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Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Presents
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"PR pro Beatrice Taylor's brief is simple--clean up playboy prince Julius's image before he becomes king. A challenge made infinitely more complicated by the heat she feels for her scandalous, off-limits client! For the first time, innocent Beatrice wants to give in to wild temptation... Julius's royal duty doesn't leave room for private desire. Discovering what lies beyond Beatrice's impenetrable emotional walls shouldn't be his priority, but she...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xv, 396 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Was the world's wealthiest woman--Liliane Bettencourt--heir to an estimated thirty-six-billion-dollar L'Oreal fortune, the victim of a con man? Or were her own family the real villains? This riveting narrative tells the real-life, shocking story behind the cause celebre that has captivated both France and the world. Liliane Bettencourt is the world's richest woman and the eleventh wealthiest person on the planet, as of 2016. But at ninety-four, she's...
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
It's a steamy June afternoon in Louisiana, circa 1956, and Sissy LeBlanc is sitting on her front porch, wondering -- half seriously -- if she could kill herself with aspirins and Coca-Cola. She's been living in stifling old Gentry since the day she was born and trapped in a sham of a marriage to PeeWee LeBlanc since she was only seventeen. In short, she's fed up, restless, and ready for an adventure. Sissy just never imagined temptation would come...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amy Rose Bennett
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lady Charlotte Hastings--already branded a hellion by polite society--is in a terrible scrape courtesy of London's most notorious blackguard. One thing is certain: her name cannot appear in the gossip rags...again. However, Charlie's bold attempt to extricate herself from the fine pickle she's in takes an unexpected turn when the devilishly handsome Maximilian, the Duke of Exmoor--the rakehell she's secretly loved for years--comes to her aid. Upon...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daughter of a scandalous mother, Delilah is already notorious even among Paris society. Her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch, and as a result Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfather's savanna manor house until the gossip subsides. The house is a sun-bleached skeleton of a faded dream in a decadent world full of expats. Then she meets Ryder White, her guide to the complex beauty of African wildlife...
86) Dare you to lie
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kylene, seventeen, determined to prove her FBI agent father innocent of murder, finds unexpected allies after returning to the town where she was involved in a scandal two years before.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
At twenty, Tiger Woods made his debut in a Nike commercial. “Hello, World,” he said. “Are you ready for me?” The world was ready. His handlers kept a tight rein on the private superstar, carefully controlling his media coverage. Although everyone recognizes Tiger Woods, his true character has remained a mystery. Tiger: The Real Story is the riveting story of this gifted athlete who tasted unprecedented success and fame. Using his storied golf...
88) Whistleblower
Author
Publisher
Wattpad Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Wattpad Books edition.
Physical Desc
376, 15 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Laurel Cates has never wanted the spotlight. As a junior studying journalism at Garland University, she's perfectly content pumping out well-written fluff pieces for the school paper and focusing on the finer things in life: friends, house parties, and carne asada tacos. But when Laurel's research for an article on the school's beloved football coach uncovers a pattern of misbehavior and a trail of lies, she knows she has to expose the truth. Even...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 392 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A young noblewoman must pair up with an alleged witch to ward off a curse in this sapphic romance set 1814"--
It is the year 1814 and life for a young lady of good breeding has many difficulties. There are balls to attend, fashions to follow, marriages to consider and, of course, the tiny complication of existing in a world swarming with fairy spirits, interfering deities, and actual straight-up sorcerers. Miss Maelys Mitchelmore finds her entry...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"...A sun-splashed romp with a rich divorcee and her two wayward daughters in 1970s Mustique, the world's most exclusive private island, where Princess Margaret and Mick Jagger were regulars and scandals stayed hidden from the press... It's January 1972 but the sun is white hot when Willy May Michael's boat first kisses the dock of Mustique Island. Tucked into the southernmost curve of the Caribbean, Mustique is a private island that has become a...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Riverbend, Texas, doesn't look like the crossroads of anywhere. But for four high school besties reuniting after twenty years, it's a place to unpack a lot of baggage. Risa's headed for divorce, Mary Nell's been kicked to the curb by her leech of a boyfriend, and Haley was just blindsided by a shocking family secret. But restless army veteran Jessica Callaway, looking to plant roots, has an idea: corral her fellow former cheerleaders and renovate...
92) Fatal accusation
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The story breaks as Metro PD lieutenant Sam Holland attends a dinner party with her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano: President Nelson is accused of having an affair. More shocking still, campaign staffer Tara Weber claims the president fathered her newborn son--while the First Lady was undergoing secret cancer treatment. When a high-profile murder case hits Sam's desk, she's shocked to uncover a connection to the presidential scandal. With...
Author
Series
Promise Lodge volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's love at first sight for Christine Hershberger when widower bishop Monroe Burkholder comes to Promise Lodge, but the arrival of a young woman who claims Monroe has "ruined" her leads to complications.
Author
Series
Disreputable debutantes volume 1
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Shy, bookish Sophie Brightwell is expected to make an advantageous match to improve her family's fortunes. However, Sophie's plans to make a spectacular debut go horribly awry when she and her three closest friends are expelled from a young ladies' academy for unbecoming conduct. Since the ton will be sure to close their doors on these disgraced debutantes, they determine that unconventional means need to be employed in the husband-hunting market."...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Ava, Madison, and Chelsea made a pact to reunite for each other's weddings when their careers sent them in different directions. But after one of them makes a choice that tears the group apart, an upcoming wedding might be their last chance to heal old wounds. Ava is about to marry the man she loves in a lavish ceremony on the shores of Lake Como, but she's haunted by the mistakes she's made. Madison's made a name for herself as an influencer...
96) The duchess
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt...
Author
Series
Harlequin presents volume 4198
Publisher
Harlequin Presents
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Shy PA Mareka works hard to hide her attraction to her superrich boss, Cayetano Figueroa--until picking up his engagement ring. Unable to resist the dazzling diamond, she impulsively tries it on...and is caught on camera. Suddenly the world thinks she's Caye's bride! Tightly wound Caye is only marrying to keep control of his company. When the scandalous headlines cost him his convenient fiancée, Mareka is the obvious replacement. Yet as they're...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
viii, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A sordid tale of bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence, set in the Gilded Age, explores the ill-fated saga of Ray, an Alexander Hamilton heir, and his wife, a con artist who tricked him into marriage using an abandoned infant, and who went to prison for stabbing their baby's nurse.
Publisher
Redburn Street Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Wright was a hometown hero, the powerful star of his high school wrestling team and a promising Olympian. However, one bad decision destroyed his dreams and forced him to leave under a cloud of scandal that has haunted him ever since.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In its heyday, the Golden Hotel was the crown jewel of the hotter-than-hot Catskills vacation scene. For more than sixty years, the Goldman and Weingold families--best friends and business partners--have presided over this glamorous resort, which served as a second home for well-heeled guests and celebrities. But the Catskills are not what they used to be--and neither is the relationship between the Goldmans and the Weingolds. As the facilities and...