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Author
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
"Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work 'her own darling child' and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit...
Author
Series
Mischief and matchmaking volume 1
Language
English
Description
Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. It's 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth's skin crawl and she'd rather be anywhere but here. Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. Or rather, she needs a husband who has a fortune. Left with her father's massive debts, she has only twelve weeks to save her family from ruin. Kitty has never been one to back down from a challenge, so she leaves home and heads toward the most dangerous battleground in all of England: the London season. Kitty may be neither accomplished nor especially genteel--but she is utterly single-minded; imbued with cunning and...
Author
Language
English
Description
Miss Viola Astley is so painfully shy that she's horrified by the mere idea of dancing with a stranger; her upcoming London debut feels like a nightmare. So she's overjoyed to meet handsome, quiet vicar with no interest in polite society--but just when she catches his attention, her reputation is compromised by a duke. Devin Lucas Augustus Elstan, Duke of Wynter, will stop at nothing to marry Viola, including marrying a woman whom he believes to be...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Next to the Season's newest diamond, Harriet (Hattie) Woodchurch feels like a plain Jane. But that's of no consequence, since Hattie's plan for her future is to earn enough to live far, far away from her embarrassing family. That is until Mateo Vincente, Duke of Santiava and newly minted Viscount Abbott, arrives in London. While the shy European's spoken English is impeccable, his writing is less fluent. The ton is eager to meet the handsome bachelor,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's a well-known fact that when a man is in search of a bride, a good dowry is never a hindrance. Thomas Sharpe is handsome, well-bred, and desperately in need of a wealthy bride. His father has lost their income, his sister needs looking after, and so to save them all from a life of poverty he travels to London in search of an heiress. Enter Lady Jane Capel. After her fiancé ended their engagement two years ago, Jane boldly left her parents' home...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Description
"The Winthrop Hopkins Female Academy has one purpose: to train its students in the feminine arts, with an eye toward getting them married off. There are two problems, however. The academy is in a Yorkshire backwater, far from anywhere...and there are virtually no eligible men. How can eight Winthrop Hopkins girls manage to get around those constraints and snare the man (or future) of their dreams?" -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In London in the 1680s, Meg--now sixteen years old--tries to decide whether to marry either of the two men who court her, taking into account both love and her writing ambitions. In Restoration London, sixteen-year-old Meg Moore is something of an anomaly. Unlike other girls her age, Meg pores over books. She spends long hours conversing with the famous authors and poets who visit her father's bookstore, and even writes her own stories, laboring over...
10) Lakeshire Park
Author
Series
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Amelia Moore needs to secure her sister's engagement to Sir Ronald or else the two sisters will be left destitute. The only problem is that Peter Wood has the same goal for his own sister. Amelia and Peter begin a rivalry--one that Amelia has no choice but to win--but competing against Peter makes Amelia vulnerable to losing the only thing she has left to claim--her heart" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When disheartened Pittsburgh teen Audrey transports back to 1812 England, she expects to find love as a Regency romance heroine, but surprisingly sparks fly when she meets Lucy Sinclair.
What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love...just not in your lifetime? Audrey Cameron has lost her spark. But after getting dumped by her first love and waitlisted at her dream art school all in one week, she has no intention of putting her heart on the line again...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1050L
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In order to support her family and maintain their ancient castle in Lesser Hoo, seventeen-year-old Althea bears the burden of finding a wealthy suitor who can remedy their financial problems.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
236 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the turn of eighteenth-century England, spirited Elizabeth Bennet copes with the suit of the snobbish Mr. Darcy while trying to sort out the romantic entanglements of two of her sisters, sweet and beautiful Jane and scatterbrained Lydia.
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vowing to keep Miss Abigail Abbott safe, Lord Stephen Wentworth offers her a marriage of convenience and a chance to escape her dangerous enemies, which gives him a chance to prove that his love for her is real.
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Lexile measure
HL 580L
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Silly Mrs. Bennet is "husband hunting" for her five daughters. Heaven knows it isn't easy! Darcy would make a great match for Elizabeth--if it weren't for his false pride and her stubborn prejudice. And the other girls aren't cooperating either. Jane is too shy to show affection, and Lydia has run off with an unsuitable army officer! What's a poor mother to do?
18) Pleasured
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Large Print ; Unabridged edition.
Physical Desc
501 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Damon, the earl of Mardoun, is smitten the moment he meets Meg, the village healer -- but she will have none of him, even if he is the most handsome man she's ever laid eyes on. Then Damon's daughter falls gravely ill. Distraught, he turns to Meg for help. As she nurses his beloved daughter back to health, Meg and Damon fall madly in love. Yet they both know an earl must wed a noble bride, and Meg will be no man's mistress. Will the two lovers overcome...