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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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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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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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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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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 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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Virtue [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Jane Feather
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With a highly sensual style, Jane Feather--winner of four Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards--works her bestselling romantic magic in a tale of a strong-willed beauty forced to make her living at the gaming tables. An arrogant nobleman is determined to get the better of her, and the stakes are nothing less than her virtue. Regency Romance. HC: Doubleday.
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A Secret Affair [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Mary Balogh
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Beloved New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh has written her most beguiling novel yet, in which the black sheep of the scandalous Huxtable family finally meets his match—in a woman of even more wicked reputation.
“The Devil was about to be tamed.” Her name is Hannah Reid. Born a commoner, she has been Duchess of Dunbarton ever since she was nineteen years old, the wife of an elderly duke to whom she has been rumored to be consistently and flagrantly unfaithful. Now the old duke is d... more info>>
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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.
DARK ANGEL
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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Her Highland Rogue [MultiFormat]
by Leanne Burroughs
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In 1304, amidst Scotland's continuing war for independence? two wounded souls are forced on a journey neither wants, resulting in tragedy and disaster. Battle-hardened, untrusting and son of a Scottish Chieftain? Duncan MacThomas wants only to see his country free from English rule. Honor-bound to ensure his clan's financial future, Duncan reluctantly travels to England to wed a woman he doesn't want. Wealthy and pampered? Catherine Gillingham anticipates a marriage to a Duke's son and is dismay... more info>> (Published: 2007) National Reader's Choice Award Winner, Laurie Award Winner, RIO Award of Excellence Winner
Words: 93970 - Reading Time: 268-375 min.
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The Duke's Desire [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Margaret Moore
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SHE'D FLED THE BED OF THE DUKE OF DEIGHTON......and returned to her life of quiet respectability. But Verity Davis-Jones could never forget Galen Bromney, "her" notorious duke, for she saw him daily in the face of their child--the daughter she must deny him, along with her heartfelt love!Ten years of self-imposed exile had done little to dissuade Galen Bromney of the rightness of being with Verity. Yet how would he ever convince the woman of his dreams that a life together raising their daughter... more info>>
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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)
Words: 133165 - Reading Time: 380-532 min.
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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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Looking for the Fountain [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A soldier traveling with Ponce de Leon recounts a different version of the search for the fountain of youth. (Published: 1992)
Words: 9472 - Reading Time: 27-37 min.
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Out of the Ashes [Ashes: 1] [MultiFormat]
by William W. Johnstone
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Ben Raines is searching for his family in the chaos that remains after devastation hits America. Thieves and gangsters take the streets in the aftermath of nuclear apocalypse. Fearful American citizens band together searching for a leader. Luckily, there is Ben Raines, a rebel mercenary, soldier and patriot. Ben forges together the remains of the cities to join with the Resistance forces and create a new future for America. During their struggles, the final battle arises with an attack by govern... more info>> (Published: 1983)
Words: 121564 - Reading Time: 347-486 min.
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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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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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A Voice in the Wind [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Francine Rivers
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Torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, a young slave girl clings to her faith in the living God for deliverance from the forces of decadent Rome.
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Bowdrie [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Louis L'Amour
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It was a name that caused the most hardened gunmen to break out in a cold sweat. Chick Bowdrie. He could have ridden the outlaw trail, but the Texas Rangers recruited him because they didn't want to have to fight against him. Pursuing the most wanted men in the Southwest he knew all too well the dusty trails, the bitter cattle feuds, the desperate killers and the quiet, weather-beaten, wind-blasted towns that could explode into actions with the wrong word. He had sworn to carry out the law, but ... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Dance on the Wind: The Plainsmen [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Terry C. Johnston
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The saga of the adventures of Titus "Scratch" Bass, a nineteenth-century Kentucky farm boy who becomes a frontiersman along the Ohio River.
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Highland Wishes [Scottish War for Independence Trilogy Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Leanne Burroughs
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A Highlander Obsessed.... While the Scottish War for Independence rages, a young Laird heads to the Scottish-English border to avenge his father's vicious murder. The time for retribution has arrived. Rage tightly controlled, Grant Drummond presses forward toward the magnificent Norman-style manor to take its inhabitants by surprise. A Woman Defiant Victoria Blackstone tensed with a sense of foreboding. Her stomach knotted as she surveyed the large men surrounding her. Instinct warned her to esc... more info>> (Published: 2004) RIO Award Winner, Laurie Award Winner, RIO Award of Excellence Winner
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In The King's Service [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Margaret Moore
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'Twas Said He Could Whisper A Woman To Bed......and now Sir Blaidd Morgan had turned his considerable charms on Lady Becca Throckton. But could she trust his intent? A childhood injury had made her fit to be no man's bride, and yet the Welsh warrior made her feel she'd a right to her woman's heart!The Lady Becca surprised him, and that was rare, Sir Blaidd mused. Indeed, she had a fire that stirred him in unexpected ways. Though he could ill afford a dalliance on this secret mission for his king... more info>>
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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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Ride the Moon Down: The Plainsmen [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Terry C. Johnston
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The time of the mountain man is coming to an end...but some--like Titus Bass will not exit gently. A brilliantly exciting and thoroughly researched novel of the end of the dream that was the unmapped and virgin wilderness in the American West starring the king of the mountain men, Titus Bass.
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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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