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Jewel of the Nile by Tessa Afshar
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhispered secrets about her parents' past take on new urgency for Chariline as she pays one last visit to the land of her forefathers, the ancient kingdom of Cush.Raised as an orphan by her aunt, Chariline has only been told a few pieces of her parents' tragic love story. Her beautiful dark skin is proof that her father was Cushite, but she knows nothing else...Categorized as:
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![Dear Nameless Stranger: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jeannie Peneaux]()
Dear Nameless Stranger: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jeannie Peneaux
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Please admire my docile and obedient nature. I will not thank you for providing us with a home, nor will I even breathe a word of gratitude for your provision of such funds as will feed us each quarter. I will not even write such platitudes as ‘You are very good,’ given that you have also provided us with respectability in the form of Mrs. Ingles. There...Categorized as:
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![Unfounded by Jessie Lewis]()
Unfounded by Jessie Lewis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNobody was fortunate enough to be loved in such a way twice in one lifetime.Elizabeth Bennet dreads encountering Mr Darcy when she visits Pemberley, for surely, after she spurned his offer of marriage, he must despise her. Yet they do meet, and to her astonishment, he holds no resentment towards her. Regrettably, someone else does...Categorized as:
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![Wings of the Wind by Connilyn Cossette]()
Wings of the Wind by Connilyn Cossette
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlanah, a Canaanite, is no stranger to fighting and survival. When her family is killed in battle with the Hebrews, she disguises herself and sneaks onto the battlefield to avenge her family. The one thing she never counted on was surviving. Tobiah, a Hebrew warrior, is shocked to find an unconscious, wounded woman among the Canaanite casualties... -
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![Whence Came a Prince by Liz Curtis Higgs]()
Whence Came a Prince by Liz Curtis Higgs
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Scottish Lowlands, Summer 1790 Jamie McKie is determined to return to his ancestral home in Glen Trool and claim his inheritance—a harrowing journey that will test the depth of his courage and the strength of his sword... -
![Field of Dreams: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by J. Dawn King]()
Field of Dreams: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by J. Dawn King
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA TENDER MR. DARCY...A VULNERABLE ELIZABETH BENNETElizabeth Bennet is in dire straits. Desperate for guidance, she hides her identity as a female before appealing to a knowledgeable and highly recommended gentleman from Derbyshire for advice.Fitzwilliam Darcy is pleased to aid the young man from Hertfordshire. E.R. Bennet asked reasonable questions in a well-crafted letter... -
![Snowbound: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joana Starnes]()
Snowbound: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joana Starnes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA narrow escape and a staggering encounter mere miles from the gates of Pemberley leave Mr Darcy in no doubt: the Fates have grown tired of nudging him gently. And now Elizabeth is in his home. Beside him. Every waking hour of every day.“I missed you. Dreadfully. And now you are here...Categorized as:
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![Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Caitlin Williams]()
Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Caitlin Williams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSo much in life depends on chance and sheer luck. How much do we often owe to being in the right place at the right time? In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet plans to visit the Lake District with her uncle and aunt, yet ends up at Pemberley instead, just as, by coincidence, Mr Darcy also arrives home. They meet, understand one another better and all eventually ends well... -
![The Far Horizon by Gretta Curran Browne]()
The Far Horizon by Gretta Curran Browne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Complete stand-alone Novel and the second novel in The Macquarie Series As a young British officer, Lachlan Macquarie served his country in America, the West Indies, India and Egypt, but now he is being asked to go to a wilderness on the other side of the world where famine and strife amongst the inhabitants is flourishing... -
![Fair Is the Rose by Liz Curtis Higgs]()
Fair Is the Rose by Liz Curtis Higgs
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"The Scottish Lowlands, October 1789. "A""year has come and gone since Jamie McKie fled for his life, arriving at Auchengray in search of sanctuary and a bonny wife. Young Rose McBride, as fair a lass as any in Scotland, dearly loves her handsome cousin--but so does her older sister, Leana... -
![Return to Bonnybrae by Gwen Kirkwood]()
Return to Bonnybrae by Gwen Kirkwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is the start of 1919 and Miss Rina Capel, granddaughter of the Laird of Stavondale has one ambition - to set aside her life of privilege and become a nurse. But when she is summoned back to the Bonnybrae to see her dying grandfather just before her eighteenth birthday, he reveals to her family secrets which turn her world upside down... -
![Voice of the Ancient by Connilyn Cossette]()
Voice of the Ancient by Connilyn Cossette
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the eldest son of a Levite and a Philistine, Avidan is torn between his duty to his family legacy and the desire for something more. When Ammonites attack the city of Yavash-Gilead, he takes the opportunity to fight with his cousins for the newly crowned King Saul. But when one of the cousins goes missing during the battle, Avidan stays behind to search for him in hopes that he's still alive...Categorized as:
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![A Single Thread of Moonlight by Laura Wood]()
A Single Thread of Moonlight by Laura Wood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIris Grey's childhood was idyllic... until her father remarried. Iris's new stepmother and two stepsisters were cold-hearted schemers, and when her father dies in mysterious circumstances, Iris knows that something is wrong. Far too spirited to be forced into a life of servitude, she runs away to London...Categorized as:
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![3 in 1: Love Only Once \ Tender Rebel \ Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey]()
3 in 1: Love Only Once \ Tender Rebel \ Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere, in a Rhapsody exclusive edition, are the first three books in Johanna Lindsey's stirring series featuring the Malorys--a family of dashing rogues and adventurers and ladies of uncommon beauty and incomparable spirit whose amorous exploits are spoken of in envious whispers from Regency London to America's shores... -
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![Star of Persia: Esther's Story by Jill Eileen Smith]()
Star of Persia: Esther's Story by Jill Eileen Smith
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn an effort to complete a war his father had planned to win, King Xerxes calls every governor, satrap, and official in his vast kingdom to his palace in Susa to strategize and feast. When they finally leave, he decides on one more week of frivolity, which ends in the banishment of his favorite wife, something he never intended to do... -
![The Fisherman by Larry Huntsperger]()
The Fisherman by Larry Huntsperger
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFew New Testament characters are as fascinating as Simon Barjona, the man called Peter-a reluctant disciple who changed the face of Christianity. For more than twenty-five years, author and pastor Larry Huntsperger has spent hundreds of hours studying New Testament documents in preparation for writing this fictional first-person account of the life of this enigmatic disciple...Categorized as:
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![Speechless by Jessie Lewis]()
Speechless by Jessie Lewis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCould anything be worse than to be trapped in a confined space with the woman you love? Fitzwilliam Darcy knows his duty, and it does not involve succumbing to his fascination for a dark-eyed beauty from an unheard of family in Hertfordshire. He has run away from her once already...Categorized as:
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![Esther the Queen by Heather B. Moore]()
Esther the Queen by Heather B. Moore
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe is a beautiful young Jewess, content in her life of anonymity... He is the most powerful king in the world... When chance brings the two together, the course of history is forever altered. The glittering court of the Persian Empire serves as the backdrop for one of the most poignant tales of courage in the Bible, brought vividly to life in the pages of bestselling author H.B... -
![Um Milionário em Lisboa by José Rodrigues dos Santos]()
Um Milionário em Lisboa by José Rodrigues dos Santos
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBaseado em acontecimentos verídicos, Um Milionário em Lisboa conclui a espantosa história iniciada em O Homem de Constantinopla e transporta-nos no percurso da vida do arménio que mudou o mundo - confirmando José Rodrigues dos Santos como um dos maiores narradores da literatura contemporânea... -
![Love Amid The Ashes by Mesu Andrews]()
Love Amid The Ashes by Mesu Andrews
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReaders often think of Job sitting on the ash heap, his life in shambles... -
![Anastasia by Sophie Lark]()
Anastasia by Sophie Lark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAnastasia is the princess no one needs: the fourth daughter born to an emperor without a son, and the only royal lacking a magical gift.Until she collides with a young Cossack rebel, changing both their lives forever.Damien is taken from everything he knows and raised as a ward of the Romanovs.Anastasia develops a strange kind of magic shared only by the Black Monk Rasputin... -
![A Very Highland Holiday: A collection of six enchanting seasonal novellas by Jennifer Ashley, Tanya Anne Crosby]()
A Very Highland Holiday: A collection of six enchanting seasonal novellas by Jennifer Ashley, Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAshley… Crosby… Le Veque… Knight… Burke… Byrne…It’s an enchanting Christmas in the Highlands with some of your favorite Historical Romance authors!It’s Christmas Eve 1747, and the Highlands are snowy. In the village of Calvine, north of Tay Forest, along a road that leads straight into Inverness, the only tavern in town is packed to the rafters with travelers... -
![The Lady Chosen & A Gentleman's Honor 2 In 1 by Stephanie Laurens]()
The Lady Chosen & A Gentleman's Honor 2 In 1 by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix ex-spies return from the Napoleonic Wars to discover the threat of matrimony looming large. In response, they create the Bastion Club, a retreat for exchanging intelligence and escaping from matchmaking mamas. Lady Chosen is the story of Tristan, fourth Earl of Trentham and Leonora Carling, a neighbor to the club... -
![Ruth and Boaz: Strangers in the Land by Terri L. Fivash]()
Ruth and Boaz: Strangers in the Land by Terri L. Fivash
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith a cast of over 70 characters and a plot that tugs at the heart, Terry Fivash, author of Joseph, breathes new life into the story of Ruth--singer of songs, faithful friend, and daughter of royalty. But who would have a stranger from a foreign land? This biblical fiction has been carefully done so as to be historically accurate... -
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![The Bastard Son by Jerri Hines]()
The Bastard Son by Jerri Hines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSumner Meador walked in a world of wealth and privilege as part of Charles Town’s elite, but that was years ago. Now he fights in the Southern backwoods driven by the passion he holds for the Patriot cause, shadowed by his past. Reeling from a devastating defeat at the hands of the British, Sumner seeks haven at his farm, only to find an interloper—an unwelcome and unwanted distraction... -
![His Brother's Wife by Mary Ellen Boyd]()
His Brother's Wife by Mary Ellen Boyd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHannah has endured six years of a brutal marriage to a husband who used her barrenness as an excuse for his cruelties. Just when she thinks she can endure no more, Levi falls in the river and drowns, a release too good to be true. In a nation that guards land rights, under the rule of levirate (brother-in-law) marriage, she must go to another... -
![Clair de Lune by Pierre la Mure]()
Clair de Lune by Pierre la Mure
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovel about France's probable greatest musician & composer... -
![Mr. Darcy's Bride (s): A Pride and Prejudice Vagary by Regina Jeffers, A Lady]()
Mr. Darcy's Bride (s): A Pride and Prejudice Vagary by Regina Jeffers, A Lady
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. ELIZABETH BENNET is determined that she will put a stop to her mother’s plans to marry off the eldest Bennet daughter to Mr. Collins, the Bennet heir to Longbourn, but a man that Mr. Bennet considers an annoying dimwit... -
![Temper the Wind by Mary Ellen Boyd]()
Temper the Wind by Mary Ellen Boyd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlternate Cover Edition of ASIN: B00CX7P4EK For eighteen years, Gilead has been under relentless attack from neighboring Ammon. Javan, a tall, handsome Israelite warrior, has lost everything during the Ammonite attacks...Categorized as:
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![The Currans and The Quinns: The Currans, Book Three by Donna Foley Mabry]()
The Currans and The Quinns: The Currans, Book Three by Donna Foley Mabry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventh in 'The Manhattan Stories' by Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Selling author, Donna Foley Mabry, "The Currans and The Quinns | The Manhattan Stories: The Currans, Book Three" continues the saga of the Curran Family... -
![Lady Beast's Bridegroom by Jude Knight]()
Lady Beast's Bridegroom by Jude Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to book 1 in a new series by bestselling author Jude Knight. Follow along in this exciting new twist on traditional fairy tales, the roles are reversed. Lady Ariel lives retired in the country after being badly scarred by a fire. She hides her burns from others by donning a mask, only enticing more gossip by Society who has dubbed her “Lady Beast”... -
![Enamored in Death: A Story of Thanatos and Makaria by Molly Tullis]()
Enamored in Death: A Story of Thanatos and Makaria by Molly Tullis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPerfect for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, Jennifer Saint’s Elektra, or Scarlett St. Clair's A Touch of Darkness, this story combines romance and Greek mythology in a twist of several famous myths.In the belly of the Underworld, Thanatos has reigned as the God of Death since time immemorial, disregarding his own fearsome reputation and the loneliness that comes with it... -
![The Unthinkable Triangle: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joana Starnes]()
The Unthinkable Triangle: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joana Starnes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll is fair in love and war – or is it? What if Mr. Darcy’s rival for Elizabeth Bennet’s hand and heart is not some inconsequential stranger, but his dearest, closest friend? How is he to reconcile the claims of loyalty and kinship with the urge to pursue his heart’s desire? "Eyes tightly shut against the horrifying future, Darcy dug his fingers in his hair. Lost to him forever...Categorized as:
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![Mr. Darcy's Journey: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds]()
Mr. Darcy's Journey: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMr. Darcy is at his wits’ end. Elizabeth Bennet, the woman he can’t live without, overhears him insulting her family. Now she won’t even listen to his apologies. Then his old friend Sir Anthony Duxbury tells him two of their friends are in terrible danger. If Darcy wants to help them, they have to leave for Yorkshire immediately. But something doesn’t add up...Categorized as:
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![The Seamstress by Allison Pittman]()
The Seamstress by Allison Pittman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA beautifully crafted story breathes life into the cameo character from the classic novel A Tale of Two Cities. France, 1788 It is the best of times . . . On a tranquil farm nestled in the French countryside, two orphaned cousins―Renée and Laurette―have been raised under the caring guardianship of young Émile Gagnon, the last of a once-prosperous family... -
![Shadow among Sheaves by Naomi Stephens]()
Shadow among Sheaves by Naomi Stephens
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Timeless, Beautiful Allegory of the Biblical Love Story of Ruth and Boaz The Great Rebellion of 1857 was a remarkably bloody business...Categorized as:
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![The Joy of Christmas Present by L.G. Rollins]()
The Joy of Christmas Present by L.G. Rollins
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's never been so humiliated--and she plans to never let him forget it.Helena Spencer will never forgive the Earl of Chapman for snubbing her so publicly. It wasn’t her idea that they get married, after all. She was practically a bystander to the whole debacle, yet she alone bore the brunt of society’s judgment. Snubbed by an earl? She’d likely never recover... -
![Autumn's Touch by Elizabeth Rose]()
Autumn's Touch by Elizabeth Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 3: Seasons of Fortitude Series On a trip back from Scotland, the ship that carries Lady Autumn is caught in a bad storm and is forced to dock. The dark and dreary Ravenscar Castle sits high atop the cliffs, ruled by the mighty and frightening warlord known only as Ravenscar...Categorized as:
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![The Price of Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds]()
The Price of Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Love with His Brother’s Betrothed…As far as Fitzwilliam Darcy is concerned, the only good thing to come of Elizabeth Bennet’s bitter refusal of his heart and his hand was his new resolve to prove himself a better man. He’d done it, too, by closing the painful distance between himself and his estranged younger brother, Drew. And now Drew is newly engaged to be married…to Elizabeth Bennet...Categorized as:
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![Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin]()
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwenty-five-year-old Jack Sparrow is a clean-cut merchant seaman pursuing a legitimate career as a first mate for the East India Trading Company. He sometimes thinks back to his boyhood pirating days, but he doesn't miss Teague's scrutiny or the constant threat of the noose...Categorized as:
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![A casa das sete mulheres by Leticia Wierzchowski]()
A casa das sete mulheres by Leticia Wierzchowski
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Casa das Sete Mulheres é um envolvente romance histórico e de amor no cenário da Revolução Farroupilha de 1835, no Rio Grande do Sul... -
![Unbound by John Shors]()
Unbound by John Shors
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohn Shors reimagined one of the world’s greatest love stories—the romance that inspired the Taj Mahal—in his critically acclaimed, international bestseller Beneath a Marble Sky. Now, with Unbound, Shors recreates an ancient and celebrated Chinese legend about a pair of young lovers separated by war and the Great Wall. The year is 1548, and the Chinese Empire faces an imminent Mongol invasion...Categorized as:
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![A Man with Faults by Lory Lilian]()
A Man with Faults by Lory Lilian
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsResentment or love, anger or passion, guilt or hope—which will win? How does a man with faults and a resentful temper act when the woman he ardently loves fiercely rejects his marriage proposal and accepts no explanation from him?How does he react when she finds him again in London four months later, asks for his help, and places all her hopes in him?And what does he do if she is in a position...Categorized as:
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![Nottingham: The True Story of Robyn Hood by Anna Burke]()
Nottingham: The True Story of Robyn Hood by Anna Burke
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRobyn Hood didn’t set out to rob the rich, but in Nottingham, nothing ever goes according to plan....After a fateful hunting accident sends her on the run from the law, Robyn finds herself deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest... -
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![Il cuore di Derfel by Bernard Cornwell]()
Il cuore di Derfel by Bernard Cornwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTorna l'attesa voce di Derfel Cadarn, il guerriero fattosi monaco, un tempo protetto di Merlino e paladino fedele di Artù, per accompagnarci lungo un nuovo capitolo delle sue memorie, che lo vede impegnato a lottare su due fronti ugualmente insidiosi: l'amore e la guerra... -
![La spada perduta by Bernard Cornwell, Gaetano Luigi Staffilano]()
La spada perduta by Bernard Cornwell, Gaetano Luigi Staffilano
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![More Than Willing by Laura Landon]()
More Than Willing by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrayson Delaney knows what it's like to do something so horrific he can never be forgiven. As penance, he lives up to everyone's low expectations. But when his father tires of his wastrel existence, Gray is forced to earn his living by running the brewery his father won in a card game... -
![The Moon Below by Barbara Bickmore]()
The Moon Below by Barbara Bickmore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Moon Below is the sweeping saga of Hallie Morgan, who, in the early 1800s, sailed to Australia, halfway around the world from her native England, not knowing where she was going, to join a man she had seen only twice, when she was a child. Here she would find a country that brought her soul to life, a sun-drenched land of opportunity, peopled by convicts that England had no room for at home... -
![Sophie's Heart by Tanya Anne Crosby, Alaina Christine Crosby]()
Sophie's Heart by Tanya Anne Crosby, Alaina Christine Crosby
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“SOPHIE’S HEART” is the SWEET/CLEAN edition of “HAPPILY EVER AFTER“ by Tanya Anne Crosby, a New York Times bestselling author and her daughter Boston heiress Sophia Vanderwahl has come to realize her fiancé is a rotten philanderer. Looking for retribution, she sets out to find the wastrel to give back his engagement ring, hiring an old rival of his to take her to Mexico... -
![Darcy's Angel: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jennifer Kay]()
Darcy's Angel: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jennifer Kay
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen disease strikes Longbourn, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Bennet and thirteen-year-old Kitty are sent to London to live with an old friend of their father’s. While Kitty relishes in the change, Lizzy feels lost in her new world, constrained by society’s expectations, and dreadfully homesick. That changes when she meets Georgiana Darcy, a girl even more in need of a friend than Lizzy herself...
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