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By Any Other Name: Maggie Glass Mysteries, Book 2
In the quiet New England village of Bell Harbor, life along the Connecticut River appears tranquil-but beneath its surface, old secrets refuse to stay buried.
Rose McGowan, an elderly painter whose days are marked by fading memory and morning landscapes, stumbles upon a horrifying scene at the riverside: a man dumping what appears to be a body. Terrified and unsure who to trust, she clings to...
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What a father will do to protect his son and what a son will do to save his father.For as long as he can remember, Declan has loved his father, Michael. He has also been aware of the strange... something... between his father and the powerful Mr Cantala.One fateful night, Declan's illusions and innocence are shattered.Michael realises the only way to save his son is to get him out of town. The more life throws at him, the more Declan realises he is...
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Rosie Parker is a dancer through and through. Even if her dance teacher has written her off and shoved her in the back of the class. It's frustrating, but she doesn't mind it as long as she gets to keep dancing.
So when she gets a scholarship to dance at Westbrook School of the Arts right when her father looses his job, it seems like a no brainer, right? But accepting would mean being ripped away from her two best friends and moving into the dorms...
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Everything was different the last time Rosalin saw Alessandra: her living situation, her looks, even her name. Back in high school, Rosalin was miserable struggling against the life her parents planned for her, one that would never allow for her to have feelings for another girl. Four years later, Rosalin and Alessandra run into each other again, and they have so much to catch up on.
Finally free from her abusive household, Rosalin was able to change...
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How can you live with someone for so long and not know anything about them?
It's not until Tremayne Bancroft lies dead in a cane field, and the police are asking embarrassing questions about him, that his wife realizes she knows nothing of her husband's background, his family, or anything else about him. Join her in her quest to uncover the truth, and perhaps come to know the man she married. This undertaking causes her, to reflect on her own life,...
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New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp sets Regency Edinburgh aglitter for the holidays! Rylla Campbell is determined to rescue her brother from a life of dissipation, whether he wants to be rescued or not. But how to find him amid the gambling hells of Regency Edinburgh? By disguising herself as a young man, of course! Her scheme seems to be working, until Lord Gregory Rose sees through her rather fetching disguise-and steals a kiss...
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"Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn't level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym. In 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats....
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2022.
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"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and one life-changing secret. What she doesn't know about love could fill a book. With a successful career as a romance editor, and an engagement to a man who checks off all ninety-nine boxes on her carefully curated list, Lanie's more than good. She's killing it. Then she's given the opportunity of a lifetime: to work...
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The rose is bursting with meaning: over the centuries it has come to represent love and sensuality, deceit, death, and the mystical unknown. Today the rose enjoys unrivalled popularity across the globe, ever present at life's seminal moments.
Grown in the Middle East two thousand years ago for its pleasing scent and medicinal properties, it has attached itself to us, its needy host and servant, to become one of the most adored flowers across cultures....
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Have you ever wondered . . .
…what a worldview is, and why it's so important?
…how liberal and conservative Christians both claim the Bible as their foundation?
…why different worldviews attempt to solve the same problems in different ways?
…how two people who formally espouse different worldviews can agree on so many issues?
…why secularism is just as "religious" as Christianity?
…why secularism has its own mythology?
…why secularists...
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2025.
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"In this Romeo and Juliet-inspired retelling set during the civil rights era, a Mexican American girl is driven to join a movement for justice after her white classmate and best friend from the barrio are tragically murdered." -- Provided by publisher.
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2023.
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"London, 1593. Sixteen-year-old Will Hughes is busy working on Shakespeare's stage, stuffing his corsets with straw and pretending to be someone else. Offstage, he's playing a part, too. The son of traitors, Will is desperate to keep his identity secret-or risk being killed in the bloody queen's imperial schemes. All he wants is to lay low until he earns enough coin to return to his family. But when his mentor, the famous playwright Christopher Marlowe,...
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"A Death by Any Other Name is a delightful Edwardian mystery set in the English countryside. Building on the success of her last two mysteries in the same series, Tessa Arlen returns us to the same universe full of secrets, intrigue, and, this time, roses. The elegant Lady Montfort and her redoubtable housekeeper Mrs. Jackson's services are called upon after a cook is framed and dismissed for poisoning a guest of the Hyde Rose Society. Promising to...
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Stasi Romanov uses just a little witch magic in her lingerie shop, running a brisk side business in love charms. A disgruntled customer threatening to sue over a failed love spell brings Trevor Barnes to town. Trevor's the best attorney around, and he just happens to be a wizard. Everyone knows that witches and wizards make a volatile combination—sure enough, the sparks fly and almost everyone's getting singed. Add to that Cupid playing a practical
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Rules of scoundrels volume 1
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"A decade ago, the Marquess of Bourne was cast from society with nothing but his title. Now a partner in London's most exclusive gaming hell, the cold, ruthless Bourne will do whatever it takes to regain his inheritance-including marrying perfect, proper Lady Penelope Marbury. A broken engagement and years of disappointing courtships have left Penelope with little interest in a quiet, comfortable marriage, and a longing for something more. How lucky...
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When Richard Barrett, Lord Hartley, is abruptly called home to take the reins of the estate, he discovers the extent of the family's financial straits. The remedy: marry the heiress their families have picked out for him. Unfortunately, he's already planned to marry someone else. Miss Sophie Goodnight isn't too keen on becoming his purse with feet...and she sabotages all attempts to woo her. But when Lord Hartley discovers the shenanigans in his father's...
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Guideposts
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[2020]
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"When Adam Fischer--Rachel's eldest son--faces arrest for a hit-and-run and other serious crimes, the Classen sisters are sure the authorities are targeting the wrong man. Adam doesn't even drive, let alone have a credit card, such as the one used for fraud. But someone claiming to be Adam has been involved in a number of crimes, and all the evidence points to him. As Martha and her sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, learn more about Adam's past, they start...
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A most proper earl. A not-so-proper heiress. A match fit for a fairytale.
Leopold Graham never expected to inherit his earldom so soon-or the massive debt his father saddled the title with. Forced to leave behind his pursuit of hedonistic pleasure and instead pursue a suitable, wealthy heiress, Leo sees nothing but a long, dull future ahead of him.
Ivy Leighton may be a wealthy heiress, but she's definitely not suitable. Her exotic Romani roots are...
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Freaky Friday meets Pride and Prejudice in this sweet romance that has readers laughing in surprise and delight.For most, this is a glorious evening of music and dancing. But out in the garden two men are arguing, while a ferocious rainstorm swirls round. Then the unthinkable happens: a lightning bolt from heaven strikes.In that instant everything changes.Jane Austen's heartthrob hero becomes the bumbling Reverend Collins -- and Collins wakes up to...






