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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
Series
Adams County trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Author
Series
Barrier lands volume 1
Language
English
Formats
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...
5) The rancher
Author
Language
English
Formats
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
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.
7) Fate
Author
Series
Steel brothers saga volume 13
Publisher
Waterhouse Press
Language
English
Formats
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
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
2021.
Language
English
Description
With their marriages to others looming, Maddie Webster, who is engaged to a duke, and her best friend Harrison Archer, who is engaged to an heiress, wonder if their fate is inescapable or if love will set them free.
10) The golden volcano =: Le volcan d'or : the first English translation of Verne's original manuscript
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Desire
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Gabriel Cress is heir to his family's restaurant empire--and is expected to behave as such. Not seduce the housekeeper. But beneath Monica Darby's shy exterior is a siren who makes the jaded New Yorker burn for more. But when Gabe's meddling family and a surprise inheritance raise doubts he can't ignore, will the clock strike twelve on their budding affair?" -- Page [4] cover.
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
Sons of sin (Anna Campbell) volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Monsieur Giroux is not a happy man. Of course, who could be happy while discussing the death of their son? Without an heir, his Chateau Giroux winery in California will be inherited by another family member, its grapes plowed under to make way for a lucrative real estate deal. Yet Giroux believes that his son may still be alive and hires Jack MacTaggart to investigate.
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....
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...
17) The city of dusk
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
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Investigative reporter Laurel Dixon wants to save the world. And she'll do it by exposing fraud at LeBlanc Charities, by playing the man in charge. Yet smart, sexy, caring Xavier LeBlanc is unexpected. Going undercover allows her to be the bold woman she's always wanted to be. But when she ends up under his covers, will she choose the story of a lifetime...or a life with Mr. Right?"--
19) Southern heat
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
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Miriam's family should be rich. After all, her grandfather was the co-creator of smash-hit comics series The TomorrowMen. But he sold his rights to the series to his co-creator in the 1960s for practically nothing, and now that's what Miriam has: practically nothing. And practically nothing to look forward to either-how can she afford college when her family can barely keep a roof above their heads? As if she didn't have enough to worry about, Miriam's...
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