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Gwendoline, Lady Muir, has seen her share of tragedy, especially since a freak accident took her husband much too soon. Content in a quiet life with friends and family, the young widow has no desire to marry again. But when Hugo, Lord Trentham, scoops her up in his arms after a fall, she feels a sensation that both shocks and emboldens her. Hugo never intends to kiss Lady Muir, and frankly, he judges her to be a spoiled, frivolous, if beautiful,...
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Gresham chronicles volume 1
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A young widow determines to overcome her loss and make a new life for herself in this Victorian romance set in 1860's England. Gresham Chronicles book 1.
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The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossible? No one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired. Everyone on the scene seems to have a motive, not to mention the wherewithal to commit murder, and alibis that simply don't hold up. The inspector is sorely tried by a wide variety of suspects, including the neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, and...
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1881, Sussex. Lady Helena Scott-De Quincy’s marriage to Sir Justin Whitcombe, three years before, gave new purpose to a life almost destroyed by the death of Lady Helena’s first love. After all, shouldn’t the preoccupations of a wife and hostess be sufficient to fulfill any aristocratic female’s dreams? Lady Helena is content with her quiet country life until Sir Justin is found dead in the river. Can Lady Helena survive bereavement the second...
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1899. Risings, George Hazleton's family estate in Hampshire, is a perfect choice for the wedding of Lily, sister of Frances, the widowed Countess of Harleigh. But the bucolic setting harbors a menace. Above and below stairs, mysterious accidents befall guests and staff alike. Before long, Frances suspects these 'accidents' are deliberate, and fears that the intended victim is Lily's fiance, Leo. As Frances and George search for the culprit, more victims...
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"Enchantingly lovely Laura Dalwood was little more than a girl when she was given in marriage to a man whose glittering wealth concealed a dark secret revealed to her only on her wedding night. Now her husband's death had freed her from that odious union -- and Laura vowed never to make so grievous an error again. But how could she reject the handsome and brilliant Mark Cheney, Earl of Dartmouth, when his proposal was one that no young woman of sense...
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Perfect for fans of the smash-hit Netflix series Bridgerton!
"A clever mystery adds intrigue to this lively and gently humorous tale, which simmers with well-handled sexual tension." -Library Journal
As an American, Eleanor has always been looked down on by London society, considered too strident and opinionated to fit in with the ton. Now, at the death of her husband, she has been appointed trustee to his estate, and his family is furious....
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"[Caroline Linden] touches every emotion." -- Julia Quinn What happens in Bath stays in Bath -- or not. Blame It on Bath is the second installment in Caroline Linden's breathtaking new historical romance series, The Truth About the Duke, in which the three sons of the Duke of Durham, at risk of losing their inheritance, seek their fortunes... and, hopefully, love. Writing in a voice that will remind readers of Julia Quinn and Liz Carlyle, RITA Award-nominee...
9) The escape
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After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper's body and spirit are in need of healing. He never imagines that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering death of her husband, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws -- until she plots an escape to Wales to claim a house she has inherited. And Ben, being a gentleman, insists that he escort her on the fateful...
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Though American by birth, Frances Wynn, the now-widowed Countess of Harleigh, has adapted admirably to the quirks and traditions of the British aristocracy. On August twelfth each year, otherwise known as the Glorious Twelfth, most members of the upper class retire to their country estates for grouse-shooting season. Frances has little interest in hunting-for birds or a second husband-and is expecting to spend a quiet few months in London with her...
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[2012]
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Roxanna Drew, widowed too young, finds refuge in a deserted house on the estate of an absentee owner, but when the handsome owner pounds on her door in the middle of a snowstorm, his masculinity reminds her that she has been too long without a husband.
14) Forever a lady
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[2012]
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Lady Bernadette Marie Burton may be the richest widow in England, but gossipers and suitors are ruining her reputation. So when an attacker threatens her life, she finds safety in the arms of an Irish-American gang leader. Matthew Milton has gone from being a gentleman to a ruffian in New York. Now that he has returned to England will he rekindle Lady Bernadette's dream of finding true passion?
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2021.
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Center Point Large Print edition.
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"Frances Wynn, widow to the late Earl of Harleigh, has no sooner sent her mother and daughter off on a shopping trip to Paris than she and her fianc?, George Hazelton, are socializing with visiting members of the Russian royal family. Scandal also comes calling: Inspector Delaney turns up outside Frances's house with a young French woman claiming she is Mrs. George Hazelton. Mrs. Hazelton, aka Irena, also insists that she is the illegitimate daughter...
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