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Singing Hills Cycle novels volume 5
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Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle returns with a stand-alone gothic mystery that unfolds in the empire of Ahn.
"A remarkable accomplishment of storytelling." -NPR on The Empress of Salt and Fortune
"Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today." -Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen
The Cleric Chih accompanies a beautiful young bride to her wedding to the aging ruler of a crumbling estate situated at the crossroads of...
2) Bride's Moon
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When the remnants of Special SciOps Unit 69, the Wolves, reunited to save a group of soldiers used as lab rats in a secret experiment, Colonel Joshua Harjo never expected to command the covert government unit again. Someone near the top wants the 69th back on active duty and Harjo is tasked with making it happen, along with keeping the men the Wolves rescued top secret..Amy Rouse is the best "cat herder" around and she's recruited for administrative...
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Respectable showgirl
When the widowed boardinghouse keeper he has come to rescue turns out to be a scantily-clad showgirl, Jed Doulan knows he's in for trouble. With his shadowed past, he'd be mad to let this spirited-;and surprisingly innocent-;woman get close.
Rebellious bride
Bound by a hasty marriage to her reluctant hero, Rachell Carlson senses his struggle to keep a distance between them. But the message in Jed's eyes makes her pulse quicken-;and...
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She needed a husband; he wanted an inheritance. Would their marriage of convenience be a nightmare for both of them?It's Christmas time, 1971, and Sophie Banister is out of options. Unemployed and the mother of a three week old daughter, her controlling husband has walked out on her with only a cruel letter. When she meets handsome airline executive John Granger by chance, he makes an offer she can't refuse.Swept up in a whirlwind marriage of convenience,...
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Enjoy this steamy menage romance by the best-selling Paranormal Shifter Romance author Selina Coffey. Adelina has no dowry and no prospects. As the third daughter of an impoverished earl, her choices are limited. Desperate not to become a priestess, she makes a plan when the High Dragon's court comes for their historic meeting with the human king. She will be so alluring that she can steal the heart of one of the richest noblemen at court. During...
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Bidding on his convenient bride!
There's no room in James Fast Elk Blackburn's dangerous life for a wife, but the gentle beauty on offer in the town's bridal auction would make the perfect caregiver for his orphaned niece.
Miranda Fairfax is trying to reach her sister in Arizona. Being arrested then forcibly wed to a bounty hunter is not part of her plan! Yet Jamie's rough exterior conceals a compassionate, sensual man, and Miranda soon wishes their...
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It was properly dark outside, which meant it was getting late by the time Preacher Jones and Abigail Dolby set off for the short trek to Taylor Smith's abode. Thankfully there was a light on when they arrived and as soon as the preacher knocked on the door, he stepped back a few feet as if he was anticipating a monster to charge out of the door at any moment. Taylor opened the door and looked out at Abigail first, then at the preacher."Preacher Jones,"...
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he Prescott Brides. A thrilling new series by USA Today Bestselling Author Cynthia Woolf!Five outlaw brides. Five brothers. They take a chance and each find love.She might be forging a new life as a bride for Clay, but Gwen has a past. A lawless past she escapes by becoming a mail order bride where she hopes to find a love she could only dream about.Her new groom is all she imagined. Bold, kind and fiercely protective. But he's been hurt too and fiercely...
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From a USA Today Bestselling Author...The Prescott Brides. A thrilling new series by USA Today Bestselling Author Cynthia Woolf!Five outlaw brides. Five brothers. They take a chance and each find love.The love of mother for her child can never be broken. Fiona O'Neill knows that love. To save her child she would do anything, even become a mail-order bride to a stranger.Her new groom is unlike any man she's ever known, he's physically stronger than...
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The Prescott Brides. A thrilling new series by USA Today Bestselling Author Cynthia Woolf!Five outlaw brides. Five brothers. They take a chance and each find love.You can only live through Hell once, or so it's said. Maisie would disagree, but now she has a chance to forget her past and have a promising future by becoming a mail-order bride. Will this marriage of convenience help her to forget her past and find love with her new husband?He's faced...
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From a USA Today Bestselling Author...THE PRESCOTT BRIDESFive lady outlaws sent to prison for bank robbery. Their sentences commuted to time served if they become mail-order brides.Five brothers looking for wives, take a chance on the outlaw brides.Will they find happiness or heartache?This is Ivy's story.Ivy Sheahan was married to the man she loved…for a full three months before he was killed in the in a robbery of the mercantile in Flagstaff,...
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Three Brides, three grooms-;and they all meet at
THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR
Damian Skouras thought he was allergic to marriage, and Laurel Bennett didn't make it to the church on time...;. But, still, they collided as guests at the Wedding of the Year. Damian hadn't been looking for commitment, and Laurel didn't date macho Greek men...;. But their mutual physical attraction was red-hot, and soon Damian was insisting that they have a wedding of their...
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Golden Age mystery author John Dickson Carr displays his mastery of the historical mystery in this thrilling tale of courtship and punishment in Regency-era England. To inherit her family fortune, beautiful Miss Caroline Ross must marry before her twenty-fifth birthday. But she has found only two breeds of husband: violent drunks and irresponsible dandies. To evade wedded agony, she chooses a spouse not long for this world - a convicted murderer with...
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How much emotional pain can a woman endure? Lily Earle was about to find out. It was the end of the Civil War. Everyone knew it was over, except for the Confederate Troop that ambushed James Earle's troop as they marched to the train depot. James' final thoughts were of his Lily.Now, years later, she is still grieving for her James. But suddenly, through the depths of her despair, there is hope. Hope came to her by way of an advertisement in the daily...
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Things get all askew in this historical romance when Nelson fully expects to inherit Carradine Ranch...Until he realizes that it has been left to Kate and her orphaned niece. When they arrive at his doorstep to straighten things out, Nelson's mind begins to race with possibilities. He thinks of paying off Kate but all the young woman wants is to keep the little girl in her custody...But what if Nelson decides to marry Kate?
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A mechanic learns her guardian is a vampire, a psychic makes a deal that might bite her later, and a rock star discovers she's the prophesied savior of another world.Includes: WRENCHING FATE, IRONIC SACRIFICE, CONJURING DESTINY, and a bonus exclusive of the first three chapters of book 4: UNLEASHING DESIRE, and a teaser of PLEADING RAPTURE! "I love these vampire men and the women who are their destinies." - Monica Martin, Vine Voice "THIS IS HOW...
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Stories of intrigue and adventure at the edge of civilization It has been nine years since Solomon Carver went up the Amazon. He left an anthropologist, but he has remade himself as a god. Rumors float down the river that Carver has taken two hundred wives and left the morality of Christendom behind. In the depths of the jungle, he has discovered a dying tribe, and has set about reviving it in a most unusual fashion. When a colonial administrator...
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[2020]
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Climb the Cliffs of Insanity, brave the Fire Swamp, and help Buttercup, Westley, Fezzik, and Inigo survive the dastardly machinations of Prince Humperdinck, Count Rugen, and Vizzini. Follow the incredible story through six chapters and work together to keep the plot on course despite Shrieking Eels, kissing, and constant interruptions.
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In twenty-four hours, marriage, mystery, and mayhem. After recently arriving in Vancouver Island on a bride ship, aspiring seamstress Daisy Harper is determined not to rush into a hasty and quarrelsome marriage, a mistake her parents made. To avoid choosing the wrong man, she creates a rigorous list of ten requirements for a potential husband. Mapmaker Seth Ryann moved to the colony to assist his partially blind brother, a local missionary. They'll...
20) Tennessee Bride
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Raised in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee in the 1820s, sixteen-year-old Emma Simms dreams of the day she'll escape her life of poverty to start over in the big city of Knoxville. But when her mother dies, she's left with no one but her drunk, abusive stepfather, Luke Simms, and her dream abruptly becomes a nightmare. Luke plans to literally sell Emma down the river-to a notorious brothel in Knoxville. River Joe, the mysterious Cherokee-raised...
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