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An enemies-to-lovers sparkling Regency romance from bestselling author Georgette Heyer, the queen of the genre
Beautiful Deborah Grantham, mistress of her aunt's elegant gaming house, must find a way to restore herself and her aunt to respectability, preferably without accepting either of two repugnant offers. One is from an older, very rich and rather corpulent lord whose reputation for licentious behavior disgusts her;
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Millionaires and The First Counsel returns to Washington, D.C., with the story of an insider's game that turns deadly.
Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are best friends who have plum jobs as senior staffers to well-respected congressmen. But after a decade in Washington, idealism has faded to disillusionment, and they're bored. Then one of them finds out about the clandestine...
Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are best friends who have plum jobs as senior staffers to well-respected congressmen. But after a decade in Washington, idealism has faded to disillusionment, and they're bored. Then one of them finds out about the clandestine...
3) Fallon
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English
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A gambler of the Old West turns his back on saloons and dance halls when he falls in love.
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Pub. Date
2005
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English
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Left homeless when her brother gambles away the family estate and everything in it to handsome and wealthy Jack Fortescu, Arabella Lacey faces the choice of hitting the road or marrying the new owner--an option she decides requires further investigation.
7) Even money
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Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Ned Talbot, a bookmaker working the Royal Ascot, finds himself in a race to solve his father's stabbing--a race where coming in second could cost him more than even money--it could cost him his life.
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Duke hunt novels volume 2
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan returns with an all new sizzling historical romance in her Duke Hunt series about a woman determined to reclaim her family home from the dangerously handsome owner of London's most popular gaming hell.
The owner of London's most popular gaming hell, wealthy and powerful Silas Masters, is feared by men and desired by women-except Mercy Kittinger. When the blackguard wins her family home in a game of...
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HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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330 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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After a knee injury destroys sixteen-year-old Cody's college hopes, he drops out of high school and gets a job in his small Montana town, but when his ex-girlfriend disappears from her Vermont boarding school, Cody travels cross-country to join the search.
10) Private
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Private Detective Agency novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. He already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed.
11) Jenny's story
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Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
xiii, 261 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
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Jenny's grief over the sudden death of her husband is compounded when she learns that he had a secret addiction to gambling and women, but she finds the courage to overcome tragedy with the help of her two childhood friends, her faith in God, and a new love.
12) Ace of shades
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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When Enne leaves finishing school early to pursue her missing mother she finds Levi Glaisyer who is not a proper gentleman but a street lord who catches them both in a dangerous gamble that could mean their lives.
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Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
251 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
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T. Nelson Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
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271 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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When Connie Brandon's husband turns up dead, the police rule it a suicide, but Connie knows her husband wouldn't kill himself, and she believes his death is related to the new casino he had strongly opposed.
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Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Edition
1st American ed.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Ellie is furious when her twin brother Cypselis bets the school bully Big Bacchiad that he can beat him in a foot race or give her up as a slave, and tries to come up with a way to ensure her brother's victory.
16) Crown jewel
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Simon Riske novels volume 2
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English
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"Stolen sports cars, brilliant casino heists, and the brazen kidnapping of a prince: only the shadowy spy-for-hire Simon Riske can stop the mastermind behind it all"--
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Gentleman bastard novels volume 2
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English
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Wily con artist Locke Lamora has come up with an ingenious scheme targeting Sinspire, a nine-story palace of gambling and all forms of debauchery in the exotic city of Tal Verrar, but somehow the con does not go as planned.
18) Touched by grace
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English
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"Grace Lowell's husband abandoned the family after gambling away their life savings. Now, she wants to find a safe haven and make a fresh start with her two kids-- Not a simple thing when left penniless, alone and with a dangerous thug trying to shake her down to recoup her deadbeat husband's debts. Noah Patterson, bitter from his fiancé's betrayal, has sworn off women. Instead, he pours his heart and soul into his construction business. Unprecedented...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
580 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Former Houston prosecuting attorney and current mayor of Natchez, Mississippi, Penn Cage avenges the death of a childhood friend and tries to make the city safer by tracking and bringing to justice a group of criminals which is reportedly operating illegal dog fighting, drug, and underage prostitution rings from a riverboat casino.
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Wild wicked Highlanders volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
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