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Lavender and Old Lace ![]() |
Lavender and Old Lace
Wedding bells from the past peal in the present when Ruth Thorne discovers a mysterious letter that leads her to a family history of elopements and secret weddings. Helping her to unravel her past and his own is journalist Carl Winfield, with whom she is quickly falling in love. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Marble Faun Volume 1 ![]() |
The Marble Faun Volume 1
Enter a fantasy world with characters of mythic proportions. Miriam is an otherworldly beauty and a painter. Donatello, the Count of Monti Beni, may be only half human. Along with sculptor Kenyon and copyist Hilda, the quartet takes us on a romantic trip through 19th century Italy. Categories: Romance, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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Chance ![]() |
Chance
Miss Flora de Barral is the daughter of an imprisoned swindler left to fend for herself, with no real standing in society. She must depend on the kindness of strangers, and some kindnesses come with strings attached. Will meeting Captain Anthony give Flora the dignity and happiness she seeks? The story is told by several different perspectives in this romance novel, the first of Conrad's works to be a popular success. Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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The Call of the Canyon ![]() |
The Call of the Canyon
Braving the elements, wilderness, and outlaws, Carley Burch leaves the glamorous life in New York to join her fiance, Glenn Kilbourne, in Arizona. Glenn needs the open country to help him recover from shellshock suffered in WWI. To keep him, Carley will need to adapt to the rigorous Western life, which includes fending off another woman who has her eye on Glenn in this romantic adventure story. Categories: Romance, Western Romance |
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The Blue Lagoon - A Romance Book II ![]() |
The Blue Lagoon - A Romance Book II
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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Green Fancy ![]() |
Green Fancy
A wanderer meets a mysterious lone woman on a deserted nighttime road; he is in search of a tavern, she is looking for the house called Green Fancy. They part ways, but are bound to meet again in the shadow of the fantastic, ivy-covered green mansion, under the spell of its eccentric creator. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Three Weeks ![]() |
Three Weeks
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. Categories: Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows ![]() |
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
Emotionally and physically stranded, Captain Tom Lingard finds himself, his English yacht, and his passengers at the mercy of a dishonorable Malayan prince and his subjects. Only one woman understands the dilemma facing the captain -- to save his white passengers, or sacrifice them to the natives. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Tess of the Storm Country ![]() |
Tess of the Storm Country
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. Categories: Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Devil's Garden ![]() |
The Devil's Garden
An unassuming postal worker, William Dale of Rodhaven meets his wife Mavis in London for a lovely evening. All seems well until stunning discoveries reveal the darker side of his psyche. Controversial when first published, The Devil's Garden is still a shocker today. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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How To Cook Husbands ![]() |
How To Cook Husbands
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. Categories: Humor, Historical Romance |
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Diane of the Green Van ![]() |
Diane of the Green Van
Who is Diane Westfall? An heiress, the daughter of a Seminole Indian woman, and a nature lover. Is she also in line to the throne of Houdania? Cousin Carl would rather she was royal so he might inherit the Westfall fortune. But her sweetheart Philip wants to be with Diane whatever the outcome. Categories: Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Marble Faun Volume 2 ![]() |
The Marble Faun Volume 2
Volume 2 of The Marble Faun continues in the fantasy-filled world of Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon and Donatello as they unravel mythical mysteries and romantic rivalries in 19th century Italy. Categories: Romance, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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The Phantom of the Opera ![]() |
The Phantom of the Opera
A criminally insane, physically-deformed musician haunts a Paris opera house demanding a monthly salary and a box seat for every show. He provides voice lessons to a beautiful young singer and then abducts her to his cellar retreat away from her lover who threatens to destroy the opera house. She is forced to make a difficult choice of who to love and makes a promise to the musician. The novel was the source of several films and stage adaptations including the highly successful musical version by Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1987. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Finding ![]() |
The Finding
Mystery and action kick up when a land deal gone bad is another case to solve for a newspaper man passing through town looking to relax. Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Other Fiction |
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Deception ![]() |
Deception
When a night out results in memory loss for Kelly, little does she realize what it means. Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Other Fiction |
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Desert Gold ![]() |
Desert Gold
Which is the true treasure, love or money? Prospecting in an Arizona border town, Richard Gale sees the possibilities of passion and gold when he finds himself trying to save a beautiful Spanish heiress from a Mexican bandit. Categories: Romance, Western, Western Romance |
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Contrary Mary ![]() |
Contrary Mary
Mary, Constance and Barry Ballard are siblings living together in an old Washington, D.C. home. Marriage will soon take Constance away, leaving her sister and brother to decide: close up the old house or take in a boarder? Mary boldly chooses to rent a suite of rooms to a gentleman stranger. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Lighted Match ![]() |
The Lighted Match
Traveling in disguise, a beautiful princess travels through the United States and finds herself falling in love with an American man. Though bound to another across the water, she struggles to free herself to be with her true love in America. Categories: Romance, Western, Western Romance |
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The Queen of Hearts ![]() |
The Queen of Hearts
Griffith and his older brothers live a quiet life in an old country house, until Jessie, nearly 21, comes to stay. When Griffith gets word that his son will return from sea to declare his love for Jessie, the brothers spin tales to keep the heiress entertained until the sailor arrives. Category: Historical Romance |
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Bones in London ![]() |
Bones in London
Bones is back in the second story of The Lieutenant Bones series. A mischievous businessman, Bones seems to have every financial schemer in London coming after him, but somehow he always comes out on top. Humor and romance follow Bones as well, as he makes his way through the underworld of London moneymakers. Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romantic Suspense |
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The Womans Way ![]() |
The Womans Way
Celia's new neighbors are a mysterious lot. The elderly violin virtuoso downstairs appears to have a hidden history and the suicidal young man next door seems to have no past at all. Who is he? Celia engages both men with her self-confident charm, which leads her to uncover the secrets and passions of these two and more. Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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Bab - A Sub Deb ![]() |
Bab - A Sub Deb
Meet Bab, a melodramatic young lady who is outraged that she is not allowed to be a debutante like her older sister. The indignant youth's bumbling quest for the spotlight leads her into all sorts of predicaments. A mild mystery with lots of humor. Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romantic Suspense |
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The First Book of Iaddius Ioahann ![]() |
The First Book of Iaddius Ioahann
Discover a frightening land of danger, brutal giants, captivity and horror and learn the secret Iaddius Iohann holds to bring peace back to this shattered world. Categories: SciFi & Horror, Other Fiction |
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Fascinating Colorado ![]() |
Fascinating Colorado
This collection of fascinating mini trips is filled with engaging travel facts about Colorado, engaging stories of Colorado's rich history and tall tales of people, lost treasure and ghosts. Categories: History, Western, Other Non-fiction |
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Bakers Dozen: Creative Writing Workbook ![]() |
Bakers Dozen: Creative Writing Workbook
This introductory creative writing workbook is designed to get the reader to think, but most of all to write. Work all the exercises, or just a few. It has creative writing tips and briefly covers the basics of fiction writing, short stories and poetry writing including examples of Haiku poetry. Categories: Poetry, Other Non-fiction |
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Count Hannibal ![]() |
Count Hannibal
The ruthless Count Hannibal falls in love with a beautiful noblewoman, Clotilde de Vrillac, in this adventure-packed historical romance. Dueling lovers and escaped prisoners mark the way to the Huguenot lady, in Paris at the Court of Charles IX. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Afterwards ![]() |
Afterwards
The scene opens just before dawn in the darkness of a desert Temple. Hiding, a young woman and a doctor await discovery. Will they be found by friends or foes? What have they seen in the Temple? This page-turner keeps you guessing as romance mingles with murder and the mysteries grow ever deeper. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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The Blue Lagoon - A Romance Book III ![]() |
The Blue Lagoon - A Romance Book III
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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Sylvia's Lovers ![]() |
Sylvia's Lovers
Sylvia Robson lives in a small English seaside town and expects little more from life than the expected marriage to her cousin Philip. But when whaling harpooner Charley Kinraid captures her heart, then disappears mysteriously, Sylvia's world suddenly becomes a lot larger. Category: Romance |
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Retribution ![]() |
Retribution
Ryan Larkin is tied to a seat in the middle of a locked room, beaten and broken. He can't remember how he got there but a stranger points a gun at him and gives Ryan a minute to tell what he was doing earlier in the day. Maybe a bullet would be better than The Chamber. Categories: SciFi & Horror, Other Fiction |
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Old Rose and Silver ![]() |
Old Rose and Silver
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. Categories: Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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The Man Between ![]() |
The Man Between
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. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Long Shadow ![]() |
The Long Shadow
Charming Billy is alone in his meager cabin when the evening wind blows a feminine breeze his way. Flora Bridger takes Billy quite by surprise, appearing on his doorstep with a lame horse, far from her home. His desolate little shack may never be the same again. Category: Western Romance |
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The Bow of Orange Ribbon ![]() |
The Bow of Orange Ribbon
Forbidden romance between young Katherine van Heemskirk of New York and a dashing English captain leads to duels and disgrace in this historical romance that takes us back to the 1760s. The scene shifts between England and America on the cusp of the American Revolution, with political conflicts reflected in the struggle of the would-be lovers. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Lady and the Pirate ![]() |
The Lady and the Pirate
Sometimes a gentleman has to dramatically change course to win the woman of his dreams. That is the case for this gentleman-turned-pirate when his captive turns out to be the very lady he loves. This humorous romance includes adventures, treasures, shipwrecks, and rescues. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Clever Woman of the Family ![]() |
The Clever Woman of the Family
Rachel Curtis is frustrated living the life of a Victorian English lady. At twenty-five, she sets out to make her mark, wreaking comic and tragic havoc along the way. Rachel dreams of teaching young minds the highest educational ideals, but instead becomes entangled in the dramas real life. Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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The Cardinals Snuff-box ![]() |
The Cardinals Snuff-box
English novelist Peter Marchdale settles in to do some writing in a quiet villa in the Italian countryside. His earnest plans are thwarted, however, when he discovers that his landlady is the beautiful young Duchessa di Santangiolo, with whom he has been secretly in love for years. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Beverly of Graustark ![]() |
Beverly of Graustark
The exotic East European mountain country of Graustark hosts a young American traveller, Beverly, who is visiting her friend the princess at court. Royal intrigue, mistaken identities, and a surprise romance make Beverly's trip a life-changing one. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Truxton King ![]() |
Truxton King
Young, strong, brave and wealthy, Truxton King has everything an American man could want. Yet he seeks more. His quest for romance and adventure takes him to the realm of Graustark, where a truly royal romance awaits. First, though, he must protect the life of the child who is heir to the throne. Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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Capitolas Peril ![]() |
Capitolas Peril
Ride horseback in a thunderstorm? Visit a haunted house? Outsmart an outlaw? Capitola Black is up to the task in this third installment of E.D.E.N. Southworth's Hidden Hand series. War, lunatics and ghosts populate her path, but Black Cap can deal with all of that. But will her spirited nature help her as much in matters of love? Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Chaplet of Pearls ![]() |
The Chaplet of Pearls
Imagine a world of weddings arranged for very young children to join their families for political purposes. In 16th-century France, we join a tale of just such a baby-marriage. King Henri II presides over the union of two very young children, among the religious feuds of the times. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Lunaria: The Sunless Isle ![]() |
Lunaria: The Sunless Isle
Ashlyn lives in a beautiful, elfin haven but she has the chance to travel to a place known only as a myth. From the moment Ashlyn departs from home, a journey begins that can only end with the complete transformation of Lunaria. Category: Other Fiction |
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Big Money ![]() |
Big Money
In this poignant tale of romance and money, Richard and Marie Jordan are an average suburban middle-class family. They have the American dream--a happy marriage, two kids, a house, two cars, plenty of credit cards, and lots of debit. Faced with the threat of losing their main source of income, Marie decides to take a chance on playing the lottery. When she wins, Richard and Marie find out exactly how much things change when faced with more wealth than they ever dreamed of, and more predators than they could ever imagine. Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance |
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Number Puzzle Jumblers ![]() |
Number Puzzle Jumblers
What if I told you that a person with an 89 IQ managed to join Mensa? You would wonder how was that possible. The answer resides within NUMBER PUZZLE JUMBLERS. Number Jumblers are words and/phrases encrypted as numbers. Categories: Education, Entertainment, Other Non-fiction |
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The Mockingbirds Ballad ![]() |
The Mockingbirds Ballad
History and romantic stories weave through this fascinating tale of life in the 1800s for a girl farrier (blacksmith) and her twin after being forced from their family by the Blood Law. She joins Wheelers Army of Tennessee horse mounted soldiers as one of the few women in the Civil War. Travel the Cherokee homeland in Georgia in the 1840s to the fever-ridden jungles of Cuba in 1898. Categories: Romance, Other Fiction |
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What A Strange Little Man ![]() |
What A Strange Little Man
Michael is a prison guard from 1st Century Rome who has his life turned upside down by a strange little man (Paul, the Apostle) whom he has guarded for the past two years. Is God real? Who is this Jesus? The answers to these questions and more take Michael on a life altering journey. Categories: SciFi & Horror, Spirituality, Other Fiction |
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A Spinner in the Sun ![]() |
A Spinner in the Sun
A veiled lady returns to her old home and lives in solitude; her neighbors never see her face. What is Evelina hiding under the veil? If anything will convince her to shed her mask, and reveal the past it hides, it is the old-fashioned romance offered by a patient suitor called Piper Tom. Categories: Romantic Suspense, Inspirational Romance |
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Good Pet Names and Pet History From A-Z ![]() |
Good Pet Names and Pet History From A-Z
Learn hundreds of good pet names, stories about famous pets, the pets of famous people as well as the history of how different animals became pets. Category: Other Non-fiction |
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Just Don't Turn Around ![]() |
Just Don't Turn Around
The sometimes heart-wrenching, and always inspiring, story of an ordinary family living an ordeal of daily life in communist-stricken Czechoslovakia including their seven-month stay in an Austrian refugee camp while they secretly planned their future including a journey to a new life in the USA. Category: Biographies & Memoirs |
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