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WolfeBlade by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAndreas de Wolfe is the second-eldest de Wolfe grandchild. Son of Troy, he has inherited his father’s comely looks, his aggression, and his talent with a sword. The man is born for battle. But he is picky when it comes to women, the reason he’s not yet married. Unfortunately, when he does fall for a woman, Andreas sets himself up for a hell of a situation... and it could cost him everything... -
Too Much of a Good Thing by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the sequel to the enormously successful Casting the First Stone , Kimberla Lawson Roby brings back a character readers love to hate. Curtis Black might be a man of the cloth, but with his irresistible looks, seductive charm, and charismatic personality, he's particularly beloved by his female parishioners––and almost every other woman he's ever met. The trouble is, Curtis is married... -
Pygmalion / My Fair Lady by George Bernard Shaw, Alan Jay Lerner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride... -
Westward Courage by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA clean historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. Montana Mail Order Brides - Westward Series Book 17 Cassie Sebastian is a rich socialite—until the sudden deaths of her family. Forced to find a rich husband to support herself, she answers an advertisement from Caleb Benson, whom she thinks is well-to-do. Caleb is a rancher and bouncer with money troubles... -
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Newton & Polly by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found… Now remembered as the author of the world’s most famous hymn, in the mid-eighteenth century as England and France stand on the brink of war, John Newton is a young sailor wandering aimlessly through life... -
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis, Enylton de Sá Rego
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFans of Latin American literature will be thrilled by Oxford University Press's new translations of works by 19th-century Brazilian author Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. His novels are both heartbreaking and comic; his limning of a colonial Brazil in flux is both perceptive and remarkably modern... -
Westward Holiday by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. ** Sweet clean romance novel ** Rebecca Walker has been plunged from the pinnacle of high society into a life of poverty and shame. Her reputation in Savannah, Georgia has been irreversibly tarnished. Forced into menial labor, she dreams of escaping the cruel fate that has befallen her... -
Westward Sunrise by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. Sweet Clean Romance novel Abby Porter dreams of finding the perfect man. He doesn’t exist in Wabasha, Minnesota, however, so she casts her net wider by answering mail-order-bride advertisements. She has no luck until she comes across one from a general store owner in Dawson, Montana... -
The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPosy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own children, Posy knows she must make an agonising decision... -
My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride... -
An Irish Country Wedding by Patrick Taylor, John Keating
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn Irish Country Wedding is another heart-warming addition to New York Times bestselling author Patrick Taylor's Irish Country series.Love is in the air in the colourful Ulster village of Ballybucklebo, where Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly has finally proposed to the darling of his youth, Kitty O'Hallorhan... -
Man of La Mancha: A Musical Play by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWinner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, 1966To me the most interesting aspect of the success of Man of La Mancha is the fact that it plows squarely upstream against the prevailing current of philosophy in the theater... -
Sang Pemimpi by Andrea Hirata
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSang Pemimpi adalah sebuah lantunan kisah kehidupan yang memesona dan akan membuat Anda percaya akan tenaga cinta, percaya pada kekuatan mimpi dan pengorbanan, lebih dari itu, akan membuat Anda percaya kepada Tuhan... -
My Warrior (Knights of de Ware) by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWealthy and powerful, the de Wares are one of the most respected noble families in England. The heirs to the de Ware legacy—Duncan, Holden, and Garth—are true warriors...and reckless lovers.. -
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The Brides Trilogy: A 3 In 1 Edition Including The Sherbrooke Bride, The Hellion Bride And The Heiress Bride by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings3 in 1 edition. The Sherbrooke Bride, The Hellion Bride, and The Heiress Bride... -
Westward Fortune by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. ** A clean romance novel ** Lacey Reagan’s father, Amos, is a violent alcoholic who takes out his frustrations on his daughter. Lacey knows it’s only a matter of time until he kills her, so when an opportunity arises to run away, she takes it... -
RNWMP: Bride for Matthew by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSinead Williams is frustrated with the lack of opportunity for her. She’s a fully qualified doctor, but no one wants to see a woman doctor. When the opportunity presents itself for her to go West to a community where she may be of help, she jumps on it. It doesn’t matter to her at all that she has to marry a Mountie as part of the process. Matthew Montgomery knows exactly what he wants in a wife... -
Cherry Tree Lane by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1910 and Mattie Willitt is faced with an agonizing choice: marry the man her stepfather has chosen, or flee from Swindon. She and her sisters all choose to leave and go their own ways. But Mattie gets lost in a thunderstorm, collapsing from exhaustion, sure she’s about to die... -
To Wed in Texas by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReverend Daniel McLain desperately needs help in bringing guidance and peace to the mid-19th-century Western town of Jefferson, Tex., and with twin toddlers running him ragged, he can't get focused. He appeals to his late wife's family and expects the assistance of an elderly aunt. Instead, poor family relation and spinster Karlee Whitworth arrives... -
Mistaken by Jessie Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Darcy stared into the pitch-black interior of the carriage, wishing for the thousandth time that he had never sent Bingley back to Hertfordshire.”April 1812. Miss Elizabeth Bennet, headstrong and usually self-assured, returns home to Longbourn chastened and confused after a surprising marriage proposal from Mr Darcy—a man she thought she despised... -
Crimes Of The Brothers by D. L. Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrothers are supposed to be kind... caring... supportive... protective. Catherine Walman's brother, however, is not. He has maligned her reputation until no honorable man will seek her company, wasted her dowry and endangered her home with his gambling and now his new wife has made it clear Catherine is no longer welcome... -
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMitford's most famous novels, "The Pursuit of Love" and "Love in a Cold Climate," satirize British aristocracy in the '20s and '30s through the amorous adventures of the Radletts, an exuberantly unconventional family closely modeled on Mitford's own... -
The Crime of Father Amaro by Eça de Queirós
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEça de Queirs's novel is a lurid satire of clerical corruption in a town in Portugal during a period before and after the 1871 Paris Commune."Young, virile Father Amaro arrives in Leira and is taken in as a lodger by São Joaneira. Her budding, devout, dewy-lipped daughter Amélia is soon lusted after by the young priest... -
It All Comes Back to You by Beth Duke
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlabama, 1947. War's over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing. Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Violet lives in a perfect world. Everybody loves her. In 2012, she's still beautiful, charming, and surrounded by admirers... -
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The Alienist by Machado de Assis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA classic work of literature by “the greatest author ever produced in Latin America.” (Susan Sontag) Brilliant physician Simão Bacamarte sacrifices a prestigious career to return home and dedicate himself to the budding field of psychology. Bacamarte opens the first asylum in Brazil hoping to crown himself and his hometown with “imperishable laurels... -
Fall from Grace by Jill Barnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA classic Jill Barnett love and laughter novella set in the Highlands of Scotland, where the Clan McNish has been raided and left starving by their bitter rivals, the McNabs. As granddaughter to the clan chieftain, Grace McNish decides it is her duty to capture and ransom a vile McNab... -
There Goes the Groom by Esther Hatch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCatching a husband has never been so complicated.Matthew Harrison has only one task in life: to marry money. After failing miserably in London, his family takes matters into their own hands by arranging his marriage to the wealthy Lucy Bateman. But when he meets Lucy for the first time, his resolve to save his family from ruin crumbles... -
As Love Blooms by Lorna Seilstad
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTessa Gregory is nothing if not tenacious. Denied a position as a horticulturalist at prestigious Como Park in Saint Paul, she is not above a little benevolent deception in order to get the park superintendent to change his mind and hire her. She plans to infiltrate the world of wealthy and influential people in hopes of drumming up financial support for a world-class conservatory... -
Mediterranean Waltz by Buket Uzuner
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"I woke up on a Tuesday morning, all the newspapers wrote that the woman I loved most in life had committed a murder, I never expected it, I returned to be shot in my brain, my inner balances were shaken violently But I knew the truth but nobody did anything to me. the soldier had come to take me, a civil war had been declared, and mobilization had been declared.I was waiting for that... -
My Fair Lily by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLondon is never the same after the boisterous Farthingales move into their townhouse on Chipping Way, one of the loveliest streets in fashionable Mayfair. With five beautiful daughters in residence, the street soon becomes known as a deathtrap for bachelors... -
American Beauty: The Shooting Script by Alan Ball, Sam Mendes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOn a typical suburban street in a typical suburban town, there is an ordinary family living the American dream. But look closer. Lester Burnham's wife, Carolyn, regards him with contempt, his daughter, Jane, thinks he's a loser, and his boss is positioning him for the ax... -
Like People in History by Felice Picano
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTraces forty years in the life of two gay men who share a madcap but enduring relationship and a passion for a handsome Vietnam veteran, against the backdrop of gay urban culture from the fifties up to the present... -
Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFirst published in 1929, Dodsworth tells the story of a young American couple who moves to Europe. When the woman becomes involved with another man, her husband must choose between forgiving his wife or abandoning the relationship, & Europe, forever... -
An Angel in the Mail by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1861, newly penniless society belle Angel Hardwick is on her way to Oregon to marry widower Nathan Hale, father of five, who is desperate for a wife to straighten his life out. Nate’s looking for someone who loves children and can easily take over the cooking, cleaning and laundry... -
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The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"A romantic comedy in three acts, set in verse, it is set in the Middle Ages, it reflects the world's 'exhaustion and despair' following World War II, with a war-weary soldier who wants to die, and an accused witch who wants to live."Please note line breaks are hard-coded to preserve the original flow of the blank verse and may appear inconsistent on large text sizes... -
The Wallflower by Frances Reynolds
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMr Darcy is the most honest man in London, I am perfectly convinced. So much so that even civility has no claim upon him. ELIZABETH BENNET and her sister Jane have come to London in the autumn at the invitation of their uncle. Mr Gardiner’s fortunes, happily, have risen so greatly as to admit him and his relations into the company of earls, admirals, and other such worthies... -
The Rogue's Widow: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Nicole Clarkston, Janet Taylor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Arrangement She Cannot Refuse. An Attachment He Cannot Deny.Elizabeth Bennet never expected that answering an advertisement for a lady’s companion would result in almost immediate marriage and widowhood... -
The Devil of Dunmoor by Meggan Connors
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEthan Standish, fourth Duke of Dunmoor, is a man cursed by a past that refuses to let him go. Twenty years after enduring captivity as a prisoner of war, he has withdrawn from society, living ensconced at his estate. He takes no visitors and no risks. He needs nothing and no one, finding comfort in his solitude, with only his demons to keep him company... -
Destiny's Child by Barbara Bretton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDakota didn't claim to understand men. But she did know that Patrick Devane was stubborn and angry and that he refused to let anyone, including his young daughter, get close. Dakota also knew she had no choice but to accept his reluctant hospitality. And he her bold, audacious company.No woman had ever challenged Patrick so brazenly—while no man had ever seemed so daring and dangerous to Dakota... -
Lizzie McGuire: The Orchids and Gumbo Poker Club by Alice Alfonsi, Terri Minsky
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAssigned to Lizzie McGuire as required reading during one of her school classes, The Orchids and Gumbo Poker Club finally puts into print this "lost classic," for which Lizzie fans have been fruitlessly searching since they saw Lizzie reading it during the "Mom's Best Friend" episode on Disney Channel's hit Lizzie McGuire television series... -
What a Highlander's Got to Do by Sabrina York
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIsobel Dounreay Lochlannach is a fierce and independent Scots lass. She has no intention to marry—to submit to a man—especially not an Englishman.But when she meets a devilish stable lad on the way to London, she can’t help but sneak a kiss with the handsome stranger, sure to never see him again.Nick Wyeth is not a stable lad... -
The Reluctant Lady by Kate Morrell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Amazon #1 Best Seller in Regency Historical Romance in the UK When rakish Lord Rothsea’s notorious temper draws him into a hasty duel, it stirs the darkest memories from his troubled past. Then his opponent’s blood-thirsty sibling turns up seeking justice! Spirited and proud, Merry has masqueraded as a boy for most of her nineteen years, relishing the freedom of her masculine guise... -
No Life for a Lady by Hannah Dolby
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's remarkable how men react when women break the rules... but the people of Hastings are about to discover, women can be remarkable too...1896. At 28, Violet's father is beginning to fear she will never marry. But every suitor he puts forward, she finds an increasingly creative way of rebuffing... -
Miss Buncle Married by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMiss Buncle Married is a sequel to Miss Buncle's Book , in which Barbara Buncle's novel caused havoc in her home village. Early in Miss Buncle Married Arthur thinks: ‘But I really hope, in a way, that [Barbara] won’t want to write .. -
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The Rogue by Celeste Bradley
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA gambler and a liar? Ethan Damont’s legendary gambling skills have earned him a place at the gaming tables of London’s most exclusive homes. He has used his dubious place in Society to aid the Liar’s Club. But his latest favor to the group has not only put his life in danger—it has thrown him together with the woman who tempts him to forgo his rakish ways... -
Halfway to Heaven by Susan Wiggs
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBestselling "USA Today" author Wiggs pens a tale of Abigail Cabot, a gifted astronomer whose passion for the stars has left her lacking in social graces... -
Surrender A Dream by Jill Barnett
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA marriage of convenience...A clash of wills...An uncompromising love! Adelaide Amanda Pinkney was glad to bid Chicago farewell. After the bustle and crowds of the growing city, the news that her aunt and uncle had left her their California farm was like a dream come true. But Addie's idyll was shattered the moment she reached California, and learned there was another claim on her land... -
Detrás de la máscara by Adriana Rubens
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNovela ganadora del VI Premio Vergara – El Rincón de la Novela RománticaLa Revolución industrial ha convertido a Londres en una ciudad de grandes desigualdades económicas y sociales. Kathleen Sweeney nació en Whitechapel, uno de los barrios más pobres... -
Riverbreeze: Part 1 by Ellen E. Johnson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter their father, the Earl of Pennington, dies and their older brother inherits the title and estate, English born Robert and James Bassett escape to the New World. The adventures and difficulties they encounter in the untamed colony of Virginia begin at the Tyler plantation where they meet and marry twin brides, Elizabeth and Evelyn... -
Tea for Two by Cathy Maxwell, Liz Carlyle
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of the hottest romance writers today, Cathy Maxwell joins forces with rising star Liz Carlyle to serve up an irresistible treat -- two deliciously sensual Regency novellas. IN A MOONLIT GARDEN "CATHY MAXWELL" Posing as a tea merchant, Colonel Michael Sanson inAltrates an eccentric chemist's household in search of a stolen formula...
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