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1) Beauvallet
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Sir Nicholas Beauvallet has fallen in love with a Spanish noblewoman. She and her father were aboard a galleon captured by Sir Nicholas. He vows to make her his bride even though it means returning the pair to Spain and entering the lion's den.
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When spirited Eustacie stumbles into a band of smugglers, she is delighted to be having an adventure at last. Their leader, young heir Ludovic Lavenham, is in hiding, falsely accused of murder. Pursued by the law, Eustacie and Ludovic find refuge at an unassuming country inn. There, the resourceful Miss Sarah Thane and the clear-thinking Sir Tristram Shield gamely endeavor to prevent Ludovic's arrest and Eustacie's ruin as the four conspire to recover...
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Something is very wrong, and the Honorable Christopher "Kit' Fancot can sense it. Kit returns to London on leave from the diplomatic service to find that his twin brother Evelyn has disappeared and his extravagant mother's debts have mounted alarmingly. The Fancot family's fortunes are riding on Evelyn's marriage to Cressy Stavely, and her formidable grandmother's approval of the match. So the incorrigible Lady Fancot persuades Kit to impersonate...
7) Frederica
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When Frederica brings her younger siblings to London determined to secure a brilliant marriage for her beautiful sister, she seeks out their distant cousin, the Marquis of Alverstoke. Lovely, competent and refreshingly straightforward, she makes such a strong impression that the Marquis agrees to help launch them all into society. Normally wary of his family, Lord Alverstoke does his best to keep his distance. But with his enterprising country cousins...
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"Penelope Creed will do anything to avoid marrying her repulsive cousin. Dressed in boy's clothing, she's fleeing from London when discovered by Sir Richard Wyndham, himself on the verge of the most momentous decision of his life. When Sir Richard encounters the lovely young fugitive, he knows he can't allow her to travel to the countryside all alone, so he offers himself as her protector. As it happens, at that moment Sir Richard could use an escape...
9) Regency buck
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"After their father's death, Miss Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine travel to London to meet their guardian, Lord Worth, expecting an elderly gentleman. To their surprise and utter disgust, their guardian is not much older than they are, doesn't want the office of guardian any more than they want him, and is determined to thwart all their interests and return them to the country. But when Miss Taverner and Peregrine begin to move in the highest...
10) Cousin Kate
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In Regency England, penniless Kate Malvern is swept to her aunt's Elizabethan manor and showered with comforts. But despite the luxury of her new life, the atmosphere in the household is less than homely, and gradually it dawns on Kate that there are sinister reasons for her aunt's benevolence.
11) Lover's lane
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Carly has built a new life for herself and her son. Jake, a private investigator and best friend to Rick, Carly's deceased fiance, has been looking for Carly since she disappeared with Rick's baby. All Jake wants is answers but what he finds is love. --
13) Heat wave
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California private investigator Kat Vargas lives a lonely life of danger with a painful past. Desperate for rest and relaxation, she heads to Twilight Cove, a tiny beach town. Having recently found out about the baby he fathered in high school, Ty Chandler is eager to find her. When he learns about the P.I. in his neighborhood, he hires Kat to find his now nineteen-year-old daughter. Ty and Kat join forces to hunt for the girl, and begin to fall...
14) Fields of gold
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Evangeline Glennon knows plenty about life's highs and lows. Still, she feels lucky, surrounded as she is by people who care deeply: Papa, who's never lost his Irish brogue or the twinkle in his eye; endlessly practical, generous Mama; and steadfast best friend Ruby. Romantic passion would be too much for a girl like Eva to expect. Then again, love has a tendency to find those who aren't looking for it...Out of a clear blue sky, a dashing young aviator...
16) New beginnings
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Marjory Turner, 15, opens her first-person account with the death of her beloved father less than halfway along the route to Oregon. It's 1847, and she is still very much a child, viewing events only as they affect her. But the rigors of life on the wagon-train trail, with a mother subject to mysterious headaches and unexplained fits of temper, and three much younger siblings, eventually teach her compassion and patience, while testing her faith in...
17) River's edge
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A father sends his daughter from Germany to the United States to avoid the tyranny of the Nazis and the approaching World War. The young women must cope with separation from her father and her feelings for two different countries.
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Meet Sophie, Eva, and John. In college, they did everything together. Then they drifted apart. Now, twenty years later, they're about to reunite to compare lives, talk about the past, and plan for the future. But will it bring them closer together or tear them apart? Sophie was accustomed to living her life on the straight and narrow path. She married an MBA, morphing into the perfect wife and soccer mom. Now, with her son grown and her divorce final,...
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With swollen feet and swelling belly, pregnant Ellie bravely joins the nation's tourists in seeing the sights in Washington, D.C. But a fatal incident at the Metro station convinces Ellie that something is rotten in the capital city. Should she do the safe thing and pack her bags? Not likely when too many people are telling lies, hiding secrets, and acting suspiciously. Luckily, Ellie Avery is just the right woman to clean up the most mysterious cases...