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Gods Good Man
by Marie Corelli

The Reverend John Walden has been living on faith in the north of England, content among the woodland blossoms. The latest flower to bloom in his life, however, is a woman. Maryllia faces relentlessly aggressive suitors and life-threatening illness while John stands by patiently, waiting for a wife.

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Armadale
by Wilkie Collins

A flame-haired villainess is the link between several generations of Armadale men as they attempt to solve the mystery of who is the rightful heir to the Armadale estate in Barbados, West Indies. Miss Lydia Gwilt, beautiful and deadly, may hold the key to their past and thus their future.

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Red Hair, or The Vicissitudes of Evangeline
by Elinor Glyn

Evangeline may be young and innocent, but she is not powerless. When her caregiver dies and the heir decides to marry the red-headed beauty, Evangeline fights back. The resulting romantic adventures may not be what she planned, but the feisty young woman rises to every challenge.

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Daniel Deronda
by George Eliot

It is late in the summer of 1865 when Daniel Deronda meets Gwendolen Harleth. She is beautiful, but also stubborn and reckless. Having gambled her money away, Gwendolen pawns a priceless necklace, but Daniel redeems it for her and opens the adventure-filled path to her heart.

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Adam Bede
by George Eliot

A pure-hearted English carpenter, Adam Bede is an unlikely match for the vain and selfish Hetty Sorrel. He pursues her anyway, even as she is seduced by haughty Lord Arthur. Things change when Adam meets minister Dinah Morris and finds a moral and intellectual equal like he has never known.

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Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell

How would a Victorian English town fare if it were inhabited almost solely by unmarried or widowed women? What would happen to the few men who dared to venture into the very female world of Cranford? Miss Matty Jenkyns and her friends will take care of him, one way or another, in this wry tale.

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Our Mr. Wrenn
by Sinclair Lewis

A simple New York clerk, Mr. Wrenn receives an inheritance that sets him sailing for adventure. When he leaves for London, he has no idea all he will learn from the free-thinkers he meets on the way, or how his adventure will prepare him to return to the romance that had been waiting all along.

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The Maid of Maiden Lane
by Amelia E. Barr

New York City, 1791. It's a time of new beginnings, when all things seem possible. This is especially true for young Cornelia Moran, who is falling in love with Lieutenant George Hyde. In spite of her father's misgivings and a jealous rival's scheming, the two are determined to be married.

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Prisoners of Chance
by Randall Parrish

Louisiana Province in the 1760s carries contradictions political and personal for Geoffrey Benteen. As an adventurer in a new land, he encounters mysterious natives and battles his own countrymen. As a man, he must choose between pursuing the woman he loves and saving her husband's life.

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Jane Cable
by George Barr McCutcheon

A railroad man and his wife feel their marriage is beyond salvation when an orphan unexpectedly enters their lives. Caring for their new daughter gives them renewed hope and motivation, until Jane grows up. Then, Jane's hidden history comes back to haunt her, her fiance and her adoptive parents.

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The Romantic
by May Sinclair

Young Charlotte Redhead falls head-over-heels in love with an older man, a married man who is ruthless with her young heart. She strikes out on her own, vowing not to fall so far again. Then she meets John Conway, and try as she might, she is unable to resist his roguish charm.

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Lorraine, A Romance
by Robert W. Chambers

Lorraine is the twofold tale of a young woman and her country. Lorraine is coming of age during dramatic years of war in France. Her growth, conflicts, and eventual renewal are reflected in the struggle of a country fighting for its independence. France, and Lorraine, will never be the same.

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Havoc
by E Phillips Oppenheim

Secret plots and forbidden alliances lie behind the politics leading to WWI, and not just between Germany, Russia and Austria. Romantic relationships play a surprising role in the English move to split Russia away from the alliance. What is said behind closed doors sometimes comes out in the open.

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The Magnificent Adventure
by Emerson Hough

Early American explorers Lewis and Clark ventured into the unknown, willing to risk their physical lives for the frontier. But what of their inner, emotional lives? Here, Meriwether Lewis puts his love on the line for Theodosia, daughter of Aaron Burr.

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Vendetta
by Marie Corelli

Nina quickly recovers from the loss of her husband Count Fabio Romani to cholera and turns to his friend Guido Ferrari. The pair want to celebrate their love, but are thwarted by the sudden appearance of an old family friend with a suspicious resemblence to the man they buried not so long ago.

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Lo, Michael
by Grace Livingston Hill

True selflessness shines through when young street urchin Michael risks his life to save wealthy Starr Endicott. Years later, he meets Starr in the city again. Ever honorable, he tries to keep his feelings in check, but when a suitor with bad intentions comes after Starr, he cannot stay away.

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Three Weeks
by Elinor Glyn

Upper-class Englishman Paul falls for a stranger at a Swiss resort in this vacation romance extraordinaire. Her mysteries include intimations of royal duties awaiting her back home. When she must return to her Slavic homeland, she carries with her more than memories of Paul; she carries the future.

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Old Rose and Silver
by Myrtle Reed

Golden maple trees, breathtaking violin music, and beautiful old treasures set the stage for this sentimental romance with a touch of humor. Come along as Rose accompanies Allison on his violin and puts love in the air.

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Carnac's Folly
by Gilbert Parker

Carnac has a grand time pretending to marry Luzanne during a lively lunch with friends. What he doesn't know is that the judge and ceremony are real enough to make Luzanne into Mrs. Carnac Grier. Her plans for the future are many, while Carnac looks longingly back to his childhood love.

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The Man Between
by Amelia E. Barr

The bonds of matrimony come in many forms for Ethel Rawdon and her friends. Ethel sees the future in a band of gold, hoping to be united with her beloved Tyrrel. But for Dora, the marriage ties become suffocating, a trap. Her escape takes her through tragedies and heartbreak and back home again.

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Susan Lenox, Her Fall and Rise
by David Graham Phillips

Orphaned at birth, Susan depends on rural relatives who arrange everything, including her marriage. Not inclined to follow the rules, headstrong Susan instead runs away. Relying on a series of questionable men and working a variety of irreputable jobs, Susan makes her way back up in the world.

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Cecilia, Or Memoirs of an Heiress Volume 3
by Fanny Burney

An endless and relentless flow of suitors comes to woo beautiful young heiress Cecilia Beverly. Her challenge is to sort them out, which means uncovering the true story of each. She finds love gone wrong, mistaken identities, and family scandals before she locates true husband material.

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Cecilia, Or Memoirs of an Heiress Volume 2
by Fanny Burney

An endless and relentless flow of suitors comes to woo beautiful young heiress Cecilia Beverly. Her challenge is to sort them out, which means uncovering the true story of each. She finds love gone wrong, mistaken identities, and family scandals before she locates true husband material.

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Cecilia, Or Memoirs of an Heiress Volume 1
by Fanny Burney

An endless and relentless flow of suitors comes to woo beautiful young heiress Cecilia Beverly. Her challenge is to sort them out, which means uncovering the true story of each. She finds love gone wrong, mistaken identities, and family scandals before she locates true husband material.

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Graham of Claverhouse
by Ian Maclaren

Princess Mary, daughter of the Duke of York, is to marry William of Orange. Graham of Claverhouse finds himself in service to a conflicted court with an ambitious agenda. Court intrigue is not purely political, and Graham must also oversee the private wars of passion that lurk beneath the politics.

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Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady
by Fanny Burney

Evelina comes from humble beginnings, but has her eye on a distinguished nobleman. To reach him, she must navigate the maze of manners that is 18th century society. Her letters tell the tale of her evolution from an innocent, rural seventeen-year-old into a self-assured society woman.

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Sir Nigel
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

In service to King Edward III, Sir Nigel Loring must prove himself worthy of the hand of his the Lady Mary by performing three deeds in her honor. On his way to the altar, Nigel rescues a woman from dishonor, fights a pirate leader, and battles against the Spanish at sea, among other heroic feats.

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The Fighting Chance
by Robert W. Chambers

The battle of the bottle has nearly undone the high-society world of Stephen Siward. When young Sylvia Landis enters his life, he thinks he may yet have a chance redeem himself. Sylvia herself, however, is not without challenges, including her unwelcome engagement to the wealthy Howard Quarrier.

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The Monk
by M. G. Lewis

Raised in a monastery, Ambrosio becomes a charismatic monk who seems above all scandal. The devil will tempt him, though, in the form of Matilda, a wanton woman who enters his flock disguised as a boy.

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This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Amory Blaine is a romancer, seducing attractive women at Princeton and in New York after World War I. He learns of true love the hard way, though, falling for women who cannot reciprocate. His deepest relationship may in the end be with himself.

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The Little Lady of the Big House
by Jack London

A love triangle on a California ranch sounds very modern, yet the story of Paula Forrest and her lovers is nearly a hundred years old. Scandalous in its time, the tale follows Paula and the two men she cannot choose between: her husband and her lover.

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The Secret of the Storm Country
by Grace Miller White

Simple, strong Tessibel Skinner keeps secret her marriage to Frederick Graves even when his parents force him to marry an heiress. Even when pregnant, Tess refuses to betray Frederick as a bigamist. But what will she make of her new admirer, Mr. Young?

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The Half-Hearted
by John Buchan

As the nineteenth century draws to a close, Lewis Haystoun finally decides to start living the life he has only read and written about. He meets Alice Wishart at a Scottish country house party and soon finds himself taking off on adventures in Kashmir, seeking success with a new love and a new land.

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Tess of the Storm Country
by Grace Miller White

Never accepted by the high society of Ithaca, Tess is still shocked when her father, a squatter, is accused of murder. Barefoot and innocent, Tess sets out into the world to clear his name, forever changing the shape of life for herself and all she touches.

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The Street of Seven Stars
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Violin student Harmony Wells is alone in Vienna when her funds dry up. When she meets a medical resident who offers the frugal solution of sharing a household, she accepts. Even with an older woman joining them for propriety, the unusual living arrangements cause quite a scandal.

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The Suitors of Yvonne
by Rafael Sabatini

Swashbuckling swordplay and suspense surround Yvonne St. Albaret de Canaples and her would-be lovers in the very first romance novel written by Rafael Sabatini. Even when the beautiful Yvonne is disguised, she attracts love-struck men who would do anything to be near her.

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An Eye for an Eye
by Anthony Trollope

When Fred Neville becomes heir to the Earl of Scroope, he is sworn to marry a woman deemed suitable for carrying on the family name. But when he meets Irish beauty Kate, who has a dark family history, he is torn between the call of love and the bonds of duty.

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Love Eternal
by Henry Rider Haggard

Timeless passion takes on new dimensions in this romance between two souls bound together regardless of the eras or bodies they inhabit. The physical world limits their union, but changes are at hand to bring them together forever in the spirit realm.

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Rose O'Paradise
by Grace Miller White

Due to inherit a fortune on her eighteenth birthday, Rose finds herself the subject of much attention from three men. Should she trust the father who has been absent her whole life, the uncle who may be responsible for his absence, or her new suitor?

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Cloudy Jewel
by Grace Livingston Hill

Believing she will forever be merely the spinster aunt, Julia settles in as a servant in her sister's house. She is about to become much more than a servant to her niece and nephew, and along with them learns lessons on love in both the human and spiritual realms.

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How To Cook Husbands
by Elizabeth Strong Worthington

Relationship advice never goes out of style, as we see in this light, humorous look at the care and management of husbands from over 100 years ago. What happens when one woman follows the recipe for cooking up a husband? The results could be delicious or disastrous.

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The Glimpses of the Moon
by Edith Wharton

Having no money, Nick and Susy join in marriage with a plan to live luxuriously off the riches of their wealthy friends. Money matters settled, they also agree to pursue romance outside the marriage. What they have not planned for, however, is the real romance that blossoms between them.

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The Ashiel Mystery
by Mrs. Charles Bryce

Sir Arthur Byrne returns to London from the Black Sea, suffering an illness that has sapped his energy and appetite. When he meets the widow Meredith, his passions are reignited. Satisfying them means entering a world of disguises, secret passages, and hidden identities.

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In Secret
by Robert W. Chambers

Miss Evelyn Erith has many resources, including a mansion, a chauffeur and a butler. But her most impressive asset is her mind, as she has a talent for cryptography. As a secret agent, she also falls into a secret romance in the forests of Switzerland at the beginning of World War I.

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Graustark
by George Barr McCutcheon

An arranged marriage awaits Princess Yetive and Prince Lorenz when the prince is mysteriously murdered. The accused assassin is none other than the true love of the Princess, American Grenfall Lorry. To avoid execution and marry the Princess, Lorry must clear his name with the royalty of Graustark.

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A Poor Wise Man
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

After a year working with soldiers, Lily Cardew returns home transformed from girl to young woman. Her family isn't prepared for her new boldness, or for her newfound friend, Willy Cameron. Her family may not approve of his lack of wealth and fame, but Lily sees what is truly important, his heart.

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The Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas, pere

Flowers for the lady? When Cornelius van Baerle seeks to grow a rare black tulip he takes the notion to a new height. Originally grown for its beauty, the black blossom is worth a fortune in a contest held in the Netherlands. For Cornelius, the promise of wealth pales before his love for Rosa.

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Greatheart
by Ethel May Dell

Powerful Sir Eustace doesn't expect competition for his lady from the likes of his quiet, limping brother Stumpy. Of course the lady would choose him. But on the wedding eve, Stumpy surprises everyone with his inner strength. Which brother will be the lucky groom in the end?

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The Lilac Sunbonnet
by Samuel Rutherford Crockett

The story of Ralph Paden and Winsome Charteris is a sweet love story, tempered with a good dose of Scottish humor. Even as churchmen and politicians clash in age-old feuds, the young lovers pursue their passion singlemindedly, making the politics of the day seem trivial compared to their union.

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The Magnificent Montez
by Horace Wyndham

A story based on the infamous Lola Montez -- dancer, singer, and courtesan in the mid-1840s -- always features her flirtations and indiscretions. But unlike other fictional accounts of her life, The Magnificent Montez suggests that she might have turned to the straight and narrow in the end.

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