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The Torrents of Spring, First Love,...

Ivan Turgenev

The Torrents of Spring, First Love, and Mumu

Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) was a novelist, poet and playwright known for his honest and affectionate portrayals of Russian serfs in the feudal system of the nineteenth century. Unlike his contemporaries Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Leo Tolstoy, whose writings focused primarily on church and religion, Turgenev believed in and advocated the need for Russia to Westernize. He criticized the provincial society and political turbulence of his time through sophisticated, focused and often emotional prose....

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Ivan Turgenev

A Contract Seduction

Дженис Мейнард

A Contract Seduction

‘You’re mine—for as long as we have.’With six months to live, Jonathan Tarleton must secure his family’s business with a contract marriage. He convinces his beautiful assistant, Lisette Stanhope to be his bride, telling himself the proposal has nothing to do with his raw need to make Lisette his.

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Дженис Мейнард

Mummy and the Maverick

Meg Maxwell

Mummy and the Maverick

She only has weeks to convince him he can love again…Billionaire businessman Autry Jones swore off single mothers after the pain of losing both the woman he loved and her child when she left him. But now he’s met widowed mother of three Marissa Jones, who might change his mind – and his life – in just three weeks…

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Meg Maxwell

For The Sake Of His Heir

Джоанна Рок

For The Sake Of His Heir

A paper marriage to the billionaire boss!A marriage of convenience is decidedly inconvenient for Brianne Hanson when the groom is her sexy boss! Resisting Gabe and his baby was already tough, but now they’re sharing a bed!

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Джоанна Рок

Privy Seal

Форд Мэдокс Форд

Privy Seal

Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, poet and critic. He founded literary journals such as «The English Review» and «The Transatlantic Review» which were instrumental in the development of early 20th century English literature. He published renowned authors such as Thomas Hardy, H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, William Butler Yeats and many more in these influential journals and even collaborated with Joseph Conrad on three novels. He is now best...

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Форд Мэдокс Форд

The Landlady

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Landlady

After a brief military career, the illustrious Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky quickly turned to writing as a profession, sparking a literary career that would eventually cement Dostoyevsky’s reputation as one of the greatest novelists of the nineteenth century. Early participation in a literary political group landed the writer in exile in Siberia for nearly a decade, an experience which had a profound influence on Dostoyevsky’s understanding of fate, the suffering of human beings, and which...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Rise of David Levinsky

Abraham Cahan

The Rise of David Levinsky

Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) was a Lithuanian-born American communalist newspaper editor, politician, and novelist. His family, who was devoutly religious, moved to Wilna, New York in 1866 where the young Cahan received the usual Jewish preparatory education for the rabbinate. He, however, was attracted by secular knowledge and secretly studied the Russian language, ultimately entering the Teachers Institute of Wilna. Four years after his arrival in New York, he quickly mastered the English...

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Abraham Cahan

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Sir Richard Burton

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

The following text has been drawn from Sir Richard Burton's exhaustive translation of «The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night», more commonly known as «The Arabian Nights». The story of Aladdin, likely the most famous of all the tales of «The Arabian Nights», is the story of a poor young boy who is recruited by the sorcerer Maghreb to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. When Aladdin is trapped in the cave he discovers the magical powers of a ring lent to him...

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Sir Richard Burton

Conveniently Wed To The Prince

Nina Milne

Conveniently Wed To The Prince

This royal wedding is strictly business…When Prince Stefan learns he might inherit land from his estranged family, he sees a chance to honour his late mother. However, Holly Romano, is also named in the will – and the land goes to whomever marries first. But are they ready join forces and marry each other?

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Nina Milne

Unmasking The Maverick

Teresa Southwick

Unmasking The Maverick

Releasing his inner cowboy!Rugged ex-Marine Brendan Tanner recently took up residence at the Stockton ranch. Could Fiona O’Reilly make him rethink his wandering ways?The sparks between those two could light up all of Rust Creek Falls, if only they weren’t so wary of falling in love…

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Teresa Southwick

Upstairs Downstairs Baby

Cat Schield

Upstairs Downstairs Baby

A boss falling into bed with the help is the ultimate scandal…Millionaire Linc Thurston is expected to marry well – not take up with his live-in housekeeper. But Claire Robbins is unlike any woman he’s ever known. Linc can’t resist Claire, but when her betrayals catch up with them both, will their passion hold strong?

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Cat Schield

The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob

George Eliot

The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob

George Eliot, the pen named used by Mary Anne Evans, wrote popular works that epitomized the settings and ideology of contemporary Victorian England. She was brought up in the Church of England, where she developed strong moral convictions that carried over into her fiction; she often presented stories of social outsiders and small-town persecution. When «Brother Jacob» was completed in 1864, it was published together with «The Lifted Veil» (1859) as a companion piece. «The Lifted Veil» is a...

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George Eliot

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot makes his debut in «The Mysterious Affair at Styles.» The mystery of the novel is the one of who poisoned wealthy heiress Emily Inglethorp and how did the killer get in and out of her locked bedroom. The suspects are many and Poirot must use Holmesian deduction to discover the killer. Mystery fans will delight in the first installment of Agatha Christie's famous series of Poirot mystery novels.

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Agatha Christie

Struggling Upward; Or, Luck Larkin'...

Alger Horatio Jr.

Struggling Upward; Or, Luck Larkin's Luck

In the title of «Struggling Upward» the reader gains a sense of the type of story that he is in store for. As is common with the work of Horatio Alger Jr., «Struggling Upward» is the story of a young man's attempts to rise himself up from his bootstraps and make something of himself in this world. In this case, Luke Larkin, who through hard work, honesty, determination, and concern for others (the qualities consistently praised in Alger's work) rises up to improve his lot in life and...

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Alger Horatio Jr.

Тёмный голос

Лолита Милаш

Тёмный голос

Эта книга о жизни именно той, которую бесконечно начинаешь с понедельника, а потом в один прекрасный день понимаешь, что ты устал. Ты больше не видишь просвета и смерть кажется единственно верным способом. Ведь ты боишься жить и вряд-ли когда-нибудь начнёшь. "Темный голос" о том, как найти в себе ресурсы, как стряхнуть с себя груз социальных стереотипов и начать наслаждаться жизнью, ступить на свой путь. Совершите с героиней романа погружение во мрак, а после обретите любовь к жизни. Книга...

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Лолита Милаш

A Father For Her Baby

Sue MacKay

A Father For Her Baby

The perfect guy for her and her baby girl…?Kind-hearted nurse Sasha Wilson can’t wait to be a mother! And, with her unborn little girl almost here, the last thing she needs is to meet handsome doctor Grady O’Neil…again! The former love of her life walked out on her eleven years ago, taking her heart with him.As she works alongside Grady in Golden Bay’s medical centre it’s clear their chemistry has never died. Something about Grady has changed, but can Sasha risk her heart again? And can he...

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Sue MacKay

The Italian's Runaway Princess

Andrea Bolter

The Italian's Runaway Princess

Is life outside the palace walls everything she dreamed of?When billionaire Gio Grassi rescues a beautiful stranger on the streets of Florence he never imagined she'd be royalty! Princess Luciana’s vivacity intrigues him. With her arranged royal wedding only weeks away, can this chance encounter change their lives forever?

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Andrea Bolter

Engaging The Enemy

Reese Ryan

Engaging The Enemy

‘That's the deal, Take it… or leave it.’Parker Abbott will do whatever it takes to be the next CEO of King’s Finest Distillery, even play fake fiancé to his childhood nemesis, Kayleigh Jemison. Yet as he and the fiery redhead get reacquainted, sparks fly and real passion emerges.

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Reese Ryan

Wanted: Billionaire's Wife

Susannah Erwin

Wanted: Billionaire's Wife

The woman he wants is off-limits.CEO Luke Dallas will save his business deal—even if that means marriage! And he hires recruiter Danica Novak to be his unconventional matchmaker. The only problem? Beautiful, captivating Danica is distracting him from his goal,,,

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Susannah Erwin

The Double Deal

Catherine Mann

The Double Deal

Will sharing his bed destroy her plans or lead to forever?Naomi Steele knows it’s sneaky to sleep with Royce Miller without revealing her true identity. But once the snow melts and the truth is revealed, Naomi could be dealing with double the trouble!

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Catherine Mann

The Man She Couldn't Refuse

Natalie Anderson

The Man She Couldn't Refuse

Fast Fiction Hot – short, sexy readsBecca Wolfe is on a mission to put herself first for once—and that means no men. Working as a promo girl on a Greek Island, she's dressed to thrill, carrying a pistol full of caffeine-laced soda (did she mention the secret libido-boosting ingredient?) and ready for the holiday of a lifetime—with no distractions! But Levi Everton—blast from the past and top of Becca's Most Wanted list—is distraction personified. A lot has changed in ten years, but...

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Natalie Anderson

The Man She Can't Forget

Maggie Cox

The Man She Can't Forget

Once forbidden…Lara Bradley’s breath catches in her chest the moment millionaire Gabriel Devenish swoops back into her life, bringing with him a whirlwind of emotion. Because the man who stands before her is no longer the carefree object of her teenage desires but a man – hard, distant and ruthless…Now desired!Gabriel knows he should walk away from Lara, and that he must show her that wanting a happy-ever-after with him is futile. But proving just how wrong he is for her only makes him realise...

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Maggie Cox

A Clash With Cannavaro

Elizabeth Power

A Clash With Cannavaro

Italian billionaire Emiliano Cannavaro knows everyone has their price…Especially Lauren Westwood, the sister of his brother’s duplicitous wife and the only woman ever to come close to melting his cool defences! When tragedy strikes, Emiliano will gain custody of his young orphaned nephew – even if the boy is currently under Lauren’s care.Innocent Lauren isn’t the gold-digger he believes, and she won’t be bought! But when Emiliano offers her an ultimatum – come to his house in the Caribbean with...

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Elizabeth Power

An Heir To Bind Them

Dani Collins

An Heir To Bind Them

Off the boss’s payroll… and into his bed!Jaya. Her name reverberates around Theo Makricosta’s head in time to the whirring blades of his private helicopter. He must find her – only Jaya can help with the care of his infant niece and nephew… It’s not because he hasn’t stopped thinking about the single night of mind-blowing passion he shared with the exotic beauty.Jaya Powers couldn’t refuse her gorgeous millionaire Greek boss when she worked for him and she can’t refuse him now! Only this time...

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Dani Collins

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