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Communicating With God: One Person at a Time ![]() |
Communicating With God: One Person at a Time
A lively and humorous memoir of a Catholic priest who learned to cherish his family values as a displaced person in wartime Eastern Europe. His reflections show how he endured training, implemented the reforms of the Vatican Council and strived to provide a life of service to rural English parishes. Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Spirituality, Other Non-fiction |
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Wuthering Heights ![]() |
Wuthering Heights
This is the love story of a tormented foundling who falls in love with the daughter of his benefactor. They long for each other and have to share the violence and misery caused by their attraction. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Scarlet Letter ![]() |
The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynn carries with her a mark signifying adultery, a true sin in 17th century Puritan Boston. The red letter A on her clothing brings public shame, but she will not name the father of her daughter, Pearl, no matter the threat to her own reputation and her life. Categories: Romance, Other Fiction, Historical Romance |
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A Christmas Carol ![]() |
A Christmas Carol
This short story of love, goodwill and mercy centers around Ebenezer Scrooge who receives three ghostly visitors – Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. These ghosts give Scrooge a glimpse of an unhappy future if he doesn't open his heart to Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit Category: Other Fiction |
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Great Expectations ![]() |
Great Expectations
Romance, mystery, and morality play equal parts in this classic. Young Pip overcomes hardships with the help of a mysterious benefactor, but nobody can save him from the torment of loving the beautiful Estella. Reared by the bitter Miss Havisham, Estella learns not to trust love, even true love. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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To Have and To Hold ![]() |
To Have and To Hold
The most popular novel by Mary Johnston, this classic takes us back to Virginia in the early days of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas. A train full of imported brides has just arrived at Jamestown and one lady will find many adventures await her on the way to the altar. Category: Historical Romance |
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Blues Then and Now - The History of the Blues ![]() |
Blues Then and Now - The History of the Blues
Trace the orgin of the blues from its African roots into new music forms such as rock and roll, jazz and R&B. Meet the fascinating men and women who lived, built, revived and helped evolve the blues style. Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment, History |
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The Hostage ![]() |
The Hostage
A sequel to the Senator's Vote. Amanda sits out a mission because she could possibly be pregnant. But when her husband Keith is taken as a hostage for terrorist negotiations, it becomes a race against the clock to find him and stop the attack. Can he be saved in time or will she lose everything? Category: Contemporary Romance |
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The Gentleman from Indiana ![]() |
The Gentleman from Indiana
A fresh young face in the newspaper business, John Harkless believes in printing the truth. His policy is dangerous in a town terrorized by bandits who attack the journalist and leave him for dead. It is up to his girlfriend Helen to run the paper and find out what really happened to John. Categories: Romance, Western, Western Romance |
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Blow the Man Down - A Romance of the Coast ![]() |
Blow the Man Down - A Romance of the Coast
Torn between duty and desire, Captain Boyd Mayo is new at the helm of a yacht and new to the game of love. Wanting to please yacht-owner Julius Marston, Captain Mayo is desperate to hide his wild attraction to master Marston's young daughter, Alma. Ever the flirt, Alma tantalizes the young man beyond his ability to resist in this romance on the stormy seas. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Emma - Volume 1 ![]() |
Emma - Volume 1
Emma Woodhouse schemes to find a suitable husband for her friend and plunders through the challenges of her social world. She shares her life with unforgettable characters in a small town that is in the middle of a historical transition. Categories: Romance, Regency Romance |
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Shannon O'Reilly: A Haunted Life ![]() |
Shannon O'Reilly: A Haunted Life
Shannon O'Reilly is being haunted in her own home. The ghosts haunting her are murder victims from a century-old crime. The small town of Beeman has many secrets and there are people that would prefer to keep the murder mystery buried along with the Edmondson family. Will Shannon discover the truth before her family pays the ultimate price? Categories: Mystery & Suspense, SciFi & Horror, Teen |
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ![]() |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A series of mysteries are solved by detective Sherlock Holmes – a Colonel dies after receiving seeds in the mail, a young bride disappears, a jewel is stolen and a son is accused of this father's murder. Category: Mystery & Suspense |
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The Grey Cloak ![]() |
The Grey Cloak
The masked man in the grey cloak is a mystery ... is he the man who killed the Comte? Or is he among the gentlemen courting the beautiful new widow? Either way he faces dramatic challenges at swordpoint in this swashbuckling romantic adventure. Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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Kenilworth ![]() |
Kenilworth
The secret marriage of the Earl of Leicester has tragic consequences in this historical romance. The ambitious Earl loves his wife Amy, but hides his marriage from Queen Elizabeth I in hopes of gaining political power. When the truth is revealed, it may be too late for the young couple. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Bad Hugh ![]() |
Bad Hugh
Swept in by a snowstorm, found nearly frozen, a young lady and her child have travelled far to land on Hugh's doorstep. Hugh's mother and family are wary. What is this woman to them? What is Hugh to her? And what to make of her child and the wedding band shining so boldly from her finger? These questions are only the tip of the iceberg in this intergenerational family drama. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Place of Honeymoons ![]() |
The Place of Honeymoons
Opera star Nora Harrigan is a success on the stage, and enjoys the attentions of many suitors, including Edward Courtlandt and Herr Rosen. Things turn dark when Nora is abducted and accuses one of them of arranging the deed. Or is Nora's rival in song and love, Flora Desimone, somehow responsible? Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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Jack Russell Terrier - Canine Companion or Demon Dog ![]() |
Jack Russell Terrier - Canine Companion or Demon Dog
Learn how to train, raise and show the tenacious Jack Russell Terrier, from puppy to family pet. Category: Other Non-fiction |
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Dear Enemy ![]() |
Dear Enemy
Judy Abbott has come a long way from the orphanage where she grew up in this sequel to Daddy-Long-Legs. She reaches back through time to help childhood friend Sallie McBride improve conditions for the children living there now, but romantic entanglements may foil their plans. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Life with an Angel ![]() |
Life with an Angel
Teens use time and space travel and a wise guardian angel to learn the meaning of faith, discrimination, death and heaven. Categories: Spirituality, Teen, Other Non-fiction |
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The Anthrax Scare ![]() |
The Anthrax Scare
Not many romantic stories start with an Anthrax scare. Recovering from a failed romance, Agent Amanda Andrews stops a terrorist from releasing Anthrax over Washington and lets down her guard and falls in love with her new partner Keith Shepard. Categories: Other Fiction, Contemporary Romance |
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Ms. Austen ![]() |
Ms. Austen
If you love historical romance novels, enjoy this fictional account of the last years of the life of Jane Austen. Had she not died in 1817 at the age of 41, she might have herself experienced the greatest love affair of all time. Categories: History, Romance, Other Fiction |
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The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy ![]() |
The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
The London opera is the magical place where young doctor Carl Foster meets and falls for the beautiful Rosetta Rosa. Her glamour enchants him, but their relationship carries unexpected and mysterious consequences. When Carl realizes that former lovers of Rosa are dying, he wonders if he is next. Categories: Romance, SciFi & Horror, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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Adam Bede ![]() |
Adam Bede
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. Category: Historical Romance |
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Cranford ![]() |
Cranford
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. Category: Historical Romance |
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Prisoners of Chance ![]() |
Prisoners of Chance
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. Category: Historical Romance |
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Idolatry ![]() |
Idolatry
Manetho has an iron-clad plan to marry Helen, the half-sister of his adopted father; he will accept nothing less. Then Helen marries Thor. Furious, Manetho threatens the new bride's life. Soon, Helen is dead and a diamond ring is missing. If Manetho is responsible, he will pay duly for the deed. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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The Oakdale Affair ![]() |
The Oakdale Affair
The town of Oakdale is plagued by a jewel thief, and a young girl has disappeared. Following on the heels of Mucker hero Billy Byrne, his best friend Bridge tackles the mystery of the kidnapping and robbery amidst the economic and social ruin of post-World War I America. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Havoc ![]() |
Havoc
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. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Ghost Kings ![]() |
The Ghost Kings
Rachel Dove and Richard Darrien come together in Africa when Richard saves the minister's daughter from a flash flood. Years pass before they meet again, and this time Rachel needs help escaping a Zulu tribe that would have her as their goddess, and an Englishman who wants her for his own. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Thelma ![]() |
Thelma
A true innocent, Thelma is the object of desire for the men around her. She is worshipped by her father's servant, loved from afar by her husband's friend, and whisked away from Norway by a passionate gentleman. All are left wanting when Thelma dies, leaving her daughter to inherit the choice. Category: Inspirational Romance |
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The Vanishing Man ![]() |
The Vanishing Man
The brilliant Dr. Thorndyke uncovers the secret behind the disappearance of famous archaeologist John Bellingham, with the help of his charming daughter, Ruth. The trail leads back to treasures uncovered in Egypt, and a man tattooed with the mysterious symbol of the Eye of Osiris. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Wood Beyond the World ![]() |
Wood Beyond the World
A family feud seems inevitable when the wife of Golden Walter takes up with another man. Walter escapes the coming bloodshed by embarking on a trading voyage that takes him farther from home than he ever imagined. A captive maiden, primitive giants, and a royal city await him on his journey. Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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Daughter of the Dons ![]() |
Daughter of the Dons
Manuel Pesquiera and Richard Gordon both have claims to stake in the gold-crazy hills and valleys of New Mexico. The future of their business ventures lies in land about to be inherited by the lovely young Senorita Valdes. The men find that the only way to win the land is to first win her heart. Category: Western Romance |
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The Promise ![]() |
The Promise
In 1746 eight-year-old Colleen Stuart was more than the playmate of ten-year-old Jonathan Rodes -- she was his best friend. She could do anything a boy could do and best of all, she could play jokes on the adults without getting caught. Jonathan assumed they would always be together, but no sooner had his father told him the secret of the jewels, than his world collapsed. The King's men executed his father, his ailing mother died and he found himself painfully separated from Colleen. For years he remembered his promise to find her, but it seemed a hopeless task until one day an odd letter arrived. Category: Historical Romance |
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Jewel Weed ![]() |
Jewel Weed
Described as shimmering, iridescent and ethereal, Lena Quincy is a beautiful young woman with romantic dreams of becoming a writer. She looks to an older man, Richard Percival, to help her achieve her dreams, but real life marriage parts ways with her childish fantasies. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Heart's Kingdom ![]() |
The Heart's Kingdom
Nickols Powers is desperate for the beautiful Charlotte to marry him. Independent Charlotte, however, is reluctant to accept his religious views as it seems a wife must. She may yet be convinced, however, by the charismatic preacher building a new church in her own backyard. Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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The House of the Seven Gables ![]() |
The House of the Seven Gables
Pyncheon House, a 19th-century New England mansion, is beset with problems. Accusations of witchcraft are in the air, and a relative is soon to return from prison. But here comes the country cousin Phoebe, to raise their spirits and embark on a romance with the mysterious lodger Holgrave. Categories: Romance, Other Fiction, Historical Romance |
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Brownsmiths Boy - A Romance in a Garden ![]() |
Brownsmiths Boy - A Romance in a Garden
From death new life grows in this story about the young Grant Dennison and his education in the natural world of the garden and the larger, more harrowing, world outside its bounds. When his mother dies, Grant is taken in by a skilled gardener, Old Brownsmith, whose plot of land harbors the usual fruits and vegetables as well as a wild boy Grant longs to understand. Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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The Ayrshire Legatees ![]() |
The Ayrshire Legatees
Scottish minister Dr. Zachariah Pringle and his family travel to London, and they have plenty to write home about. Innocent of urban ways, the Pringles observations reveal the social realities of London life in eye-opening letters to their relatives back home. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance, Regency Romance |
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A Damsel in Distress ![]() |
A Damsel in Distress
An American composer searches for a beautiful young woman who he met in a taxi. He tracks her to a rural manorhouse and the romance takes interesting turns. The 1919 novel was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, made into a black and white movie and then made into a 1937 Hollywood musical. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Girl from Montana ![]() |
The Girl from Montana
Alone in the Montana mountains, Elizabeth hides from the man who has threatened her life. She rides East, seeking shelter with grandparents she has never met. Her journey takes many twists and turns, and she always remembers the kind man who rides with her for part of her journey. Categories: Romance, Western, Western Romance |
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A Journey Through Hell: Visions of the Afterlife ![]() |
A Journey Through Hell: Visions of the Afterlife
Derick Lombasto is a factory worker who has written a religous book and wants it published. When no one wants his manuscript, Derick meets with an agent, Craig Devon, who promises Derick that his book will be published for a fee. Derick agrees, while his girlfriend, Maria, tells him that the agreement with Devon is not a good idea. When Derick's estranged wife, Lydia, walks back into his life, Derick finds himself not only dealing with Devon's outrageous requests, but also trying to keep his and Maria's relationship alive. Can Derick survive Craig Devon and the trials of his personal life, or will he have to pay for both with his life? Categories: Mystery & Suspense, SciFi & Horror, Other Fiction |
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The Circular Staircase ![]() |
The Circular Staircase
At a spooky, sprawling summer home in New England, wealthy spinster Miss Inness finds herself at the center of a murder mystery. Her nephew and a friend are the main suspects. When her nephew disappears and her niece falls for the disreputable friend, Miss Innes must unravel many mysteries. Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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Dracula ![]() |
Dracula
The ultimate vampire novel takes Jonathan Harker to a remote castle in the Carpathian Mountains to meet the charming and strange Count Dracula. The Brides of Dracula work their magic on Harker as the Count casts his spell on Lucy, the woman Harker was meant to marry. Category: Vampire Romance |
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Princess Zara ![]() |
Princess Zara
Czarist Russia is a grim place for Princess Zara de Echeveria. She has little hope in her heart until she finds herself falling for a professional spy. Dan Derrington and the Princess Zara must travel the stormy seas between New York to St. Petersburg to meet as fate intends. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Blue Lagoon - A Romance - Book I ![]() |
The Blue Lagoon - A Romance - Book I
Published in 1908, The Blue Lagoon was an instant success. The story unfolds as a naive, young girl and her cousin are stranded on a remote island. As a modern day Adam and Eve they age, fall in love, discover sex, have a child and learn the basics of living in a loving relationship as adults. Categories: Romance, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) ![]() |
The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson)
The humble Nevill Tyson inherits the position of country gentleman and doesn't quite know how to fill the role. His marriage to Mollie Wilcox only complicates matters, especially when a friend of Nevill falls in love with the new Mrs. Tyson. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Beulah ![]() |
Beulah
A crisis of faith drives Beulah to seek spiritual alternatives to her Christianity. A fiery young woman, Beulah takes her spiritual search to great lengths, looking for the ultimate truth. This truth, for Beulah, cannot be found without also accepting the ultimate emotion, love. Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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Romancing A Stalker ![]() |
Romancing A Stalker
William Arflin escapes from prison while serving a life sentence for murdering three women he met on the Internet. Now anyone with a computer could be his next victim. Interpol is forced to put the entire computer world on alert when dead bodies appear all over the globe that link him to the crimes. Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Other Fiction |
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