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21) The after party
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the nationally bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls comes a story of 1950s Texas socialites and the one irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center of it all. Joan Fortier is the epitome of Texas glamour and the center of the 1950s Houston social scene. Tall, blonde, beautiful, and strong, she dominates the room and the gossip columns. Every man who sees her seems to want her; every woman just wants to...
22) The countess
Author
Series
Scandalous ladies of London volume 1
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Wealthy society maven Lady Gertrude knows how the world works. If her husband is less than faithful, it's an acceptable price to pay for her coveted position at the apex of London's most fashionable set. No exclusive soirée or lavish ball is complete without her and her group of decadent, well-connected friends. And this Season promises more excitement than usual: Tru is launching her daughter into Society, helping her navigate the cutthroat Marriage...
23) Rebel belle
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Harper Price's charmed life is turned upside down when she discovers she's been given magical powers in order to protect her school nemesis David Stark, who's an Oracle"--
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...
26) Newt's emerald
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On her eighteenth birthday, Lady Truthful, nicknamed "Newt," will inherit her family's treasure: the Newington Emerald. A dazzling heart-shaped gem, the Emerald also bestows its wearer with magical powers. When the Emerald disappears one stormy night, Newt sets off to recover it. Her plan entails dressing up as a man, mustache included, as no well-bred young lady should be seen out and about on her own. While in disguise, Newt encounters the handsome...
Author
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Miss Drewsmina 'Drew' Trelayne is a former awkward child and one-time wicked stepsister. Raised by a bitter, overbearing mother, Drew is all grown up and has made peace with her orange hair and bean-pole height. Her transformation has inspired her dream of opening a finishing school that emphasizes inner beauty, capability, and confidence. But launching a school costs money so Drew must begin with private clients who pay well and don't ask many questions....
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
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Every debutante aspires to snag a duke. Elin Morris just happens to have had one reserved since birth. But postponements of her marriage to London's most powerful peer give Elin time to wonder how she will marry Gavin Baynton when she cannot forget his brother, Benedict." -- Page [4] cover.
30) Lionhearted
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As the holiday season approached, the residents of Jacobsville were whispering about Janie Brewster's hopeless crush on Leo Hart. Up till now, all her efforts to lasso the dynamic cattleman had crumbled quicker than those mouthwatering biscuits the Hart men coveted. However, this time the starry-eyed debutante had come up with the perfect self-improvement campaign to dazzle Leo--she'd become a courageous cowgirl! Still, her sudden transformation...
Author
Series
Description
"Lady Georgina Hawthorne has always known she must marry well. After years of tirelessly planning every detail of her debut season, she is poised to be a smashing success and have her choice of eligible gentlemen. With money and powerful business connections but no title, Colin McCrae is invited everywhere but accepted nowhere. He intends to marry someday, but when he does it will not be to a shallow woman like Lady Georgina, whose only concerns appear...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Proper decorum has never come easily to Carlotta Anne Fairleigh-not even tonight, when the lovely, impetuous miss is finally making her debut. As she waits to make her entrance, she can't help wondering about the darkened house next door, the supposedly abandoned home of Hayden St. Clair, the man society has dubbed the "Murderous Marquess." Certainly one small peek through his window before the festivities would be harmless . . .And, naturally, this...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Reluctant debutante Keziah Montgomery lives beneath the weighty expectations of her staunch Confederate family, forced to keep her epilepsy secret for fear of a scandal. As the tensions of the Civil War arrive on their doorstep in Savannah, Keziah sees little cause for balls and courting. Despite her discomfort, she cannot imagine an escape from her familial confines--until her old schoolmate Micah shows her a life-changing truth that sets her feet...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359, 9 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
With England on the threshold of war, Valerie de Vere Cole, the niece of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, must navigate a new lifestyle when she befriends other debutantes from England's aristocracy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of her parents' mysterious disappearance, a society girl discovers her dilettante father and flighty mother were leading double lives as government spies. With the help of her uncle and mentor, she determines to continue her parents' work--a decision that takes her from the ballrooms of London to the fox hunts and regattas and soirees of high society, chasing down artfully hidden clues while trying to keep her mission a secret from her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lady Georgina Hawthorne has always known she must marry well. After years of tirelessly planning every detail of her debut season, she is poised to be a smashing success and have her choice of eligible gentlemen. With money and powerful business connections but no title, Colin McCrae is invited everywhere but accepted nowhere. He intends to marry someday, but when he does it will not be to a shallow woman like Lady Georgina, whose only concerns appear...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lyrical Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dogged by gossip and scandal, Ramsey Scott, Marquess of Sterling, is the last man who should stand guard over lovely Miss Grace Morgan, much less fall for her. When the innocent's first outings of the season land her in Temptations, the private club Ramsey manages, he longs to take her in his arms and keep her there, if only his past would allow it. Their friendship will have to suffice--but as Grace blooms in society, Ramsey feels her slipping from...
38) Miss Mayhem
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Harper Price and her new boyfriend and oracle David Stark face new challenges as the powerful Ephors seek to claim David for their own"--
39) The Irish duke
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Signet Eclipse mass market ed.
Physical Desc
402 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
As the greatest young beauty in all of England, a young woman is pursued by every titled bachelor in the land, and refuses everyone, including an Irish lord, but a family scandal throws her reluctantly into his arms, bringing consequences she never expected.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
On the verge of a stilted life as an aristocrat's wife, Poppy Hammond does the only sensible thing--she flees the chapel in her wedding gown. Assisted by the handsome curate who calls himself Sebastian Cantrip, she spirits away to her estranged father's quiet country village, pursued by the family she left in uproar. But when the dust of her broken engagement settles and Sebastian disappears under mysterious circumstances, Poppy discovers there is...