During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba’s bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important...
Courtship
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Author:Barbour, DaleSummary: - Author:Colter, CaraSummary:
As a teenager, geeky Sophie adored gorgeous Brandon. He protected her from the bullies, but was too tough for the sweet small-town girl to crack. Then he left for the army. Now the rebel's back--just in time to rescue Sophie from...
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Author:Shields, CarolSummary:With a viewpoint that shifts as crisply as cards in the hands of a blackjack dealer, Carol Shields introduces us to two shell-shocked veterans of the wars of the heart. There's Fay, a folklorist whose passion for mermaids has kept her...
- Author:Balogh, MarySummary:
After her husband dies in a freak accident, Lady Gwendoline Muir never dreams she'll love again. So when soldier-turned-nobleman Lord Hugo Trentham stirs feelings in her that have lain dormant for years, she can't help but imagine his...
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Author:Etherege, GeorgeSummary: - Author:Wilde, OscarSummary:
This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think...
- Author:Boodram, ShanSummary:
Women: gain control and confidence in your love lives and find the relationship you want with this modern, life-changing guide from the certified sex educator, intimacy expert, and YouTube personality. For younger generations, dating is...
- Author:Balogh, MarySummary:
After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of...
- Author:St. George, HarperSummary:
Sparks fly when a runaway heiress bargains with a devilish rogue to escape a marriage of convenience. No one would guess that beneath Violet Crenshaw's ladylike demeanor lies the heart of a rebel. American heiresses looking to...
- Author:Cass, KieraSummary:
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...
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Author:Austen, JaneSummary:Relegated to a small cottage by the death of their aristocratic father, passionate Marianne (sensibility) and practical Elinor (sense) are as vulnerable in love as they are in fortune. Toyed with by unscrupulous men, snubbed by wealthy...
- Author:Kleypas, LisaSummary:
When Winnifred Hathaway returns to England, she finds that the boy her family rescued from the brink of death, Kev Merripen, has hardened into a man who will deny love at all costs. Meantime, an attractive, seductive suitor has set his...
- Author:AUSTEN, JaneSummary:
E forse il romanzo piu noto e piu amato di Jane Austen. E non e difficile indovinare perche: ognuno dei personaggi - da Elisabeth a Darcy, da Collins a Lady Catherine - e infatti abilmente tratteggiato e ogni frase, ogni osservazione,...
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Author:Lasky, Michael, Silverstein, JudithSummary:Chances are you've heard about Internet dating from a friend, or an online banner ad has caught your eye. If you've given online dating a passing consideration, you may have some fears from all those graphic horror stories that jar your...
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England, 1820 Rosalind Newbury is counting down the days until her wedding to the Duke of Marlow, a man she has only met twice. The marriage is more an agreement between two families and less a romantic connection between two hearts,...
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Author:García Márquez, GabrielSummary:From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes a masterly evocation of an unrequited passion so strong that it binds two people's lives together for more than half a century.
- Author:Gougeon, RichardSummary:
Montréal, 1940. Le coeur enseveli par un immense chagrin, Mélina se remet difficilement de la perte de son cher Antonin. La jeune veuve renonce à travailler à l'écurie, mais doit néanmoins subvenir aux besoins de ses filles....
- Author:Vernes, HenriSummary:
Il s'agit de l'histoire d'un homme jeune, beau et fort, mais qui se sent mal à l'aise dans un univers de béton, de conventions, d'une captivité morale et physique. Un homme qui aurait dû vivre à un âge où le monde était encore fait de...
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Author:Brand, Max.Summary:The day Jingo rode into Tower Creek, the town was busy celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The big event of the festival was a high-stakes poker game in Joe Slade's saloon with Wally Rankin holding most of the chips. But it didn't...
- Author:Azoulay, DanSummary:
What was romance like for Canadians a century ago? What qualities did marriageable men and women look for in prospective mates? How did they find suitable partners in difficult circumstances such as frontier isolation and parental...
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