Accepting the challenge to convert brash, handsome, incorrigible Mick Tremore into a gentleman in only six weeks, Lady Edwina Bollash is concerned less with her abilities than with resisting the man's considerable charms.
England--London
- Author:Ivory, JudithSummary:
- Author:Wilde, OscarSummary:
Young and beautiful Dorian Gray wishes that a newly commissioned portrait would age in place of his splendid body. His wish is granted, and the newfound lack of consequence attracts him to dark deeds and decadence. A classic fable about...
- Author:Melville, HermanSummary:
"The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is a short story written by American writer Herman Melville (1819-1891). A combination of two sketches, one set in the center of London's legal industry and the other in a New...
- Author:Candlish, LouiseSummary:
The "queen of the sucker-punch twist" (Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and author of Our House weaves a suspenseful thriller about a commuter who becomes a suspect in his friend's mysterious disappearance...
- Author:Worth, JenniferSummary:
An unforgettable story (and now a BBC TV series) of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one extraordinary woman.
- Author:Harris, EveSummary:
Set in the Orthodox Jewish community in North West London, The Marrying of Chani Kaufman is the poignant and humorous story of nineteen-year-old Chani Kaufman and the lead-up to her wedding night. Nineteen-year-old Chani lives in the...
- Author:Forbes, ElenaSummary:
Mark Tartaglia of the London murder squad investigates a series of bizarre and brutal murders in these gripping and compulsively readable thrillers — get the exclusive bundle featuring books 1, 2, and 3 now!This bundle includes:Die With...
- Author:Winspear, JacquelineSummary:
August 1914. Michael Clifton is mapping the land he has just purchased in California's beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, certain that oil lies beneath its surface. But as the young cartographer prepares to return home to Boston, war is...
- Author:Chesteron, G. K.Summary:
Set in early 1900s London, this metaphysical thriller follows undercover officer Gabriel Syme and his secret involvement with Scotland Yard's task force that attempts to take down underground anarchists. In doing so, Syme encounters...
- Author:Shah, LondonSummary:
At the end of the twenty-first century, the world has changed dramatically, but life continues one thousand feet below the ocean's surface. In Great Britain, sea creatures swim among the ruins of Big Ben and the Tower of London,...
- Author:Bilefsky, Dan.Summary:
Over Easter weekend 2015, a motley crew of six English thieves, several in their sixties and seventies, couldn't resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist. Their target: the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, in...
- Author:Bunn, T. DavisSummary:
Eager to minister to the poor, well-bred Abigail ignores her parents' warnings and ventures into the slums of London. But instead of gaining converts, she causes a scandal when she ventures into a seedy theater. To save the family...
- Author:Messud, ClaireSummary:
"A Simple Tale" is the moving account of Maria Poniatowski, an aging Ukrainian woman who was taken by the Germans for slave labor and eventually relocated to Canada as a displaced person. She struggles to provide her son Radek...
- Author:Fein, LouiseSummary:
"The Hidden Child is a heart-wrenching depiction of a golden couple in the 1920s.... Shocking, emotive, and compelling, but ultimately a story of hope. I loved it." - Deborah Carr, USA Today bestselling author of The Poppy...
- Author:Hopkinson, DeborahSummary:
The suspenseful tale of two courageous kids and one inquisitive scientist who teamed up to stop an epidemic. “A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure.” — Publishers Weekly,...
- Author:Robson, JenniferSummary:
Jennifer Robson takes us inside the workrooms where one of the most famous wedding gowns in history was created. Balancing behind-the-scenes details with a sweeping portrait of a society left reeling by the calamitous costs of victory,...
- Author:Stroud, JonathanSummary:
When a seemingly invulnerable clay golem begins making random attacks on London, Nathaniel and Bartimaeus must travel to Prague to discover the source of its power Meanwhile Kitty and the Resistance attempt their most audacious plot yet...
- Author:Thompson, LisaSummary:
Lisa Thompson's debut novel is a page-turning mystery with an emotionally-driven, complex character study at its core -- like Rear Window meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Matthew Corbin suffers from severe...
- Author:Quinn, JuliaSummary:
Simon Basset, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, has hatched a plan to keep himself free from the town's marriage-minded society mothers. He pretends to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton. After all, it isn't as if the...
- Author:Misri, AngelaSummary:
It’s taken years, but Portia Adams has found an outlet for her obsessive curiosity as the consulting detective of 221 Baker Street, like her grandfathers before her. Scotland Yard taps her for their trickiest crimes, she’s in her last...