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McAlister family novels volume 2
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"In 1909, Grace McAlister set sail for Canada as one of the thousands of British Home Children taken from their families and their homeland. Though she was fortunate enough to be adopted by wealthy parents, the secrets of her past were kept hidden for ten years until someone from her long-buried childhood arrives on her doorstep. With this new connection to her birth family, will she be brave enough to leave her sheltered life in Toronto and uncover...
42) Warbreaker
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2009.
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In a world where breath and color can be used to create mischief and miracles, two sisters, the king one is supposed to marry, a lesser god, and an immortal are all thrown together as they try to protect their land.
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"After being abruptly jilted, Sophie Kincaid flees to the place her friend Kim Aldredge calls heaven on earth. But Sophie's first taste of Edilean is far from heavenly: after her car breaks down on a country road, she is nearly run over by a speeding sports car. A small act of revenge brings some satisfaction, and word quickly spreads that a gorgeous newcomer gave the driver, the notoriously bitter Dr. Reede Aldredge, a dressing down! But it isn't...
45) The Innocents
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Newly engaged, twenty-eight-year-old Adam Newman is a prized catch in his tight-knit Jewish suburb of London, but as the plans for his wedding with his high school sweetheart, Rachel Gilbert, begin to close in around him, Rachel's younger cousin Ellie Schneider moves home from New York and she unsettles Adam with her beauty and independence, showing him what freedom is all about.
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Twenty-two year old Jane Clarke is sent to Boston when she refuses to marry her father's business partner. She arrives in the city on the eve of the Revolutionary War, and facing the events of the times, finds herself caught between tradition and independence, family and conscience, loyalty and love.
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c2004
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How can I be sure? Is he really right for me? Deciding to spend the rest of your life with someone is one of the biggest decisions you'll ever make. The key to a successful marriage is getting to know your partner before you take the plunge. Relationship expert and noted couples counselor Norm Wright will steer you through a series of soul-searching questions -- even difficult ones that need to be addressed -- to help you discern if you've met "the...
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c2012
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Hillary is always struggling in life and love while constantly feeling the pressure to marry from her demanding mother. This holiday season, she thinks she finally has it right but when Hillary's fiance suddenly breaks up with her, she scrambles to find a fake fiance. After posting an ad online, she hires David, an out-of-work actor to pose as her fiance in front of her mom, her dad and her snobbish sister Trish. Her fake engagement starts to unravel...
51) Never after
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[2009]
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Presents four original stories based on the classic idea of the "faerie tale wedding" except that the damsels aren't the ones in distress.
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[2021]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
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"Juliette and Warner fought hard to take down the Reestablishment once and for all. Life in the aftermath isn't easy, as they and their friends at the Sanctuary work with their limited resources to stabilize the world. Warner has his sights set on more than just politics. Since he proposed to Juliette two weeks ago, he's been eager to finally marry her, the person he loves more than anything and has endured so much to be with. But with so much chaos...
53) Piglet: a novel
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2024.
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"Outside of a childhood nickname she can’t shake, Piglet’s rather pleased with how her life’s turned out. An up-and-coming cookbook editor at a London publishing house, she’s got lovely, loyal friends and a handsome fiancé, Kit, whose rarefied family she actually, most of the time, likes, despite their upper-class eccentricities. One of the many, many things Kit loves about Piglet is the delicious, unfathomably elaborate meals she’s always...
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Nine years ago, Richard Allen fled England and his controlling father. Determined to live his own life, he took to the sea and settled in the Caribbean, joining a band of treasure-hunting pirates and adopting the persona of a carefree, seductive Frenchman named Jean Paul to guard the secrets of his past. When he slips back into England to carry out an urgent task, Richard becomes infatuated with a married woman, Georgina Malory. But his reckless attempt...
55) Catch & release
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c2007
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After the sudden death of her fianc?, Gray finds comfort in the company of his friends: lighthearted and comic Sam, hyper-responsible Dennis, and Dennis' old childhood buddy Fritz, an irresponsible playboy whom Gray had previously pegged as one of the least reliable people in the world. As secrets about her supposedly perfect fianc? emerge, Gray comes to see new sides of the man she thought she knew, and at the same time, finds herself drawn to the...
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Only desperation could bring Duncan Pennethorne, the infamous Earl of Sheringford, back home after the spectacular scandal. Forced to wed in 15 days or be cut off without a penny, Duncan chooses the one woman in London in frantic need of a husband: Margaret, the eldest Huxtable. Margaret is forced to accept the irresistible stranger's offer, but once she discovers who he really is, it's too late.
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2014.
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Wilfred Price, overcome with emotion on a sunny spring day, proposes to a girl he barely knows at a picnic. The girl, Grace, joyfully accepts and rushes to tell her family of Wilfred's intentions. But by this time Wilfred has realized his mistake. He does not love Grace. On the verge of extricating himself, Wilfred's situation suddenly becomes more serious when Grace's father steps in. Up until this point in his life, Wilfred's existence has been...
58) The Duke is mine
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For Olivia Lytton, betrothal to the Duke of Canterwick -- hardly a Prince Charming -- feels more like a curse than a happily-ever after. At least his noble status will help her sister, Georgiana, secure an engagement with the brooding, handsome Tarquin, Duke of Sconce, a perfect match for her in every way ... every way but one. Tarquin has fallen in love with Olivia. Quin never puts passion before reason. And reason says that Georgiana is his ideal...
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Liars' club volume Book 1
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2023.
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"Verity Hartley always tells the truth. Well, mostly. However, when her snooty neighbor returns to their small hamlet to brag about having a grand Season, a plethora of ballgowns, and so many suitors that she cannot possibly decide which one to marry, Verity tells a lie. She claims to be betrothed. To a duke. Who happens to be her family’s sworn enemy. But what are the odds that he would ever learn of this one, little, harmless falsehood? Magnus...
60) Never a bride
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Duke's daughters volume 4
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[2019]
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"After twelve years in Her Majesty's Navy, Griffith Davies must leave his sea-going life of outrageous freedom behind, forced to rejoin London society as the heir to the Duke of Northam. But though he is now shackled to the land, he has no desire to wed some innocently dull young thing. Who best to shield him from the matchmakers than a woman as notorious as he?"--