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Trace Ballentine, investigative journalist, has gone undercover to expose the corruption at a remote South Dakota hospital. But when his long-lost sweetheart appears out of nowhere – beautiful, vulnerable and with two adorable children in tow – he can’t risk blowing his cover.Lilleth Preston finds bumbling librarian Clark Clarkly curiously attractive… and strangely familiar.Is there more to the mysterious, bookish Clark than meets the eye? But she has secrets of her own, and revealing the truth...
| Автор | Carol Arens |
PRETEND ENGAGEMENTBurned by love, and fearful of being trapped by marriage, headstrong Lady Cordelia Armstrong is furious when her father manipulates her into a betrothal with his business partner and her one-time lover Iain Hunter. Understanding Cordelia’s reluctance, Iain proposes a pretend engagement. For now they will make believe – but there is no need to fake the attraction that still burns hotly between them. As they travel to magical Arabia the lines between fantasy and reality blur....
| Автор | Marguerite Kaye |
SHOULD SHE TRUST HIM?When a stranger turned up at her farm, in need of a place to rest, Ellen O'Brian didn't have the heart to turn him away. He looked darkly dangerous, but she could handle herself; she had learned hard and fast when her husband upped and left.Jess Flint couldn't help but admire Ellen's courage and grit–even though he had to keep secrets from her. He showed her what it was like to feel like a woman again, to have a man to hold and rely on. With danger just...
| Автор | Lynna Banning |
SEDUCING THE CAPTAINIt would be unwise to mistake me for an innocent debutante – for years I have graced the smoky gloom of many a billiards club and honed my skills at my father’s side. But now he has a new protégé – a Captain Greer Barrington – and while my father would see me attract the attentions of an eligible lord I, Mercedes Lockhart, have other ambitions…Even if that means seducing the Captain to earn back my father’s favour! I know I must avoid falling for Greer’s charming smile…but...
| Автор | Bronwyn Scott |
Sebastian Sinclair mirrored his notable brothers in every way, even when it came to pursuing an intense, impossible love. Surely the flame in his heart could be nothing else, for it drove him to rescue a brave and beautiful Spanish noblewoman–held prisoner to another man's dangerous desires!Doña Pilar tasted the sweetness of the epithet upon her lips and knew she'd named Sebastian Sinclair well. For the fearless Englishman had dared to snatch her from the grip of monstrous evil, had...
| Автор | Gayle Wilson |
WED TO WICKEDNESSIn Society’s eyes, Hayden Fitzwalter, Earl of Ramsay, and Jane Bancroft have the perfect marriage. But what can’t be seen are the secrets hidden behind closed doors. Believing Hayden will never renounce his dissolute ways, Jane flees to her family’s dilapidated estate in the country. Years later, Hayden longs to win back the only woman who has ever touched his heart. But first he has to convince her that this rogue is ready to be tamed…Bancrofts of Barton Park Two sisters, two...
| Автор | Amanda McCabe |
Building a World Community: Globalisation and the Common Good
| Автор | Jacques Baudot |
Noted French scholar and linguist discusses the gods of the continental Celts, the beginnings of mythology in Ireland, heroes, and the two main categories of Irish deities: mother-goddesses — local, rural spirits of fertility or of war — and chieftain-gods: national deities who are magicians, nurturers, craftsmen, and protectors of the people.
| Автор | Marie-Louise Sjoestedt |
The Peoples of the Eastern Habsburg Lands, 1526-1918
| Автор | Robert A. Kann |
A rich source of striking imagery, this compilation of 163 black-and-white prints was reproduced from a rare collection of 18th-century broadsides. Illustrations include folkloric characters (Peggy Bacon-face, Bet Boozer, Sir John Falstaff) as well as animals, ships, soldiers, traditional English heroes and members of the royal family, and other distinctive graphics.
| Автор | Carver |
IN WANT OF A RESPECTABLE WIFE… Widow Jane Caldwell is practically destitute when famed explorer Nicholas Hurst seeks shelter – with his baby daughter hidden under his coat! Wounded and on the run from his enemies, Nicholas is as darkly attractive as she remembers and she can’t deny him aid.Adventurer Nicholas seeks to settle down, and Jane would make a highly respectable wife! But, cowed by duty for too long, Jane yearns for a love and passion Nicholas cannot give her… until he learns to open...
| Автор | June Francis |
THE QUEST FOR SECRETS HAD DESTROYED ONE MAN SHE LOVED. HER HEART COULD NOT BEAR TO LOSE ANOTHER.Isidora Binte Deogel had lost her father to alchemy, only to see Sir Lucien de Griswold willingly tread the same dangerous path. And now a cruel irony had made him her soul's desire and her the agent of his doom!THE NEED FOR ATONEMENT HAD DRIVEN LUCIEN DE GRISWOLD TO FORSAKE ANY CHANCE AT LOVE.But did Providence have a different fate in store for him? He looked upon Isidora and saw not the...
| Автор | Elaine Knighton |
Her Last Chance at Redemption…Singer Ruby Dearing is tired of life on the stage and yearns for a place to belong. She returns home to beg forgiveness from her mother and sister, only to find stubborn Nash Sommerton – her sister’s widower – in charge.Nash is prepared to fight this unruly beauty for his ranch, but Ruby amazes him with her determination to restore the house to the home it once was. Can he persuade Ruby to forgive herself and see the second chance they’ve both been given?
| Автор | Cheryl St.John |
Miranda Howell grieved for the Navajo and yearned to educate their children for the future they'd face, not the past they mourned. But her every effort was thwarted by a proud warrior who desired only to keep his people strong–and help Miranda free the passion in her soul.…Ahkeah knew his duty to his People, his daughter, his wife's memory. Yet he was unsure of how to treat an enemy who wore skirts and smelled of lilacs. Miranda Howell had come to the desert full of curiosity and...
| Автор | Elizabeth Lane |
A Cinderella Christmas tale…Lord Lansbury has always known that true love must come second to a suitable match. So why is he so bewitched by the unforgettable violet eyes of his sister’s companion Jane Mortimer? From the moment she set foot in Chalfont, Jane has longed for the enigmatic Earl’s admiration. But they come from different worlds – her dreams will surely remain out of reach for ever… Until one night Jane’s wishes are granted… Now the Earl must decide – will there be wedding bells...
| Автор | Хелен Диксон |
Unmarried and pregnant!Alex Golding had a duty to stop his brother-in-law’s bigamous marriage. But when he’d seen the bride, he’d offered whatever comfort he could to sweet young seamstress, Lydia Brooks…Lydia has spent weeks trying to forget her brief encounter with Mr Golding – she knows the rich widower can never love her. But when it’s Alex who offers her the investment to open her own shop, she can’t say no. This time their passion is as unexpected as its dramatic consequences…she’s...
| Автор | Хелен Диксон |
By studying the early splits within Korean nationalism, Michael Robinson shows that the issues faced by Korean nationalists during the Japanese colonial period were complex and enduring. In doing so, Robinson, in this classic text, provides a new context with which to analyze the difficult issues of political identity and national unity that remain central to contemporary Korean politics.
| Автор | Michael Edson Robinson |
Historian Carlos A. Schwantes studies the forces that shaped the history of the labor movement on either side of the forty-ninth parallel and the reason for the eventual demise of the socialist movement in Washington State and its continuing vigor in British Columbia.
| Автор | Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes |
The Retirement Association at the University of Washington
| Автор | Neal O. Hines |
When a mining claim on a crumbling cliff of burnt-rose quartzite lured naturalist Jack Nisbet to the northeastern corner of Washington State in 1970, he began a search for an understanding of that open country through stories about the people who lived there and the everyday events he shared with them. Together, these vivid, engaging, and subtly humorous stories evoke the essence of this place.Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwlNisTUyk
| Автор | Jack Nisbet |
REN DRYDEN HAS A SPARK SHE CAN’T RISK IGNITING…Emma Ward is in trouble. The devilishly handsome part-owner of her beloved Caribbean sugar plantation has arrived and clearly he doesn’t trust her. But his eyes promise pleasures she can only imagine. Maybe there’s a way to get him on-side…Ren Dryden might be fresh off the boat from London, but he knows when a woman is playing him – and when she’s as intriguing as the alluring Emma he’s more than happy to play back!But several sultry nights and...
| Автор | Bronwyn Scott |
Locked in a Deadly Game!Physically and emotionally scarred, Lady Taryn knows no man would want her for a wife. Nonetheless, she’s determined to free her father from his merciless overlord and enlists powerful warrior Killian MacDubh to help.He has his own motives for confronting the High King… Born a bastard, Killian longs to carve out a place for himself. Unaware of her true beauty, Taryn is an alluring distraction to his plan, but as traitors are revealed and loyalties tested, their forbidden...
| Автор | Michelle Willingham |
Crazy Creek, Oregon, had never seen a lady lawyer before, much less one like Irene Hardisson–and neither had Clayton Black, Texas Ranger. In fact, it had been over a year since he'd caught the scent of anything sweeter than gun powder. He was on the trail of a killer, and it had suited him just fine–until now….Fortunately, the lady liked games, and after a few hands of poker, Irene and Clayton discovered they had more in common than they thought. And what started as a mission for justice...
| Автор | Lynna Banning |
Shay Devereaux had been alone, angry and bereft of hope–until a deathbed plea had sent him into the arms of Jenny Pennington, the one woman who could resurrect him, heart and soul!Though the war had scarred her in places deep and secret, Jenny had refused to let it break her. Then, suddenly, Shay Devereaux rode into her life and her womanhood awakened, for this heaven-sent man without a past had brought her a future–filled with unimaginable love!
| Автор | Carolyn Davidson |