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Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Teenage country bumpkin Tatsumi dreams of earning enough money for his impoverished village by working in the Capital-- but his short-lived plans go awry when he's robbed by a buxom beauty upon arrival! Penniless, Tatusmi is taken in by the lovely Miss Aria, but just when his Capital dreams seem in reach yet again, Miss Aria's mansion is besieged by Night Raid-- a team of ruthless assassins who target high-ranking members of the upper class! As...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters
One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, Pride and Prejudice was penned as a popular entertainment. But the consummate artistry of Jane Austen (1775–1817) transformed this effervescent tale of rural romance into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country...
4) Coming out
Author
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
English
Description
Olympia Crawford Rubinstein finds her life unraveling when her twin daughters, who are just finishing high school, are invited to attend New York's most exclusive coming-out ball, an event that brings chaos, and new choices into her world.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Great Gatsby," penned by the brilliant F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a timeless masterpiece that weaves a tapestry of opulence, unrequited love, and the elusive pursuit of the American Dream. Set against the glittering backdrop of the Roaring Twenties, Fitzgerald takes readers on a mesmerizing journey into the heart of the Jazz Age, where excess and extravagance reign supreme.
At the center of this literary gem is Jay Gatsby, an enigmatic and...
Author
Series
The Revolution of Marina M volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Pregnant and adrift in the countryside amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War, Marina returns to a decimated Petrograd, where her work caring for war orphans inspires her emergence as a poet. --
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Language
English
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Zoe Whittaker is living a charmed life. She is the beautiful young wife to handsome, charming Wall Street tycoon Henry Whittaker. She is a member of Manhattan's social elite. She is on the board of one of the city's most prestigious philanthropic organizations. She has a perfect Tribeca penthouse in the city and a gorgeous lake house in the country. The finest wine, the most up-to-date fashion, and the most luxurious vacations are all at her fingertips.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A ruined abbey on a beautiful estate in Derbyshire, a murdered peer, and a most unlikely romance make New York Times bestseller Tasha Alexander's new novel Behind the Shattered Glass absolutely irresistible… Anglemore Park is the ancestral home of Lady Emily Hargreave's husband Colin. But the stately calm of country life is destroyed when their neighbor, the Marquess of Montagu, bursts through the French doors from the garden and falls down dead...
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Series
Language
English
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"Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own...Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation...
Author
Series
Westcott novels volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's never too late to fall in love in this enchanting new story, a novella set in the Westcott series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. Matilda Westcott has spent her life tending to the needs of her mother, the Dowager Countess of Riverdale, never questioning the life of solitude she has spun for herself. To Matilda, who considers herself the aging spinster daughter, marriage is laughable--love is a game for the young, after all....
11) A step so grave
Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Wedding bells are set to ring as Dandy Gilver, family in tow, arrives in windswept Wester Ross on Valentine's Day. They've come to celebrate Lady Lavinia's fiftieth birthday and to meet her daughter Mallory, a less-than-suitable bride-to-be for Dandy's son Donald. But soon love is the last thing on Dandy's mind when the news breaks that Lady Lavinia has been found dead, brutally murdered in the middle of her famous knot garden. Strange superstitions...
12) Righteous prey
Author
Series
Prey series volume 32
Virgil Flowers novels volume 14
Prey novel volume 32
Lucas Devenport and Virgil Flowers novel
Virgil Flowers novels volume 14
Prey novel volume 32
Lucas Devenport and Virgil Flowers novel
Language
English
Description
"Beloved heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are up against a powerful vigilante group with an eye on vengeance in a stunning new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford"--
14) Northanger Abbey
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short"--Container.
15) Miss Potter
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In an effort to give their younger brother, Norman a project to keep him busy now that he has joined the family publishing house, the older Warne brothers agree to publish Miss Beatrix Potter's first children's book. They don't expect the book to sell well, but they need to keep Norman busy. As a single woman living in Edwardian London, Beatrix suspects this endeavor may provide her with a small measure of freedom. But she also has very specific ideas...
17) Separate lies
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
A wealthy Englishman finds out that his spouse has been cheating on him and is drawn into a web of over-ups and lies.
18) The great Gatsby
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Great Gatsby follows viable writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922. Chasing his own American dream, Nick lands next door to Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the rich and their loves and deceits. As he bears witness, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams, and tragedy, and holds...
19) Borgman
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Nederlands
Description
A dark suburban fable exploring the nature of evil in unexpected places, follows an enigmatic vagrant who enters the lives of an upper-class family and quickly unravels their carefully curated lifestyle. Charming and mysterious, Camiel Borgman seems almost otherworldly, and it isn't long before he has the wife, children and nanny under his spell in a calculated bid to take over their home life.
20) Devil's cut
Author
Series
Bourbon kings novel volume 3
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
With his brother on trial for patricide, Lane Baldwine is now the head of the family, and the Bradford Bourbon Company. But his lover, Sutton Smythe, is the CEO of their biggest rival. It is said that love survives all things. But murder?
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