Will he find her before a deeper plot threatens her life? Will Clayton and Emma find a love that is everlasting?



The Bride Star

Author : Piper Davenport

Publisher : Trixie Publishing, Inc.

Page : 378 pages

File Size : 45,15 MB

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Category : Fiction

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18+ for language and sexual situations... Rayne Green, is a major recording star and on tour to promote her latest album. Sharp-tongued and unapologetic, Rayne doesn't make friends easily and trusts only one person...her best friend, Shaye. After a concert in Chicago, an old friend from high school lures her to an abandoned building under false pretenses. She's not prepared for what he does next, and in her attempt to escape, her world goes black. Samuel Powell is the head of an exclusive prison, housing the worst of the worst in the country’s treasonous realm. A night with friends is cut short when the sheriff summons him to the local jail. Sam finds a woman, drugged and scantily-clad, causing a general ruckus. His heart is lost the moment he meets her, but her refusal to tell him who she is and where she's from raise questions Sam cannot fully comprehend the answers to. Once the truth is revealed, will he be able to convince her to stay? Will she be willing to give up the old life she knows for the new love she has found?



The Beauty and Glory of Christ's Bride

Author : Joel R. Beeke

Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books

Page : 167 pages

File Size : 21,20 MB

Release : 2015-08-14

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1601784082

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This collection of a dozen addresses given on the church as Christ’s bride at the 2014 Annual Conference of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary unpacks three overarching themes: looking at the loveliness of Christ’s bride, walking in the path with Christ’s bride, and sharing in the sorrow and hope of Christ’s bride. Specific topics addressed include the beauty of the church’s essence, communion, holiness, unity, diversity, membership, preaching, worship, sacraments, discipline, mission, persecution, and future glory. Together these chapters form an appreciative and practical book on the doctrine of the church, stirring up believers to have greater devotion to Christ’s bride. Two chapters are written by each author, including Michael Barrett, Joel R. Beeke, Gerald Bilkes, Conrad Mbewe, David Murray, and William VanDoodewaard. Table of Contents: Looking at the Loveliness of the Bride of Christ 1. Our Devotion to Christ’s Bride—Conrad Mbewe 2. The Bride’s Spiritual Essence and Communion in the Body of Christ—Gerald Bilkes 3. The Healthy Holiness of Christ’s Bride—Michael Barrett 4. The Unity and Diversity of Christ’s Beautiful Bride—David Murray Walking in the Path with the Bride of Christ 5. The Beauty of Church Membership—Joel R. Beeke 6. Preaching to and Shepherding Christ’s Bride—Michael Barrett 7. The Beautiful, Biblical Worship of Christ’s Bride: A Puritan View—Joel R. Beeke 8. The Beautiful Sacraments of Christ’s Bride—Gerald Bilkes 9. The Bride’s Beautiful Discipline—David Murray 10. The Mission of Christ’s Bride—William VanDoodewaard Sharing in the Sorrow and Hope of the Bride of Christ 11. The Persecution of Christ’s Bride—William VanDoodewaard 12. Christ’s Bride United with Her Bridegroom in Glory—Conrad Mbewe