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Talk of the town
By Joan Smith. 1979
Effie Pealing is alternately embraced, then rebuffed, by London society. Her final flirtation with high society comes when she lets…
known her intention to publish her memoirs. A regency romance. c1979.Surrender to a stranger (Silhouette intimate moments)
By Karyn Monk. 1994
Sentenced to death, Jacqueline never expected to be rescued by a man whose disguise hid a handsome British agent. They…
called him the Black Prince, and to save the unjustly condemned he took hair-raising risks, slipping in and out of courtrooms and prisons, brazenly defying the threat of capture and death. Now the two were on the run, but as long as he was there to protect her, she felt strangely safe. And the spy tried to tell himself that Jacqueline was just another prisoner to be spirited away to safety, yet there was something about her that made him never want to let her go. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1999, c1994.Seduced by a Scot (Highland grooms. #6.)
By Julia London. 2018
When a prominent Scottish family faces a major scandal just before their daughter's wedding, they turn in desperation to Nichol…
Bain. Thankfully, Bain loves a challenge, but traveling with the bold, brash, raven-haired Maura has him viewing her as far more than somebody's problem. Sequel to "Tempting the laird". 2018.Scandalous desires (Maiden Lane series. #3.)
By Elizabeth Hoyt. 2011
Widowed Silence Hollingbrook is impoverished, lovely, and kind-and nine months ago she made a horrible mistake. She went to a…
river pirate for help in saving her husband and in the process made a bargain that cost her her marriage. That night wounded her so terribly that she hides in the foundling home she helps run with her brother. Except now that same river pirate is back, and he's asking for her help. 2011.Springwater (Springwater Seasons Ser.)
By Linda Lael Miller. 1998
1870. Evangeline Keating's husband, John, died leaving her and her daughter, Abigail, penniless. Thus Evangeline accepts John's cousin's proposal and…
travels to Springwater, Montana Territory. Her fiancé, however, is on a six-month trip and has sent his handsome partner to care for her and Abigail. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1998.Sleeping in the ground: an Inspector Banks novel (Inspector Alan Banks mystery. #24.)
By Peter Robinson. 2017
After a massacre outside a picturesque Yorkshire church, Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team must unravel a baffling mystery,…
and corner a killer hiding in plain sight. Bestseller. Winner of the 2018 Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novel Award. 2017.Secrets of the tulip sisters
By Susan Mallery. 2017
Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty routine. But everything changes one sun-washed summer with two dramatic homecomings:…
Griffith Burnett--Tulpen Crossing's prodigal son, who's set his sights on Kelly--and Olivia, her beautiful, wayward, and, as far as Kelly is concerned, unwelcome sister. Tempted by Griffith, annoyed by Olivia, Kelly is overwhelmed by the secrets that were so easy to keep when she was alone. Bestseller. 2017.Spymaster: a thriller (Scot Harvath. #17.)
By Brad Thor. 2018
Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity…
of a highly placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war. With his mentor out of the game, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must take on the role he has spent his career avoiding. But, as with everything else he does, he intends to rewrite the rules-all of them. In Spymaster, Scot Harvath is more cunning, more dangerous, and deadlier than ever before. Bestseller. 2018.Playwright Maggie Delamere shuts down aristocratic males with a mere flick of her razor-sharp quill. If only they were so…
easy to dispatch offstage--especially Cameron, Viscount Marwood. The impossibly charismatic man seems made to test her resistance. But when writer's block and an enemy from Maggie's past simultaneously strike, Cam makes an all-too-tempting proposal. Cam has never offered a lady his bed without being in it ... but Maggie needs a writer's retreat, and his manor is just the place. It's the least Cam can do for the brilliant woman who pens his favourite plays. Still, there's something more than social justice behind the relish with which she skewers her "gentleman" characters. And as Maggie's pen and inhibitions loosen, Cam intends to unlock her secrets--one delicious revelation at a time. Sequel to "Forever your Earl", followed by "Temptations of a wallflower". 2015.Strange weather: four short novels
By Joe Hill. 2017
"Snapshot" is the disturbing story of a Silicon Valley adolescent who finds himself threatened by "The Phoenician," a tattooed thug…
who possesses a Polaroid Instant Camera that erases memories, snap by snap. A young man takes to the skies to experience his first parachute jump, and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero’s island of roiling vapour that seems animated by a mind of its own in "Aloft." Short horror stories that deftly expose the darkness that lies just beneath the surface of everyday life. Bestseller. 2017. Uniform title: Novels.Someone to care (Westcott. #4.)
By Mary Balogh. 2018
Once the Countess of Riverdale, Viola Kingsley throws all caution to the wind when adventure calls in the form of…
a handsome aristocrat. Two years after the death of the Earl of Riverdale, his family has overcome the shame of being stripped of their titles and fortune--except for his onetime countess, Viola. With her children grown and herself no longer part of the social whirl of the ton, she is uncertain where to look for happiness, until quite by accident her path crosses once again with that of the Marquess of Dorchester, Marcel Lamarr. Marcel Lamarr has been a notorious womanizer since the death of his wife nearly twenty years earlier. Viola caught his eye when she herself was a young mother, but she evaded his seduction at the time. A prize that eluded him before, she is all the more irresistible to him now although he is surprised to discover that she is as eager now for the excitement he offers as he is himself. When the two defy convention and run away together, they discover that the ties of respectability are not so easily severed, and pleasure can ensnare you when you least expect it. Sequel to "Someone to wed", followed by "Someone to trust". 2018.Someone to wed (Westcott novel. #3.)
By Mary Balogh. 2017
When Alexander Westcott becomes the new Earl of Riverdale, he inherits a title he never wanted and a failing country…
estate he can't afford. But he fully intends to do everything in his power to undo years of neglect and give the people who depend on him a better life. A recluse for more than twenty years, Wren Heyden wants one thing out of life: marriage. With her vast fortune, she sets her sights on buying a husband. But when she makes the desperate and oh-so-dashing earl a startlingly unexpected proposal, Alex will only agree to a proper courtship, hoping for at least friendship and respect to develop between them. He is totally unprepared for the desire that overwhelms him when Wren finally lifts the veils that hide the secrets of her past. 2017.Two of Karen White's classic novels in one volume. "In the shadow of the moon": When Laura Truitt first sees…
the dilapidated plantation house, she's overcome by a sense of familiarity. Inside, the owner claims to have been waiting for her for years and offers an old photograph of a woman with Laura's face. Soon afterward, when a lunar eclipse inexplicably thrusts Laura back in time to Civil War Georgia, she finds herself fighting not just for her heart, but for her very survival. "Whispers of Goodbye": Alone and with nothing left to fear, Catherine deClaire Reed answers her sister's desperate plea and travels to the cold comfort of her home in Reconstruction Louisiana. But Elizabeth is nowhere to be found. No one--including her husband--has seen her for days. Now Catherine must search for her sister in a place where secrets wait behind every closed door. 2016.Someone to love (Westcott novel. #1.)
By Mary Balogh. 2016
Anna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath, knowing nothing of the family she came from. Now she discovers…
that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. She is also overjoyed to learn she has siblings. However, they want nothing to do with her or her attempts to share her new wealth. But the new earl's guardian is interested in Anna. Avery Archer, Duke of Netherby, keeps others at a distance. Yet something prompts him to aid Anna in her transition from orphan to lady. As London society and Anna's newfound relatives threaten to overwhelm her, Avery steps in to rescue her and finds himself vulnerable to feelings and desires he has hidden so well for so long. Followed by "Someone to hold". Bestseller. 2016.Someone to hold (Westcott novel. #2.)
By Mary Balogh. 2017
Camille Westcott, who has been declared illegitimate and without a title, moves to Bath to teach at an orphanage, where…
she meets artist Joel Cunningham, for whom she feels a mutual contempt until things take a passionate turn. Sequel to "Someone to love", followed by "Someone to wed". 2017.Skye (Women of Primrose Creek. #3.)
By Linda Lael Miller. 2017
Skye McQuarry's heart belongs to one man--Primrose Creek's lumber baron, Jake Vigil. After a shattering heartbreak in his past, Jake…
vowed to never again take a chance on love--until he came to know beautiful Skye. But their delicate bond faces the ultimate test when a business deal threatens to tear them apart--and battle lines are drawn between two passionate hearts. Skye is determined to stand her ground. Then a surprise from Jake's past unexpectedly comes to her--a discovery that may be just the key to unlocking the true, deep, and trusting love that she knows lives deep within Jake Vigil. Sequel to "Christy", followed by "Megan". 2017.Sting
By Sandra Brown. 2016
When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard locked eyes across a run-down bayou bar, something definitely sparked between them. Shaw was…
the kind of tall, dark, and ruthless man who was bad news to women and stunning, elegant Jordie definitely shouldn't have been in a dive like this. Unfortunately, romance wasn't in the air; Shaw Kinnard was there to kill her. As Shaw's partner takes aim at the New Orleans party planner, she's certain her time has come, but Shaw has other plans. The hit man abducts Jordie hoping to get his hands on the thirty million dollars her brother has stolen. Now on the run from the FBI and her brother's crooked boss, they'll have to work together to stay alive, but staying together might be the most dangerous thing they could do. Bestseller. 2016.Splendid (Splendid trilogy. #1.)
By Julia Quinn. 2016
American heiress Emma Dunster has always been fun-loving and independent with no wish to settle into marriage. She plans to…
enjoy her Season in London in more unconventional ways than husband-hunting. But this time Emma's high-jinks lead her into dangerous temptation. Alexander Ridgely, the Duke of Ashbourne, is a notorious rake who carefully avoids the risk of love until he plants one reckless kiss on the sensuous lips of this high-spirited innocent and condemns himself to delicious torment. Little does he know that his passion has touched the very soul of the lovely enchantress, and committed them both to a lifetime of splendid ecstasy. 2016.Stolen magic (Romantic sounds audio)
By Mary Jo Putney. 2006
Simon Malmain, the Earl of Falconer and chief enforcer of the Guardians, must confront Lord Drayton, a rogue Guardian. But…
the diabolical lord gains the upper hand, using his evil magic to transform Simon into a unicorn. Saved by Lord Drayton's servant Meg, Simon returns the favour by releasing Meg from the spell she is under. Together, they vow to bring Lord Drayton down before his wicked plans turn disastrous. And meanwhile, their mutual attraction grows stronger each day. 2006.Still Alice
By Lisa Genova. 2009
As she turns fifty and begins experiencing odd lapses of memory, Harvard psychology professor Alice Howland gets the life-altering diagnosis…
of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Her lecturing and traveling for work, and her relationships with her scientist husband and grown children, morph along with the disease. Bestseller. 2009.