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"In 1938, a dead whale washes up on the shores of remote Welsh island. For Manod, who has spent her whole life on the island, it feels like both a portent of doom and a symbol of what may lie beyond the island's shores. A young woman living with her father and her sister (to whom she has reluctantly but devotedly become a mother following the death of their own mother years prior), Manod can't shake her welling desire to explore life beyond the beautiful...

"Bold and adventurous, Prudence Thorne is not the kind of woman to stand by meekly when someone she loves has been wronged. And she’s quite certain that Jasper Vincent, Duke of Montford, somehow duped her father into racking up enormous gambling debts. When fate offers her a chance to blackmail Jasper into forgiving her father’s losses, she seizes it . . . only to have her scheme backfire. Jasper enjoys London’s illicit delights too much to...

A duke harboring dark secrets and determined never to marry...until he meets the girl his heart won't ever forget.
Enjoy this hilarious, bestselling Regency series.
London is never the same once the Farthingales move onto Chipping Way, one of the loveliest streets in Mayfair. With five beautiful daughters in residence, the street has become a trap for unwary bachelors. Who will be next to fall?
Daffodil Farthingale, known

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"Rhapsodic and sensuous." "Savage and tender." Blood to Rubies is the scorching saga of injustice, love, and redemption in the western wilderness. A young frontier photographer goes West to escape the Civil War draft and settles in the Bitterroot Mountains, ancestral home of the Nez Perce Indians. There he becomes obsessed with a young Irish pioneer woman he spies swimming nude in a mountain lake. He comes to admire the Nez Perce and photographs the...

Charlie Langley needs to escape her past, and a relationship that has tried to damage her spirit. She goes looking for her brother, only to find herself in a time far away from what she knows. Somehow, she has ended up in 1880, and she's not happy about it.
Gabe Noland spent his life believing he wasn't ever going to amount to anything. Leaving Heartsbridge after having lies spread to ruin his name, he vows never to return. When an opportunity

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Lord Julian Caldicott accepts a request to search for the missing wife of Mr. John Tait. Evelyn Tait disappeared five years ago, and as Julian attempts to follow a cold trail, he meets with resistance, lies, and suspicion from those who should seek most eagerly to aid him. Matters grow more complicated when the investigation drives a wedge of silence between Julian and his dear friend Hyperia West.

Julian battles his own past, unexpected

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"A richly detailed, slow-burning family saga distinguished by incisive psychological insight and masterful research. . . Shattuck is such a good writer, giving us swaths of cultural and historical background as gracefully and intelligently as she parses the emotional depths of her characters. Every note in the novel rings clear and true." — Kate Christensen, New York Times Book Review

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JOHNSTONE'S AMERICA. THE GOLD STANDARD. From the acclaimed chroniclers of the Old West comes the epic saga of the great American Gold Rush-and the boldhearted dreamers who made it all happen. . . . THEY CALLED THEM THE FORTY-NINERS. In January of 1848, the discovery of gold at Sutters Mill in California sparked a nationwide frenzy, fueling the dreams of Americans from coast to coast. By 1849, hundreds of thousands of fortune hunters from...

"Betrayal, loss, love, redemption, and justice collide in this masterpiece of a novel. You won't want to miss The Book of Thorns." —Paulette Kennedy, author of The Devil and Mrs. Davenport
A spellbinding tale of secrets, betrayal, and magic from the author of The Heir to Blackwood Library!
Penniless and stranded in France after a bid to escape her cruel uncle goes awry, Cornelia Shaw is far from the...

In the collection 'Father Brown Complete Series', G. K. Chesterton presents all 51 short stories featuring the enigmatic detective priest, Father Brown. The stories are a blend of mystery, theology, and sharp wit, illustrating Chesterton's unique ability to craft intricate plots with moral complexity. Chesterton's literary style is characterized by his clever use of paradox and his profound understanding of human nature, making each story a thought-provoking...