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EBook of Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope (www.anthonytrollope.com)

Trapped in a world full of pain and hopelessness, a scary encounter leads midwife, Millie Wallace, to make a snap decision about escaping to build a better life. With nothing but the clothes on her back, she travels from Kansas to Fort Worth, Texas as a mail order bride – with no intention of being a bride at all!Sheriff John Lockhart has been chosen by Pastor Littlejohn and his matchmaking wife to be the next man in the congregation to court a woman who answered their Hearts and Hands ad. He, too, has a tragic past, but unlike Millie, everything he’s been through is common knowledge.Can the sheriff break through Millie’s wall of distrust? Will the secret she ran from haunt her forever? Find out in this second standalone story of the Wanted: Wives in the West series, which follows Hannah Saves Samuel in the series. This story is a Christian, Western, Historical Romance, but it does include some rough moments, which were common during the 1880s. 

Marriage was the last thing on Dr. Oliver Scarlett's mind. He was looking forward to finishing his missionary stint in the Democratic Republic of Congo and then head for home. But, there was a damsel in distress, Ashaki Azanga, who was promised to be the fourth wife of the village chief and a life of hell.According to his colleague, David Wheeler the only solution was to marry Ashaki and get her out of the country.There were several problems with this solution: Oliver was no knight in shining armor and didn't want to be. His friend, David wanted Ashaki for himself as soon as his marriage was over, and most of all, Oliver was afraid that if he got to her know her better she would end up being his Scarlett bride for real.

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First published in 1856, five years after the appearance of Moby Dick, The Piazza Tales comprises six of Herman Melville's finest short stories. Included are two sea tales that encompass the essence of Melville's art: 'Benito Cereno,' an exhilarating account of mutiny and rescue aboard a disabled slave ship, which is a parable of man's struggle against the forces of evil, and 'The Encantadas,' ten allegorical sketches of the Galapagos Islands, which reveal nature to be both enchanting and horrifying. Two pieces explore themes of isolation and defeat found in Melville's great novels: 'Bartleby, the Scrivener,' a prophetically modern story of alienation and loss on nineteenth-century Wall Street, and 'The Bell-Tower,' a Faustian tale about a Renaissance architect who brings about his own violent destruction. The other two works reveal Melville's mastery of very different writing styles: 'The Lightning-Rod Man,' a satire showcasing his talent for Dickensian comedy, and 'The Piazza,' the title story of the collection, which anticipates the author's later absorption with poetry.