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Hell's Belle by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere comes a time in a lady’s life when she needs to take matters into her own hands… A Scheming Minx Emily Goodnight, a curiously smart bluestocking – who cannot see a thing without her blasted spectacles – is raising the art of meddling to new heights...Categorized as:
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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 by Beth Brower
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere is bedlam, and there is delightful bedlam. This afternoon touched on the second, much to my pleasure. The Year is 1884 and Emma M. Lion has, at long last, gained her majority. Entering a golden age of friendship with Pierce, Islington, and Hawkes, Emma is confident she will manage whatever comes her way...Categorized as:
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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 7 by Beth Brower
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"The image of Pandora’s Box being opened by my own hand flashed across my mind. A sobering and somewhat disappointing realization when one understands they are their own worst enemy."The Year is 1884 and Emma M. Lion has, at long last, gained her majority. Entering a golden age of friendship with Pierce, Islington, and Hawkes, Emma is confident she will manage whatever comes her way...Categorized as:
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Flights of Fancy by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMiss Isadora Delafield may be an heiress, but her life is far from carefree. When her mother begins pressuring her to marry an elderly and uncouth duke, she escapes from the high society world she's always known and finds herself to be an unlikely candidate for a housekeeper position in rural Pennsylvania. Mr... -
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![A Lady on the Chase by Jessica Scarlett]()
A Lady on the Chase by Jessica Scarlett
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer father promised her to one man.She promised her heart to a second.Until she meets the third.Lady Alicia Kendall has it all: wealth, beauty, suitors--and a history of creating scandals. The only thing she doesn't have is her best friend and man of her dreams, Henry Crawley...Categorized as:
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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“I was sitting at my desk reading, with a cup of tea, my windows flung open, when I heard The Tenant enter his garret, just on the other side of the wall from myself.” The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighbourhood of St. Crispian’s...Categorized as:
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![Serving Up Love: A Harvey House Brides Collection (Harvey House Brides) by Tracie Peterson, Karen Witemeyer]()
Serving Up Love: A Harvey House Brides Collection (Harvey House Brides) by Tracie Peterson, Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBestselling novelist Tracie Peterson joins Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, and Jen Turano in this collection of four novellas, each featuring a Harvey Girl heroine. From Kansas to Texas, the Grand Canyon to New Mexico, the stories cross the country with tales of sweet romance and entertaining history... -
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Dare to Cause a Scandal by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir mothers dared all for love. Just imagine what their daughters will do…A one track mind…Miss Arabella Hunt is a vivacious redhead with a kind heart and decisive nature. The daughter of the man who owns the notorious gambling den known as “Hunters” has set her sights on the beautiful Louis César de Montluc, the Comte de Villain. The trouble is, the devil doesn’t know she exists...Categorized as:
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Battling the Bluestocking by Martha Keyes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGreat minds do NOT always think alike.Phineas Donovan is possessed of a sharp intellect. Fresh from Cambridge, he obtains a generous live-in position as tutor for the son of the wealthy Lord Bettencourt. If he can prove his value, he has hopes of being given the patronage of his employer, allowing him to take up a position as vicar... -
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A Governess Should Never... Deny a Duke by Emily Windsor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“So tell me, Miss Beaujeu, why should I employ you as governess?”A question to rouse fear within the breast of any prospective governess but for Isabelle, a lady with impeccable references and tightly pinned hair, it barely raises a brow... -
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Caught by Surprise by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiss Temperance Flowerdew is on her way to work when a stranger suddenly grabs her off the street and sends her on a Chicago-bound train before she can figure out what happened. When Mr. Gilbert Cavendish is called upon to rescue a missing woman, he follows the trail to Chicago only to discover that the woman is his good friend Temperance...Categorized as:
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Lady At Last by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe can't make a baby without a husband! Or can she? A fter witnessing the miracle of birth, self-determined spinster Miss Penelope Crone is having second thoughts about swearing off marriage. She wants – no, she needs – to experience the blessed event herself... -
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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count this as one. My existence of the last three years has been nothing but incident.”The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian’s...Categorized as:
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![Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West by L.A. Meyer]()
Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West by L.A. Meyer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe intrepid Jacky Faber, having once again eluded British authorities, heads west, hoping that no one will recognize her in the wilds of America. There she tricks the tall-tale hero Mike Fink out of his flatboat, equips it as a floating casino-showboat, and heads south to New Orleans, battling murderous bandits, British soldiers, and other scoundrels along the way...Categorized as:
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![The Perfect Spinster by Annabelle Anders]()
The Perfect Spinster by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s more rake than gentleman and she’s more minx than spinster. Miss Olivia Redfield’s prospects for marriage are nonexistent, bleak at best. Removed from society for an ill-fated physical defect, she’s resigned herself to caring for others in a somewhat dreary existence...Categorized as:
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His Prairie Sweetheart by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlso from Kit Morgan: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)Prairie Brides is a series, so you'll want to read the books in order to have the most fun! Enjoy these sweet romances as you get to know the Cooke brothers and the townsfolk of Clear Creek... -
![The Goose: The Sixth Day by Peggy L. Henderson]()
The Goose: The Sixth Day by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnd on the Sixth Day of Christmas… After a disfiguring accident leaves her on the run, Molly Norris is seeking a fresh start far away from home. Traveling with her only companion, an overly protective goose, she dreams of having a life of adventure with a new husband. When the town of Noelle does not live up to its description, she can only hope everything else about her journey is true... -
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Keeping Kinley by Annette K. Larsen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Rylan made me feel like things were possible. Like I was possible, and he was possible, and we could be possible together." Kinley is content tending her apple orchard, until a chance meeting with a childhood friend changes her priorities. Spending time with nobility is not socially acceptable, but Rylan rejects the norm... -
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The Harvest Time Mail-Order Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Weavers. They were boisterous, rambunctious, some would even say wild, and until recently, unwed. First Arlan, the oldest, got himself a mail-order bride, followed by his younger brother Benjamin, one of identical twins. Now it was Calvin’s turn. But Calvin’s mail-order bride was different, really different. For one, she was Italian, an immigrant who spoke broken English... -
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Seth by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when three English ladies are shipped off halfway across the world as mail order brides? EVERYTHING! Three sisters, Penelope, Constance and Eloise go from a posh lifestyle outside of London to Clear Creek, a nothing of a town full of quirky characters, crazy live-stock, and bumbling villains! Penelope is the first to wed, (August, Prairie Grooms, Book One) and learns her prim and... -
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Lord Farleigh and Miss Frost by Sally Britton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Irish miss and a duke's son have little in common, but Christmas at the castle has a way of bringing the most unlikely people together.Isleen Frost wishes her family had stayed in Dublin for Christmas but understands it would have been folly to decline an invitation to the Duke of Montfort’s Christmastide house party. Isleen refuses to allow the opulent castle and powerful duke to impress her... -
![The Cairo Curse by Pepper Basham]()
The Cairo Curse by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsClue meets Indiana Jones with a fiction-loving twist only Grace Percy can provide. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley have already experienced their fair-share of suspense, but when a honeymoon trip takes a detour to the mystical land of Egypt, not even Grace with her fiction-loving mind is prepared for the dangers in store...Categorized as:
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![The Impertinent Miss Templeton by Lynn Messina]()
The Impertinent Miss Templeton by Lynn Messina
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA PATENT FOR PASSION No, no, no! It doesn’t matter how many times the Duchess of Trent (The Harlow Hoyden) requests her help with a delicate matter regarding a patent for her sister’s invention, Tuppence Templeton will not lend a hand... -
![The Lord and the Cat's Meow by G.L. Robinson]()
The Lord and the Cat's Meow by G.L. Robinson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA languid Lord Devin is astonished when a petite virago called Wilhelmina accuses him of selling an unfit horse to a drayman. He isn't aware of the irregularities in his stables. Later, she foists a stray, starving kitten called Horace on him. But Hermione, his betrothed, hates cats. And Horace hates her... -
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![Five Kisses by Rachael Anderson]()
Five Kisses by Rachael Anderson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first kiss crumbles her world. The second mystifies. The third unbalances. The fourth sends her reeling. And the fifth –ah, the fifth . . .Inspired by Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, Miss Sarah Meacham has always behaved circumspectly, until an emotional outburst directed at a well-deserved gentleman earns her the nickname of Miss Shrew. As a result, she vows to never trust—or love—again... -
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Playing the Part by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLucetta Plum is an actress on the rise in New York City, but is forced to abandon her starring role when a fan's interest turns threatening. Lucinda's widowed friend, Abigail Hart, is delighted at the opportunity to meddle in Lucetta's life and promptly whisks her away to her grandson's estate to hide out...Categorized as:
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![In Good Company by Jen Turano]()
In Good Company by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Next Delightful and Lively Historical Romp from Turano After spending her childhood in an orphanage, Millie Longfellow is determined to become the best nanny the East Coast has ever seen. Unfortunately, her playfulness and enthusiasm tend to bring about situations that have employers looking askance at her methods...Categorized as:
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Hope by Beverley Watts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere was no doubt that things had definitely looked better for Gabriel Atwood, one time Viscount Northwood. Mainly because everyone who knew him or of him almost certainly believed him dead - the bastard who’d betrayed him had made sure of that...Categorized as:
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![A Mid-Summer's Mail-Order Bride by Kit Morgan]()
A Mid-Summer's Mail-Order Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBernice Caulder has been unlucky in love for as long as she can remember, and now that she was a mail-order bride, she wondered if her bad luck didn’t follow her from her home town of Independence, Oregon all the way to Nowhere. a tiny speck of a town in the Washington territory...Categorized as:
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![The Columbus Day Mail-Order Bride by Kit Morgan]()
The Columbus Day Mail-Order Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Weaver clan was growing. Not only was Arlan, Ma Weaver’s oldest son and his wife about to have a baby, but Benjamin, one of her identical twins, was about to get his very own mail-order bride! Ma Weaver couldn’t be happier! Sure, Benjamin and his brothers had been sheltered in the small valley where they lived most of their lives, and maybe they didn’t live as fancy as some folks... -
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Her Prairie Knight by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlso available: His Prairie Princess (Prairie Brides, Book One) Prairie Brides is a series, so you'll definitely want to read the books in order to have the most fun! Enjoy these sweet romances and getting to know the Cooke brothers along with the rest of the townsfolk of Clear Creek! Newly released from prison, the last thing Colin Cooke expected to see in Clear Creek was an angel... -
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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... -
![His Prairie Duchess by Kit Morgan]()
His Prairie Duchess by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrairie Brides is a series, so you'll want to read the books in order to have the most fun! Enjoy these sweet romances as you get to know the Cooke brothers and the townsfolk of Clear Creek. One of the wackiest little towns in the old west! Duncan Cooke had a problem. A really BIG problem... -
![The Partridge: The First Day by Kit Morgan]()
The Partridge: The First Day by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear Mrs. Walters, One of my fellow clergy told me of Denver’s Benevolent Society of Lost Lambs. I believe your organization is just what our town needs to become a community of virtuous men and women...Categorized as:
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![The Re-education of Mr. Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Alexa Douglas]()
The Re-education of Mr. Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Alexa Douglas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”– Mark TwainElizabeth Bennet is the daughter of one of New York’s first families. When her grandparents take her and her sisters on a journey abroad, she is not surprised to encounter anti-American prejudice among the members of the English upper class...Categorized as:
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![His Mail-Order Valentine by Kit Morgan]()
His Mail-Order Valentine by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone in Independence is sending off for mail-order brides and they’ve struck again! This time Julian Smythe is the culprit’s latest victim, and naturally, he hasn’t a clue. Throw in the antics of Mercy, Martha, Maude, and their newest partner in crime, Mahulda, and you’ve got enough chaos to drive any mail-order bride crazy... -
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The Holiday Mail Order Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmbrosia Winters and her father are in trouble, BIG trouble. If Ambrosia doesn’t consent to marry her father’s crooked business partner, Reginald Van Cleet, he’ll slap false charges on her father, and bring him to complete ruin if not worse. To escape the madman, Cecil Winters will do anything to save his daughter from suffering such a horrible fate... -
![The Thanksgiving Mail Order Bride by Kit Morgan]()
The Thanksgiving Mail Order Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s time to return to the town of Independence for another hilarious romp! Mercy, Martha and Maude are at it again! Not only has Martha Tindle sent away for a mail-order bride for her son Morgan without telling him, but her cantankerous sister Eunice is coming to town for a visit! The three matchmaking meddlers are beside themselves when things don’t go as planned, and poor Martha is not... -
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The Easter Mail-Order Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe mystery matchmaker has struck again! Independence was a quiet little town, until the antics of Mercy, Martha and Maude brought a mail-order bride to town last summer for their unsuspecting pastor... -
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Ryder by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrairie Grooms is a series, so you'll want to read the books in order to have the most fun! Enjoy these sweet, inspirational romances about life and love in the old west! What happens when three English ladies are shipped off halfway across the world as mail order brides? EVERYTHING! Three sisters, Penelope, Constance and Eloise go from a posh lifestyle outside of London to Clear Creek, a... -
![Love at Harvest Moon by Kit Morgan]()
Love at Harvest Moon by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEva Brock’s mother was the most over-bearing, controlling, and opinionated woman she had ever known, and if she didn’t escape out from under her roof, she’d have Eva married off to a man not twice, but THREE times her age! Her only hope was to become a mail-order bride and marry herself off before her mother did. Finn Mullany wasn’t looking for a wife, and didn’t want one... -
![His Forever Valentine by Kit Morgan]()
His Forever Valentine by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnjoy this third installment of the Holiday Mail Order Brides as Kit Morgan delivers another delightful romp of sweet romance in the old west! What happens when meddling mother's order their sons mail order brides and not tell them? It happened to Clayton Riley, it happened to his brother Spencer, and now it was Matthew Quinn's turn. There was just one, little, problem. He was already in love... -
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Her Irish Surrender by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer Irish Surrender is the Fourth Book in the Holiday Mail Order Bride Series! If you've not yet delighted in these sweet stories, you can start here without having read the previous three. (Unless you want to, of course!) Enjoy Lorcan and Adaline's story of love, adventure, and miracles...Categorized as:
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![A Mistletoe Mismatch by Sally Britton]()
A Mistletoe Mismatch by Sally Britton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf Jessica and Ellis can put the past behind them to work together, it will be a Christmas miracle. Childhood enemies fight to end one relationship while trying not to fall into one of their own.Christmas comes but once a year -- a relief for Jessica Nettle, because that means she need only see the horrid Mr. Webb when he visits his cousin. Jessica has been at war with Mr...Categorized as:
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![The Earl’s Hideaway, No Ladies Allowed by Esther Hatch]()
The Earl’s Hideaway, No Ladies Allowed by Esther Hatch
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf there is one woman Samson Rutherford, Earl of Riverton, can’t abide, it is his meddling sister. He has spent his whole life being a pawn in her plans and tricks, but when one of her schemes leaves him dressed in women’s clothing, he has finally had enough... -
![A Town and Country Season by Joyce Harmon]()
A Town and Country Season by Joyce Harmon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo identical sisters – one London season. Identical twins Elizabeth and Marianne always imagined they would have a London season together. But money is tight. Marianne will have a season, while Elizabeth will spend the summer in the bucolic country village of Piddledean. But the twins have a plan of their own... -
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The Lord and the Red-Headed Hornet by G.L. Robinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmelia Organizes Herself Into Trouble!She's a born organizer and a redhead to boot. Can she get everyone around her marching to her tune?Amelia and Aurelius are orphaned twins. She's a bossy, fiery red-head. Her handsome brother wants to join Wellington's army. But she wants him to become a diplomat...Categorized as:
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![The Rivals of Rosennor Hall by Rebecca Connolly]()
The Rivals of Rosennor Hall by Rebecca Connolly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne estate. Two heirs. No rules, only battle lines. Sophia Anson does not have much in her life to call her own and never has. Nothing surprises or delights her more than to suddenly be named mistress of Rosennor Hall, and from a relation she had never heard of nor met at that. But her elation is short lived, for she is not the only heir to the estate, and the will is very specific...Categorized as:
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A Talent for Trouble by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor years, Miss Felicia Murdock's every thought and action have been in pursuit of becoming a minister's wife. When the minister she'd set her sights on has other ideas, she decides something in her life needs to change--and soon--before she wastes any more time pretending to be someone she's not...Categorized as:
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![Manor for Sale, Baron Included by Esther Hatch]()
Manor for Sale, Baron Included by Esther Hatch
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe has everything Lord Farnsworth wants, including his manor.Lord Farnsworth would rather rot in debtor’s prison than sell the one place that feels like home to him—his mother’s manor. That is, until he meets the woman who wants to buy it. Sally Duncan is beautiful, intelligent, and as rich as a baron—a rich baron, not a cash-strapped one like Lord Farnsworth...
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