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Author
Series
Roaring Twenties mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Several years after the sole heiress to a vast fortune disappears without a trace, a young vaudeville actress reluctantly takes the role of a lifetime when an unscrupulous relative entreats her to impersonate the missing girl.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Sara A. Mueller's The Bone Orchard is a fascinating whodunit set in a lush, gothic world of secrets and magic--where a dying emperor charges his favorite concubine with solving his own murder, and preventing the culprit, which undoubtedly is one of his three terrible sons, from taking control of an empire. Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confined within the yard of regrown bone trees at...
Author
Series
Adams County trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Author
Series
Barrier lands volume 1
Language
English
Description
"The Unwilling is the story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elban's vast empire. Judah and Gavin share an unnatural bond that is both the key to her survival - and possibly her undoing. As Gavin is groomed for his future role, Judah comes to realize that she has no real position within the kingdom, in fact, no hope at all of ever traveling beyond its castle...
Author
Series
Dark gods volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Four Realms-Life, Death, Light, and Darkness-all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm there is a god, and for each god there is an heir. But the gods have withdrawn their favor from the once vibrant and thriving city. And without it, all the realms are dying. Unwilling to stand by and watch the destruction, the four heirs-Risha, a necromancer struggling to keep the peace; Angelica, an elementalist with her eyes set on the throne; Taesia,...
Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Gunshots echo down an antebellum Charleston alley. Brack Pelton, an ex-racecar driver and Afghanistan War veteran, witnesses the murder of his uncle, Reggie Sails. Darcy Wells, the pretty Palmetto Pulse reporter, investigates Reggie's murder and targets Brack. The sole heir of his uncle's estate, Brack receives a rundown bar called the Pirate's Cove, a rotting beach house, and one hundred acres of preserved and valuable wetland along the Ashley River....
Author
Series
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jack would rather be at sea than fixing the mistakes of his grandfather, the late Earl of Stansworth. Instead, he finds that inheriting his grandfather's wealth and title and securing the welfare of his sister and mother means joining the ranks of high society and living with the aristocracy. Luckily, Ivy Carslisle, the granddaughter of a dear friend of Jack's late grandmother, is willing to teach him etiquette and properly introduce him into society....
9) Fate
Author
Series
Steel brothers saga volume 13
Publisher
Waterhouse Press
Language
English
Description
"As sole heir to the Steel ranch and fortune, Brad knows what his future holds. He'll marry and have children, but he's not cut out for love. Fate has other plans, though, when he meets college freshman Daphne Wade - an innocent and beautiful young woman who loves sunrises, animals, and the color yellow. Daphne is on her own for the first time, and she vows to make the most of every minute. Never again will she fall victim to the anxiety and depression...
Author
Language
English
Description
A novel about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley. From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century-- nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person-- Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and...
Author
Publisher
Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sadie Kuhns has a lot happening in her life. She is creating a unique quilt by blending traditional Amish and Hawaiian patterns, while also working on writing a self-published book. But her relationship with Wyman Kauffman has stagnated after six months of courtship. Is there any reason to drag this courtship out?" --
Thanks to an inheritance from an aunt, Sadie Kuhns is creating a unique quilt by blending a traditional Amish pattern with a Hawaiian...
Author
Series
Taming of the dukes volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lady Vesper Lyndhurst is beautiful, clever, and popular. Afforded every luxury as a duke's daughter, she fills her days with friends, intrigues, and a self-professed knack for matchmaking. She may have sworn off love for herself, but she is rather excellent at arranging it. Faced with an insolvent estate, the Duke of Greydon has no choice but to return to England in a final attempt to revive his family's fortunes. He's been gone for years, happy...
13) The rebel heir
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Desire
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The rebel of the wealthy Cress dynasty, chef Cole Cress, has only one rule: never fall in love. But the heat that keeps sizzling between Cole and his delectable fellow chef, Jillian Rossi, is irresistible--dangerously so. Because Jillian comes from a different world, and the Cress family will do whatever it takes to extinguish this blaze...even if Cole gets burned." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Bound by centuries of bad blood, England's two most powerful families maintain a veneer of civility... until the heir to the staggering Redmond fortune disappears, reviving rumors of an ancient curse: a Redmond and an Eversea are destined to fall disastrously in love once per generation. An enduring legend: Rumor has it she broke Lyon Redmond's heart. But while many a man has since wooed the dazzling Olivia Eversea, none has ever won her--which is...
Author
Series
Last Mountain Man series volume 40
Publisher
Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Malcolm Theodore Puddle is a 21-year shipping clerk--from way back East. What is he doing out here? The Mountain Man's former neighbour, Humbolt Puddle, has died and left his crumbling 600-acre ranch to his only living heir, just as a greedy and ruthless cattle baron is circling the Humbolt ranch like a ravenous vulture. Poor, unsuspecting Puddle is walking into a death trap. Smoke is the not the pitying kind. But any enemy of Smoke's neighbour is...
Author
Series
Dune novels. Caladan trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Dune: The Heir of Caladan, the climactic novel in the Caladan trilogy by New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, we step into the shoes of Paul Atreides. A not yet a man in years, he is about to enter a world he could never have imagined. The story that began with Duke Leto Atreides's rise to power, then continued with the consequences of Lady Jessica's betrayal, will now conclude with Paul becoming the leader that...
17) The rancher
Author
Language
English
Description
Cort Brannt, the heir to the Skylance Ranch empire has women frequently gallop into his life, but the handsome lone wolf sends them just as quickly on their way--until a pretty, vivacious neighbor appears on the range. Has the most eligible bachelor in Branntville, Texas met his match?
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"As the recently discovered secret heir to the Cress Dynasty, chef Lincoln Cress isn't exactly fitting in with his new family. A girlfriend for hire would help, and private investigator Bobbie Barnett, who discovered his Cress connection, fits the bill. It's a simple deal that has nothing to do with her wavy hair, full lips or how she incites his wickedest appetites. Now Lincoln's risking everything--including the Cress family's reputation--on a proposal...
Author
Series
The Spare Heirs volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Lady Roselyn Grey's debut has finally arrived, and of course, she has every flounce and flutter planned. She'll wear the perfect gowns and marry the perfect gentleman...that is, if the formerly disinherited brother of the man she intends to marry doesn't ruin everything first. Ethan Moore is a prize-fighting second son and proud founding member of the Spare Heirs Society-and that's all he ever should have been. But, in an instant, his brother's noble...
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Series
Darkover novels volume 28
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
After an interstellar civil war, heir to the throne Prince Gareth Elhalyn takes on a secret mission to stop the seedy population of Darkover from arming the Dry Towners with forbidden weapons.
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