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1) Prequel
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Grace Baron had always been the good wife, in spite of a marriage based on a careless indiscretion, and sustained not by love, but by old-fashioned morality. She'd raised her daughter, bit her tongue, and silently lived with her guilt. Now that she's a widow, she can't help being glad for her sudden freedom. She'd never live her life like that again. Without a sense of control. Without deliberately making a choice about her future. And that future...
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A deadly fire and a dangerous attraction.Cat Lawson loves only two things. Her freedom and her motorcycle. The twelve months she's spent at Stargazer Ranch is the longest she's ever stayed in one place, but when Cat hears screams, she ignores the danger and dashes into a burning building.Levi Wilson has just moved to the valley, taking up a job as the new park ranger. Seeing smoke coming from a nearby ranch, he arrives to find a log cabin fully alight....
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Will Ruby find love this Christmas? 44-year-old Ruby Evans doesn't want to be a 'leftover girl' -especially in New York at Christmas. But finding a 'forever' man is proving impossible.A single mum after 20 years of marriage, her husband is the only man she has ever slept with. But the one bit of security she always thought she'd hold onto for the rest of her life is brutally ripped from her. Living the worst cliche she is is humiliatingly and cruelly...
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The purr-fect mystery series for fans of Ghosts and Ghost Whisperer.
Scarlet Sanderson sees dead people. Literally. As a reluctant conduit between the land of the living and the dearly departed, she is doing her best to have a life of her own.
With an inheritance from her grandmother and the dream of opening a flower shop, she seeks out the peace and quiet of a small coastal town, thinking surely there won't be many spectral residents....
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In my world, family and honor are everything.In my world, women are powerless.In my world, men call all the shots.My uncle is a mafia king, and my father wants the same power. I am a pawn in their games, to be used and traded.Two weeks ago, I was promised in marriage to a man I barely know.Two days ago, I discovered that man liked to torture women for fun.Two hours ago, I begged my mother to stop the marraige.Two minutes ago, I found myself promised...
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On a covert mission gone wrong, LNRE7 (aka Lenore, an undercover anti-terrorist robot) witnesses a human-on-human massacre - and rescues the only survivor, a young boy named Bryant. Seeking more information on the double-cross, Lenore is forced to take Bryant with her as she travels through enemy territory. Despite being on opposite sides, they must work together to uncover a mystery bigger than either of them could have imagined. It's a race against...
7) Only Yours
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Enemies to lovers: arranged marriage to the mob. Marry a McDade. That's the order Cyrus Doherty gives his only daughter. The bloodbath that claimed the lives of Whisper's brothers put the Doherty share of the city's business in jeopardy. Her father's way to remedy that is to form an alliance with their enemy. To prove to the McDades that the Dohertys intentions are true, Whisper's father sets her up to marry the arrogant, bullish, inconsiderate man...
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2023
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An exclusive collection featuring the four novels of Julia Quinn's Georgian-set Bridgerton prequel series, following the close friends and neighbors of the charming, powerful Bridgerton family—the Rokesbys.
In her inimitable style – full of wit, wisdom, gossip, and romance – Julia Quinn introduces the charismatic Rokesby brothers as they maneuver through the scrutiny of London's high society and secure matches
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Heartache. Betrayal. Forgiveness. Redemption... It's time to head back to Magdalena, New York, and spend a little time with the people we love to love and even a few we love to hate.Bree Kinkaid is finally going to get her happily-ever-after with Adam Brandon (from Paradise Found, That Second Chance series), but it's not going to be quick or easy. You won't want to miss the fireworks as one of Magdalena's favorites meets Mr. West Coast. Should I mention...
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Heartache. Betrayal. Forgiveness. Redemption... It's time to head back to Magdalena, New York, and spend a little time with the people we love to love and even a few we love to hate.Roman Ventori isn't looking for a wife. He's had one of those and it ended badly. He's come back to Magdalena out of duty, not love for the town that drove him away with rumors and judgments.Angie Sorrento is in Magdalena to do a job, not find a husband. She almost had...
11) Green Energy War
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No drumbeat resonates like the mobilization of public opinion for war. In 2008 and 2009, policy elites around the world prepared for US re-entry to the global climate debate. These short narrative bursts capture the heady aspirations of the time, tracing the strategic perimeter of energy initiatives that soon turned comatose – a "weird and unintended prequel" to the exuberant 21 Machetes.
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Continue the adventure and meet more of the early settlers of Chance in the second part of this short story prequel series to the Chance City Series. When jaded soiled dove Sandy Hopper is ruthlessly assaulted, Jim Gallagher, the quiet, unassuming town barber becomes her hero with the first snip of his scissors. However, determined to retain her freedom, Sandy has sworn off matrimony. Can Jim convince her that marriage can be bliss or are they headed...
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A rookie marine eager to earn his place on the team, but will he survive the night?He's the rookie on the team.Thrown from a plane into hostile territory, the young Private is eager to impress.It's supposed to be a simple in and out job, but as he leaves the safety of the plane he wonders whether he'll get through the night unscaved.Private Peffers is the prequel to the exciting War Child series.
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A rookie marine eager to earn his place on the team, but will he survive the night?He's the rookie on the team.Thrown from a plane into hostile territory, the young Private is eager to impress.It's supposed to be a simple in and out job, but as he leaves the safety of the plane he wonders whether he'll get through the night unscaved.Private Peffers is the prequel to the exciting War Child series.
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Bodden was cursed the day he was born.
Life on the frontier is harsh, leaving little room for mercy, but Richard believes there has to be a better way.
Even from an early age, he struggles to find his place in a world where he is neither needed nor wanted, powerless to change his fate.
It is only when he meets a knight of renown that he learns what it is to be truly noble.
Finally able to control his own destiny, he must choose between the past...
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Driven from their ancestral home by the Humans, the Orcs are forced to eke out an existence until one hunter dares to defy tradition.
They had one sacred rule. Never, under any circumstances, go into the mud hut!
Unlike other young Orcs, Urgon sees it as a challenge, and he's prepared to risk everything to unlock its secrets.
Shrouded in mystery, what's inside reveals a hidden past of his people, leading him to question all that he thought he knew.
Urgon's...
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2024.
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Charging hot off the wheels of the successful 2005 theatrical release, see where it all began. This comedy prequel contains wild car chases and crashes, Daisy's hilarious, but ultimately successful transformation into every Hazzard boy's fantasy girl, and all the fun and laughs expected from the Dukes of Hazzard. Featuring some of young Hollywood's hottest rising stars, including Jonathan Bennett (Cheaper by the Dozen, Mean Girls) as Bo Duke, Randy...
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When Sylvia Wilcox takes a leave of absence from the police force to investigate the untimely death of her husband, another mystery-the murder of several students from the local colleges-grabs her attention. The murder of the young men indicates that a serial killer may be roaming the backwoods of southeastern Michigan. Amid Sylvia's grief and search for answers surrounding the loss of her husband, she finds herself simultaneously involved in a dangerous...
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Five dark, fast-paced books to keep you up all night …because not all monsters live under the bed.The four MisFit Series novels, plus the prequel.Can a ten-year-old boy pull off the perfect murder?Michael Romanov does and takes the first twisted step toward becoming a serial killer by the time he's an adolescent. Love, they say, offers redemption. In early middle age, Michael falls hard for a totally unsuitable woman. What are the chances of an...
20) The Residence
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When your next victim becomes the one you must keep…For Harlan Medville, inheriting Arcania, the gothic mansion that has been in his family for centuries, is all he cares about.He will do anything to secure his succession…including remove those who threaten it.When his parents demand he find a suitable partner to prove his stability, he's enraged. But a chance meeting with naive runaway Cora sets him on a disastrous path there's no turning back...
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