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Wealthy businessman Ralph Truitt advertises for a reliable wife to make a home for him on his estate in rural Wisconsin in the early twentieth century and although he knows immediately that Catherine Land is not the woman she presented herself to be, he decides to marry her anyway in what becomes a risky arrangement for them both.
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From Tatjana Soli, The New York Times bestselling author of The Lotus Eaters, comes a breathtaking novel of a California ranching family, its complicated matriarch, and the enigmatic caretaker who may destroy them.
When Claire Nagy marries Forster Baumsarg, the only son of prominent California citrus ranchers, she knows she's consenting to a life of hard work, long days, and worry-fraught nights. But, her love for Forster is so strong, she turns...
3) Coral Glynn
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Nursing an elderly cancer patient in an isolated English countryside manse in 1950, Coral interacts with a disgruntled housekeeper and her charge's sexually torn and war-ravaged son until a series of random events culminates in a complicated marriage.
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"Indiscretion richly delves into the complex permutations of love. Charles Dubow writes with nuanced precision, and his characters are captivatingly real. This is a fine, supple, riveting first novel." - Kate Christenson, author of The Great Man and The Astral
"Charles Dubow has pulled off something remarkable: a finely tuned, perfectly pitched literary novel with the urgency of a tensely plotted thriller. I couldn't put it down." - Chris Pavone,...
6) The wedding
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Lady Brenna MacAlister proposed to Highland laird Connor MacAlister when she was just a child, never dreaming he would turn up years later to claim her as his bride.
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It was expecting them.
Conrad and Joanna Harrison, a young couple from Los Angeles, attempt to save their marriage by leaving the pressures of the city to start anew in a quiet, rural setting. They buy a Victorian mansion that once served as a haven for unwed mothers, called a birthing house. One day when Joanna is away, the previous owner visits Conrad to bequeath a vital piece of the house's historic heritage, a photo album that he claims "belongs...
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Book editor Pauline becomes increasingly agitated when it appears that her daughter Teresa's husband Maurice is a philanderer, and disturbed that Teresa's love for Maurice--an echo of the self-destructive love Pauline felt for Teresa's father--is blinding her to the truth.
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"A wise and loving portrait of a marriage….Susanna Daniel writes beautifully of matters of the heart." - Jennifer Haigh, author of The Condition
Against a vivid South Florida background, Susanna Daniel's Stiltsville offers a gripping, bittersweet portrait of a marriage-and a romance-that deepens over the course of three decades. One sunny morning in 1969, 26 year old Frances Ellerby finds herself in a place called Stiltsville, a community of houses...
13) The ten-year nap
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For a group of four New York friends, the past decade has been largely defined by marriage and motherhood. Educated and reared to believe that they would conquer the world, they then left prestigious jobs to stay home with their babies. What was meant to be a temporary leave of absence has lasted a decade. Now, at age forty, with the halcyon days of young motherhood behind them and without professions to define them, Amy, Jill, Roberta, and Karen...
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Farahad Zama's debut novel transports listeners to faraway India for a story brimming with endearing characters, homespun wisdom, and blossoming love. After Mr. Ali retires, he launches a matchmaking service that helps an array of clients arrange marriages. But he's unaware of his able assistant's dire need for his marriage bureau.
15) Everlasting
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Follows the relationship between Berengaria, who is forced into marriage with a nefarious squire, and her beloved Raven, a Scottish soldier determined to save her from an evil fate.
18) Ransom my heart
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Mia Thermopolis, Princess of Genovia and star of Meg Cabot's insanely popular #1 New York Times bestselling Princess Diaries books, has penned" her first historical romance novel. with help from Meg Cabot He's a tall, handsome knight with a secret. She's an adventurous beauty with more than a few secrets of her own. Finnula needs money for her sister's dowry, and fast. Hugo Fitzstephen, returning home to England from the Crusades with saddlebags of...
19) The wedding
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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Wilson Lewis, forced to admit that the romance has gone out of his marriage after thirty years, and realizing his responsibility for that loss, embarks on a mission to make his wife fall in love with him all over again.
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