In "Ribbons and Laces," Ruby Mildred Ayres crafts a poignant narrative that intertwines romance, societal expectations, and personal growth. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century England, the novel explores the lives of its characters as they navigate complex emotional landscapes, revealing the tensions between aspiration and reality. Ayres employs a lyrical prose style, rich with vivid imagery and nuanced dialogue, which invites readers into the hearts of her characters while als...

She was small and slight, with timid, brown eyes and soft, fair hair and a certain daintiness of person that singled her out for attention in spite of the shabbiness of her clothes.

When Linda was quite a tiny child, and, as her mother, who did not understand her, or attempt to do so, would say, “a very naughty child,” the only way in which to keep her quiet and prevent her from being naughty, was to allow her to sort out her grandmother’s “ribbon box.”Linda’s grandmother was an old-fashioned grandmother. She wore a cap of snowy lace on her grey hair, and black silk frocks that touched the ground all round, and a gold watch chain a yard and a half long which w...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Somewhere out in the night a woman was crying, crying desolately. The sad, rather monotonous sound broke the silence of the street and floated through the open window of a room where Micky Mellowes was wondering how the deuce he should get through the long evening lying before him.

"One of the wittiest, sharpest children’s fantasies ever written" – Katherine RundellGlorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones classic award-winning favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits!Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted witch with astonishing powers, so it suits her enormously when she is taken to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Her brother Eric (better known as Cat) is not so keen, for he has no talent for magic at a...

The second collection of Carolyn Wells work presents several mysteries, a non-fiction study of the art of the detective story, and a good selection of her young adult series novels. Included are:A CAROLYN WELLS BIBLIOGRAPHYTHE DEEP LAKE MYSTERYFACE CARDS (1925)THE TECHNIQUE OF THE MYSTERY STORY (1913)PTOMAINE STREET (1920)THE STAYING GUEST (1904)MARJORIE’S VACATION (1907)MARJORIE’S BUSY DAYS (1908)MARJORIE’S NEW FRIEND (1909)

It’s 1923 and the Great War has already changed Lady Harriet Cunningham’s life in every way. Now she’s left her native Scotland to come to New York to find a husband. A husband she doesn’t wish for. But for Harriet, a secret and cleverly hidden speakeasy promises all kinds of pleasures that are illegal during Prohibition—especially for those whose love is as forbidden as the contraband champagne…Harriet knows her duty. As the daughter of the Earl of Creoch, she’s expected ...

Heiress Linda Hepler wished to learn something of real life and hired as companion to elderly Mrs. Bates on her trip to Corfu. But accidents threatened her employer's life, and Linda had to determine whether it was Mrs. Bates' smooth-talking nephew Donald, or her heir, hot-tempered Peter, who was behind the mischief. Both men professed interest in Linda--and she struggled for a balance between duty and desire. Contemporary Romantic Suspense by Roberta Gellis; originally published by Leisure

“I don’t mind being alone at all. I was often here alone in the blitz, and I was so frightened of the bombs that I quite stopped being frightened of burglars.”World War II has ended, residents are flooding back to London, and the housing shortage creates strange bedfellows. Elinor MacFarren—middle-aged spinster, botanical writer, and collector of prints and objets d’art—decides to rent part of her house to Antonia Bankes, whose American husband is with the Occupation Force...

Peter Kerrigan is a man with expensive tastes. Currently, however, he is at something of a low ebb, with only twenty-two shillings and eightpence standing between him and destitution. A chance encounter at Hampstead appears to offer a way out via a scheme to blackmail the members of a dope ring not yet known to the police. But when the plan backfires in an unexpected way, Kerrigan decides to assist his friend Inspector Fleming in apprehending a dangerous criminal gang - and possibly make a...

Patty was curled up in her favourite big easy-chair in her own study.Though called a study, because it had been used as such during her schooldays, the pretty room was really more like a boudoir. Her desk was still there, but was now filled with programmes, friendly letters, and social correspondence instead of school themes or problems. The general colouring of the room was green, but the sash curtains of thin yellow silk, and the heap of yellow sofa cushions, did much to lighten t...

After a series of tragedies, young Linda Lovelace finds herself more or less on her own. Fortunately she has her job at a draper's shop and there meets Nelly Sweet. When Nelly takes her to a dance she meets Nelly takes her to a dance she meets Nelly's friend Bill Sargent and the man known as the Black Prince, Andrew Lincoln. When Lincoln offers to back Linda in her own business venture she is too thrilled to doubt his motive. Only when friends and even her estranged mother drop hints and b...