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Save the Pearls: Book 1
Revealing Eden
by Victoria Foyt
Eden Newman must mate before her 18th birthday in six months or she'll be left outside to die in a burning world. But who will pick up her mate-option when she's cursed with white skin and a tragically low mate-rate of 15%? In a post-apocalyptic, totalitarian, underground world where class and beauty are defined by resistance to an overheated environment, Eden's coloring brands her as a member of the lowest class,... (more)
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Montgomery / Taggart: Book 13
High Tide
by Jude Deveraux
Fiona is the creator of fashion doll sensation Kimberley, and is quite satisfied with her career-focused life. Yet when her boss informs her that she must win over a new account by going camping with the creator of a hot children's TV show, she is extremely reluctant. Nevertheless, she goes to Florida to meet Roy and his guide, Ace Montgomery. When Roy is found dead, with Fiona holding the bloody knife, she... (more)
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The Delaney Family Series: Book 7
This Fierce Splendor
by Iris Johansen
In a classic historical romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen, a bookish beauty and her rogue guide go in search of a city lost to the sands of time—and find a burning passion. Ever since she was a little girl, Elspeth MacGregor has dreamed of completing her father’s quest to find the legendary lost city of Kantalan. After poring over textbooks, atlases, and tribal legends, Elspath... (more)
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The McGraws: Book 2
Into the Wild
by Beth Ciotta
When River Kane's fiancé abandons her at the altar for being too conventional , she's heartbroken. But everything changes when her estranged archaeologist father sends her his journal—filled with cryptic maps and a note indicating he's in mortal danger. Worried, River faces her greatest fears and flies to the Amazon to find him. But she needs a guide. Someone completely unlike danger-seeker Spenser McGraw. A... (more)
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The Emperor's Edge: Book 1
The Emperor's Edge
by Lindsay Buroker
Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed. Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most... (more)
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Wild (Lori Brighton): Book 2
Wild Desire
by Lori Brighton
First He Drove Her Mad In what feels like a moment, Beatrice Edmund goes from being a proper lady cooped up in a stuffy Scottish castle to traveling miles from anything she's ever known, in the midst of the wildest adventure of her life. And at the center of that adventure is the most infuriating, puzzling scoundrel on earth. She cannot take her eyes off him. Then He Drove Her Wild Colin Fitch cannot deny... (more)
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Harlequin Historical: Book 827
Lord Greville's Captive
by Nicola Cornick
Years before, he had come to Grafton Manor to be betrothed to the innocent and beautiful Lady Anne--a promise that was broken with the onset of war.... Now Simon, Lord Greville, has returned as an enemy, besieging the manor and holding its lady hostage. Simon's devotion to his cause swayed by his desire for Anne, he will not settle for the manor house alone. He will have the lady--and her heart--into the bargain!... (more)
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Painted Horse
by Katharine Kincaid
No finer horsemen ever rode the Llano Estacado or Staked Plain than the Comanches. Astride color-splashed Paint horses, they struck terror into the hearts of their enemies--but their glory days soon ended, and their leader, Quanah Parker, became a hunted outlaw... Matthew Stone, captured and raised by Comanches and now eking out a living training horses for the U.S. Army, finds he cannot stand back and watch... (more)
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Braving The Storm
by Kelly Wallace
Never having lived up to her father's expectations since she was born the wrong sex, Melony Shepherd is a high-powered, high-strung attorney by day, reclusive emotional cripple by night. Melony searches for a way to find the inner peace and true courage she has never known by taking Hunter McFadden's Alaskan Wilderness Survival Course. She figures that two weeks of roughing it in the summertime Alaskan outback... (more)
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Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
In the sleepy English countryside at the dawn of the Victorian Era, life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall — a secluded hamlet so named for an imposing stone barrier that surrounds a fertile grassland. Armed sentries guard the sole gap in the bulwark to keep the inquisitive from wandering through, relaxing their vigil only once every nine years, when a market fair unlike any other in the world of... (more)
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The Lady Soldier
by Jennifer Lindsay
Jem Riseley is the perfect soldier in Wellington's army—brave and skilled, but also a lady! A battlefield promotion provides Jem with the means of escape from a sadistic major, but leaves her with the problem of Captain Tony Dorrell. Jem must convince the handsome but jaded captain, who knew her as a lady, that she's the man she seems. When the pair are trapped behind French lines, Jem has to battle the enemy as... (more)
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Harlequin Historical: Book 817
The Gladiator's Honor
by Michelle Styles
A hardened survivor of more than a dozen gladiatorial combats, Valens's raw masculinity fuels many women's sexual fantasies. He is outside polite society, and Roman noblewoman Julia Antonia knows she should have nothing to do with a man who is little more than a slave. But with a wisp of scandal clinging to her stola, Julia is drawn inexorably toward the forbidden danger he represents. For Valens, Julia... (more)
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Harlequin Historical: Book 858
The Roman's Virgin Mistress
by Michelle Styles
Scandalous! Silvana Junia knows what the gossips say about her-- and doesn't care! Until a mysterious, dangerous stranger rescues her from the sea, and she's instantly drawn to him. Notorious! Lucius Aurelius Fortis is rich and respected. But his playboy past could come back to haunt him if he cannot resist his attraction to beautiful Silvana. And in the hot sun of Baiae, their every move is watched.... ... (more)
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Harlequin Historical: Book 898
Taken by the Viking
by Michelle Styles
A Viking raid; they claimed they came in peace, but soon Lindisfarne was aflame. Annis of Birdoswald fled in fear, but she could not escape the Norse warriors. An honorable captor; one man protected her - Haakon Haroldson. The dark, arrogant Viking swept Annis back to his homeland, taking her away from all she held dear. A new life; as his mistress! Now Annis must choose between the lowly work that befits a... (more)
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Lady Runaway
by Ginger Hanson
Fleeing arrest by a spurned suitor, Lady Riana Travistock heads for London where she is knifed in a street brawl when she helps a man attacked by footpads. Luckily for Lady Riana, the victim of the attack is army surgeon Captain Devlin Carrington who takes her home to tend her injury. When Dev cuts off her blood-soaked chemise to stitch the knife wound, a fortune in jewels spill out. Has he saved a lovely jewel... (more)