GalvestonGalveston casts a spell ... It is a novel that sweeps you into a long-ago world of passion..love and splendor ... It is an epic of the Texas town they called America's island of lost dreams. It is the saga of three beautiful, headstrong women ... Claire, whose memory of lost love poisoned in the lives of everyone who cared for her. Serena, who sacrificed her last hopes of happiness for the child she would never see. Willa, liberated as only a Texas oil heiress could be..a woman who could have anything - except the secret of her own identity. |
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Page 145
... stay down , but of course I was one step behind him as he reached the rooftop . The strong gale plastered my hair to my head and I had to squint to see anything . The flames were east of us , quite a distance away . " I've got to get ...
... stay down , but of course I was one step behind him as he reached the rooftop . The strong gale plastered my hair to my head and I had to squint to see anything . The flames were east of us , quite a distance away . " I've got to get ...
Page 153
... stayed inside by the parlor fire most of the time . I couldn't seem to stay warm , and had the feeling in my stomach a good bleeding spell was about to come . I prayed not ; I hadn't been through one in such a long time , and if I were ...
... stayed inside by the parlor fire most of the time . I couldn't seem to stay warm , and had the feeling in my stomach a good bleeding spell was about to come . I prayed not ; I hadn't been through one in such a long time , and if I were ...
Page 154
... stay here . " " You'll have enough on your hands without worrying about a child . " " She wouldn't be any worry . " One afternoon in mid - February a man whom I had never seen came to our door . He was slightly built , carry- ing a ...
... stay here . " " You'll have enough on your hands without worrying about a child . " " She wouldn't be any worry . " One afternoon in mid - February a man whom I had never seen came to our door . He was slightly built , carry- ing a ...
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