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The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 58 ratingsIn his penultimate adventure, a devastated but determined Apollo travels to Camp Jupiter, where he must learn what it is to be a hero, or die trying.It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus...Categorized as:
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Why is Nothing Ever Simple? by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA special Chronicles of St Mary's Christmas short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.Bannockburn. Major Guthrie. The traditional St Mary's illegal Christmas jump.All terribly straightforward, surely..Categorized as:
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![How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 1 by A.J. Sherwood]()
How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 1 by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat’s a white knight to do when his princess wants to sacrifice a town to barbarians? Go to the famous Black Sorcerer of Grimslock for help, apparently. What’s a black sorcerer to do when the white knight comes to him for help? Keep him, naturally. Devan does not approve of this payment plan. Tan does... -
![A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare]()
A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhen a devilish lord and a bluestocking set off on the road to ruin... time is not on their side. Minerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove's confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland. Colin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, a rake of the first order, needs to be... anywhere but Spindle Cove...Categorized as:
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![Christmas in Clear Creek by Kit Morgan]()
Christmas in Clear Creek by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBowen Drake had a gift. Unfortunately he didn't want it. He even went so far as to do 'bad' in order to thwart the 'good' that seemed to follow him everywhere! For when HE needed it the darn thing didn't do HIM any good at all! He tried drinking, he tried womanizing, he even tried outlawing, but nothing worked... -
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Her Prairie Outlaw by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlso from Kit Morgan:The Christmas Mail Order Bride, (Holiday Mail Order Brides, Book One)His Prairie Princess (Prairie Brides Book One)Her Prairie Knight (Prairie Brides Book Two)His Prairie Duchess (Prairie Brides Book Three)Her Prairie Viking (Prairie Brides Book Four)His Prairie Sweetheart (Prairie Brides Book Five)Prairie Brides is a series, so you'll want to read the books in order to have... -
![Robby Riverton: Mail Order Bride by Eli Easton]()
Robby Riverton: Mail Order Bride by Eli Easton
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing a fugitive in the old west shouldn’t be this much fun.The year is 1860. Robby Riverton is a rising star on the New York stage. But he witnesses a murder by a famous crime boss and is forced to go on the run--all the way to Santa Fe. When he still hasn't ditched his pursuers, he disguises himself as a mail order bride he meets on the wagon train... -
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An Irish Country Village by Patrick Taylor
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPatrick Taylor first charmed readers with An Irish Country Doctor, a warm and enchanting novel in the tradition of James Herriot and Jan Karon. Now Taylor returns to the colorful Northern Ireland community of Ballybucklebo, where there's always something brewing beneath the village's deceptively sleepy surface...Categorized as:
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The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsPoland, 1909 Stanislaw is determined to escape the Russians and follow his brother to America, a land where anything seems possible.Wisconsin, 1941With all the men off to war, Fritzi and her sisters must learn men’s work -- from fixing flats to driving the tow truck and the All-Girl Filling Station is born... -
![A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck]()
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJoin Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable--their... -
![The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer, Daniel Hill]()
The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer, Daniel Hill
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCaptain John Staple’s exploits in the Peninsula had earned him the sobriquet Crazy Jack among his fellow Dragoons. Now home from Waterloo, life is rather dull. But when he finds himself lost and benighted at an unmanned toll-house in the Pennines, his soldiering exploits pale away besides an adventure — and romance — of a lifetime...Categorized as:
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![An Irish Country Doctor: A Novel by Patrick Taylor]()
An Irish Country Doctor: A Novel by Patrick Taylor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn Irish Country Doctor from bestselling author Patick Taylor is a charming and engrossing tale that will captivate readers from the very first page--and leave them yearning to visit the Irish countryside of days gone by. Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the Northern Ireland village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there... -
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A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRevised edition: This edition of A Quiet Life In The Country includes editorial revisions.Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they’ve just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life...Categorized as:
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Short Straw Bride by Dallas Schulze
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE TO MARRY The McLain brothers were fed up and tired --- tired of the hunger in their cowboy-sized stomachs, tired of dingy curtains and dirty dishes. Tired of worrying about who to leave the ranch to when they were gone...Categorized as:
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![Lord Dashwood Missed Out by Tessa Dare]()
Lord Dashwood Missed Out by Tessa Dare
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A snowstorm hath no fury like a spinster scorned!Miss Elinora Browning grew up yearning for the handsome, intelligent lord-next-door…but he left England without a word of farewell. One night, inspired by a bit too much sherry, Nora poured out her heartbreak on paper...Categorized as:
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![Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos]()
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by...Categorized as:
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