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21) The masquerade
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Series
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English
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As a child, shy, bookish Elizabeth Anne Fitzgerald loses her heart to the dashing young Lord Tyrell de Warenne. Although she is well aware that he is the heir to an earldom and utterly unattainable, Lizzie secretly worships him for years. On the night of her first masquerade ball, she is stunned when he suggests that they rendezvous at midnight. But then fortune takes a maddening turn and Lizzie is thwarted from ever meeting Tyrell. Lizzie is certain...
22) Forbidden
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
"As maid to some of the most wanton ladies of the ton, Margery Mallon lives within the boundaries of any sensible servant. Entanglements with gentlemen are taboo. Wild adventures are for the Gothic novels she secretly reads. Then an intriguing stranger named Mr. Ward offers her a taste of passion, and suddenly the wicked possibilities are too tempting to resist. Henry Atticus Richard Ward is no ordinary gentleman. He's Lord Wardeaux and he is determined...
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Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
From author William W. Johnstone comes another rousing, never-before-published Mountain Man adventure that takes readers into the heart and soul of a man who once lived on the wrong side of the law and now is willing to die for justice.
24) Deception island
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Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Rafe Angelito thought he was done with the demons from his past--until his son is kidnapped. Blackmailed into abducting an American heiress, the legionnaire soon finds himself trapped in paradise with a fiery, daring beauty who's nothing he expects...and everything he desires. But when he uncovers her own dark secret, Rafe realizes he's made a critical mistake--one that could cost him everything. Playing body double for a spoiled socialite was supposed...
25) John Woman
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
At twelve years old, Cornelius, the son of an Italian-American woman and an older black man from Mississippi named Herman, secretly takes over his father's job at a silent film theater in New York's East Village. Five years later, as Herman lives out his last days, he shares his wisdom with his son, explaining that the person who controls the narrative of history controls their own fate. After his father dies and his mother disappears, Cornelius sets...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Robin Voigt is dead. If Leslie had arrived at her sister's cramped Las Vegas apartment just hours earlier, this would have been their first reunion in a decade. In the years since Robin ran away from home as a teenager, Leslie has stayed in New Mexico, taking care of their dying father even as she began building a family of her own. But when their father passed away, Leslie received a rude awakening: She and Robin would receive the inheritance he...
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Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tired of being on the wrong side of the law, bandit Tom Palmer takes the identity of a dead lawman and heads to the town of Integrity, South Dakota, where he takes over as the local sheriff, hiding in plain sight.
29) Tongue in chic
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 18 cm
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English
Description
Devlin Fitzwilliam catches Meadow Szarvas breaking into his mansion to steal a painting. In desperation, she feigns amnesia as her excuse. Devlin then pulls a fast one, claiming she is his wife in this new novel of romantic suspense.
30) Heat seeker
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Series
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"John Vincent has always led a life of danger, and now he has every reason to want to remain as dead as the obituary in the Australian papers had proclaimed him to be. He'd left nothing behind in the life he had once led--except for one woman, and one night of unforgettable passion. Bailey Serborne is still tormented by a past she can't change and a man she hasn't been able to forget--a man who was supposed to be dead. But now, a stroke of fate has...
Author
Series
Harlequin romance volume 677
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Why on earth did I agree to this crazy plan?! This multimillionaire Jack Bullen had a proposal for me, to pose as his girlfriend so he could avoid an unwanted marriage. I said yes, it was a whole lot better than going back to being a waitress. It sounded like fun, a free holiday in Monte Carlo, who'd say no? But Jack is gorgeous! Like Pierce Brosnan. It's really hard doing all this kissing and flirting when it's all 'pretend.' I want it to be for...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Twenty years ago, Myra Barkley's daughter disappeared from the rocky beach across from the family inn, on the Oregon coast. Ever since, Myra has waited at the front desk for her child to come home. One rainy afternoon, the miracle happens--her missing daughter, now twenty-eight years old with a child of her own, walks in the door. Elizabeth Lark is on the run with her son. She's just killed her abusive husband and needs a place to hide. Against her...
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kit McBride knows that Buck's Creek, Montana, is no place to find a wife. Between him and his three brothers--plus little Junebug--they manage all right on their own, thank you very much. But unbeknownst to Kit, his sister is sick to death of cleaning, cooking, and mending for her big brothers, so she places an ad in The Matrimonial News to get them hitched. After Maddy Mooney emigrated from Ireland, she found employment with an eccentric but poor...
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Series
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English
Description
"The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince's future is assured, his twelve sisters must find their own fortunes. Disguising herself as Clarence, a sailor, Princess Clarice intends to work her way to the New World. When the crew rebels, Clarice/Clarence, an expert with rapier and dagger, sides with the handsome navigator, Dominick, and kills the cruel captain. Dominick leads the now-outlawed crew...
35) Gunpowder tea
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Series
Language
English
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Pinkerton detective Miranda Hunt assumes another woman's identity in order to apprehend the Phantom, an elusive and notorious train robber thought to be hiding on the sprawling Last Chance Ranch. But she isn't the only one there with something to hide. Wells Fargo detective Jeremy Taggert is working the scene undercover as well. And although their true identities are a secret, it is impossible for Jeremy and Miranda to hide the spark that flares between...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Count Maximillian von Staufer's fiancée disappears, he discovers her doppelgänger, an Englishwoman, and persuades her to impersonate the missing lady. Little do the Englishwoman and her companion friend Olivia know that they will be pulled into a mystery of international intrigue and... romance.
37) Scandalous again
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Doubleday large print home library ed. ; Unabridged.
Physical Desc
482 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Two exquisite cousins must exchange identities in a scandalous deception. Madeline de Lacy, the duchess of Magnus, prides herself on being one of the most sensible young women in England, which is why she can't believe that, in a turn of the cards, her noble father has lost his entire estate -- and her! -- to a stranger.
On a mission to salvage her family fortune, she changes places with her cousin and companion, sending the meeker Eleanor to confront...
38) Past due
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
474 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A defense attorney who lives his life in shades of gray, Victor Carl fights all the right fights for all the wrong reasons. With a failing legal practice, a dead-end love life, and a pile of unpaid traffic tickets, Victor skates on the razor's edge of legal ethics in search of the easy buck. But the one absolute in Victor's life is loyalty, especially to a client -- even if he happens to be dead. Like Joey Cheaps, a no-account who takes a knife to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The newest headspinning thriller from the breakout South African crime writer, author of "Heart of the Hunter," is the story of an ex-cop, Zet van Heerden, who has seven days to solve a seemingly unsolvable crime--the answer to which lies in his own dark past.
40) Mirror image
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Language
English
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Description
"The crash of a Dallas-bound jet wasn't just a tragedy to TV reporter Avery Daniels; it was an act of fate that handed her a golden opportunity to further her career. Mistaken for a glamorous, selfish woman named Carole Rutledge, the badly injured Avery would find that plastic surgery had given her Carole's face, the famous senatorial candidate for a husband, and a powerful Texas dynasty for in-laws. And as she lay helpless in the hospital, she would...