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The Earl of Rule proposes to Horatia Winwood's sister, who is already in love with someone else. For her family's happiness, Horatia offers herself instead. Everyone knows she’s no beauty, but she'll keep out of the Earl’s way and make him a good wife. Until his archenemy sets out to ruin her reputation . . .

Georgette Heyer's vivid account of the young Charles II's escape after the crushing defeat of his army at the Battle of Worcester. Evoking the excitement and drama of the times, the narrative follows the outlaw King through Cromwell's England to eventual safety.

"Nothing will stop Tonia from finding a home of her own. Tonia has lived all her life in the quiet Scottish countryside and can't imagine herself anywhere else. But when her beloved older sister gets married and moves away, Tonia begins to wonder if there aren't bigger things on the horizon for her too. The advent of World War II brings Tonia briefly to the heart of London, where the roar of fighter planes echoes through the night and bombings are...

For six years, Carly Nolan has built a secretive life for herself and her son Christopher. Nobody in the quiet little beach community of Twilight Cove, California, suspects she is running from the tragic memory of her fiancé Rick and his unexpected death--and from his rich, powerful parents, who want to take away her child. She has carefully concealed her troubled past from the folks in the isolated cove. Until now. Private investigator, Jake Montgomery,...

Angel Ridge, Tennessee, population three hundred forty-five, is a picturesque town in the Little Tennessee River valley. Established in 1785, its first families - the McKays, Wallaces, Houstons, and the Craigs - staked their claims on hundreds of acres of the richest bottom land anyone had ever seen. And after all the years Dixie Ferguson has spent behind the counter of her diner, she could probably tell a story about near everyone in town.

"Hazel Wilmot calls Amanda Vickers, her former student and the editor of Roaming New England Magazine, with a story idea about a haunted New Hampshire inn. Amanda is intrigued, but before she can get there Hazel dies suspiciously in a fall while exploring the abandoned inn. Amanda decides to investigate. Accompanied by her young associate editor, Marcie Ducasse, Amanda travels to Shadsborough, and discovers that neither Hazel's death nor the stories...

When Eleana Castillo arrives in Las Flores from Mexico to work and meet her brother Carlos, who is already working there, her troubles begin. Carlos has disappeared without a trace and Carlotta, her sister-in-law who is with child, is missing from her home in Mexico.

An epic novel of love, family, faith, and war. Inspired by the true story behind one of the South's most historic mansions. In 1849, Anne Tracy, a cultured, bookish young woman confined by antebellum society, married a railroad baron in her hometown of Macon, Georgia, William Butler Johnston, twenty years her senior. During their lengthy European honeymoon, Anne and William's formal marriage blossomed into an enchanting love story. The Johnston's...