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Pledging her loyalty to the North at the risk of her life when her native Virginia secedes, Quaker-educated aristocrat Elizabeth Van Lew uses her innate skills for gathering military intelligence to help construct the Richmond underground and orchestrate escapes from the infamous Confederate Libby Prison.
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Those Manning men volume 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Rich Manning had known Jamie Warren forever. And he loved her -strictly as a friend. But all that changed the day Jamie asked him to be the father of her as-yet-unconceived child! Rich agreed on one condition: they marry. Suddenly, Rich was discovering a side of Jamie he'd never seen before, and was swept away by a passion sweeter than anything he'd ever known ... a passion that stunned his senses. But could he prove to the headstrong Mrs. Manning...
63) Stygian's honor
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Breeds volume 27
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Window Rock, Arizona, is the last known location of Honor Roberts, who vanished when she was just thirteen. It was her only sanctuary from Breed research that would surely have ended in her death -- one such insidious experiment should, indeed, have killed her. That she lived is both a miracle -- and a great mystery. Stygian's mision is to find Honor Roberts, no matter the cost. Now, with the help of Liza Johnson, assistant to the chief of the Navajo...
64) The bridesmaid
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Home to Hickory Hollow volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Twenty-seven-year-old Joanna Kurtz has made several trips to the altar, but never as a bride. The single young Amish woman is a closet writer with a longing to be published something practically unheard of in her Lancaster County community. Yet Joanna's stories aren't her only secret. She also has a beau who is courting her from afar, unbeknownst even to her sister, Cora, who, though younger, seems to have suitors to spare. Eben Troyer is a responsible...
65) The hero
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In a moment of desperation, Devon McAllister takes her daughter and flees a place where they should have been safe and secure. She has no idea what is around the next bend, but she is pretty certain it can't be worse than what they've left behind. Her plan is to escape to somewhere she can be invisible. Instead, an unexpected offer of assistance leads her to Thunder Point, a tiny Oregon town with a willingness to help someone in need. As the widowed...
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Amoveo legends volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Kerry Smithson's modeling career ensures that she will be admired from afar, which is essential since mere human touch sparks blinding pain and terrifying visions. Every good model needs a heavenly bodyguard .... Dante Coltari is hired to protect Kerry from those who know who she is -- or more importantly what she is -- and want her dead because of it. Nothing could have prepared him for the challenge of keeping her safe. But, strangely, his lightest...
67) Bite me
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Pride stories volume 9
Publisher
Brava, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Livy Kowalski has no time for idiots. When you shapeshift into a honey badger, getting through life's irritants is a finely honed skill. Until she gets stuck housing her nutso cousin and dealing with her dad's untimely and unexplained demise. That's where Vic Barinov comes in -- or his house does. Vic can't step outside without coming back to find Livy devouring his honey stash and getting the TV remote sticky. It gets his animal instincts all riled...
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St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Donut Shop owner Suzanne Hart admits her sweet treats don't exactly qualify as health food. But does she really deserve to be labeled a "killer" by local radio jockey Lester Moorefield? The annoying host is urging citizens to boycott Suzanne's "deadly dough" factory -- until he's found dead himself, stuffed with one of Suzanne's eclairs ....
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Plum Orchard volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Emmeline Amos is sick of her ex saying she's boring and prissy. After all, she works for a phone-sex company! (As general manger, but still.) On a rare girls' night out, fueled by blender drinks and bravado, Em accepts a shocking dare -- to handle a call herself. But it's tipsy Em who gets an earful from an irate single father on the other end of the line. Awkward. But not as awkward as discovering that same mad dad is Call Girls' gorgeous new programmer...
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Plum Orchard volume 3
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
©2014.
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English
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Marybell Lyman is notorious for two things. Her look. The wicked hairstyle, multiple piercings and practiced sneer that says "Stay back -- I bite." Her voice. The syrupy lilt that's her bread and butter at Call Girls, the prim little town's flourishing phone-sex business. Hunky handyman Taggart Hawthorn is mesmerized by the contradiction: such sweet tones inside such a spiky shell! He wants to know more about mysterious Marybell, to hear more of her...
71) One more lie
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Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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She seeks the truth. He seeks revenge. Charlotte wants to start fresh. She wants to forget her past, forget prison and, most of all, forget Sean. But old habits die hard. Despite the ankle monitor she must wear as part of her parole agreement and frequent visits to her therapist, she soon finds herself sliding back toward the type of behavior that sent her to prison in the first place. The further down that path she goes, however, the closer she gets...
72) Big Sky mountain
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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With his rugged good looks, vast wealth, and family name, hell-raiser Hutch Carmody is still the golden boy of Parable, Montana. But he's done some growing up -- making peace with his illegitimate half-brother and inheriting half of Whisper Creek Ranch, which should have been all his. These days, Hutch knows there are some things money can't buy: like the heart of loving, ladylike divorcee Kendra Shepherd.
73) Mercy
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Holton Woods volume 1
Publisher
Heat
Pub. Date
c2014.
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English
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After she infiltrated his business and betrayed his trust, a disavowed CIA agent must seek sanctuary in the bedroom of a man who will either help her, kill her or bring her to her knees. MERCY ... Becca Ford is on her own. Eight months after she headed up a sting operation to take down millionaire club owner Jarrett Holt, the other agents in her special ops team have been eliminated under odd circumstances, and she needs a place to hide.
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Sons of sin (Anna Campbell) volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Brilliant scholar Genevieve Barrett's secret identity as the author of her father's articles is her greatest deception -- until her father's handsome new student arrives on their doorstep. Genevieve recognizes him as the masked intruder who earlier tried to steal a priceless gem from their home. Keeping the seductive stranger's identity hidden is a risk, but she's got secrets of her own to keep.
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"It's December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he's confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide. Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization named Street Business, which gives shelter and seeks job opportunities for the homeless and lost. Slide's mentor, Jackie Alvarez, is being threatened, and Street Business is in danger of losing its tenuous foothold in the community, turning...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Spanning from 1960s Southern California to the recent past, this is a tale of family in all its forms--fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friends and lovers. As the younger generation does battle with a cabal of drug dealers and crooked cops, they come to learn that their future is inextricably linked with their parents' history. A series of breakneck twists and turns puts the two generations on a collision course, culminating in a stunning...
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Barefoot William volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Though his family owns the charming beachside town of Barefoot William, Aidan Cates is as down-to-earth as the locals. He's also practical to a fault and doesn't believe some psychic on the boardwalk can predict the future. Jillie Mac is as free as the ocean breeze, so when the hot stranger and his date mistake her for a fortune teller, she's ready to have some fun. But one devastating secret told, one mistaken identity revealed, and numerous long...
78) The lost ones
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Newly-elected Tibbehah County sheriff Quinn Colson investigates an old friend's gun sales when stolen military rifles are found in the possession of a Mexican drug gang, a case that is complicated by his discovery of a black market baby adoption ring.
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Renegade angels volume 2
Publisher
Signet Eclipse
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Elijah Reynolds is the most dominant of lycans, a rare Alpha whose skill on the hunt is surpassed only by his primal sexuality. Vashti is the second most powerful vampire in the world, a lethal beauty with a path of devastation in her wake. They are enemies consumed with a fierce desire. But as war looms, each must decide where their loyalty lies--with their own kind or with the enemy lover they can no longer live without.
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Jenny and Bill are a married couple whose love is absolute. They're certain they are fated to be together until the end of time, but tragedy strikes when they least expect it, cutting their lives and their happiness short. More than thirty years later, Bob, a hardened New York City publisher, will meet his match in Lillibet, a shy Amish girl who is a talented writer. Though these two couldn't be less alike, they immediately sense a deep connection...
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