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The Count of Monte Cristo. Vol. II by Alexandre Dumas
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great thrillers of all time. In 1853 William Thackeray wrote to a friend: 'began to read Monte Cristo at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night.'. Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmund Dantes is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Chateau d'If... -
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Les Misérables - Volume 2 by Victor Hugo
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLes Miserables is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. First published in France in 1862, it is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate tale of redemption. Former prisoner Jean Valjean struggles to live virtuously after an unexpected act of forgiveness by a kindly bishop changes his life... -
![Les Misérables - Volume 2 by Victor Hugo]()
Les Misérables - Volume 2 by Victor Hugo
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLes Miserables is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. First published in France in 1862, it is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate tale of redemption. Former prisoner Jean Valjean struggles to live virtuously after an unexpected act of forgiveness by a kindly bishop changes his life... -
![The Most of P.G. Wodehouse by P.G. Wodehouse]()
The Most of P.G. Wodehouse by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe most lavish P. G. Wodehouse collection ever published. In addition to Wodehouse's best known and beloved Jeeves and Bertie stories, The Most of P. G. Wodehouse features delightful stories about The Drones Club and its affable, vacuous members: Mr... -
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![An American in Paris by Siobhan Curham]()
An American in Paris by Siobhan Curham
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWalking through Montmartre that morning was like the eerie calm right before a storm. The roads were deserted. We carried on, arm in arm, and then finally, we saw them. Columns and columns of soldiers, spreading through the streets like a toxic grey vapour. ‘You must write about this,’ he whispered to me. ‘You must write about the day freedom left Paris...Categorized as:
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![The Last Great Dance on Earth by Sandra Gulland]()
The Last Great Dance on Earth by Sandra Gulland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAt the turn of the nineteenth century, Napoleon and his beloved Josephine inhabit the Tuileries Palace. During the years they have been married it has been a time of extraordinary turmoil and triumph; a time of hope and disappointment in their desire for a child... -
![Les Miserables I & II by Victor Hugo]()
Les Miserables I & II by Victor Hugo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsExcerpt from The Works of Victor Hugo, Vol. 2: Les Miserables Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work... -
![La sospecha de Sofía by Paloma Sánchez-Garnica]()
La sospecha de Sofía by Paloma Sánchez-Garnica
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLa anodina vida de Sofía y Daniel cambia radicalmente cuando él recibe una carta anónima en la que se le dice que Sagrario, a la que venera, no es su verdadera madre y que si quiere conocer la verdad de su origen debe ir a París esa misma noche. Intrigado, pregunta a su padre por esta cuestión y él le recomienda que lo deje pasar, que no remueva el pasado... -
![Scot to the Touch by Caroline Lee]()
Scot to the Touch by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSix brothers started this mess, and now there’s only one man left standing...Categorized as:
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![The Frost of Springtime by Rachel L. Demeter]()
The Frost of Springtime by Rachel L. Demeter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo rescue her was to rescue his own soul. On a cold Parisian night, Vicomte Aleksender de Lefèvre forges an everlasting bond with a broken girl during her darkest hour, rescuing her from a life of abuse and misery. Tormented by his own demons, he finds his first bit of solace in sheltering little Sofia Rose.But when Aleksender is drawn away by the Franco-Prussian war, the seasons pass... -
![A Wee Highland Predicament by Ceci Giltenan]()
A Wee Highland Predicament by Ceci Giltenan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes a bad boy can be a good man.Lucas Grant’s brother is going to be furious. Lucas was supposed to secure a betrothal with a wealthy heiress to save his clan from financial ruin. After meeting her, he cannot marry the detestable woman.As he flees Edinburgh to escape her, he happens upon six men who are holding a lovely Highland lass captive... -
![The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Lester]()
The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Lester
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree generations. One chance to prove themselves. Can the women of the Bricard fashion dynasty finally rewrite their history? French countryside, Present Blythe Bricard is the daughter of famous fashion muses but that doesn't mean she wants to be one. She turned her back on that world, and her dreams, years ago...Categorized as:
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![Il ritorno by Diana Gabaldon]()
Il ritorno by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNell'Amuleto d'ambra Claire Randall, viaggiatrice nel tempo e nello spazio, aveva incominciato a spiegare una difficile verità alla figlia Brianna: negli anni in cui era ufficialmente data per dispersa, fra il 1945 e il 1946, era in realtà precipitata, attraverso il magico cerchio di pietre di Craigh na Dun, nella Scozia del Settecento, dove si era innamorata follemente del nobile James Fraser...Categorized as:
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![Angelique and the King by Anne Golon]()
Angelique and the King by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE SUN KING AND THE QUEEN OF PLEASURE.Louis XIV was one of history's great lovers. Fought over by every exquisite woman in France, there was only one luscious jewel Louis really wanted to possess; the irresistible Angelique. But the emerald-eyed enchantress knew Louis discarded beautiful mistresses like toys. And that she would never bear...Categorized as:
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![The Three Musketeers, Vol. I by Alexandre Dumas]()
The Three Musketeers, Vol. I by Alexandre Dumas
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIn March 1844 the French magazine Le Siecle, printed the first installment of a story by Alexandre Dumas. It was based, Dumas claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. The serial chronicled the adventures of D'Artagnan -- a young swordsman intent on joining the king's musketeers... -
![Nemesis and the Swan by Lindsay K. Bandy]()
Nemesis and the Swan by Lindsay K. Bandy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Revolutionary Paris, the secrets behind an eerie set of brooches will either send Helene d'Aubign to the guillotine or save her lifeFrom her prison cell in revolutionary Paris, nineteen-year-old aristocrat Helene d'Aubign recalls the events that led her to choose between following in her parents' unforgivable footsteps or abandoning the man she loves...Categorized as:
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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]()
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... -
![Burnt Sugar by Layne Harper]()
Burnt Sugar by Layne Harper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe left me crumpled in a ball on the worn hardwoods where my living room furniture used to be. He fed me to the paparazzi. He teased me with his new album—full of songs written about me. Then, I never heard from him again. Did I let Aaron Emerson break me? Of course not. I’m MK Landry. I turned my mess into my message. I poured my heart out to my fans on NoPinkCaddy.com... -
![Highlander’s Phantom Lass: A Steamy Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Ann Marie Scott]()
Highlander’s Phantom Lass: A Steamy Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Ann Marie Scott
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![Leonora and the Lion's Venture by Alicia Cameron]()
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![A Sham Betrothal by Jennie Goutet]()
A Sham Betrothal by Jennie Goutet
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe can win her freedom, but can she win his heart?With Sophie Twisden’s grandmother laid up with an unidentified illness, causing them to withdraw from the Paris social scene, the pompous Sheldon Cholmeley appoints himself as Sophie’s protector. Protector? Ha! More like tormentor... -
![Her Mother's Secret by Rosanna Ley]()
Her Mother's Secret by Rosanna Ley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor many years Colette has avoided returning to her homeland - the magical island of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Southern Brittany - afraid to confront the painful memories she left behind. She is living on the Cornish coast when she hears about her mother Thea's failing health and realises that the time has come for her to go home...Categorized as:
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![Highland Honor by Hannah Howell]()
Highland Honor by Hannah Howell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the second novel of her magnificent trilogy of medieval Scotland, bestselling author Hannah Howell returns to the 15th century and the embattled Highlands with this spellbinding saga of a Scottish mercenary fated to rescue a spirited young beauty accused of murder.Nigel Murray saw through her masquerade from the first: a young woman trying to pass herself off as a page... -
![Sunday In The Park With George: A Musical by Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine]()
Sunday In The Park With George: A Musical by Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsInspired by Georges Seurat's pointillist masterpiece Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Sondheim and Lapine's musical celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art... -
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![Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen]()
Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLady Georgiana Rannoch and her dashing husband, Darcy, are awaiting a bundle of joy, but an unexpected trip to Paris will thrust them straight into a tangled web of international intrigue in this all-new mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen... -
![Night Thief by Lisa Kessler]()
Night Thief by Lisa Kessler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the fall of the Mayan civilization, Kane, an immortal Night Walker, has taken refuge in France for over 800 years. The modern world holds little interest for him until the night he meets the Golden Thief and is robbed of much more than his pocket watch.Marguerite Rousseau is living a double life... -
![The Lovely Duckling by Lila DiPasqua]()
The Lovely Duckling by Lila DiPasqua
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by the tale of The Ugly Duckling, a hot historical romance novella from the acclaimed Fiery Tales series. Reputed for his carnal skills, notorious rake, Joseph d’Alumbert, prefers amorous encounters without any sort of emotional entanglement—until a most unique lady stirs tender feelings . . . and hot desire...Categorized as:
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![Highland Storm by Elizabeth Rose, Brian J. Gill]()
Highland Storm by Elizabeth Rose, Brian J. Gill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsListening length: 6 hours and 7 minutesEnemies, lovers, or possibly both? A storm is brewing in the Scottish Highlands.Hawke is the son of the well-known and respected laird Storm MacKeefe. When the King's chronicler arrives at the castle to record the heroic acts of the MacKeefe Clan, Hawke decides it is time for him to be noticed... -
![Mademoiselle Eiffel by Aimie K. Runyan]()
Mademoiselle Eiffel by Aimie K. Runyan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of The School for German Brides and A Bakery in Paris, this captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century Paris tells the story of Claire Eiffel, a woman who played a significant role in maintaining her family’s legacy and their iconic contributions to the city of Paris...Categorized as:
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![One Love is Enough by Juliette Benzoni]()
One Love is Enough by Juliette Benzoni
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn turbulent 15th Century France, young Catherine Legoix grows into a woman of dangerous beauty. Her distinctive violet eyes and stunning mane of golden hair inflame the desires of the powerful Duke Philippe, who schemes to make her his mistress by having her unwillingly married to the hugely wealthy but emotionally distant Royal Treasurer... -
![My Mother's House & Sido by Colette]()
My Mother's House & Sido by Colette
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn My Mother's House and Sido , Colette plays fictional variations on the themes of childhood, family, and, above all, her mother. Vividly alive, fond of cities, music, theater, and books, Sido devoted herself to her village, Saint-Saveur; to her garden, with its inhabitants and its animals; and, especially, to her children, particularly her youngest, whom she called Minet-Chéri...Categorized as:
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![My Friends by Emmanuel Bove, Garnette Cadogan]()
My Friends by Emmanuel Bove, Garnette Cadogan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEmanuel Bove's first novel, My Friends, relates the story of Victor Baton, a wounded war veteran trying to reestablish his prewar lifestyle but avoid work. Living in a run-down boardinghouse, Baton spends his days searching working-class Paris for the modest comforts of warmth, cheap meals, and friendship, but he finds little...Categorized as:
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![All Human Wisdom by Pierre Lemaitre]()
All Human Wisdom by Pierre Lemaitre
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFebruary, 1927. The great and the good of Paris gather to attend the funeral of the powerful millionaire, Marcel Péricourt. His daughter, Madeleine, is poised to take charge of his financial empire, but it seems fate has other plans for her. Her young son, Paul, with one unexpected and tragic act, will place Madeleine on the path to ruin and degradation... -
![Marat Sade by Peter Weiss]()
Marat Sade by Peter Weiss
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThis extraordinary play, which swept Europe before coming to America, is based on two historical truths: the infamous Marquis de Sade was confined in the lunatic asylum of Charenton, where he staged plays; and the revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed in a bathtub by Charlotte Corday at the height of the Terror during the French Revolution. But this play-within-a-play is not historical drama... -
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![Sabotaje by Arturo Pérez-Reverte]()
Sabotaje by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings¿Es el Guernica que conocemos el verdadero cuadro que pintó Picasso?¿Qué hacía Falcó en París en la primavera de 1937?Arturo Pérez-Reverte y Lorenzo Falcó vuelven con una historia de sabotaje... -
![Death in Delft by Graham Brack]()
Death in Delft by Graham Brack
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree missing girls. Only one body. Where are the others?1671, Delft.Three young girls have been abducted from their homes. The body of one has been found in a shallow grave. The other two are still missing. The murder has shocked everyone is the peaceful city of Delft and the mayor is desperate to catch the perpetrator before panic can spread any further...Categorized as:
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![The First Actress by C.W. Gortner, Gabrielle de Cuir]()
The First Actress by C.W. Gortner, Gabrielle de Cuir
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe tumultuous life of the legendary French star Sarah Bernhardt--the world's first modern actress and international celebrity--dazzles in this stunning novel for readers of Love and Ruin and Mistress of the Ritz... -
![Take, Burn or Destroy by S. Thomas Russell, Sean Thomas Russell]()
Take, Burn or Destroy by S. Thomas Russell, Sean Thomas Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMaster and Commander Charles Hayden returns in the riveting new seafaring adventure from the bestselling author. 1794, the height of the French Revolution—Charles Hayden sets off aboard the ill-fated HMS Themis with orders to destroy a French frigate sailing from Le Havre and to gather intelligence from a royalist spy...Categorized as:
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![Loyalty's Web by Joyce DiPastena]()
Loyalty's Web by Joyce DiPastena
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHelene de Laurant has not forgotten how the Earl of Gunthar destroyed her father's castle during Henry II's war with his sons. Apparently neither have her family and friends, for when someone tries to murder Gunthar, every sign points in their direction. Helene realizes the only way to prove her loved ones' innocence is by exposing the true assassin...Categorized as:
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![The Wandering Arm by Sharan Newman]()
The Wandering Arm by Sharan Newman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 12th-century France, the power of the religious relic is unsurpassed. Suffused with enormous power, a dangerous and violent trade has grown up around them. Despite mourning for their first child, the young ex-novice Catherine LeVendeur and her English husband Edgar are drawn into this perilous world when Edgar agrees to pose as a craftsman in order to infiltrate one of the rings... -
![Spirit of Lost Angels by Liza Perrat]()
Spirit of Lost Angels by Liza Perrat
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey drowned Victoire's mother, claiming she was a witch. Then her father died beneath the wheels of a nobleman's carriage.Forced to leave her village, Victoire finds work in Paris. But domestic employment comes at a high price and the orphaned girl suffers gruesome abuse at the hands of a diabolical aristocracy... -
![Bliss by Judy Cuevas, Judith Ivory]()
Bliss by Judy Cuevas, Judith Ivory
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHannah Van Evan was a young American who wished to learn about the world and to make her way in it. She was determined to improve herself, but was often baffled by exclusive turn-of-the-century high society. Nardi de Saint Vallier was a gifted young Frenchman of noble blood who had given up his passion for sculpting...Categorized as:
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![The Paris Affair by Tracy Grant]()
The Paris Affair by Tracy Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the wake of the Battle of Waterloo, the Bourbon court in Paris and their victorious allies give lavish parties while the Royalists are quick to exact vengeance for everything since the Revolution. Countless Bonapartists are arrested and executed in what comes to be known as the White Terror...Categorized as:
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![The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in 1165 by Allen French]()
The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in 1165 by Allen French
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the country of Burgundy, the Sauval brothers have begun to terrorize the surrounding lands in an attempt to bring the area under their control. They raid the Red Keep, in hope of gaining it for themselves, only to be thwarted by Sir Roger and young Conan. Now they plot anew to steal the Keep from its rightful owner, Lady Anne. She,...Categorized as:
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![Als wir unsterblich waren by Charlotte Roth]()
Als wir unsterblich waren by Charlotte Roth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovember 1989. »Willkommen in Westberlin«, dröhnt es aus einem Lautsprecher, als die Ostberliner Studentin Alexandra von der Menschenmenge in die Arme eines jungen Mannes gedrängt wird. Liebe auf den ersten Blick!Berlin vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Die junge und mutige Paula setzt sich leidenschaftlich für Frauen- und Arbeiterrechte ein...Categorized as:
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![The Strudlhof Steps: The Depth of the Years by Heimito von Doderer]()
The Strudlhof Steps: The Depth of the Years by Heimito von Doderer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Strudlhof Steps is an unsurpassed portrait of Vienna in the twentieth century, a novel crowded with characters who range from an elegant, alcoholic Prussian aristocrat, to an innocent ingénue, to “respectable” shopkeepers and tireless sexual adventurers, bohemians, grifters, and honest working-class folk... -
![Sir Cumference and the Viking's Map by Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan]()
Sir Cumference and the Viking's Map by Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile riding through the forests of Angleland, cousins Per and Radius realize they are lost and are desperate for a map to guide them home. Soon they come across a mysterious house in the hills. Inside they find a map to a treasure belonging to Xaxon Yellowbearyd, the fiercest Viking warrior of his time... -
![Bewitching in Boots by Lila DiPasqua]()
Bewitching in Boots by Lila DiPasqua
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by the tale of Puss in Boots--a hot historical romance novella from the acclaimed Fiery Tales series.Elisabeth de Roussel, daughter of the King, is accustomed to getting what she wants-and she wants gorgeous Tristan de Tiersonnier, Count of Saint-Marcel, the ex-commander of the King's elite private Guard.A recent injury has forced Tristan to leave his distinguished position...Categorized as:
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![Sleeping Beau by Lila DiPasqua]()
Sleeping Beau by Lila DiPasqua
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**NOTE: Originally published in the AWAKENED BY A KISS anthology. Inspired by the tale of Sleeping Beauty—an erotically charged historical romance novella from the acclaimed Fiery Tales series...Categorized as:
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![Dance by Judy Cuevas, Judith Ivory]()
Dance by Judy Cuevas, Judith Ivory
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe dance of life is never danced alone... Years after fleeing to America—from an arranged marriage—Marie Du Gard returned to Paris a different woman. Slimmer and carefree, Marie vowed to protect her freedom at all costs—regardless of what her family or Parisian society thought...
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