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He’s put family first for years – now he wants to be wild!Wealthy security expert Reame Jepsen, has vowed to keep his best friend’s sister, Lachlyn Latimore, safe. Even if that means moving in, staying close and giving in to the forbidden…!
| Автор | Joss Wood |
He used to be her whole world.Sophie Eden refuses to sell her family’s legacy, especially not to Jake Wheeler. He and Sophie have history—a night of passion that first left her elated, then heartbroken. But when they’re snowed in for Christmas, temptation could be too much.
| Автор | Karen Booth |
‘If you need anything, I’m here. All you have to do is ask.’Posing as personal chef to billionaire Jared Stone is the perfect cover for Bella Reid. She must hide her identity and protect her baby at all costs. Yet as heat sizzles between them will Bella risk everything to tell Jared the truth?
| Автор | Charlene Sands |
"The Inferno", Henri Barbusse's 1908 novel, is a brilliant examination of the philosophy of solipsism, which is the idea that knowledge outside of one's own mind is essentially unobtainable. Solipsism conjectures that the external world and the minds of other people can never be known to truly exist. The narrative follows an unnamed man who by cutting a hole in his room gains a view to the outside world. He voyeuristically bears witness to the full breadth of human experience and...
| Автор | Henri Barbusse |
Agatha Christie's second novel, «The Secret Adversary», is the story of the out of work couple Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley who form the partnership «The Young Adventures, Ltd.» The two quickly become involved with a mysterious individual by the name of Mr. Whittington and then later because of this involvement, the British intelligence agency. Quickly a mystery is underway. A classic of detective fiction, «The Secret Adversary» will delight all fans of the genre.
| Автор | Agatha Christie |
Originally one story but divided into two, «Puddn'head Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins» is a combination of Mark Twain's light-hearted humor as well as his penchant for the melancholy. «Pudd'nhead Wilson» is a murder mystery set in the Antebellum South in Missouri, more specifically, on the Mississippi River. During infancy, a light-skinned black baby and a white-skinned baby were switched at birth by a slave mother. Because the black baby grows up thinking he is white, he is...
| Автор | Mark Twain |
Little is definitively known about Charlotte Lennox (1730?-1804) before the publication of her novels and poetry other than she was probably born in Gibraltar to the English captain-lieutenant, James Ramsay, and moved to New York when she was ten. It is thought that she spent much of her childhood reading romance novels as a solution to the boredom of living at small frontier outposts. She was particularly drawn to Miguel de Cervantes' «Don Quixote», and in 1752 she published «The Female...
| Автор | Charlotte Lennox |
Can even sham marriages end in happily ever after?Desperate to keep custody of her late sister’s sweet stepdaughter, Alexis Smith needs to find a husband… fast. US Air Force Major Ben Kincaid seems like the perfect candidate. A brief marriage of convenience suits them both – until Ben moves in. Suddenly, playing house seems a little too real…
| Автор | Merline Lovelace |
The best of both worlds…Darby Brogan has goals: single motherhood and a successful career. Yet when Darby accepts a job with rival architect Judah Huntley, there are strings—caring for the baby on his doorstep! But when playing house gets hot and heavy, will temporary turn into having it all?
| Автор | Joss Wood |
She’s meeting her groom for the first time at the altar!First mistake. Because imagine Imogene’s shock when the groom is Valentin Horvath, her ex-husband! They are perfect for each other accordingto the matchmaker and the fire of their mutual attraction still burns.But will secrets torpedo this marriage, like the last…or save it?
| Автор | Yvonne Lindsay |
"The Sign of the Four" is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's follow-up to his immensely successful «A Study in Scarlet», where we first meet one of the most famous literary detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes. «The Sign of the Four» is the mystery surrounding the disappearance Miss Mary Morstan's father. Every year on the anniversary of Miss Morstan's father's disappearance, Mary receives an anonymous gift of a priceless pearl. Miss Morstan solicits the help of Sherlock Holmes...
| Автор | Артур Конан Дойл |
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was a true American novelist, passionate abolitionist and supporter of women's suffrage. Her foremost novel, «Little Woman», is beloved by readers who enjoy Alcott's sentimental style. Daughter of noted transcendentalist, reformer and educator, Bronson Alcott, she was influenced by such well known figures as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller. This collection of short narratives features strong women with...
| Автор | Louisa May Alcott |
Set in the fictitious mining town of Sulaco, a port city in the imaginary country of Costaguana, «Nostromo» is widely considered as one of Joseph Conrad's best works. It is the story of Senõr Gould, an English expatriate who owns the silver-mining concession in the country. When the country becomes engulfed in increasing political turmoil, Senõr Gould charges Nostromo, his trusted head longshoreman, with the duty of hiding his silver so that it does not fall into the hands of his political...
| Автор | Джозеф Конрад |
Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) is best known as the innovator of the English detective novel, whose sensational novels, plays, and short stories were hugely popular in the Victorian Era. Today, readers enjoy Collins' intricate and suspenseful plots, and his penetrating social commentary on the plight of women and domestic issues of the time. Unfortunately Collins suffered from rheumatic gout, for which he took the opiate laudanum, and which eventually led to paranoid delusions and the...
| Автор | Уилки Коллинз |
"The Idiot" is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1868 novel which tells the story of Prince Lyov Nikolayevich Myshkin who, after a long absence, returns to Russia from Switzerland where he sought treatment for his epilepsy. The story is primarily a tragic tale of the struggle for the love of a woman, Nastasya Filippovna, between Myshkin and Rogozhin, a dark and impassioned man that the Prince meets on the train to St. Petersburg. «The Idiot» is a classic tale of the conflict between good and evil....
| Автор | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
The last thing this bachelor rancher needs?Temptation beneath the mistletoe!Rancher Marshall Steele’s emotions are on lockdown—until he meets his beautiful new housekeeper. A desire this strong won’t lead to anything but trouble. And yet Marshall can’t stop wanting Tally Benson—her beauty, her kindness. As the holidays heat up, he vows to have her and then let her go. But will their passion survive the secrets she’s been keeping?
| Автор | Catherine Mann |
He’ll prove he’s worthy of her love and her bed!Jacques Brookes is trouble and Lily Newman has already had her heart broken once. But, by pretending to be his girlfriend, she may be the only person who can help the millionaire to redemption. And perhaps it’s also just what Lily needs to believe in love again…
| Автор | Therese Beharrie |
"What's Wrong With the World" is G. K. Chesterton's 1910 collection of essays in which he puts forth his economic philosophy of Distributism. Along with Hillaire Belloc, Chesterton formulated the idea of Distributism as an economic order that was more in line with the principles articulated by the Roman Catholic Church. Put simply Distributism argues that the means of production should be spread as widely as possible amongst the populace instead of being centrally controlled by...
| Автор | Gilbert Chesterton |
One of Dostoyevsky's most famous novels, this 1872 work utilizes five main characters and their philosophical ideas to describe the political chaos of Imperial Russia in the nineteenth century. Based on an actual event involving the murder of a revolutionary by his comrades, this novel depicts a band of ruthless radicals attempting to incite revolt in their small, rural community. At the center of «The Possessed» lies Dostoyevsky's desire to protest the enthusiasm for revolution he saw...
| Автор | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
"Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" was Herman Melville's first novel. Originally published in 1846, «Typee» was partially based on Melville's own experiences as a beachcomber in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands. A romanticized travelogue of the Pacific island paradise Nuku Hiva, «Typee» is the story of Tommo, a Yankee sailor and his four month stay on the island. One of Melville's most popular works during his lifetime, «Typee» gives the reader a captivating look into the...
| Автор | Herman Melville |
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is regarded as one of the greatest novelist in the English language, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties. A Polish-born English novelist, Conrad was a master prose stylist who is viewed as a precursor of modernist literature. He wrote stories and novels predominantly with a nautical or seaboard setting that portray trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor. «Youth» was written in 1898 and was included as the first...
| Автор | Джозеф Конрад |
From convenient fiancé…To an inconvenient attraction!When hotel heiress Audrey Girard’s safe, convenient wedding to a business partner is called off she’s left to contend with her ex-fiancé’s brother—wild, brooding chef Shane Murphy. And there’s certainly nothing safe about Audrey’s attraction to Shane—every day they work together is even more dangerously tempting! Could there be a Las Vegas wedding on the cards after all?
| Автор | Andrea Bolter |
The bad boy is a changed man!Black sheep Beau Elliott came home for his baby…and to prove to his family that he’s changed. The last thing he needs is temptation at his door…but that’s what he gets with new nanny Scarlett Patterson who’s living on his ranch!
| Автор | Jules Bennett |
Wanted: fake fiancée for a wealthy rancher!Danielle Kelly is perfect for Joshua Grayson’s scheme. He’ll pretend he’s marrying Danielle to keep his father from meddling. He won’t be tempted to touch her, to claim her…or to fall in love!
| Автор | Maisey Yates |