The fiery Lady Talia resides in a castle of great strategic importance. With his eye on the castle, King Stephen wants Lady Talia tamed. He assigns Lord Alex de Monteneau to protect the maiden and...
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Author: Needham, LindaSummary:
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Author: Metzger, BarbaraSummary:
Ace Endicott, the Earl of Carde, needs a woman who will give him an heir, but he never expects to be engaged to three different women or to become the laughingstock of the gossip columnists....
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Author: Mansfield, KatherineSummary:
A collection of ten extraordinary tales about the privileged worlds the author encountered in New Zealand, England and on The Continent.
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Author: Quinn, JuliaSummary:
After falling in love with Nigel Bevelstoke, Viscount Turner, as a child because of his kindness to her, Miranda Cheever is reunited with him years later, finding a lonely and harsh man,...
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Author: Cushman, KarenSummary:
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
English spy Kimball O'Hara - who inspired Rudyard Kipling's famous title character in Kim - has gone missing and is feared either kidnapped or killed. Russell and Holmes, a secret friend of Kim,...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
Returning to London after extensive travels abroad, Mary and husband Sherlock Holmes receive an unexpected visit from Sherlock's estranged son Damian. Years ago, Damian was arrested following the...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
Haunted by her dreams, Mary Russell arrives in San Francisco in 1924 to settle her parents' estate. But she quickly encounters a few surprises and learns there may be a great deal more to her...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
Under cover of night, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes have been smuggled into British-occupied Palestine to do a job for MycroftMycroft Holmes, that is, the great detective's older (and some...
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Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:
When Charmain is asked to housesit for Great Uncle William, the Royal Wizard of Norland, she is ecstatic to get away from her parents, but finds that his house is much more than it seems.
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Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself...
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Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his...
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Author: Crombie, DeborahSummary:
A biographer asks Scotland yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma Jones to help her prove that a talented poet did not commit suicide, but was murdered. They discover startling news...
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Author: Cushman, KarenSummary:
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and...
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Author: Henley, VirginiaSummary:
Lord Abercorn of Ireland fell madly for Louisa when they were children. But she refused him then, as she still refuses every man, adamant she will never marry. Yet when scandal rocks her family,...