The Casteel Series
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Of all the folks in the mountain shacks, the Casteels were the lowest-the scum of the hills. Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face...despite a father meaner than ten vipers....despite her weary stepmother, who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones, someday they'd get away and show the world that they were decent, fine and talented-worthy of love and respect. And to be perfectly honest none of us cared very much who saw what. Then Heaven's stepmother ran off, and her wicked, greedy father had a scheme-a vicious scheme that threadtened to destroy the precious dream of Heaven and the children forever! |
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At last, Heaven would find the happiness she longed for...free from the scorn and contempt of her past! In her grandmother's find, rich Boston house, Heaven Leigh Casteel dreamed of a wonderful new life-of new friends, the best schools, beautiful clothes and most important, love. The pearls of the culture, wisdom and breeding would now be hers. soon she would make the Casteel name respectable, find her brothers and sisters, and have a family again. But even in the world of the wealthy, there were strange forebodings, secrets best forgotten. And as Heaven reached out for love, she was slowly ensnared in a siister web of cruel deceits and hidden passions! |
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Proud and beautiful, Heaven came back to the hills-to rise at last above her family's shame! As Logan's bride, she would savor now the love she had sought for so long. And free from her father's clutches, she would live again in her backwoods town, a respected teacher and cherished wife. But after a lavish, elegant party, Heaven and Logan are persuaded to stay...lured by Tony Tattertton's guile to live amidst the Tatterton Wealth and privilege. Then the ghosts of Heaven's past rise up once more, writhing around her fragile happiness...threatening her precious love with the scandal and jealousy, sinister passions and dangerous dreams! |
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Stunned by Tragedy, Desperate and alone, Heaven's daughter clung to the frailest of Dreams! The car crash that killed Heaven and Logan left Annie Casteel Stonewall orphaned and crippled. Whisked off to Farthinggale Manor by the possessive Tony Tatterton, Annie pines for her lost family, but sepecially for Luke, her falf-brother. Friend of her childhood, her fantasy prince, her loving confidante...winthout the warm glow of Luke's love, she is lost in the shadows of despair. When annie discovers Troy's cottage hidden in Farthinggale's woods, the mystery of her past deepens. And even as she yearns to see Luke again, her hopes and dreams are darkend by the sinister Casteel spell...treacherous, powerful and evil! |
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With nowhere to go no one to help her, Leigh fled into the arms of Luke Casteel! Leigh VanVoreen had to escape from Boston's Farthinggale Manor. The foul secret she harbored, within her seemed to darken her life forever. Jillian, her mother, would not believe her...and Tony Tatterton, her stepfather, had betrayed her most cruelly. But the pure devotion of Luke Casteel promised her hope and respect. Only Luke knew her deepest of secrets...only Luke would love and protect her. Bravely she bore the suspicions of the Willies' hillfolk, as she tried to grasp the happiness that had so long eluded her. Leigh prayed with all her heart that her bright, shinning dreams would save her from tragedy at last... |
All info. are taken from the back of the book