Amidst the turbulent backdrop of a manufacturing town in the grips of the Industrial Revolution, Elizabeth Gaskell penned the timeless passion of Mr. Thornton and Margaret Hale. A mixing of contemporary and Victorian, this short story anthology by twelve beloved authors considers familiar scenes from new points of view or re-imagined entirely. Capturing all the poignancy, heartbreak, and romance of the original tale, Falling for Mr. Thornton is a collection you will treasure again and agai...

She's fleeing scandal. He's given up on love. Can a proper gentlewoman and a salt-of-the-earthsingle dad embrace a second chance at forever?England, 1916. Elizabeth Edwards's humiliation is complete. Jilted by her cheating beau beforehe flew off to war, she bolts to her grandparents' house in Boston away from the luridnewspaper stories. And when her ex-fiancé tries to kidnap her, the frantic woman hops a train toNebraska to answer a charming ran...

She's still afraid. He's never stopped hurting. When they reconnect, will they take a leap of faith into each other's arms?Nebraska, 1922. Chloe Brandt relishes her freedom. Bobbing her hair and donning the latest fashions, she's been dancing her way through a big-city, flapper lifestyle after fleeing her alcoholic dad's violence. But when tragedy pulls her and an orphaned nephew back to her hometown, the oh-so-modern nurse confronts the handsome man she left behind.Reese L...

Modernism and the Anthropocene explores twentieth-century literature as it engages with the non-human world across a range of contexts. From familiar modernist works by D.H. Lawrence and Hart Crane to still-emergent genres like comics and speculative fiction, this volume tackles a series of related questions regarding how best to understand humanity’s increasing domination of the natural world.

In Building Natures, Julia Daniel establishes the influence of landscape architecture, city planning, and parks management on American poetry to show how modernists engaged with the green worlds and social playgrounds created by these new professions in the early twentieth century. The modern poets who capture these parks in verse explore the aesthetic principles and often failed democratic ideals embedded in the designers’ verdant architectures. The poetry of Carl Sandburg, Walla...

She’s fleeing scandal.He’s given up on love.Can a proper gentlewoman and a salt-of-the-earth, single dad embrace a second chance at forever?England, 1916. Elizabeth Edwards’s humiliation is complete. Jilted by her cheating beau beforehe flew off to war, she bolts to her grandparents’ house in Boston away from the luridnewspaper stories. And when her ex-fiancé tries to kidnap her, the frantic woman h...

A handsome stranger ~ An unusual cottage ~ A plan for revenge ~ An unexpected loveOn a rainy day in April, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Charles Bingley stop to ask a gentleman for directions to Netherfield since the ones they have been given appear to be faulty. At the gentleman's insistence, Darcy and his friend seek refuge from the rain at a nearby cottage. The young woman who greets them captivates Darcy with both her beauty and character.Elizabeth Ben...

The Story Unfolds ♥ Miss Elizabeth Bennet agrees to aid a wealthy heiress in her quest to secure a marriage proposal from her haughty, aristocratic cousin, Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley and Derbyshire. How could Elizabeth know the gentleman has his heart set upon another?Darcy barely acknowledges his cousin's existence. He knows what his family expects of him, but he only has eyes for Elizabeth, the charming and witty young woman he mistakenly believes is expectin...

"It is by no means certain that another offer of marriage may ever be made you." Mr. Collins reiterated his words in a great bitterness of spirit, promising that no succor would be offered to any of the Bennet family when he finally obtained control of the estate of Longbourn.However, not only was the gentleman wrong about Elizabeth's marriage prospects, but he was also spectacularly incorrect, for another gentleman of much greater consequence was intent on paying his addresses. An...

Past is Prologue … After his father threatened to cut him off financially for what the Earl of Matlock deemed his son’s debauched, heedless way of life, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam set his cap at young Lady Harriette Middleton. A second son whose habits of taste demanded he marry a woman of substantial means, Richard’s sole intention was securing her dowry. Having entered her bedchamber under the cover of darkness, he set upon his course. He promised to court her,...

The morning of Mr. Collins's proposal, Elizabeth leaves Longbourn for a walk, furious at the parson for proposing and her mother for pressing her to accept, eager to put some distance between herself and those who would persecute her. While walking, she meets a most unexpected acquaintance.Fitzwilliam Darcy is dealing with frustrations of his own. Caroline Bingley, fearful that her brother means to propose to what she considers an unsuitable woman, has demanded that Darcy support h...

Will family bring them together or tear them apart?Before he died, Fitzwilliam Darcy’s father left him one final gift – a set of letters. In them, Darcy has found both great solace and stinging admonition. As the date to receive the last letter approaches, Darcy finds himself taking his father’s words to heart, amending his ways, and considering marriage.Caring for an ill sister is never easy. Seeing to the safety of a sister’s heart is even more c...