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Series
Billy Forrester books volume 1
Language
English
Description
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.
Author
Series
Impossible bachelors volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Handsome wastrel Lord Harry Traemore is drafted into a wager in which one unlucky bachelor must marry, unless his mistress wins the title of "The Most Delectable Companion." When Harry's mistress abandons him, he's forced to bring his childhood foe, Lady Molly Fairbanks, to the wager.
3) Bet me
Author
Language
English
Description
The beloved New York Times bestselling novel, now with an exclusive letter from Jennifer Crusie in celebration of its tenth anniversary
This is New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Crusie's novel about long shots, risk management, true love, and great shoes. . . .
Minerva Dobbs knows how to work the odds.
Calvin Morrisey always plays to win.
But when they face off, neither one is prepared.
Because
Author
Series
Impossible bachelors volume 4
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"If life were a fairy tale, Daisy Montgomery's stepmother and two stepsisters would surely be cast in the wicked roles. For years, they've made life miserable for Daisy. But when she discovers she has a godmother, she's determined to ask her for help. Little did Daisy expect her godmother to play matchmaker with her very own grandson--who happens to be a viscount! A freewheeling playboy, Charles Thorpe, Viscount Lumley, is bored with his wealth-seeking...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Lady Betsy Wilde's first season was triumphant by any measure, and a duke has proposed--but before marriage, she longs for one last adventure. No gentleman would agree to her scandalous plan--but Lord Jeremy Roden is no gentleman. He offers a wager. If she wins a billiards game, he'll provide the breeches. If he wins...she is his, for one wild night. But what happens when Jeremy realizes that one night will never be enough? In the most important...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Rena Jackson is a diehard romantic, and she's had her eye on Axel Heller for a while. He's got the tall-brooding-and-handsome thing down pat, but he guards his heart well, and Rena is tired of waiting for him to notice her. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, she decides it's time to forget about Axel and find her own Mr. Right. But that's when Axel makes her a bet that involves the hottest kiss she's ever had.."--
Author
Series
Stud Club trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In One Dance with a Duke-- the first novel in Tessa Dare's delightful new trilogy-- secrets and scandals tempt the irresistible rogues of the Stud Club to gamble everything for love. A handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, is a member of the exclusive Stud Club, an organization so select it has only ten members--yet membership is attainable to anyone with luck. And Spencer has plenty of it, along with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she overhears hotshot lawyer Matthew Lyndon taking a bet to seduce her, wedding planner Courtney Wallace decides to play along in an attempt to beat him at his own game, but the tables soon turn as the stakes are raised by love.
11) Sorrowful Jones
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sorrowful takes a bet from a rotten gambler who leaves his young daughter as collateral. When the bettor doesn't come back, Sorrowful Jones learns some hard lessons about parenthood, whether he wants to or not! On top of that, Lucille Ball plays nightclub singer Gladys O'Neil, the apple of Sorrowful's eye. But gangster Bruce Cabot stakes his claim on her affections and the sparks fly in all directions.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:first).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Petruchio is a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona who journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he meets Katharina, a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. After the honeymoon, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that he has the most obedient wife. In reality, Kate has found a more effective way to dominate her mate.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Retells the fable, "The Wind and the Sun," in which Wind, Rain, and Sun attempt to remove the cap of a shepherdess. Collage illustrations include symbols based on seal characters of Chinese pictograms.
Author
Series
Johannes Cabal volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A scientist travels to Hell to recover a secret. He is given one year to persuade one hundred people to sign their souls over to the devil.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a young novelist, Kenneth Magee, spends a night at Baldpate Manor to win a bet that he can turn a best-selling novel in 24 hrs., he gets more than he bargained for. The grizzly Grisbane clan arrives to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a ghoulish family secret and their dinner party has murder on the menu.
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
To win a wager, Lord Xavier must convince proper Louisa Oliver to attend his famously naughty Christmas house party and is pleasantly surprised when she, more intrigued than insulted, decides to teach him a thing or two about being daring.
18) Vixen in velvet
Author
Series
The dressmakers volume 3
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lethally charming Simon Blair, Marquess of Lisburne, has reluctantly returned to London for one reason only: a family obligation. Still, he might make time for the seduction of a certain redheaded dressmaker--but Leonie Noirot hasn't time for him. She's obsessed with transforming his cousin, the dowdy Lady Gladys, into a swan. Leonie's skills can coax curves--and profits--from thin air, but his criminally handsome lordship is too busy trying to seduce...
Author
Series
Regency vows volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The widowed Diana, Lady Templeton and Jeremy, Marquess of Willingham are infamous among English high society as much for their sharp-tongued bickering as their flirtation. One evening, an argument at a ball turns into a serious wager: Jeremy will marry within the year or Diana will forfeit one hundred pounds. So shortly after, just before a fortnight-long house party at Elderwild, Jeremy's country estate, Diana is shocked when Jeremy appears at her...
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