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At the height of the Roaring Twenties, New York heiress Zoe Gifford longs for the freedoms promised by the Jazz Age. Headstrong and brazen, but bound by her father's will to marry before she can access his fortune, Zoe arranges for a brief marriage to Sebastian Hazelton, whose aristocratic British family sorely needs a benefactor. Once in England, her foolproof plan to wed, inherit and divorce proves more complicated than Zoe had anticipated. Nigel...
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"In 1920s England, Lady Julia is determined to usher the cursed Worthington estate into a prosperous, modern new era, thus preserving her beloved late fiancé's legacy. Cal Carstairs, the reluctant new Earl of Worthington, plans to destroy the estate as revenge on those who disowned his father. Intrigued by Julia, Cal must abandon his vendetta or risk losing her"--
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Can 1920's script girl Jessie do Mary Pickford's bidding and uncover a real killer? When Jessie is asked by her idol, the famous actress Mary Pickford, if she can do some private investigating for her, Jessie reluctantly accepts. A girl was found stabbed in her bedroom with another woman lying unconscious on the floor next to her, a bloody knife in her hand. With no police investigation into the murder, it's up to Jessie to hone her amateur detective...
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Ce sont les Années folles, et San Francisco est le nid d'accueil du commerce de l'alcool illégal, de la lubricité et de la magie noire. La région de la baie couverte de brume peut se révéler être une scène enivrante, particulièrement si les esprits constituent votre spécialité... Aida Palmer donne un spectacle de médium spirite sur la scène du Gris-Gris, l'illustre bar clandestin du quartier chinois de San Francisco. Toutefois, sa capacité...
5) Once a Rogue
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Two reformed scoundrels have renounced the battlefields and scandals for one another, but their troubled pasts could destroy everything they hold dear…
New York, 1925
Cranky and jaded Lord Fine-Wesley, now, to the kindhearted lover he cynically doubts life will let him keep-arrives in Manhattan with one goal: find the American paranormals and get their help with the relic burdening Sebastian. His plans are upended when the other paranormals seem...
6) Grim Shadows
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Archaeologist Lowe Magnusson is packing something everyone wants. The djed amulet, a priceless Egyptian artifact, will fetch Lowe a hefty paycheck from one of San Francisco's wealthiest. But when the handsome Swede runs into his patron's uptight daughter, what he once considered easy money becomes maddeningly complicated. Cursed with deadly spirits as her constant companions, curator Hadley Bacall must keep calm to hold her dangerous specters at bay...
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RT Book Reviews: "Let's Misbehave is a romp through 1920s England that is sure to delight." His is a life of duty and tradition, hers is the pursuit of pleasure... When wild child and dedicated Flapper Gabrielle discovers the adventurous spirit within staid aristocrat Sebastian, she seduces him into a last fling before he settles for a loveless marriage. But as the Twenties roar to their conclusion, is their brief affair doomed before it even begins?...
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Welcome to Broadway - and to an unthinkable crime! Former theatre starlet turned amateur sleuth Jessie Beckett gets mixed up in murder when an on-stage shooting turns all too real.
New York, 1926. It's not like Jessie Beckett goes around looking for murders to solve, but the vaudeville star turned movie script girl has a natural talent for it. After a lifetime on stage, she's sensitive to details that other people miss.
So when leading theater star...
9) Dear Julia
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A delightful romance novella that captures the ambience of 1920s England. A long-lost love letter leads modern city girl Rosalie Stanton on a quest for its rightful owner.Commander William Cavendish has lived as a recluse since his return from the Great War. His peaceful existence is shattered by the return of the letter that once held all his hopes - and by its bearer, the irrepressible Rosalie, who bears an uncanny resemblance to his lost love.When...
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1920's script girl Jessie Beckett investigates the murder of a movie projectionist in this absorbing historical mystery. "Joe Petrovitch was gunned down on a sunny Saturday afternoon in early October, during the ninth reel of Charlie Chaplin's Gold Rush. " Employed by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, Jessie Beckett has a busy time as Script Girl for Pickford-Fairbanks studios. Yet she also has a reputation as a skilled amateur sleuth. So when...
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Sunshine. Limoncello. Freedom.Italy is so much more than debutante Isobel Harrington expected. In the summer of 1922 Isobel is sent to visit relatives on Italy's Amalfi Coast in the hope she will ensnare a wealthy and aristocratic English husband. Instead, she falls under the spell of enigmatic local, Stefano - but can she dare for this to ever be more than a secret holiday romance? "A delicious historical romance that transported me to the citrus...
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Maria, Romance Book Haven: "beautifully evocative of early 20th century New York and the jazz age - an age, I must confess, in which I had little interest, until I started reading this fascinating little gem of a novella." On her way to a new life in America, a respectable English widow expects her biggest adventure to be the Transatlantic voyage. But when she finds herself stuck in an elevator with a roguishly charming Prohibition gangster - and...
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When an heiress on a secret mission gets into trouble, she just might uncover her heart's true desire in this Roaring 20s romance.
Minnesota, 1925. Quiet and reserved, Josie Nightingale has always been the odd girl out. While her sisters swoon over guys at their father's swanky resort, she's busy trying to change the world! Which isn't easy with Eric 'Scooter' Wilson watching her every move.
She might be out of his league, but the day Scooter...
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An inconvenient attraction…
To her convenient fiancé!
Patsy Dryer may be a biddable heiress by day, but nothing will stop her from dancing all night in Hollywood's speakeasies-or fulfilling her dream of becoming a reporter. She's investigating the mystery of an escaped convict with brooding, handsome newspaper editor Lane Cox…until they must pretend to be engaged! With their scoop linked to Lane's tragic past, dare Patsy hope for a happy ending...
15) Bitter Spirits
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Aida Palmer performs a spirit medium show onstage at Chinatown's illustrious Gris-Gris speakeasy. However, her ability to summon (and expel) the dead is more than just an act. Winter Magnusson is a notorious bootlegger who's more comfortable with guns than ghosts. Unfortunately for him, he's the recent target of a malevolent hex that renders him a magnet for hauntings. After Aida's supernatural assistance is enlisted to banish the ghosts, her spirit-chilled...
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From stowaway…After years of playing the local gin joint to pay off his father's debts, talented musician Brock Ness has landed a radio gig in Chicago. Now he's on the up-and-up, his next stop is securing the dame of his dreams, Ginger Nightingale……to Chicago celebrity! If Brock is headed for fortune and fame, Ginger won't be left behind! She may be the youngest of the Nightingale sisters, but she's old enough to know what she wants. And Brock...
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For every wild child... No more watching from the sidelines for Twyla Nightingale: her feet are firmly on the dance floor! She won't let anyone sour the delicious taste of freedom - especially not Forrest Reynolds, back in town after all this time.... there's a guy who thinks she's the bee's knees. Forrest didn't expect a warm welcome from the Nightingale sisters, not after their lives had been so dramatically upturned. But seeing the challenge in...
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