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Publication Date
2025
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English
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"Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian--an enigmatic and volatile man--spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. Isolated and afraid, Marguerite befriends her guardian's servant and the two develop an intense attraction. But when their relationship is discovered, they are brutally punished and abandoned on a small island with...
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Publication Date
2026.
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English
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Every batch of Strong moonshine has its own special flavor, thanks to the secret ingredients that matriarch Lidy Strong adds to the barrels of fermenting corn mash. Whether a bucketful of golden peaches, a ripe melon or juicy, jewel-toned berries, that extra "something something" is what makes the Strong "shine" so prized--and allows the family to survive after crop prices plummeted in the wake of the Great War. Each of the Strong sisters, too, is...
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Publication Date
2018
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English
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The richest bachelor in England plays matchmaker...for an heiress he wants for himself!
For beautiful, witty Lavinia Gray, there's only one thing worse than having to ask the appalling Parth Sterling to marry her: being turned down by him.
Now the richest bachelor in England, Parth is not about to marry a woman as reckless and fashion-obsessed as Lavinia; he's chosen a far more suitable bride.
But when he learns
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Publication Date
2018
Language
English
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2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences...
6) Everlasting
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Publication Date
2020
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English
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"Spanning two thousand years, The Everlasting follows four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an illicit affair. Outsiders to a city layered and dense with history, this quartet separated by time grapple with the physicality of bodies, the necessity for sacrifice, and...
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Series
Publication Date
1997
Language
English
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Few romance novels have touched readers as deeply or as lastingly as this classic by New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney. Poignant, passionate, and tender, One Perfect Rose is the story of two mismatched lovers drawn into a fragile, unforgettable union...
<CENTER>One Perfect Rose</CENTER>
Stephen Kenyon, the new Duke of Ashburton, has always known exactly what society expected of him. But...
<CENTER>One Perfect Rose</CENTER>
Stephen Kenyon, the new Duke of Ashburton, has always known exactly what society expected of him. But...
8) So much owed
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Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An Irish country doctor is sickened by all he saw in the First World War, however his children now seem determined to fight in World War 2.
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Series
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When Mairi MacGregor, who is part of a secret alliance, arrives in London in search of information, she comes face to face with Connor Grant, a warrior from the Highlands who left her behind to serve in the King's army, and even though she still longs for him, she cannot forgive his betrayal.
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Series
Maiden Lane volume 9
Publication Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Frugal Eve Dinwoody, who controls the purse strings of London's premier pleasure garden, meets her match in Asa Makepeace, the garden's owner, who refuses to let her order him around despite their mutual attraction.
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Publication Date
2007
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English
Description
In medieval Cambridge four children are murdered. The Catholics blame the Jews and they are placed under the protection of the King Henry VIII. The king sends for someone to do a scientific investigation into the deaths. The person sent is an Italian woman doctor, but in medieval Cambridge she must conceal her true identity to keep herself safe (summary from online).
12) Almost heaven
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Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Publication Date
1990
Language
English
Description
This sweeping historical romance will take you from London's drawing rooms to the Scottish Highlands as a young countess embarks on a twisting relationship with a handsome rogue—from the New York Times bestselling Sequels series.
Elizabeth Cameron, the Countess of Havenhurst, possesses a rare gentleness and fierce courage to match her exquisite beauty. But her reputation is shattered when she is discovered in the arms of Ian...
Elizabeth Cameron, the Countess of Havenhurst, possesses a rare gentleness and fierce courage to match her exquisite beauty. But her reputation is shattered when she is discovered in the arms of Ian...
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Publication Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Readers can always count on Mason for fast-paced, exciting adventures with detailed historical backdrops that showcase sizzling passion and steamy love scenes."—RT Book Reviews
ABDUCTION
Never had Elspeth Stewart imagined her wedding would be interrupted by a dark-haired stranger charging in on a black stallion, scooping her into his arms, and carrying her off across the wild Scottish highlands. Pressed against
...14) The escape
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Series
Survivors' Club volume 3
Publication Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering death of her husband, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws--until she plots an escape to distant Wales to claim a house she has inherited. Being a gentleman, Ben...
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Series
Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James volume 2
Publication Date
2014
Language
English
Description
They are England's most eligible bachelors, with the most scandalous reputations. But for the right woman, even an unrepentant rogue may mend his ways . . .Born to the street but raised within the aristocracy, Drake Darling can't escape his sordid beginnings. Not when Lady Ophelia Lyttleton snubs him at every turn, a constant reminder he's not truly one of them. But after rescuing her from a mysterious drowning, he realizes she doesn't remember who...
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Publication Date
2025.
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English
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"Where do you get an abortion in 1960 Georgia, especially if the town midwife goes to the same church as your parents? For seventeen-year-old Doris Steele, the answer is Atlanta, where her favorite teacher, Mrs. Lucas, calls upon her brash, wealthy childhood best friend, Sylvia, for help. While waiting to hear from the doctor who has agreed to do the procedure, Doris spends the weekend scandalized by, but drawn to, the people who move in and out of...
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Series
Publication Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Her novels have been praised as “stunning” by Publishers Weekly and “exquisitely sensual” by Library Journal. Now, New York Times bestselling author Jo Beverley delivers another spellbinder…an intriguing tale of daring deception—and breathless desire.
The Prey
She is called the Devil’s Heiress. Burdened with the wealth of a man she despised, Clarissa Greystone is a fortune-hunter’s
...18) Hazard
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Series
Publication Date
2002
Language
English
Description
You've never met a heroine like Lady Anne Peckworth. The sheltered daughter of a duke, she has always been a perfect lady, even when jilted. Twice. Now, however, she's angry, and she's angry at the single most reckless, most irresponsible, most irresistible man she's ever known...
You've never met a hero like Race de Vere. Far below Anne's station in life, he has invaded her orderly world like a pirate, tempting her to the edge and beyond. He leads
...19) Velvet song
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Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Publication Date
1983
Language
English
Description
Two outcasts in medieval England are brought together and share a destiny of passion in the third of the Velvet Montgomery Annals Quadrilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Duchess.
With her father murdered, her home burned, lovely Alyx Blackelt fled to the woods and found sanctuary in the camp of Raine Montgomery, a nobleman outlawed by the king's edict. There she hid her beauty in the guise of a boy, and...
With her father murdered, her home burned, lovely Alyx Blackelt fled to the woods and found sanctuary in the camp of Raine Montgomery, a nobleman outlawed by the king's edict. There she hid her beauty in the guise of a boy, and...
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Series
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. It should be simple to find the perfect wife -- and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he's determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love -- the one thing he can't give. Severin is the most compelling and attractive man Cassandra has ever met, even if his heart is frozen....