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The Ceo's Nanny Affair

Joss Wood

The Ceo's Nanny Affair

This will be an affair to remember…Drop-dead gorgeous billionaire Linc Ballantyne needs to make a decision after his ex abandons two children. His solution? Strike up a wary deal with her way-too-sexy sister. She’ll be the nanny and they’ll keep their hands to themselves. But their temporary truce soon becomes a temporary tryst!

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Joss Wood

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of...

Samuel Richardson

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady (Volume I of II)

First published in 1748, «Clarissa» is the long and tragic tale of the ever-virtuous Miss Clarissa Harlowe. Though her family, newly wealthy, wishes to enter the aristocracy, they can only do so by marrying Clarissa to an unrefined and loveless man. She is soon offered protection from the selfish motives of her family by Robert Lovelace, who tricks Clarissa into running away with him. Though witty and urbane, Lovelace soon proves himself a villainous rake, eager to strike out at the Harlowes by...

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Samuel Richardson

Evelina

Burney Fanny

Evelina

First published in 1778, this novel of manners tells the story of Evelina, a young woman raised in rural obscurity who is thrust into London’s fashionable society at the age of eighteen. There, she experiences a sequence of humorous events at balls, theatres, and gardens that teach her how quickly she must learn to navigate social snobbery and veiled aggression. Evelina, the embodiment of the feminine ideal for her time, undergoes numerous trials and grows in confidence with her abilities and...

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Burney Fanny

Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887

Edward Bellamy

Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887

"Looking Backward: 2000-1887" is considered to be one of the greatest and most widely read of the utopian novels. It is the story of a young gentleman from Boston who mysteriously wakes from a sleep of over a hundred years to find himself transplanted to a utopian futuristic world. This future world is one of prosperity, cooperation, and harmony. Edward Bellamy's classic novel inspired a rebirth of the utopian novel genre and has been an inspiration to the many forward-looking thinkers...

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Edward Bellamy

Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress

Daniel Defoe

Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress

Daniel Defoe's last novel «Roxana» is perhaps his darkest. Using his «fallen woman» archetype established in his seminal work «Moll Flanders», Defoe tracks the mercurial life of an unnamed female protagonist who adopts the pseudonym Roxana. The story of her rise and fall is a captivating account of the destructive powers of greed and seduction. Roxana begins as a deserted wife with five children. She chooses a life of prostitution for sustenance, and discovers opportunity to climb the...

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Daniel Defoe

The Texan's Baby Proposal

Sara Orwig

The Texan's Baby Proposal

Soon temptations grow uncontrollable and this marriage of convenience may become so much more!Millionaire Texan Marc Medina must marry immediately to inherit his grandfather’s ranch. So when his newly single secretary tells him she’s pregnant, he sees a brilliant deal. He’ll give her his name, inherit and have her in his bed!

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Sara Orwig

A Father For The Twins

Callie Endicott

A Father For The Twins

He’s falling for his clients’ legal guardian…But can business and love ever mix?Signing a young sister and brother to his new talent agency could be a great move for Adam Wilding, especially when he meets their legal guardian. Cassie Bryant’s first priority is her niece and nephew’s welfare. But she herself remains a mystery. Can Adam convince this prickly, stubborn, utterly appealing woman they’re not as different as she thinks?

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Callie Endicott

The Doctor's Christmas Gift

Jennifer Taylor

The Doctor's Christmas Gift

Love and family have never been in Dr. Catherine Lewis's career plan.But by working with Dr. Matt Fielding in his practice by day and playing with him and his two beautiful daughters by night, Catherine experiences everything she'd thought she never wanted. Until, as Christmas approaches, she is torn between choosing the independent life she'd planned – or taking the risk of a lifetime in Matt's loving arms…

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Jennifer Taylor

Taming The Texan

Jules Bennett

Taming The Texan

Can they resist each other?Former military man Hayes Elliott is back at the family ranch to recover from injury. So, the last thing he needs is to fall into bed with a sexy single mum who used to be married to his best friend!

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Jules Bennett

A Dog of Flanders and Other Stories

Ouida

A Dog of Flanders and Other Stories

Maria Louise Ramé (1839-1908) was an English novelist who often chose to write under the pen-name Ouida for her more than 40 novels, children's books and collections of short stories and essays. Her early works were considered quite racy for Victorian-era readers, and many of her stories and characters were based on well-known people that attended soirees at the Langham Hotel, London, where she lived for a brief time. This collection of stories contains her most well-known, «A Dog of...

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Ouida

A Raw Youth (The Adolescent)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A Raw Youth (The Adolescent)

"A Raw Youth (The Adolescent)" is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1875 novel which tells the story of the life of a 19-year-old intellectual, Arkady Dolgoruky, who is the illegitimate child of the controversial and womanizing landowner Versilov. The novel focuses primarily on the conflict that arises between Arkady and Versilov, when Arkady rejoins his family in St. Petersburg. Arkady who has been away at boarding school hardly knows his family and when he comes to learn more about them he...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and...

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth

"A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth" contains three of Charles Dickens most popular Christmas-time stories. In «A Christmas Carol» we have the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who is visited by ghosts prior to Christmas to show him the error of his ways. In «The Chimes» we have the story of Toby Veck, a poor working-class man who has lost his faith in human nature. On New Year's Eve he is visited by spirits who show him that nobody is born...

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Charles Dickens

Notes From Underground and The Doub...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Notes From Underground and The Double

A predecessor to such monumental works as «Crime and Punishment» and «The Brothers Karamazov», «Notes From Underground» represents a turning point in Dostoyevsky's writing towards the more political side. In this work we follow the unnamed narrator of the story, who disillusioned by the oppression and corruption of the society in which he lives withdraws from that society into the underground. A dark and politically charged novel, «Notes From Underground» shows Dostoyevsky at his best. In...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Captivated By Her Italian Boss

Rosanna Battigelli

Captivated By Her Italian Boss

The boy she tried to forget is now the boss her heart won’t let go…Neve Wilder’s past comes flooding back when she meets her boss, Davide Cortese. Can he really be that boy who stole her heart and then disappeared? The intense chemistry between them hasn’t changed! But can she allow herself to be captivated by her gorgeous Italian again?

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Rosanna Battigelli

Her Seven-Day Fiancé

Brenda Harlen

Her Seven-Day Fiancé

The biggest playboy becomes the perfect fake fiancé!To stop her matchmaking mother, Alyssa Cabrera, the newest gal in Haven, finds herself faux-engaged to Jason Channing – the town playboy! Though both are committed to staying single, could they be the perfect couple after all?

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Brenda Harlen

Island Fling To Forever

Sophie Pembroke

Island Fling To Forever

Reunited on Wedding Island…will they ever say ‘I do’?Rosa Gray has returned to La Isla Marina to help with a wedding, not to see rock star Jude Alexander – the man she once ran from! They may have unfinished business, but this time will they risk it all – for forever?

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Sophie Pembroke

The Illegitimate Billionaire

Barbara Dunlop

The Illegitimate Billionaire

His convenient wife is nothing like he expected…If black sheep billionaire Deacon marries Callie, his father has promised him legitimacy and acceptance. But Callie isn’t the gold-digger Deacon was promised, and now his heart’s on the line.

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Barbara Dunlop

The Coquette

Hannah Foster

The Coquette

Hannah Webster Foster (1758-1840) was an American novelist who published her best-selling novel, «The Coquette», anonymously in 1797. It wasn't until 1866, after multiple reprints of the novel, and 26 years after the author's death, that her name appeared on the work. The novel is a fictionalized account of a Connecticut socialite named Eliza Wharton, whose death nine years prior had been highly publicized. Wharton was a 37 yr-old woman who died at a roadside tavern giving birth to a...

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Hannah Foster

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of...

Samuel Richardson

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady (Volume II of II)

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Samuel Richardson

A Country Doctor

Sarah Orne Jewett

A Country Doctor

Sara Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was an American regionalist and feminist writer, in the circle of writers like Willa Cather, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Born in South Berwick, Maine, Jewett had a happy, peaceful childhood where she developed a strong affinity to the nature and people of rural New England. Her first novel, «A Country Doctor», is a semi-autobiographical work about a young girl's struggle to choose between a medical career and marriage. Like most of...

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Sarah Orne Jewett

Passing, Quicksand, and Other Stori...

Nella Larsen

Passing, Quicksand, and Other Stories

Published in 1928, Nella Larsen's first novel «Quicksand» regards the story of Helga Crane, the lovely and refined mixed-race daughter of a Danish mother and a West Indian black father. The character is loosely based on Larsen's own experiences and deals with the character's struggle for racial and sexual identity, a theme common to Larsen's work. In Larsen's second novel, «Passing,» published in 1929, the author revisits this struggle through the lives of two childhood...

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Nella Larsen

Reunited…With Baby

Sara Orwig

Reunited…With Baby

He's returned to Texas to save his family’s ranch. A reunion with his ex isn’t part of the plan.To save his ranch from ruin, billionaire Luke Weston needs the help of his former lover – veterinarian Scarlett McKittrick. Their sizzling attraction hasn’t changed…but will Luke’s dark legacy end their second chance at love?

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Sara Orwig

The Doctor's Runaway Bride

Sarah Morgan

The Doctor's Runaway Bride

Tia knows she can’t marry Dr.Luca Zattoni. She’s pregnant as a result of their whirlwind romance, but she’s made a shocking discovery about Luca. So she leaves Venice – and the man she loves.Luca is determined to find Tia, and soon he’s living and working alongside her again! This passionate Italian fully intends to claim his bride, and their unborn child, but first he must prove his feelings for Tia go deeper than intense physical desire…

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Sarah Morgan

Wrong Brother, Right Man

Kat Cantrell

Wrong Brother, Right Man

With a half billion dollars at stake, this playboy needs a plan.Hiring his brother’s ex is just the start.To earn his inheritance, Valentine LeBlanc must switch jobs with his twin, or so says his father’s will. Val vows to succeed at any cost – but to win, he needs the help of Sabrina Corbin – his brother’s beautiful ex!

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Kat Cantrell

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