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"One of the most innovative authors and distinguished literary critics of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf examines family dynamics and the tensions between men and women in her 1927 novel To the Lighthouse. A pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device, Woolf explores multiple perspectives of the members of the Ramsay family as they navigate experiences of disappointment and loss. Divided into three sections, the story...
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The story follows George Bowling, a 45-year-old husband, father, and insurance salesman, who foresees World War II and attempts to recapture idyllic childhood innocence and escape his dreary life by returning to Lower Binfield, his birthplace. The novel is comical and pessimistic, with its view that speculative builders, commercialism, and capitalism are killing the best of rural England and the existence of new, external threats. (from Wikipedia)
...3) Middlemarch
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A portrait of 19th century English provincial life focusing on Dorothea Brooks and her two marriages, Dr. Lydgate, and the Vincy family.
4) The Stepman
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The Permanent Press
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[2015]
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English
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Sexy, funny, painful, and wise-- The Stepman probes a broken family and a modern marriage. At its unusual and disturbing conclusion, it pins an ordinary man in the trap of his own personality.
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Harlequin
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[2018]
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She felt no hesitation ... She was his. "I'm your husband." Victoria Masters remembers nothing after the accident that stole her past, not even her name. Now she's living in a billionaire rancher's palatial home and finding this sensual stranger impossible to resist. He says he's her husband, but why does she get the sense he's holding back? As powerful desire leads her into Wade's bed, a surprise she'll never forget is in store ...
7) Nice
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The Permanent Press
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[2015]
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English
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Jerry Renfrow runs an innovative freelance business. He helps others to be nice-for a price. Jerry deals in dreams and affections. A ferocious comedy and love story, Nice offers a rollercoaster of a read, a straight-on look at human foibles, and a sharp portrait of contemporary America.
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Harlequin
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[2020]
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English
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"A marriage of convenience... and unexpected desires If Oliver Huntsbury, Duke of Somerfeld, hadn't burst into Arabella van Haven's backstage dressing room, her father would not have been able to blackmail them into marriage. His wealth has finally secured her a titled husband! Arabella is determined to be a wife in name only, their marriage unconsummated. But once they're alone together, she knows this experienced, seductive, charming man could undermine...
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MIRA Books
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[2018]
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English
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Finally available in one complete box set collection, dive into the opulent and exciting world of the Bride Trilogy, three classic Victorian romances by New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin.
Royal's Bride
Though he is a tilted nobleman, Royal Dewar is singularly unlucky...forced to choose between his soul mate and his salvation.
Reese's Bride
Wounded in battle, Major Reese Dewar returns to England-but his injuries are nothing compared...
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Harlequin
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[2018]
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To get a divorce, a woman must spend one final weekend in bed with her Sicilian billionaire husband in this steamy romance by a USA Today bestseller.
When Rocco's runaway wife asks for a divorce, the Sicilian billionaire seizes his chance! They've never discussed their painful past, but this is the perfect opportunity to get Nicole out of his system for good. He offers her a deal: if Nicole wants to move on with her life, she will be his one last...
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"Construction engineer and world-renowned bridge builder Bartley Alexander has everything in mid-life: wealth, good looks, and fame. Yet he finds himself restless and discontented with life -- until he meets a former love from his student days and resumes his relationship with her. Living a double life, Alexander is torn between Winifred, his American wife -- a cold woman with clearly defined standards -- and Hilda Burgoyne, his alluring mistress...
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Harlequin
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[2018]
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English
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A billionaire discovers his runaway bride-and the secret she's kept from him-in this "sexy marriage of convenience romance set in beautiful Sicily" (Harlequin Junkie).
Nicolo Santo Domenico's marriage to heiress Chiara is purely for convenience . . . until their explosively passionate wedding night! But when Chiara realizes that Nico's reasons for seducing her are as cold as his heart, she flees their fledgling marriage. Months later, Nico tracks...
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Harlequin
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[2020]
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English
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"USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR They went from completely off-limits to husband and wife...overnight! Waking up next to a very virile--and very naked--Luke Boone is shocking enough. But for Katie Rodgers to learn that her sister's ex-fiancé is now her husband ? Unforgivable. Katie needs an annulment of her marriage to Texas's wealthiest power broker--now! But when their sizzling chemistry survives the trip back to Texas, are the newlyweds really ready...
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Harlequin
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[2020]
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English
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From a USA Today–bestselling author, a billionaire struggles with his desire for his amnesiac wife, who does not remember their estrangement.
Sasha's life changes beyond recognition after a shocking accident-her amnesia has made sure of that. She can't even remember marrying Apollo, her devastatingly handsome Greek husband! Although she does remember their intimate, searing passion . . .
Then Sasha discovers the truth behind their less-than-perfect...
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Harlequin
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[2021]
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English
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"A wife to remember... ... a marriage to rescue! When her workaholic billionaire husband is injured in an accident, Charlotte Samuels is shocked to realize he has no memory of their brief whirlwind marriage -- or that they are about to divorce! Temporarily moving back in to Matteo's luxurious Italian villa, Charlie must pretend they are still happily married until he is healed. Only, keeping her distance isn't so easy when she's falling in love with...
16) Ethan Frome
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Ethan Frome, written in 1911 by Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton, is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. Against a backdrop of a cold, grey, bleak New England winter, a visiting engineer staying temporarily in town while working nearby, tells the story of his encounter with Ethan Frome, who is an isolated farmer trying to scrape out a living while tending to his frigid, demanding and ungrateful wife, Zeena....
17) Dark Cognitions
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Every morning, psychologist Dr. Brian Manifold wakes up to a catatonic wife and the memory of an accident he'd rather forget. In order to escape the frequent panic attacks, delusions, and recurring dreams of a hideous beast, he embraces an aberrant behavior that makes coping with reality easier to handle. But when the hospital administrator worries that Brian may be a danger to his patients and to himself, and orders him to see a therapist, there's...
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Harlequin
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[2019]
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English
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"From a recluse secluded in a castle . . . to his countess! Cloistered away in a castle since birth, Madelyn Aylmer must now fulfill her eccentric father's dying request: wed nobleman Jack Ransome! She has what Jack needs -- land -- and so he accepts their marriage of convenience and vows to introduce this sheltered innocent to society. But what Madelyn hadn't expected was the way her body reacts to Jack, especially to his promise of a union filled...
19) Deadly Vows
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Steeple Hill
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[2010]
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English
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Olivia Jarrod was newly placed in witness protection when she discovered she was pregnant. First rule of the program: no contact with anyone from her former life. That includes her estranged husband, Ford Jensen -- the unknowing father of her unborn child. Despite their rocky marriage, Olivia still loves him deeply. And when Ford shocks her by tracking her down, she knows the mobster pursuing her can't be far behind. But now their baby's very life...
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Harlequin
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[2020]
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English
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"Read this beloved classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer. Divorce vs. Desire Three years ago Adam Carmichael walked out on Maggi when she needed him most. Now he's back, to pick up where they left off in their marriage -- or so he thinks! Maggi's first reaction is to finalize their divorce. But Adam refuses point-blank, Maggi is furious -- not with Adam, but with herself, because, to her dismay, part of her is relieved! Torn...
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