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Paul, struggling with the recent death of his mother, finds Pia, his daughter from his first marriage, pregnant and living illegally in a council flat with a pair of Polish siblings in London, and after abandoning his second wife and their children to experience Pia's exciting and dangerous life, he rides a train where he crosses paths with Cora, a woman escaping from her marriage to her Civil Service husband.
2) Agnes Grey
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Written when women-and workers generally-had few rights in England, Agnes Grey exposes the brutal inequities of the rigid class system in mid-nineteenth century Britain. Agnes comes from a respectable middle-class family, but their financial reverses have forced her to seek work as a governess. Pampered and protected at home, she is unprepared for the harsh reality of a governess's life. At the Bloomfields and later the Murrays, she suffers under...
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How far would you go to get over a guy? When Grace Emerson's ex-fiancé starts dating her younger sister, extreme measures are called for. To keep everyone from obsessing about her love life, Grace announces that she's seeing someone. Someone wonderful. Someone handsome. Someone completely made up. Who is this Mr. Right? Someone ... exactly unlike her renegade neighbor Callahan O'Shea. Well, someone with his looks, maybe. His hot body. His knife-sharp...
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HarperCollins
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[2016]
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English
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Andrew, Lord Drake, has been cut out of his father's will because of his dissolute manner of living. To be reinstated, Andrew decides to pretend that he has changed his wicked ways. As part of his plan, he wants to convince his father that he is courting a respectable woman with the intention of marrying her. The problem is, he doesn't know any decent women, except for his friend's spinster sister, Miss Caroline Hargreaves. He blackmails the reluctant...
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Harlequin
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2021.
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English
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A baby on the way… Will turn their lives upside down! Taryn Cook is pregnant with her own miracle baby, and she's perfectly happy to be a single mom. Then she's reunited with the baby's father, Noah Brooks, at her new job in Mountain Springs. Noah never planned on being a dad, but he's determined to be there for his son…and Taryn--even if that means being just a friend to the woman he's falling for. From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories...
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HarperCollins e-books
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[2010]
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English
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"A wonderfully talented new author joins the Avon Romance family -- Sarah MacLean, who fans of Eloisa James and Julia Quinn will immediately take into their hearts! Sarah's delectable debut, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, is the Regency Era romp readers have been waiting for -- fresh, fun, and wonderfully romantic -- placing her solidly in the company of Elizabeth Hoyt, Sophie Jordan, and others of the new generation of exciting up-and-comers."--...
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Harlequin
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2021.
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English
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A sensible spinster… Shall go to the ball! Euphemia Denniston has accepted her quiet life as servant to her stepmother's family. Until cynical, wealthy Augustus Rushworth offers her an unusual arrangement: accompanying him around town to ward off husband-hunting debutantes! She knows their supposed affair is temporary, but she's cautiously thrilled to escape her lonely life and be the belle of the ball. And when desire grows between her and Augustus,...
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A killer remains at large ... Carlotta Wren's world is crumbling beneath her well-shod feet. One of her closest friends has been arrested as the Charmed Killer, but Carlotta refuses to believe it. And to prove her friend's innocence, Carlotta goes against her boyfriend Peter's wishes and resumes her after-hours body-moving duties. And then ... Peter pressures her for an answer to his proposal ... Her troubled brother Wesley goes missing ... And the...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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2022.
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English
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As she struggles to find her feet with her work, new problems emerge...
Meg Turner is finally doing the job she loves, but life as a sheep farmer proves tougher than she anticipated. She is a woman trying to prove herself in a man's world against the backdrop of a brutal war.
With her faith being tested in her work, she also fears that the man she loves will betray her again. Meg struggles to allow herself to love baby Lissa when her mother may return...
11) Wages of Sin
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NYLA
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[2012]
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English
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An extraordinary young woman in an impossible situation, Ruby McCay's faith is put to the ultimate test. Now responsible for her newly orphaned nephew, Ruby must turn her back on the life she once knew and loved ... to protect the future of her young nephew. On the run from an evil man who is intent on destroying her and her nephew, Ruby has to stand up to powers beyond her control and flee to one of the most terrifying places for a single woman ......
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Avon Impulse
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[2013]
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English
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Take a trip to Spindle Cove in New York Times bestselling author Tessa Dare's gorgeous and sexy Regency romance
Beautiful and elegant, Miss Diana Highwood is destined to marry a wealthy, well-placed nobleman. At least that's what her mother has loudly declared to everyone in Spindle Cove.
But Diana's not excited by dukes and lords. The only man who makes her heart pound is the village blacksmith, Aaron Dawes. By birth and fortune, they couldn't...
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Blackberry Bay volume 2
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Harlequin
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[2020]
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English
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"Striking the deal was the easy part. He'll help her make a beautiful baby. Brady Nash is handsome and anti-marriage. And with IVF completely out of her financial reach, Reyna Bishop is running out of time to have the child she so very much wants. Theirs is a practical baby-making deal: no emotion, no expectation, no ever-after. They'll even "date" through Christmas to silence their hometown gossips. It's foolproof...till the time she spends with...
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Love Inspired Historicals
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[2013]
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English
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Love Thy Neighbor? After years of wandering, Daisy Johnson hopes to settle in Turnabout, Texas, open a restaurant, perhaps find a husband. Of course, she'd envisioned a man who actually likes her. Not someone who offers a marriage of convenience to avoid scandal. Turnabout is just a temporary stop for newspaper reporter Everett Fulton. Thanks to one pesky connecting door and a local gossip, he's suddenly married, but his dreams of leaving haven't...
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A searing Southern story about confronting the difference between the family you're born into and the family you choose, from the acclaimed author of How to Bury Your Brother
Lex fled Memphis years ago, making ends meet with odd jobs teaching English around the world. She only returns when she has no choice, when her godmother presents her with a bargain she can't refuse. Lex has never understood her mother, who died tragically right before Lex's...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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After five seasons ... She was still on the shelf! Part of The Cinderella Spinsters. Miss Emma Henley knows she's neither pretty nor rich enough to land a husband. Instead she's thrown her passion into good causes. But this season she's tempted by a flirtation with Lord Theo. The dashing rake is just as determined to stay unwed as she is. It's scandalous ... but if she's never to marry, perhaps he can show her the pleasures of the marriage bed! The...
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Shapeshifters of the Beau Monde volume 1
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Sourcebooks
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[2021]
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English
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"A Duke in want of a wife... Alfred Blakesley, Duke of Lowell, has long been an enigma. No one dares to give a man of his status the cut direct, but there's simply something not quite right about him. What would the society ladies say if they learned the truth-that the Duke of Lowell is a wolf shifter and the leader of a pack facing extinction if he doesn't find his true love? So now he's on the hunt... for a wife. Felicity Templeton has a goal of...
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Sourcebooks
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2010.
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English
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Would you be tempted? Newly single, Tilly Cole impulsively accepts a job offer in a small town as a "Girl Friday." Fun job, country house, fresh start, why not? But soon she finds herself in a hotbed of gossip, intrigue, and rampant rivalry for the town's most desirable bachelor-Jack Lucas. Rumors of Jack's "love 'em and leave 'em" escapes abound, and Tilly decides to do the mature, sensible thing... avoid Jack at all cost. But the more time Tilly...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Experience off-the-charts chemistry with two hot summer reads! Private Arrangements by Brenda Jackson Nikki Cartwright can't believe Jonas Steele has chosen her for a high-profile marketing position. But when she remembers the blazing kiss they once shared, Nikki knows she must guard her heart. Jonas thinks by having the talented photographer within reach, he can erase her from his system once and for all. But now he wants Nikki heart and soul --...
20) Until We Touch
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HQN Books
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[2014]
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes the story of secret desires finally fulfilled ... After a family tragedy, former football hero Jack McGarry keeps the world at arm's length -- a challenge now that his PR firm has moved to neighborly Fool's Gold, California. Larissa Owens knows where she stands -- Jack sees her as just another one of the guys. No matter what her heart wishes, Jack's her boss, not her boyfriend. But then Larissa's...
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