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"From the author of the bestselling The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, an exuberant and poignant new novel of passions, family, and forgiveness. When a late life love affair blooms between Mr. Forrest Payne, the owner of the Pink Slipper Gentleman's Club, and Miss Beatrice Jordan, famous for stationing herself at the edge of the club's parking lot and yelling warnings of eternal damnation at the departing patrons, their wedding summons a legend...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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[2021]
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English
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She has the chance for a new life, but will she take it?
When their mother dies of pneumonia, Ellie and her younger sister Dora are left alone in the world. Their hard-drinking, womanizing father has abandoned them, and they cannot afford the rent on their East End tenement alone. Ellie is proud but she cannot turn down an offer of help from Doctor Lowe, a kindly man who sees Ellie as the replacement for his own recently deceased daughter.
Though...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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[2019]
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English
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As the end of the war nears, change arrives at Woodicombe House…
Kate Channer is settled in London helping half-sister, Naomi, as her lady's maid while the Great War rages on. When Naomi's brother, Ned, is sent home seriously injured it's up to Kate to manage the household as well as Ned's rehabilitation.
But with the growing workload, Kate struggles to keep everything running smoothly and yearns to return to Woodicombe House. And with no word from...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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A tragic death brings good fortune to an orphaned child - but at what cost?
Liverpool, 1928. Fifteen-year-old Annie Anderson was adopted by Sylvia and Hugh after the death of their own daughter. Annie is told that her own mother in childbirth and her father died before she was born.
A chance encounter introduces Annie to local lad Andrew Fraser. Their friendship blossoms, but once Annie's adoptive parents learn of it they forbid her from seeing...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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[2021]
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English
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"In the heart of the rainforest, Katharine will fight for her life and for love 1890: When Katharine and her husband, Anselmo , set sail to Brazil to reap the spoils of the rubber boom, it seems as if they cannot fail. But when Anselmo dies suddenly on the treacherous waters of the Amazon, a pregnant Katharine must decide whether or not to continue her husband's dream, alone. And when new love appears on the horizon, she must determine if she's brave...
46) Osprey Reef
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"Love. Greed. Revenge. And a desperate search for answers... Against the stunning backdrop of the Great Barrier Reef, two women in different eras discover how their hearts and fortunes are swayed by the secrets of the sea. 2019: Bethany Kristensen faces her toughest challenge to date, skippering the family charter business. With rivals doing their utmost to undercut her prices and reputation, the Kristensens' operation hangs by a thread. Winning the...
47) Maisie's Way
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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[2016]
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English
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From the bestselling author of Wait Till Summer and The House by the Brook, the captivating fourth novel in the Pendragon Island saga series When Masie Vasey leaves her husband and brings her daughter to live on Pendragon Island, she causes unrest within more than one family. Underneath the happy surface of this Welsh seaside town, relationships can seem fragile and easily destroyed. When Maisie comes to work for Edward Jenkins at Montague Court,...
48) Birthright
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Bloodhound Books
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[2022]
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English
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"Heart wrenching . . . I loved everything about it . . . an absolute gem of a read. . . . My best read for 2022." -Goodreads reviewer, five stars
A woman's quest to save her family's chateau in France brings danger, rivalry, and romance-and reveals a secret buried since World War II . . .
1931: Ophélie receives a love letter from her admirer along with a gift: a priceless painting. Nine years later, the Nazis invade France and steal countless...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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With war on the horizon, can she find peace?
Grace and Dougie have been courting for years, so when Dougie decides to emigrate to Australia he expects Grace to follow once she turns twenty-one. Grace used to be besotted with the handsome man, but she is increasingly worried by his bullying behaviour and gambling. On her way home from seeing Dougie off at the docks, Grace is nearly run down by a truck driven by widower Ben, who is on his way to the...
50) Persons of Rank
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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[2019]
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English
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"Persons of rank do not fall in love!" So declares the Dowager as she sends her niece Beatrice to London in search of a suitable husband for her granddaughter, Eleanor . Armed with a list of candidates who are considered a proper match for her younger cousin, shy Beatrice embarks on her first season - and soon finds herself crossing every eligible man off her list. Except handsome Justin Serle , who stirs an unexpected passion in Beatrice. But she...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"A scandal will change the lives of two women forever... Veronica Hay is an acclaimed beauty but her downward spiral begins the moment she enters into a loveless marriage that removes her from her home in Edinburgh to Berwickshire. From there, she begins a luckless affair with Sire Alexander Renton which helps her to forget her longing for the the fashions and energy of Edinburgh. Her husband seeks revenge, driving Veronica's story to a tragic end....
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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In an enthralling and heart-rending saga, Badgers Brook once again provides sanctuary for a family in need Married life hasn't been easy for Hope Murton -- her mother-in-law, Marjorie, is overbearing and critical, and Hope's husband, Ralph, refuses to stand up for himself. Eventually Hope persuades him to move out and to set up a new home at Badgers Brook with their small son, Davy. Soon they are beset by tragedy when a road accident leaves Ralph...
53) The Tangled Web
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Unraveling the past comes at a price ... Supporting her brother between his spells in prison costs Amanda Clifford more than money. She loses friends and always has to move. But he's the only family she's ever known. Until, that is, she's told that a great aunt has left her a cottage. The only catch: her brother isn't allowed to live there with her. Can she really leave him? When she befriends the cottage's current occupier, her hopes grow. This is...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"When struggle comes, she must learn to start anew. When Brabazon Nairn's family make their home in one of the tiny flats of Perseverance Place it is because her husband has been forced into bankruptcy. They must relinquish their fine brewer's mansion, although they vow to recover it. Brabazon and Duncan find, to their relief, that the Place soon numbers them amongst their own. Apart from their former employee, Tom Lambert, a man who will stop at...
55) Tom Jones
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Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding, 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
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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The Rise of Silas Lapham, by William Dean Howells, 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
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Against the backdrop of the theatre, a real life drama plays out . . . After fleeing from a marriage arranged by her ambitious mother, Katherine throws herself into an acting career, but a scandal threatens to wreck everything she has worked for. Charlotte believes she can have any man she wants, and she wants Archie -- no matter who is standing in her way. Esme is in love with the life and vibrancy of the theatre, and the contrast to the life...
58) Sophie Street
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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[2016]
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English
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The final instalment of Grace Thompson's celebrated Pendragon Island sagas Janet and Hywel Griffiths dream of seeing their son Frank happily married, but Mair, the daughter of the local police constable, does not seem to be the wisest choice. And anyway, she is far more interested in the secretive Carl Rees, who refuses to even be seen with her in public. Elsewhere in Pendragon Island, Jennie Francis has to rethink her life as she is forced to say...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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[2021]
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English
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"A twist of fate will force her to start anew... When Adam Rhoades tires of the political climate in Ireland and decides to leave for America, his daughter Rebekah's future happiness is threatened. For Rebekah, against her father's wishes, has fallen in love with handsome young Republican, Daniel O'Neill. Then Daniel, too, is forced to flee from his homeland and joins Rebekah on an ocean liner headed for New York. In the enclosed shipboard society,...
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Northern Lives volume 1
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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One week will change all their lives...
Janice Butler is working as a waitress at her mother's Blackpool boarding house when she meets Val Walker and Cissie Foster who are visiting from Halifax, and the three form an instant friendship.
Romance beckons for all of them, but the events of one evening at a local dance will change all their lives for better and for worse, and all three girls will discover that life doesn't always turn out as one would...
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