Books with author TS Douglas

No one knows how difficult it can be to manage an insecure heart better than Lisa Curry.Lisa spent her whole life grappling with loss and abandonment, plagued by the confusion, insecurity and unworthiness instilled in her by her mother’s absence. Early experiences taught her that the best way to guard her heart was to keep to herself. Matt Gunther was the man she allowed in. With his sweet charms and tender touch, he broke through the barriers she had put up. Yet, in the end, he left Lisa when she was at her most vulnerable … and pregnant.With her supportive cousin, Samuel, Lisa embraces motherhood, determined to give her son the love and attention she never had. With Samuel’s help, Lisa finds stability, hope and Kathleen Baker, a woman who yearns for a friendship that Lisa’s insecurities won’t allow her to give.As much as Samuel and Kathleen are willing to help Lisa, not even they can eliminate the medical foe that weakens her child. They can’t promise Lisa that everything will work out when circumstances are against her. Faced with the possibility of losing her greatest treasure, Lisa must pin her hopes in the goodwill of a person who has caused her much sorrow—someone she’d lost hope in a long time ago.

Olivia in India follows the adventures of the titular character as she navigates the cities and countryside of India in the early 20th century. The entire book is written as diary entries, wherein Olivia recounts the various events of the preceding days and weeks. Her account is generally happy and reflective, although descriptions of the adversities native to travel prior to electricity or aircraft are eye-opening, as are the dialogues Olivia has with various people she encounters along her way. Olivia visits the city of Calcutta at a time when the Indian subcontinent was a colonial holding of the British Empire, beholding the bustle of city life and perusing its myriad sights. We receive a vivid portrait of the sights and sounds of India as a pre-industrial nation under colonial rule, and how the occupiers and natives would behave. A fascinating chronicle of a world which has since dissipated beneath successive waves of modernisation, Olivia in India has received criticism for its overly pleasant depiction of a society which was in actuality characterised by British oppression and profiteering. However, supporters of the book note its generally realistic descriptions, and its evocative style.

This is the true life story of O. Douglas’ mother, but depicted as a fictional mother reminiscing with her daughter. The story starts with the mother’s early marriage and family life in Scotland, where she sets about raising six children while supporting her husband, a minister. This pleasing, nostalgic book is full of domestic joy and love, but tinged with tragedy as the family struggles with illness and the First World War.Published 1922.

This is a charming and warm tale of family, friendship and romance. The story takes place in a small Scottish town, just after WWI. The heroine of the book Jean Jardine, a Scottish girl raising her younger brothers on her own, is a young woman of high moral values and kind heart. Jardine's family is poor and they had their deal of hardships, but their home is a house of joy, music and love of books, honouring the only treasure they own, their father's old library. Their everyday life is suddenly shaken when a mysterious stranger asks for their hospitality.

In a land of legends and sorcery, Shepard is unremarkable. Although he is the youngest of three heirs to the throne, no one respects those without magic, royalty or not.Frustrated and determined to prove his worth, Shepard sets out to discover abilities of his own, only to find he gets far more than he bargained for. His power flares out of control, haunting him with visions of destruction. Then they begin to come true.In a bid to use his powers to reverse what has been done, Shepard’s dangerous gift is exposed. Everything is at stake unless the young prince finds a way to alter what he’s set into motion. But that means diving even deeper into the madness of his gift. Deeper into the poison…Can Shepard save his land without losing himself in the process?

The line between prophecy and prison.Morrigan wakes in the mysterious land of Lhiminal after a brush with death, leaving her with no recollection of her life before. As her past unravels, Morrigan finds that she is the last of the Stoneborn, a rank of powerful warriors destined to purge the realm of its Dark King, Lysander.The young warrior grows unsettled at the thought that her path has already been laid out for her. She doesn’t want a life filled with conflict and death, but she also doesn’t seem to have a say. Determined to break free from destiny, Morrigan tries time and again to deny her purpose.However, Lysander draws closer with her every hesitation, wielding an ancient and powerful magic capable of tearing Lhiminal apart. And the Dark King is hellbent on using it to destroy the last Stoneborn.Will Morrigan accept her fate in order to survive?“I didn’t want to kill her. But she wouldn’t stop, so neither could I…”Scroll up and one-click now!

This book is an autobiographical novel written by O. Douglas (the pseudonym of Anna Buchan). It tells a mother's story through the daughter's eyes. The storyline is set in Scotland in the early 20th century. The background of the author's personal life makes out of this story an even more vivid account, an engaging and relatable story which won't leave anybody indifferent.

The Prōdigium is a coming of age, young adult novel whose main character, a sixteen year old boy, is born with a unique genetic code that makes him a valuable commodity in a dystopian society. The dystopian setting is not the typical apocalyptic future, but rather an America governed by new amendments brought on by the loss of natural resources, declining international influence, and societal dysfunction. The protagonist must traverse the difficulties of being in a single parent household, the complexities of emerging love, the uncertainties of his gift, and the dangers of a rich and powerful antagonist.

Victory at a most dire price.After playing her part to fulfill a legend, Morrigan now struggles to control the all-powerful magic within her, certain that the burden of obtaining it will ease with time.But there is none left. Little does she know; a curse now stirs beneath the surface of her kingdom.In the obsession to obtain a magic that controls life, Morrigan has unknowingly created an enemy made of death. A wretched hunger that can only be satisfied with her undoing.Can the Stoneborn Queen harness her powers before it’s too late?