Jane O'Brien

Fran Clark's grandmother has passed away, and she is assigned the task of going through her Gram's personal items, deciding what to keep and what to discard. As she is going through desks and drawers, she comes across a key that opens Gram's trunk, which is filled with quilts made by generations of Clark women. The key was one she had always loved as a child. Filled with nostalgia, Fran spreads the quilts across the room, and while shedding tears for the loss of her grandmother, she suddenly finds herself transported to 1875, and she is not even sure how she got there. Scared and alone, she must find a way to fit into this new world. As Fran struggles to find her way back to her own time period, she learns of a new way of living in the post Civil War era, one of hard work with very little time for relaxation, and lacking any modern amenities, but as she begins to adjust, she discovers a different side to herself. She finds strength and a self-confidence she did not know she had, and she learns that two different men find her beautiful, something she had never thought about herself before.When the time has come to make a decision to stay or leave, she is torn. If she stays she will have a contented and fulfilled life, but she will be living a lie, and she risks hurting those she has grown to love and who love her. And if she goes, even though she will once again be back with her family, she will have to deal with all of the pressures of a modern life, and she will be facing it alone, with no one to love.Can Fran find a way back to her own time? Does she want to? Travel back in time with Fran and decide for yourself what you would do.Yesterday's Tears is the first book of a new series by Jane O'Brien called A Slip in Time.

A Slip in Time

Yesterday's Tears

Belle had been kept sheltered and protected her whole life, so when she finds her mother unexpectedly dead in their motel room, her world is turned upside down, especially since Belle and her mother Karen had always been very close. Alone, with no one to help or advise her, she must make funeral arrangements and then plan the next step for the direction of her life. While going through some papers and documents that her mother had always kept in a locked box, Belle discovers that her mother had been keeping secrets. Secrets that seemed to involve her daughter. Upon a chance encounter with a handsome attorney, who fills her romantic idea of the man of her dreams, Belle begins to see that it's time to take control of her life and live it the way she would like, and not necessarily the way her mother had planned. But first she has promised herself she would fulfill her mother's dream to visit the lighthouses along the Lake Michigan shore. As Belle travels the West Michigan shoreline, from Grand Haven heading north, she makes acquaintances along the way who will change the course of her life in surprising ways, and who open her eyes to possibilities of love. Book 1 of The Lighthouse Trilogy begins a series of genealogical twists and turns that you won't see coming. Suspense, romance, family lies, secrets, and mistrust, all come together in a surprising ending. A clean romance that will send sparks and passion through the characters and straight to your heart. One of Jane O'Brien's best!

The 13th Lighthouse

Ruby had a fascinating life surrounding The Great Depression and Prohibition, which she had always kept private, until shortly before her death at age 102 when she decided the time was right to tell her story to her great-granddaughter, Ivy. Ruby relates the story of the love of her life, a man Ivy had never met, and secrets she has kept for over 80 years. The fascinating tale of guns, gangsters, and magical love, captures Ivy's imagination, taking her to another time and place. When Ivy meets Fox, she questions whether their relationship is moving too quickly. Does she really know who he is? Can she allow herself to fall completely and totally in love for the first time in her life? If so, will her love be as passionate as the one her beloved great-grandmother had? And more importantly can she count on him to be trustworthy and loyal, because now she, too, holds secrets of her own. The only way to find out is to give herself without reservation, just like Ruby had. As Ruby's story unwinds in the 1920s and '30s, Ivy's story is just beginning. The two narratives will be entwined in a way that seems impossible, as a thread develops that will tie the characters together forever.

Ruby and Sal

In this magical, romantic book, the second in the series of The Unforgettables, the story of Ivy and Fox continues in contemporary times, while at the same time flashing back to previous generations of gypsies, circus performers, and vaudevillians. In Book One of the series, Ruby and Sal, Ivy had been taking notes from her 102-year- old great grandmother in order to write a book about Ruby's life. Little did she know that while learning about secrets her great-grandmother held, Ivy would reveal mysteries that she would need to solve before moving on with her own life. Centered around West Michigan where vaudevillians used to summer in the 1920s and 1930s, Maisy and Max is the mystical tale of a love story which is woven through a time that was filled with passionate love and agonizing trials. It then circles back to 2017 where we last left Ivy and Fox, miserable and aching for each other. In the past, each generation has held its secrets, but Ivy's secret may be the most powerful one of all and could possibly hurt the man she loves. Unbeknownst to Ivy, Fox also has a secret of his own that he has been holding close, and once revealed, he could lose all that he holds dear.

Maisy and Max

From the mountians of the Ukraine in the 1800s to present day, the story of the ruby necklace first discovered in Ruby and Sal plays a dominant role, as it weaves romance and continues to untangle the family tree. Readers of O'Brien's The Unforgettables series will delight in book three in this story of a gypsy prince and a peasant girl, two star-crossed lovers who affect the future and the lives of Ivy and Fox. Fanciful and magical in the past, and tumultuous in the future, there is no end to the surprises and twists and turns. As Ivy dives into her latest writing project, she discovers new documents on the family tree that shock her. Added to that is the fact that Fox has withheld a few secrets about himself. The news sends Ivy into a tailspin. Will the couple be able to survive the turmoil? How will two lovers of long ago bring the two lovers of today together again?

Ivy and Fox

The next installment of the Grainger and Clark family saga is all about mercy - God's mercy, but also the forgiveness of friends and family to those they care about. Changes abound in Twin Lake and Holton, as some people leave and new people arrive. There is joy to share and mysteries to solve. There is love and laughter, birth and death, and new growth. The woman called Mercy is threatened with her life, while a younger woman named Marigold tries to hold it together in order to change her life. You won't be disappointed with the new events in town and on the farm as life goes on in Muskegon County.

Yesterday's Mercy

The saga of the Graingers and the Clarks continues in Twin Lake/Holton in both the 19th and the 21st centuries. Daniel has disappeared from 1881 and is back home in his own era, where he meets a strangely familiar woman in the cemetery named Virginia. They discover they have much in common as they dig through the files and papers of their own family histories. Will this woman discover the secret of time travel he has managed to keep so well hidden? Will she disrupt the lives of Fran and Dora in the 1880s once she suspects the truth? How does Daniel feel about the Dora lookalike? As time in 2025 progresses, the same moon of the 21st century shines down on the people of 1881. Mavis moves through her pregnancy while living at the Grainger home. Unsure of where she fits in and what is to become of her life, she struggles to find her place. Ruth becomes aware that another man is interested in her. He is charming and younger and is giving the doctor a run for his money. Now with two suitors she must make a decision on what is in her best interests. There is a threat at the Luke Grainger household that could change everything in their family dynamics. Immediate action is necessary.Wade finds himself in a bit of a financial bind at the mercantile. If things don't change soon he must swallow his pride and ask for help. The only place to go is to his nemesis. And a new mystery emerges when Mercy receives a telegram she did not have a chance to read. And as she has often said, 'No good news ever comes from South Dakota.'

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