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This is much of the detail I can recall. I would much appreciate the author and title if anyone out there can remember. Any help is greatly appreciated! Hi I'm looking for a book I believe it was a harlequin presents don't remember the title I read it I think 10 years ago or more. The book was about a heiress whose father made a man marry her because she liked him but after they were married he left her alone for years she thinks she loves someone else but her husband showed her he was only after her money. Sorry it's been awhile but I remember I really enjoyed this book I also believe the cover had a woman in a blue silk dress hopefully someone can help.

Hi everyone I've also posted before and I'm getting kinda desperate. The book's title may have the word scandal in it. I can't remember why. I do remember something about a seduction in a chair on the way to London. Also it was definitely published before Oct 30, , Yes that is the book thank you so much starlight genie it was driving me crazy trying to remember what it was called. I believe that book has a chair scene but I don't remember the rest. Its a long shot but thought I'd mention it. I am new to this site and any help with a title or author would be much appreciated.

I read a paperback novel a number of years ago maybe between - He takes her and the friend with his men. The friend ultimately finds out she is pregnant from the rape. One of the hero's knights marries her. Can someone please help me name this book its been driving me nuts for years!

It is right after the Civil war in America. The heroin is of raven hair and they make mention of it that its so midnight black. He plays and gambles away her horse to a rich handsome horse breeder. She runs away but eventually goes to him because he threatens to place her father in jail. She becomes ill and he nurses her back to health after which she agrees to become his mistress.

He then takes her to France and she finds out she is going to have his child. She fears he wont want it after a misunderstanding and so runs away. He searches for her and finds her. He and her then finally reunite at his big house. I read this many years ago. I want to say that there is a woman with black hair on a horse in the cover but i could be wrong.

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It may also have the word raven or midnight or dark angel in it.. Hi everyone, I would appreciate the help if anyone knows of a book that I've been searching for a few years now. What I remember is that she has been betrothed already. She's really good with her bow and arrow. When the hero meets her to marry her, she's being attacked at her house in the woods as he meets her. She believes she's in love with a friend she's known since childhood.

But she starts to be really attracted to her hero. She freaks out of how attracted she's becoming of him so she convinces her twin sister to say that she's feeling ill in her bedroom and she escapes in either a rug or trunk I vaguely remember and then goes on horse back to her childhood friends house. Without realizing that's she's being followed and she's the one who's been the target this whole time. Sorry I wrote a super long post.

Hi, I've been looking for a particular historical romance for weeks now. I read it at least 6 or 7 years ago, maybe more. It is similar to 'Flowers from the Storm' by Laura Kinsale in that the Hero is struck down by something that makes everyone believe he has become an imbecile. I think he might be a Duke or an Earl? It is set in England maybe regency or just before.

There is something about all the other family members dying or being killed by the French? I'd be most grateful if anyone knows what this book is. I'm new to librarything and I'm really hoping someone will recognize a book from a very brief description because I can't remember more than the basics of the plot really.

Years ago I read a romantic mystery about a cold, cruel twin who convinces her twin sister to take her place. The cold, cruel twin is in a very unhappy marriage and has a daughter who she doesn't seem to care about at all. The nice twin goes along with her plan for some reason and falls for the husband and the little girl. The husband at first is baffled by her new, kind behavior because he was used to her gold digging, heartless twin and unaware she had a twin.

Eventually he starts to fall for the new twin still thinking its his wife. Sorry, that's all I can remember. I know its not very specific. If you can think of any plots that fit, please let me know! I'm so happy I could cry! Check out the old thread "name that book" Allright gals and?

I am still desperately looking for the title of a book I read twelve years ago so here goes: Something like temptation or scandal I think this is the most likely please please help. Posting again in the hopes that someone will end my torment! I'm looking for a Harlequin, probably for the 80s or 90s.

It's about two brothers and one woman. The brother the woman is married to dies. The other brother comes back into her life. Turns out the brother she was married to was gay. That's all I can remember. Hi, I am looking for a romance book I believe it may be from the 80's or 90's. It was about a tree sprite or nymph who awoke from a long sleep to a man coming to this very old house in the winter.

They end up meeting and falling in love. I cannot remember the name of the book because it has been so long since I read it. I think the title may have had the word rose in it, but I'm not positive. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Or possibly Fires of Winter by same author? I'm going crazy trying to find this book. I think its a harlequin superromance from the 90's. It's about a lady who is pregnant, there are two little kids involved and a surly rancher.

It takes place in either montana, north dakota or colorado. The cover has a lady in a blue dress and she's pregnant. I've read both of those books and they're not the one I'm looking for. I don't remember the name or the author, but I remember that its about a woman who walks in on her husband and he's having a threesome with his secretary and another man. She feels horrible because he was horrible to her and made her feel horrible about herself I think he called her fat, etc.

I don't remember what happens after this but eventually she meets this like super hot rich entrepreneur guy, who's like in computer technology or something and she ends up living with him for a bit and they fall in love. I think it takes place like in Washington, I remember fog and water Thanks! Hello Everyone - hope someone can help me. Last year I read a book and did not put it into my Excel sheet - now it is driving me nuts: Taks plase in England - - or so. Lord X's father dies I think he killed himself Money is very tight so with the help of his mother Lord X opens a gaming hell he is very good with cards No one knowes he's a "Lord" He restores the family money.

He meets a woman, falls in love - but if they marry - he then needs to become Lord X and everyone will know he has two identies. Nov 26, , 3: This is in reply to post 66 cmboyd This sounds familiar to a Sandra Brown novel I read some time ago. However, in the book the heroine was not a twin but a look-alike and she took the evil look-alike's place after a plane crash. I don't know if this could be it The first I do believe is a Harlequin or Silhouette. The heroine arrives from the country to net a husband.

She has her old nanny and a younger sister who is very beautiful, but has intellectual disabilities. At some point, someone tries to kidnap her sister. The heroine eventually gets married to a reformed rake who is ashamed of his past. The second book is actually the first part of a trilogy.

It was also an historical set in England. All I remember is that there were three sisters who somehow became separated and they belonged to a theatrical family. The third is more recent and is the first of a trilogy of three sisters. Also an historical, the sisters are fashionistas and set up their shop in London. This story is about the oldest sister who has a daughter. There is a fire started by a rival that burns down their shop and they move into the love interests home.

If so, you might be interested in knowing that the third book in the series is due out this month. I've been finding this book for years!!! But she went nevertheless, but ultimately she came up and went back to the shack where they made love. There was another scene where she felt someone staring at her from the woods. Please if someone know the book title help me out!! Thank you so much! I think my hero is an Earl. Again thanks - I'll get there yet.

Everyone have a Great Thanksgiving! I've being going quite mad, especially as I'd like to read the sequels. Gonna to ask again. I'm looking for three books now. Is the heroine goes to Dawson city then to the goldfields to locate her father Hero's name is Logan I believe. She ends up marrying him and they leave to go to his claim by dog sled. She still ends up sleeping with him and gets pregnant. She then ends up being employed by the hero's wife who is also pregnant, making her dresses.

The wife discovers the other woman is pregnant and does not know its her husbands and shames the woman. The wife also ends up trying to kill her own child with a pillow but is stopped and I can't remember if they put her in a home or what but the hero ends up with the Heroine and finds out she has his baby as well. This one takes place in Australia on a sheep ranch.

Dec 2, , He is supposed to be engaged to her sister. She offers to marry him in her sister's place. Also they're father wanted the sister to marry the man so he could pay off the family's debt. Dec 8, , 9: Hi I am looking for 3 novels. I think there may be more. They might be half brothers. There mom has remarried. One of the books there is an art gallery and the woman who runs it gets kidnapped by her brothers drug running friends.

The other book one of the sons has a daughter. Hi first I want to excuse myself. I am looking for a novel. I just remember there was kind of a bet about a mansion going on between the hero and the heroine because of the heroes brother. I was kind of just looking through the book, I haven't really read it. Dec 8, , Just found out about this place, this looks great.

English not my first language, so sorry for any mistakes. I read some posts from the previous thread and I recognized a couple books that I'm also looking for I think Can't remember the author, much less the title or the characters names. The 1st was posted in It is set in England near the Thames. In the beginning the heroine is a highwayman dressed as a boy and is in charge of a group of orphaned boys.

She tries to rob a nobleman and he captures her and takes her to his home to be punished. When they go to spank her they figure out she is a she and he decides to keep her and train her to be a lady. In the end she ends up being or looking like someone important that they were looking for all along. Some other random things: I think she had her first "tub" bath and compared it to bathing in the Thames. I believe she had long red hair. During regency time in London, somehow the heroine is passing as a servant boy in the hero house, I think that she tried to rob him, but the hero was sorry and gave her a job instead and then the hero some lord starts to have feelings for the 'boy', when he finds it's a girls instead, he makes her his mistress and in the end eventually they get married.

I think that she also was someone important who was kidnapped and got amnesic. I'm starting to feel that I'm mixing 2 stories The 2nd was posted in I think he was drunk or something and she tries to rob him and his friend and he catches her and forces her to marry her. Shes actually suppose to be an aristrocat who got kidnapped when she was young.

I remember then the heros father teaching her how to be a lady and then launching her into society and shes all beautiful and witty and successful. The hero falls for her without realising shes his wife and i remember how she kept visiting the streets to feed some orphans or something and the hero meets her there again asking for a divorce or something along the lines Hi- new member -: I am looking for a futuristic romance from the 80's or 90's. A female pilot or law enforcer of some type crashes on a prison planet. The decedents of the original prisoners are living there and have formed a somewhat barbarian like society swords, etc.

She and the hero fall in love and eventually leave the planet. There is some political strife, as the decedents of the original prisoners were being kept on the planet even though they hadn't done anything. I can't really remember the details.

The heroine had a vine tattoo that wrapped from her foot, around her leg, across her back, to "bloom" on her chest. I think she had red hair. I kept thinking this book was by Elizabeth Lowell or someone mainstream but I can't find it anywhere. Anyone have a clue what book this is? Thanks for any thoughts!! The first book was Warrior's Woman. I know the female lands on the heros planet when her planet is invaded. The hero's planet is a barbarian planet where woman are second class citizens. He ends up going back with her to help her planet out.

I don't think she had a tattoo but maybe its another book in the series? Im new to this and its all because im desperate to figure out this book. I do not have a lot of information but it starts in London. This woman who is living with her aunt and uncle is sent to live with the aunts brother. The aunts brother makes advances towards the woman.

She tries to escape and the brother is killed in the fray. She runs from the house and is snatched up and taken to a ship captain because she is mistaken for a prostitute. After that night she goes back home to her aunts and uncles she ends up being pregnant and they make the captain take her with him as he was leaving to America after they collected money from him.

He thinks he was tricked and makes it hard for the woman. She becomes very ill on the ride to America. He lived on a plantation of sorts with a woman neighbor he was intimate with. The neighbor is very jealous of his wife they were married in a quick ceremony before they left london the thought of the murder of her aunts brother follows her and she believes she is at fault. I think there was another character that was rhe brothers accomplice he was a creepy, slight kind of man. I hope someone can help me and I get the chance to help someone else!

Isn't this The Flame and the flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss? I would never have found it. Even the brief description on amazon would not have jogged my memory. I had to try a sample just to be sure. Dec 23, , 3: The boy ran away to sea to become a sailor and have a great adventure. So, the girl dressed up, pretending to be a boy and went to meet their newly appointed guardian. The Duke, trying to "man up" his new feminine looking ward took him her to a bordello very comical and that was where he found out that he was actually a she!!

He ended up marrying her and then had her twin brought back from the ship he was on. I think the girl's name was Alyssa and her twin was Nicky. There is more to the story but any help you can give would be appreciated. I've been looking for this book for a while but couldn't find it. I don't remember a lot of details. It's about a model coming back to her hometown. The book starts with her speeding when she's going into town.

The male character is a cop and they went to high school together. Any help finding this book would be greatly appreciated! I'm looking for a book about a woman who is married with a small daughter. She is hit by a car, I believe, and dies while in the hospital. But, she decides that it's not her time yet and takes over the body of a single woman who was also injured.

She recovers from her new body's injuries and finds her husband and daughter to check up on them they end up becoming friends and more. In the end, the husband finds out or she tells him what happened and after a while they end up back together. I believe it was a Silhouette or Harlequin. I am in need of your help! I have been trying to figure out the title of a book. Here is a summary of what I remember of the plot Ringing any bells for anyone? I am a newbie here The heroin however disguised herself as a normal girl and work at a ranch.

She likes all the heavy machinery used at the ranch. The hero is her boss and owner of the ranch. He treats her like his other worker and has a girlfriend i think. The girlfriend is very vain and the heroin notice that his girlfriend pretends to be trendy but actually she is not. I have been looking for a specific romantic book for ages. I came across this site today and thought I would give it a try. I think he has nightmares and the girl tries to help him with that.

I am not so sure on the specifics. So some of the above could be totally imaginary. I hope someone can help me! I came across this site today and hope someone can help me. Here's what I remember: The heroine is from France, an orphan, goes to love with her uncle? Her cousin is an heiress. The hero is poor nobility and must marry for money. He visits the uncle's estate with his two friends to court the cousin. One of the hero's friends helps set her up with a shop in London where she resells dresses.

Thanks so much for the help! I'm glad I found this thread. I'm new to posts like these so bare with me. I've been trying to find the name of this book for a long time now and it's driving me crazy. I don't remember much of the plot of the story or the names of the characters 'coz I read this book a while back. What I do remember though is that this book is kinda on the adult romance genre. The story starts where a beautiful virgin young woman daughter of a man of power - probably a politician gets raped by a fat, short and old diplomat not really sure if he's a diplomat but he scares the girl by saying she can't tell anyone 'coz he has immunity in that country.

After being raped she is kidnapped by the same diplomat but she gets saved by a man love interest 1 but then she gets caught again by the diplomat and after some time saved by another man love interest 2. She then gets abducted by tribal people and she was deemed to be "the one" deity or something maiden or sun goddess because of her beauty. Love interests 1 and 2 joins this ritual and 2 wins and they escape from the tribal people. Going back to civilization she gets confronted by the two love interests to choose between them who she loves most. She chooses love interest 1 but near the end she realizes, she loves love interest 2 more so she leaves 1 for 2 and they live happily ever after.

I forgot most of the scenes and it was a thick book so there were a lot of scenes I forgot I wanna read them again but I just can't remember details that will lead me to the book. I don't know if what I read was already an omnibus or just a very long novel. New to this, but hopefully someone can help!

I've tried searching for this book, but Google is failing me. It's a regency romance novel.

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He takes her to his country home, and she gets along with his staff. Possibly something about her organizing his library. She gets pregnant, but hides it from him. He takes her back to London, and she continues to hide the pregnancy from him she's miserable in the carriage ride to town -- I think because she's trying to be the perfect ton wife. Her morning sickness gets so bad that she avoids callers; and then she's still so tired in the afternoon, that she cleverly avoids social calls and stays home to be well enough to go out for evening events tells Lady A that she'll be at Lady B's musical, tells Lady B she'll be elsewhere, etc.

When her husband realizes that he is in love with her, he tries to track her down in the afternoon, going from point A to B to C, etc. They both profess their love, he takes her back to the country, and everything ends well. Hi guys I'm new here! I need help finding this book. I of course can't remember the name of the book or author or even character names but heres what I do remember: The woman moves in with the cowboy, I think she works at a theater, or maybe she's a mail order bride, but the cowboy pretends to be his twin brother throughout the story, who she eventually falls in love with.

I remember there was an Indian couple living in the back yard and she helps the woman give birth. Also, at the end of the book is when she finds out that the guy has been playing as his rough and tough twin brother. If theres any way you can help me it would be much appreciated!!! She ends up falling in love with 'Lucas Holt' who had a twin brother 'Slade Holt'. Slade was brought up by Indians and is the rougher of the two.

Lucas pretends to be both Lucas and Slade throughout the book to lure an enemy out of hiding. Hi all, I'm new to the group and the site. Hoping someone can help me with the title or author. It's historical fiction possibly regency. She literally stumbles over unknown man, drunk, and he proposes. After being chastised again at home she takes him up on his offer. Turns out he is nobility. Jan 6, , 9: Hero needs to marry and produce an heir to secure estate.

Her father is getting remarried to a shrew. It seems like both threads are active now! I'm a noobie, but here goes Medieval setting, published in late 90's or early 's I think --Two or three related books--one has a heroine named Judith, she marries beneath her somewhat, to a fairly impoverished noble family. Her husband had mistresses he called by days of the week and she burned up their bed so he knew she wouldn't put up with it. The family's name had falcon in it, I think.

Another related one same author, some shared characters was about the impoverished knight's little sister, named Zerah or something similar, who had always dressed as a boy and learned to fight like a knight. She is bested in a fight or something, and the other knight knows at once she is a woman though no one else, even her sister in law from the other book, don't know.

I hope someone knows these! This is so amazing, how some people know all of them! I had actually accidentally posted in another thread, and someone answered anyway, people are nice: I need help finding the title of this book! Hopefully someone could help me - you all seem to have excellent memories.

Its a fairly recent book I believe. But she has a big heart and is going to school to become a teacher. Things come to head when the sister gets sick. The real story is that the bf tried to have sex with the h, fed up with the spoiled nature of the sister, believing that the kind and sweet nature of the h was more his speed, but she denied him.

The bf goes off in a rage and promptly breaks up with the sister, spouting about how much better a person the h is than her, alluding that they had had sex. The sister runs to her brother, the H telling him how awful her friend, the h, is for sleeping with her bf. He tells her off, yelling about how they took her in and were kind to her, all the while she was a cheating backstabber, etc.

Realizing that she had just been kidding herself and would never be good enough for the H, she leaves for a teaching job in Texas? Things quickly fall apart between the H and his sister, especially as she realizes that the was probably wrong and took her anger out on the wrong person. The sister grows up and decides to become a nurse. Meanwhile the h is teaching in Texas where she is stabbed accidentally by a street kid when she gets in the middle of a fight.

The H and the sister fly to her aide and bring her back to the ranch against her will. During her recuperation thats when the h and the H make up. Hoping someone can help me out with this. I read a book as a teenager it might have been either a young adult or a general romance book about a girl who goes out west dressed as a boy. Unfortunately, I don't remember many details from it -- I think it had a mostly white cover with drawn characters in brown tones. It was probably from the early s, although it could have been the late s as well.

It might have been a series book Harlequin, or something similar. The girl is traveling with a group, and she of course likes one of the guys, who might have been the guide possibly on the Oregon Trail. He only realizes she is a girl when he's helping her up some obstacle, like a hill, and his arm grazes her chest. I read the beginning at the library as a kid and never finished it, but it stuck with me, as you can see! Thanks for any leads. I'm struggling to find the name of this book.. This guy had an operation during which he tied his tubes ergo he can't have children. Then he enters a shop one day, a few years later and happens to look at her screensaver and find an image of a child that looks almost alike to him when he was a child I keep getting confused with storylines similar to this one.

Look for the name and author of a romance i read over 10 years ago and it was an older book then, i'm thinking Romance story that the woman of the book was a reporter and while trying to get an interview with someone she gets bitten by a dog. He has a baby left at his door. It's an old harlequin romance novel i believe 's in which the hero and heroine fall in love but unfortunately before anything can come out of it the hero's adopted father asks him to return home to marry his daughter who does not have long to live.

Suffice it to say the hero's wife dies after two years and leaves him with a daughter. The hero immediately hops on a plane to go back to the heroine however the plane crashes and the hero receives terrible burns and has to undergo plastic surgery. When the hero is finally reunited with the heroine who is an author or publisher she tells him she has a three year old son. The hero wants to be with her but doesn't know how to tell her about his situation.

The hero's father- in- law meets him and the heroine learns about everything and runs away telling the hero she wants nothing to do with him. The hero's daughter's name is Anna and I think the hero also had a mole on his back that was removed during his operation. Anyone having an idea or think the book I'm referring to then please let me know.

I'm looking for the title of a romance book where she goes on a trip with a girlfriend, there is a hurricane and then she is all of a sudden in medieval times. There are two more books to this series and I would love to read them all. I read this book years ago and cannot remember the name of it. I remember that the man was a lawyer who sided with the woman's husband and won the case, then they meet years later. The woman does not like corsets or lawyers. The story takes place in the U. I only read it once and started thinking about it and would like to read it again, please help me.

I read this in the 80s. It was part of a "Historical" series like Harlequin. Some of the "men" get together to see if someone can get her to say yes to a marriage proposal. There is a broke Scotish Laird in town who is trying to arrange money to help his clan. One night she is going back home from a dinner and her carriage is attacked and he protects her. She finds out about the bet and tries to leave him, but he says the bet was for him to ask he didn't have to break it. So they get married. He takes over the finances for the two of them.

Something happens on her estate but I can't remember what. At their first dinner party she has the bagpipes pipe the guests into dinner but it is not appreciated by the guests. She has scars on her back from where her father would use a whip on her. Eventually she is pregnant and they decide to move the entire clan to Canada because she wants the baby to be born in their new home. If someone knows of this book, I would be grateful for the title.

Trying to find a western historical romance about a guy who falls in love with his best friend's sister. The brother ends up dying in a lab fire and the guilt breaks up the couple. I think there might be the word stars in the title. Potentially from the s. I think it had a blue cover. Cannot remember the author or name of book. Read a book a couple months ago - guy and girl known each other long time, meet up at I believe a friend, maybe family members wedding - great weekend after he tells her to leave or else - she stays; girl gets pregnant and guy demands 1 week to show her he'll be good to her.

I think he didn't think he was worthy, but she's always been drawn to him. Maybe her family was wealthy? I can't remember - any help - greatly appreciated. I'm looking for this book I read about 10 years ago. It's about this female author who teaches a writing class in her free time. She's a bit stuck with this one book she's writing since her editor doesn't like the way she writes her sex-scenes. Therefore by chance she decides to take sex lessons from this cop in her writing class I know it was in-return-for-something or other but can't remember the particulars. Read the book in dutch, and it's title was along the lines of "Lessons in love".

Does anyone have a clue? Help would be appreciated: I need help trying to find a book I read sometime between years ago. I think it might be a harlequin. A girl is delivering something to a wedding maybe a cake? She gets shot at while leaving. A cop happens to be there and lands on her while protecting her. Of course there's chemistry, he ends up protecting her.

That's about all I remember. I'm pretty sure though that in the first scene when he is covering she ends up with an orgasm. The h owns a book shop or house in, I think, London. He arrived late at night, having traveled from another town. He overcomes it and, voila, HEA.

Jan 23, , Was it Caroline by Willo Davis Roberts? Hi, I'm looking for a romance book that starts out with a man about to hang for piracy I believe and then he escapes and hides in some caves on the coast, a young woman lives in a convent above the caves and I'm not sure if she discovers him or if he kidnaps her but they end up together and she can't decide if she wants to stay with him or turn him in? Does this sound at all familiar to anyone? It's been driving me nuts not being able to find it.

Jul 30, , Hello everyone,does anybody know the title of this book? I think it's a harlequin. I can't remember the reason why the hero and heroine got married, all i remember is that the heroine left the hero to live somewhere near a beach. So, the hero decides to get to know her again. When they meet not sure if at the beach or a restaurant at the beach they pretend they don't know each other and that they are meeting for the first time, they get along well and have a relationship.

So happy to have found this group! I read a romance years ago that I have never forgotten. Unfortunately, I did forget the title and author. I am hoping someone here can help me fill in the blanks. I am pretty sure it was a Harlequin. It was about this woman who had an aunt and uncle who were giving her some kind of pill to make her forget her husband. He finds her and of course she doesn't know him, but in the end she remembers. I believe there was some bad weather, too, maybe snow. So glad I found this site. I hope someone can help me find this book, it's been 15 years since I read it but it has always stuck with me.

The book I'm looking for was possibly published in the 's - 's. It was set in England if memory serves me correctly, 17th or 18th century? The heroine bares a striking resemblance to the estranged 'wife'. He assaults the heroine as he spots her near his home or possible on his estate thinking she's the estranged wife wanting to punish her for leaving him and his young son but is horrified when he realises that the heroine was telling the truth and is an innocent. The heroine also has a slight limp, an injury she suffered when she was a child and I think walks with a cane. After attacking her he takes her to his home and to tries to redeem himself in her eyes not sure if he is titled, I'm assuming he is and she meets his son.

Any thoughts would be most helpful. I'm hoping somebody can help me! I'm pretty sure the book was a harlequin book. All I remember is that the heroine knew the hero while she was growing up. I think he might have been her brothers friend or something? She developed a crush on him and years later ends up working for him. He started to become attracted to her but still thought she was just a little girl even though she was all grown up.

Any help would be deeply appreciated! I read this book in 03ish and it was old then so I dont really know the publish year. Medieval romance, kinda cheesy. Redhaired maiden given away to be wed as part of kings orders. Gets sent away to filthy castle run by awful lord. He finds her and starts to fall in love with her. I believe the book went back and forth between his pov and hers. The cover was blue and whiteish. Thats all i have. Community please help i am looking for two historical romance titles book 1 i believe takes place is scotland or england during midieval times. The hero is a twin but was an outcast because twins were believed to be evil so his brother was chosen to rule while he was a warrior the heroine was arranged by her brother or stepbrother to marry the ruling twin but she falls for the brooding hero warrior instead.

At first the hero does not want anything to do with her but falls in love with her. Also the brother that was marrying her did not want her and ended up with a amid. Book 2 A preacher on a wagon train the heroine was a piano player for a travelling cathouse. Thought she was a hooker but she wasnt there was kids that they were putting with families and one of the girls became a second wife to religious guy.

There was a fire and the cat house burned. Okay I'm looking for a book from Harlequin Romance its Like a Special Romance Edition or Something where the heroine is a woman football coach who has been hired to coach a high school football team but the man that wanted the position is angered but they end up assisting each other. This woman doesn't let anyone know that she has MS Multiple Sclerosis and many accidents occur when she loses mobility in her legs.

Two specific scenes that stick out to me is when she starts dating the other assist coach and they go to his family's home for a picnic and she plays basketball with them and she loses mobility in her legs and then that time she collapse in the teams locker room and the players find her. Does anyone know what the title and who the author is? Jan 30, , 3: I am looking for a book which I read a few years ago; a historical romance. I am almost sure that the book was a prequel to other books. The heroine in this book was a vicar's daughter who met a titled man at an event which she attended with chaperones and a suitor.

She and the man had sex the first time they met at the event and she later found out that the man was supposed to be betrothed to her friend. She snuck away another time to meet up with him. I think her sister ended up getting married to his brother or friend in a sequel. I'm still looking for my book. The description is up in post 8. I'd really appreciate it if someone could help. But now, as she travels to Oregon in disreputable company, the stunning Irish songbird's cherished independence is threatened by irresistible desires for a handsome young preacher.

Hi, Further to my post , could anyone please provide me with helpful search websites ie similar to allreaders. I've looked at a few but no luck. Come across a few but nothing that matches. It was "With this Ring" by Mary Wibberley. I used the search on vintageromances and found it. I do not remember much, I read it about ten or so years ago. It is set in the U. The woman never wore corsets, was for women's rights, had a husband who hired his friend to represent him , she was made out to have been unfaithful towards her husband and was divorced.

I do not remember why it came about but the husband's friend, who was a lawyer met her after a few years, he knew what the husband was like but still represented him. Something happened in the book were they got together to investigate or fix a problem, I am not sure, but there was a plot outside of their love life.

I must have read it pre-Warrior's Song as the original title was Chandra. It's Wife in the Shadows by Sara Craven - if anyone is interested. I'm looking for a book, under Harlequin i think. The things i remember: She inherited a business, from an aunt i believe, who died at the start of the story 3. Hero is the business partner, so he is not happy with it 4. The heroine had a finace is a professor whom she broke up with because she caught him cheating with a student in his office for the grade.

She tries to assembe a tent a product of the company using the instructions but can't because she said it lacks visuals or something like that. No wonder i had difficulty finding it, it's not harlequin and it wasn't from an aunt. Feb 11, , 5: The Wedding in White. The first book in her Welcome to Tyler series. Feb 12, , Do you perhaps recall any of the character names? I have a book I read years ago and cannot remember title or author.

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The heroine is a criminal and has be caught or being transported by the hero. He is somehow injured and they end up in a cave with her saving his life instead of her escaping. Feb 16, , 4: Feb 17, , 8: Looking for a contemporary romance I read in the past 10 years, probably more like 5 or 6.

It was a hardcover, not pb series. It was set in England, smaller village. Hero had bought large house in the area, I think. Typical remote, alpha type. Hero and heroine become acquainted, can't remember how. Something to do with property, gardening. I think his house has a large greenhouse that she borrows? Ending involves a gardening show, TV interview? That's all I can recall Looking for a romance book that was about a girl who was told in error that her twin brother was killed by an Earl?

They rand up getting married after the Earl sees how many family members she has and wants a family. The story revolves around the Earl's bastard brother trying to kill him. Saxan Honey Todd tries to kill Botolf, Earl of Regenford when her cousins bungle telling her what happened. Feb 19, , 7: Takes place in Civil War era. A white woman is mistaken as a slave because she has black hair. Midnight Slave by Rochelle Wayne.

Now if all the books I can't remember where that easy! It sounds like part of the novel Remembrance. It started off in modern times. The heroine is a romance novelist Ok, please please please help me!! The novel was set originally in London, not sure exact time frame but I would say s. The heroine was redheaded I think, and very slim, like, not curvy at all. She was from a plantation island in the Caribbean and her father ran the plantation, I think he dies and she is sent to London to live with someone, maybe a distant old cousin or aunt.

We areare are well versed navigating shoreland zoning and permitting. Superior Clay Wood Fired Ovens can be built alongside a Rumford Fireplace or as a stand alone unit in your kitchen or backyard. The exterior of the oven can be finished with variety of masonry materials including brick, stone, stucco or tile. Returns May 4 Serving dinner nightly, 5: The exterior of a home designed by Winkelman Architecture and built by Trademark. Going out, giving back: A party to thank all the people who make Kennebunkport Festival possible. A cocktail party in the lounge and spilling onto the patio in the heart of Dock Square.

A series of intimate dinners prepared by top chefs in private homes in the Kennebunkport area. Each dinner showcases work by an Art Collector Maine artist. Sponsored by Lane Press. An open air cocktail party on the deck and docks. The night continues in this bustling pub overlooking the riverfront with live music. A cocktail party with an ocean view on the wrap-around porch. Sponsored by Douston Construction. Sponsored by Spang Builders. Get the evening into full gear with this fun new event. Live music, food trucks, art and more!

A specially curated cocktail party featuring 15 craft distillers from all over Maine who will share their favorite drinks with you. Sip with us waterside at the Pilot House Boatyard and enjoy an early evening of drinks, nibbles, and conversation. Sponsored by Maine Spirits. A culinary experience featuring guest chefs from Maine and beyond joining forces to create a multi-course, family style seated dinner in a candlelit barn at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm.

Save room for dessert! This dessert extravaganza will knock your socks off! Sample a number of sparkling wines and Champagne while you enjoy your desserts. An afternoon tasting event under a tent on the water with offerings from over 20 different chefs plus wines, beer and cocktails. At the Pilot House Boatyard. A cocktail party to kick off the evening, dockside on the schooner restaurant Spirit of Massachusetts. An invitation-only Champagne and caviar exhibition of Maine artists. Wrap up the Kennebunkport Festival with this fun night featuring incredible spreads of food and drink, music and dancing.

Each dinner Arundel showcases work by an Art Collector Maine artist. A culinary experience featuring guest chefs from Maine and beyond joining forces to create a multi-course, family style seated dinner in a candlelit barn at the Vinegar Barn Wells ReserveHill at Laudholm.

A day of original Vinegar HillMaine-made Barn music in a grassy field with food Arundel trucks and craft beers. They got to live here all year, and I was jealous. After many pitches, we were both able to convince our companies to let us relocate to Portland while maintaining our jobs. These days, my husband still travels to New York City a few times a month, but we feel extremely grateful we are able to live in this incredible state.

Our kids love the winters filled with snowboarding, eating fresh snow topped with maple syrup, and sledding the hill behind our house. Summers are spent outside exploring, catching hermit crabs on the shores of Ferry Beach, and for adults sitting in our backyard enjoying an early-evening cocktail. The owners of the homes in this issue have one thing in common: The Rizzieri family built their home abutting Goose Rocks Beach. One of the best ways to explore and experience the natural beauty of Maine is by camping.

Sandy Pines Campground in Kennebunkport asked 12 interior designers each to design a tent they felt conveyed their Maine design aesthetic 12 Ways of Looking at a Tent, page One of the designers, Kennebunk resident Louise Hurlbutt, gave us a personalized tour of the Kennebunks. Speaking of paths, you might have noticed some changes on our masthead. Whether you listen to our radio station or read our magazines, you have gotten to know Dr. Lisa Belisle over the past seven years. I am thrilled to announce that Lisa has taken on the role of editor-inchief.

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission, in writing, from the publisher. Printed in the U. I remember the feeling of running my hand across that beautiful matte cover.

The thick, glossy interior pages were filled with stunning photography and thoughtfully written stories about Maine businesses, homes, and artists. I was thrilled that the Maine I grew up in was now being celebrated in this way. When my dad was at my house a few days later, he saw the magazines on my coffee table, giggled, and asked how I liked them. He was beyond thrilled that we had moved here, and had secretly gotten me a subscription.

The next day I reached out to the magazines to get a conversation rolling about the possibility of working with them. It has given me the opportunity to cultivate close friendships with our writers and photographers while designing the layout of these pages. In your hands is my last issue as art director.

In this position I will focus on connecting even more with our community to learn about new projects and businesses. I will be taking journeys up the coastline to the lakes and mountains to visit homes and talk with homeowners. I want to hear about why they choose to live in Maine, what their design process was, and how they live in their homes. If you have not had a chance to read these stories, I hope you will look for them.

I am looking forward to curating home stories for all of our magazines, and continuing to contribute photography to our pages. And I won't forget to pull over on the side of the road and capture the beautiful views along the way. Follow along with me on Instagram heidikirn and mainehomedesign. We fill our work days creating Maine-centric media products— publishing magazines and guides, producing radio shows, managing social media sites, developing websites, filming videos, producing events—because of this simple tenet.

We simultaneously love the Maine we grew up in and fully embrace the reality that things change and evolve. And we bear witness to that happening here. We are cheerleaders for Maine as a place for people to live, stay, and thrive—a place for people from away to move to, a place for second homeowners to buy into, a place to raise children, a place to start and operate a business—as well as a place to visit and explore, a place to escape and heal.

And, a place to be inspired. We cover Maine in a positive light. We intentionally leave the negativity and snark to other media outlets. There is a place for everything, and we honor that. But that place is not here. So if you love Maine, please turn to us with your reading eyes, your listening ears, your follows and your likes, your attendance, and your advertising and sponsorships. Explore what we believe is the best Maine has to offer, on the pages of our magazines and guides, through the airwaves, at events, and via social media. Modern and warm, with a distinct nod to the past.

Editorial and subscription information: A limited number of tickets will be available. For more information visit: We have established long-term relationships with over nonprofits and community-based organizations. We give to these organizations by providing, free of charge, services ranging from advertising to graphic design, brand development, marketing advice, online announcements, and social media engagement. Over the past year, MMC has made cash and in-kind donations of more than: He lived in Denver for eight years before founding his architectural firm in He moved to Maine a year later and now operates out of Kennebunk and the Rangeley Lakes region.

She uses experience gleaned from working for her mother, who is also an interior designer. She frequently travels to East Africa for charitable work with families, and through her line of paints for nurseries, she aims to create healthy products for children no matter where they live. The business focuses on custom residential homes and builds throughout southern Maine. The current team includes Rusty Theriault, a fine carpenter, painter, and guitarist who serves as project manager. He has lived on Peaks ever since. Winkelman has been practicing residential architecture in Maine for the better part of the past 30 years.

He established his Portland-based firm, Winkelman Architecture, in Neighbors, Friends, and Friends of Friends, page By he had opened his own construction company, Trademark, which still has its shop and offices in South Portland. Trademark focuses on new homes, remodels, and additions in the Greater Portland area as well as the islands.

Trout is a musician, father, and lover of the outdoors. That business, Favela Chic, grew to include a frame shop, seamstress studio, and a line of bedding and curtains, before the shop closed so Stokes could focus full-time on her interior design business in Kennebunkport. Previously, Ouellette served as director of the Maine Office of Tourism. Under her leadership, Maine has benefited from multiple years of consistent growth in tourism. Paul Golding is the executive director of Family Hope, a mental health resource agency located in Scarborough.

He has served in a number of senior roles in public health advocacy, higher education, and social services. Alexandra Sagov, who has worked in the mental health field for over twenty years, has served with Family Hope since In each episode, Dr. Hear what they have to say. Welcome to our community. Grounded in a bright color palette of blue, mango, and magenta, the redesigned interiors feature shiplap walls, cathedral ceilings, and boutique-style furnishings, including updated Regencystyle burnished chests and side tables as well as skirted chairs.

Outdoors, each bungalow overlooks the river and offers private outdoor space and a teak terrace. Chris Delano of Delano Architecture created a foot-long builtin bench and tapered ceiling plane from bamboo, taking inspiration from origami folds. With its edges exposed above the floor before angling into the wall, the bench appears to float in space. As a finishing touch, Thai artist Ricky Tsujaya designed a colorful wall mural inspired by pop art. It includes two spray booths, a large woodworking production space, a staging area, and offices. The new facilities will also help the company meet the growing demand from its showroom at the Boston Design Center, opened in Founded in York in , Jewett Farms and Co.

To inaugurate their new space, the company plans to host an open house in the summer. In addition to showcasing his work, the book also offers creative tips and insights into interior design. A successful launch party was held in Naples, Florida, in March, and another is being planned in Maine in July.

Some wonderful ideas were shared, and the energy was strong. Contemporaries members are young art appreciators including entrepreneurs, community leaders, business owners, creatives, and influencers. Stephanie Scherer, marketing operations manager at Diversified Communications, and Graeme Kennedy, director of communications at Portland Museum of Art 6. The Bowdoin International Music Festival invited the community to meet artistic directors David Ying and Phillip Ying for a special announcement about the season program.

There were drinks, light appetizers, and an opportunity to meet the festival community. Getting the chance to talk with the festival community in the off-season is always a treat. Elliot Rosen and Sandy Stott, writer 6. Portland Art Gallery Middle St. Portland Ovations 50 Monument Way Portland portlandovations. Holiday Inn by the Bay 88 Spring St. Hannaford Hall 88 Bedford St. Maine Historical Society Congress St. Kennebunk High School 89 Fletcher St. Maine Island Trail Association 6 p.

Merrill Auditorium 20 Myrtle St. The Spritzo team works with homeowners and industry professionals to build bathrooms and kitchens that are comfortable and compatible with yourlifestyle. Hinckley Introductions is a boutique agency, based in New England, that specializes in matchmaking singles 40 and up. In Life Unstyled by Emily Henson, vintage paintings, a floral backdrop, and warm natural textures combine for a cool and collected look. Does the space, after bringing together various eras and styles, feel a bit like an eclectic mishmash?

Douglass has worked in the Portland area since I wear a lot of hats as an architect. I help people fix buildings that have problems such as masonry failures, leaks, flashing leaks, and window leaks. This includes investigations that often require taking a wall or roof apart to determine where the failure is.

I provide them with remedial details as well. I design exterior enclosure packages, roof walls, and foundations for other architects. They design the look of the building, and I provide the components and details to make it perform properly. I also assist clients with historic restoration, window design or replacement, authentic period details, and material selections. The first is that building wall assemblies are getting more and more complicated.

In the past we built very simple walls: These buildings were inefficient and wasteful from an energy standpoint. They breathed and had big variables in what they could withstand from wet to dry or hot to cold. Today we have a need for energy efficiency and sustainability. The demand on an enclosure system to perform is very complex. Add to that all the holes we put in our buildings—windows, doors, vents, air exchange, makeup air—and you have hundreds of intersections that need.

Where we once had walls that acted as buffers to the environment, we now have control layers for moisture, vapor, air, sound, odor, thermal resistance, and light. This complex dance we have today has brought on the concept of building commissioning. Simply put, commissioning means that all parts of a building, including all the systems, perform as designed and intended for the owner. I provide building enclosure commissioning as part of this process. If it is different, I give input on it if I feel it will meet the intent of the design. AIA is a huge advocate for building performance and education.

Much of what I do relates directly to the health, safety, and welfare of people, and AIA has that at the forefront of their mission. So turn up the heat. Maine Street Design Co. Rockland, ME Lighting the Way You Live Our in-showroom specialists can help you create this atmosphere by bringing casual living home. I decided to treat all the cabinet doors as one mural, rather than creating a separate vignette on each panel.

It was a challenge to create an image that could break into sections yet remain as an uninterrupted design. In the kitchen, the windows look out toward the open waters and islands of Penobscot Bay, so it was important to me to create a mural that incorporates the environment and continues the nautical theme. I chose an earthy palette, using yellow ochre to represent the ocean and sky. In this room, where heather green and white are predominant, the yellow ochre contributes to the space rather than overwhelming it. The softness of the mural allows other colors to play off it as accents.

The mural is simplistic in style, but balanced. The weight of the piers on the far left and right frame the design, allowing me to treat the middle panels with fewer details. On their own, the middle panels might seem sparse, but in a bank of many doors, they become graceful, balancing out the weight of the sides. After I painted the mural, my husband fauxgrained the cabinet door frames as well as the island base and drawer fronts throughout the rest of the kitchen, tying the room together.

We also designed two four-foot-square compass roses on the floors of two adjacent rooms and fauxgrained the drawer fronts in those rooms to further complement the kitchen. On two major staircases, we painted compass roses on each of the risers, echoing the nautical elements in the kitchen. Nautical themes have a personal draw for me, since my husband and I are avid sailors and spent about six years living on a boat while still painting. In this particular house, I appreciate the serenity of these scenes. Every little boat, tree, and element has the faintest shadow against the stillness of the water.

Builder Kevin Lord in the bay window of a Kennebunkport home under construction by his firm, Thomas and Lord. Inside, among the cabinet door and moulding samples, a framed quote attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt offers a key to Lord himself: Lord grew up in the western Massachusetts mill town of Chicopee, the middle child of three siblings whose father left the family when Lord was His mother worked three jobs to keep their modest house; Lord and his brother Jim pitched in to help pay the mortgage by getting work permits in their mid-teens.

From a young age, he spent his free time building things in a small wood shop in the basement. After graduating high school, Lord went to work for a custom homebuilder, eventually ending up on the crew that built a home for Kevin Thomas, owner of Maine Media Collective, who also lived in Western Massachusetts at the time.

Because Thomas had left for work before sunrise and returned after dark, the two had never met in Massachusetts. In Maine, however, they quickly bonded, and Thomas soon floated the idea of launching a home construction business here. Lord declined; he had just purchased an old mill as an investment property, and business in Massachusetts was good. A few months later, Thomas asked him to do more work on the Kennebunkport house. They had the same conversation, and even though things were slowing down with work, Lord again said no.

Originally named Welcome Back Cottages, Thomas and Lord became synonymous with fine homebuilding, especially in the Kennebunks, where the company thrived even after the stock market crash in Thomas and Lord also connected with Kennebunkport real estate developer and hotelier Tim Harrington. This page, clockwise from left Cedar shakes cover the exterior of a custom home designed in the classic New England shingle style. Lord made this wooden truck when he was a boy. A new space Lord is finishing above a carriage house on his property. The rooflines and trim of the home opposite Lord built for himself and his family reflect his fondness for fine woodwork.

The garage holds a deeply personal marker of his success, one that he is aware may be misunderstood. After he bought Thomas out of the business, Lord asked him to let him know if he ever wanted to sell the Porsche, and in , he got the call. A shingle-style summer home sports two weathervanes. A sunny afternoon on one of several sandy beaches in the Kennebunks. Come summer, the Kennebunk River is packed with boats of all stripes. Founded in by 13 summer residents, the Kennebunk River Club opposite was originally focused on canoeing, with tennis courts added in Separated by the tidal Kennebunk River, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport have been popular summertime destinations since the mids.

Today, visitors come almost year-round for weekend getaways, or to experience events such as Christmas Prelude in December, Paint the Town Red in February, and the Kennebunkport Festival in early June. Those lucky enough to live in this scenic place are accustomed to welcoming out-of-town guests. Interior designer Louise Hurlbutt, who lives in Kennebunk with her husband, Ralph, has a regular route she takes to introduce visitors to the community.

A short walk leads to Trinity Chapel, where antique ship models are displayed on the walls. Hurlbutt and her guests then visit the beaches. Kennebunk River, recounting all the history along the way—in my childhood there were 14 hotels on this side of the river. Next, the tour heads across the river to Kennebunkport, turning onto Ocean Avenue and stopping at the Arundel Yacht Club. Across the street is the town green, where the gardens are dedicated to Barbara Bush.

Opposite,clockwise from top left Nautical details and patriotic colors decorate the exterior of a classic cape. Now condos, Narragansett by the Sea on Kennebunk Beach was built in as a hotel. Having sailed around the world as a teaching vessel with the Ocean Classroom Foundation, the Spirit of Massachusetts is permanently docked in Kennebunk and operates in the summer as a floating restaurant.

This new home incorporates classic seaside cottage elements and modern design. Lanigan, who died unexpectedly in at age Built of stones from the surrounding shoreline, it has twenty stained-glass windows, some of which incorporate seashells in the design. This house on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport was designed with multiple indoor and outdoor spaces. Melissa was detailed, precise, and very clear in her desires.

Plus, she always brought baked goods to meetings. Raspberry bars get mentioned more than once. Some of what she wanted was inevitable given that the existing Cape on the property abutted Goose Rocks Beach but did not take advantage of the views. Still, as a client, Melissa was asking for more than a beautiful house that would be mindful of its location.

Part of her vision simply came from how she and her family planned to use the house. Melissa is an enthusiastic baker, and Jerry loves to cook. Both love to entertain. Paramount were a large kitchen with plenty of counter space, two sinks, and a central table to integrate both sides of the kitchen—not an all-purpose island but a true work table. Derek Preble adapted it, building a long table with a blue de Savoie marble surface and using oak instead of metal for the base. Melissa also wanted her home to allow her frequent and plentiful overnight guests to both gather and retreat over the course of a stay.

The basement, which has a polished concrete floor, holds a pool table, sitting area, and exercise equipment. A covered back porch with remote control window and door screens that retreat into the mouldings faces the ocean. The entry landing has a chair in which one can enjoy a cup of coffee while awaiting visitors. Grade challenges and coastline restrictions, not to mention the buildable footprint, presented building challenges that resulted in solutions that make the house all the more unique.

The house is organized around two central corridors, one up and one down, and is divided vertically. Homeowner Melissa Rizzieri wanted a very simple dining room with a partial wall to define the space. The wovengrass chandelier is from Made Goods. Vintage bed stands, a vintage bedspread, and a simple area rug suggest a bedroom one might find in an old Maine cottage. The storage window seats are lifted off the floor to give the built-in the appearance of having legs.

A bookcase is fitted under the roofline.

A view of the detailed kitchen trim opposite shows how the space opens to the first-floor hallway and staircase. Stairs rise from both ends of the central corridor. A full set goes to upstairs bedrooms, and a half set leads to yet another surprise space—a den with an adjoining nook with a double daybed. Another half-flight leads to a guest bedroom with yet another sitting room and a private balcony with views down the whole length of the beach.

The first was a mere three blocks away. The couple moved for the opportunity to live directly on the beach, but saying goodbye to their first house was not easy. Her kids grew up with idyllic summer childhoods, riding bikes and playing Capture the Flag, that would have eluded them in Manhattan, where they lived during the school year. Their combined efforts produced a home that suggests a sophisticated yet spare saltwater farm, a house that might have grown organically over time, given the array of spaces and finishes and the presence, in the guest rooms, of vintage nightstands, oldfashioned coverlets, and built-in bookcases under the eaves.

Teague minimally outfitted the rooms with textured neutrals and the lightest of ocean blues and greens for most of the house, letting the color come from the artwork, such as the paintings in the living room one of Rizzieri and her two daughters by Holly Irwin of Roswell, Georgia. The extra-large kitchen features casework and a custom table by Derek Preble. Architect Brain Beaudette broke up the kitchen space with an arch to divide the baking area to the rear of the room from the rest of the kitchen.

The house is clad in double-dipped gray Maibec shingles opposite with white PVC trim and white clapboard at the front entry. It is one of the many spaces in the house intended for family or guests who want to sneak away for a nap or to read a book. To this end, Carter used ornamental grasses, dwarf arctic willow, and butterfly bushes to create a loose, buoyant landscape on the beach side, and Hidcote lavender, Russian sage, sedum, and artemisia in the front of the house. The approach to the front door includes a partial driveway wall of New England fieldstone, which transitions into a weathered granite veneer stone by the house, all built by stonemason Herb Meyer.

Steps and flatwork are of Mystic Mountain granite. The rough-edge profile of the risers and the inherent life and movement in Mystic Mountain granite as opposed to static pebbly gray. Lisa Teague is a master colorist with a clear sense of how pigments change in varying lights.

She worked as a decorative painter in France before she began her interior design career, and she brought her painting talents to the Rizzieri job. She sanded down the bright white farm table that the Rizzieris brought from their previous home and then added layers of gray and white glaze, surrounding the table with wishbone chairs by Hans Wegner from Design Within Reach and lighting it with a round woven-grass chandelier. Among her visual tricks for the house: The covered porch at the back of the house has automated remote control screens that retreat into the space above the door and windows, so it can function like an open porch in good weather.

The owners' bed is inset because of a challenge in creating the bathroom on the other side of the wall. Lisa Teague, who often likes to have a focal wall, turned the quirk into an asset, highlighting the unusual design feature with grass cloth. The pendant lamps prevent clutter on the bed stands. They were able to access her dreams and translate them into reality. When your siding is this good, you find all kinds of ways to enjoy it. The look of wood and fiber cement without all the maintenance, painting and warping. Friends of Friends Word of mouth helps a budget-conscious couple build an eco-friendly, modern home.

They were pecking by the front door when I stepped out of my car. I notice them at the same moment I see Salter seated at a table inside, raising his arm for a hello. The next thing I know, the door is open and three dogs are pushing forward for their own greetings. Ditto Morris and Salter, who were just behind them. Somehow it seems right that friendliness should so overwhelm me at the doorstep, since friendliness was, in a manner of speaking, what got the house built.

Morris and Salter have lived in Kennebunkport since In , despite their fondness for their previous house and land, the latter cut through by a tidal river, they were ready to downsize. Morris was still self-employed as a communications outreach consultant, and Salter was beginning to consider retiring after four decades of work as an internist in York. They weighed their options, including the possibility of moving to Portland. But they kept stumbling over their love for their land. Because they had four acres, they wondered if they could sell their existing house and carve off a portion of the land to build anew.

It would be too pricey, they reasoned, especially given that downsizing was partly about budget. It was open to its surroundings, topped with a green roof, and designed by architect Will Winkelman of Winkelman Architecture in Portland. The extra-wide boards used as cladding for this contemporary house are square-edge, solid tight-knot Western red cedar. The front door is fir, and stepping through it, one immediately see the river on the other side of the house. Seeded with fescue mix, the green roof above is visible from inside and outside the house. The stairwell has a George Nelson bubble lamp.

The solid maple stairs opposite have thick treads and risers, a maple handrail, stainless-steel cabling, and iron rails. The painting is by Molly Morpeth Canaday, a relatively unknown twentieth-century oil painter. Ben Trout of Trademark built custom cabinetry of prefinished maple plywood to keep costs down. Part of the drama of the space comes from the way the windows run from the leather granite countertop virtually to the ceiling, even behind the stove.

The light fixture over the sink is from Schoolhouse Electric and Supply Company. The faucet is a Moen pull-down sprayer. Coincidentally, Richardson and Winkelman are frequent collaborators, so Richardson offered to make an introduction. It turned out that, with a budget-conscious builder—Ben Trout of Trademark in South Portland—and a creative yet simple design from Winkleman, Morris and Salter could afford what they wanted.

As a doctor, Salter is all too aware of how many older patients slip in the bath. They wanted to be able to live on one level. He designed a singlestory rectangular form with a flat grass roof, almost like a shoebox with green hair, which is to the right when you arrive at the house. To the left is a soaring, glass-filled, double-story form with a shed roof. A short hallway off the entry has closets and a laundry room. The living room opposite has a Rais stove and a window seat with an oversized window that faces the woods and a chicken shed. The floor is bamboo, chosen for being a renewable and inexpensive wood.

The rug from Mougalian Rugs complements the couch and pillows from Pottery Barn. The baskets tucked under the window seat are from Target. Carol Morris stands in the pantry of her kitchen. The cabinets vary from the other side of the kitchen. Here, the bottom cabinets read as furniture given the solid maple legs , and there is open shelving and a maple countertop.

The cabinets, as well as the metalwork, were designed and fabricated by Trademark.

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