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    "N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", by Gratiana Lovelace (2013-2014) (Done)
    "N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons"...
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    John Thornton has an eager mind, starved for intellectual stimulation.  But what John could not have foreseen was that just as his mind needs nourishment, so does his heart.  Mr. Hale's proud, beautiful, kind, stubborn, and compassionate daughter Miss Margaret Hale will bring John Thornton's untutored heart to full and vibrant life.
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    Table of contentsLast updated Oct 12, 2014
    • "N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", by Gratiana Lovelace October 14, 2013
    • Prologue
    • Ch.1: Timing is Everything
    • Ch. 2: Navigating an Invitation
    • Ch. 3 (PG-13): A Carriage Ride and Picnic in Nature's Idyll
    • Ch. 4: A Question of Propriety
    • Ch. 5: Propriety Be Damned
    • Ch. 6: The Thorntons' Engagement Responses
    • Ch. 7: The Mill's Future is Cast into Doubt
    • Ch. 8 (PG-13, S): A Compromising Situation
    • Ch. 9 (PG-13, V): Trouble at Marlborough Mills
    • Ch. 10 (PG-13, S): Recovery and Romance
    • Ch. 11 (R rated, S): I Plight Thee My Troth
    • Ch. 12: Merry Match Making Mirrrrth
    • Ch. 13: Dr. Ogilvy joins the Thornton Christmas Celebrations
    • Ch. 14: After Christmas Visit to London Part 1
    • Ch. 15 (PG-13): After Christmas Visit to London Part 2 (John & Margaret)
    • Ch. 16 (PG-13): Hannah's Long Forgotten Memories Awaken While Caring for Lissa
    • Ch. 17: Meeting Dr. Ogilvy's Children in London
    • Ch. 18 (PG): Mrs. Thornton's 1st Monday with the Dillard Children
    • Ch. 19: Some Return Home to Milton, Some Stay in London Part I
    • Ch. 20: Some Return Home to Milton, Some Stay in London Part 2
    • Ch. 21 (R-S): Sunday Spooning, and Monday Museum & Tea Rituals
    • Ch. 22: Mrs. Shaw's Farewell Dinner Soiree Finds Fanny with Competing Suitors
    • Ch. 23: Unexpected Complications
    • Ch. 24 (PG-13): Tea for Two Becomes Fractured
    • Ch. 25 (PG-13): Watson Gets More than He Bargained For
    • Ch. 26: Wedding Planning Dresses and Such
    • Ch. 27 (R-rated, S): John and Margaret's Loving Evening and Such
    • Ch. 28 (PG-13): Hannah's and Cameron's Evening Begins Lovingly
    • Ch. 29: Fanny and Baird Courting in London
    • Ch. 30: Traveling to Airlie Castle in Scotland for a Highland Wedding
    • Ch. 31 (PG-13): Love, Tenderness, Patience, and Compassion
    • Ch. 32 (R-rated, S): A Love Worth Waiting For
    • Ch. 33 (PG): Ankles and Feet, Heads and Hearts
    • Ch. 34 (PG-13): Pas de deux, times two?
    • Ch. 35 (PG-13): Fanny Comes to a Decision
    • Ch. 36 (PG): Fanny's Dalliance with Baird Ends
    • Ch. 37 (PG): Fanny Arrives Home in Milton Seeking Consolation
    • Ch. 38 (PG): Dr. Houghton is Very Attentive
    • Ch. 39 (PG): Unexpected Developments in Thornton Manor Residents
    • Ch. 40 (R-rated, S): Romantic Partners Times Three
    • Ch. 41 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Makes an Appeal
    • Ch. 42 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Seeks to Win Back His Fiona, Part 1
    • Ch. 43 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Seeks to Win Back His Fiona, Part 2
    • Ch. 44 (PG): Sometimes Love Means Letting Go
    • Ch. 45 (PG): Chopin Nocturnes Interlude
    • Ch. 46 (PG-13): Home is Where the Heart Is
    • Ch. 47 (PG-13): Sunday Luncheon Parting is Bittersweet
    • Ch. 48 (PG-13): A House Warming and Wedding Planning
    • Ch. 49 (PG): Fanny's Birthday Surprises
    • Ch. 50 (PG-13): A Member of the Wedding
    • Ch. 51 (PG-13): With This Rrring, I Thee Wed
    • Ch. 52 (R-rated, S): With My Body, I Thee Worship
    • Ch. 53 (PG-13): Post Wedding Euphoria and Distress
    • Ch. 54 (PG-13): Where There is a "Mill", There is a Way
    • Ch. 55 (PG): Domestic Bliss?
    • Ch. 56 (PG-13): Returning to Scotland Brings Surprises and Joy!
    • Ch. 57 (PG-13): You Are So Beautiful, to Me!
    • Ch. 58 (PG-13): Margaret has a Plan
    • Ch. 59 (PG-13): Sharing Baby News with Family, Delicately
    • Ch. 60 (PG-13, D): Preparations
    • Ch. 61 (PG-13): The Angus Scotland Highland Games Open
    • Ch. 62 (PG-13): At the Highland Games, the Ladies Go a Husband Calling
    • Ch. 63 (PG-13, D): The Pain of Giving Life
    • Ch. 64 (PG-13): A Promise
    • Ch. 65: Baby Names
    • Ch. 66 (PG-13): Babies Yet to Come
    • Ch. 67 (PG-13): The Cycle of Life
    • Ch. 68 (PG-13): Joy in the Morning
    • Ch. 69 (PG-13): Returning to Airlie Estates in Scotland
    • Ch. 70 (PG-13): Advent Surprises, Part 1
    • Ch. 71 (PG-13): Advent Suprises, Part 2
    • Ch. 72 (PG-13): 3.5 Years Later, Seeking a Son to Love
    • Ch. 73 (PG-13, D): Finding Families for Children
    • Ch. 74 (PG-13): Loving from the Heart, Part 1
    • Ch. 75 (PG-13): Loving from the Heart, Part 2 (Revised)
    • Ch. 76 (PG-13): Arrivals and New Beginnings
    • Ch. 77 (PG-15, S): Bedtime Stories
    • Ch. 78 (PG-13): Chance Made Us Sisters
    • Ch. 79 (PG-13): Preparing for a 4th Birthday
    • Ch. 80 (PG-13, D): Birthday Festivities, and Then Some
    • Ch. 81 (PG-13): Courting Permission
    • Ch. 82 (PG-13): Wooing
    • Ch. 83 (PG-13): On Bended Knee
    • Ch. 84 (PG-13, D): Brigid's Past Threatens to Claim Her Future
    • Ch. 85 (PG-13, S): A Good Man
    • Ch. 86 (PG-13): Five Years Later: The Trials of Fathering Daughters Begin
    • Ch. 87 (PG-13, D): Fathers and Sons
    • Ch. 88 (PG-13): My Family, My Heart
    • Ch. 89 (PG-13): Epilogue/End--Ten and Twenty Years later, Love Lessons Learned

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    • "N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", by Gratiana Lovelace October 14, 2013
    • Prologue
    • Ch.1: Timing is Everything
    • Ch. 2: Navigating an Invitation
    • Ch. 3 (PG-13): A Carriage Ride and Picnic in Nature's Idyll
    • Ch. 4: A Question of Propriety
    • Ch. 5: Propriety Be Damned
    • Ch. 6: The Thorntons' Engagement Responses
    • Ch. 7: The Mill's Future is Cast into Doubt
    • Ch. 8 (PG-13, S): A Compromising Situation
    • Ch. 9 (PG-13, V): Trouble at Marlborough Mills
    • Ch. 10 (PG-13, S): Recovery and Romance
    • Ch. 11 (R rated, S): I Plight Thee My Troth
    • Ch. 12: Merry Match Making Mirrrrth
    • Ch. 13: Dr. Ogilvy joins the Thornton Christmas Celebrations
    • Ch. 14: After Christmas Visit to London Part 1
    • Ch. 15 (PG-13): After Christmas Visit to London Part 2 (John & Margaret)
    • Ch. 16 (PG-13): Hannah's Long Forgotten Memories Awaken While Caring for Lissa
    • Ch. 17: Meeting Dr. Ogilvy's Children in London
    • Ch. 18 (PG): Mrs. Thornton's 1st Monday with the Dillard Children
    • Ch. 19: Some Return Home to Milton, Some Stay in London Part I
    • Ch. 20: Some Return Home to Milton, Some Stay in London Part 2
    • Ch. 21 (R-S): Sunday Spooning, and Monday Museum & Tea Rituals
    • Ch. 22: Mrs. Shaw's Farewell Dinner Soiree Finds Fanny with Competing Suitors
    • Ch. 23: Unexpected Complications
    • Ch. 24 (PG-13): Tea for Two Becomes Fractured
    • Ch. 25 (PG-13): Watson Gets More than He Bargained For
    • Ch. 26: Wedding Planning Dresses and Such
    • Ch. 27 (R-rated, S): John and Margaret's Loving Evening and Such
    • Ch. 28 (PG-13): Hannah's and Cameron's Evening Begins Lovingly
    • Ch. 29: Fanny and Baird Courting in London
    • Ch. 30: Traveling to Airlie Castle in Scotland for a Highland Wedding
    • Ch. 31 (PG-13): Love, Tenderness, Patience, and Compassion
    • Ch. 32 (R-rated, S): A Love Worth Waiting For
    • Ch. 33 (PG): Ankles and Feet, Heads and Hearts
    • Ch. 34 (PG-13): Pas de deux, times two?
    • Ch. 35 (PG-13): Fanny Comes to a Decision
    • Ch. 36 (PG): Fanny's Dalliance with Baird Ends
    • Ch. 37 (PG): Fanny Arrives Home in Milton Seeking Consolation
    • Ch. 38 (PG): Dr. Houghton is Very Attentive
    • Ch. 39 (PG): Unexpected Developments in Thornton Manor Residents
    • Ch. 40 (R-rated, S): Romantic Partners Times Three
    • Ch. 41 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Makes an Appeal
    • Ch. 42 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Seeks to Win Back His Fiona, Part 1
    • Ch. 43 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Seeks to Win Back His Fiona, Part 2
    • Ch. 44 (PG): Sometimes Love Means Letting Go
    • Ch. 45 (PG): Chopin Nocturnes Interlude
    • Ch. 46 (PG-13): Home is Where the Heart Is
    • Ch. 47 (PG-13): Sunday Luncheon Parting is Bittersweet
    • Ch. 48 (PG-13): A House Warming and Wedding Planning
    • Ch. 49 (PG): Fanny's Birthday Surprises
    • Ch. 50 (PG-13): A Member of the Wedding
    • Ch. 51 (PG-13): With This Rrring, I Thee Wed
    • Ch. 52 (R-rated, S): With My Body, I Thee Worship
    • Ch. 53 (PG-13): Post Wedding Euphoria and Distress
    • Ch. 54 (PG-13): Where There is a "Mill", There is a Way
    • Ch. 55 (PG): Domestic Bliss?
    • Ch. 56 (PG-13): Returning to Scotland Brings Surprises and Joy!
    • Ch. 57 (PG-13): You Are So Beautiful, to Me!
    • Ch. 58 (PG-13): Margaret has a Plan
    • Ch. 59 (PG-13): Sharing Baby News with Family, Delicately
    • Ch. 60 (PG-13, D): Preparations
    • Ch. 61 (PG-13): The Angus Scotland Highland Games Open
    • Ch. 62 (PG-13): At the Highland Games, the Ladies Go a Husband Calling
    • Ch. 63 (PG-13, D): The Pain of Giving Life
    • Ch. 64 (PG-13): A Promise
    • Ch. 65: Baby Names
    • Ch. 66 (PG-13): Babies Yet to Come
    • Ch. 67 (PG-13): The Cycle of Life
    • Ch. 68 (PG-13): Joy in the Morning
    • Ch. 69 (PG-13): Returning to Airlie Estates in Scotland
    • Ch. 70 (PG-13): Advent Surprises, Part 1
    • Ch. 71 (PG-13): Advent Suprises, Part 2
    • Ch. 72 (PG-13): 3.5 Years Later, Seeking a Son to Love
    • Ch. 73 (PG-13, D): Finding Families for Children
    • Ch. 74 (PG-13): Loving from the Heart, Part 1
    • Ch. 75 (PG-13): Loving from the Heart, Part 2 (Revised)
    • Ch. 76 (PG-13): Arrivals and New Beginnings
    • Ch. 77 (PG-15, S): Bedtime Stories
    • Ch. 78 (PG-13): Chance Made Us Sisters
    • Ch. 79 (PG-13): Preparing for a 4th Birthday
    • Ch. 80 (PG-13, D): Birthday Festivities, and Then Some
    • Ch. 81 (PG-13): Courting Permission
    • Ch. 82 (PG-13): Wooing
    • Ch. 83 (PG-13): On Bended Knee
    • Ch. 84 (PG-13, D): Brigid's Past Threatens to Claim Her Future
    • Ch. 85 (PG-13, S): A Good Man
    • Ch. 86 (PG-13): Five Years Later: The Trials of Fathering Daughters Begin
    • Ch. 87 (PG-13, D): Fathers and Sons
    • Ch. 88 (PG-13): My Family, My Heart
    • Ch. 89 (PG-13): Epilogue/End--Ten and Twenty Years later, Love Lessons Learned
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