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Daring dukes volume 2
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English
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"Born to a life of privilege, Lady Ravenna Huntley rues the day that she must marry. She's refused dozens of suitors and cried off multiple betrothals, but running away--even if brash and foolhardy--is the only option left to secure her independence. Lord Courtland Chase, grandson of the Duke of Ashvale, was driven from England at the behest of his cruel stepmother. Scorned and shunned, he swore never to return to the land of his birth. But when...
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House of furies volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Although Louisa and her friends moved to London to escape Coldthistle House, Louisa knows she must return to find the gateway between worlds and to fight her father's evil influence.
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Price of privilege trilogy volume 1
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English
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In 1838, a time when women are legal property of their fathers, husbands, and guardians, seventeen-year-old Julia Elliston, orphaned and unmarried, finds herself at the mercy of an anonymous guardian who plans to establish her as a servant in far-off Scotland. With two months to devise a better plan, Julia's first choice to marry her childhood sweetheart is denied. But when a titled dowager offers to introduce Julia into society, a realm of possibilities...
5) Night fire
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In early nineteenth-century England, a man attempts to free a widow from the humiliation she endured during her loveless marriage
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2019.
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English
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The Great Rebellion of 1857 was a remarkably bloody business. At a time when Britain's imperial influence in India was sparking brutal clashes on both sides, no one could have expected Rena, an Indian woman, to marry a British officer--nor do they understand her decision to follow her mother-in-law to England after her husband's tragic death.
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Daring dukes volume 1
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English
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"Born to an Indian maharaja and a British noblewoman, Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But when Sarani's father is murdered, her only hope is the next ship out--captained by the boy she once loved...and spurned. Captain Rhystan Huntley, the reluctant Duke of Embry, is loath to give up his life at sea. But duty is calling him home, and this is his final voyage. Leave it to fate that the one woman he's ever loved must escape...
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When her formidable intelligence, outspoken opinions and headstrong determination gain her the favor of the beau monde's leading taste-maker Beau Brummell, Lady Hester Stanhope learns to bend the rules of the ton to her own advantage until England is plunged into war, changing her world forever.
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The glittering world of high society is the playground for the rich, titled, and reluctantly undead...
Alec MacQuarrie's after-life has become an endless search for pleasure in an effort to overcome his heartbreak and despair. Wandering through the seedy world of London's demimonde, he's changed into a dark and fearsome creature even he doesn't recognize until he stumbles into a magical lass he knew once upon a time and sees a glimpse of the
...11) Love me forever
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Sherring Cross series volume 2
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English
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To please the jealous lover he longs to wed, a recently-widowed earl attempts to marry off his daughter to an unlikely suitor
12) Points of danger
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1861, East Anglia. Alone in a first-class carriage, the Swarbricks are robbed at gunpoint, but when the universally-admired Swarbrick fights back, the train robber takes more than money and jewellery, killing the man working to unify East Anglia's tangle of railway networks. Inspector Colbeck is brought in from London, as the only detective in Britain with enough expertise for the job. But as Swarbrick's glowing reputation begins to crumble, the line...
14) Earl interrupted
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Daring marriages volume 2
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English
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When notorious privateer Captain Robert Ashton, Earl of Darington, is shot on his way to London to find a bride, amateur physician Emma St. James saves his life and the earl is sure he has found his perfect bride, except that she's already betrothed.
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Allison & Busby Limited
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2022.
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English
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December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills, only to be confronted by a blockage on the line ahead. The driver manages to slow the train down so that the impact is minimised, but the passengers are alarmed. The first person to alight is Cyril Hubbleday, the man in charge of the excursion. He walks to the front of the locomotive - and, as he is talking to...
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Ruined debutante Prudence Thorogood lost everything when she was ousted from polite society, including her inheritance. Now she'll do anything to take back what's hers... even if she has to steal it. Accepting a scandalous offer from Lord Savage seems like the perfect solution to disguise her criminal intentions from the ton. Until she discovers that there's more to this scoundrel than meets the eye. Leo Ramsgate, Marquess of Savage, has everything...
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Daring dukes volume 3
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English
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"Lady Bronwyn Chase will never be the delicate diamond her mother expects her to be. Which is why she's on her brother's passenger liner bound for America with a secret packet of letters that could get her into serious trouble--the kind the sister to a duke shouldn't be in. But Lady Bronwyn would gladly sacrifice her role as a socialite for one with bigger purpose and much more intrigue. Lord Valentine Medford, the Duke of Thrornbury and retired agent...
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