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Sisters in Paradise volume 2
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Sometimes the only way to find true happiness is to go back home.
Ophelia Simmons is back home at the Paradise-the former brothel where her mom raised her and six sisters-contemplating her next career move and dodging Great Aunt Bernie's matchmaking attempts. She is about to meet her match in Jake Brennan, the ruggedly handsome owner of a local winery where Aunt Bernie convinces her to take a job for the summer. At first Ophelia and Jake's personalities...
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As World War II looms, a battle rages between two wealthy London sisters: "[The] characters are rich, varied, and intriguing." -Booklist
It is 1935, and the Granville family lives in a world of splendor. Rosie Granville and her younger sister Juliet are launched onto the London social scene in an extravagant debutante ball, and the Granville girls are the talk of the town. Vying for the affections of the same set of men, each is desperate to...
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I see you blink with surprise. A girl? you are thinking. Surely a girl cannot be asamurai. But you are wrong.
Kimi dreams of being a great samurai warrior, but she and her sister, Hana, are young ladies of ancient Japan, daughters of the Jito of the province. Her future seems clear: Girls do not become samurai.
Then, a murderous betrayal shatters the sisters' world. Suddenly, Kimi and Hana are thrown headlong into a life of warrior codes, deadly...
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A diabolical character is out to rewrite the fate of all fairytales in the eighth adventure in the New York Times—bestselling children's series.
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm have studied hundreds of stories as part of their training as fairy-tale detectives. But they're about to get caught up in the action when they follow the scheming Master into the Book of Everafter. Inside this mysterious tome, copies of the world's fairytale characters live out...
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Three Boston sisters are alone after the death of their father. The oldest is a tomboy and teased by her sisters that she will never find a husband. The middle sister, Debbie, is a twin to the oldest, Callie. She is Suzy homemaker and at twenty one still hopeful that she might marry and have a family. The youngest girl, Emily, has just been jilted and left without hope for a marriage. She has become bitter toward men. The three decide to take a wagon...
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How's a girl supposed to know when she's in love - and more importantly, how does she get out of it? One remarkable older sister would be bad enough, but Karen Freed has two: Liz, a beautiful poet, and Tobi, compellingly intense and argumentative. Karen knows she couldn't possibly compete, but it would be nice to be known for something of her own. The three have been inseparable all through Karen's childhood, but now her sisters have moved into a...
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Veronika Mays is a best selling author, she has everything. When she opens a unique boutique in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains she thinks her life will settle down. There's no peace and quiet for Vernie. From the moment she opened her shop she becomes embroiled in one murder after another. Of course her sisters are nearby and ready to jump into the adventures. Enjoy this series alone or in conjunction with the two companion series: The Aspen...
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Divided by war. Reunited by courage. Two sisters, divided by war, face daily battles to save the lives of the wounded soldiers in their care Phoebe is a VAD at a Base Hospital in Étaples, France, treating men who've served at the Front. Their courage and resilience inspires her, and though she's meant to keep her distance, Captain Archie Bailey soon captivates her heart. Her younger sister Celia is a nurse at a POW camp on the island of Jersey. These...
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Sam Sweeney is the heartbeat that keeps the family ticking. But what happens when the caretaker needs care? After a devastating ATV accident shatters her son's world, leaving him confined to a wheelchair, Samantha's own unbreakable façade cracks. Witness the transformative journey of a mother pushed to her limits-how far will she go to hold her family together when her own world is falling apart? On the brink of her fiftieth birthday, Jackie thought...
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When Jessica Handler was eight years old, her younger sister Susie was diagnosed with leukemia. To any family, the diagnosis would have been upending, but to the Handlers, whose youngest daughter, Sarah, had been born with a rare, fatal blood disorder, it was an unimaginable verdict. Struck by the unlikelihood of siblings sick with diametrically opposed illnesses, the medical community labeled the Handlers' situation a bizarre coincidence. By the...
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When the new provincial governor arrives in Corinth, the esteemed chief magistrate Narkis Ligus is delighted. He sees a golden opportunity in the governor's presence--a chance to unite their households through the marriage of one of his beautiful unwed daughters to the governor's firstborn son. Such an advantageous union would surely bring divine blessings from the gods, propelling him to greater power and fortune.
Yet complications quickly arise...
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When a teenage runaway is murdered and her best friend goes missing, Pam Nilsen must dig into the seedy underbellies of Seattle and Portland to discover the truth Pam Nilsen, co-owner of Seattle collective Best Printing, is still recovering from the heartbreak of her first real girlfriend leaving town when she decides to take two young prostitutes under her wing. The girls, age fourteen, are already coarsened by the worlds of sex, drugs, and crime....
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A groundbreaking work of Romantic biography; David Crane's book is an astonishingly original examination of Byron, and a radical approach to biography. Crane focuses on the lifelong feud between Augusta - Byron's half-sister with whom he had a passionate affair - and Annabella, his society wife. Recreating a meeting between the two, years after Byron's death - the Romantic 'High Noon' - he explores the emotional and sexual truth and the human vulnerability...
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Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia - OTMA. These are the daughters of Tsar Nicholas II, Russian grand duchesses living a life steeped in tradition and privilege. For these sisters on the brink of beginning their own lives at the mercy of royal matchmakers, summer 1914 promises to be a precious last wink of time together - time to link arms and laugh, to share their dreams and worries, and to flirt with the officers of their imperial yacht.
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"In 1938 my middle-class parents decided to send me and my sister Blossom to Italy to spend a year with our eldest sister Harriet. It was the most thrilling year of my young life. We girls from Joplin, Missouri found ourselves suddenly among the wealthy and sophisticated. We cruised the Mediterranean on an ocean liner, toured fascist Italy and saw Mussolini. We met people of many nationalities as they fled or braced themselves for the approaching...
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Shona McMonagle is your ordinary, garden-variety librarian: comfortably padded, in her middle years, expert in various arcane martial arts. She also has an impressive knack for time travel ("impressive" may be overstating things: her first two forays-revolutionary Russia, 19th-century France-went less than smoothly). Her latest mission? Head to 11th-century Scotland, cozy up to Macbeth and Lady M, prevent them from murdering Duncan. In the ordinary...
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Sisters is the first major history of the pivotal role played by nuns in the building of American society. Nuns were the first feminists, argues Fialka. They became the nation's first cadre of independent, professional women. Some nursed, some taught, and many created and managed new charitable organizations, including large hospitals and colleges.
In the 1800s nuns moved west with the frontier, often starting the first hospitals and schools in...
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The Maid Married to the Billionaire
Accepting the Italian's ring!
When Italian billionaire Enzo stops to help with a broken-down car, he's shocked to discover Skye, frightened and on the run with her tiny siblings. Enzo's honour dictates he offer them all sanctuary-and Skye a job. But could their simmering attraction solve another problem? His need for a bride!
The Maid's Pregnancy Bombshell
A temporary arrangement, a permanent consequence!
Shy...
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These chapters aim to capture the diverse and dynamic roles of women along the Silk Road, from trade hubs and nomadic societies to cultural and educational centers, highlighting their contributions to the historical and cultural tapestry of the ancient trade routes.
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