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Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Maya Mirza's unlucky-in-love past seems to be turning around when she ends up in an arranged marriage to the on-paper perfect man; but as she heads to her wedding in Pakistan, she finally meets the man of her dreams, who isn't the man to whom she is arranged to be wed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When her plan to blackmail Jasper Vincent, Duke of Montford, into forgiving her father's debts backfires, Prudence Thorne is forced into marriage neither wanted -- and fighting a desire neither expected -- only to discover they are each other's perfect match.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After killing Ruven, a heretic sorcerer, and waking the royal family from an enchanted sleep, Lia, born with a miraculous gift, must marry Prince Araunn and forge a pact with a god -- or die, discovering the boy she killed may be her only hope of survival"--
Author
Publisher
Dark Matter Ink
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SAVE THE ONES YOU LOVE? A remote cabin in a snowy forest could be the perfect place for Claire and Emma to work on their marriage and bond with their two children, if only it didn't come with so many memories of Claire's inhumane treatment at the hands of her abusive mother, and if only the strange abandoned schoolhouse nearby didn't have a dark history of its own. When their children go missing in a snowstorm, the two mothers...
Author
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Life in a castle isn't always a fairytale, as the Duchess of Rutland reveals in her charming, funny and eye-opening autobiography. Never in her wildest dreams did Emma Watkins, a Welsh farmer's daughter, imagine she would marry into the aristocracy but then she fell in love with David Manners, heir to the duchy of Rutland, and found herself in a strange and glamorous new world. When David inherited the dukedom, Emma became chatelaine of Belvoir Castle,...
Author
Publisher
Black Stone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Bridgerton meets Greek mythology in Isabella Kamal's delightful historical romance debut, The Temple of Persephone. Persephone Honeyfield is witty, intelligent, and very aware that the only way to escape the monotony of the life she shares with her father and sister in the English countryside--and the wagging, ever-critical tongues of the people around her--is through marriage. She also knows the likelihood of it being a love match is nearly zero....
8) LOVE NOVEL
Author
Publisher
Biblioasis
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Love in late capitalism: Ivana Sajko takes us to the frontlines of a war waged between kitchen and bedroom. He, an unemployed Dante scholar, trying to change the world and write a novel. She, once a passable actress with a vaguely rewarding theater job,now a stay-at-home mom. He is delirious with dreams of grandeur; she is on edge, a detonator bomb with a dirty laundry trigger. The rent is late, the neighbor caviling, the government astoundingly...
Author
Publisher
Booket
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Mario, un joven funcionario, es la personificación de la rutina. Cada día a la misma hora llega a casa, donde espera encontrar a su esposa, Blanca, que es su polo opuesto. Antes de que Mario la "rescatara", bebía, fumaba y tomaba pastillas sin ningún control. Mario le roba horas al trabajo y al ocio para estar con Blanca, su único interés, que se convierte en obsesión. Una novela breve pero elegante, con un final sorprendente."--
"Mario,...
Author
Series
Bride of the Shadow king volume 1
Publisher
FireWyrm Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Though she is the oldest daughter, Princess Faraine lives in the background, shunned from court and kept out of sight. Her chronic illness makes her a liability to the crown, and she has learned to give place to her beautiful, favored younger sister in all things. When the handsome and enigmatic Shadow King comes seeking a bride, Faraine is not surprised that her sister is his choice. Though not eager to take a human bride, King Vor is willing to...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In 1927 Philadelphia, to save her family's financial future and social standing, Helen Montgomery marries the black-sheep scion of a railroad magnate, but as her husband's attempts to be published lead to frustration and her personal dreams recede, the cracks in the perfect life she desires start to show.
Author
Series
Doves of New York volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"New to wealth and to London high society, American heiress Cora Dove discovers that with the right man, marriage might not be such an inconvenience after all. . . . Cora Dove and her sisters' questionable legitimacy has been the lifelong subject of New York's gossipmongers and a continual stain on their father's reputation. So when the girls each receive a generous, guilt-induced dowry from their dying grandmother, the sly Mr. Hathaway vows to release...
Author
Publisher
Harper Muse
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In 1913, Belle Newbold is asked to research and write about the unfinished Grove Park Inn and finds, by watching a wonder rise from ordinary hands and mountain stone, she can finally find the strength to piece together the long-destroyed path toward who she was meant to be.
Author
Publisher
Sweet Cherry Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel -- at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! All Catherine wants is to be like the heroines in the books she reads. On her first trip away from home, she finally gets her chance. A new friendship and a growing love lead her to the spooky Northanger Abbey. There Catherine will find that a little imagination can cause a lot of trouble.
15) Spy x family: 11
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment--to get married and have a kid--he may finally be in over his head! Threatened by Yor's relationship with Melinda Desmond, Anya gets serious about her own friendship scheme. On the way to a museum field trip, however, she and her class become the target of activists looking to free...
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