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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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A Bicycle of Cathay  |
A Bicycle of Cathay
A restful bicycling vacation in the country takes a young professor down more adventurous paths than he had planned. Staying with various families along the way, he meets beautiful women, receives marriage proposals, survives a bear chase and more. An amusing, romantic story. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Love Among The Chickens  |
Love Among The Chickens
Jeremy Garnet, author, takes his friend Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge up on his offer of a holiday. He is astonished to find his vacation taking place on a chicken farm, and even more astonished to find himself falling in love with a girl living there. Categories: Humor, Historical Romance |
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Three Strikes - You Are Dead  |
Three Strikes - You Are Dead
How do you manage a baseball team that is in the middle of a heated pennant and is also being stalked by a serial killer? Beachcombers manager is finding out. Utility outfielder Rico Valley is the first victim of the serial killer. By mid season, three of his teammates have also become victims. Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Other Fiction |
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The Agony Column  |
The Agony Column
An American visiting London innocently checks the personal ads, known as the agony column, and soon finds himself entangled in a murder mystery and a love affair. Part mystery, part romance, this novel was also made into a silent film in 1930 under the title The Second Floor. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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Bride of Lammermoor  |
Bride of Lammermoor
Truly star-crossed lovers, Edgar and Lucy are desperate to be together, even though their families are sworn enemies. Their misfortune starts in Ravenswood, where Edgar is Master and Lucy's father William Ashton is the sworn enemy of the realm. The villainous Lady Ashton schemes to keep the lovers apart, even as they fight for a wedding to celebrate their love. The story is said to be based on the true tale of the tragic Dalrymple family. Category: Romance |
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Beyond the City  |
Beyond the City
The girl next door is much more than ordinary in this surprising domestic romance by Arthur Conan Doyle. A remarkable departure from his famous detective stories, Beyond the City explores the relationships between the residents of three adjoining homes. The cast of characters includes a widowed doctor with two daughters, a retired admiral with a wife and son, and a feminist living with her nephew. 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 Professor  |
The Professor
The hero of the book turns down a clerical job to take a teaching position in Belgium. He becomes entangled with a sensuous, manipulative woman but has affection for another woman who is a teacher and pupil at his school. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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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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Little Women  |
Little Women
The four March sisters suffer because of growing up poor during the Civil War but they remain happy and learn about life and love while growing up in New England. A wealthy next door neighbor and one sister's tutor fall in love with two of the sisters in this first book of the series. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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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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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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Desperate Remedies  |
Desperate Remedies
Cytherea, a lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, realizes that the man she loves is already engaged to another woman. She becomes influenced by Miss Aldclyffe's manipulative steward Manston, and quickly becomes involved in romance, blackmail and murder. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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His Hour  |
His Hour
Beautiful young English widow Tamara Loraine is on an Egyptian tour when she meets Russian Prince Gritzko Milaslavski. She finds him fascinating and is eager to see him again in Moscow. The charismatic Prince returns her feelings, but his passion is tinged with a danger Tamara has not foreseen. Category: Historical Romance |
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John and the Herodians - From the What a Strange Little Man Series  |
John and the Herodians - From the What a Strange Little Man Series
A prison guard from 1st Century Rome time travels to join a fellow Christian from the past and a band of current day Christians to relight the passion of Christianity. Categories: SciFi & Horror, Spirituality, Other Fiction |
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The Way We Live Now  |
The Way We Live Now
Lady Carbury, her daughter Henrietta and her son Felix are at the center of endless dramas in this Victorian novel. Passionate promises are made and broken amidst a swirl of gambling debts, fortune seeking, and social climbing. The young, innocent Henrietta has a lot to learn about the world. Category: Historical Romance |
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Vanity Fair  |
Vanity Fair
Quick-witted but poor Becky Sharp, and simple-minded but rich Amelia Sedley leave the shelter of school and find themselves embroiled in mismatched marriages, secret loves, and relentless social climbing in 19th-century England. Becky in particular will stop at nothing to secure her future. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Romantic  |
The Romantic
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. Category: Historical Romance |
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September and Other Stories  |
September and Other Stories
Go ghost hunting with a ghost. Have dinner with a demon. Explore the tomb of a forgotten pharaoh. Sixteen stories and poems in all. A Recommended Read by the Online Review of Books and Current Affairs. Categories: SciFi & Horror, Other Fiction |
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The Fighting Shepherdess  |
The Fighting Shepherdess
17-year-old Katie Prentice fears she is trapped in a small sheep farming town and must always put up with the disrespectful men who come through. Her fears begin to wane, however, when she meets Hughie Disston. Each will face many challenges on the adventure-filled road to the other. Category: Western Romance |
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Enhanced |
Enhanced
In this futuristic tale of transgenic beasts and tribulation saints, a teen is one of millions offered the chance for stem cell therapy with DNA by a mystery organization of billionaires - cell therapy that will change the architecture of their bodies forever. Categories: SciFi & Horror, Other Fiction |
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Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions  |
Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
When Tish sets her mind on a goal, things happen. The fifty-something firecracker leads her lady friends on wild adventures in pre-WWII America. Whether they are chasing Canadian spies, backing automobile racers, or aiding Syrian immigrants, the "girls" always find love along the way. Category: Historical Romance |
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A Tale of Two Cities - Volume 1  |
A Tale of Two Cities - Volume 1
This is an exciting tale of London and revolutionary Paris in the 18th century. Three men are obsessed over one woman, Lucie Manette. The twists and turns in the plot capture the harshness of the French Revolution, honorable sacrifice and loves lost and gained. Category: Other Fiction |
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Riders of the Purple Sage  |
Riders of the Purple Sage
Jane Withersteen, Mormon-born Utah native, goes against her church when she befriends a young Gentile rider, Venters. He is trailing the mysterious Masked Rider through the Old West. Both Venters and a notorious gunman named Lassiter bring adventure, intrigue, and romance to the Withersteen ranch. Categories: Romance, Western, Western Romance |
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Jess the Journeyer  |
Jess the Journeyer
Jess steps into the fantasy world his great, great grandfather wrote about a world of dragons, zyglots and magic and finds that he is the only one who can stop the evil wizard from destroying his new found world Categories: SciFi & Horror, Other Fiction |
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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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A Daughter of Fife |
A Daughter of Fife
Maggie, a simple Scottish fisher-girl, finds herself pursued by a passionate young artist in this romantic story. While Maggie breaks with the family fishing tradition with Allen, her brother David also leaves the nets behind for a very different career. The next generation will be different. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Golden Woman  |
The Golden Woman
Violet-eyed Joan Stanmore brings an unusual kind of luck to the men she loves. They become rich overnight just by marrying Joan. Unfortunately, the pairing also leads many to their deaths. Reluctant to believe she is cursed, Joan sets out nonetheless to change the fate of future suitors. Categories: Romantic Suspense, Western Romance |
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Lena Rivers  |
Lena Rivers
Lena's mother dies in childbirth, leaving her to be raised by her relatives in Kentucky. An animal lover, high tempered and beautiful, Lena learns a surprising secret about her mother and the man that wants to adopt her. She creates her own life and finds love. The book was a best seller and became a stage play in 1914, starring screen star Beulah Poynter. The book was also made into a movie in 1932 staring Charlotte Henry. Category: Romance |
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Brand Blotters  |
Brand Blotters
Accused of murder, a young man is pursued across the Arizona deserts, but finds refuge at the Bar Double G ranch at the invitation of the owner's daughter, Melissy. Melissy knows his secrets but vows to keep them in this romantic adventure of the Old West. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Western Romance |
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Tristan and Iseult  |
Tristan and Iseult
A Cornish knight and an Irish princess fall in love in this medieval legend that may have formed the foundation for the King Arthur stories. The chivalric Tristan and the beautiful Iseult fall in love under the power of a magic spell so strong they will sacrifice everything to be together. Categories: Historical Romance, Fantasy & Paranormal 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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A Tale of Two Cities - Volume 3 |
A Tale of Two Cities - Volume 3
This is an exciting tale of London and revolutionary Paris in the 18th century. Three men are obsessed over one woman, Lucie Manette. The twists and turns in the plot capture the harshness of the French Revolution, honorable sacrifice and loves lost and gained. Category: Other Fiction |
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At Love's Cost  |
At Love's Cost
It takes ages to build up a house and a family, but one man can knock it down. Sons and daughters fight for love amidst family pressures from all sides. Would-be couples must make heart-wrenching decisions about family reputations and expectations in this sentimental story. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Athalie  |
Athalie
Many children have imaginary friends, but Athalie is different. Her invisible childhood playmates are not necessarily imaginary. Athalie sees things others do not see. This gift takes her to places others have never imagined in this fantasy novel. Categories: Romance, Other Fiction, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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Honeysuckles of the South |
Honeysuckles of the South
Meet five southern ladies. Four are looking for that special someone. They're rich,strong,bold and beautiful. They're divine and the cream of the South. Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance |
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Cabin Fever |
Cabin Fever
Bud Moore enters into a partnership with a prospector in the Western wilderness and looks forward to a life of adventure and fortune. Little does he know how much soul-searching will go on in the cabin they share, especially when a child enters their lives and changes their destinies. Categories: Romance, Western Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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Englishwoman's Love Letters |
Englishwoman's Love Letters
Absence may truly make the heart grow fonder. Presented as love letters from an anonymous Englishwoman to her far-away lover, this is the story of a passionate courtship and its tragic end. The formality of the letters only serves to underline the raw passion that hides between the lines. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Clementina |
Clementina
The year is 1719. The scene is a desolate section of road between Florence and Bologna. When Mr. Charles Wogan finds his horse has gone lame, it seems that Fate has put him here for a purpose. Little does he know that purpose will involve protecting the life of Princess Clementina. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Flight of the Monarch  |
Flight of the Monarch
Nineteenth century, Hayley Lawrence, lives with her father on Canada's Amhearst Island. His over-protectiveness and interference by others, threaten to keep her from the man she loves. As she attempts to surrender her desire for Austin Sommers, a long-kept secret is revealed. Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance |
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Andrew the Glad  |
Andrew the Glad
Friends David and Andrew fight for the affections of one Phoebe Donelson in this post-Civil War southern romance. Further complicating these entangled affairs of the heart is the young Caroline's sudden appearance in their lives. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Heart of Rachael - A Book Sample |
The Heart of Rachael - A Book Sample
Warren Gregory discovers too late that he is in love with the beautiful Rachael. Ten years after their first meeting, he finds her married to a man she doesn't love. Rachael must search her soul to find where she truly belongs. Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance |
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In Search of the Unknown  |
In Search of the Unknown
Looking for lost species leads an adventurer to discover strange animals from men with gills to invisible predators. Stranger still may be the passions exchanged between the people who pursue these unknown creatures of the past. Categories: Romance, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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The Daughter of the Commandant  |
The Daughter of the Commandant
Russian 17-year-old Pyotr Grinyov is sent into military service during the Pugachev Rebellion of the 1770s. His service does not go as planned, especially after he meets Masha Mironov and falls in love. The passionate Pyotr risks duels and the scorn of father Mironov to win her love in return. Categories: Romance, Historical 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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The Daughter of an Empress  |
The Daughter of an Empress
Opening on a scene of execution, and involving the dramas of Empresses, Counts and Countesses, this historical romance takes us into the realms of Russian royalty. The Empress Anna is dead and her successor is unclear. Princess Elizabeth is named to the post, but many stand in her way. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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A Daughter of the Land |
A Daughter of the Land
Kate Bates feels the weight of the world on her shoulders, left to care for her aging mother while her siblings acquire land and education. To get a life of her own, she will have to pursue her dreams against the wishes of her parents. Will a wealthy suitor help or hurt her in her quest? Category: Romance |
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At the Time Appointed |
At the Time Appointed
How does a man construct his identity when he has lost his memory? In this romance novel, a mining accident erases a young engineer's memory and gives him the chance to create his character afresh, leading to a new life of struggle and adventure. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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Anna Karenina - Part 3  |
Anna Karenina - Part 3
Anna Karenina is the tragic love story of a woman in love who follows her heart and bears a son with her lover, while she is married to another man. She throws herself in front of an incoming train fearing her lover had lost his love for her. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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