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Ruinous love trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss's biggest client, Lachlan knows he'll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she'll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first. And they can't stand each...
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2024.
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"A thousand years ago in an ancient Scottish landscape, a woman is on the run with her three companions--a healer, a weaver, and a seer. The men hunting her will kill her--because she is the only one who stands between them and their violent ambition. She is no lady: she is the first queen of Scotland, married to a king called Macbeth. As the net closes in, what unfurls is a tale of passion, forced marriage, bloody massacre, and the harsh realities...
3) Swan song
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Nantucket volume 4
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"Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons--how did they make their money, exactly?--Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one but two yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet....
4) Joy: a novel
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"When she is only six years old, Allegra Dixon's party-loving mother leaves without so much as a goodbye. Her father, an emotionally distant military officer, is also unable--or unwilling--to care for her. Sent to live like a ghost in her grandparents' joyless home, Allegra finds her only solace through an escape into books. Attending boarding school, life finally takes a turn when she meets a dashing young West Point cadet named Shep Williams. Soon...
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"When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the '90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicago's thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors, Facebook wars, and something called Love Potion Number...
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"William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So it's a relief when his skill on the basketball court earns him a scholarship to college, far away from his childhood home. He soon meets Julia Padavano, a spirited and ambitious young woman who surprises William with her appreciation of his quiet steadiness. With Julia comes her family; she is inseparable from her three...
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Heart of Cheyenne volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Melody Doyle has spent years following her father as the transcontinental railroad is built. Now she's determined to stay in Cheyenne, but her father will only allow her if she marries. As the men in town vie for her hand, she gets to know the new banker, Charles Decker, who upends all her plans-and steals her heart along the way"--
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2024.
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"Brynn Haywood's impulsive decision to marry a man she barely knows sends her fleeing to her best friend's home in Cape Cod. With Dawn's support, maybe Brynn can fix the mess she's made. But a new crisis calls for her help -- and unexpectedly brings her face to face with her new husband"-- ‡c Provided by publisher.
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Daughter of Montague volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Once upon a time a young couple met and fell in love. You probably know that story, and how it ended ( badly). Only here's the That's not how it ended at all. Romeo and Juliet are alive and well and the parents of seven kids. I'm the oldest, with the emphasis on 'old'--a certified spinster at twenty, and happy to stay that way. It's not easy to keep your taste for romance with parents like mine. Picture it--constant monologues, passionate declarations,...
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Shanahan match volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Enya Shanahan's ill-fated marriage has left her with an annulment and a child on the way. Her father's solution is for her to marry again, and the local matchmaker knows just the man: Captain Sullivan O'Brien. Enya's heart is closed off to love in this marriage of convenience, but a greater purpose draws them together"--
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"Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories, manors and yachts, lies nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus's scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister's wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable...
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2024.
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"Mira Dean is reconciled to her life as a spinster schoolteacher until preacher Gordon Covington shows up in town with an audacious marriage proposal. Following him to the mountains takes courage, but Mira will see that doors she thought closed forever may be opening after all"--
14) Sunburst
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Sky King Ranch volume 2
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English
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When former Navy Seal Ranger Kingston rescues his kidnapped brother, he discovers among the hostages a woman he once promised to protect. But protecting Noemi Oyoma Sutton this time will require a marriage of convenience--which is decidedly inconvenient if she is to protect him from a deadly secret.--
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Regency vows volume 5
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2024.
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"West, the Marquess of Weston, and Sophie, Lady Fitzwilliam Bridewell, have lately been spending a considerable amount of time together. But West and Sophie are not new acquaintances. In fact, years ago, they had once been nearly engaged until West's almost fatal curricle accident and his meddling father threw them off course. Now, years later, Sophie and West are thrown back together as they conjure a plot to ensure Sophie's little sister gets to...
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Heart of Cheyenne volume 1
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English
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"The heart finds its way when one least expects it -- even in the most unforgiving frontiers. Invited by a friend to trek west and help establish the newly formed town of Cheyenne, Edward Vogel is prepared to leave the haunting memories of his wife and son's deaths behind him. The only problem is the corrupt new railroad town wants family men who can establish law and order, and desperation leads Edward to his friend Marybeth with a proposition of...
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Amelia is desperate for a second chance after losing her boyfriend, her best friend, and her job. She just wasn't expecting that second chance to be on a Greek island...with a newly gifted, rundown hotel to run...and accidentally married to a total stranger. As they say in Greece- Opa! It's all fun and games until you accidentally marry a stranger in Greece and inherit a hotel. Amelia Lang's life is kind of a mess. She's stuck living at home with...
19) The divorcées
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2024.
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Lois Saunders thought that marrying the right man would finally cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband is, she is suffocating in their loveless marriage. In 1951, though, unhappiness is hardly grounds for divorce -- except in Reno, Nevada. At the Golden Yarrow, the most respectable of Reno's famous "divorce ranches," Lois finds herself living with half a dozen other would-be divorcees, all in Reno for the six weeks' residency that...
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"As daughter of a well-known matchmaker, Catríona Daly is no stranger to the business of love--and sees it as her ticket away from the sleepy village that only comes alive during the annual matchmaking festival. Enter Lord Osborne's son, Andrew, who has returned to the festival after being disappointed by a rival matchmaker's failed setup. Catríona seizes the opportunity to make a better match for the handsome man--and for herself! Cattle farmer...
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