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Author
Series
Pink Carnation novels volume 11
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In October of 1806, the Little Season is in full swing, and Sally Fitzhugh has had enough of the endless parties and balls. With a rampant vampire craze sparked by the novel The Convent of Orsino, it seems no one can speak of anything else. But when Sally hears a rumor that the reclusive Duke of Belliston is an actual vampire, she cannot resist the challenge of proving such nonsense false.
Author
Language
English
Description
Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she's spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father's death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a "creative writing" course at the community...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The best gifts are the unexpected ones. To escape a scandal, Lady Joan Flynn flees to her family's estate in the Scottish Highlands. She needs a husband by Christmas, or the holidays will ring in nothing but ruin. Practical, ambitious mill owner Dante Hartwell offers to marry Joan, because a wellborn wife is his best chance of gaining access to aristocratic investors. As Christmas and trouble draw nearer, Dante and Joan's marriage of convenience...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Celebrated Bollywood heiress Anya Raawal lives her life in the spotlight. And fiercely protects the secret of an impossible choice she was once forced to make. But when she meets magnate Simon De Costa, a shocking discovery sets them on a collision course... Because Simon's adopted daughter is the child Anya had to give up! The connection between them is instant, yet it's clear the guarded widower buried his heart with his wife. Anya knows she can't...
85) A delicate touch
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 48
Language
English
Description
When an old acquaintance reaches out to Stone Barrington requesting assistance, the job seems easy enough. She needs an expert in an esoteric field, someone with both the knowledge and careful dexterity to solve a puzzle. But the solution to one small problem blows the lid open on a bigger scandal going back decades.
86) Playing saint
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Parker Saint is living the dream. A cushy job at a thriving megachurch has him on the verge of becoming a bestselling author and broadcast celebrity -- until life takes an abrupt turn that lands him on the wrong side of the law. To avoid a public scandal, he agrees to consult with the police on a series of brutal murders linked by strange religious symbols scrawled on the body of each victim. Parker tries to play the expert, but he is clearly in over...
Author
Series
Bow Street rivals volume 2
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A scurrilous newspaper has built up a large following by publishing details of political and sexual scandals. It is remarkably well-informed and has therefore created a whole host of enemies. When the editor is killed and the printing press smashed to bits, the Invisible Detectives are hired by the man who financed the production of the paper. He wants the killer brought to justice and the scandal sheet revived. Peter and Paul Skillen find themselves...
Author
Series
Palace of rogues volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
She arrives in the dead of night, a mob out for blood at her heels: Mariana Wylde, the "Harlot of Haywood Street," an opera diva brought low by a duel fought for her favors. But the ladies of the Grand Palace on the Thames think they can make a silk purse from scandal: They'll restore her reputation and share in her triumph provided they can keep her apart from that other guest. Coldly brilliant, fiercely honorable, General James Duncan Blackmore,...
89) Undercover Duke
Author
Series
Duke dynasty volume 4
Publisher
Zebra Books, published by Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
90) Sexy as hell
Author
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Osmond, Baron Lennox, is known for his luck with cards, and with women. But it seems his good fortune may have run out when a planned assignation with his mistress goes terribly awry. Specifically, he finds himself in bed with the wrong woman. The potential scandal leaves him with one option: marry the lady in question. And fast. However, Isolde Perceval, Countess of Wraxell, has no intention of marrying Lennox or anyone else. In fact, she set up...
Author
Series
Disreputable debutantes volume 1
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Shy, bookish Sophie Brightwell is expected to make an advantageous match to improve her family's fortunes. However, Sophie's plans to make a spectacular debut go horribly awry when she and her three closest friends are expelled from a young ladies' academy for unbecoming conduct. Since the ton will be sure to close their doors on these disgraced debutantes, they determine that unconventional means need to be employed in the husband-hunting market."--Provided...
92) Fatal affair
Author
Series
Fatal series volume 1
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Detective Sergeant Sam Holland of the Washington, D.C. Metro Police needs a big win to salvage her career-- and her confidence-- after a disastrous investigation. The perfect opportunity arises when Senator John O'Connor is found brutally murdered in his bed, and Sam is assigned to the case. Matters get complicated when Sam has to team up with Nick Cappuano, O'Connor's friend and chief of staff... and the man Sam had a memorable one-night stand with...
93) All girls
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A keenly perceptive coming-of-age novel for fans of Sally Rooney, Curtis Sittenfeld, and J. Courtney Sullivan, All Girls captures one year at a prestigious New England prep school, as nine young women navigate their ambitions, friendships, and fears against the backdrop of a scandal the administration wants silenced. But as the months unfold, and the school's efforts to control the ensuing crisis fall short, these extraordinary girls are forced to...
94) Black iris
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It only took one moment of weakness for Laney Keating's world to fall apart. One stupid gesture for a hopeless crush. Then the rumors began. If Laney could erase that whole year, she would. College is her chance to start with a clean slate. She's not looking for new friends, but they find her: charming, handsome Armin, the only guy patient enough to work through her thorny defenses-and fiery, filterless Blythe, the bad girl and partner in crime who...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Helen is one of the brightest minds of her generation: a young physicist on a path to solve high-temperature superconductivity (which could save the planet). When she discovers that her brilliant adviser is involved in a sex scandal, Helen is torn: should she give up on her work with him? Or should she accompany him to a controversial university, founded by a provocateur billionaire, that hosts academics other schools have thrown out? Helen decides...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Classics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The classic 1939 collection of three short novels, including the famous title story set during the flu epidemic of 1918. From the gothic Old South to revolutionary Mexico, few writers evoke such a multitude of worlds, both exterior and interior, as powerfully as Katherine Anne Porter. This sharp collection of three short novels includes "Pale Horse, Pale Rider," Porter's most celebrated story, where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza...
97) The heir affair
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After a scandalous secret turns their fairy-tale wedding into a nightmare, Rebecca 'Bex' Porter and her husband Prince Nicholas are in self-imposed exile. The public is angry. The Queen is even angrier. And the press is salivating. Cutting themselves off from friends and family, and escaping the world's judgmental eyes, feels like the best way to protect their fragile, all-consuming romance. But when a crisis forces the new Duke and Duchess back...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every town has its secrets... In idyllic Alara Cove, a California beach town known for its sunny charm and chill surfer vibe, it's graduation day at the elite Thornton Academy. At Thornton, the students are the worldly and overindulged children who live in gated enclaves with spectacular views. But the class valedictorian is Nikki Graziola, a surfer's daughter who is there on scholarship. To the shock of everyone in the audience, Nikki veers off script...
99) The wages of sin
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Newly appointed as land agent to the youthful Lord Croft, Matthew Rowsley finds plenty to keep him busy as he attends to his lordship's neglected country estate. But he's distracted from his tasks by the disappearance of a young housemaid. Has Maggie really eloped with a young man, as her mother attests - or is the truth rather more sinister? What's been going on behind the scenes at the grand country estate . and where has his lordship disappeared...
100) Ain't nobody nobody
Author
Publisher
Polis Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Still reeling from the scandal that cost him his badge, Randy Mayhill -- fallen lawman, dog rescuer, Dr Pepper enthusiast -- sees a return from community exile in the form of a dead hog trapper perched on a fence. The fence belongs to the late Van Woods, Mayhill's best friend and the reason for his spectacular fall. Determined to protect Van's land and family from another scandal, Mayhill ignores the sheriff who replaced him and investigates the...
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