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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one's shortlist to be president. Rough and reticent, he's a country lawyer lacking money and manners, living above a dry goods shop, but with a gift for oratory. Mary, a quick, self-possessed debutante with a tireless interest in debates and elections, at first finds him an enigma. "I can only hope," she tells his roommate, the handsome, charming Joshua Speed, "that...
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Español
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La historia de una boda fantástica, de la vuelta de la novia a sus padres en deshonra, de la resolución de sus hermanos para intentar venganza en su corruptor, y de la denegación de los townspeoples para salir de rutina.
The story of a fantastic wedding, the return of the bride to her parents in disgrace, her brothers' resolve to seek revenge on her corruptor, and the townspeoples' refusal to depart from routine.
This is a novel about the attempts...
23) Dark illusion
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Series
Language
English
Description
At any other time, Julija Brennan would find solace in the quiet of the Sierra Mountains, but now the mage is in the race of her life. Having broken free from her controlling family, Julija's attempts to warn the Carpathians of the coming threat has failed and put a target on her back--and those who hunt her are close behind... After centuries locked away in a monastery in the Carpathian Mountains, Isai Florea can't believe he's finally found his...
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Series
Amish of Apple Creek volume 3
Language
English
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"Now that her friends are all marrying or moving away, Heart Beachy has started feeling lonely. Worse, everyone keeps asking when she's going to find a man of her own. Don't they realize Heart has her hands full at home with her widowed dad, too many chores, and a menagerie of needy, small animals? Besides, she doesn't understand the fuss about marriage. It's enough to make her consider finally becoming a pet-sitter, or moving to an English community,...
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English
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"Eliza Keim has no interest in getting married. But with her stepfather pressuring her to court, Eliza begrudgingly agrees to walk out with blueberry farmer Jonas Kanagy. She has no idea his true intention is only to protect his brother from getting his heart broken. Yet making their in-name-only courtship look real is surprisingly easy. Might this practical arrangement end up backfiring in the best possible way?" -- Page [4] cover.
26) Plain Peace
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Language
English
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"Anna's grandfather seems determined to ruin her Rumspringa and any hopes she has of finding a husband. Anna Byler should be enjoying her Rumspringa as allowed by her faith. But because of the strict rules enforced by her grandfather, the available suitors in town are afraid to court her. Even Anna's grandmother is keeping a big secret from Anna's grandfather in an effort to keep the peace. Under her grandfather's oppressive watch, Anna begins to...
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Language
English
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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...
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Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Pocket Books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
When their friendship turns into something more, Dr. Rhys Gray and Miss Margaret Babcock, no longer able to deny their connection, find the scruples of society and jealous intentions weighing heavily upon their newfound relationship.
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
969 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Collects three stories about Lizzie, a free-spirited, young Amish woman who struggles to fit into Amish society and then tries to decide between marrying her fiancé Stephen or continuing her teaching career.
30) Sister's choice
Author
Series
Patchwork circle volume 2
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
349 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When it comes to quilting, Maggie Newcomb is all thumbs. And nobody rubs it in more than Emma Jean Stoddard. But Maggie swallows her ire for one simple reason--she has a crush on Emma Jean's handsome son, Colby, and doesn't want to ruin her chances. So she works hard to become the best quilter in Maintown. Her plan seems to be working--that is, until Tamara Brennan comes to town. Tamara is wealthy and poised as well as beautiful, and immediately turns...
31) Courting Caleb
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Series
Amish mail order grooms volume 2
Language
English
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"Wanted: An Amish Mail Order Groom. Age 20-30. Must understand that courting will follow the marriage ceremony in gut order. Seeking one who is reserved, quiet, and bookish. It worked for her best friend, so why shouldn't Abigail Mast, the local potter of Blackberry Falls, follow suit and advertise for a groom? But her plan goes awry when two men arrive in answer to her ad. The bishop's unexpected solution: Abigail should court them both and make...
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Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Every young man in London's ton is vying for Lady Caroline Hawke's hand--except one. Handsome roué Prince Leopold of Alucia can't quite remember Caroline's name, and the insult is not to be tolerated. So Caroline does what any clever, resourceful lady of means would do to make sure Leo never again forgets: sees that scandalous morsels about his reputation are printed in a ladies' gossip gazette...all while secretly setting her cap for the rakish...
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sophronia Lattimore had her romantic dreams destroyed years ago and is resigned to her role as chaperone for her cousin. Still, she cannot sit idly by when she becomes aware that a gentleman is about to propose to the wrong woman. She sends him an anonymous letter that is soon the talk of the town, particularly when her advice proves to be correct. Her identity is discovered and Sophie, formerly a wallflower, becomes sought after for her expert matchmaking...
36) Adoring Addie
Author
Series
Courtships of Lancaster County volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
"Set in Lancaster County, Addie and Jonathan struggle to continue their relationship against both sets of parents' wishes. Will love finally mend the feud between their two families, or will their forbidden courtship drive everyone further apart?"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"1828, the London countryside. For years, Marietta Stone has harbored a secret infatuation for the handsome Frederick Finch and has poured out her deepest feelings in a series of passionate love letters that she keeps in a locked drawer. But when Marietta's private letters are accidentally delivered to Frederick's house, she must retrieve them immediately before they fall into the wrong hands. If the letters were read by anyone else, the resulting...
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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...
39) Mary B: a novel
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice casts off her prim exterior and takes center stage in this fresh retelling of the classic novel. I will tell you the story of how I knew myself to be plain and therefore devoid of the one virtue which it behooves every woman to have. What is to be done with Mary Bennet? She possesses neither the beauty of her eldest sister, Jane, nor the high-spirited charm of second-born Lizzy. Even...
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Series
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 218 pages : maps ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
First published anonymously in 1872, "Under the Greenwood Tree" is Thomas Hardy's story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. A pleasant romantic tale set in the Victorian era, "Under the Greenwood Tree" is the first of Hardy's "Wessex" novels and is one of his most gentle and pastoral stories. Dick falls in love with the beautiful and talented Fancy the moment he meets...