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Angelique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her aristocratic French mother. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. Angelique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father pressed upon her. To survive, she will need all her resources--and one bold stroke of fortune. Unable to...
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""In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight. This book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility--a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles...
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Ravenels volume 7
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English
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A strong-willed young widow running her late husband's shipping company, Lady Merritt Sterling avoids scandal until she meets a rough-and-tumble Scottish whisky distiller on the run from a very determined killer.
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Bridgerton volume 7
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English
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Hyacinth Bridgerton offers to translate an old family diary for Gareth St. Clair, but as they delve into the mysterious text, they discover that the answers they seek are not in the diary, but in each other.
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Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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When her brother dies in battle and leaves his share of the family estate to his best friend, Diana Sommerville is forced to share her home with her unfaithful former fianc�e, Rupert Lacey, who tests her resolve at every turn.
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2023.
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English
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Sent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in fifteenth-century China.
"According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian--born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness--is...
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Ace
Pub. Date
[2023]
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610 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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"The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense...
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English
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Inheriting not only an earldom, but also an estate riddled with debt and the late earl's three sisters and Kathleen, Lady Trenear, a beautiful young widow, Devon Ravenel engages in a sensual battle of wills with this woman whose sharp wit and determination are a match for his own.
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2012, c1978
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
433 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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During the fateful summer of 1914, when the clouds of war were gathering, Lord Anthony Greville gathered together his family at his manor house for one last round of parties, teas, dances, and romance.
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Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
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167 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"No-nonsense law student Adelaide Smith doesn't believe in fairytales. But when she learns she's the daughter of King Maximillian V, the ruler of a small European principality, she's swept into a world filled with family mysteries, royal jealousies, and the possibility of her own happily ever after"--
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Edwardian Brides volume 2
Publisher
Multnomah Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
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326 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Beautiful Katherine Ramsey travels to London to make her society debut and find a proper husband, but when a scandal forces her from the spotlight, she volunteers with the poor, deepens her faith in God, and develops a friendship with a young medical student.
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English
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"Mrs. Laetitia Rodd, aged fifty-two, is the widow of an archdeacon. Living in Hampstead with her confidante and landlady, Mrs. Bentley, who once let rooms to John Keats, Laetitia makes her living as a highly discreet private investigator. Her brother, Frederick Tyson, is a criminal barrister living in the neighboring village of Highgate with his wife and ten children. Frederick finds the cases, and Laetitia solves them using her arch intelligence,...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
567 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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In a night of drunken revelry, Jasper Finley, Baron Montford, gambles his reputation as London's most notorious lover on his ability to seduce the virtuous Katherine Huxtable. For Katherine, Jasper's offer is irresistible: to make London's most dangerous rake fall in love with her. Then Jasper suddenly ups the ante by asking her to become his wife.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"From The Lady's Guide to Swampshire, Volume 1: Acceptable topics of conversation: The weather, hats. Unacceptable topics of conversation: Gossip, France, missing person cases. Feisty, passionate Beatrice Steele has never fit the definition of a true lady, according to the strict code of conduct that reigns in Swampshire, her small English township--she is terrible at needlework, has no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people....
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English
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"Is love worth the loss of one's freedom and independence? This is what Mrs. Tavernor must decide in the new novel in the Westcott series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. When Harry Westcott lost the title Earl of Riverdale after the discovery of his father's bigamy, he shipped off to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, where he was near-fatally wounded. After a harrowing recovery, the once cheery, light-hearted boy has become a reclusive,...
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Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
349 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
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When Julia, Lady Fieldhurst, returns from her sojourn to Scotland restless and out of sorts, her friend Emily, Lady Dunnington, decides what Julia needs is a lover. Lady Dunnington plans a dinner party with carefully selected male guests from whom Julia may choose a paramour. Emily also invites a potential lover for herself: Sir Reginald Montague, a man whose urbane manner and dangerous good looks hide a host of unsavory secrets. Also, Emily's dinner...
18) Dark mirror
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Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
312 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
19) Devil in spring
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Series
The Ravenels volume 3
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
Most debutantes dream of finding husbands. Lady Pandora Ravenel has different plans. The ambitious young beauty would much rather stay at home and plot out her new board game business than take part in the London Season. But one night at a glittering society ball, she's ensnared in a scandal with a wickedly handsome stranger. After years of evading marital traps with ease, Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent, has finally been caught by a rebellious girl who...
20) Belgravia
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English
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A secret unravels behind the porticoed doors of London's grandest postcode. Set in the 1840s when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia is people by a rich cast of characters. But the story begins on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the Duchess of Richmond's new legendary ball, one family's life will change forever.