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An Affectionate Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Heather Moll
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre love and affection enough to overcome the pain of grief and anger?In the spring of 1812, Elizabeth and Lydia are the only Bennet daughters still unmarried after the death of their father. Elizabeth's health and spirits worsen as she moves among relations as an unwanted, dependent sister...Categorized as:
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The Complete Charles Dickens Collection by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings51 books by Charles Dickens, including all of his classics and short story collections, in one volume with active table of contents:American Notes for General CirculationBardell v...Categorized as:
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Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTwo classic novels by the Bronte sisters, now available together...Categorized as:
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The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern ... and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost… by Louisa May Alcott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents...Categorized as:
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A Faithful Narrative: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Mary Smythe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarcy's own name leapt at him from the page and his treacherous eyes could not withstand the temptation drawing them downward. What had Elizabeth written about him?FITZWILLIAM DARCY IS ON THE VERGE of proposing to Miss Elizabeth Bennet when he happens upon her diary in a field of bluebells...Categorized as:
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Defending Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a pirate captures her heartRunning an investigative service with her siblings gives Dorset Sinclair a purpose now she’s lost her twin to love. But trouble steps into her path in the guise of a pirate.She didn’t expect to save the life of the wickedly handsome stranger, and is shocked at the sparks of attraction that flare between them...Categorized as:
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Works Of Jules Verne: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, and selected short stories by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWorks Of Jules Verne. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork... -
Five Novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFive Novels, Complete and Unabridged: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations...Categorized as:
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Only a Lady Will Do by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s exactly what he isn’t looking for...and everything he never knew needed...Josh Worthingham, Duke of Penworth, must marry—and not just any bride will do. He needs a true lady to be his duchess. It’s what’s expected of him, and he can accept no less...Categorized as:
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Lyon in the Rough by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProud Scottish brothers, Cheyne, Matthew, and Lucas are known as the Lyons of Mar. Cheyne and Matthew have fallen in love and married their brides, will Lucas be next? Lucas Lyon thought he could escape the matchmaking schemes of his distant relation, Bessie Dove-Lyon, by waiting for the morning of his departure from London to visit her... -
The Complete Novels by Jane Austen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book contains the complete novels of Jane Austen in the chronological order of their original publication... -
Every Duke Has a Silver Lining by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe can’t deny her anything…except maybe his heart…Ashley Woodville didn’t mean any harm when she broke into Grady Kolten’s office. It was only a dare from her friends. She wasn’t supposed to get caught. And she certainly wasn’t supposed to talk the notorious gaming hell owner (and disturbingly sexy rogue) into showing her London’s wilder side. Falling for him? Also not part of the dare...Categorized as:
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Lord Darkness by Sydney Jane Baily
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA magnificent marquess at the pinnacle of London society, darling of the ton, his world is upended in a single devastating moment—and Lord Darkness emerges!How can he fulfill his duties when he awakens to a pitch-black world?Lord Christopher Westing, heir to a dukedom, with his strong jaw and blue eyes, is a veritable god to the women who pursue him...Categorized as:
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The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play by Wallace Stevens
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA collection that all the major long poems and sequences, and every shorter poem of lasting value in Stevens' career. Edited by Holly Stevens, it includes some poems not printed in his earlier Collected Works...Categorized as:
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Hatter's Castle by A.J. Cronin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHatter's Castle (1931) is the first novel of author A. J. Cronin. The story is set in 1879, in the fictional town of Levenford, on the Firth of Clyde. The plot revolves around many characters and has many subplots, all of which relate to the life of the hatter, James Brodie, whose narcissism and cruelty gradually destroy his family and life...Categorized as:
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Daisy Grey by Lilly Adam
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the nineteenth century, ten-year-old Daisy Grey is delighted to be moving to Oxfordshire with her parents to start a new life. Daisy’s father has at last found the perfect new home, in Lavender Farm, to rent, wanting nothing more than to farm the land and provide a decent life for his family, after living in a run-down cottage for years and struggling to earn a living as an odd job man... -
Mail Order Victoria by Caroline Clemmons
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe has to protect her baby . . .He is desperate for help . . .Trouble preys on their livelihood . . .Widow Victoria Bailey is desperate to prevent her in-laws from gaining custody of her eighteen-month-old daughter. If becoming a mail-order bride is her only option, she’ll take the risk. At least on a Texas ranch she’ll have quiet and peace...Categorized as:
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My Reckless Earl by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo get her happily ever after, she’s ready to do something reckless…Miss Harlow York has been planning for her second season in London for months, and she’s finally ready to achieve her goal: winning the heart of the elusive Earl Kemsley. It won’t be easy, but she’s more than up for the challenge. And one thing is certain... -
The Defiant Daughter by Caroline Warfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMadelyn assumed marriage as an old man’s ornament would be better than life with her abusive mother. She was wrong. Now the widowed Duchess of Glenmoor, she wrestles with ugly memories and cultivates a simple life. She is content. At least, she was until her half-brother returned to Ashmead bringing a friend with knowing eyes and coal black hair to capture her thoughts... -
Дядо Йоцо гледа by Ivan Vazov, Иван Вазов
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsАпостолът в премеждиеЕдна българкаДядо Йоцо гледаИде ли?Павле...Categorized as:
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To Be Wicked With You by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvie Milton knows she’ll never marry. But that doesn’t mean she can’t celebrate her sister’s betrothal to Finlay Stone, Duke of Carlisle. Until the bride-to-be runs off with the wrong man, that is. Now, if they have any hope of avoiding a devastating scandal, Evie and Finlay will need to bring the runaway bride to heel...Categorized as:
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The Complete Novels by Charles Dickens, Henry Morford
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book contains the complete novels of Charles Dickens in the chronological order of their original publication...Categorized as:
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Wagers Gone Awry by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrooke Culpepper resigned herself to spinsterhood when she turned down the only marriage proposal she’d likely ever receive to care for her family. After her father dies, a distant cousin inherits the estate and becomes their guardian but permits Brooke to act in his stead...Categorized as:
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Complete Prose Fiction by Alexander Pushkin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPushkin’s prose tales are the foundation stones on which the great novels of Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky were built, but they are also brilliant and fascinating in their own right. In both prose and verse, Pushkin was one of the world’s great storytellers: direct and dramatic, clear-sighted, vivid, and passionate...Categorized as:
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The Brontë Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey by Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Brontë Sisters features three classics of literature collected in a single volume. Jane Eyre , by Charlotte Brontë, is the tale of governess Jane Eyre and her passionate romance with Lord Rochester, her employer, whose dark and secret past comes back to haunt them...Categorized as:
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Oliver Twist / A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations / A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsConsidered by many to be the greatest of all English novelists, this collection of four of his best and most successful books shows Charles Dickens at the height of his powers. Oliver Twist, published in 1838 and set in London's Victorian underworld, is a novel of social protest, a morality tale and detective story...Categorized as:
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When an Earl Loves a Governess by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThat kiss would never be enough. And if he let it continue, it would become something else altogether—something his honor could never permit. Welcome to book 5 in the bestselling series The Hellion Club by USA Today Bestselling author Chasity Bowlin!Widower Simon Montclair, Earl of Eastlington, has been battling more than his guilt over the questionable death of his late wife... -
A Duke's Duty by G.L. Snodgrass
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptain Jack Hardy of the Royal Navy was focused on fighting the French. The bastard son of the Duke of Oxford, he never expected to be accepted into his father’s world. Let alone be recognized and raised to the peerage...Categorized as:
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A Most Suitable Bride by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA bluestocking Lady…a stubborn Lord…each with their own tale. Can they find a path to happiness together?Having enjoyed both a summer Season and Christmas time in London, Lady Maria is beginning to worry that she will not find a good match. Striking up a friendship with Lady Sophia, Lady Hayward’s daughter, they both agree that they will do all they can to assist each other in finding a husband... -
An Inducement into Matrimony: A Collection of Romantic Short Stories Inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Susan Adriani, Jan Ashton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAN INDUCEMENT INTO MATRIMONY is an anthology of short stories which are variations of Pride & Prejudice. All are set in the regency era and follow a different path to happily ever after for Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet...Categorized as:
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Lady of Fortune by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith all that stands against them, are they willing to risk everything for their forbidden love? Lady Julia Stone has everything a woman could ask for — parents who love one another as much as they do her, the ability to live her dreams by managing her own racehorse, and now, a duke who is interested in capturing her affections...Categorized as:
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An Expectation of Love by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRakes and rascals eager for her dowry and status... Can Lady Dorothea find one good gentleman?As the youngest daughter, Lady Dorothea has been a little more indulged by their father than her sisters...Categorized as:
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Lords of London: Books 4-6 by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo Vex a Viscount At a scandalous house party, Lizzie Doherty recognizes the masked Lord Hugo Wakely. One impromptu kiss leaves her wanting more. If he's willing... To Dare a Duchess An indiscretion tore Nina and Byron apart. Now back in London, free from restraint a love affair ensues. But for how long when secrets still remain...Categorized as:
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The Perfect Groom by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Penelope Dennings grew a conscience and made an enemy. By confessing her role in the events that nearly destroyed the marriage of Lord and Lady Mayville, she helped to bring them back together… but it has cost her everything. Her friends have turned their backs on her and she is all but a pariah in society.Theo Blake, Lord Ralston, is a man who needs a wife. Any wife... -
The Virgin Who Seduced the Duke by Scarlett Osborne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhy crave for her body when you can touch her soul?Pained by the disappearance of her sister, marriage is the last thing on Lady Daphne Fitzroy’s mind. When it’s announced she has to meet with an alluring Duke, she does everything in her power to delay this fate…Anthony De Clare, the Duke of Kingham, hides great pain...Categorized as:
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The Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated) by Thomas Hardy, Prometheus Classics
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis collection gathers together the works by Thomas Hardy in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Novels Desperate Remedies [1871] Under the Greenwood Tree [1872] A Pair of Blue Eyes [1873] Far from the Madding Crowd [1874] The Hand of Ethelberta [1876] The... -
Collected Stories by Wallace Stegner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a literary career spanning more than fifty years, Wallace Stegner created a remarkable record of the history and culture of twentieth-century America. Each of the thirty-one stories contained in this volume embody some of the best virtues and values to be found in contemporary fiction, demonstrating why the author is acclaimed as one of America's master storytellers...Categorized as:
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Dare To Be Scandalous by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter inheriting a small fortune, Willow Perry has everything she’s ever wanted. Except a husband, that is. But not just any husband will do. She’s looking for a grand love—someone who will challenge and excite her. It’s just her folly that the one man who interests her is a notorious rake. He’s as wild and passionate as Willow is sheltered and staid...Categorized as:
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A Family of Her Own by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat do you do when everyone around you has what you want but can’t have?For Sophie Lefebvre, the answer was simple—accept the position as governess to the pompous Earl of Wycliff’s sister, Gertrude. Rude, arrogant and absorbed with his wealth, his presence is a hard task to endure, but far better than the pain of watching others have what she cannot.Claveston St...Categorized as:
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Tennyson: Poems by Alfred Tennyson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlfred, Lord Tennyson was a more complex writer than his status as Queen Victoria’s favorite poet might suggest. Though capable of rendering rapture and delight in the most exquisite verse, in another mode Tennyson is brother in spirit to Poe and Baudelaire, the author of dark, passionate reveries... -
Collected Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKnown today primarily as the author of The Great Gatsby , F. Scott Fitzgerald was famous in the 1920s and 1930s as a short-story writer. The nineteen stories in this volume were so popular that hardcover collections— Flappers and Philosophers and Tales of the Jazz Ag e—came out almost immediately after the stories had appeared in magazines... -
Domina by Barbara Wood, María Antonieta Menini
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet in London, New York, and San Francisco from the late nineteenth century through the first decades of the twentieth, Domina is the inspiring saga of one woman's personal and professional triumph against the prejudices of her time. Beautiful and courageous, Samantha Hargrave dares to dream that she will become one of the first female doctors-and surgeons-in America...Categorized as:
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Cuckold by Kiran Nagarkar
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe time is early 16th century. The Rajput kingdom of Mewar is at the height of its power. It is locked in war with the Sultanates of Delhi, Gujarat and Malwa. But there is another deadly battle being waged within Mewar itself. who will inherit the throne after the death of the Maharana? The course of history, not just of Mewar but of the whole of India, is about to be changed forever... -
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The Linnet Bird by Linda Holeman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the claustrophobic, mannered world of British India, Linny Ingram seems the perfect society wife: pretty, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be deceptive. Linny Ingram was born Linny Gow, an orphan raised in the gray slums of Liverpool...Categorized as:
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The Christmas Books, Volume 1: A Christmas Carol/The Chimes by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn October 1843, Dickens hit upon the idea of writing a story that would not only celebrate Christmas but alert people to the desperate needs of England's poor. "The Christmas Carol" was the result. "The Chimes" is a topical satire set on New Year's Eve...Categorized as:
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Love Poems of Elizabeth and Robert Browning by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFine hardcover w/nf dj w/ fold vertically on rear of dj, 1994 Barnes& Noble Books, number line is 9-6. Foreword by Louis Untermeyer. 268 pages. Cover painting courtesy of Art Resource, J.M.W. Turner Eton, from the River... -
A Prior Attachment by Dorothy Mack
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA delightful Regency romance! Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen. Who is the right man for Gemma? Regency England For two years, Lady Gemma Monteith has awaited the return of her old friend Captain George Godwin, who has been away fighting in the Peninsular war. Having been in love with him since childhood, she is determined to become his wife...Categorized as:
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Discovering the Baron by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s spying on him. He’s engaged to another. Can their stars ever align?Astronomer Celeste Keswick spends her nights staring at the sky, attempting to discover the planet she knows is out there but cannot yet see. Her brother is convinced that there is one way to do it – for Celeste to spy on the one other man who might find it first. Little does Celeste know what else he will awaken within her...Categorized as:
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A Time to Make Amends by Jean Reinhardt, Megan Reinhardt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1895 New York is struggling to recover from the financial crisis of the previous two years. Many of those fortunate enough to have regular employment have been striking, over long hours and insufficient pay. Meanwhile, in the fishing village of Blackrock, James and Mary face their greatest challenge yet, which forces the healing of a breach between two members of the McGrother family...
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