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1) Saving grace
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English
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In this splendid New York Times bestseller, Julie Garwood brilliantly crafts the majestic story of a young Englishwoman determined to fight for her freedom...a woman whose life would be transformed by the rare, unexpected gift of love.
When Lady Johanna learned that she was a widow, she vowed she would never marry again. Only sixteen, already she possessed a strength of will that impressed all who looked past her golden-haired beauty....
When Lady Johanna learned that she was a widow, she vowed she would never marry again. Only sixteen, already she possessed a strength of will that impressed all who looked past her golden-haired beauty....
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Survivors' Club septet volume 1
Language
English
Description
Gwendoline, Lady Muir, has seen her share of tragedy, especially since a freak accident took her husband much too soon. Content in a quiet life with friends and family, the young widow has no desire to marry again. But when Hugo, Lord Trentham, scoops her up in his arms after a fall, she feels a sensation that both shocks and emboldens her. Hugo never intends to kiss Lady Muir, and frankly, he judges her to be a spoiled, frivolous, if beautiful, aristocrat....
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Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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"Miss Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me... I have seldom met people to whom I have taken so violent a fancy from the word 'Go.'"—Dorothy L. Sayers
Everyone had a motive, but who had the means?
Wally Carter's murder seems impossible—not one of the suspects was anywhere near the weapon at the time the shot was fired. The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted with a neglected
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English
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Lady Bernadette Marie Burton may be the richest widow in England, but gossipers and suitors are ruining her reputation. So when an attacker threatens her life, she finds safety in the arms of an Irish-American gang leader. Matthew Milton has gone from being a gentleman to a ruffian in New York. Now that he has returned to England will he rekindle Lady Bernadette's dream of finding true passion?
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English
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"1899. Risings, George Hazleton's family estate in Hampshire, is a perfect choice for the wedding of Lily, sister of Frances, the widowed Countess of Harleigh. But the bucolic setting harbors a menace. Above and below stairs, mysterious accidents befall guests and staff alike. Before long, Frances suspects these 'accidents' are deliberate, and fears that the intended victim is Lily's fiancé, Leo. As Frances and George search for the culprit, more...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Though American by birth, Frances Wynn, the now-widowed Countess of Harleigh, has adapted admirably to the quirks and traditions of the British aristocracy. On August twelfth each year, otherwise known as the Glorious Twelfth, most members of the upper class retire to their country estates for grouse-shooting season. Frances has little interest in hunting -- whether for birds or a second husband -- and is expecting to spend a quiet few months in London...
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Series
The poor relation volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Gresham chronicles volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Left penniless when her husband dies, Julia Hollis, accustomed to an opulent life in Victorian London, moves with her children to the village of Gresham. There she takes in boarders at Larkspur, an old abandoned coaching inn. Overwhelmed by her new responsibilites, she none-the-less takes interest in the eligible new vicar who moves into town.
10) Christmas angel
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Series
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Zebra Books/Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Frances Wynn, widow to the late Earl of Harleigh, has no sooner sent her mother and daughter off on a shopping trip to Paris than she and her fiancé, George Hazelton, are socializing with visiting members of the Russian royal family. Scandal also comes calling: Inspector Delaney turns up outside Frances's house with a young French woman claiming she is Mrs. George Hazelton. Mrs. Hazelton, aka Irena, also insists that she is the illegitimate daughter...
13) High Street
Author
Series
Gibson saga volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997, c1994
Edition
First U.S. edition
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
14) The escape
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Series
Survivors' Club septet volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering death of her husband, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws--until she plots an escape to distant Wales to claim a house she has inherited. Being a gentleman, Ben...
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Series
First comes love (Amelia Grey) volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
St. Martin's Paperbacks edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Adeline, Dowager Countess of Wake, learns of her husband's sudden death, she realizes she's free. At last, she can do, go, and be as she pleases. Finally, she can have the life she has always dreamed of. She doesn't need, or want, to remarry. Especially not the supremely dashing future Marquis of Marksworth, who makes Adeline yearn for his desire... Lord Lyonwood, son of a philandering marquis, will not be like his father. He wants to run his...
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