"What the Heart Knows" is good old-fashioned story-telling at its best. The characters are all fun to read and the plot keeps you going with surprising twists and turns. I can't wait for the next one!

I read Mara Purl's What The Heart Knows at one sitting, and there appears to be no end to her talent. Her verbal imagery is very effective, and she draws her readers into the story easily. Good work!

I have just read "What The Heart Knows" with great enjoyment. All Mara Purl's characters are vivid and each one is memorable. Although there are a lot of them, there's no confusing them. She has excellent control of each one and scatters her hints and clues which I look forward to having explained/ expanded upon as the series continues. This writer is well on her way to giving Danielle Steel a run for her money!

As assistant director of the Mathews Memorial Library, I have made sure the Milford-Haven novels have been entered into our collection and they are now circulating. Patrons have enjoyed reading this series and we look forward to Mara Purl's next installment!

Both of the first two in Mara Purl's series of "Milford-Haven" novels were excellent. "What The Heart Knows" and "Closer Than You Think" were most enjoyable and entertaining. Once I got into them, I couldn't put them down!

As a reporter for the Japan Times in Tokyo (where Mara Purl grew up), I've followed Mara's career for a long time, and have lately mentioned her novels in my column. My only question is...do I have to wait 10 more books to find out what happened to Chris???

"I just finished Child Secrets. I think I would have to say that it is by far and away the best of the series. I found the novel intriguing and fascinating, while eduactional and entertaining. I am amazed on how the complex lives of Milford-Haven only seem to get more complex with time. I can't imagine what will happen to these indiviudals by the "end" of their fictional life time..."

As former Managing Editor for the Associated Press, I knew Mara Purl's work as a journalist. In her Milford-Haven novels I thought the writing was crisp and clean, the dialogue realistic, the scenes well described. The books are well written and should be gripping to soap opera fans. I salute her ingenuity.

As assistant director of the Mathews Memorial Library, I have made sure the Milford-Haven novels have been entered into our collection and they are now circulating. Patrons have enjoyed reading this series and we look forward to Mara Purl's next installment!

Well of course I feel its excellent my grandfather wrote it and drew the pictures.

This book is a great starter book for young readers. My six year old son knows it cover to cover and still insists on reading it most every day.

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"I loved this book! I came right home and scarfed it down. It's I love the storyline and the way it's going. And it was fun that the Miranda character visited Durango, Colorado. We've stayed at the Strater many times, and I could picture the beautiful rooms so clearly -- I didn't know about the secret panels in the lobby! We'll have to visit again and take a careful look."

As Director of UNAVCO and Radiometrics, I study and measure the movement of tectonic plates via satellite imagery. I found the first four of Mara Purl's series on Milford-Haven quite captivating. I particularly like the forays into various spiritual, psychological and technical realms. Her insights into art, music, and nature seem to emerge in a way similar to their appearance in life. Quite an impressive creation. After helping with her with research for "Nobody's Fault", it was fun to read and see she'd woven the threads of facts into the fabric well.

Being originally from West Milford, this book showed me what it was long, LONG before I lived there. A truly interesting book filled with pictures of places I see on a regular basis when I'm home and some places which I will never see.

This is a beautiful book, meticulously researched. It's a must for the lover of local New Jersey histories. The author has provided many scenes and vignettes of this small New Jersey town at the turn of the century, and you can truly see what life was like in a rural NJ town, before urban and suburban sprawl. Truly nicely done!

"Advice to a grand-daughter" is a collection of letters from Queen Victoria to her granddaughter, Princess Victoria of Hesse, wonderfully selected and edited by Richard Hough. The letters date from April 1870 to July 1900. Victoria of Hesse was the oldest daughter of Queen Victoria's Hessian grandchildren, and after their mother (the Queen's daughter Alice) died in 1878, Queen Victoria undertook to raise them long-distance, often by barraging Princess Victoria with instructions on how to deal with the younger children.

As always, the Queen's charming and forceful-- if occasionally overbearing-- personality makes itself felt in her letters. The Hessian royal children grew up to be forceful personalities in their own right. Princess Victoria married Prince Louis of Battenberg; the family changed their name to Mountbatten towards the end of the First World War; Victoria's youngest son is best known as the late Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and one of her grandsons is Prince Philip, the current Duke of Edinburgh. The second girl, Princess Elizabeth, married a son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and, after his murder by anarchists, took the veil and was herself murdered during the Russian Revolution. The third, Princess Irene, married the only brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The youngest daughter, Alix (or "Alicky", as she appears in these letters), married Tsar Nicholas II of Russia; she and her entire family were killed during the Revolution. The boy, Ernest Louis ("Ernie"), was the last reigning Grand Duke of Hesse, a patron of the arts.

These letters provide a detailed and fascinating recounting of some of the childhood events of the Hessians-- Princess Victoria's marriage, the Queen's hissy fits over each marriage, in turn, of the three youngest girls', family births and family deaths, the Queen's trips to Europe. An absorbing book, highly recommended to anyone with an interest in Queen Victoria and the intertwined relationships of European royalty of the period.

This is a must have Zuni Pottery book! I own this hard cover book and it really says a lot about the current Zuni potters. Buy this for your collection and see the amazing quality photos of the masters in action. Good job! Milford & Elisa

This book contains large volumes of information of the early settlers of Milford from the Colonial period. Many families are included which have ties to Hertfordshire, England. Some family names include: "Deacon" George Clarke, "Farmer" George Clarke, Baldwin, Platt, Gunn, Prudden, Beardsley, and Treat.

Genealogies are easy to read and reference.