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Pub. Date
2009
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English
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In a night of drunken revelry, Jasper Finley, Baron Montford, gambles his reputation as London's most notorious lover on his ability to seduce the virtuous Katherine Huxtable. For Katherine, Jasper's offer is irresistible: to make London's most dangerous rake fall in love with her. Then Jasper suddenly ups the ante by asking her to become his wife.
2) No angel
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English
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An overwhelming love for Oliver Lytton leads Lady Celia Beckenham to leave the confines of her upper-crust social strata and marry, according to her family, below her station. Nonetheless, the children that her marriage produces and the rare access she has to the publishing world through her husband, bring Celia enormous satisfaction. However, when Oliver returns from WWI, Celia finds that her marriage has changed drastically, and she must look for...
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English
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"One of the most innovative authors and distinguished literary critics of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf examines family dynamics and the tensions between men and women in her 1927 novel To the Lighthouse. A pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device, Woolf explores multiple perspectives of the members of the Ramsay family as they navigate experiences of disappointment and loss. Divided into three sections, the story...
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Publisher
Amy Einhorn Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
385 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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A tale inspired by the life and mysterious fate of George Mallory traces the experiences of his wife, Ruth, who in 1924 maintains a hopeful vigil in war-ravaged England during Mallory's fateful third expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
677 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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The temporary wife: "Miss Charity Duncan has no illusions about Lord Anthony Earheart's proposal. He neds a wife who will enrage the father he despises and then disappear from his life. In exchange, Charity's family will receive the money they need"--From publisher description.
A promise of spring: "Grace Howard is devoted to Sir Peregrine Lampman, the gallant gentleman who rescued her from poverty by making her his bride. But now the one thing she's...
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