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Series
Bridgerton series volume 8
Language
English
Description
Gregory Bridgerton has fallen head over heels for gorgeous Hermione Watson, despite the fact she is love with another, and joins forces with Hermione's best friend, Lady Lucinda Abernathy, to stop the disastrous alliance, but love has its own way of turning everything upside down.
Author
Series
Castles ever after volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Your presence is requested at romantic Twill Castle for the wedding of Miss Clio Whitmore and . . . and . . . ? After eight years of waiting for Piers Brandon, the wandering Marquess of Granville, to set a wedding date, Clio Whitmore has had enough. She's inherited a castle, scraped together some pride, and made plans to break her engagement. Not if Rafe Brandon can help it. A ruthless prizefighter and notorious rake, Rafe is determined that Clio...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Naomi Westfield has an Instagram-perfect life, including the perfect fiance. Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family every bride dreams of being a part of. They never fight, complain, or disagree. They're preparing for their lavish wedding that's three months away. And they are miserably and utterly sick of each other. Tired of contorting herself to fit the ridiculous...
Author
Series
Unconventional ladies of Mayfair volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Forced into a fake betrothal, the Earl of Norwood and Miss Charlotte Hurst use it to their advantage until their feelings get in the way, resulting in scandal.
5) Sylvester
Author
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2009], c1957
Language
English
Description
"Sylvester, the Duke of Salford, is a polished bachelor who has stringent requirements for his future wife--she must be wellborn, intelligent, elegant and attractive. And of course she must be able to present herself well in high society. But when he is encouraged to consider Phoebe Marlow as a bride, Sylvester is taken aback by the coltish woman who seems to resent him. When Phoebe runs away, circumstances find the two striking up an unusual friendship....
Author
Series
Adams County trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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"Between his high-handedness, her pride, and both of their bruised and tender hearts, what else could possibly go wrong? Noah Winters, Duke of Anselm, proposes to prim Lady Thea Collins because he's loath to waste time on courtship nonsense and Lady Thea should make a biddable duchess. Noah prides himself on his practicality, so he's dismayed when his engagement to Lady Thea embroils him in nothing but trouble. Is he courting a duchess of convenience...
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Language
English
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The reluctant rake: Proper, elegant Miss Julia Devere is shocked when she spies her fiancé in the arms of another woman. She awakens to the fact that the game of love can be played by very different rules than her own. And unless she can beat this new mistress at her own game, Julia stands to lose all that she suddenly realizes she wants. How to beguile a baron: Miss Susan Wyndham's and Miss Marianne MacClain's debut at the first ball of the season...
Author
Series
Isle of Synne novels volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Lady Clara Ashford had no intention of ever getting married. A rogue took advantage of her innocence when she was young, and she's spent her whole life trying to make sure no one finds out. But now that her sister is engaged, Clara's well-meaning aunt has set her sights on Clara. Desperate to avoid the matchmaking schemes, Clara's not sure what to do--until her neighbor, the new Duke of Reigate, shows up on her doorstep in need of her help. Quincy...
11) Kissing Comfort
Author
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Bode DeLong knows that his playboy brother Bram isn't really in love with Miss Comfort Kennedy, even though it's clear that she's enamored with him. With Bram's motives for the engagement suspect, Bode figures the safest place for Comfort to be is in his arms. Now, Bode just needs to convince Comfort that the childhood fancy she has for his brother is no match for the incredible desire that sparks between them every time they touch.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceano exprés
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
No hay nada apropiado acerca de la señora Katherine Killin. Ella es un escupitajo que no puede ser controlado. Para deshacerse de ella y cumplir una tregua, su padre acepta casarla con el enemigo de su clan, Ben Rannoch. Pero cuando Katherine conoce al atractivo y atractivo Kirk Rannoch, hermano de su prometido, de repente ella desea ser dominada.
13) Dead man's wake
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"On the evening of their engagement party, Maine Game Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch and Stacey Stevens witness what seems to be a hit-and-run speedboat crash on a darkened lake. When they arrive at the scene, their spotlight reveals a gruesome sight: a severed arm floating just beneath the surface. As day breaks, the warden dive team recovers not one but two naked corpses: a dismembered man and the married woman with whom he was having an affair....
14) Red wolf
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The village of Oakvale has been surrounding by a dark forest filled with terrible monsters. Like every person who grows up in Oakvale she has been told to steer clear of the woods unless absolutely necessary. But she has a good reason for going into the woods: Adele is one of a long line of guardians, women who are able to change into wolves and who are tasked with the job of protecting their village while never letting any of the villagers know of...
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Language
English
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"Lily's fiancé Will is a brilliant, handsome archaeologist. Lily is sassy, impulsive, fond of a good drink (or five) and has no business getting married. Lily likes Will, but does she love him? Will loves Lily, but does he know her? As the wedding approaches, Lily's nights--and mornings, and afternoons--of booze, laughter, and questionable decisions become a growing reminder that the happiest day of her life might turn out to be her worst mistake...
Author
Series
Misadventures in matchmaking volume 3
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarpersCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Ainsley Bourne needs the family business to succeed. But one obstacle stands in her way--Reed Sterling, the huge, handsome, former prize fighter and owner of the gaming hall across the street. His scandalous customers scare off all her marriage-minded patrons and since the devilish brute has no intention of relocating, she sets out to ruin his unsavory establishment. Yet when a vile suitor from her past reappears, Ainsley hastily claims an attachment...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A modern retelling of The Golden Bowl by Henry James for fans of Sally Rooney and Kate Atkinson. From their grand mansion on the Upper East Side to their magical private island in Long Island Sound, everything points to the Woodford family as being perfect and idyllic. Why, then, is there such tension in the air? Enter Federico, a penniless Italian prince who is about to marry Emily Woodford, the only child of the family's widowed patriarch, Henry....
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