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1) Someday soon
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Regally beautiful, Lady Alexandra Wilton has refused to wed without love. She will not compromise-until her father dies and his shocking will reveals that Alexandra will lose everything unless she marries his heir. Much to everyone's surprise, the next earl is an upstart, a fiery Highlander just as outraged at the prospect of wedding a frosty Englishwoman as Alexandra is at the very idea of bedding him. But for this romantic lady, the unexpected is...
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Torn between duty and desire...
Catherine Evans never expected to have a London season. Now that her future has changed, she has one goal—to gain the heart of the man who is already more than a friend to her. But the season has just begun when she discovers she might already be too late.
The Earl of Kerrick must set aside his desire to court Catherine when duty compels him to play the role of a man who intends
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Playful brides volume 8
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"Viscount Hart Highgate has decided to put his rakish ways behind him and finally get married. He may adore a good brandy or a high-speed carriage race, but he takes his duties as heir to the earldom seriously. Now all he has to do is find the right kind of woman to be his bride ideally, one who's also well-connected and well-funded. . . Meg Timmons has loved Hart, the brother of her best friend, ever since she was an awkward, blushing schoolgirl....
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Honora St. Leger would much rather wield a sword than a needle. But when her girlhood infatuation, Ewan MacEgan, returns to compete for her younger sister's hand in marriage, she's startled by the unexpected yearning the Irish warrior awakens. As a widow, she found no pleasure in the marriage bed, but she cannot deny the forbidden spark between them. All his life, Ewan struggled to become a fighter like his brothers and now, he's competing for land...
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The wallflower who was never loved...Lady Carol was supposed to marry the Duke of Augustine. Then, shortly before the wedding, the duke committed suicide, citing her for the reason he couldn't go on living anymore. While there was no love lost between them, her situation is not any better when her guardian threatens to send her off to a convent unless she finds someone else to marry. Marriage to a gentleman she barely knows is a risky venture, but...
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In 1890, shortly before her twenty-fifth birthday, Elizabeth Portland finds herself abandoned for the second time in her life. Against her better judgement she is persuaded to act as chaperone to an eighteen-year-old society girl to see her safely through a summer on the continent before her coming out season. Caught up in the parry and thrust of society match-making, she has no thought of herself becoming an object of interest, particularly to Hugh...
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When love seems impossible. She is on the verge of losing everything…To save her home and keep her two younger siblings safe, Louisa Evans must turn to the head of the family that ruined hers. He needs an heir…The Marquess of Overlea is starting to show signs of having inherited the same illness that killed his father and older brother. To prevent the marquisate from falling into the hands of an unscrupulous cousin, Overlea must secure an heir...
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Can she thaw the ice that encases his heart? They call him the Unaffected Earl...Many seek his favor, men and women alike, but few glimpse what lies beneath the Earl of Brantford's aloof exterior. She was the woman everyone wanted...Rose Hardwick was the most sought-after debutante in London until scandal touched her family and made her a social pariah. He alone has the power to help her...Rose is determined to prove her father innocent of the crime...
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Sometimes love happens when you least expect it… She's loved him for years…Charlotte Grant can't remember a time when she didn't love her best friend's older brother. He's never noticed her …The Duke of Clarington hadn't spared a thought for his sister's friend in years. Their situations are about to be reversed…It is the beginning of a new Season and Clarington intends to stay away from all the young ladies and eager mamas hoping to ensnare...
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A Year Without a Duke The duke has died. Long live the duke! The only problem is no one knows who the new Duke of Beckworth is. All of England wonders, but no one more so than the people who depend upon Beckworth for their livelihood. In 1816, a year so cold that the word "summer" is a cruel joke, that livelihood is even more uncertain. However, they are all about to find out, with the duke away, there is nothing more warming than scandal and love...Forbidden...
11) Dear Stranger
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A case of mistaken identity…During a masked ball, Sophie Crandle's mask gives her the courage she needs to follow the man she expects will propose to her into the gardens, where she brazenly asks him for the one thing that will tell her if she can accept him-a kiss. And what a kiss it is! Her elation turns to horror, however, when she realizes she is kissing the wrong man. The man who has awakened her desire is not the man who is courting her, but...
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A new Marquess, a chance meeting, and a hidden identity… He was simply John Evans when he enlisted ten years ago. But when John returns to England after the war against Napoleon is over, he gains an unexpected title-the Marquess of Lowenbrock. Niece to the former marquess, bluestocking Amelia Weston pretends to be a barmaid for one night as research for the novel she's writing. When one of the tavern's patrons tries to take liberties, a handsome...
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"Based on the real life of Lieutenant Annie Fox, Chief Nurse of Hickam Hospital, The Woman with a Purple Heart is an inspiring WWII novel of heroic leadership, courage, and friendship that also exposes a shocking and shameful side of history. Annie Fox will stop at nothing to serve her country. But what happens when her country fails her? In November 1941, Annie Fox, an Army nurse, is transferred to Hickam Field, an air force base in Honolulu. The...
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Fernando VII ha muerto; España, como de costumbre, se debate en la impotencia. Andrés es un historiador que, junto con su amigo Juan, muerto en extrañas circunstancias. Tras asaltar, ambos, el panteón de El Escorial, tiene la clave de la legitimidad de Isabel II. El ADN de ambos monarcas.
Decide investigar la muerte de su amigo mientras escribe la historia como debió ser. Un ensayo entre la ficción y la realidad que muestra que España no avanza,...
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In Search of an Absconded Child meticulously paints a vivid portrait of a tumultuous era, immersing readers in the sights, sounds, and emotions of Afghanistan before U. S. involvement. Through skillful storytelling, the novel captures the essence of the human experience. Readers are swept along on an emotional rollercoaster, rooting for Naghma's resilience and hoping for the triumph of justice amidst the chaos.
Caught in a whirlwind of treacherous...
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"...moving descriptions of Éire's [Ireland's] wayward sons and daughters yearning for a sense of belonging in the world." - Alexander Hackett, Montreal Review of Books
"If they ask, you can say we're wily micks who still refuse to be formed into anything other than what the spirits demand. Like the reshaped shoreline after the storm." -
Devin O'Sullivan has returned to his family's home on Grand Island, across from Kingston, Ontario, Canada,...
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Un récit historique époustouflant marqué par la résilience et les moments de grâce.
Lorsqu'en 1666, à tout juste vingt ans, Jacques Lussier quitte Paris pour vivre la grande aventure de la Nouvelle-France, il ne se doute pas des conséquences de son geste.
Le rêve de bâtir un nouveau monde s'impose par sa noblesse, mais nul ne connaît réellement les défis qui l'accompagnent… Après avoir complété ses trente-six mois de service, il...
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Born on a Yorkshire farm in the 1820s, Florrie Clough's life is anything but easy. Yet, her restless spirit and daydreams of a life beyond the confines of her upbringing never waver.
Embark on a journey with Florrie as she breaks free from her humble beginnings, venturing into territories she once only imagined. Destiny smiles upon her, gifting her fame and fortune, allowing her star to burn bright. But when unexpected tragedy befalls, Florrie's...
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Anita stared intently at Kofi unconsciously, trying to conceal her affection for him, yet she couldn't.As he stretched his hands and reached out to her, it was obvious that her inviting and prodding eyes were enough for Kofi.She kissed and moaned under her weakened emotions, kissed him passionately, and sunk into his arms like a defeated wrestler.All she thought to be true was a dream; all she saw was a mirage. Life had not been fateful to her.She...
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In 1889 eight-year-old Lady Olivia Susannah Charlton, only child of the Duke and Duchess of Charlton, is mysteriously sent to spend a few weeks of high summer with her mother's cousin on the Cornish coast. There she briefly encounters fifteen-year-old Sam Masters, who's visiting his uncle while his private-eye father undertakes a very challenging investigation in London. On her return home Olivia sees her father once more before he disappears seemingly...
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