Grace Livingston Hill 27 Through 52

Grace Livingston Hill 27 Through 52
GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL LIST OF BOOKS 27 TO 52:

27. Re-creations-Popular, charming, planning to become an interior decorator, Cornelia Copely is suddenly summoned home from college. She faces a shabby house in a cheap neighborhood, her mother in a sanitarium, her father depressed with financial loss, the younger children sadly neglected, and Carey, her oldest brother and special "pal," going a lively pace with Clytie Dodd. Cornelia descends on the household like spring sunlight and her plucky attempt to re-create the old happy atmosphere transforms the dreary outlook. She begins "decoration" at home until even Carey is willing to exchange "jazz parties" for its charm. The most interested observer of Cornelia's experiment is Arthur Maxwell, in whose life is another girl, Evadne, beautiful but shallow, who holds him through his sense of chivalry. It is Clytie who precipitates the danger which shows Maxwell where he stands and brings about the happy ending of two delightful love affairs.
28. The Voice in the Wilderness-Margaret Earle, an Eastern girl, thinking she has reached her destination in Arizona, where she is going to teach school, steps off the train at a lonely, desert watertank, and the train moves on, leaving her in the darkness and in a strange, forlorn land. But she steps off into a series of adventures and thrilling events which make entertaining reading indeed. After an unpleasant encounter with one man, she is rescued by another, young Lance Gardley, like herself an Easterner, and out of this meeting grows the romance of the story. Margaret's school and the strange religious life of the community make a splendid setting for this fresh, crisp, western tale.
29. A Daily Rate-Life held little joy for Celia Murray. Forced by poverty to leave her aunt, who had been her only source of love and warmth, Celia goes to the city to find a job. There she tries to make the best of her new home: a dreary boarding house. Then everything changes! Celia receives and unexpected inheritance and so sets about to make her dreams come true. She sends for her Aunt Hannah, and together they work a miraculous transformation on the old boarding house, making it into a place of warmth and laughter. Yet Celia struggles with a sense that there is something- or someone- missing. Enter handsome Horace Stafford, minister of the mission chapel. At first Celia believes this is a man whose faith and compassion match her own. But when a terrible misunderstanding comes between them, will Celia ever be able to confess, even to Horace, the deepest desire of her heart?
30. Aunt Crete's Emancipation
31. According to the Pattern
32. The Beloved Stanger-It was Sherrill's wedding day and in a few moments she would rush off to the church to become the wife of Carter McArthur. But in those few moments things happened--unbelievable things-- and few people knew that the girl who walked down the aisle that day was not the one who a few moments before had so approvingly surveyed herself in the bridal array. Then Sherrill literally fell into the arms of Graham Copeland. Why did her priceless emerald necklace have to disappear on the very day she met Graham? Mrs. Hill tells with new charm the old, happy story of youth in love.
33. The Big Blue Soldier-is the story of Lyman Gage, just back from France and discharged from the army. He is almost penniless, homeless, and bitter against women, having learned that the girl he was to have married is engaged to another man, and having spent most of his money in paying back a loan from her father. Wishing to get away from the city and attracted by the name, he goes to Purling Brook and there meets Miss Marilla Chadwick, a dear old lady, who, after making great preparations for the return of her nephew from duty in Germany, learned by telegram that he cannot visit her. Meeting Gage, she impulsively asks him to take her nephew's place and impersonate him for the benefit of a young neighbor, Mary Amber, who has helped her with the dinner of welcome. Gage accepts, though he does not relish meeting the girl. Mary, having seen the partly burned telegram, is suspicious of Gage. What follows increases the man's bitterness and the romance thus begun so strangely seems destined for the rocks. Things are at the breaking point when a crisis, a desparate illness and a happy surprise dissipate the fog of misunderstanding, and the contempt and indifference which Mary and Lyman have shown each other prove but the mask of love.
34. Blue Ruin-Lynette was home to stay now, with a summertime of happiness to look forward to. Dana was back, too, and Lynette was sure this would be their special summer--but something was very wrong. Dana had become so critical of her. And he seemed captivated by his family's house guest, a flashy, hard-eyed beauty from New York. What was happening to the sweet childhood romance everyone assumed would blossom into marriage.
35. Brentwood-Marjorie Wetherill had always known that she was an adopted child. Her fosterparents had made no secret of it, but when they died it was natural that Marjorie should seek out her own people. Mrs. Wetherill, whom Marjorie had loved deeply, had left the girl comfortably provided for, but as the Christmas season drew near Marjorie was consumed with the desire to go to the family she could call her own. Evan Brower, a handsome young neighbor whose family had been friends of the Wetherills for years, and who was now urging his love upon the lonely girl, advised Marjorie against it. But there was a need within her which drew her on. What Marjorie found in the shabby little house on the outskirts of the city and how her own life was adjusted by a love more wonderful than anything she had ever known, grows into a vivid and memorable story under Mrs. Hill's inspired pen.
36. The Chance of a Lifetime-The chance of a lifetime! thought Alan wistfully as he gazed at Professor Hodge's letter offering him a place in the archaeological expedition to Egypt. But with his father seriously ill from an automobile accident and the whole worry of the hardware store on Alan's young shoulders, he couldn't take it. And Sherry's family thought that her chance had come with the invitation to visit her rich uncle in New York, for they did not suspect the rudeness and sophistication which she would meet there. But Sherry proved her worth and her courage to her uncle and both she and Alan found their chances where they had not expected them, and happiness beyond their brightest dreams.
37. Crimson Roses-Alone in the city without money--without friends. Mother and father gone, her home sold over her head, deserted by her only brother--for Marion Warren the world seemed to have stopped. But the long years of nursing an uncomplaining father had taught her a great lesson. And she stepped bravely into a new life. Things seemed pretty black until those roses came, each week a cool velvety bud--a red rose for courage--but never a hint of the giver. For it never entered Marion's head that rich, handsome Jeff Lyman would even notice a poor unobtrusive working girl. This is one of Mrs. Hill's most beautifully written romances, a story of a girl whose courage in the face of adversity was finally rewarded beyond her wildest dreams.
38. Daphne Deane-Keith Morrell, a promising New York architect, returns to his home town after several years abroad, with the intention of selling the stately old home left him by his parents. But the real estate agent, whom he was to meet, is delayed, and Keith whiles away his time by watching a baseball game. Suddenly, he notices a girl whose air of sweetness and refinement seems to set her off from the rest, and before he realizes it he finds himself comparing this lovely brown-haired girl with Anne Casper, the vivid, dark beauty to whom he is supposedly engaged. Keith's experiences in Rosedale that day lead him to decide against selling the beautiful old place, but the young man finds that changing his mind is not as simple a matter as he had thought. Once more Mrs. Hill writes a delightful story of vital, real people.
39. Duskin-"Phil Duskin has his price," came a strange man's voice from the outside office. so Duskin was being bribed--he would undoubtedly receive his share of the huge forfeit if the Fawcett Construction Co. failed their contract. And he had been making all sorts of excuses--the paint was stolen, the windows hadn't come, and so on. Carol must do something--her chief was sick, she alone knew about the job--and it sounded like a despicable plot, this bribing of Duskin. Her course led through dark paths, against obstacles that seemed unsurmountable, but she was fighting for the right and she knew she must win. And the startling end to her adventure showed that courage to stick to the right always brings its reward.
40. Found Treasure-Effie Martin was humiliated! Lawrence Earle, the football hero, was coming back from college, and all the girls were planning a big picnic for him. She had been planning to go, too- until she overheard the girls saying they didn�t want her along because she was too rough, too much of a tomboy. Well, she�d show them. She could be as much as a lady of any of them! Or could she? Almost immediately Effie found herself caught in a struggle between �acting ladylike� and being herself- a struggle she was afraid of losing. Then suddenly, wonderfully, an act of heroism throws Effie into an extraordinary friendship with the football star himself! And she begins the thrilling journey of becoming a woman who understands strong faith and lasting love.
41. The Girl of the Woods-Shocked by the new of his father�s plans to remarry, young Revel Radcliffe flees to the woods he loves, hoping that the tranquility will bring peace to his troubled soul. But his sorrowful contemplation is disturbed by the appearance of a lovely young woman who has come to the woods to pick flowers. Gently she reaches out to offer Revel comfort and the gift of faith. Separated now by miles and years, the memory of his sweet encounter with the �girl of the woods� brings Revel the courage to face a frightening and uncertain future- and the promise of a love that can overcome his past.
42. The Gold Shoe-Wealthy, spoiled Tasha Endicott likes to have fun, and nothing is going to make her miss the party at her friend�s magnificent country estate. But the blizzard that rages outside is more than she had bargained for. When she is abandoned at a deserted train station, Tasha�s search for a good time becomes a desperate quest for survival. Then, just as she begins to lose consciousness, Tasha hears the voice of a stranger- a voice that beckons her to a life she never even dreamed existed.
43. Happiness Hill-Did she love Lew Lauderdale, Jane wondered--Lew, handsome and debonair, who had millions--or did she perhaps love John Sherwood, the poor, young man with the kind grey eyes who worked in the office with her? If she married Lew all the girls would envy her. But was Lew going to ask her to marry him--or would he offer her something else? The day before the banquet to celebrate the firm's fiftieth anniversary, Jane learned her real feelings, when she saw the ominous shadow of that hand and arm on the glass partition, with the barrel of a pistol pointing straight at Sherwood's unconscious back! Jane's brave action saved the firm from disgrace and brought her the desire of her heart.
44. Head of the House-A tragic airplane accident, causing the death of both parents, left the seven young Graemes to be quarrelled over by their stodgy relatives. "Aunt Petunia" and some of the others not only wanted to separate the young people but looked forward to managing the ample fortune left by John Graeme. Jennifer, on the wrong side of her twenty-first birthday to be legally the head of the house, took matters in her own capable hands and left in a hurry with her younger brothers and sisters in order to be out of reach of the relatives. Many ups and downs welded the young Graemes even more closely together and brought them closer to the highest source of all-pervading good. Mrs. Hill has created a beguiling heroine in Jennifer Graeme. The adventures of the seven young people are described with the sympathetic understanding that Grace Livingston Hill brings to all her novels.
45. In the Way-From the moment she entered their farmhouse, Ruth Benedict changed the lives of her newly-discovered brothers. She was orphaned, alone; they were the family she never dreamed she had. She brought them wealth beyond imagining- knowledge, love faith, and material comforts they had never known before. But with her gifts would come an awesome challenge, to her wary brothers and the entire community of Summertown too quick to judge the beautiful young girl who gave without reservation�and never reckoned the price.
46. Kerry-"You might as well know now that I intend to marry you," Henry Dawson called up the stairs after her. Kerry stood clutching at her heart. Could he....? He had hounded her on the boat all the way over from England, breaking in on her privacy, even stealing a sheet from her father's precious manuscript. The book was safe in the hands of the publisher now, but she was alone in New York. Graham McNair, her only friend, was far away, and her mother had married that dreadful Sam Morgan who was always trying to kiss Kerry. And then, just as things seemed blackest, a lost letter brought Kerry romance--and love.
47. Ladybird-She would make quite a sensation in New York, thought Violet Wentworth, this golden-haired, barefooted girl who had lived all her life in a log cabin in the Bad Lands. And if Mrs. Wentworth was embarrassed at times by Fraley's intimate knowledge of the Bible, she nevertheless decided to take this lovely child and introduce her to the sophisticated, bored society of New York. But she had counted without Fraley's upright honesty and her refusal to lead the degenerate, dissipated life of New York society. For to Fraley who had fled alone, at night, through the wilderness from the drunken men who had killed her father-- cocktails were not a temptation. Yet it was fortunate for Fraley that George Rivington Seabrook, who had helped her in her escape from the Bad Lands, stood ready to help her in another escape which was no less dangerous and difficult.
48. Lone Point
49. Marigold-Mrs. Hill has never created a more captivating heroine than Marigold, the lovely young school teacher of the gleaming, red-gold hair. So that she might attend a party at the wealthy Trescott home, Marigold felt compelled to buy an elaborate and extravagant dress, of which her mother did not approve. Handsome Laury Trescott was devoted to Marigold, but when her mother expressed grave doubts about Laury's character, Marigold wished that she had not accepted his invitation. After she had had a horrible nightmare, Marigold decided to give up the thought of the party and make her mother's vacation trip possible by returning the expensive dress. Together mother and daughter went to Washington where Marigold made the acquaintance of Ethan Bevan, an attractive young engineer. A scheming woman, a symphony concert, a frustrated elopement, a miraculous escape--all these make complications in lives and emotions that are already tangled.
50. Miss Lavina's Call
51. The Obsession of Victoria Gracen-From the toughest sections of Chicago--to the peace and quiet of a small Pennsylvania town! Richard was so transplanted at only sixteen and he didn't like it. He was accustomed to the city environment where he had been born and raised--he admired his rough friends whose predatory instincts he was learning to imitate. But now that his mother was dead he had no choice. In this lively, unusual story we see what happens to Richard in this straight-laced little town, how his wealthy maiden aunt, with singular intuition, undertakes an original method of making over his character.
52. Out of the Storm-A clean-flavored, wholesome story for girls, inspiring, bracing, absorbingly interesting. If a young man had saved your life on a sinking ship wouldn't you feel duty bound to save his? So Gail felt when, unconscious, maybe dead, the man who had lashed her to the raft was tossed up by the waves. Gladly she had nursed him back to health, but now, her duty done, she must put him from her heart, must go to the city to earn her living. Friendless, homeless, she wandered the streets, seeking work, trying to forget Clinton's haunting eyes, his gay companionship. But while she wandered, the mills of the gods were grinding slowly, persistently, preparing for her a great surprise.

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