Mary Sarah
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Michigan Territory, 1814. The British Army has taken control of Michilimackinac Island, forcing the Americans to swear an oath of loyalty to the crown. Fur trader Pierre Durant returns after being away for years to find the family farm a shambles and those he cares about starving and at the mercy of British invaders. Torn by guilt over neglecting his defenseless mother, Pierre is drawn deeper into the fight against the British--and into a relationship...
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"He only wanted a duchess for a day--but she's determined to make it a marriage for life. When his father and older brother suddenly pass away, the new Duke of Haverly is saddled with a title he never expected to bear. To thwart the plans of his scheming family, the duke impulsively marries a wallflower. After all, she's meek and mild; it should be easy to sequester her in the country and get on with his life--as a secret agent for the Crown. But...
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"Theodosia Stapleton has resigned herself to spinsterhood, certain that Gods plan is for her to care for her ailing mother in the house presided over by her grandfather, General Stapleton. She didnt expect her act of mercy, caring for the newly-orphaned daughter of a beloved friend, would result in the challenges presented when young Rebeccas famous uncle unexpectedly arrives in their tiny village in Northumberland. Daniel Balfours brave exploits...
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The Extraordinary Story of a Young Winston Churchill in the Boer War, as Told by His Granddaughter
In this lively biography of a dashing, brash twenty-five-year-old Churchill, Celia Sandys chronicles her celebrated grandfather's adventures as a correspondent and combatant during nine months of the Anglo-Boer War-events that took him from the bivouacs and battle sites of Transvaal to his incarceration as a prisoner of war in Pretoria and ultimately...
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"Can real love grow between a wallflower and an unrepentant rogue? Sarah Drayton is eager to spend time with her best friend at her crumbling Northumberland castle estate. Matrimony is the last thing on her mind and the last thing she expects to be faced with on a holiday. Yet she finds herself being inveigled into a marriage of convenience with her friend's rakish brother. When James Langley returns to his family's estate, he can't be bothered to...
6) Wedding rows
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More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
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A sultan's daughter. A pretend prince. Can a genie make all their wishes come true?
Once upon a time...
When Princess Maram and street rat Aladdin meet in the marketplace, sparks fly, and Aladdin swears to move heaven and earth in order to make the lovely courtesan his wife. He steals a magic lamp with a genie inside, thinking all his troubles are over...only to find they have barely begun.
Can Aladdin win the princess's hand without losing his...
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When FBI Agent Rachel Gift confronts a killer for whom art imitates death, can she detain this deranged mastermind before another victim faces a gruesome fate?
"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery."
-Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)
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HER LAST SECRET (A Rachel Gift FBI Suspense Thriller) is book #15 in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose...
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When the victim of a new serial killer turns up murdered, investigators are perplexed: it is the second body to appear who suffered from a rare ageing disease. FBI Special Agent Rachel Gift knows a thing or two about limited time left to live-and she knows that she and this killer may just have more in common than she wishes....
"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery."
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10) Her Last Mistake
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As beautiful women turn up dead, killed in an eerily peaceful way, FBI Special Agent Rachel Gift recognizes the signature of a serial killer-and knows she has little time left if she is to save the next victim.
"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery."
-Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)
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HER LAST MISTAKE (A Rachel Gift FBI Suspense Thriller) is book #7 in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and...
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A novel of Vincent Van Gogh, Sheramy Bundrick's Sunflowers is an arresting and beautiful tale of a young French prostitute's passionate, doomed relationship with a troubled artist. Vividly evoking a bygone time and place, Bundrick brings her characters to breathtaking life as she seamlessly blends historical fact with riveting speculation. A story that will captivate readers of Susan Vreeland and Karen Essex, and admirers of Tracy Chevalier's New...
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A witch's vow. A knight's quest. A wolf hunting to kill.
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Six years ago, Rosa lost her family to a wolf attack during the coldest winter in living memory. But now the wolf is back, as bloodthirsty as ever, and she vows vengeance.
Work is hard to find in the dead of winter, and Sir Chase welcomes the chance to slay wolves if it means he'll have a warm bed and food for the winter. He never counted on having to compete with a woman...
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Three siblings. Two shoemakers. One curse that could change everything.
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All Alba ever wanted was to be the royal shoemaker, like her father. But her despicable brothers have a very different future planned for her.
When a good deed backfires, leaving her cursed for her brothers' crimes while the real culprits walk free, Alba will be forced to fight for her freedom, or face losing her dream forever.
Can Alba and her new allies bring...
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Barbara Pym's first novel offers a self-assured slice of village life as it takes us into the lives of two sisters living in post–World War II England Belinda and Harriet Bede live together in a small English village. Shy, sensible Belinda has been secretly in love with Henry Hoccleve-the poetry-spouting, married archdeacon of their church-for thirty years. Belinda's much more confident, forthright younger sister Harriet, meanwhile, is ardently...
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Two households. One ancient grudge. Can two starcrossed lovers bridge the gap between them?Once upon a time… Two households, both alike in dignity,In the flooded lowlands, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where fresh blood makes peaceful waters unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-cross'd lovers risk their life;To save a world beset with ocean's salt overflowsBut can their love bury their...
16) Her Last Hour
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When hospice patients are found murdered in a string of "freak accidents," FBI Special Agent Rachel Gift must enter the world of the terminally ill and race to find the other danger that lurks among them. Who would want them dead? And why?
"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery."
-Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)
HER LAST HOUR (A Rachel Gift FBI Suspense Thriller) is book #10 in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller...
17) Earl Lessons
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He never wanted a titleFresh off the battlefield, Captain David Ellsworth has returned home to discover the shocking and unwelcome news that he's the new Earl of Elmwood. Though David had no idea he was in line for a title, he and his sister must now navigate the snark-infested waters of the London ton. He knows how to be a soldier, an officer, and a brother, but he hasn't a clue how to be an earl. David will need all the help he can get. Even if...
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Lacey Doyle, 39 years old and freshly divorced, has made a drastic change: she has walked away from the fast life of New York City and settled down in the quaint English seaside town of Wilfordshire.
December has arrived, bringing with it the first touch of Winter and the promise of Christmas. As Wilfordshire comes to life with holiday parties, Lacey is surprised when she receives an unexpected phone call—a mysterious object has been found hidden...
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A little mermaid. A prince to save. Only silence can break the spell.
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The mermaid Margareta saved Prince Erik from a shipwreck. Wanting to see the prince again, Margareta strikes a bargain with the Master of Beacon Isle. If she saves his sons from a terrible curse, he will reunite her with Prince Erik. All she has to do is stay silent until the curse is broken.
Silence is a virtue...until Prince Erik arrives early, searching...
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It's the early 1700's and sixteen-year-old Julia Farrow, spirited daughter of a shipping company owner, lives and loves on her own terms. With a sharp mind and sharper tongue, she constantly defies family and society expectations with no regard for the consequences.
Branna Kelly, only child of an Irish immigrant sailor, is hopelessly in love with Julia and imagines their life together as captains of their own fate. Left brokenhearted after Julia's...