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The Forever Girl [MultiFormat]
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A romantic, yet unsparing and authentic novel of the destruction of the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum that far surpasses The Last Days of Pompeii. Young Kara is taken into captivity after Roman legionaries and their allies overrun her village. Within the space of a few months, she goes from being a cherished daughter of loving parents to an orphaned and exploited Roman slave. At the age of eight, she is cast adrift in a culture that has little regard for human life-especially a slave... more info>>
Words: 183144 - Reading Time: 523-732 min.
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Victory of Eagles [Temeraire Series Book 5] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe EPUB]
by Naomi Novik
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Naomi Novik's triumphant debut, His Majesty's Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt. Will Laurence, who serves Britain's peerless Aerial Corps in the thick of the raging Napoleonic Wars. Now, in the latest novel of this dazzling series, they soar to new heights of breathtaking action and brilliant imagination. It is a grim time for the dragon Temeraire. On the heels of his mission t... more info>>
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Dawn on a Distant Shore [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Sara Donati
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 Sara Donati's debut novel, Into the Wilderness, was hailed as "epic in scope, emotionally intense...an enrapturing, grand adventure" (BookPage) and "a captivating saga...definitely the romance of the year when it comes to transcending genre boundaries" (Booklist). Author Diana Gabaldon called it "one of those rare stories that let you breathe the air of another time, and leave your footprints on the snow of a wild, strange place." Now, in her second novel, this award-winning master storyteller... more info>>
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Caravans [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by James A. Michener
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In this romantic adventure of wild Afghanistan, master storyteller James Michener mixes the allure of the past with the dangers of today. After an impetuous American girl, Ellen Jasper, marries a young Afghan engineer, her parents hear no word from her. Although she wants freedom to do as she wishes, not even she is sure what that means. In the meantime, she is as good as lost in that wild land, perhaps forever....
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Dark Angel/Lord Carew's Bride [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Mary Balogh
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From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh come two classic tales of love turned dangerous, set amid the splendor of Regency England...a time rife with passion, betrayal, and intrigue.
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Jennifer Winwood has been engaged for five years to a man she hardly knows but believes to be honorable and good: Lord Lionel Kersey. Suddenly, she becomes the quarry of London's most notorious womanizer, Gabriel Fisher, the Earl of Thornhill. Jennifer has no idea that she is just a pawn in th... more info>>
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Dudley's Fusiliers [MultiFormat]
by Harold R. Thompson
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Empire and Honor Book 1 When William Dudley enlists as a private in the Royal Hampshire Fusiliers, he discovers that life in the army of Queen Victoria is not the romantic adventure he had expected. Transported to the Crimean Peninsula, his dreams of glory are confronted by the harsh reality of war and death. Promoted to sergeant on the battlefield barely more than a year after his enlistment, Dudley must learn to command and inspire the soldiers he is called on to lead, and do so in the face of... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 77732 - Reading Time: 222-310 min.
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His at Night [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Sherry Thomas
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Love is hottest in the darkness before dawn.
Elissande Edgerton is a desperate woman, a virtual prisoner in the home of her tyrannical uncle. Only through marriage can she claim the freedom she craves. But how to catch the perfect man?
Lord Vere is used to baiting irresistible traps. As a secret agent for the government, he’s tracked down some of the most devious criminals in London, all the while maintaining his cover as one of Society’s most harmless—and idiotic—bachelors. But nothing c... more info>>
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The Fiery Cross [Secure eReader]
by Diana Gabaldon
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The year is 1771. The American War of Independence is fast approaching. And it seems that Jamie Fraser and his wife, Claire, and their beloved family are fated to be in the thick of things once again.
Words: 150000 - Reading Time: 428-600 min.
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The Game of Kings: First in the Legendary Lymond Chronicles [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Dorothy Dunnett
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For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.The first book in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, Game of Kings takes place in 1547. Scotland has been humiliated by an English invasion and is threatened by machinations elsewhere beyond its borders, but it is still free. Paradoxically, her freedom may depend on a man who stands accused of treason: Francis Crawford of Lymond.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Crisis In The Ashes [Ashes: 29] [MultiFormat]
by William W. Johnstone
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Ben Raines and his patriot army have defeated all comers, from mutant night people to the blackshirted forces of Jesus Mendoza Hoffman and the enemy axis in the Great War. But now the socialist dictators of the USA, smarting from their defeat at the hands of the Southern United States of America, have unleashed their fury against Raines. As wave after wave of missiles is launched at the free state, the SUSA command retaliates in kind--giving better than it gets. With the North American continent... more info>> (Published: 2000)
Words: 86454 - Reading Time: 247-345 min.
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Follow the River [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by James Alexander Thom
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Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people.From the Paperback edition.
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Led By The Stars [MultiFormat]
by David Luders
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300 years before William the Conqueror brings feudalism to England, there is a like case in the Pacific islands. But there, two races meet, neither knowing until then that there are any others in the world. Polynesians, voyaging in quest of a place to start new fiefs, discover islands occupied by tribal blacks. Amazement, fear and curiosity give way to fascination, prejudice and ambition, but across the racial divide friendships form. Antagonisms amongst the colonisers lead to conflict. Alignmen... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 97412 - Reading Time: 278-389 min.
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The Diamond Slipper [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Jane Feather
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Dear Reader,
What comes to mind when you think of a diamond slipper? Cinderella, perhaps? That's what Cordelia Brandenburg imagines when her godparents arrange a marriage for her with a man she's never met - a marriage that will take her to Versailles, far from the rigid confines of her childhood home. The betrothal
gift is a charm bracelet with a tiny, glittering diamond slipper attached...as befits a journey into a fairy-tale future.
But Cordelia—young, headstrong, and completely adorab... more info>>
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The Earl and the Hoyden [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Mary Nichols
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Miss Charlotte Cartwright has never forgotten Roland Temple's contemptuous rejection of her hand in marriage. And she's not about to forgive either—even if Roland, the new Earl of Amerleigh, is now older, wiser and ten times as handsome!
Roland has returned home from the wars to find much has changed, including his spitfire of a neighbor. He's soon determined to right the wrongs of the past—and this time the hoyden will be his bride….
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The Inquest [MultiFormat]
by Stephen Dando-Collins
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In a magnificently conceived and executed historical novel, first-time writer Stephen Dando-Collins invents a historical conceit worthy of the work of Dan Brown and worthy of comparison with the huge, international bestseller THE DA VINCI CODE. During the reign of the Emperor Vespasian and shortly after Roman armies have crushed the Jewish revolt in Judea and destroyed the temple, a young Roman Questor and investigating magistrate, Julius Varro, is commissioned to investigate the story that a Je... more info>> (Published: 2005)
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The Mysterious Miss M [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Diane Gaston
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THE REGENCY UNDERWORLD--SEX, SCANDAL AND REDEEMING LOVE!The Mysterious Miss M is a living male fantasy--alluring, sensual, masked. But when Lord Devlin Steele finds himself responsible for her--and her child--he comes to know the real Maddy: the loving, passionate woman who drives away the nightmares of the Waterloo battlefield.But the aristocratic soldier can't support his new family. He will inherit his fortune only on marriage to a suitable lady--and Maddy is far from suitable. With the dange... more info>>
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Hatred in the Ashes [Ashes: 27] [MultiFormat]
by William W. Johnstone
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America had been consumed in the flames of anarchy. When the smoke cleared from a terrifying civil war, the Commander in Chief had vanished, a new constitution had been born, and a power-mad President had soared to infamy, vowing to crush everything Ben Raines stood for. Her party's first mandate: dead or alive, she wants the legendary soldier brought down for crimes of treason--unless he disbands his forces, abandons his dream for a new nation, and swears allegiance to a country under siege. Th... more info>> (Published: 1999)
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Niccolo Rising: The First Book of The House of Niccolo [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Dorothy Dunnett
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With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire. Niccolò Ris... more info>>
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The Wagering Widow [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Diane Gaston
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Guy, Lord Keating, laden with his father's debts, elopes with "heiress" Emily Duprey...only to discover she is as poor as he! Now his only hope of saving his family and dependents is a reluctant return to the gaming tables.Emily has to escape marriage to a gamester like her father. But she needs more money than she can win as Lady Keating--so she becomes Lady Widow, a cardplaying masked seductress! Then Guy recognizes the beautiful Widow as his quiet, mousy wife--and their inconvenient marriage ... more info>>
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Tyranny in the Ashes [Ashes: 30] [MultiFormat]
by William W. Johnstone
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The patriot army of Ben Raines went toe-to-toe with the most powerful enemy in the world--the USA--and fought its way through hellish chaos and terrorism. But for the free and the brave there is no rest-not when USA leader Claire Osterman has been ousted from power. Her reaction: A plan for revenge that will plunge the North American continent into bloody war. The attack will come from the South, where Osterman has made a pact with the devil--a former Sandinista Rebel named Perro Loco. Ruching u... more info>> (Published: 2000)
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When You Wish [Secure eReader]
by Jane Feather
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To thine own wish be true. Do not follow the moth to the star.
So says the message in an exquisite green bottle. Is it a wish? A warning? A spell to cast over a lover? In these six charming love stories, a mysterious bottle brings a touch of magic to the lives of all who possess it....
"Wishful Thinking" by Jane Feather. To be taken seriously as a scientist, the bespectacled Rosie Belmont passes herself off as a man...but her plan backfires when a very attractive fellow scientist arrives f... more info>>
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A Promise From Eternity [MultiFormat]
by Greg Nepini
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Jonathan Morris is haunted by visions of his wife's death at the hands of invading British soldiers near the end of the Revolutionary War. He vows to prevent it from happening and sets out on a mission that will bring him face to face with the horrors of war. Amy Morris recounts her husband's fateful journey as she struggles to make sense of what has happened. Promise From Eternity is a story about undying love, the cost of war, and a promise of eternal happiness. (Published: 2010)
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A Shameful Secret [MultiFormat]
by Anne Ireland
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When Hester was young she was seduced by a man she believed loved her, but he left her and she discovered that she was with child. In the nineteenth century this was shocking and her parents sent her away to have the child, which Hester was told died soon after it was born. Hester has been subjected to humiliation by her family ever since. However, things begin to change when her aunt begs for her company on a visit to Bath. (Published: 2008)
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Angel of Windword [MultiFormat]
by Maggie Dove
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Evil forces are at play surrounding Angelique Beauvisage, but she has no clue. Sensuous and suspense-filled, ANGEL OF WINDWORD, begins with a murder that takes place four years before and turns into a perilous cat and mouse game played by two reluctant lovers, who spin a web of deception that only their love can unravel. (Published: 2009)
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Borden Chantry [Talon and Chantry Series Book 1] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Louis L'Amour
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The marshal's name was Borden Chantry. Young, lean, rugged, he's buried a few men in this two-bit cow town--every single one killed in a fair fight. Then, one dark, grim day a mysterious gunman shot a man in cold blood. Five grisly murders later, Chantey was faced with the roughest assignment of his life--find that savage, trigger-happy hard case before he blasts apart every man in town ... one by bloody one.
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