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1602) A precarious gamble
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Series
Gentlemen of London volume 4
Language
English
Description
Lord Hugh Calvert has managed to disgrace himself again. He gambled and won a small fortune, as he usually does, but this time the pot included a ward. He has never been responsible for someone other than himself. Perhaps it would be best if he just turns the care of his new ward over to his mother, washing his hands of her. But he hadn't anticipated that Miss Wymond would be so intriguing... or so beautiful. Miss Marielle Wymond has lost her entire...
1604) Oświadczyny
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Series
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Polish
Description
"'Oświadczyny...' ukazują przesympatyczną historię Eloise, której sir Philip w jednym z listów proponuje małżeństwo. Dla 28-letniej już kobiety uważającej się za starą pannę jedyną przyjemnością w życiu jest korespondencja z tym intrygującym, eleganckim mężczyzną. Po długich namysłach i wahaniach postanawia spotkać się z przyszłym mężem. Co ich czeka? Czy spotkanie będzie rozczarowujące, czy też da początek rozkoszom,...
1607) Eye of the devil
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English
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An innocent outsider to the enclosed world of a forbidding French château and its surrounding vineyards peels back layers of mystery to reveal a shocking truth. The outsider, the wife of a troubled marquis, discovers, perhaps too late, that her husband's ancestral château is home to witches, warlocks, a sinister priest, 12 hooded figures, and terror.
1608) Blanche
Language
Français
Description
An elderly noble baron and his much younger bride welcome a visiting King and his handsome page, Bartolomeo to their castle, which sets in motion accusations of disloyalty and marital infidelity, turning what should be a fairytale into a nightmare.
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English
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"Among the nations on the Zemurian continent,the mighty Erebonian Empire has been quick to outwardly stake its claim militarily; yet politically, ugly bouts of internal conflict between the upper class and commoners attempting to rise to power have been steadily intensifying day by day.The Noble and Reformist Factions have been none too kind to one another over the years, and tensions between the two only stand to worsen if compromises aren't made...
1611) Miłość dla zuchwałych
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Series
Language
Polish
Description
Mężczyźni, którzy po powrocie z wojny usiłują nauczyć się na nowo żyć w świecie salonów, i kobiety na tyle odważne, by przedrzeć się przez mury obronne ich serc, w nowym cyklu Ocaleni. On myśli, że obowiązki ochroniarza córki księcia będą łatwe. Ona ma dla niego kilka niespodzianek-- Ewan Mostyn, tak jak trzech jego wiernych przyjaciół i towarzyszy broni, chce zapomnieć o walce i ranach, i powrócić do spokojnego salonowego...
1612) La dama de Riverton
Author
Series
Hawthorne House volume 4
Language
Español
Description
"A Griffith, duque de Riverton, le gustan el orden, la lógica y el control; por eso aplica los mismos principios a su vida y a la búsqueda de una esposa. Está seguro de que la señorita Frederica St. Claire sería la candidata ideal. Sin embargo, mientras ella parece no hacerle mucho caso, lo cierto es que su bellísima prima, la señorita Isabella Breckenridge, le atrae cada vez más. Teóricamente, Isabella tendría que estar disfrutando de la...
1614) Never kiss a stranger
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English
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"Lady Alys thinks everyone knows the legend: If a man and a woman meet at midnight within the ancient Foxe Ring ruins, they are as good as married. But when she finds a captivating stranger lurking there in the middle of the night, she discovers the one man who is unaware. It's a deadly pursuit that brings Piers Mallory to the Fallstowe lands. But now that fate has attached the alluring, and curiously insistent, Alys to his side, it may work to his...
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Cesare Borgia and his treacherous sister Lucrezia have plans to conquer central Italy. They sends Andrea Zoppo, an accomplished commoner and Lucrezia's lover on a mission to take over Citta del Monte, ruled by Count Marc Antonio Verano. But he meets Camilla, the young wife of the count, and things change.
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English
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"In the second novel of Maya Rodale's enchanting Keeping Up with the Cavendishes series, an American heiress finds her reputation-- and heart-- in danger when she travels to London and meets a wickedly tempting rake ... Lady Amelia is fed up with being a proper lady and wishes to explore London, so one night she escapes & nd finds herself in the company of one Alistair Finlay-Jones. He been ordered by his uncle to wed one of the American girls. ...
1617) The countess: a novel
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Language
English
Description
Johns's creepily enticing second novel (after Icebergs) travels to 1611 Hungary as Countess Erzsébet Báthory-- aka the Blood Countess-- is being walled into a castle tower as punishment for the murder of dozens of women and girls. She begins writing her life story as an exposé of the many betrayals that have brought about this-- as she sees it-- outrageous and unjust imprisonment. The steady, calm tone of Erzsébet's narration lulls the reader...
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Tale of two sisters volume 1
Language
English
Description
"A horse race in trousers on Rotten Row. Visiting a gaming hall in a dress that would make her mother faint. Sneaking an invitation to a masquerade ball attended by only the wickedest, most debauched members of society. None of these things are scaring off bookish but strong-willed Amelia Bishop's stuffy, egotistical fiancé. The only thing left is to entice childhood friend Nicholas Wakefield into a truly engagement-ending scandal. The Wakefields...
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Español
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Después de un duelo de funestas consecuencias entre dos amigos, Daniel Smythe-Smith debe huir de Londres y su rival, Hugh Prentice, queda lisiado para siempre. Daniel, reivindicado, ha podido regresar pero Hugh, un brillante matemático, se ha convertido en un hombre amargado con escasa paciencia para los superfluos rituales de la alta sociedad y con ninguna esperanza de poder cortejar a una de las damas de alcurnia que antes lo rodeaban. Mucho...