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The betrothed volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When King Jameson declares his love for Lady Hollis Brite, Hollis is shocked--and thrilled. After all, she's grown up at Keresken Castle, vying for the king's attention alongside other daughters of the nobility. Capturing his heart is a dream come true. But Hollis soon realizes that falling in love with a king and being crowned queen may not be the happily ever after she thought it would be. And when she meets a commoner with the mysterious power...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
An outcast since moving from her island home of Melei to the dreary country of Albion, Jessamin meets the gorgeous, enigmatic Finn who introduces her to the secret world of Albion's nobility--a world of power, money, status, and magic--but Finn has a powerful enemy who only Jessamin can stop.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Before an ambush by enemy soldiers, Lord Cassia was an engineer's apprentice on a mission entrusted by the king. When plague sweeps over the land, devastating the kingdom, even Cas's title cannot save him from a rotting prison cell and a merciless sickness. Three years later he wants only to return to his home in the mountains and forget past horrors. But his castle has become a refuge for the royal court... and they have brought their enemies with...
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Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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In medieval Hagenheim, Germany, Aladdin, a poor orphan from the Holy Land, tries to rescue and win the heart of Kirstyn, the Duke of Hagenheim's daughter, his friend since childhood who is now pursued by greedy men seeking her father's fortune.
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English
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress.
Set against the seductive backdrop of Regency England, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh’s latest novel sweeps us into the sensual, enthralling world of an elite academy for young ladies. Here, amid music lessons and garden parties, whispered confessions and secret yearnings, one of the school’s teachers—headmistress Claudia...
Set against the seductive backdrop of Regency England, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh’s latest novel sweeps us into the sensual, enthralling world of an elite academy for young ladies. Here, amid music lessons and garden parties, whispered confessions and secret yearnings, one of the school’s teachers—headmistress Claudia...
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Series
Lily Adler mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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London, 1815. Lily Adler is settling into her new London life when her semi-estranged father arrives unexpectedly, intending to stay with her while he recovers from an illness. Lily is drawn into spending time with Lady Wyatt, the new wife of an old family friend. One morning Lily arrives to find Lady Wyatt's husband, Sir Charles, has died. All signs indicate that he tripped and struck his head late at night, but Bow Street constable Simon Page suspects...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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A retelling of the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. When Lucy, a botanist famous for her research on ways to counter vampires, arrives at Blackwell Manor to tend to her sick cousin, she finds that mysteries abound. A restless ghost roams the hallways, and Lord Miles is clearly hiding a secret. Working together, Miles and Lucy attempt to restore peace to Blackwell Manor.
10) A Duke's promise
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Series
Publisher
B&H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Alexandria is the new Duchess of St. Easton. Her husband Gabriel has promised a wedding trip to take them to the place where her imperiled parents were last seen-- Italy and the marble caves of Carrara-- but a powerful Italian duke plots against Alex and her treasure-hunting parents. Their journey will require steadfast faith in God and each other-- a risk that will win them everything they want or lose them everything they have.
11) The artful match
Author
Series
London beginnings volume 3
Language
English
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Cara Bernay has never fit in. At loose ends in 1881 London after a near tragedy costs her a job, she befriends a rising young artist. With his help, she begins planning a new life and developing her own artistic talent. But soon Cara finds herself at odds with the artist's brother--a handsome but serious-minded earl who wants to force his brother back to a "respectable" life. Henry Burke, the Earl of Morestowe, feels the weight of growing financial...
12) The Belles
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"In a world where Beauty is a commodity only a few control, one Belle will learn the dark secrets behind her powers, and rise up to change the world"--
In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the...
13) Once a spy
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Series
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Hoping to find new meaning in his life, British intelligence officer Simon Duval resigns his commission and returns to England, where he finds his cousin's widow, Suzanne Duval, the Comtesse de Chambron. Working as a seamstress, living in reduced circumstances among London's French émigré community, Suzanne has had a life as complicated as Simon's own. While both believe they are beyond love and passion, their sympathetic bond leads him to propose...
14) The beholder
Author
Series
Beholder volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
After a public humiliation, Selah sets sail across the Atlantic in order to find a life partner among the European royal houses who can help secure the future of her Potomac people, a journey that sees her interacting with figures from legend and mythology.
As the only daughter of the leader of Potomac, Selah knows her duty is to find a partner who will help secure the future of her people. After an excruciatingly public rejection, Selah's stepmother...
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Series
Regency brides a promise of hope volume 2
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"With devastating scars in her past, Serena Winthrop is sure no man can be trusted--especially not a man like the too-smooth Viscount Carmichael. His reputation as a flirt and a gambler is everything she despises. And the young artist makes sure that this disreputable heir to an earldom knows of her deep disapproval whenever they encounter one another. Henry, Lord Carmichael, is perfectly aware of his charms. He's gambled with plenty of ladies' hearts...
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Blackstone legacy volume 2
Language
English
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"From the steppes of Russia to the corridors of power in Washington, Natalia and Dimitri will fight against all odds to save the railroad and share the truth of what happened, but how can their newfound love survive the ordeal?"--
While overseeing construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Count Dimitri Sokolov witnesses a crime-- the truth of which threatens the Russian monarchy. He is stripped of his title, his land, and his freedom. When Sokolov...
Author
Publisher
Gallery
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The author weaves a marvelous adventure set in the tumultuous world of continental royalty, where a stolen princess discovers a kingdom she was meant to inherit, and a passion made to rule her heart. Forced to flee Napoleon's rampaging army on the continent, orphaned Alana Farmer and her eccentric guardian make a new home for themselves in London. There, Alana enjoys every privilege a daughter of the nobility could hope for, plus an education fit...
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Series
Ravenspire volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
The world has turned upside down for Thad and Ari Glavan, the bastard twins of Súndrailles king. Their mother was murdered. The royal family died mysteriously. And now Thad sits on the throne of a kingdom whose streets are suddenly overrun with violence he cant stop. Growing up ignored by the nobility, Ari never wanted to be a proper princess. And when Thad suddenly starts training Ari to take his place, she realizes that her brothers ascension to...
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Series
Sebastian St. Cyr mystery volume 13
Publisher
Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In the newest mystery from the national bestselling author of Where the Dead Lie, a brutal murder draws Sebastian St. Cyr into the web of the royal court, where intrigue abounds and betrayal awaits. London, 1814. As a cruel winter holds the city in its icy grip, the bloody body of a beautiful young musician is found half-buried in a snowdrift. Jane Ambrose's ties to Princess Charlotte, the only child of the Prince Regent and heir presumptive to the...
Author
Publisher
Howard Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"A courageous young noblewoman risks her life to hide French resistance fighters; seventy years later, her granddaughter visits the family's abandoned chateau and uncovers shocking secrets from the past. Gisele Duchant guards a secret that could cost her life. Tunnels snake through the hill under her family's medieval chateau in Normandy. Now, with Hitler's army bearing down, her brother and several friends are hiding in the tunnels, resisting the...