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She never expected it would come to this
Desperation and an empty stomach forced Fiona Lachlan to agree to a plan that ended up luring the wickedly notorious Duke of Holburn into trouble. Everything went terribly wrong, and now she has found herself posing as his ward! And while she swore nothing could make her desire a scoundrel, even if he was a duke, she is now drawing ever closer to the one man she cannot have . . .
"Beware of innocence!"
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3) Vanity fair
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Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
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Bachelor lords of London volume 3
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HarperCollins
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[2016]
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English
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Beauregard "Beau" Courtland has no use for the whims of society and even less for aristocratic titles. As a younger son, he travels the world in search of adventure with no plans to settle down. Even when the title of Viscount Rainsleigh is suddenly forced upon him, he will not bend to duty or decorum. Not until an alluring young woman appears on the deck of his houseboat, determined to teach him propriety in all things and tempting him with every...
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Everyman's library volume 33
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English
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A young woman finds herself the victim of fate and of forces beyond her control in nineteenth-century England.
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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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St. Martin's Press
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2011
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American heiress Cora Cash travels to Europe in the late nineteenth century to find a titled husband and succeeds when she falls in love with and marries Ivo, the Duke of Wareham, but while her money guaranteed her the best the world had to offer in the United States, Cora finds herself struggling to understand British society and customs, and unsure whether her husband really loves her or married her just for her fabulous wealth.
11) Bethlehem Road
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When Members of Parliament are murdered crossing Westminster Bridge, Thomas and Charlotte Pit must sift through the many suspects to find the killer-before he strikes again In the few minutes it takes to cross Westminster Bridge, Sir Lockwood Hamilton has his throat slit and is tied securely to the lamppost with his evening scarf. The killer then vanishes without being seen. Inspector Thomas Pitt thinks the motive might have been personal . . ....
12) North and South
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When her father has a crisis of conscious, Margaret Hale's life is turned upside down. Because her parents decide to move away from southern London, Margaret must leave behind the tranquil, rural life she's always known to settle in an industrial town called Milton. Though she does her best to assimilate, Margaret cannot help but feel trapped and hopeless in Milton, as she witnesses the brutal effects industrialization has on the environment and the...
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"When it comes to walking the mean streets, Dickens could give modern genre authors the tour of their lives." -Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
When a corpse is found in the Thames River and identified as John Harmon, many lives will be forever changed. John, who had been abroad and estranged from his miserly father for years, will no longer collect his inheritance. It will instead go to the miser's employees, Mr. and Mrs. Boffin, transforming...
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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c2008
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English
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Having been recently fired, Miss Pettigrew takes a job looking after high society singer and actress Delysia Lafosse, and in one day, she helps the young woman realize that love is more important than being with someone who can help her career.
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Graywolf Press
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2023.
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English
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"Sterling Beckenbauer is plunged into a terrifying and nonsensical world one morning when they are attacked, then unfairly arrested, in their neighborhood in London. With the help of their friends, Sterling hosts a trial of their own in order to exonerate themselves and to hold the powers that be to account"--
17) Who's Sorry Now?
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Sourcebooks
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[2019]
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English
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"The next mystery book in a lively historical cozy series! A Russian prince. A wealthy heir. An impoverished earl's daughter. Which one will make an untimely exit from the London social scene?""If you like a clever mystery, a handsome ghost, and the far-from-bereaved widow who can't find the elusive killer without Rupert's help, Who's Sorry Now? is just your cup of English murder.""—Charles Todd, author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries and...
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HarperCollins e-books
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[2009]
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"A Devilish Duke on a Quest for Pleasure... Frannie Darling was once a child of London's roughest streets, surrounded by petty thieves, pickpockets, and worse. But though she survived this harsh upbringing to become a woman of incomparable beauty, Frannie wants nothing to do with the men who lust for her, the rogues who frequent the gaming hall where she works. She can take care of herself and feels perfectly safe on her own -- safe, that is, until...
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2008
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After her mother died, vivacious Katey Tyler fled her dull Connecticut town, hoping to meet her relatives in England and find adventure and romance on a grand tour of Europe. She had no idea that her life-changing travels would have both in spades, as well as danger and intrigue, when she catches the eye of ship owner Boyd Anderson and inadvertently stumbles upon a high-stakes kidnapping. When Sir Anthony Malory's young daughter is abducted from London's...
20) Royal blood
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Berkley Prime Crime
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2010
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English
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In 1930s London, low-ranking aristocrat Lady Georgiana is asked to entertain her houseguest, the Queen of England, while trying to take care of the body that is in her bookshop and keep her involvement with the Communist party a secret.
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