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Series
Dericott tale volume 6
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
England, 1388: All her life, Louisa has dreamed of finding the rumored “Giant’s Treasure,” a collection of ancient, lost riches said to be hidden on a mountaintop in Scotland, guarded by a fierce monster. It’s a story her father used to tell her, and when he dies and she and her younger sister have to go live with their shiftless, greedy uncle, Louisa is determined to find that treasure. It’s the hope that has kept her defying her uncle’s...
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Series
Emmeline Lake chronicles volume 1
Language
English
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"London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort, volunteering as a telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When Emmy sees an advertisement for a job at the London Evening Chronicle, her dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent suddenly seem achievable. But the job turns out to be working as a typist for the fierce and renowned advice columnist, Henrietta Bird. Emmy is disappointed, but gamely bucks up and buckles down....
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Series
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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The New York Times–bestselling author "is back and better than ever" in this Regency romance of dangerous exploits and breathtaking seduction (Julia Quinn).
She Couldn't Escape Her Past
Ripped from her dying mother's arms, Morgana Fowler was cast into a life of desperate thievery. With a tongue even sharper than the blade she deftly wields, she has all but mastered her devious trade—until she picks the pocket...
She Couldn't Escape Her Past
Ripped from her dying mother's arms, Morgana Fowler was cast into a life of desperate thievery. With a tongue even sharper than the blade she deftly wields, she has all but mastered her devious trade—until she picks the pocket...
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
"A gem of the finest type . . . such a great holiday read" from the bestselling author of Every Bit a Rogue (Smexy Books).
The Season for Surprises
Juliet Wentworth knew what she was getting into: a marriage of convenience that will save her estate and protect her family long into the future. But she wasn't expecting to find the passion of a lifetime in her new husband's arms. After just one night, Juliet knows...
The Season for Surprises
Juliet Wentworth knew what she was getting into: a marriage of convenience that will save her estate and protect her family long into the future. But she wasn't expecting to find the passion of a lifetime in her new husband's arms. After just one night, Juliet knows...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Disfigured in battle against Napoleon's forces, Captain Graham Veall has become a recluse, spending months alone on his estate and appearing masked in public. Yet Graham is determined not to forgo life's pleasures forever...especially the delight of a woman's touch.
He hardly expects virginal Miss Margaret Leigh to respond to his advertisement for female company, thinking he sought a lady's companion. Still, the impoverished vicar's daughter is...
He hardly expects virginal Miss Margaret Leigh to respond to his advertisement for female company, thinking he sought a lady's companion. Still, the impoverished vicar's daughter is...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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English spy Andrew Truesdale has been sent to Florence on a mission—to befriend widowed contessa Olivia di Montebaldi and discover if she's plotting a nationalist revolution in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat. Andrew expects the assignment to be easy. After all, his job with the British Diplomatic Corps required him to perfect the art of flirtation and become a consummate seducer of women.
Everything changes, however, when he arrives at...
Everything changes, however, when he arrives at...
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Language
English
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"The story of Andrée Geulen and Ida Sterno, who worked with the Committee for the Defense of Jews to hide more than three thousand Jewish children in Belgium during World War II"--
"Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. ... Young schoolteacher Andrée Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
"In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson's mother reluctantly drops her off at an orphanage in Chicago, promising to be back once she's made enough money to support both Cecily and herself. But she never returns, and shortly after high-spirited Cecily turns seven, she's sold to a traveling circus to perform as the 'little sister' to glamorous bareback rider Isabelle DuMonde. With Isabelle and the rest of the circus, Cecily finally feels she's found the...
11) Voyage of malice
Author
Series
The Huguenot connection trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Bloomtree Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jeanne is barely scraping by on meager earnings from weaving. She dreams of her previous life as a wealthy merchant's wife before Louis XIV's soldiers ran her family out of France for refusing to renounce their faith. But even in Geneva, Jeanne and her son aren't anywhere close to free from persecution... Jacob hopes his letters make it to Jeanne from the other side of the ocean. As he bides his time as an indentured servant on a Caribbean plantation,...
Author
Series
The Huguenot connection trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Bloomtree Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
202 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jeanne is barely scraping by on meager earnings from weaving. She dreams of her previous life as a wealthy merchant's wife before Louis XIV's soldiers ran her family out of France for refusing to renounce their faith. But even in Geneva, Jeanne and her son aren't anywhere close to free from persecution... Jacob hopes his letters make it to Jeanne from the other side of the ocean. As he bides his time as an indentured servant on a Caribbean plantation,...
13) Land of hope
Author
Series
The Huguenot connection trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Bloomtree Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jacob Delpech thinks day and night about his wife and child. He's determined to reunite with his family in London, but New York's brutal winter deep-freeze has ruined his carefully laid plans. With transport across the Atlantic at a standstill and European politics on the verge of upheaval, his chances of ever making it home grow slimmer by the day... Snowbound in Switzerland, Jeanne Delpech's heart aches for a loving reunion with her husband. To...
14) The rainbow
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nazi-occupied Poland, 1940. When soldiers drag Tomasz back to his familys farm, they put a gun to his head and tell him he must join the German army, or see his loved ones forced into the camps. Staring into the wide blue eyes of his childhood sweetheart Zofia, Tomasz does the only thing he can. Over the course of the war, he will risk his life, love and the respect of his own people, to secretly fight for good against evil. All the while, he longs...
15) The Note
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Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Raised on tales of her revolutionary ancestors, Frances Perkins arrives in New York City at the turn of the century, armed with her trusty parasol and an unyielding determination to make a difference. When she's not working with children in the crowded tenements in Hell's Kitchen, Frances throws herself into the social scene in Greenwich Village, befriending an eclectic group of politicians, artists, and activists, including the millionaire socialite...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Germany, 1939: When Matilda's childhood sweetheart Hans is in danger, she doesn't hesitate to hide him in her attic. Protecting him from her parents and the soldiers downstairs, she smuggles him food and communicates in whispers. For months, they exist by candlelight. But how long can they survive? America, 2018: Grace opens a mustard-yellow envelope, and her world unravels. She has inherited a bookstore in the small town of Dachau from a grandmother...
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