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Set against the backdrop of early 19th-century England, the novel opens with the Bennet family, a respectable yet financially modest clan residing in the rural town of Longbourn. The Bennets consist of the witty and sharp-minded Mr. Bennet, his good-natured but sometimes frivolous wife Mrs. Bennet, and their five daughters-Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia. The crux of the story unfolds with the arrival of the eligible and wealthy bachelor Mr....
3) Jackie & me
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"A historical novel depicting a naïve, career-girl version of Jackie Kennedy and her iconic marriage-in-the-making to an elusive John F. Kennedy, narrated by Jack's best friend and fixer, Lem Billings"--
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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First lovers, Miranda and Adam, meet by accident in Rome over thirty years after their break-up in the 1960s, both married to others, with grown children, and decide to take daily walks and get to know each other again in an effort to understand who they were when they were young and in love, and what matters to them now.
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St. Martin's Press
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2008
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English
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American Rafe Bowman travels to London at Christmastime to meet Lady Natalie Blandford, the young woman his father has chosen to be his bride, and even though Rafe knows his future stake in his wealthy father's company depends on his marrying Natalie, he cannot seem to get her cousin and companion, Hannah, out of his mind.
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Every courting disaster has led him to her.
An Indiana Amish Brides story
After three failed relationships, Amish bachelor Noah Graber would rather disappoint his parents than try again. But when matchmaker Olivia Mae Miller agrees to provide courting lessons, Noah's perfect match becomes clear-it's Olivia Mae herself! With ailing grandparents at home, she hadn't planned on love or marriage. Might a future with Noah be everything she's been...
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He offers her his hand, but will she ever take his heart? When Levi Miller learns Eve Summy will be forced to marry her would-be attacker or get shunned, he marries her instead. Now husband and wife, but complete strangers, they must figure out how to live together in harmony. But with Levi's family questioning the motives for their surprise wedding, getting to know each other--and possibly finding love along the way--is harder than they expected....
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Childhood friends joined by a painful past ... Can love blossom between them? After her father falls ill, Lizzie Miller and her family desperately need help to keep the farm going during harvesttime. Neighbor Paul Burkholder is eager to lend a hand -- and to court Lizzie. But Paul has a secret that he fears could push Lizzie away. Can they finally heal from a tragedy in their pasts ... and open their hearts to each other?
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Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2017]
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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In this version of the classic story, Ma Sally of Charleston County, South Carolina, devises a contest for her son's admirers: cook up a dish of black-eyed peas that meets her exacting standards, and the winner can marry her son. Includes recipe for Princess' black-eyed peas.
11) The American
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A brash American expatriate confronts the profound differences between the Old and New Worlds in this classic tale. Soon after wealthy businessman Christopher Newman decides to leave America for a life of leisure in Europe, he becomes acquainted with Claire de Cintré, a beautiful widow whose family-the Bellegardes-are mainstays of the French aristocracy. Determined to win Claire's affection, Newman befriends her brother, Valentin, and pursues his...
12) Jingo
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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The day Jingo rode into Tower Creek, the town was busy celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The big event of the festival was a high-stakes poker game in Joe Slade's saloon with Wally Rankin holding most of the chips. But it didn't take long for Jingo to figure out why: Rankin was cheating. And it would only take a couple of well-placed bullets to reveal it to the others in the room.
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"An unexpected reunion Now a forbidden temptation At a country party arranged to find his widowed brother a wife, William Talton is surprised to see Ginny Penneyjons, a shy, beautiful girl from his past, among the prospective brides! Their connection is as intense as ever, but William must resist her, for he's honor bound to sacrifice his own heart in favor of his brother's. Yet a stolen kiss with Ginny is about to test William's resolve not to claim...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Her name is ruined, but her heart is untouched! Having saved Cassandra Furnival from scandal once before, it shouldn't have surprised Colonel Nathaniel Fairfax that she was now attempting to lay siege to the town's eligible bachelors! Determined to thwart her plans, he's as astounded by her defiance as he is by her beauty. But nothing shocks the jaded soldier more than discovering her innocence. Restoring her reputation is set to bring about the...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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A serious maedel. A carefree bachelor...
And a Christmas Amish Country Courtships surprise!
Lucy Knepp has no time for heartbreaker Nick Burkholder...until a pretend courtship means she can finish her embroidery for a Christmas fund-raiser in peace. Nick's arrangement with the too-reserved Lucy is the perfect cover while he repairs the cabin his brother damaged. But once Nick sees how vibrant Lucy really is, can he prove himself-and show their...
16) Love happens
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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A widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru falls for a woman who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.
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From the prize-winning author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr. Lincoln, the page-turning and surprising story of a young Abraham Lincoln and the two people who loved him best: a young, marriageable Mary Todd and Lincoln's best friend, Joshua Speed. When sparky and independent Mary Todd arrives in Springfield, Illinois, in the 1840s to live with her sister, who is determined to find Mary a husband, she is astonished to find herself...
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Silhouette romance volume 25
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MIRA
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Rediscover this classic tale of royal romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. A man who happens to be a prince ... Prince Stefano Giorgio Paolo is the kind of man most women only dream of marrying. And now the very handsome--and very eligible -- bachelor has arrived in America to search for a bride. Hope Jordan's prince has finally come, but there's no happy ending in sight. Her royal suitor needs a wealthy wife to save...
19) The Brass Queen
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"She knows a liar when she sees one. He knows a fraud when he meets one. In a steam-powered world, Miss Constance Haltwhistle is the last in a line of blue-blooded rogues. Selling firearms under her alias, the "Brass Queen," she has kept her baronial estate's coffers full. But when US spy J. F. Trusdale saves her from assassins, she's pulled into a search for a scientist with an invisibility serum. As royal foes create an invisible army to start a...
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