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Cinder spires volume 2
Language
English
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Standing alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora’s Armada and its new secret weapon, Lord Albion uses the trading summit at Spire Olympia to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war with the help of a privateer and the crew of the AMS Predator.
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Duke hunt novels volume 4
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English
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Searching for an aristocratic wife to gain respectability, Lucien, the new Duke of Penning, instead finds himself enamored with his deliciously distracting housekeeper, who is everything he desires, but a love between them can never be unless they decide to risk everything to be together, including scandal.
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Series
On Devonshire shores volume 2
Language
English
Description
"When the Duke and Duchess of Kent rent neighboring Woolbrook Cottage for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon to host three of the royal couple's male staff in their seaside house. But they soon realize they've invited mysterious secrets and the sweet possibility of romance into their home. Meanwhile, Emily Summers approaches a local publisher in hopes of fulfilling her dream of becoming an author. When he turns her down, his dashing competitor...
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Ravenswood novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Lady Jennifer Arden, who is unable to walk due a childhood illness, and Ben Ellis, the born-out-of-wedlock son of the Earl of Stratton, have long avoided one another for fear of offending the other regarding their circumstances. Though loved and accepted, they have both always felt like outsiders. When, at a gathering of family and friends, Ben and Jenny finally have a chance to become better acquainted, they realize that neither is in need of pity...
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Duke's estates volume 5
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English
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"Henry Deeping and Kate Meacham seem to clash every time they meet. Kate is frustrated by the change in her status following the death of her grandfather, a legendary figure in diplomatic circles. Henry, just joining the Foreign Office, is wondering how to make his mark. They agree to an exchange-Henry will serve as Kate's escort to important events to which she is no longer invited, and Kate will introduce him to the important people she knows so...
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English
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While attending the party of Sir Mortimer Mordred, famous author of Gothic horror novels, who has borrowed her new chef to cater the festivities, Lady Georgiana Rannoch, when a guest dies of poisoning, must find the culprit to save her new chef and her own reputation—all before her bundle of joy arrives.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (66 min.) : silent, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
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None
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A meddling aristocratic mother tries to stop her son from eloping with a grocer's daughter. So Mrs. De Peyster dons a working class disguise and goes on a mission with her maid to track down the lovers and block their illicit vows. But instead she crosses paths with a charismatic thief named Pyecroft who has plans to rob De Peyster's home. All of them end up at her home on 13 Washington Square where all of their lies hilariously come to light.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A night at the Drury Lane Theater ends with unexpected drama when a budding playwright is found dead in the prop room. Lady Abigail Worthing takes it upon herself to find the truth behind the crime, with the reluctant help of her neighbor Stapleton Henderson. The pair begin to uncover a tangled web of gambling debts, an actress with numerous suitors, and a struggle for the fate of the theater, and the mystery takes a personal turn when Abigail learns...
11) A grave robbery
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English
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"Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud's. But when Stoker goes to cut the mannequin open to insert the mechanism, he makes a gruesome discovery: this is no wax figure. The mannequin is the beautifully preserved body of a young woman who was once very much alive. But who would...
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Wicked Women of Whitechapel volume 3
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English
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Before Josephine Brown began working as a blade expert for Farnham's Fantastical Female Fayre, she'd never stayed put for long, nor had friends. Now, as part owner of the circus, she's forming real friendships. When she saves the life of the Honorable Elliot Wingate, he's fascinated by her lethal ability with a blade. It's partly business: he's a man who ferrets out secrets on behalf of King and Country. As she becomes involved in his investigation,...
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