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The anonymous narrator of this remarkable debut novel is a young drifter in search of his future. The son of a passionate beauty and gentle doctor, he roams the border between the United States and Mexico, eventually settling in a sleepy Baja town on the verge of transformation. Here he learns to stand face-to-face with dogs in a makeshift ring, to fight for money and fame, and becomes involved with a powerful and corrupt entrepreneur. But when he...
982) Reckless Rogues
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These wealthy, reckless rogues are sure to get every maiden's knickers in a twist.
"DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK…… "Lawless weaves romance, intrigue, and excitement into an impressive tapestry." Romance Reviews Today
"Passionate and erotic…Readers looking for steamy sensual scenes will love it." Round Table Reviews.
"An amusing, adventurous, spirited tale." Romantic Times
"A sensual read that will keep you spellbound until the very end." Romance...
983) Gunsmoke and Lace
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author pens stories of courageous women…and men who stand tall, whether it's on the Texas prairie or in a widow's parlor.
The Telegraph Tree
Desperate and alone, Maura Killion writes notes to God and ties them to a scrawny tree. But who's writing new ones?
Moon Dog Night
Bounty hunter Bonner Raine is surprised to see a nine-year-old boy and his little sister riding into his camp. The boy wears a gun and...
984) Mail Ordered
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Camila Rose Barnes is a strong, independent, and single woman living at a time in history when such things are almost unheard of. As a result, she has to fight twice as hard for everything that is rightfully hers. When her brothers conspire to take over her part of their parents' inheritance by marrying her off to a widower with two small children-Garrison LaRue, the sheriff of a small rural town hundreds of miles away-Camila's life is thrown into...
985) Anyone But the Earl
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Anyone but the earl will do. Or so she thought…
Octavia Sewell appears to have it all. But none of her material things matter if she lacks the freedom to make her own choices. Unfortunately, she has no idea what she wants. All she's sure of is that she'll do anything to escape the horrible earl her mother insists she marry…even if it means compromising herself with her brother's handsome best friend…
W. Clifton is always ready to rescue a...
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Tom McAllister has been betrothed to Martha Smith for all of his adult life. Their fathers arranged this and though during their younger ages Tom and Martha might have felt a spark, that's long past. Now Tom's stuck. He's promised to Martha and yet his heart seems to beat faster when Amelia West strolls by.Amelia West is an honorable woman. She's always done what's right. She'd never fall for a man who belongs to another. Tell that to her heart. She's...
987) Wind in Her Hair
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She's on a road trip to romance but doesn't know it. Yet. Irene Carson has always been what everyone else needed her to be. She abided by her husband's edicts, raised her daughter through the Depression and War, and took care of whatever needed doing for the church. Now that her daughter has inherited her father's role in his ministry, Irene realizes that Sissy wants her to go on being exactly the same, as becoming to a widow and matron. Certain that...
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NICK'S REDEMPTION IN TIMELoves In Time SeriesBook 9 – Sequel to Dream LoverThe urgency inside of him wouldn't stop. "It's going to happen, I can feel it."Was it possible to go back in time? Nick feared and wanted it, all in the same breath. Nick still couldn't forgive himself for what he did to Mac and Aaron, but he didn't belong in this time.He couldn't stop thinking of Gloria. "She needs to be with me." He admitted he wanted her with him. Forever?...
989) A Smuggler's Heart
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The murky waters of the marsh are haunted by smugglers and pirates... There are whispers the Savannah coast is home to the deadly pirate, Alligator George, but Christine Fryer needs a peaceful escape from her father's disapproving stare. Captain Nathaniel Butler knows it's time to put his smuggling operation to bed now that the American Revolution is over. He needs to make one last expedition to pay off his remaining debt, but his plans are threatened...
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New York, 1897. The study of insects has been Cecilia Downing's lifelong passion, but when both her professional and domestic hopes are dashed, she finds herself wondering if she is an entomologist-or merely an entomologist's discarded mistress? Cecilia retreats to her family's home in the Hudson Valley to rest, regroup, and maybe research ant species, only to find that her uncle has hired her childhood friend to redesign the estate grounds. Daniel...
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A temporary exile becomes a forever home. Long before #MeToo, a 19th century American woman who became pregnant after an assault paid a high price. Laws didn't support her. Society shunned her. She was often banished from home. That's what happens to Penelope Gold, the heroine of Growing A Family in Persimmon Hollow. She is exiled to the Florida frontier town of Persimmon Hollow. She's expected to hide for the duration of her pregnancy, leave her...
992) Transformation
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Orris Spencer is an abomination. At least that was what his father said in 1886 before banishing him from their Fifth Avenue mansion and sending him across the continent to Oregon. Now Orris must try to find a place for himself on his brother's farm. His studies did little to prepare him for pioneer living, and when he's called on to help protect the livestock from a predator, he's not at all certain he's up to the task. Then he meets Henry Bonn,...
993) She Came by Train
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She Came by Train to a desolate land in the spring of 1876. With mixed feelings, Opal Preston steps onto the platform to meet her employer, Alexander Boyer. She accepts his hand and climbs into his wagon to begin her role as the governess of his two children. As she executes her duties, she wonders how she'll cope without the Virginia finery she left behind.
Soon two men vie for her affections-Alex, her employer, and a visiting preacher who comes...
994) Not Quite a Princess
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A free-spirited princess determined to challenge the feminine standards of her time. An earl who would rather hunt murderers than snag a debutante.Princess Mary Armstrong-Leeds enjoys her status as a lady in Boston's elite society. But she enjoys her job as an apprentice lady detective even more. When a prominent member of her archery club is found murdered, who better to take on the case than Mary herself?Lord Cannington, Bennet Brown, may be an...
995) Trust in Love
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Love blooms for hotel servants on the Florida frontier Irish immigrant Margaret Murphy has many talents, but waitressing isn't one of them. A hotel waitress job in pioneer Florida is her last chance to help her family stave off starvation. But she's in danger of being fired. Will the love that blooms with a fellow worker, an immigrant from Italy, be a saving grace or a complicated distraction? Trust in Love is the first story in the Persimmon Hollow...
996) Unexpected Bride
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Anna is spirited, stubborn and somewhat unladylike, the exact opposite of what her groom Matthew was hoping for in a wife. She believes she is as capable as any man and she is not afraid to throw punches. She sees life as an adventure and is too excited for the next chapter in her life as a wife. Unsurprisingly, when she arrived in Rosewood and did not find her groom; she rode unaccompanied and went after him. Within minutes of meeting him, she was...
997) Not Quite a Lady
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An impoverished lady determined to regain financial independence.Lady Sarah Smith-Jones had everything a young lady brought up as one of Boston's elite could expect. Until her father gambled away the family fortune and took his own life, leaving Sarah owing an impossibly large debt to a man known only as the Raven. Blackmailed into helping the Raven, Sarah cannot refuse. Recover a stolen necklace and cancel her father's debt – one job and she can...
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Bloom where you're planted. Easy to say. Hard to do. Advent is a season of hope. But Clara DeForest feels hopeless. Life as a semi-invalid has made her cautious and resistant to change. Her family's move to the Florida frontier town of Persimmon Hollow is an abrupt and unwelcome transition. Clara has one goal - to return to her familiar home city. Until a country boy, her loving family, and her strong faith help her grow a future she never imagined....
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Hannah has always wanted to follow in her father's footsteps in becoming a professor. But the men who are wooing her see nothing but her beauty and not her qualifications in the field of education. By chance, she discovers an advertisement for a mail order bride from a farmer out west. Thinking she can kill two birds with one stone, she answers the ad, believing that her new husband will support her as she seeks out employment opportunities in the...
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Who Would Have Thought It? (1872) is a novel by Mexican American author María Amparo Ruiz de Burton. The novel, Ruiz de Burton's debut, is a semi-autobiographical story of race, class, and gender set before and during the American Civil War. Central to its focus are the ways in which the Californio elite were forced into competition with Anglo-American settlers arriving out west after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican American War.
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