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Iris Newgate's grandfather left behind many things when he died, including a condition in his will stating that Iris must marry by Christmas Day or be forced to wed the most dastardly rake in London. Lord James Whitman is well aware of what others say about him - he's heard his name whispered behind closed doors. But after that unearned reputation causes Iris to decline his marriage proposal, he's determined to show her the truth and win her love....
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All Tyrell Fannin and his cousins Isaac and Micah Burnet want is to get out of a Texas jail and go home to Mississippi. Delia Lavalle didn't need three outlaws to escort her and her sisters to Louisiana, but she doesn't really have a choice. The outlaws aren't happy about escorting nuns, but figure not even Santa Anna would harm a holy woman. A week into the trip, however, the outlaws find out that the women are sisters, but not of the cloth...and...
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Audrey Sinclair Vanderleyden sets her heart on fulfilling a promise to her dying husband to continue practicing medicine. But the old physician from whom they bought a practice refuses to honor the sale to a "woman doctor." A gunshot wound robbed Nathan Maxwell of his sight, and the ability to continue practicing medicine. Can a marriage of convenience between these two near strangers give them the second chance each so desperately needs?
7) Consequence
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2011.
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188 pages ; 20 cm.
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Marcel left London after a duel, and travels to Paris to visit his cousin. There he meets and falls in love with Julie, the British ambassador's daughter. Vengeance conspires against them, and she learns of his life as a rake and gamester. Can Marcel prove his reformation, and overcome the desolation in Julie's heart?
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[2011]
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186 pages ; 20 cm.
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Dante Quinn doesn't believe in gypsy magic, but that doesn't mean he's not cursed. When the police question him regarding stolen items from his law school building, Dante decides to find the Roma woman and demand that she remove the suggestion of the curse from him before he gets arrested for thievery. Lauralee Murphy doesn't know that Dante Quinn is a suspect in a recent rash of burglaries; she only knows that there is a lot of monkey business afoot...
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[2011]
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186 pages ; 20 cm.
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Colorado rancher Johanna needs a horse trainer. Cade has a way with horses-- and women. But he's been blackmailed into spying on Johanna. When she discovers the truth, will she ever believe anything he tells her again?
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[2011]
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186 pages ; 20 cm.
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Ginny Delacourt felt the course of true love could not have run smoother. After all, it required only a fortnight, a pair of highwaymen, a pox quarantine, a sham betrothal, and a masquerade ball to bring Sir Anthony up to snuff. When her beloved suddenly becomes the heir to his uncle, the Duke of Marcross, protocol dictates that he drop the "Sir" from his name. It's his uncle who insists Ginny, daughter of a lowly vicar, is not the proper bride for...
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186 pages ; 20 cm.
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Angels would have trouble getting along with Micah, and Tempest's halo is twisted plumb out of shape by the time she gets to the plantation where her two sisters are living. He knows that the little apparition appearing over her head when she's being nice is darn sure not a halo but just a trick of the light, so why does fate keep throwing them together?
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Isaac Burnet didn't want to go to Louisiana to deliver a letter from Delia to her sister, Fairlee. He sure didn't want to be party to kidnapping the spirited lass on the eve of her wedding or spend two weeks of grueling travel with a woman who didn't like him. Fairlee Lavalle had decided to marry Matthew Cheval no matter what her family thought of the idea. She believed that right up until she was drugged and kidnapped by one of their hired outlaws......
13) What's in a name
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[2011]
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186 pages ; 20 cm.
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When Juliet arrives in Boston to bring her newly orphaned nephew, Marcus, home to Maine, she discovers that her late sister, Cordelia, had lived in such poverty that the boy had to work to survive. Having struggled to build the North End's biggest fish market after emigrating from Italy, Antonio had hired Marcus to help the boy and his mother. But when Marcus resorts to stealing and runs away with Antonio's young sister, Antonio wants to see him punished....
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[2012]
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202 pages ; 21 cm.
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Lucy is heartbroken when her childhood sweetheart, James, rejects her. To raise her spirits, her parents arrange for her to stay in Florence at the home of her great-grandmother, the Contessa di Lorenzo. There she meets Charles, a mysterious American who follows her back to England. Is their love strong enough to survive the rumors of his past? Can Lucy give up everything to being a new life in America?
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