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Miss Woodley's Kissing Experiment: Regency Romance (A Lady's Lessons #3)
By Jade Lee. 2012
"...written with humor...an enjoyable, fast-paced read." ~RT Book ReviewsGeoffrey Rathburn, Earl of Tallis, will soon overcome his father's gambling debts.…
However, to pay his sister's dowry before her London wedding, he must marry an heiress.But the dowagers and daughters parading through his house are only after his title–just as he is after their money. Then a young woman climbs into his music room from a tree branch wanting something entirely different. Caroline Woodley is no heiress. Indulged by her father who allows her to help with his scientific experiments, Caroline is conducting an experiment of her own. A Kissing Experiment. Of course, Geoffrey is happy to assist; certain he can make Caroline tingle, just as she theorizes a woman should. The real question is: can he win her heart as she has won his?FROM THE PUBLISHER: The LADY'S LESSONS SERIES is rich in Regency period detail and will be appreciated by fans of Jann Rowland, Meredith Duran, Julia Quinn, Elisa Braden, Tessa Dare and Loretta Chase.LADY'S LESSONS SERIES, in series orderRules for a LadyMajor Wyclyff's CampaignMiss Woodley's Kissing ExperimentREGENCY RAGS TO RICHES, in series orderNo Place for a LadyDevil's BargainAlmost an AngelThe Dragon EarlMEET JADE LEE: Jade Lee, a USA Today bestseller, has two passions (well, except for her family, but that's a given). She loves dreaming up stories and playing racquetball, not always in that order. When her pro-racquetball career ended with a pair of very bad knees, she turned her attention to writing. An author of more than 40 romance novels, she's decided that life can be full of joy without ever getting up from her chair.Major Wyclyff's Campaign: Regency Romance (A Lady's Lessons #2)
By Jade Lee. 2012
"...splendid...witty...complete with eccentric characters and highly amusing antics." ~RT Book ReviewsLady Sophia has seen enough death and loss in the…
military hospital to last her a lifetime. So, when the wildly handsome Major Anthony Wycylff, whom she's been caring for these past months, is given no hope of survival, she grants him his fondest wish—her promise to marry.Then the blasted man recovers! The only thing that kept Anthony from giving into death was Sophia's promise to marry him. Now he's determined to claim his bride. The right flanking attack will bring him closer to her manor, her parlor, then her bedroom. Terms of surrender should quickly follow. But the only terms Sophia will hear are terms of love. FROM THE PUBLISHER: The LADY'S LESSONS SERIES is rich in Regency period detail and will be appreciated by fans of Jann Rowland, Meredith Duran, Julia Quinn, Elisa Braden, Tessa Dare and Loretta Chase.LADY'S LESSONS SERIES, in series orderRules for a LadyMajor Wyclyff's CampaignMiss Woodley's Kissing ExperimentREGENCY RAGS TO RICHES, in series orderNo Place for a LadyDevil's BargainAlmost an AngelThe Dragon EarlMEET JADE LEE: Jade Lee, a USA Today bestseller, has two passions (well, except for her family, but that's a given). She loves dreaming up stories and playing racquetball, not always in that order. When her pro-racquetball career ended with a pair of very bad knees, she turned her attention to writing. An author of more than 40 romance novels, she's decided that life can be full of joy without ever getting up from her chair.Annelies: A Novel
By David R. Gillham. 2019
A powerful and deeply humane new novel that asks the question: What if Anne Frank survived the Holocaust? The year…
is 1945, and Anne Frank is sixteen years old. Having survived the concentration camps, but lost her mother and sister, she reunites with her father, Pim, in newly liberated Amsterdam. But it’s not as easy to fit the pieces of their life back together. Anne is adrift, haunted by the ghosts of the horrors they experienced, while Pim is fixated on returning to normalcy. Her beloved diary has been lost, and her dreams of becoming a writer seem distant and pointless now. As Anne struggles to overcome the brutality of memory and build a new life for herself, she grapples with heartbreak, grief, and ultimately the freedom of forgiveness. A story of trauma and redemption, Annelies honors Anne Frank’s legacy as not only a symbol of hope and perseverance, but also a complex young woman of great ambition and heart. Anne Frank is a cultural icon whose diary painted a vivid picture of the Holocaust and made her an image of humanity in one of history’s darkest moments. But she was also a person—a precocious young girl with a rich inner life and tremendous skill as a writer. In this masterful new novel, David R. Gillham explores with breathtaking empathy the woman—and the writer—she might have become.Windy City Blues
By Ren e Rosen. 2017
In 1960s Chicago, a young woman stands in the middle of a musical and social revolution. A new historical novel…
from the bestselling author of White Collar Girl and What the Lady Wants. “The rise of the Chicago Blues scene fairly shimmers with verve and intensity, and the large, diverse cast of characters is indelibly portrayed with the perfect pitch of a true artist.” —Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue Leeba Groski doesn’t exactly fit in, but her love of music is not lost on her childhood friend and neighbor, Leonard Chess, who offers her a job at his new record company in Chicago. What starts as answering phones and filing becomes more than Leeba ever dreamed of, as she comes into her own as a songwriter and crosses paths with legendary performers like Chuck Berry and Etta James. But it’s Red Dupree, a black blues guitarist from Louisiana, who captures her heart and changes her life.Their relationship is unwelcome in segregated Chicago and they are shunned by Leeba’s Orthodox Jewish family. Yet in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, Leeba and Red discover that, in times of struggle, music can bring people together.READERS GUIDE INSIDERobert B. Parker's Revelation (A Cole and Hitch Novel #9)
By Robert Knott. 2017
Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch return to confront an escaped criminal in the grittiest entry yet of the…
New York Times bestselling series. Territorial marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch figured things had finally settled down in Appaloosa when Boston Bill Black’s murder charge was dropped. But all that changed when Augustus Noble Driggs was transferred to a stateside penitentiary just across the border from Mexico. Square-jawed, handsome, and built like a muscled thoroughbred stallion, Driggs manages to intimidate everyone inside the prison walls, including the upstart young warden. In a haunting twist of fate, Driggs and a pack of cold-blooded convicts are suddenly on the loose—and it’s up to any and all territorial lawmen, including Cole and Hitch, to capture the fugitives and rescue the woman kidnapped during their escape. But nothing is ever quite what it seems with the ever-elusive Driggs. Finally free, he’s quickly on his own furious hunt for a hidden cache of gold and jewels--and for the men who betrayed him and left him for dead. With an unlikely and unconventional Yankee detective by their side, Cole and Hitch set off on a massive manhunt. As horses' hooves thunder and guns echo deadening reports, Driggs discovers one of the lawmen on his trail is none other than a fellow West Point graduate he'd just as soon see dead. Ruthless and willing to leave a bloody path of destruction in his wake, Driggs seeks vengeance at any cost.Dejándose llevar
By Jill Barnett. 2019
Dos hermanos, Eachann y Calum MacLachlan, no pueden ser más distintos uno del otro, son casi los únicos moradores de…
una isla donde la vida transcurre sin mayores cambios, cada uno en su soledad particular. Pero cuando Eachann se ve forzado a cuidar a sus propios hijos, decide tomar medidas extremas que involucran a dos mujeres. Amy tiene todo el dinero que Georgina, una eterna luchadora y sobreviviente necesita, pero carece de todo lo demás. Ambas luchan de diferentes maneras para sobrellevar lo que el destino les trajo de la mano de Eachann. Los cuatro aprenden valiosas lecciones no sólo entre ellos sino también de sí mismos y hasta de los revoltosos hijos de Eachann. Cómo se resolverán las vidas de todos ellos? Lograrán resolver sus diferencias? Esta es una historia que por momentos es realmente dramática y en otros puede hacer reír hasta al más circunspecto de los lectores.Meu Cavaleiro Muito Especial
By Jill Barnett. 2019
Ele a tirou do ambiente que ela conhecia, e pediu que confiasse nele quando ela mais precisava de alguém em…
quem confiar. E ela seguiu o que o seu coração mandava, sem saber que ele carregava um segredo sombrio que poderia separá-los... Quando um estranho, um dos cavaleiros do rei, chega à fazenda isolada de Glenna Gordon, ela descobre que toda a sua vida tem sido uma mentira. Lyall Roberston, Barão Montrose, traz uma ordem real para levar Glenna ao pai que ela nunca conheceu; um homem tão poderoso que escondeu sua filha para protegê-la de seus inimigos. Criada em reclusão para sua própria segurança, sem saber quem realmente era Glenna se tornou forte e autoconfiante, alguém que não estava acostumada a receber ordens. Mas Lyall não tem tempo para lidar com uma mulher obstinada. Ele tem um único objetivo: reconquistar as terras de sua família que foram perdidas quando seu pai foi declarado traidor. Enquanto cavalgam pelas colinas e vales selvagens da Escócia, uma terra cheia de perigos e traições, eles são arrastados e envolvidos por um amor proibido, tão perigoso quanto os inimigos que os perseguem. Mas Lyall é torturado por um passado sombrio e um segredo que ameaça o amor deles, e logo Glenna deve encarar a verdade: que seu coração e sua vida estão correndo risco.The Nibelungs
By Olga Kryuchkova. 2019
The Nibelungs The Roman Empire is in decline in the 5th century AD. Wild barbarian tribes raid its borders. Out…
of political considerations, Gunther, the Nibelung king of the Roman federate of Burgundy, decides to marry off his sister Kriemhild to the Lombard king. Ute, the queen mother, fiercely opposes the marriage and resorts to intrigue, bribery and poison to thwart it. Rumor of the beauty of the young Kreimhild reaches the northern lands of Frisia. Prince Siegfried goes to Burgundy to win the heart of the beautiful princess. There he succumbs to the intrigues of Gunther and his adviser. At the instigation of the queen mother, Siegfried takes a vassal oath of allegiance to Gunther in exchange for Kriemhild’s hand. Meanwhile, the Saxons and their allies are threatening war with Frisia and Burgundy. Gunther repels the invaders. Siegfried washes his sword with the blood of his enemies. King Gunther holds a feast to celebrate the victory over the Saxons and the engagement of Kriemhild and Siegfried. At the feast, the king learns about a certain maiden-warrior Brunhild, the beauty and courage of which is extolled by minstrels. Gunther decides to win Brunhild’s love and travels to the far northern lands, accompanied by Siegfried. Gunther faces many trials but manages to win the hand of Brunhild. However, the warrior-maiden falls in love with Siegfried and he returns her affection. After returning to Burgundy, Gunther marries Brunhild and Siegfried marries Gunther’s sister, Kriemhild. But soon Siegfried and the young queen become lovers. From their union, a boy is born. Gunther is sure the son is his. Siegfried is wearied by the queen and decides to return to Frisia along with Kriemhild. The queen cannot accept the loss of her lover and vows revenge on him. Years pass. The passion of the queen flares up with renewed force. But Siegfried rejects her. The dejected queen decides to destroy her former lover with a sophisticated plot.Sangre en las Rosas: No incluido
By Robert Hays. 2019
Sangre en las Rosas es una historia franca y honesta que hace justicia a su espléndida escenografía en el este…
de Tennessee, deslumbrante desde el inicio hasta el final en su yuxtaposición de cruda fealdad y belleza y su veracidad histórica que captura ambos, las atractivas cualidades de la gente Sureña y los terribles errores de la discriminación e indignantes actos de racismo puro llevados a cabo por unos pocos. La periodista de la Associated Press Rachel Feigen investiga la desaparición de un joven de Baltimore. Siguiendo las escasas pistas disponibles se dirige al último lugar donde pudo haber estado éste, y se ve envuelta en un torbellino de prejuicios raciales y religiosos típico de gran cantidad (sino la mayoría) de los habitantes del Sur de Estados Unidos en esa época. La historia nos presenta las diferentes caras del racismo en 1955 en Carolina del Sur, algunos más violentos que otros, y la visión intolerante de algunos extremistas sobre la polémica decisión de la Corte Suprema sobre la integración en las escuelas.Arrancando de la Inocencia Una historia del despertar: Una historia del despertar
By Joe Perrone. 2019
Descripción del libro: Quienquiera que sea lo suficientemente viejo para recordar la Era de Acuario, las películas en el drive-in…
y la televisión no debería dejar de apreciar, lo que hace esa "excavación”, “Arrancando de la inocencia”: una historia del despertar. Conozca a David Justin, un joven católico-italiano con problemas de altura, que intenta desesperadamente escapar de los lazos de la represión sexual y la inocencia de los adolescentes que lo mantienen cautivo, en los años '60. El viaje de la iluminación es a la vez divertido y conmovedoramente emotivo, mientras David descubre que la mayoría de edad es algo más que un rollo de cinco minutos en el heno que culmina en una lluvia de celebración de treinta segundos. El libro está lleno de personajes universales y aventuras de gran envergadura, que incluyen un divertido viaje de vacaciones de primavera a Key West, Florida, que involucra a un artista gay, cabras, pulgas y ... bueno, te haces una idea. Paz y amor.Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3)
By Kerri Maniscalco. 2018
The #1 New York Times bestselling series that started with Stalking Jack the Ripper and Hunting Prince Dracula continues in…
this third bloody installment! A luxurious ocean liner becomes a floating prison of madness and horror when passengers are murdered one by one...with nowhere to run from the killer. Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they're delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly. But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. The disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. It's up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer's horrifying finale? p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px}Die Raaisel van die Gesiglose Bruid
By Pennie Mae Cartawick. 2019
Die bruid het geen verlepte rose vasgehou nie, maar haar trourok was geskeur en verbrand. Haar kaal bene yskoud, wiegend…
en onvas. Die sluier het laag oor haar gesig gehang. Ek het my pistool by my gehad, maar ek kon nie skiet nie. As dit 'n spook was sou die koeël sekerlik dwarsdeur gegaan het, maar as dit ‘n mens was, dan sou ek ‘n dooie vrou skiet. Haar hande, die naels lank en gebreek, het die sluier opgelig gehou. Haar gesig! Selfs in die donkerte kon ek sien hoe vermink dit was. Die oë is uit hulle kaste geruk, die neus ingedruk; al wat oorgebly het was die mond. Dun, sagte lippe wat oop was om bruin afgebreekte tande te wys.Galeria
By Steven Greenberg. 2019
Toda família guarda segredos, mas alguns são muito mais obscuros, penetram muito mais fundo e magoam muito mais do que…
outros. De Telavive aos becos de Praga, a busca implacável de Vanessa para solucionar o mistério do diário que o pai manteve durante a guerra, e do que ele e o avô faziam durante a ocupação nazista na Tchecoslováquia, revela um segredo obscuro de 70 anos. Vanessa Neuman é filha de sobreviventes do Holocausto e sua infância na familiaridade caótica do sul de Telavive é obscurecida pelas experiências não mencionadas dos pais durante a guerra. Para ela, o passado era um livro fechado… até o pai morrer e o livro cair literalmente aberto. Vanessa agora tem que solucionar o mistério do diário que recebeu – e do estranho símbolo dentro dele –, custe o que custar. Ambientado contra o pano de fundo da ocupação nazista e do Museu Judaico de Praga – O Museu de uma Raça Extinta de Adolf Eichmann –, Galeria é um suspense de ficção histórica nos moldes do livro A Chave de Sarah, de Tatiana De Rosnay. Do centro de pesquisa sobre o Holocausto, Yad V’Shem, em Jerusalém até as ruelas de Praga, e depois para dentro do antigo “gueto paradisíaco” de Theresienstadt, a jornada de entendimento de Vanessa revelará um passado familiar mais obscuro do que ela jamais imaginaria – um segredo mantido vivo por mais de meio século.El Señor Del Trueno
By Kathryn Le Veque. 2014
1258 D.C. - Mientras Henry III pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo en Francia y enfocado en sus favoritos…
Franceses, poderosos barones Ingleses incluyendo a Simon de Montfort empiezan a formar una alianza en su contra. Subiendo al poder en este tiempo oscuro e incierto es la Casa de de Shera; dirigida por Gallus de Shera, Conde de Coventry y señor Marshal de Worcestershire, Gallus esta flanqueado por sus hermanos Maximus y Tiberius, formando un circulo inquebrantable de fuerza que no puede ser roto. Todos conocen y temen a los poderosos hermanos de Shera. Cuando Gallus de Shera es presionado a entrar a un contrato marital con la hija mayor de Hugh Bigod, otro poderoso caudillo, él se niega ante la sugerencia pero se resigna al hecho de que tiene muy pocas opciones, como la poderosa familia Bigod harían fuertes relaciones familiares. Pero antes de que el contrato pueda tomar lugar, un momento fortuito a tiempo que lo ve a él salvando a una hija Galesa con sangre real. La Señora Jeniver Tacey ferch Gaerwen es hija de reyes y Gallus se enamora al instante con la joven de cabello negro. Cuando el padre de Jeniver herido mortalmente, le ruega a Gallus que se case con su hija. Sin poder rehusar el pedido de un hombre en su lecho de muerte, Gallus acepta. Aunque él sabe que debe enfrentar a Hugh Bigod en algún momento en el hecho de que el ya no es un soltero elegible, él no tiene remordimientos – todo lo que él se puede enfocar ese n su nueva esposa, y una ponderosa historia de amor a nacido. Reúnete con Gallus y Jeniver mientras ellos se embarcan en una nueva vida juntos, donde los barones Ingleses verán su matrimonio destrozado aun cuando se rebelan contra Henry III. Es un viaje épico de políticas, traición, odio, y últimamente una pasión eterna entre Gallus y Jeniver en este excitante primer libro de una trilogía de tres.Cadenas Rotas
By Emiliya Ahmadova. 2018
La hermosa Silvana, rechazada por la sociedad por causas ajenas a la suya, abandona Azerbaiyán. Ella migra a Kenia, donde…
se enamora de un hombre al que ve como la respuesta a sus oraciones. Pero su nuevo esposo, Mark, no es el hombre con el que ella pensó que se estaba casando. Casi en ningún momento, él le quita el alma y el cuerpo, dejándola golpeada y más sola que nunca. En su desesperación por alejarse, ella comienza a creer que un cuchillo bien hundido puede marcar la diferencia entre la libertad y una vida de más abuso, o peor. Ella debe tomar una decisión que cambiara su vida para siempre. ¿Lo usara para detener las acciones de un monstruo, o elegirá otro camino?American Babe: A White Girl Problems Book
By Babe Walker. 2016
Author of the New York Times bestseller White Girl Problems and Psychos, Babe Walker, faces her most daunting challenge yet--suburbia--in…
the third caustically witty White Girl Problems book.Babe Walker thought she had done it all. After all, she's survived the highly exclusive social hierarchies of Bel Air, traipsed around Europe in true white-girl fashion, and left her mark on several of the best rehab facilities in the United States. But now Babe is about to enter a terrifying new world: Middle America. After a freak accident that was definitely not Babe's fault, her estranged mother offers her the perfect escape from LA: an invite to her grandfather's eightieth birthday party in Maryland, of all places. Babe's journey throws her headlong into elementary school classrooms full of small, unfashionable people and pizza buffet restaurants that will haunt her nightmares and eventually back to Los Angeles, thank goodness. Tossed together with her cousins--basic preteen Cara and mature and preternaturally stylish Knox--Babe learns that connecting with someone on an intimate, familial level might be the most rewarding experience there is... Besides being thin, of course. Hysterical, unapologetic, and as unfiltered as ever, Babe Walker proves again to be the "urban socialite you love to hate" (Time), and she can only hope the population is ready for American Babe.El Viaje de Sarah
By David Richard Beasley. 2019
El Viaje de Sarah está ambientada en los Estados Unidos y Canadá del siglo XIX. Sarah, una niña medio negra,…
nació en la esclavitud en Virginia pero huye en 1820 a la libertad en Canadá, donde no hay esclavitud. La historia comienza cuando Sarah tiene 16 años y sigue su vida hasta su muerte en la parte superior de Canadá. A medida que la historia se desarrolla, Sarah se encuentra con la cara violenta del racismo que marca su vida como esclava y más tarde como una mujer libre. Ella tiene muchos hijos, muchos de los cuales son blancos. ¿Qué les va a pasar? ¿Serán considerados esclavos para siempre? Sarah es una heroína de valentía y espíritu admirable cuya saga es inspiradora y positiva. Ella supera las dificultades en su vida con optimismo y ayuda a otras personas a sobrellevar sus vidas.The man that would not kiss women: The secret story of Hitler
By Mohamed Bouzitoune. 2018
Once upon a time there was a ruthless, cruel, manipulative man with iron feelings. People said of him that he…
was a being unable to love anyone. But suddenly this book comes to show that if he could feel, love and suffer like all mortal beings. The background of this novel will discover the mysteries, ins and outs of the most controversial character of the twentieth century, Adolf Hitler. His fears, his passions, the most incomprehensible thoughts and attitudes in his life. You will also discover his unique romance and never revealed.Schmidt Steps Back: A Novel (Warren Schmidt Ser. #3)
By Louis Begley. 2012
When we last saw Albert Schmidt Esq. ("Schmidtie" to all near and dear), he had been expelled from paradise: his…
love Carrie, the Puerto Rican waitress forty years his junior, had taken up with a blond giant nearer her age and possibly the father of her baby--assuming it isn't Schmidt. Meanwhile, his only confirmed child, Charlotte, had proposed a truce in their perennially strained relations, which Schmidt accepted, despite its obliging him to resume dealings with her repulsive husband and her mother-in-law-cum-psychiatrist, whose life's work has been turning Charlotte decisively against Schmidt. The curtain rises on Schmidt Steps Back some thirteen years later: New Year's Eve 2008, the dawn of the age of Obama. Schmidt's affection for the young president-elect is boundless, and as he imagines a better day for his country, he dares to hope there's one for him too. It so happens Schmidtie is readying his Hamptons house for the visit of a lady from Paris: the irresistible Alice Verplanck, widow of his former law partner and surely a more appropriate prospect for a man now seventy-eight. But there's a history, and it's complicated. In fact, Schmidt hasn't seen Alice since the summer of 1995, when he behaved like a brute upon discovering a betrayal of sorts and pronounced her unworthy of his unstinting love and commitment. Alice is finally ready to forgive him, but she still doubts that Schmidtie can ever be content. She demands that he think long and hard about their past, and while he's at it Schmidtie finds himself also reviewing the reversals and tragedies that have brought him to an unimagined isolation and loneliness. With no family he can claim but Carrie, now married and expecting a second child, and only two real friends left--his college roommate Gil Blackman and the irrepressible billionaire Mike Mansour--Schmidt sees in Alice's impending visit his last chance, before the sun sets on the Hamptons, for a life that is more than merely staying alive. At once darkly funny and deeply poignant, Schmidt Steps Back is the most emotionally nuanced installment of the drama that began with the acclaimed About Schmidt. Here is Louis Begley's finest novel yet.Man Who Was Late: A Novel
By Louis Begley. 1992
"Begley writes with a contemplative wisdom that permeates his work....[He] has captured some of the wispy melancholy of midcentury fiction,…
and this feat in itself is mellifluous to both ear and spirit."THE BOSTON GLOBEA man without a country or family, a Holocaust survivor, Ben long ago left the wreckage of Europe and recreated himself as a brilliant financier. He rejects the comforts of love and is shocked to discover Veronique--beautiful, unwisely married, and all that Ben suddenly knows he has always needed. In their stolen hours and weekends, their deep commitment to one another fills their lives as nothing ever has. But the question remains: Can Ben finally take what he has always denied himself...?From the author of WARTIME LIES.From the Trade Paperback edition.