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The Flaming Jewel
by Robert W. Chambers

Former army man Jim Darragh is up against international jewel thieves and American rum-runners in the quest for the famous jewels that were once the property of the Grand Duchess of Estonia, Theodorica. If he can restore them to her, he may win romantic rewards as well.

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Doc Gordon
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Doc Gordon finds his small-town life disrupted when he becomes involved in a mystery. Together with his assistant, Dr. Elliot, a beautiful woman and her flirtatious daughter, he becomes entangled in a complicated plot.

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The Wings of the Morning
by Louis Tracy

Only two survive the shipwreck and find themselves alone on a desert island -- Iris and Jenks. Their tale of survival on Rainbow Island becomes one of adventure and passion as they explore the island and its wild inhabitants together.

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The Maids of Paradise
by Robert W. Chambers

Under the French circus tent, the Maids of Paradise dive like mermaids into water below. The acrobatics hint at the drama awaiting American investigator Mr. Scarlett, and his love, the Countess de Vassart. While a real war rages on outside, battles of love and strength are fought in the circus ring.

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The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Often considered the first Gothic romance novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho follows Emily St. Aubert as she recovers from the death of her father, faces supernatural forces in a ghostly castle, and confronts the plotting of an Italian brigand.

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At The Villa Rose
by Alfred Edward Woodley Mason

Inspector Hanaud investigates the death of a wealthy widow and the disappearance of her priceless jewels. Englishman Harry Wethermill recruits the French detective when young Celia, the object of his affection, vanishes. Is she another victim or an accomplice to the crime of murder?

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The Lady and the Pirate
by Emerson Hough

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.

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The Sheik
by Edith Maude Hull

Self-sufficient, adventurous Diana holds a dance in an Algerian hotel to launch her month-long trip into the desert. She sets off with no-one but her Arab guides, and is swiftly kidnapped by Ahmed ben Hassen, a sheik whose brutality and passion bring on great changes for Diana.

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The Midnight Queen
by May Agnes Fleming

It is the time of the plague in London, a time of horror for everyday people. Yet, for some, there is a dark magic in the air. Lords and ladies are influenced by an otherworldly enchantment that empowers them to challenge death and seek life and love.

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Lavender and Old Lace
by Myrtle Reed

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.

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The Place of Honeymoons
by Harold MacGrath

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?

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The Voice in the Fog
by Harold MacGrath

The London fog can hide a lot of things, including the thief who has stolen a sapphire necklace from Kitty Killigrew. She has heard parts of a conversation in the mist, however, that might simplify solving the case but complicate her new romantic interest.

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The Circular Staircase
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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.

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The Grey Cloak
by Harold MacGrath

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.

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The Pagan Madonna
by Harold MacGrath

Jane Norman, a Red Cross nurse from America, comes to Shanghai by chance, under the spell of fate. In China and on the sea, Jane wears beautiful beads with a mysterious past that captures the attention of romantic rivals and plotting pirates alike, taking Jane on the adventure of her life.

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The Breaking Point
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Elizabeth Wheeler is a small-town, church-going girl who dreams of a man who will whisk her away from her mundane life. What she gets is an endless adventure of passion, betrayal, and murder, and just maybe the wedding of her dreams.

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The Drums of Jeopardy
by Harold MacGrath

A young dancer with the Royal Ballet dies an untimely death after parting from her lover, the Prince. On her body is the legendary Drums of Jeopardy necklace. Seeking revenge, her mad scientist father sends the drum charms from the necklace to members of the royal family as omens of impending doom.

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K
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

For unknown reasons, famous surgeon K. LeMoyne drops out of the medical scene to live in seclusion in a small town. His quiet moments are few, for he boards with the beautiful Sidney Page, a nurse-in-training, who tries to uncover his mysterious past.

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The Green Mummy
by Fergus Hume

Professor Braddock finds a mummy swathed in green bandages, with a mysterious note attached, and a treasure inside. It appears to be a royal Egyptian mummy, and uncovering its secrets sets off dramatic twists and turns for the professor and everyone around him.

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The House of a Thousand Candles
by Meredith Nicholson

John Glenarm has to fulfill some odd requirements to gain his inheritance. For reasons known only to his grandfather, John must spend a year in an isolated house, and is forbidden to marry Marian Devereux, a woman he has never met. Uncovering the reasons why may bring the biggest treasure.

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Behind a Mask
by A M Barnard

A fast-paced thriller, Behind a Mask is the story the demure governess Jean Muir and her adventures in the home of the seemingly tranquil Coventry family, where she has come as a tutor. Mystery, love, and betrayal follow Miss Muir into the home and stir up suspicions, deceptions, and passions.

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A Study in Scarlet
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes makes his debut in the mystery of a corpse found in a run-down, abandoned house. He encounters a strange clue, the word RACHE written in blood on the wall near the body. Only the astute mind of Mr. Holmes can make sense of such a cryptic clue.

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The Dark Star
by Robert W. Chambers

German and Turkish Secret Service agents seek the lost plans of Gallipoli, and find their quest foiled by pretty Ruhannah Carew. She is called a child of the Dark Star, preordained to a life of adventure. Charming Jim Neeland helps her to outwit the agents who seek something held only by Ruhanna.

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Child of Storm
by Henry Rider Haggard

Allen Quatermain is back, in Zululand, Africa. Attracted to Mameena, Child of the Storm, Quatermain does not trust her. And when she pleads guilty to witchcraft, who can blame him? The punishment is death, but Mameena has one last wish that Allen must contend with.

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The Captain of the Kansas
by Louis Tracy

High-class passengers on a voyage from Chile to England must overcome sabotage, Indian attacks, and stormy seas under the guidance of the gallant Captain Courtenay in this romantic adventure. All must rise to the occasion, fighting cannibals, surviving shipwreck, or navigating ship-board romance.

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The Castle Inn
by Stanley John Weyman

Julia suspects that her lover, Sir George Sloane, is responsible for her abduction when he receives a mysterious note. Sloane meets with treachery, sword-and-pistol fighting, and other dramas while he tries to prove his innocence. The high spirit of the captive only adds to his challenge.

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Capitolas Peril
by Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth

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?

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The Branding Iron
by Katharine Newline Burt

To have and to hold, to honor and obey - marriage vows usually recited to show commitment can also mean something more ominous. Wedded bliss turns to suspicious jealousy in this fictional account of a Wyoming husband whose jealousy leads him to brand his wife as he would his cattle. Reportedly based

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The Bravo of Venice - A Romance
by M. G. Lewis

Evil lurks on the streets of Venice in the form of Abellino, known as The Bravo of Venice. Neapolitan Count Rosalvo may be the man to put an end to the Bravo's evil escapades, if only he can overcome the dark secret he himself is harboring. Into this scene of Gothic horror comes Rosalvo's love, Rosabella, giving the Count another reason to save the city from the wicked Bravo.

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Brand Blotters
by William MacLeod Raine

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.

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Bones in London
by Edgar Wallace

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.

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Way Down East - A Romance of New England Life
by Joseph R. Grismer

The Bartletts New England farm seems the perfect place for Anna Moore to hide from her tragic past. And it is, until her secrets are discovered. Turned out into a violent snowstorm, Anna tries to find her way, but must depend on rescue in the form of David Bartlett, who has come to love her during her time on the farm.

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The Avalanche
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

All seems perfect when a ship-board romance leads to a quick marriage for a wealthy San Francisco businessman and 19-year old beauty, Helene. Suspicions about Helene's past soon arise, however, and her new groom decides to investigate. Questions of possible infidelity, illegitimacy, and prostitution follow.

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Bandit Love
by Juanita Savage

Savage's signature sultry style brings us a red-headed Irish horsewoman, her English gentleman lover, and a passionate, lawless Spaniard. Their adventures take many a twist and turn on the way to a surprise ending in this stirring romantic adventure story.

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Beyond the City
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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.

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Between Friends
by Robert W. Chambers

What secrets are held between friends? Drene, a dramatic, moody sculptor, shares many secrets with his childhood friend, Graylock. Women wed and wooed, death courted and shunned, sanity doubted and restored, these are all part of the dramas between the lifelong friends and sometimes enemies. And to think it all starts when a woman comes between friends.

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Blind Love
by Wilkie Collins

Bright, bold Englishwoman Iris Henley is not known to take the conventional paths in life. Even she may be over her head, though, when she falls in love with Lord Harry Norland, an active member of a squad of assassins. The last novel written by mystery writer Wilkie Collins, Blind Love was left unfinished. At the author's deathbed request, the novel was completed by historian and novelist Walter Besant.

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Bad Hugh
by Mary Jane Holmes

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.

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At the Time Appointed
by A. Maynard Barbour

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.

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Adrien Leroy
by Charles Garvice

Twists and turns will keep readers guessing in this page-turner from Charles Garvice. The fashionable Adrien Leroy has many friends vying for his attentions, not the least of which is the omnipresent Jasper Vermont, whose past and purpose are suspect. Flirtations abound as well, but perhaps none so perfect as the woman he hardly notices until it may be too late.

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The Womans Way
by Charles Garvice

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.

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Bab - A Sub Deb
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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.

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The Amulet
by Hendrik Conscience

Ships overflowing with the riches of the world fill the ports of 16th century Antwerp, and provide endless temptation. The action includes an assassination gone wrong, crimes hidden and discovered, and the wooing of a beautiful young woman. Evildoers beware; the righteous have the upper hand in this historical romance novel.

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Atma - A Romance
by Caroline Augusta Frazer

Soaring poetry and exotic Indian locations create a dramatic setting for this story of the Sikhs struggles in the 1840s. Atma Singh must try to regain the sapphire of fate and the honor of his people in this historical novel touched with adventure and romance.

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Anna the Adventuress
by E Phillips Oppenheim

It's a case of mistaken identity when Annabel Pellissier leads Sir John Ferringhall to believe that she is her sister Anna. Annabel takes on the flirtatious personality of her sister, a deception that becomes very complicated when the sisters both come to live in London.

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The After House
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

A young doctor climbs aboard a luxury yacht as steward of the After House. It's smooth sailing until mysterious murders leave Dr. Leslie to solve the crimes and keep himself alive. This is a classic mystery and suspense story from Rinehart.

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Allan's Wife
by Henry Rider Haggard

Allan Quatermain's heroic adventures continue in Allan's Wife, with the tale of his star-crossed relationship with the Englishwoman Stella, in the wilds of Africa. Encountering elephants and battling baboons along the way, Allan and Stella's story ultimately becomes a tale of life and death.

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The Agony Column
by Earl Derr Biggers

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.

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A Rogues Life
by Wilkie Collins

An adventure cliffhanger, this tells the story of a grand life in Paris filled with art, friendship, fun and adventures. The many set backs faced by the narrator are met with optimism. It was originally serialized, with the cliffhanger chapter endings leaving the reader looking for the next adventure.

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The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins

In this fast-paced mystery, eyewitnesses each tell what they know about an enormous diamond that is taken out of India and sent to London where it disappears. The story revolves around who really owns the diamond. The book, first published in 1868, is often called the first detective novel and is one of the author's most critically-acclaimed works.

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