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Montana Bride

Jillian Hart

Montana Bride

CAN TWO STRANGERS BE A MATCH MADE IN THE WEST?Willa Conner learned a long time ago that love is only in fairytales. She’s been left widowed, pregnant and penniless, and her last hope is the stranger who answers her ad for a husband. Austin Dermot, a hardworking Montana blacksmith, doesn’t know what to expect from a mail-order bride.It certainly isn’t the brave, beautiful, but scarred young woman who cautiously steps off the train… Trust won’t come easily for Willa – it’s hard for her to believe...

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Jillian Hart

The Disgraceful Lord Gray

Virginia Heath

The Disgraceful Lord Gray

A spy on a mission…Until he meets this heiress!Part of The King’s Elite. Miss Theodora Cranford’s learned to keep her impetuous nature locked away. She won’t be deceived by another man who can’t see past her fortune. She wants an honourable, sensible sort – not a self-assured scoundrel like her new neighbour, Lord Gray. Although she’s sure there’s more to him than meets the eye… But after that first captivating kiss, she's certainly left wanting more!

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Virginia Heath

A City in the Making

Frederick H. Armstrong

A City in the Making

A City in the Making examines certain of the events that took place in the nineteenth century Toronto, paying particular attention to those who carved a thriving metropolis out of the frontier post that was the town of York.

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Frederick H. Armstrong

From Horse Power to Horsepower

Mike Filey

From Horse Power to Horsepower

From the 1890s through the 1920s, as horse gave way to machine, the look of Toronto and the lifestyles of its inhabitants were irrevocably altered. From Horse Power to Horsepower is a pictorial history of the vehicles of the era.

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Mike Filey

Jalna

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Jalna

Winner of the 1927 Atlantic-Little, Brown Award First published in 1927, this international bestseller is now back in print. Jalna is the first book in the popular series about a Canadian family named Whiteoak, who live in southern Ontario in a red-brick house called Jalna. In Jalna , the unforgettable family makes its first appearance. Two grandsons cause tumult when they bring their brides to live at Jalna, and Grandmother Adeline celebrates her 100th birthday.

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The Truth Behind Their Practical Ma...

Marguerite Kaye

The Truth Behind Their Practical Marriage

A marriage hiding secrets…but forged by passion!A Penniless Brides of Convenience story: Miss Estelle Brannagh has never met a man who’s tempted her to renounce her hard-won independence. Until an encounter with Irish landowner Aidan Malahide blossoms into spine-tingling attraction. He’s carefree and charismatic – accepting his proposal seems practical and shockingly desirable! Yet Aidan is hiding a dark secret, and it will take all of Estelle’s courage to ensure it doesn’t tear them apart…

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Marguerite Kaye

Chosen By The Lieutenant

Anne Herries

Chosen By The Lieutenant

SHE HAS HIS HAND, BUT NOT HIS HEART…Amanda Hamilton’s fortune means she’s not short of marriage offers – despite her unfashionable figure!But there’s only one man she wants for her husband: the dashing Lieutenant Peter Phipps, who is in dire financial straits. Amanda knows Phipps doesn’t love her, but when he proposes she accepts – unable to resist the chance to live her dreams.Their burgeoning relationship surprises everyone – especially Phipps, who discovers that his sweet, sensible fiancée is...

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Anne Herries

Captain Langthorne's Proposal

Elizabeth Beacon

Captain Langthorne's Proposal

At twenty-four, Lady Serena Summerton puts herself firmly back on the shelf–this time for good!Her abusive first marriage was an utter disaster, and she's determined never to marry again. Captain Adam Langthorne remembers Serena as a wild little thing. Now back from France, this courageous captain is enchanted with the beautiful woman she has become.Putting aside his rakish ways, the dashing Captain Langthorne resolves to tempt, entice or, if he has to, drag Lady Serena into having a second...

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Elizabeth Beacon

Betrayed, Betrothed and Bedded

Juliet Landon

Betrayed, Betrothed and Bedded

THE GAME OF LOVE IS A DANGEROUS ONE IN THE COURT OF HENRY VIII…Betrayed by an ambitious father, forcibly betrothed to the handsome yet enigmatic Sir Jon Raemon, and soon to be bedded by the covetous King Henry, Virginia D’Arvall is the female pawn in a masculine game of desire, power and lust.Ginny is determined to keep her honour, but in these dangerous courtly games she will need to have her wits about her like never before. Will she realise that in Sir Jon she might just have all the love and...

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Juliet Landon

An Unconventional Duenna

Paula Marshall

An Unconventional Duenna

Two young women, up from Steepwood to London for the Season, immediately attract the attention of two highly eligible young men.Tall, dark and confident, Athene Filmer seizes the opportunity to act as companion to her small, blonde and decidedly timid friend when she is launched into the ton. Illegitimate, with no dowry, Athene sees this as her one chance to make a rich marriage. But troubles arise when both young women consider Adrian, Lord Kinloch, to be the ideal husband.It's more than...

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Paula Marshall

The Capital Years

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The Capital Years

The Capital Years is being published to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the opening of the first parliament of Upper Canada. Nine scholars have contributed to this book, which explores the daily life of the inhabitants during the time period 1792-1796 when the area served as the capital of Upper Canada. Their knowledge and expertise give the book depth and breadth of scholarship.

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Out of the Shadows

Brereton Greenhous

Out of the Shadows

First published in 1977 this accessible general overview of Canada’s contribution to the Second World War and of the war’s effect on Canada’s evolution. This revised edition incorporates new information, particularly in the realms of intelligence and cipher, allowing new interpretations of policies and operations. It also makes new judgements on Canadian generalship.

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Brereton Greenhous

Loyalist Mosaic

Joan Magee

Loyalist Mosaic

Loyalist Mosaic highlights the ethnic diversity among the Loyalist settlers to Canada by exploring the experiences of 11 extraordinary individuals.

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Joan Magee

Mary Wakefield

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Mary Wakefield

First published in 1949, in Mary Wakefield , the third book in the Jalna series, a young English woman is hired by Ernest Whiteoak to be a governess to Philip’s motherless children. When Philip falls in love with her, his mother does all she can to prevent the marriage. This is book 3 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles . It is followed by Young Renny . [i][/i]

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The Convenient Felstone Marriage

Jenni Fletcher

The Convenient Felstone Marriage

‘I have a proposal for you…’The last place respectable governess Ianthe Holt ever expected to be proposed to is in a train carriage…by a stranger…who has just accused her of trying to trap another man into marriage!Shipping magnate Robert Felstone may be dashing but he’s also insufferable, impertinent—and Ianthe’s only possible saviour from her uncertain fate. She’s hesitant to play the perfect Felstone wife, but Robert soon shows Ianthe there’s more to him than meets the eye, and more to...

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Jenni Fletcher

Lady Knightley's Secret

Anne Ashley

Lady Knightley's Secret

Miss Elizabeth Beresford had become an heiress upon her grandmother's death. Her sister, Evadne, thought she was very clever when she engineered that Elizabeth would be trapped overnight in the cellars with Evadne's brother-in-law.Except that the plot misfired and it was Sir Richard Knightley who became entrapped with Elizabeth! Richard was not unwilling to marry, for Elizabeth had changed beautifully from the young girl he remembered. It was Elizabeth who was reluctant, for she loved...

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Anne Ashley

A Debutante In Disguise

Eleanor Webster

A Debutante In Disguise

A society lady …with a secret!Determined to help people, Letty Barton has a double life – she’s a trained doctor! No-one must know 'Dr Hatfield' is actually a woman. Called to an emergency, she comes face to face with her patient’s brother, Lord Anthony Ashcroft… They’d once shared a spark-filled flirtation – now he’s a brooding, scarred war-hero. But how long will it be before he recognises her, beneath her disguise, and the sparks begin to fly once more…?

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Eleanor Webster

An Inescapable Match

Sylvia Andrew

An Inescapable Match

A Young Woman Disappears. A Husband Is Suspected Of Murder. Stirring Times For All The Neighborhood.When poor relation Deborah Staunton finds herself destitute, through no fault of her own, she is thrown on the mercy of the Percival family. Help presents itself in the highly eligible shape of Hugo Percival. Could he ever consider her as a possible wife?All Hugo wants is a well-ordered life with a calm, gentle lady, not an accident-prone miss who spreads disaster in her wake. Yet as the lively...

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Sylvia Andrew

Mary And The Marquis

Janice Preston

Mary And The Marquis

Cured with a kiss…When destitute widow Mary Vale aids an injured man on the road, she is shocked to discover that he is the reclusive Lucas Alastair, Marquis of Rothley! She’s intrigued by the dark Marquis, but when she offers to nurse him back to health in return for shelter he proves a difficult patient!Lucas hides some deep emotion beneath his brusque manner, and a stolen kiss leaves Mary longing for more… She’s able to help mend his physical injuries, but can Mary heal the wounds of his...

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Janice Preston

His Mask of Retribution

Margaret McPhee

His Mask of Retribution

THE LAST MAN SHE COULD EVER LOVE…Beautiful Marianne Winslow has had her share of suitors – and her share of scandal. Three engagements, no wedding… And the ton are beginning to talk. Smouldering Rafe Knight has lived the last fifteen years of his life with one goal: avenging the death of his parents. His final target? The Earl of Misbourne. The perfect bartering tool? The Earl’s daughter, Marianne…Held at gunpoint on Hounslow Heath, Marianne is taken captive by a mysterious masked highwayman....

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Margaret McPhee

Moment to Moment

David Budbill

Moment to Moment

• Budbill’s previous poetry book Judevine sold 1500 copies in cloth and 5000 copies in paperback (0930031482, 1991). • Chelsea Green is reissuing and re-announcing Judevine in conjunction with the release of this book. • Budbill is also a playwright and a musician and regularly tours with stage presentations of his work. He will be performing these poems to music accompaniment in the Fall ‘99.

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David Budbill

The Smallest Muscle in the Human Bo...

Alberto Ríos

The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body

– each of his poetry volumes with Norton sold in excess of 3000 copies – Ríos has an enthusiastic following within the Hispanic community – everyone at CCP is enthusiastic about this book – it is poetry filled with memorable characters that leap off the p

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Alberto Ríos

The Redshifting Web

Arthur Sze

The Redshifting Web

This collection spans more than a quarter century of published work, including selections from five previous award-winning books, and makes available for the first time the full range of Sze's remarkable poetry. Through the startling juxtaposition of images, Sze reveals the interconnectedness, the interdependency of things and ideas, always with an ear attuned to pitch and cadence.

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Arthur Sze

Rake with a Frozen Heart

Marguerite Kaye

Rake with a Frozen Heart

THE MAN WHO COULD NEVER LOVEWaking up in a stranger’s bed, Henrietta Markham encounters the most darkly sensual man she has ever met. The last thing she remembers is being attacked by a housebreaker – yet being rescued by the notorious Earl of Pentland feels much more dangerous!Since the cataclysmic failure of his marriage, ice has flowed in Rafe St Alban’s veins. But meeting impetuous, all-too-distracting governess Henrietta heats his blood to boiling point.When she’s accused of theft, Rafe...

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Marguerite Kaye

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