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21) Artists in Crime
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"A model is murdered in this "first-rate" detective story by the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master ( Kirkus Reviews ). On a ship traveling back to England, Miss Agatha Troy finds Inspector Roderick Alleyn tedious and dull; he thinks she's a bohemian cliché. They may be destined for romance, but there's a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mother's house, eager for a relaxing end to his vacation, than he gets a call...
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"Promoted to Princess! Destiny Richards knows she is playing with fire when she accepts charismatic Sheikh Zafir Al Asmari's job offer, but it seems like a fair price to pay to start her life over again. Until the temperature reaches the boiling point and Destiny finds herself spending one out-of-this-world night with the sheikh! When powerful Zafir seduces English rose Destiny, he never anticipates she'll hold the title of his Last Mistress. But...
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It's hard enough to have your mate die suddenly, but even harder to discover that he had a second life, which included a mistress, and that their estate was largely depleted because of his gifts to his paramour. Peg must put herself back together again and do it rapidly. With beautifully worded insights, Sheila Evans has created a multi-faceted character, one that you can root for, a woman who has been dangerously out-of-touch with herself but summons...
24) One Night Heir
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Only a royal wedding...;
Bitter life lessons have taught Crown Prince Maksim Yurkovich that duty must come before desire. His country needs an heir, so when he discovers his lover can't have children, he must sever their ties. Only Maks can't resist spending one last night in her bed.
...;can avert this royal scandal!
Now he faces the biggest diplomatic crisis of his life. Against all odds, Gillian Harris has become pregnant. Maks's royal reserve...
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Lindy was amazed when shipping tycoon Atreus Drakos made her his mistress. Her -- with her fuller figure and lowly lifestyle making candles and potpourri! However, Atreus seemed enchanted by her curves when he made passionate love to her at his country retreat. But Lindy came down to earth with two bumps, first when Atreus revealed she was just his weekend mistress; his bride would be selected from the upper echelons of Greek society. The second bump...
26) Forever Amber
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Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary and extraordinary...
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One Sunday morning, Gloria wakes up in a stranger's apartment with nothing but a torn evening dress, stockings, and panties. When she steals a fur coat from the wardrobe to wear home, she unleashes a series of events that can only end in tragedy. Inspired by true events, this novel caused a sensation on its publication for its frank depiction of the relationship between a wild and beautiful young woman and a respectable, married man.
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From a New York Times–bestselling author, a woman reunited with the Italian bachelor who broke her heart conceals a secret that could change everything.
Cass can't continue with a relationship that involves just her body when her heart is breaking. . . . But the deal she made with Sicilian tycoon Maximos Borsellino was for sex-and when that fails to be enough for Cass, Maximos ends the affair. Cass is completely destroyed. Worse, she discovers...
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"On the surface, Henry Hayden seems like someone you could like, or even admire. A famous bestselling author who appears a modest everyman. A loving, devoted husband even though he could have any woman he desires ... But Henry Hayden is a construction, a mask. His past is a secret, his methods more so. No one besides him and his wife know that she is the actual writer of the novels that made him famous. For most of Henry's life, it hasn't been a problem....
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When the boardroom leads to the bedroom...;
Being the personal secretary to the incredibly handsome, rich Riccardo Castellari is a difficult job-;but someone has to do it! Yet Angie Patterson's efficiency hides an embarrassing secret-;she's been half in love with her boss for years and he's never so much as glanced at her in that way.
Until she turns up to the office party in a red dress that clings to all the right places...;
Riccardo can't wait...
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Playing a very dangerous game. Josie Dalton's heart pounds in her chest as she approaches the imposing penthouse of formidable Russian prince Kasimir Xendzov. She might have agreed to marry him to save her sister, but the icy glitter in Kasimir's unflinching eyes warns that he's not a man to be toyed with. The final piece of the puzzle has fallen into place and revenge is at Kasimir's fingertips; the champagne's on ice and his new wife waits in the...
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New York Times Bestseller: A breathtaking saga of ancient Greece and one of history's most influential political couples, Aspasia and Pericles. Born in the Greek city of Miletus, Aspasia was destined for a life of tragedy. Her wealthy father vowed to abandon any female child, so Aspasia was secreted away, educated independently of her family, and raised as a courtesan. She discovered at an early age how to use her powers of intellect as ingeniously...
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Sally Hemings series volume 1
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Combining fact with fiction and moving from Monticello to France and from Philadelphia to Washington, this tale portrays Thomas Jefferson's scandalous liasion with his mistress and slave, Sally Hemings.
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2021.
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For the past twenty years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn's beloved wedding-planning business. When Eliot dies unexpectedly, he even-more-unexpectedly leaves half of the business to his younger, blonder girlfriend, Savannah. Liv and Savannah are not a match made in heaven, to say the least. But what starts as a personal and professional nightmare transforms into something even savvy, cynical Liv Goldenhorn couldn't...
37) The Shadow Queen
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Sun Court duet volume 2
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[2014]
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Pulled by chance from her traveling actor family into service under the influential mistress of Louis XIV, Claudette uses her considerable talents to spy on personal and political rivals, only to have her loyalty questioned in the wake of a mercurial Athénaïs's fascination with dark magic.
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"Young Jane Young's heroine is Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida who makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss who is beloved, admired, successful, and very married and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light, the Congressman doesn't take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She becomes a late night talk show punchline; she is slut shamed, labeled as fat...
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