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4181) Taming the Billionaire
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In this sexy beauty and the beast inspired romance, a woman goes undercover to discover a wealthy recluse's secrets and becomes pregnant with his child.
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Cat & Xander return in a Friessen Family novella about hurdles in this young couple's relationship
Cat and Xander have been living together for years and for Cat it's everything she wants until an unexpected complication changes everything in this couple's relationship.
But for Xander having Cat means she comes with her very opinionated and interfering father Neil who is always sticking his nose into their relationship. Only this time it isn't Xander...
4183) London Belles
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London Belles is a tale of four very different young women thrown together by war. Finding freedom and independence - as well as love, passion and heartbreak - for the very first time, a unique bond is formed as the hostilities take their toll on Britain.
United by chance, bound together in times of need
When tragedy strikes, Olive is forced to seek lodgers. Three girls come knocking at her door, each in need of a roof over their heads.
Sally has...
4184) Wave Me Goodbye
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A compelling story of tragedy and triumph in WWII -the second in a series of books featuring four young women whose lives will be forever changed by the war.
When war is declared, four plucky girls from Dartford - Grace, Sally, Rose and Daisy - are keen to do their bit on the Home Front.
For orphan Grace, it's a chance to start afresh. She's always has a soft spot for Sam Petrie, brother of Daisy and Rose, but realising that he is in love with their...
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A special single-volume edition of Sue Harrison's epic and masterful Storyteller Trilogy In Song of the River, eighty centuries ago, in the frozen land that is now Alaska, a clubfooted male child had been left to die, when a woman named K'os rescued him. Twenty years later and no longer a child, Chakliux occupies the revered role as his tribe's storyteller. In the neighboring village of the Near River people, where Chakliux will attempt to make peace...
4186) The Forgotten Orphan
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Abandoned when she was tiny, Maisie Reynolds isn't scared of Hitler or his devastating bombs. Her life at Holly Bush orphanage is already miserable enough. Poor Maisie has never known love, only cruelty and as her birthday approaches, she can't wait to free herself from this cruel prison. But fate has other plans. Because now Maisie has a chance to care for the lost and forgotten survivors of the terrible war and bring kindness to Holly Bush House....
4187) Le Ruban Rouge
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Avril 1756, Angleterre.
Le capitaine Slade, surnommé « l'Araignée », vient d'abattre sa fureur sur William. Conscient de son erreur, il tente par tous les moyens de se racheter. Il reprend sa vie chaotique en main et souhaite, par-dessus tout, obtenir le pardon de son cadet.
Le jeune lieutenant William Lowis-Doyle admet que son formateur devient peu à peu son allié et trouve en lui une aide précieuse, même si la méfiance est de rigueur....
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The Winter of '79 is the true story of one particular winter season that spanned the gap from 1979 to 1980 with a lot of nasty weather in between. We know about it because Kate, alone on a mountaintop with no phone and no one over the age of one to talk to, wrote letters to her mamasan in Hawaii. Her mom kept the letters. Kate also penned a journal. Between the two written sources and more than one hundred original photographs, a person can get a...
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La nouvelle série passionnante signée Pierre Jacquet, également connu sous le nom de Pierre J Pro', vous offre douze bonnes raisons de partir à l'aventure, regroupées en six thèmes distincts. Les histoires de Pierre vous transporteront vers de nouveaux mondes, garantissant divertissement et rebondissements. Une surprise extraordinaire qui fera d'Émeraude votre saga préférée et qui marquera le début du voyage le plus exceptionnel de votre...
4190) Always In My Heart
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Brenda Stuart returns to her late husband's home devastated by his loss only to find herself accused of bestowing favours upon the Germans. Life has been difficult for her over the war, having been held in an internment camp in France simply because of her nationality. Thankful that her son at least was safe in the care of his grandmother, she now finds that she has lost him too, and her life is in turmoil.
Prue, her beloved sister-in-law, is also...
4191) Dolly's Dream
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Dolly's dreams could lead her astray...
Dolly Blanchard dreams of a bigger life. She wants to make a mark on the world, not simply wait for a husband to come along. So, when an impoverished actress offers her a lifeline, Dolly flees to London, determined to make it on the stage and prove to her family—and herself—that she can strike out alone.
But the dark city streets are full of danger. With her dreams fading to dust, Dolly soon finds herself...
4192) Le retour de l'Archange
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Au terme d'une mission sur Terre absolument catastrophique, Daniel Elzéard Gabriel, Officier de la Guilde de Sirius, a été rapatrié sur sa planète après s'être fait passer pour l'Archange Saint-Michel. Il y mène depuis lors une vie paisible dans sa campagne sirienne. Toutefois, les circonstances l'obligent à revenir sur Terre...
4193) Deepest Blue: A Novel
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For fans of Paulo Coelho and Neil Gaiman comes a magical story by critically acclaimed author Mindy Tarquini.
In Panduri, an enchanted city seen only at twilight, everyone's path is mapped, everyone's destiny decided, their lives charted at birth and steered by an unwavering star. Everyone has his place, and Matteo, second son of Panduri's duca, is eager to take up his as Legendary Protector-at the border and out from under his father's domineering...
4194) Cry of the Wind
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In an ancient time of icy splendor at the top of the world, can two people whose spirits belong to each other overcome the senseless violence between their tribes? A wise storyteller and powerful hunter, Chakliux has one weakness: the beautiful Aqamdax, who has been promised to a cruel tribesman she does not love. But there can be no future for Chakliux and Aqamdax until a curse upon their peoples has been lifted. As they travel a dangerous path,...
4195) How Not to Marry an Earl
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She much prefers an American stranger over the earl she's meant to marry-but a surprise awaits . . .
To escape marriage to the newly inherited Earl of Comstock, bookish Charity, the plainest of the Strickland sisters, must find her family's missing diamonds.
She meets her match in an intellectual stranger auditing the estate . . . not knowing he is Lord Comstock himself!
With him, Charity feels different-even desirable! But will seizing one...
4196) Call Down the Stars
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In the icy land of prehistoric Alaska, two heroic storytellers bring to life the final chapter of their ancestors: the star-crossed lovers Chakliux and Aqamdax A handsome young tribal warrior and sage, Yikaas has traveled across the sea to hear stories of the Whale Hunter and the Sea Hunter peoples. Around the fire, Qumalix, a beguiling and beautiful storyteller, barely old enough to be a wife, catches the eye of Yikaas, and so begins their flirtation...
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Trois romans noirs qui illustrent différentes facettes de la vengeance
Sans avoir de personnages en commun, ces trois histoires se déroulent dans le même quartier parisien, celui des Batignolles dans le 17ème Arrondissement. Au fil des pages, on y retrouve des points de convergence, parfois délibérés de la part de l'auteur, parfois inconscients.
La vengeance bien sûr, comme fil rouge : vengeance personnelle, soif de justice aveugle, punition...
4198) Matin rouge au Guilvinec
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Norbert Le Gall, un industriel en plein succès, s'attire les foudres de ses ennemis...
La réussite de l'industriel du mareyage Norbert Le Gall, un homme d'une forte personnalité, est exemplaire. Sa volonté, son goût du risque, sa poigne de fer, lui ont permis de bâtir, contre vents et marées, un véritable empire. Présent de la pointe de la Bretagne à l'embouchure de Bidassoa, Norbert Le Gall fait claquer la flamme de sa propspérité dans...
4199) Jamie
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He never wanted to become a vampire hunter...
Dr. Jamie Joplin has always had a fear of the dark and the creatures that crawl forth from the shadows after the sun goes down. His parents speak of immortal beings capable of destroying vampires, but Jamie decides at an early age, that is not the life for him. He's perfectly content to stay a human surgeon, fixing human afflictions.
When his sister is seriously injured pursuing a vampire, Jamie is the...
4200) Cinderella Next Door
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All that's missing is the glass slipper…
High school teacher and aspiring artist Ginny Sanders knows she is not Draper Fortune's type. Content to admire her fabulous and flirty new neighbor from a distance, she is stunned when he asks her out. What would the superwealthy, superhandsome Fortune want with her? Draper is charmed by the sensitive teacher, but when he learns why she doesn't date, he must decide if he can be the man she needs…
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