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The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events...
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The most sought-after bachelor in Scotland, the seventh McTiernay brother cannot be caught, by seduction or love-unless a roving Highland beauty lays siege to his heart...
AN UNEXPECTED DESIRE
Conan McTiernay will leave the joys of wedlock to his happily married brothers. He's too busy mapping out Scotland to protect her borders from English invasion.... Until he's dispatched to escort a cloistered Highland lass safely back to his family's castle....
3) Summer
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Originally born in an impoverished community, Charity's parents sought out the most educated man in the nearby New England town to raise their daughter. After being surrendered to a lawyer named Royall, Charity was raised comfortably by Mr. Royall and his wife. However, when Mrs. Royall tragically passes away, Charity's relationship with Royall is threatened. After his wife's death, Royall begins to feel sexually attracted to Charity, and when she...
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Dive into the haunting world of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts, this novel weaves a gripping tale of love, sin, and redemption. Follow the enigmatic Hester Prynne, marked by the scarlet letter 'A' as a symbol of her adulterous affair. As secrets unravel, Reverend Dimmesdale grapples with his own hidden guilt. With vivid prose, Hawthorne explores the consequences of societal judgment and the enduring...
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New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell returns to medieval Scotland where daring and desire stir the passions of the Murray clan . . .
When a red-haired woman tries to steal Sir Gybbon Murray's horse on his journey back to the Murray stronghold, he thanks his lucky stars that his horse is a rude lout-and that the pretty thief is not so injured that she can't tell her tale. He's no nursemaid to delicate lasses, but Mora Ogilvy is fleeing...
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"In 1796 Trinidad, young Rosa Rendón quietly but purposefully rebels against the life others expect her to lead. Bright, competitive, and opinionated, Rosa sees no reason she should learn to cook and keep house, for it is obvious her talents lie in running the farm she, alone, views as her birthright. But when her homeland changes from Spanish to British rule, it becomes increasingly unclear whether its free black property owners-Rosa's family among...
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A battle-hardened soldier, he is bound to the McTiernay brothers by a loyalty as strong as blood. But no woman in all of Scotland has been able to lay claim to his heart …
UNBRIDLED PASSION
A commander in the McTiernay clan, Dugan is known far and wide for his skills with a sword-and his skills in seduction. His rugged countenance and arrogant swagger are a lethal combination for the women who try to tame him and fail. Until a mysterious firebrand...
8) Mogul
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The Knickerbocker Club volume 3
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The privileged members of the Knickerbocker Club can never climb too high up the social ladder. But for one charming New York bachelor, does the ascent take precedence over love in the Gilded Age?
As owner of a well-respected national newspaper, Calvin Cabot has the means to indulge his capricious taste for excess-and the power to bring the upper crust of society to its knees. So when a desperate heiress from his past begs for his help, Calvin agrees...
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Caught in a compromising position, Shinae Mayboill, a nun-turned-killer-turned-royal spy, is rushed into a hasty marriage to Brodie Dunstan, an honored McTierney commander, and as they start to have feelings for each other, her past is revealed, threatening to destroy them both.
10) Magnate
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The Knickerbocker Club volume 1
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New York City's Gilded Age shimmers with unimaginable wealth and glittering power. The men of the Knickerbocker Club know this more than anyone else. But for one titan of industry, the business of love is not what he expected…
Born in the slums of Five Points, Emmett Cavanaugh climbed his way to the top of a booming steel empire and now holds court in an opulent Fifth Avenue mansion. His rise in stations, however, has done little to elevate his...
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Highland weddings (Mary Wine) volume 6
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A fiery woman who won't be tamed
A powerful Highland chief by her side
A passion neither can deny
Brenda Grant's abusive first marriage taught her that she's better off on her own. But when her family threatens her freedom and demands that she remarry-to a man they've chosen-she makes a deal with a brawny Highland chief to escape.
Bothan Gunn is smitten by the woman who won't be tamed. He's helped her before-but can he do so now, when Brenda's complicated...
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Clan Kendrick novels volume 5
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It's Christmastime in Edinburgh, but Lady Samantha Penwith's secret mission takes no holiday: the Highlands-born lass vows to find the assailants who murdered her beloved husband, founder of a charitable school for orphaned boys. On her latest undercover excursion, she closes in on a pair of armed attackers and interrupts another assault, then disappears into the darkness, leaving the lone victim mystified--and lucky to be alive...Braden Kendrick...
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Crusades trilogy (Jan Guillou) volume 2
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The second volume in the internationally bestselling Crusades trilogy begun with "The Road to Jerusalem". When an accident of fate brings together Arn and Saladin, a friendship is forged that will alter the course of the Templar Knight's life, and the history of Jerusalem. After the bloody Battle of Hattin, Arn finally becomes a free man. But the road home is long and bloody. Print run 25,000.
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Infamous lords volume 1
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A ZEBRA SHOUT FRESH NEW ROMANCE
They are the infamous lords, unrepentant rogues whose bad behavior makes for good gossip among the ton. But these sexy scoundrels have stories no one knows. And it takes a special touch to reveal the true hearts behind their devilish disguises...
Known as a brazen philanderer, Hayden Milton, Earl of Westfield, is almost done in by a vengeful mistress who aims a gun at a rather essential part of his anatomy-but...
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Infamous lords volume 3
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They are the infamous lords, whose scandalous ways keep tongues wagging. But when darker whispers take hold, a spirited writer's encounter with a dangerously desirable nobleman may uncover the whole story . . .
For James Trent, Lord Huntington, there's no escaping the question that labeled him The Murdering Marquess: was his wife's death a tragic accident or a cold-blooded crime? He's avoided London's gossipmongers since that terrible night, as...
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Mad Morelands volume 7
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The long-awaited prequel to the Mad Morelands series-the story of Thisbe, the oldest Moreland daughter.
Thisbe Moreland is used to men not taking her seriously. As a scientist, she's accustomed to being the only woman at lectures and meetings, her presence met with scorn and derision. So it comes as a pleasant surprise when she sits next to a handsome young man who is actually interested in having a conversation about science.
Desmond Harrison...
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Clan Kendrick novels volume 6
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When he is reunited with tomboy Charlotte Stewart at the wedding of her younger sister, highlander-and spy-Kade Kendrick is distracted by rival suitors, a dangerous mission and this unconventional woman who embodies all his desires.
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Dawn of the Highland dragon volume 2
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Madoc of Avandos is on a journey to cement alliances. Targeted by an assassin, he needs a companion who can fight. When dragon shifter Moiread MacAlasdair returns from war, he knows she's the best woman for the job. Duty and political strength compel Moiread to agree, but when they cross into the otherworld and Madoc's life is threatened, Moiread jumps into protection mode-and will do whatever it takes to keep the man of her dreams alive.
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Lords of London volume 2
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When the proposal she longed for finally arrives, yet seems more like a business arrangement, Miss Georgia Featherton refuses Viscount Gavin Turley's offer but the ladies of the ton and Georgie's grandmama devise a scheme to bring them together-forever.
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