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1) Persuasion
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"Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature and wickedly satirical. It follows the story of Anne Elliott, a teenager engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth. But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their engagement. When they are reacquainted eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's...
2) Night fever
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When Rebecca Cullen's teenaged brother was arrested on drug charges, she had no choice but to appeal to tough-on-drug-offenders D.A. Rourke Kilpatrick. Rourke showed sympathy, concern ... and interest? But as Rebecca was falling for him, how could she be sure he wasn't just using her in his investigation? Could she really trust a man who had the power to destroy her -- and break her heart?
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"Portia Cuthcart and her two sisters find their way from Texas to Manhattan over the years, the heiresses to a dilapidated brownstone on the Upper West Side. Portia is running from a bad divorce and the knowledge that she has always been a little bit different, a little bit strange: the talented cook who knew exactly what to serve on what occasion, even to the point of predicting events that hadn't even happened yet. But she doesn't cook anymore....
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