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Doctor Rose and the Outlaw by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDoctor Rose Devereaux moves to Durango, Colorado, after her father is killed by a business associate. She sets up her medical practice there. One night she's called out to help a gang of outlaws that have been shot to pieces while trying to rustle cattle. One of the outlaws is a young man that she develops feelings for, but he's in and out of her life for months on end...Categorized as:
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![I'm Still Wifey by Kiki Swinson]()
I'm Still Wifey by Kiki Swinson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhile Kira's husband Ricky is behind bars serving federal time, she clings onto the hope that one day she?ll get a taste of sweet revenge for Russ?the nigga who played her! In the mix of all the drama, Kira unintentionally falls for a new ?hood rich cat who has it all... -
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Search for Safety by John Langan
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere is no escape for Ben McKee. For weeks, he's covered the bruises on his body. He's even lied to his teachers and new friends at Bluford High School. But the trouble in Ben's house isnt't going away. And if he doesn't act soon, it could swallow him and his mother forever... -
![Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman]()
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a set-up goes wrong and Six finds herself sleeping with the enemy, who will she choose, the man she loves, or the man she's supposed to hate? Detroit hustlers Free and Six have been together seven years, but their relationship has been nothing but drama. Free hasn't been faithful and Six has taken out her hurt by physically hurting the other women... -
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![Still Hood by K'wan]()
Still Hood by K'wan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnly the strong survie on the streets of Brooklyn. And while Dena Jones definitely has what it takes not only to survive but to succeed, she wants out. And she's determined to make it out of Crooklyn. She's determined to make it out of Crooklyn by any means necessary and doesn't have a problem manipulating men to get what she wants. Just ask her boyfriend Lance, or his girlfriend Michelle... -
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Fast Life by Cassandra Carter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaught up in a world of easy money,designer labels and drug-dealing boyfriends, sixteen-year-old Kyra Jones is living life on the fast track. But when her single mom is offered a job that takes Kyra away from her old Chicago neighborhood, and the drugs and gang violence that go along with it, she finally realizes that there's more to life than Gucci, Prada and ghetto-fabulous bling... -
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A Family’s Heartbreak by Kitty Neale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll they ever wanted was somewhere to call home… Beaten When Jenny’s mother abandons her and her younger siblings, Jenny is left at the mercy of her abusive father Henry. And when Henry beats his eldest daughter so badly that she ends up in the hospital, it seems like there’s nowhere left for them all to go...Categorized as:
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![Love's Faithful Promise by Susan Anne Mason]()
Love's Faithful Promise by Susan Anne Mason
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Stirring Story of Love and Faith and America's Great Promise When her mother suffers a stroke, medical student Deirdre O'Leary makes the difficult choice to put her career on hold to care for her. Dr. Matthew Clayborne is renowned for his amazing results with patients, but when Deirdre approaches him about helping her mother, she finds him challenging and surly... -
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Eve by K'wan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe only family Eve Panelli has ever known is the infamous Twenty Gang. Orphaned as a small child, Eve quickly learned the art of the hustle, and by age seventeen she had spent two years in prison. But now Eve is eighteen, back on the streets of Harlem with her gang and up to one of her old strong-arm robbery. Despite her edge, she's got a soft spot for Felon, the up-and-coming street king... -
![The Runaway Bride by Jody Hedlund]()
The Runaway Bride by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHaunted by mistakes in her past, will she ever again trust her heart to another?Wealthy Arabella Lawrence flees to British Columbia on a bride ship, still bearing the scars of past mistakes. One of the few single women in the boomtown, she immediately attracts suitors, but she is determined not to find herself trapped again by making a poor choice.Vying for her hand are two very different men...Categorized as:
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![Jeni Finds Safety by Krissyann Granger]()
Jeni Finds Safety by Krissyann Granger
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA mail-order bride shouldn’t have to trap a man.Jeni MacGregor fled from Massachusetts to Montana to marry Scott Maxwell. Being a mail-order bride had to be better than staying behind, where a violent suitor won’t take no for an answer.When Scott refuses to marry her, without explanation, she’s left desperate in a town full of strangers—and she’s running out of time... -
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Innocent by Leo Sullivan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInnocent is the epic tale of murder, drugs, sex, and betrayal, suspensefully intertwined. I. C. Miller is a gifted high school athlete with a basketball scholarship from Georgia State University. He leaves behind an up and coming hood-rat named Tamara Jenkins who claims to be pregnant with I. C. s child. Things take a downward spike when I. C. is charged with rape and murder... -
![Big Juicy Lips by Allison Hobbs]()
Big Juicy Lips by Allison Hobbs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMisty and Brick, the two shady yet memorable characters from Double Dippin' , return in this follow-up to the popular title. Pretty and petite, Misty is always plotting on ways to get paid. It's time to step up her game and the bossy little diva comes up with an innovative plan to showcase Brick's attributes to an affluent and freaky clientele... -
![Hannah's Moon by John A. Heldt]()
Hannah's Moon by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter struggling for years to have a child, Claire Rasmussen, 34, turns to adoption, only to find new obstacles on the path to motherhood. Then she gets an unlikely phone call and soon learns that a distant uncle possesses the secrets of time travel...Categorized as:
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![The Ultimate No-No by Tamika Newhouse]()
The Ultimate No-No by Tamika Newhouse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Dahlia decides to get even with a man, named Troy, who broke her heart she thinks of a master plan. To her dismay after asking Nitrah, her best friend to help her get even, she falls in love with Troy. Not only does this cause a huge rift, the ladies must soon face the fact that they both have lied and their secrets will unveil... -
![A Subtle Grace by Ellen Gable]()
A Subtle Grace by Ellen Gable
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1896, Philadelphia. In this sequel to "In Name Only" (2009 FQP), "A Subtle Grace" continues the story of the wealthy and unconventional O’Donovan Family as they approach the dawn of a new century. (Religious Fiction) At 19, Kathleen (oldest daughter) is unmarried with no prospects. Fearing the lonely fate of an old maid, her impatience leads to an infatuation with the first man who shows interest... -
![All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers]()
All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisenchanted with the politics of working in an upscale Washington, D.C. restaurant, twenty-seven-year-old chef Lydia Lord resigns from her job and resolves to make it on her own... -
![Sarah Finds Freedom by Krissyann Granger]()
Sarah Finds Freedom by Krissyann Granger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Heading out West as a mail-order bride is a damn stupid idea..."~Sarah1886, Boston.Sarah Forbes is a cowgirl at heart, but if she obeys her father's wishes she'll be living in a gilded cage. When she witnesses a crime and needs to flee the city, a mail-order bride agency seems like her only ticket to freedom and safety. But life throws her an unexpected responsibility and complicates everything... -
![The Cheerleader by Ruth Doan MacDougall]()
The Cheerleader by Ruth Doan MacDougall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirst published in 1973 and 1974 by Putnam and Bantam, The Cheerleader was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, optioned by Twentieth Century-Fox, made into an NBC sitcom pilot, and became a best-seller beloved by generations of readers. p/pThe reprint of this classic coming-of-age novel features a foreword by English professor Ann V...Categorized as:
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![Lily by Leigh Greenwood]()
Lily by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZac Randolph owns and runs the Little Corner of Heaven Saloon in San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast. He's a gambler by trade and by nature. He takes care of the girls who work for him, but no woman is as exciting as gambling, no woman means as much to him as his saloon. His life is perfect until a distant cousin, Lily Sterling, arrives from Virginia and upsets everything... -
![Jasmine in Paris: Far from Penang by Clare Flynn]()
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![After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different by Adam Gnade]()
After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different by Adam Gnade
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFalling somewhere between Trainspotting and Like Water for Chocolate, Adam Gnade’s self-described “food novel” frames each chapter around a meal, and from there moves wild in all directions. After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different takes place in San Diego taco shops and rundown beach apartments, on the amusement park boardwalk at 3am and in cars bound for Tijuana and drunken glory...Categorized as:
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![The Girl Made of Stars by K.E. Le Veque]()
The Girl Made of Stars by K.E. Le Veque
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLola Grayson had it all. In 1934, Lola was on top of the world. Dubbed "The Siren" by MGM, she was a protégé of Louis B. Mayer, the original talkie sex symbol before the rise of stars like Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow. But like Harlow, Lola Grayson had a dominant stage mother and bad health that struggled to meet the demand of the Golden Age of Hollywood... -
![Ward by Leigh Greenwood]()
Ward by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns, the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky--they get into a man's blood until he knew there was nothing better than the life of a cowboy ... except the love of a good woman. MARINADevastated by a ruthless betrayal, disillusioned by the War Between the States, Ward Dillon swore he'd escape his bitter past and start anew .. -
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![Angelique triumphiert by Anne Golon]()
Angelique triumphiert by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Fire & Ice by Catherine Hart]()
Fire & Ice by Catherine Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSailing from England to her family estate in Savannah, Kathleen Haley meets the dashing and domineering Captain Reed Taylor, whose actions during a rampaging storm at sea determine her fate. Original...Categorized as:
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![Sean by Leigh Greenwood]()
Sean by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns, the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky—they got into a man's blood until he knew there was nothing better than the life of a cowboy...except the love a good woman. Pearl In the West there were only two kinds of women—the wives and mothers and daughters, and the good-time girls... -
![Hyacinth by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Hyacinth by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the sixth in a family full of girls, Hyacinth felt she often faded into the woodwork. Of course, she liked living in her own world, where no one really bothered her. She spent her days at the library working on her book, and her evenings hiding in her room. She was determined to be just as good as all her sisters, most of whom she felt overshadowed by... -
![With Love from Booky by Bernice Thurman Hunter]()
With Love from Booky by Bernice Thurman Hunter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook by Hunter, Bernice...Categorized as:
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![Diamond Playgirls by Daaimah S. Poole, Miasha]()
Diamond Playgirls by Daaimah S. Poole, Miasha
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFour beautiful, professional women, living on separate floors of a Harlem brownstone are about to discover they have a lot more in common than just their address... Dior's name is no accident-she's got a taste for the finer things in life, and New York City is just the place to find them. So far she's got the job and the apartment... -
![Water Witch by Faith Hunter, D.B. Jackson]()
Water Witch by Faith Hunter, D.B. Jackson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWATER WITCH - A short story from Faith Hunter and D.B. JacksonHannah Everhart is a witch. She's also a thief, having stolen a priceless gem that she needs for a magical working.Ethan Kaille is a conjurer and a thieftaker. He has been hired to recover the pilfered jewel... -
![Rebecca and Ana by Jacqueline Dembar Greene]()
Rebecca and Ana by Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAt last, cousin Ana has arrived at Ellis Island, and Rebecca can't wait to meet her. She's sure they'll be just like sisters, doing everything together...Categorized as:
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![Safe as Houses by Eric Walters]()
Safe as Houses by Eric Walters
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe date is October 15, 1954. Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth, who lives in the Toronto suburb of Weston, is a typical grade 8 girl. She has a secret crush on a boy in her class and she thinks Elvis Presley is "dreamy." Elizabeth also has a part-time job babysitting an adorable little grade 2 girl named Suzie, and Suzie’s not-so-adorable grade 6 brother, David...Categorized as:
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![Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch]()
Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThomas refuses to wear his new snowsuit despite the pleas of his mother, his teacher, and even his principal... -
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![Treasure Mountain by Louis L'Amour]()
Treasure Mountain by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Treasure Mountain, Louis L'Amour delivers a robust story of two brothers searching to learn the fate of their missing father-and finding themselves in a struggle just to stay alive. Orrin and Tell Sackett had come to exotic New Orleans looking for answers to their father's disappearance twenty years before...Categorized as:
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![Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller]()
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnnie Sullivan was little more than a half-blind orphan with a fiery tongue when she arrived at Ivy Green in 1887. Desperate for work, she'd taken on a seemingly impossible job-teaching a child who was deaf, blind, and as ferocious as any wild animal. But if anyone was a match for Helen Keller, it was the girl who'd been nicknamed Miss Spitfire...Categorized as:
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![The Fountain by John A. Heldt]()
The Fountain by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPortland, Oregon. In May 2022, the Carpenters are a sad lot. Bill, 81, has just buried his beloved wife. Paul, 75, has terminal lung cancer. Annie, 72, is a paraplegic with broken dreams. Childless and directionless, the siblings face an uncertain future in their childhood home... -
![Well Behaved Wives by Amy Sue Nathan]()
Well Behaved Wives by Amy Sue Nathan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPerfect wives, imperfect lives, and upending the rules of behavior in 1960s America.Law school graduate and newlywed Ruth Applebaum is acclimating to life and marriage in a posh Philadelphia neighborhood. She’ll do almost anything to endear herself to her mother-in-law, who’s already signed up Ruth for etiquette lessons conducted by the impeccably accessorized tutor Lillian Diamond...Categorized as:
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![Kit's Law by Donna Morrissey]()
Kit's Law by Donna Morrissey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKit's Law is the passionate, well-told story of three feisty female characters struggling against imposed order and male tradition in a harsh Newfoundland outport. Lizzy is the steadfast grandmother; crazy, red-haired Josie, the mother; and Kit, the 14-year-old daughter who tells their story...Categorized as:
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![The Iron Marshal by Louis L'Amour]()
The Iron Marshal by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe was a tough enforcer for a New York gang. But when young Tom Shanaghy made one too many enemies, he skipped town on a fast-moving freight. He landed in a small Kansas town that had big dreams, no name, and the need for an honest lawman. Tom figured that a knuckle-and-skull man from Five Points would be perfect for the job...Categorized as:
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![Trail To Yesterday by Duane Boehm]()
Trail To Yesterday by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTrail To Yesterday is the newest novel by Bestselling Western author Duane Boehm. He has written another western novel with enough humor, heartbreak, love, and outlaws to keep you turning the page.When Ike and Luka Gunther moved to the Montana Territory to start new lives, they thought they'd left behind all their troubles from their days in Colorado...Categorized as:
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![Phoebe and The General by Judith Berry Griffin]()
Phoebe and The General by Judith Berry Griffin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDuring the Revolution, Phoebe Fraunces has a chance to save the life of General George Washington while he has dinner at Mortier House in New York City...Categorized as:
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![Meet Marie-Grace by Sarah Masters Buckey]()
Meet Marie-Grace by Sarah Masters Buckey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMarie-Grace Gardner has just arrived in New Orleans, and she hopes she never has to move again. The lively city is unlike any other place Marie-Grace has lived. When she meets Mademoiselle Océane, a talented opera singer, Marie-Grace longs to take lessons. She loves to sing, and she would like to get to know Cécile Rey, the confident girl who is Mademoiselle's student...Categorized as:
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![The Grand Masquerade by Amanda Hughes]()
The Grand Masquerade by Amanda Hughes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor readers who like historical fiction with a little romance. It is a life built on secrets, lust, and lies, and Sydnee Sauveterre is at the center of the charade. Used as a source of income at a stand on the Natchez Trace, Sydnee escapes to start a new life in Louisiana... -
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![Light of My Heart by Ginny Aiken]()
Light of My Heart by Ginny Aiken
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDr. Letitia Morgan comes to Hartville, Colorado, in the late 1800s to follow her God-given calling to heal. Soon she becomes Hartville's ministering angel, reaching out to the children of the town drunk, and skillfully touching all who need her. But not everyone warms to the lovely new physician and Letty ruffles plenty of feathers when she takes on Hartville's thriving brothels... -
![Grace of the Empire State by Gemma Tizzard]()
Grace of the Empire State by Gemma Tizzard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this breathtaking debut novel, a daring dancer must take her twin brother’s place as a riveter high atop the in-progress Empire State Building to save her family from ruin. After the death of their father, it’s up to Grace O’Connell and her twin brother Patrick to support their family as the Great Depression takes its toll on New York City...Categorized as:
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![Unspeakable: Book 1 by Caroline Pignat]()
Unspeakable: Book 1 by Caroline Pignat
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn her first voyage as a stewardess aboard the Empress of Ireland , Ellie is drawn to the solitary fire stoker who stands by the ship’s rail late at night, often writing in a journal. Jim. Ellie finds it hard to think of his name now. After their wonderful time in Quebec City, that awful night happened... -
![Taste by Tracy Ewens]()
Taste by Tracy Ewens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf only life were as simple as following a recipe.In her twenties, Kara Malendar found herself at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, thousands of miles away from the harsh media coverage of her political family. But Paris ended abruptly when she was summoned home to Los Angeles and expected to stand in again as the senator’s perfect daughter... -
![Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch]()
Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnya and her family have made a difficult journey to Canada in search of a new life. But soon after they arrive in the land they hoped would welcome them, World War I is declared, and Ukrainians are considered “enemy aliens” — many of them sent away to internment camps. Anya must find a way to deal with the challenges in the land she now calls home...Categorized as:
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![Waiting for Time by Bernice Morgan]()
Waiting for Time by Bernice Morgan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWaiting for Time continues the chronicle begun in Random Passage. Readers of Bernice Morgans critically acclaimed first novel will recognize Thomas Hutchings, Mary Bundle, the members of the Andrews family and the rest of life in Cape Random, where people struggle to find their way in a life that offers chance as an only companion...Categorized as:
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