Books with author Grace Livingston 1865-1947 Hill

How is this book unique? Illustrations includedOriginal & Unabridged EditionOne of the best books to readClassic historical fiction booksExtremely well formattedThe ground was rough where she stood, and there seemed no sign of a platform. Did they not have platforms in this wild Western land, or was the train so long that her car had stopped before reaching it? She strained her eyes into the darkness, and tried to make out things from the two or three specks of light that danced about like fireflies in the distance. She could dimly see moving figures away up near the engine, and each one evidently carried a lantern. The train was tremendously long. A sudden feeling of isolation took possession of her. Perhaps she ought not to have got out until some one came to help her. Perhaps the train had not pulled into the station yet and she ought to get back on it and wait. Yet if the train started before she found the conductor she might be carried on somewhere and be justly blame her for a fool.

Aunt Marilla Chadwick wants to find a young man for her lovely young friend, Mary Amber. She sees a tall young soldier walking slowly toward her house. It doesn’t matter that his uniform is bedraggled and dirty or that she had never seem him before in her life, for Aunt Marilla has an idea, a plan, a sudden inspiration—and soon she, Mary Amber, and the mysterious soldier are all entangled in an adventure that will change their lives forever.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Dawn Of The Morning by Grace Livingston Hill Dawn Rensselaer is a runaway bride, fleeing a husband she was tricked into marrying. But is she also running away from love? In the year 1824, in a pleasant town located between Schenectady and Albany, stood the handsome colonial residence of Hamilton Van Rensselaer. Solemn hedges shut in the family pride and hid the family sorrow, and about the borders of its spacious gardens, where even the roses seemed subdued, there played a child. The stately house oppressed her, and she loved the sombre garden best Her only friend in the old house seemed a tall clock that stood on the stairs and told out the hours in the hopeless tone that was expected of a clock in such a house, though it often took time to wink pleasantly at the child as she passed by, and talk off a few seconds and minutes in a brighter tone. But the great clock on the staircase ticked awesomely one morning as the little girl went slowly down to her father's study in response to his bidding...

The straitlaced, conservative little town of Roslyn was shocked when Victoria Gracen opened her home to young Dick Gracen. Oh, they understood that he had just lost his mother and he needed a home… but everyone knew that Dick was a hopeless case—a reckless troublemaker who they were sure would bring gentle, lovely Victoria nothing but grief.Victoria ignored their dire predictions. Instead, she set about to tame the boy’s wild ways with tenderness and faith. Everyone knew she would fail… but they hadn’t counted on one thing: It would take a heart of stone to resist Victoria Gracen!

The Tryst is a Christian inspirational fiction by Grace Livingston HillA Tale of Love, Friendship, Redemption and morePatricia Merrill, richly clad in gray duvetyne with moleskin trimmings, soft shod in gray suede boots, came slowly down the stairs from the third story, fastening her glove as she went. The top button was refractory and she paused in the middle of the stairs to give it her undivided attention. The light from the great ground-glass skylight overhead sifted down in a pool of brightness about her, and gave a vivid touch to the knot of coral velvet in her little moleskin toque. She was a pretty picture as she stood there with that drifting light about her like silver rain, and a wistful look in her eyes and about her lips.A voice sailed out like a dart from the half-open door at the foot of the stairs and stabbed her heart...