Margaret S. Haycraft

Books

With a Gladsome Mind - Ten Short Stories
Price: Free! Words: 51,930. Language: English. Published: May 30, 2019 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Romance, Fiction » Romance » Short stories
Ten short stories from White Tree Publishing’s most popular Christian author from the past, Margaret S. Haycraft. Some are cosy romances, and others less cosy involving forgiveness and acceptance of loss. They are all single chapters, apart from the first, which is six short chapters.
The Professor’s Wife and Other Stories
Price: Free! Words: 8,540. Language: English. Published: May 25, 2019 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Short stories, Fiction » Romance » Short stories
Three very short light-hearted romances from the most popular of our Christian authors of Victorian fiction. In the first story, Professor Leigh has a very jaded view of female usefulness. So when he receives a letter from a dying friend asking him to marry his daughter, Blossom, he realises his work on Theophrastus and Menander means far more to him than an interview with Blossom Fairlie.
At Aunt Verbena’s - White Tree Publishing Edition
Price: Free! Words: 45,930. Language: English. Published: May 25, 2019 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Victorian, Fiction » Christian » Romance
Hester Walton is just starting a promising writing career, but she answers the call to care for her aunt, Verbena Bridge, who is both sour and bitter, as well as bedridden. Aunt Verbena’s elderly servant, Finnis, is also sour and bitter, as well as lazy. Finis resents the intrusion of Hester as she goes about improving conditions. Also in the house is Hugh Millard, the orphan son of friends.
The Lady of the Chine
Price: Free! Words: 22,440. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2019 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Romance, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Stephen Wadham, the young minister of the thriving Union Church in London, meets a vision of loveliness while on holiday, the Lady of the Chine. Unfortunately she disappears as quickly as she appeared. Stephen is hiding a shameful secret, and when a small child, cold and hungry, turns up at his church one evening begging for food, he knows his past could be about to unravel.
Iona
Price: Free! Words: 14,850. Language: English. Published: August 26, 2018 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Historical, Fiction » Christian » Romance
Daphne Wardour, at the age of twenty-three, is left an orphan with six younger siblings to care for on a very limited income. Her one strength is her ability as an artist. She meets David Hamilton, proprietor of The Rudder, who helps her find contacts for her art. But can she, the daughter of a colonel, lower herself to illustrate trade circulars and billheads for a tea and coffee merchant?
Sybil's Repentance
Price: Free! Words: 51,390. Language: English. Published: April 1, 2018 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Romance, Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
Sybil Agmere, an orphan, is taken in by a loving mother with four children and a strict grandfather. The grandfather changes the inheritance in his will, but Sybil reasons that if she can destroy the latest will, justice will be done. As the years go on, she sees that destroying the will is bringing nothing but trouble, but surely there are some wrongs that no repentance can set right.
Freda's Folly
Price: Free! Words: 39,960. Language: English. Published: March 11, 2018 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Historical, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
Freda Beresford is an aspiring young writer whose work is constantly rejected. One day Freda receives a letter from a distant aunt, congratulating her on getting a story published in a leading literary journal. Enclosed is a large cheque and a promise to help Freda to a literary career. Unfortunately, Freda did not write the story, but she accepts the cheque, and the deception starts.
Sister Royal
Price: Free! Words: 61,670. Language: English. Published: January 2, 2018 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Romance, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Beryl Rosslyn Aylmer, known from childhood as Bride, is suffering from seizures. Her young brother, Bonny, calls in Dr. Gildredge who sees that the only way to keep control of Bride's radical treatment is to persuade her to marry him, and also stop young Bonny from seeing her. This story by favourite author Margaret S Haycraft is a very readable mix of romance and revenge.
The Clever Miss Jancy
Price: Free! Words: 48,900. Language: English. Published: December 10, 2017 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Miss Orabel Jancy is indeed clever, and she knows it. She is the author of several scientific books. When Orabel was born, a deathbed promise was made with a friend that Orabel and the friend's son should be given the opportunity to marry. Orabel only learns of the arrangement when she is grown up and the friend's son is already on his way from India -- to propose to her!
Miss Elizabeth's Niece
Price: Free! Words: 74,090. Language: English. Published: November 6, 2017 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
"You have scandalised your name and ours, and the only thing to do is to make the best of it, and teach Maisie at least the first principles of ladylike conduct." Trevor Strathclyde, from a wealthy and aristocratic family, marries Maisie, a servant girl he meets while touring the Continent. Trouble is bound to follow when he takes her home.
Una's Marriage
Price: Free! Words: 44,820. Language: English. Published: October 9, 2017 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom, Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome
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Una Latreille inherits the St Pensart’s estate which has been in the family since the Norman Conquest. Unfortunately the estate is now bankrupt, and although still in mourning, Una’s only hope of living in the style to which she has been accustomed is to marry a wealthy man, and quickly. But can she possibly marry far beneath her class to the only man, a mill owner, who is interested?
Rose Capel's Sacrifice
Price: Free! Words: 43,560. Language: English. Published: July 13, 2017 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » General, Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
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Rose and Maurice Capel find themselves living in poverty through no fault of their own, and their daughter Gwen is dangerously ill and in need of a doctor and medicine, which they cannot possibly afford. There seems to be only one option -- to offer their daughter to Maurice Capel's unmarried sister, Dorothy, living in the beautiful Welsh countryside, and be left with nothing more than memories.
Amaranth's Garden
Price: Free! Words: 45,660. Language: English. Published: May 22, 2017 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Historical, Fiction » Romance » General
Amaranth Glyn's comfortable life comes to an end when the church funds disappear. Her father, the church treasurer who drew out the money, is also missing, to be followed shortly by her mother. The disgrace this brings on the family means Amaranth's marriage plans are cancelled. Amaranth is a competent artist and moves away with her young brother to try to earn a living.
Gildas Haven
Price: Free! Words: 82,450. Language: English. Published: July 26, 2016 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Romance, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
In the peaceful English village of Meadthorpe, the church and chapel have existed in an uneasy peace. Now a young curate arrives at St Simeon's, bringing high church ritual and ways of worship. Gildas Haven, the daughter of the chapel minister is furious to discover the curate is enticing "her" children away. The ending of this sensitively told romance is likely to come as a surprise.
Silverbeach Manor
Price: Free! Words: 41,220. Language: English. Published: March 24, 2016 by White Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Romance, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Pansy is cared for by her aunt, Temperance Piper, who keeps the old fashioned village post office. One day Pansy meets wealthy Mrs. Adair who offers to take her under her wing and give her a life of wealth in high society that she could never dream of -- on condition Pansy never revisits her past life. This is a story of rags to riches to ... well, to a life where nothing is straightforward.