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Bridgerton series volume 1
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince--while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood....
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Six long years ago, Captain Reynolds Macy sailed away from his bride, looking forward to the day when he would return to Nantucket Island with a ship's hold full of whale oil. But when that momentous day finally arrives, Ren soon discovers that everything has changed in his absence. Everything. "Is nothing on this island as it appears to be?" he whispers in despair.
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"48-year-old Nantucketer Dabney Kimball Beech has always had a gift for matchmaking. Some call her ability mystical, while others - like her husband, celebrated economist John Boxmiller Beech, and her daughter, Agnes, who is clearly engaged to the wrong man - call it meddlesome, but there's no arguing with her results: With 42 happy couples to her credit and all of them still together, Dabney has never been wrong about romance. Never, that is, except...
5) Emma
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English
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Emma's opening sentence, which describes the titular heroine's many advantages, is loaded with foreboding. Discomfort and vexation lie on the horizon, triggered by her penchant for matchmaking. Emma's latest scheme involves finding a suitable husband for ingenue Harriet Smith, and to that end she persuades the latter to reject good-natured farmer Robert Martin, despite a mutual attraction. Harriet must set her sights higher, she exhorts, fixing on...
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Thirty-three-year-old Cassie wants a husband and kids, and she turns to Simon Dodson, a professional matchmaker for help. Dodson assigns her three tasks to complete, and despite a number of comical mishaps, Cassie completes them all. Her Christmas match turns out to be a wonderful surprise.
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Neighbors of Lancaster County volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Rose Lehman has always known who she wants to marry: the bishop's son, Reuben Byler. But then Trevor, the handsome Army buddy of her future brother-in-law, visits Lancaster County, and Reuben starts to seem dull by comparison. When the thrill of adventure begins to fade, will Rose find happiness--or ruin her best chance at love?
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English
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For a young society woman seeking a favorable marriage in the late 1890s, debutante Clara Carter has been given one goal: secure the affections of the city's most eligible bachelor. But when a man appears who seems to love her simply for who she is, and gossip backlash turns ugly, Clara realizes it's not just her heart at stake-- the future of her family depends on how she plays the game.
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Wedding dates volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in a fun and flirty debut novel. Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn't normally do. But there's something about Drew Nichols that's too hard to resist. On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for...
10) Courting Caleb
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Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When her advertisement for a groom is answered by two men, Abigail Mast, the local potter of Blackberry Falls, decides to court them both to discover which man is most suited to be her husband, hoping to make the right decision with both her head and her heart.
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Lake Manawa summers volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When spunky Marguerite Westing discovers that her family will summer at Lake Manawa in 1895, she couldn't be more thrilled. It is the perfect way to escape her agonizingly boring suitor, Roger Gordon. It's also where she stumbles upon two new loves: sailing, and sailing instructor Trip Andrews. But this summer of fun turns to turmoil as her father's gambling problems threaten to ruin the family forever. Will free-spirited Marguerite marry Roger to...
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Husbands for hire volume 2
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Lacey Lyman needs a husband to help her set up and run a sawmill. But how can she snare the supposed hunter who seems to despise her company? Chase Dunstan is determined to find out why the Hope Falls mine collapsed. Will he keep his cover or cave in to the chatterbox's charm?--P. [4] of cover.
13) Hannah's list
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Blossom street novels volume 7
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English
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On the anniversary of his beloved wife's death, Michael receives a letter Hannah had written him. She makes one final request-- she's chosen three women, and asks him to consider them as a new wife. He's a man who needs the completeness only love can offer-- and the list leads him to a woman who can help him find it.
14) Keturah
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Sugar baron's daughters volume 1
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English
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"In 1772 England, Lady Keturah Banning Tomlinson and her sisters find themselves the heiresses of their father's estates and know they have one option: Go to the West Indies to save what is left of their heritage. Although it flies against all the conventions for women of the time, they're determined to make their own way in the world. But once they arrive in the Caribbean, proper gender roles are the least of their concerns. On the infamous island...
15) Crossed
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Matched trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Cassia sacrifices everything and heads to the Outer Provinces in search of Ky, where she is confronted with shocking revelations about Society and the promise of rebellion.
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Ladies of the manor volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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After a shocking attack, heiress Rowena Kinnaird feels betrayed by her family and the man she was to marry. She flees the Highlands, landing at the Duke of Nottingham's door. Rowena needs help but is hesitant to trust a flirt like Brice. Then she learns his life is also under threat. When her father locates her, can she and Brice find a way out of danger?
17) The bishop's son
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Amish of Bee County volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Leila Lantz is in danger of losing her heart to a Plain man until she discovers he's not so Plain after all. Leila has been drawn to Jesse Glick, the bishop's son, since the first day she met him at his father's store, and she knows he feels the same way about her. But she can't understand why he seems to make overtures one day, then withdraw the next. Jesse has a secret. He's considering making a choice that will forever affect his family and his...
18) A love made new
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Series
Amish of Birch Creek novels volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Abigail Schrock knows God can make all things new, but does that include her broken heart?...It seems as if everyone is falling in love in Birch Creek, including Abigail Schrock. But when heartbreak descends on her already fragile world, she can't help but feel that if she'd only been a little prettier, she could be on her way down the wedding aisle. To make matters worse, Abigail's two sisters have found love, while all Abigail can seem to find...
19) Dark illusion
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English
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A mage and a warrior must see beyond their facades and embrace the bond that links their souls in this powerful Carpathian novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan. At any other time, Julija Brennan would find solace in the quiet of the Sierra Mountains, but now the mage is in the race of her life. Having broken free from her controlling family, Julija's attempts to warn the Carpathians of the coming threat has failed and put...
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Song of Blessing volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Deborah MacCallister, head nurse at the Blessing hospital, has loved Toby Valders since her school days, but she's had enough of their on-again, off-again relationship. Toby truly cares for Deborah, but he's never felt like he could commit to marriage or a family. When Anton Genddarm, the new schoolteacher, comes to town, the young women of Blessing see a chance to force Toby's hand with a little strategic matchmaking. But real sparks fly between...
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