The Ship of Brides

2014-05-27 Fiction

Author : Jojo Moyes
Release : 2014-05-27
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 34X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Ship of Brides by : Jojo Moyes

Download or read book The Ship of Brides written by Jojo Moyes. This book was released on 2014-05-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures 1946. World War II has ended and all over the world, young women are beginning to fulfill the promises made to the men they wed in wartime. In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other war brides on an extraordinary voyage to England—aboard HMS Victoria, which still carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers. Rules are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier’s captain down to the lowliest young deckhand. But the men and the brides will find their lives intertwined despite the Navy’s ironclad sanctions. And for Frances Mackenzie, the complicated young woman whose past comes back to haunt her far from home, the journey will change her life in ways she never could have predicted—forever.

A Reluctant Bride (The Bride Ships Book #1)

2019-06-04 Fiction

Author : Jody Hedlund
Release : 2019-06-04
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 688/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Reluctant Bride (The Bride Ships Book #1) by : Jody Hedlund

Download or read book A Reluctant Bride (The Bride Ships Book #1) written by Jody Hedlund. This book was released on 2019-06-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in London's poorest slum, Mercy Wilkins has little hope of a better life. When she's offered an opportunity to join a bride ship sailing to British Columbia, she agrees. After witnessing so much painful heartache and loss in the slums, the bride ship is her only prospect to escape a bleak future, not only for herself but, she hopes, someday for her sister. Wealthy and titled Joseph Colville leaves home and takes to the sea in order to escape the pain of losing his family. As ship's surgeon, he's in charge of the passengers' welfare aboard the Tynemouth, including sixty brides-to-be. He has no immediate intention of settling down, but when Mercy becomes his assistant, the two must fight against a forbidden love. With hundreds of single men congregating on the shore eager to claim a bride from the Tynemouth, will Mercy and Joseph lose their chance at true love, or will they be able to overcome the obstacles that threaten to keep them apart?

The Runaway Bride (The Bride Ships Book #2)

2020-03-03 Fiction

Author : Jody Hedlund
Release : 2020-03-03
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 847/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Runaway Bride (The Bride Ships Book #2) written by Jody Hedlund. This book was released on 2020-03-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wealthy Arabella Lawrence flees to British Columbia on a bride ship still wearing the scars of past mistakes. One of the few single women in the boomtown, she immediately has suitors, but she is determined not to find herself trapped again by a poor choice. Vying for her hand are two very different men. Lieutenant Richard Drummond is a gentleman in the Navy and is held in high esteem. Peter Kelly is the town's baker and has worked hard to build a thriving business. He and Drummond not only compete for Arabella's affections, but clash over their views of how the natives should be treated in the midst of a smallpox outbreak. As Arabella begins to overcome her fears, she discovers someone in dire need--a starving girl abandoned by her tribe. Intent on helping the girl, Arabella leans on Peter's advice and guidance. Will she have the wisdom to make the right decision or will seeking what's right cost both her and Peter everything?

A Bride of Convenience (The Bride Ships Book #3)

2020-06-30 Fiction

Author : Jody Hedlund
Release : 2020-06-30
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 218/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Bride of Convenience (The Bride Ships Book #3) written by Jody Hedlund. This book was released on 2020-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unemployed mill worker Zoe Hart jumps at the opportunity to emigrate to British Columbia in 1863 to find a better life and be reunited with her brother, who fled from home after being accused of a crime. Pastor to miners in the mountains, Abe Merivale discovers an abandoned baby during a routine visit to Victoria and joins efforts with Zoe, one of the newly arrived bride-ship women, to care for the infant. While there, he's devastated by the news from his fiancee in England that she's marrying another man. With mounting pressure to find the baby a home, Zoe accepts a proposal from a miner of questionable character after he promises to help her locate her brother. Intent on protecting Zoe and frustrated by his failed engagement, Abe offers his own hand as groom. After a hasty wedding, they soon realize their marriage of convenience is not so convenient after all.

Voyages of Hope

2011-07-06 History

Author : Peter Johnson
Release : 2011-07-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 469/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Voyages of Hope written by Peter Johnson. This book was released on 2011-07-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A line of nervous young women got off a ship in Victoria Harbour in 1862 and had to walk the gauntlet between two rows of jostling, eager men. One girl, proposed to on the spot, accepted equally quickly and left town with her new husband. Why did these women leave everything behind in England and come to the west coast? The answers lie in the lusty turmoil of a gold-rush frontier, the horrible disruptions of industrial England and the conflicting aims of earnest Christians and early British feminists.

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