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1) Oliver Twist
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 33
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English
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Olvier Twist is a poor orphan boy cruelly treated in the public workhouse. Pennyless and hungry, he runs away to London, only to fall into the clutches of a gang of thieves and pickpockets led by the master crimminal, fagin. Befriended by a man robbed by the gang, Oliver ultimately learns his true identity and gains a home, a fortune, and a family!
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English
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"In every life there is a turning point ... For Michael Stirling, London's most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton. After a lifetime of chasing women ... he took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell so fast and hard into love it was a wonder he managed to remain standing ... Now Michael is the earl and Francesca is free, but still she thinks of him as nothing other than her dear friend and confidant"--...
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Series
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Dr. Garrett Gibson, England's only female physician, and Ethan Ransom, a former Scotland Yard detective with mysterious loyalties, share a one-night stand before becoming embroiled in a dangerous mission that is complicated by their growing feelings for one another.
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Series
Ravenels volume 6
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"Everything has a price...Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything--or anyone--is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife--and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he's determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love--the one thing he can't give. Everything except her... Severin is...
Author
Series
The Ravenels volume 3
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
Most debutantes dream of finding husbands. Lady Pandora Ravenel has different plans. The ambitious young beauty would much rather stay at home and plot out her new board game business than take part in the London Season. But one night at a glittering society ball, she's ensnared in a scandal with a wickedly handsome stranger. After years of evading marital traps with ease, Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent, has finally been caught by a rebellious girl who...
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Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Savage ambition has brought common-born Rhys Winterborne vast wealth and success. In business and beyond, Rhys gets exactly what he wants. And from the moment he meets the shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel, he is determined to possess her. If he must take her virtue to ensure she marries him, so much the better. As Rhys's enemies conspire against them, Helen must trust him with her darkest secret. Print run 25,000.
Author
Series
Ravenels volume 7
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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A strong-willed young widow running her late husband's shipping company, Lady Merritt Sterling avoids scandal until she meets a rough-and-tumble Scottish whisky distiller on the run from a very determined killer.
A strong-willed young widow who is running her late husband's shipping company, Lady Merritt Sterling knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal. She meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and their...
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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
"Calista Langley operates an exclusive "introduction" agency in Victorian London, catering to respectable ladies and gentlemen who find themselves alone in the world. But now, a dangerously obsessed individual has begun sending her trinkets and gifts suitable only for those in deepest mourning--a black mirror, a funeral wreath, a ring set with black jet stone. Each is engraved with her initials. Desperate for help and fearing that the police will...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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In the thrilling third book in New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath's Once Upon a Dukedom series, the dashing son of a disgraced duke teams up with a sultry beauty to thwart an assassination plot against Queen Victoria. When his father, the Duke of Wolfford, is hanged for an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria, Marcus Stanwick is stripped of everything. Vowing to return honor to his family, he seeks to expose the others involved in...
12) Stardust
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. He has fallen in love with beautiful Victoria Forester and in order to win her hand, he must retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to her.
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Series
Haven Manor volume 1
Language
English
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Description
When Katherine "Kit" FitzGilbert turned her back on London society more than a decade ago, she determined never to set foot in a ballroom again. But when business takes her to London and she's forced to run for her life, she stumbles upon not only a glamorous ballroom but also Graham, Lord Wharton. What should have been a chance encounter becomes much more as Graham embarks on a search for his friend's missing sister and is convinced Kit knows more...
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Paid companion Catherine Marks is attracted to her employers' older brother, Leo Hathaway, despite their constant bickering, so she agrees to a marriage of convenience with him, but the secret she is hiding threatens them both.
16) Bombshell
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Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
No stranger to scandal, Lady Sesily Talbot embraces her bad reputation and continues luring men from Mayfair ballrooms for late night escapades but finds herself pining for what she can't seem to have--her brother's best friend.
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Lady Kathryn Lambert must marry a titled gentleman to claim her inheritance and has finally gained the attention of a duke. Yet she is unable to forget the scandalous second son who aided in her achievement, or his betrayal. Lord Griffith Stanwick is tormented by the bitter truth that as a 'spare,' he will never be able to give Kathryn what she yearns to possess. But when his father is found guilty of treason, Griff detours into the dark and dangerous...
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Series
House of Falconer volume 2
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the highly anticipated second book in the House of Falconer saga. James Lionel Falconer has risen quickly from a mere shop worker to being the right-hand man of Henry Malvern, head of the most prestigious shipping company in London. With Malvern's daughter Alexis running away to the country after a terrible tragedy and refusing to return, James' ascent to head of the company seems...
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Choosing spinsterhood over fortune-hungry suitors, Miss Minerva Dodger decides to enjoy one night of pleasure at the Nightingale Club where she is drawn into an intimate affair with the Duke of Ashebury, who, once he discovers her true identity, sets out to win her heart.
20) Ashworth Hall
Author
Publisher
Fawcett Columbine
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
With every book she writes, Anne Perry, the supreme enchanter among historical novelists, contributes a mesmerizing new chapter to her magical re-creation of Victorian England. Here, she abandons London's cobblestone streets and exclusive drawing rooms for a great country house, Ashworth Hall, where a fateful secret conference is about to begin. The gathering has the appearance of a smart autumn house party -- stunning womena and powerful men enjoying...