Seventeen year-old Maggie Duncan is torn between her obligations as a dutiful daughter and her hatred of her father's cruel pursuit of money and power.
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Author: Phillips, Michael R., Pella, JudithSummary:Genre: Historical fiction, Domestic fiction -
Author: Lawson, RobertSummary:
The life of the Revere family and the doings of the Sons of Liberty as told from the point of view of Paul Revere's horse.
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
The dead body of a peer of the realm sitting upright in an empty hansom cab was an odd sight indeed. He had been decently buried once before, Inspector Pitt knew. There was something terribly...
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
In Rutland Place, a lost locket becomes the key to deadly secrets that lurk behind the opulent facade of one of London's most exclusive neighborhoods.
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Author: StendhalSummary:The epic novel of the passsion between Madame de Renal and Julien Sorel. It is considered to be among the greatest literature of France.
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Author: Taylor, LainiSummary:
Magpie Windwitch, faerie, devil hunter, and granddaughter of the West Wind, must defeat an ancient evil creature, the Blackbringer, who has escaped from his bottle and threatens to unmake all of...
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Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Ousted as editor of the "Review of Applied Ethics", Isabel thankfully has ner newborn son to keep her occupied. What's more, Charlie's adoring father Jamie has offered the most intriguing proposal...
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Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Isabel Dalhousie's life is thrown for a few loops when her cousin Mimi arrives from Dallas with her husband Joe. Through Mimi and Joe, Isabel meets Texas hotshot Tom Bruce, who is about to marry...
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Author: Weir, AlisonSummary:
No English monarch had a greater influence on his or her people than Queen Elizabeth I. Yet despite her extremely public life, she closely guarded her secrets, which are finally revealed in this...
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Author: Phillips, Michael R.Summary:
With the Depression affecting her family's estate, Joanna MacNeil struggles to keep the creditors paid. Even worse, her 17-year-old daughter Allison has become increasingly haughty and refuses the...
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Author: Schlitz, Laura Amy.Summary:When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans...
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Author: Gabaldon, DianaSummary:
A collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser. BESEIGED:...
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Author: Preston, DianaSummary:
Celebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal colony. The...
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Author: Rendell, RuthSummary:
Charlie Hatton wanted fast money and conspicuous success, and he was prepared to cut any corners to get them. But before he could realize a single ambition, he was found dead at the edge of a...
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
The Ellison sisters were proper young Victorian ladies. In the foggy streets outside their peaceful home, five women were found horribly murdered. And Police Inspector Pitt found himself wondering...