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Pride and Prejudice (Unabridged with the original watercolor illustrations by C.E. Brock): A Timeless Exploration of Love, Marriage, and Society in Regency England by Jane Austen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 83 ratingsThis edition of "Pride and Prejudice (Unabridged with the original watercolor illustrations by C.E. Brock)" has been carefully formatted for your ebook reader with a functional table of contents. Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813...Categorized as:
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Pride and Prejudice (with the original watercolor illustrations by C.E. Brock): An Illustrated Classic: Love, Class, and Society in Regency England by Jane Austen
Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' is a classic novel that explores themes of social class, love, and reputation in 19th-century England. Written in a satirical and witty style, the book offers a window into the world of the landed gentry where marriage was considered a strategic move rather than a matter of the heart. The original watercolor illustrations by C.E...Categorized as:
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Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, The griffin classics
Discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook. Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document... -
A Rose Among Thorns by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsDespite losing her mother at a young age, Sassy has grown up surrounded by love: although poor, she is happy. So Sassy is devastated when her father marries wealthy widow Elizabeth Bonner. Social climber Elizabeth despairs of a step-daughter who is more at ease with servants than those above stairs, and is jealous of Sassy's growing beauty which threatens to outshine her own daughter... -
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All That Glitters by Catrin Collier
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCornish smuggler Devlin 'Devil' Varcoe braves winter weather and revenue men to fetch the contraband on which Porthinnis depends for survival. Drawn to Jenefer Trevanion, whose father finances the smuggling operation, Devlin is seduced by beautiful wild-child Tamara Gillis. When fire destroys her home, Jenefer is forced to work in the pilchard cellars... -
A Silver Lining by Catrin Collier
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratings"A powerful tale of survival and hardship, very well crafted and with strong characters" - Publishing News In strictly chapel Pontypridd in 1938, tongues are quick to wag when Alma Moore, abandoned by her lover, is rushed to hospital with stomach pains. The doctor may call it appendicitis, but the scandal-mongers think they know better... -
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 110 ratingsStephanie Plum, Trenton, New Jersey's favorite pistol-packing, condom-carrying bounty hunter, is back - and on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who's skipped bail. With the help of 73-year-old Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker Lula, a transvestite musician named Sally Sweet, and the all-too-hospitable, all-too-sexy Joe Morelli, Stephanie might just catch her woman...Categorized as:
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Broken Rainbows by Catrin Collier
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe third novel in the Long Road to Baghdad series, a vivid, moving, historically accurate account of a conflict between Eastern and Western Empires. 1916, Mesopotamia. The Turks order prisoners from the siege of Kut to march the hundreds of miles to Baghdad. The men are weak from starvation after the five-month siege, with many suffering from dysentery and diseases... -
Such Sweet Sorrow by Catrin Collier
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHave you ever wondered what it would be like to work for yourself? Since the recent recession figures show that more and more people, both young and old, would rather set up their own business than continue searching for jobs that are scarce, and often end up being poorly-paid... -
Wild Jasmine by Bertrice Small
"SPELLBINDING." --Romantic Times From the palaces of pashas in seventeenth-century India to the scandalous court of James Stuart of England, one woman struggles against fate to find true love...Categorized as:
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Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas by Gill Paul
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Secret Wife comes a tale of love, sacrifice and betrayal, available for pre-order now.JACKIEWhen her first marriage ends in tragedy, Jackie Kennedy fears she’ll never love again. But all that changes when she encounters…ARISuccessful and charming, Ari Onassis is a man who promises her the world...Categorized as:
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Ghosts of the Canyon by Michelle Mankin
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWelcome to the year 1969, a tumultuous year when the world and rock ’n’ roll were changing. Woodstock, war protests, free love, it’s all there, plus a rollercoaster romance that will have you frantically flipping pages to discover who this heroine chooses.What Katelyn Love longs for most of all is a child. Someone to shower with the affection she never received from her parents...Categorized as:
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Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 5 by Taeko Watanabe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi--a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the Shogunate system. In time, this group would become one of the greatest (and most famous) movements in Japanese history.. -
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Stepping on Roses, Vol. 2 by Rinko Ueda
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA rags-to-riches romance from the creator of Tail of the Moon!Poor Sumi Kitamura… Her irresponsible older brother Eisuke keeps bringing home orphans for her to take care of even though they can barely afford their own basic needs! Just when Sumi's financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre he'll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if... -
How the Earl Entices by Anna Harrington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWHEN OLD DECEPTIONS LEAD TO NEW DESIRESRoss Carlisle, Earl of Spalding, has dedicated his life to serving his country. When he discovers secrets that could endanger England, he’s forced into an impossible situation—commit treason and race to London to clear his name before the crown turns against him... -
The Painter's Daughter by Julie Klassen
Sophie Dupont, daughter of a portrait painter, assists her father in his studio, keeping her own artwork out of sight. She often walks the cliffside path along the north Devon coast, popular with artists and poets. It's where she met the handsome Wesley Overtree, the first man to tell her she's beautiful. Captain Stephen Overtree is accustomed to taking on his brother's neglected duties... -
Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love" by Anaïs Nin
Taken from the original, uncensored journals of Anaïs Nin, Henry and June spans a single year in Nin's life when she discovers love and torment in one insatiable couple. From late 1931 to the end of 1932, Nin falls in love with Henry Miller's writing and his wife June's striking beauty... -
The Importance of Being Eunice by Claudia Stone
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA duke, a spinster, a faux engagement; what could possibly go wrong? For four seasons Lady Eunice was quite content with the mantle of wallflower. Bespectacled, frumpy, and put-upon by her overbearing mother, all she really wished to do was vanish from London once she came of age to inherit her fortune...Categorized as:
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The Little Board Game Cafe by Jennifer Page
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn irresistible story of love, friendship and the power of Games Night, perfect for fans of Holly Martin and Christie Barlow.When Emily loses her job, house and boyfriend all within a matter of days, she's determined to turn a negative into a positive and follow her dream of running a small cafe in the gorgeous Yorkshire village of Rosegarth...Categorized as:
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Devil to Pay by Sofie Darling
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEveryone knows you can’t trust the devil.Lady Beatrix St. Vincent was born with a silver spoon—and a father who would as soon sell it out from under her for his gambling debts. No matter how hard she works, there’s always an obstacle in her way, keeping her from achieving her dreams... -
A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsShe's found the love of her life. Unfortunately, he loves her sister. As World War I rages across the Atlantic in 1916, a smaller war is brewing in Boston. Faith O'Connor finds herself drawn to an Irish rogue who is anything but right for her. Collin McGuire is brash, cocky, and from the wrong side of the tracks, not to mention forbidden by her father...Categorized as:
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Thorn in My Heart by Liz Curtis Higgs
Two brothers fight to claim one father’s blessing. Two sisters long to claim one man’s heart. In the autumn of 1788, amid the moors and glens of the Scottish Lowlands, two brothers and two sisters each embark on a painful journey of discovery. Jamie and Evan McKie both want their father Alec’s flocks and lands, yet only one brother will inherit Glentrool... -
Gabriële by Anne Berest, Claire Berest
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe story of a passionate love affair that triggered a revolution.An atmospheric, exuberant novel from the best-selling author of The Postcard, Anne Berest, and her sister, Claire Berest, about love and sex, art and revolution, experimentation and creativity, and three young people who changed the world... -
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A Cast of Falcons by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen the wedding of her oldest friend ends with a shocking murder, Dr Nell Ward is once again caught up in a web of subterfuge, secrets and lies...When her childhood friend Percy announces she's engaged to handsome businessman Hawke McAnstruther, Dr Nell Ward rashly offers to host the wedding at Finchmere, her family's estate...Categorized as:
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Casalvento: House of the Wind by Gudrun Cuillo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRomance and family secrets intertwine in Tuscany.Erika Germoglio is a self-made woman who has it all—a successful career and a well-connected fiancé—then suddenly has even more. An Italian grandfather she has never met wills to her Casalvento, a house and a vineyard, and Livernano, a medieval village turned bed-and-breakfast, both in the Chianti region of Tuscany... -
Bitter Sweet by LaVyrle Spencer
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsHow do you teach a heart to love again?MAGGIEShattered by the loss of her husband, she struggled each day to put her grief behind her. To be there for her teenaged daughter. And to face life again. When she returned to her Wisconsin hometown, she never expected to feel a spark of longing-for her old high school sweetheart ..Categorized as:
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Angel in Scarlet by Jennifer Wilde
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPAPERBACK Angela Howard was the toast of London -- a breathtaking vision every woman envied and every man longed to possess. Few would have dreamed this violet-eyed beauty was the precocious child of a country schoolmaster... the feisty girl who had spurned Lord Clinton Meredith, the "fairy tale prince", to surrender her innocence to Hugh Bradford, his illegitimate brother.. -
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsBrought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl Markham is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of nature’s delicate balance... -
About the Night by Anat Talshir
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOn a hot summer day in 1947, on a grandstand overlooking Jerusalem, Elias and Lila fall deeply, irrevocably in love. Tragically, they come from two different worlds. Elias is a Christian Arab living on the eastern side of the newly divided city, and Lila is a Jew living on the western side...Categorized as:
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The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"—the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life...Categorized as:
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The Greatest Lie of All by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA glamorous romance novelist and an aspiring starlet share an unexpected secret in this addictive story about love, ambition and how far we’re willing to go to protect our hearts Fledgling actress Amelia Grant is at rock bottom when offered the opportunity of a to star in a biopic about the world-renowned romance author Gloria Diamond, who used her own tragic love story as inspiration for her...Categorized as:
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The Greatest Lie of All by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA glamorous romance novelist and an aspiring starlet share an unexpected secret in this addictive story about love, ambition and how far we’re willing to go to protect our hearts Fledgling actress Amelia Grant is at rock bottom when offered the opportunity of a to star in a biopic about the world-renowned romance author Gloria Diamond, who used her own tragic love story as inspiration for her...Categorized as:
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The Chance by Edith Layton
A brave nobleman who'd successfully fought Napoleon's toughest soldiers, Raphael Dalton was no stranger to treachery and warfare. Yet nothing this modest hero has experienced can prepare him for the famous beauty Annabelle, the toast of the London With his unruly red hair and solid, honest face, Rafe doesn't think he has a chance with the flirtatious beauty who seems not to notice him... -
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Casalvento: House of the Wind by Gudrun Cuillo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRomance and family secrets intertwine in Tuscany. Erika Germoglio is a self-made woman who has it all--a successful career and a well-connected fiancé--then suddenly has even more. An Italian grandfather she has never met wills to her Casalvento, a house and a vineyard, and Livernano, a medieval village turned bed-and-breakfast, both in the Chianti region of Tuscany...Categorized as:
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The Unromantic Lady by Penelope Stratton
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSHE BELIEVED LOVE WAS FOOLISH--UNTIL IT TAUGHT HER OTHERWISE!Diantha Halstow liked to declare that love was nothing but a mere illusion to trap fools. Rexford Lytham, Earl of Chartridge, couldn't agree more. He was, Diantha thought, a most sensible man. And theirs was a most sensible marriage: her money for his title... -
The Earl Claims a Bride by Amelia Grey
CAN A HASTILY ARRANGED MATCHHarrison Thornwick is the Heirs' Club's newest member. His carefree days as a reckless rogue carousing around London are suddenly behind him after the tragic death of his brother leaves him in charge of the family estate. What's more, the Prince himself has offered to secure his marital prospects... -
Scoundrel's Honor by Rosemary Rogers
The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Scandalous Deception" and "Bound by Love" returns with a seductive new tale of treachery and temptation. Original. When her younger sister is abducted, strong-willed Emma Linley-Kirov will make a deal with the devil himself to rescue her... -
Kissing Cousins by Joan Smith
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNot only had Samantha Oakleigh's brother run off with another man's betrothed, he was also accused of theft! She desperately needed the help of her rather stodgy, but well-heeled, cousin to find the boy. Despite major misgivings, Edward, Lord Salverton puts both his career and his upcoming nuptials in jeopardy, and accompanies Samantha on her rescue mission...Categorized as:
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Speak Low by Melanie Harlow
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJuly, 1923 After bootlegging enough whiskey to free her father from the DiFiore crime family, twenty-year old Tiny O'Mara is determined to leave home and take control of her own life. But it’s going to cost her. Her alliance with sultry Enzo DiFiore is based more on their intense physical attraction than any loyalty or trust... -
The Perfect Scandal by Delilah Marvelle
THE MARQUIS’S MYSTERY LADY If there is anything Tristan Adam Hargrove, fourth Marquis of Moreland, has learned to avoid, it’s scandal. For the dark and dashing lord is an honourable gentleman who would never seduce a woman for his own gain. When a raven-haired beauty arrives as his new neighbour, he knows better than to succumb to the desire he feels... -
Bold Conquest by Virginia Henley
HE CONQUERED HER LAND, BUT WAS FORCED TO FIGHT FOR HER HEART When Guy de Montgomery's Norman army swept across the countryside, claiming all in its path, the fairest prize of war was the lovely Lillyth of Godstone Hall. But the gallant lord was so captivated by the green-eyed beauty with the flaming red hair, he knew he had to win her heart... -
Her Secret Fantasy by Gaelen Foley
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRegency London's elegant ballrooms mask a daring world of erotic adventure. In this second novel in Gaelen Foley's Spicy Trilogy, a mysterious beauty with a devastating secret discovers, in the arms of a bold and fearless cavalry officer, passion that breaks all boundaries.Some say the aristocratic Balfour clan is cursed, a once-great family now in slow decline... -
Adam Bede by George Eliot
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe novel follows four characters' rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope—a rural, pastoral, and close-knit community in 1799... -
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Adam Bede by George Eliot
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe story of a beautiful country girl's seduction by the local squire and its bitter, tragic sequel is an old and familiar one which George Eliot invests with peculiar and haunting power .A bestseller from the moment of publication, Adam Bede, although on one level a rich and loving re-creation of a small community shaken to its core, is more than a charming, faultlessly evoked pastoral... -
Homecoming by Catrin Collier
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt is January 1957 and Helen's husband Jack returns from National Service. Happy to be reunited, they resume their life together with their friends. Then Helen is utterly shattered when Jack tells her that a brief fling with a sergeant's widow has left the woman pregnant. Helen can't have children, so this is more than she can bear... -
Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London
WHOSE WIFE WAS SHE? Macy Lockhart's life shattered in a moment with the news that her husband Finn --- serving in the military overseas --- has been killed in the line of duty. Their ardent and devoted marriage is over, leaving Macy alone, empty, directionless...Categorized as:
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Angel's Devil by Suzanne Enoch
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe lovely Angelique Graham knows her strengths - and patience is not one of them. So, instead of waiting nine months to wed her beloved Simon, as per her overprotective parents' edict, Angelique decides to use Simon's cousin, the dashing Lord Faring - rake of all rakes - just back from war, to throw her parents into a panic...Categorized as:
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Tempting by Hope C. Tarr
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in Victorian England, TEMPTING is the story of aspiring Member of Parliament, Simon Belleville, and Christine Tremayne, a former dairymaid whom dire circumstances have landed in the attic of a Covent Garden brothel. As Simon soon discovers, polishing this roughly hewn diamond into a gem of a lady is no small feat, especially with the opposing political party sniffing for scandal...Categorized as:
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The Wedding Escape by Karyn Monk
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove was never part of his plan...then again, neither was she…Seafaring Scotsman Jack Kent has enjoyed his share of trysts with bored society wives, but pleasure--not love--has always been his aim. Until the day he finds his carriage--and his life--invaded by a disheveled American heiress. Even rumpled and torn, nothing can hide Amelia Belford’s enchanting beauty or her fiery will to be free...Categorized as:
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