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Publisher
Recorded Books
Publication Date
p2018
Language
English
Description
Anthony Hope's swashbuckling classic tale of adventure and romance: Ruritania, a beautiful kingdom in the mountains between Germany and Austria, is in the midst of a power struggle. On one side is the alcoholic lay-about crown prince, Rudolf--popular with the upper class and army--and on the other is his half-brother, Michael, who has the love of the common people. The struggle reaches a new fervor at Rudolf's coronation, when Michael kidnaps his...
Author
Series
Edilean series volume 3
Language
English
Description
In this third book of the multigenerational Edilean series, a woman thinks she's found the man of her dreams, but he may be hiding secrets that threaten their cherished love--and their life together.
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Language
English
Description
Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions...
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Language
English
Description
Thirty-two-year-old Alexandra Moreland is a rising star in the architectural world and lives in Manhattan. But when she is plagued by identity theft, her successful life is turned upside down. Someone has gained access to her bank accounts, credit cards, and personal background, and is now impersonating her. Then, with overwhelming circumstantial evidence stacked against her, Alexandra is arrested for the murder of a woman she claims she's never met....
6) Mirage
Author
Series
Mirage (Daud) volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In a world dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry; she dreams of having adventures, and travelling beyond her isolated home. But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped and brought to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is to become a body double for the hated princess Maram"--...
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Series
Harlequin historicals volume 444
Publisher
Harlequin
Publication Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Beneath the governess's blush...;
Heiress Sarah Hardcastle is convinced her plan to escape the unwanted attentions of a fortune hunter is foolproof. Buried deep in the countryside, and with a whole new identity as prim governess Miss Goodrum, Sarah is looking forward to the quiet life for once.
But her careful masquerade is shaken when she meets her pupils' mentor, Lord Rupert Myers. An incorrigible flirt, Rupert has the looks and the charm to make...
Author
Series
The Spare Heirs volume 2
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The Spare Heirs Society Cordially Invites You to Meet Ash Claughbane: The Imposter Lady Evangeline Green is living a lie. To please her family, she masquerades as the perfect debutant ... until she meets the wickedly charming Lord Crosby. With him, there are no rules. She's finally free to do as she desires-but freedom comes with a price, and Lord Crosby is not what he seems ... Ash is not Lord Crosby. He's a con artist, a noble Spare Heir living...
Author
Series
Bishop's family volume 1
Language
English
Description
Katrina Stoltzfus thought she had life and love all figured out: she was going to marry John and live happily ever after. Those plans started to crumble when her father moved the family to Stoney Ridge, then completely collapsed when John decided to marry someone else. Katrina is devastated. How could she have felt so loved, yet been so deceived? As she struggles to face a future without him, a widow asks for her help to start a new business and Katrina...
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Books
Publication Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Charles Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a timeless study of human folly, mass psychology, and the irresistible power of collective obsession. First published in 1841, the book explores how entire societies can fall under the sway of irrational beliefs, speculative frenzies, and dangerous superstitions.
Mackay vividly recounts some of history's most famous manias, including the Dutch Tulip Bubble, the South Sea...
Author
Series
Westward chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Publication Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Jillian Danvers finds switching places with her twin sister leads to unexpected complications and the possibility of romance.
13) Shadowblade
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Publication Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Naia dreams of becoming a Jaihar Blademaster, but after assaulting a teacher, her future seems ruined. The timely intervention of a powerful stranger suddenly elevates her into elite Upper Grounds training. She has no idea that the stranger is Dal Gassan, head of the Daljeer Circle. Seventeen years ago he witnessed the massacre of Challimar's court and rescued its sole survivor, a baby girl. Gassan plans to thrust a blade into the machinations of...
14) Slightly Sinful
Author
Series
Bedwyn saga volume 5
Publisher
Dell Publishing
Publication Date
2004
Language
English
Description
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress. Meet the Bedwyns--six brothers and sisters--men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality ... Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction ... where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal ... and where Alleyne Bedwyn, the passionate middle son, is cut off from his past--only to find his future with a sinfully beautiful...
15) The hope jar
Author
Series
Prayer jars volume 1
Language
English
Description
"What happens when making an elderly Amish couple very happy means going along with a lie that gets bigger by the day? Michelle Taylor is not who her new family in Lancaster County believes her to be. The Lapps were looking for their long-lost granddaughter when they met Michelle and she assumed the identity of Sara Murray. Once homeless and hopeless, Michelle has come to love her new Amish friends and even considers the idea of romance among them....
16) First lie wins
Author
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Fraud is everywhere - from Nigerian "princes," embezzlers, and Ponzi schemers to corporate giants like Enron and Volkswagen. And fraud is costly. Each year, consumers, small businesses, governments, and corporations lose trillions of dollars. We've become so accustomed to hearing about fraud, we accept it as part of the world we live in today - so much so, that our abilities to identify it and speak about it are limited. No more. In Fool Me Once,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
New Mexico, 2017: Sylvia Wren is one of the most important American artists of the past century. Known as a recluse, she avoids all public appearances. There's a reason: she's living under an assumed identity, having outrun a tragic past. But when a hungry journalist starts chasing her story, she's confronted with whom she once was: Iris Chapel. Connecticut, 1950: Iris Chapel is the second youngest of six sisters, all heiresses to a firearms fortune....
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Language
English
Description
Alex Mahan is married to his high school sweetheart, Taylor. They have two daughters and a beautiful home, and Alex's startup business is about to explode thanks to massive private funding from his compassionate and supportive father-in-law, Joe. With millions more to come, all is perfect, until Joe is abducted and murdered during a family trip in Mexico. Alex's world is about to be turned upside down. He can't bear to tell his grieving wife why....
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