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|  | | Leonora: Tulips in Winter In 1788, a Russian count and a Polish Prince rescue an English damsel in distress...the beginning of a passionate tale that revolves around two headstrong lovers and an ancient intrigue.
In 1788, Count Stropov and his friend, Prince Boro, trail an elusive thief all over Europe. A chance encounter with an English damsel in distress leads them onto a detour: they wager on who will be the first to seduce the beauty.
Instantly, Count Stropov decides he will claim the beautiful Leonora.
Stropov's loyalty belongs to his Russian Empress. Leonora's obligations tie her to her English home. Both are duty-driven and passionate. Thrown together into perilous situations, Stropov and Leonora develop a mutual infatuation. He holds her in his sway because her | |  | | Lord Eaglebeak Betrothed for the sake of convenience, Richard Darby thinks he has one year to win Lady Hetty's heart. She thinks she has one year to discourage him -- and lays a wager upon it.
p style="text-align: left">Love can turn a coward into a hero and a wise man into a moron? Richard Darby groans at such prospects. He'd rather stay in control. Soldiering against Napoleon's armies, he has cherished a vision of love, but can such a dream become reality?
The Earl of Stanton has a dilemma: he must appease his second wife by marrying off his unruly daughter, Hetty, but how? To Stanton, Richard is a god-send. He already entrusted the young man with a rather sordid secret. Now he entrusts Richard with his daughter's fate as well.
Hetty has vowed never to | |  | | The Any Agency: Wild Violets Introducing Anna Bradford, Private Investigator, taking on the Case of the Wild Violets.
As owner of an international business, Anna Bradford enjoys the fruit of her labors. Quite happy, she returns from Europe to a small town in Illinois where she eases her uncle into retirement: she buys his private investigations firm and sends aunt and uncle off to a cruise in Alaska.
Anna expects some trouble pet-sitting a cat and a dog, but -- as usual -- real trouble arrives in the form of humans, well heeled and on wheels. When murder hits close to home, she must rely on her own sleuthing skills and on the help of good friends.
| |  | | Theo's Ghost In the idyllic Prussia of 1820, a Countess and an Englishman must uncover secrets from the past to win happiness. Mysteries and dangers lurk in this charming love story.
div class="productDescriptionWrapper">In 1820, Baron von Sydow, a Prussian Junker, entrusts his ward, Countess Theo, with the execution of his last will. “All’s well that ends well” is his motto.
The terms of that will puzzle Theo. For six months, she must reside with a man, of whom she has never even heard, at the Baron’s manor. If she finds the stranger worthy, he will inherit the entire estate...if not, it will be hers.
Intrigued by such an opportunity, Jeremy Dalton, an English merchant’s son, accepts the invitation to stay in Prussia. The lovely |
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Dark September
by Brendan O'Brien
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Autumn 1940. Germany invades Britain. Newport is blitzed. Danny O’Shea’s house is bombed, his wife is killed. While taking his young son Adam to neutral Ireland, they witness an attack on a German convoy. The result is brutal. |
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