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Nicholas Monroe, widowed "Prince of Ravenscar," is feeling pressure from his family to remarry. But the mysterious death of his first wife, Lily, still hangs over his head. Her brother, Richard, believes Nicholas is responsible for her death. When Richard finally confronts Nicholas, long-held secrets threaten to resurface-despite someone's desperate effort to keep them buried.
2) Emma
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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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Amish mail order grooms volume 2
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"In a small Appalachian community with few single men, young Amish women take fate in hand and help forge their own paths to happy marriages... Wanted: An Amish Mail Order Groom. Age 20-30. Must understand that courting will follow the marriage ceremony in gut order. Seeking one who is reserved, quiet, and bookish. It worked for her best friend, so why shouldn't Abigail Mast, the local potter of Blackberry Falls, follow suit and advertise for a groom?...
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1826. Lucy and Robert's joy in christening their new daughter in the village of Kurland St. Mary is only enhanced when Robert's aunt Rose - now the second wife of Lucy's father Ambrose - announces that she is with child. However, not everyone is happy about the news, in particular Rose's adult daughter Henrietta and her husband, who fear for their inheritance. Following the christening, Rose's son-in-law Basil Northam threatens to turn afternoon tea...
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Daughters of Mannerling volume 6
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St. Martin's Press
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c1997
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