Eclipsed by love, books 4-6i pdf

Enjoy reading these second three romances inspired by the 1878 total solar eclipse In the first book Mail Order Blythe Eli Morgan s mother gives him two letters from prospective brides Eli promises to write before the end of summer Once he finds the woman he chooses to marry he convinces his two professor friends to each take a letter and send a response as wedding gifts FIGGY PUDDING BY FRANCINE Francine waited all summer for a response to her letter from the university instructor Knowing he planned to view the 1878 total solar eclipse she decides to escort her student Lila to the girl s Denver home so she can also view the eclipse After months of correspondence with a different professor she travels to Iowa City over Christmas break to meet Jason in person She brings her signature figgy pudding Jason astronomy professor at the University of Iowa is drawn to Francine However the birth of Eli and Blythe s baby forces him to realize he still grieves the deaths of his first wife and their son He understands Francine is unwilling to live in another woman s shadow Will he resolve his feelings or will he lose her Perhaps finding the lucky coin in his serving of figgy pudding will help him put things in perspective The epilogue touches on the total solar eclipse on January 1 1889 ELLIE After her father died Ellie felt cast aside Even her letter to a prospective husband got passed to another man She likes Rand well enough especially once she realizes his specialty is paleontology not astronomy Was digging for dinosaur bones that different from searching for semi precious gems like she did with her father If only Rand s letters offered hope that their relationship would move beyond friendship To escape an unwanted marriage along with her gem collection she flees to Iowa City Will she convince Rand to marry her If not will he be willing to help her start over Rand has no desire to marry A wife would insist he stay home instead of spending his summers on dinosaur digs On his way to Como Bluff he writes to tell Ellie not to expect another letter for months Mere weeks into the dig he learns Eli Morgan who foisted Ellie s first letter onto him sent her to join him Rand has no intention of allowing her to stay His student assistants realizing she can cook beg him to let her stay Will Rand find than dry bones of creatures lone dead on Como Bluff LOVING LILA Lila was sixteen when she traveled home to Denver with Francine With her teacher she viewed the 1878 solar eclipse and met famed female astronomer Margaret Mitchell She loved literature than science and wrote a children s book to explain solar eclipses and why people should not fear them Years later in Iowa she completed her teaching certificate but intends to earn her four year degree Her plans change when she is called home because of the death of her father David is escorting his three young half siblings from New York to their home in Littleton near Denver He sees an annoying middle aged drummer pester a young woman dressed in black David boldly seats himself and his rambunctious family around the young woman Lila wins the children s hearts by reading a book about a solar eclipse she wrote years earlier Although he must return to his job constructing the High Line Canal David cannot walk away especially once he learns Lila was rejected by her conniving stepmother after refusing to give in to the woman s demands regarding her inheritance David knows Lila intends to return to her classes in Iowa Can he convince her to stay in Littleton and build a life with him and his family instead Be sure to read the first book in the companion boxset Eclipsed by Love Books 1 3 Eclipsed by Love Books 4 6 1878 Solar Eclipse Inspired Romance Book 2 Zina Abbott is the pen name used by Robyn Echols for her historical novels Her novel Family Secrets was published by Fire Star Press in October 2014 and her novelette A Christmas Promise was published by Prairie Rose Publications in November 2014 The first two novellas in the Eastern Sierra Brides 1884 series Big Meadows Valentine and A Resurrected Heart are now available The author currently lives with her husband in California near the Gateway to Yosemite She enjoys family history and any kind of history When she is not piecing together novel plots she pieces together quilt blocks. Ebook eclipsed by love, books 4-6 pages Figgy Pudding by FrancineOH the Dilemma of being a Woman of Science in 1878 The freedom we women today often take for granted A spinster math teacher Francine Mulder meets professor of science and astronomy Jason Sewell Both view an eclipse and record their observations of a total solar eclipse This eclipse was also mentioned in Zina Abbott s Mail Order Blythe Secret Baby Dilemma Book 8 What is unique in Figgy Pudding by Francine because of propriety two different groups two observations 0ne recorded observation from a woman s perspective and the other a male perspective This retired teacher enjoyed the story Figgy Pudding by Francine While reading I learned about travel in 1878 what books were enjoyed by the public how the scientific community viewed the eclipse and the history and variations of figgy pudding May Francine and Jason allow the light of love reach out. Eclipsed by love, books 4-6h pdf EllieZina Abbott s story Ellie is part of the multi author Runaway Brides of the West series Zina Abbott is a talented author who writes well developed characters includes researched historical details in a page turning story with some unexpected and at times maddening twists to the plot ending with a believable resolution Ellie s unique twist is for a 1878 woman Ellie doesn t mind wearing pants and getting dirty and digging in the dirt whether it is looking for gems with her father or excavating dinosaur bones with paleontologist Rand As a retired high school teacher I especially enjoyed Ellie s visual for the layers of the earth Her cake was an analogous to much of the SE Wyoming Territory between the Laramie Mountains and the Rocky Mountains This story is part romance with some tasty tidbits and part science with a dinosaur dig and how resourceful women survived their circumstances in a male dominate society of a post civil war world. Book eclipsed by love, books 4-6 months Loving LilaStrong beginning to the multi author historical romance Thanksgiving Brides series Zina Abbott is a talented author who writes well developed characters includes researched historical details in a page turning story with some unexpected and at times maddening twists to the plot ending with a believable resolution This reader cheered on David Montgomery had many emotions concerning Lila fear on her journey sadness and Zina Abbott through her research and detailed descriptions draws the reader into the Midwest 1880s setting train travel women s rights and the celebration of Thanksgiving Eclipsed by Love Books 4 6 1878 Solar Eclipse Inspired Romance Book 2