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Hannah Glick married the love of her life, but was widowed too young. Is she ready to risk her heart-and her family-for a new love?
Hannah finds herself at a crossroads in her life. Her community offers her love and support after the untimely death of her husband, but an Englisher offers her the chance of a new life after her unexpected tragedy.
Wealthy businessman Trey Peterson is surprised by his attraction to the gentle Amish woman who works...
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"Madeleine would be in California and married to her pilot fiancé--if death hadn't changed everything. Now the former Air Force flight nurse is living alone in Paradise, Pennsylvania, and working as a maid at the Lancaster Grand Hotel. Saul Beiler's eleven-year-old daughter, Emma, doesn't know that her mother fled the Amish community and married another man. She does know that her dat is lonely, and that a pretty young maedel just moved in next...
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Four women working at the Lancaster Grand Hotel find their way through life and love.
A Hopeful Heart. Hannah's community offers her love and support after the untimely death of her husband, but an Englisher offers her the chance of a new life after the unexpected tragedy.
A Mother's Secret. Carolyn knows she might never find a man who will have her and her son, Benjamin. A marriage of convenience doesn't sound so bad, yet Carolyn knows she...
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Marcos Prior and Eisner-nominated artist David Rubín (The Hero, Rumble, Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West) weave a politically satirical look at democracy today through the lense of hyper-violence and explosive action. Imagine a world overrun by big business and "fake news" via the social media machine . . . In The Grand Abyss Hotel neoliberalism has become a state religion, while the citizens quietly and then not-so-quietly rebel, giving way...
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"After surviving an accident that orphaned her at four, Linda Zook was reluctantly raised by her uncle. Both have destroyed her self-worth. Then Hannah Peterson asks her to work at the Heart of Paradise Bed & Breakfast, and Linda finally gains some confidence. Estranged from his family for years, Aaron Ebersol rushes home after receiving word of his mother's stroke. When he decides to stay at the B & B, Aaron and Linda open up to each other"--From...
8) Lady Be Good
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When exiled royalty and espionage combine, expect a romance as bold as the 1920s . . .
Olga Novikov is a princess without a throne. Her fiancé and her family slain in the revolution, she flees Russia and finds herself working as the head of housekeeping at London's luxurious Grand Russe Hotel. It's a far cry from the glamour of her former life, but she's grateful for the job-until a guest forces her to question where her loyalty lies. The charming...
9) If I Had You
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Inside the glittering walls of a famous hotel, an ingénue experiences first passion . . .
As she stands before the gilded doors of The Grand Russe Hotel, Alecia Loudon is poised on the threshold of a profound awakening. It is the Roaring Twenties, and London is buzzing with opportunities for adventure . . . and indiscretion. The young personal secretary knows nothing of the ways of men, but a chance meeting with the hotel's handsome night watchman...
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For a young woman swept into international adventure, romance can't be far behind…
The 1920s are in full swing when Sadie Loudon leaves her grandfather's stodgy vicarage, and she dreams of the glamour and excitement she's seen on the silver screen. But before she even begins work at the storied Grand Russe Hotel, she is ushered into London's glittering nightlife by a handsome young businessman intent on introducing her to the pleasures available...
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Mientras se documenta para un libro sobre el turismo de masas, un escritor llamado Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer sufre una dolorosa ruptura sentimental y decide dejarlo todo para poner orden en sus recuerdos. El lugar que elige para su retiro es el Grand Hotel Europa, un establecimiento de pasado ilustre y futuro incierto habitado por un elenco de personajes estrambóticos. El autor se impone la tarea de reconstruir por escrito su explosiva relación con...
12) The Grand Hotel
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Brilliant Geeky handsome workaholic Louis La Cour has all the privileges of a successful life. But sometimes looks can be deceiving.His beautiful wife Pearl La Cour feels ignored and desperate for love. She's still haunted by the sins of her youth.Celica Baptiste, young and successful, she's full of drive and ambition. She's a woman willing to do anything for her man.Love, lust, and hatred are basic elements of the story when shattered dreams turn...
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The Roaring Twenties was a period of lavish living in St. Louis. In 1917, when Ellsworth Statler decided to build a hotel in St. Louis, he ignited a hotel-building boom that was only quenched by the Great Depression of 1929. Architectural masterpieces arose, and local citizens and out-of-towners marveled at their grandeur. These hotels were hubs of activity and gathering places for high society. They survived the Great Depression and two world wars,...
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Paris. 1917. Never underestimate the power of a good hat... or a sharp hatpin.
Sent by the War Office to follow the notorious Black Panther, file clerk turned secret agent Fiona Figg is under strict orders not to get too close and not to wear any of her usual "get-ups."
But what self-respecting British spy can resist a good disguise?
Within hours of her arrival in Paris, Fiona is up to her fake
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When American millionaire Theodore Racksole and his twenty-three-year-old daughter Nella stumble upon The Grand Babylon Hotel, an exclusive London establishment, they are so struck by the fascinating building that Theodore decides to purchase it. But soon a criminal conspiracy arises that endangers that purchase, and Theodore and Nella must turn detective to protect it.
16) High dive
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A tale inspired by the 1984 Brighton Hotel bombing assassination attempt on the lives of Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet is told from the perspectives of an IRA bomb maker, a former star athlete-turned-hotel manager, and the manager's teenage daughter.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. Acting as a kind of father figure, M. Gustave leads the resourceful Zero on a journey that involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting; the battle for an enormous family fortune; a desperate chase...
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This companion to The Wes Anderson Collection takes readers behind the scenes of the Oscar-winning film The Grand Budapest Hotel with a series of interviews between writer/director Wes Anderson and movie/television critic Matt Zoller Seitz.
Learn all about the film's conception, hear personal anecdotes from the set, and explore the wide variety of sources that inspired the screenplay and imagery-from author Stefan Zweig to filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch...
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In this fascinating book-liberally illustrated with vintage postcards, photos, and blueprints-author Brian Butko weaves together interviews and surviving documents to tell the eight-decade story of this beloved icon of the road, that was also, a monument to grand ideas, whimsy, and good old hucksterism.
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During Cleveland's heyday, the world's most influential businessmen, politicians and entertainers flocked to America's sixth-largest city, enjoying the full hospitality of splendid hotels befitting a first-rate metropolis. Marked by architectural splendor, sumptuous design, technical innovation and world-class service, these grand palaces rose and fell with Cleveland's fortunes. From Teddy Roosevelt dining under the ornate chandeliers of the Hotel...