Benson — Come Here to Me

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Come Here To Me (Prickly Hawthorn Village)
 by Karen Dean Benson

come here to meWhen a progressive gentleman doctor struggles to fit into the deeply entrenched culture of a rural Irish village, he realizes not all learning comes from books. Christopher Curran, newly graduated from Edinburgh Medical School, has dreamt of bringing modern medicine to Hawthorn Village. His struggle to fit into the deeply entrenched culture of the rural Irish village worsens when rumor of an unspeakable crime sifts through the village suggesting he might be involved. Renata Fitzjames and her irascible mother are newly arrived in Hawthorn from Portugal. They have come to fulfill a promise she made to her father on his deathbed. She resolves to keep her distance from the doctor knowing he has good reason to interfere. Dino, a runaway cabin boy off a pirate ship, becomes an unwitting complication for the doctor when the lad seeks refuge in the unlikeliest of places. [more]

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Benson — Secret at Dark Castle

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Secret at Dark Castle (Prickly Hawthorn Village Book 1) by Karen Dean Benson

secret at dark castleA secret no one dared whisper… 1816 County Waterford, Hawthorn Village, Ireland Mairéad, left in a basket on the steps of The Sacred Heart Convent and raised by the nuns, intends to take vows in the fall when she turns eighteen. Having lived her life within the cloister, she knows nothing of the secular world except for the dealings she has had with people who bring their manuscripts to be illuminated. Her delicate artistry is a source of income for the convent. A local aristocrat, Lord Darnley, willing to pay a vast amount for work on his manuscript, demands she stay at Rockmore Hall for the summer to illuminate a book he wrote about his ancestors.  [more]

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Benson — Mulberry Bend

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Mulberry Bend, Aisling’s Story (Ladies of Mischief Book 3)
by Karen Dean Benson

 

Pilfering food for her sickly máthair, Aisling O’Quinn wanders amidst the filth-ridden cobbled streets of Five Points, Manhattan. A matron of the Children’s Aid Society catches her and considers it her civic duty to force the twelve-year-old onto an orphan train to a “better life.” [more]

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Benson — Mission Song

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Mission Song: Chenoa’s Story (Ladies of Mischief Book 2)
by Karen Dean Benson

 

In the spring of 1836, eighteen-year-old Chenoa Sandoval escapes the suffocating Mt. Saint Dominic Convent in Boston and sails around the tip of South America to the wild land of her birth, Carmel, Alta California. Chenoa is determined to honor the memory of Padre Tomas, Mission San Carlos Borromeo’s last executor, who was also her adopted father. [more]

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Benson — Devil’s Grace

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Devil’s Grace: Renn Arelia’s Story (Ladies of Mischief Book 1)
by Karen Dean Benson

 

In the spring of 1788, Renn Arelia Sheridan stares up at a portrait of the First Duchess of Chippenham, and the painting clearly shows an emerald brooch on her gown. Renn Arelia’s hand slips into her pocket fingering the brooch her deceased mother gave her. Her nape prickles with caution. [more]

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