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1) Bleak House
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Bleak House opens in the twilight of foggy London, where fog grips the city most densely in the Court of Chancery. The obscure case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs, the romance of Esther Summerson and the secrets of her origin, the sleuthing of Detective Inspector Bucket and the fate of Jo the crossing-sweeper, these are some of the lives Dickens invokes to portray London society, rich and poor,...
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Stunned by news of her sister's and her brother-in-law's deaths, Sarah Cain journeys to Lancaster County to claim her five orphaned nieces and nephews, who have been brought up as members of the Amish community, and finds her life irrevocably altered by her encounter with the Plain people of the region.
4) Regency buck
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Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine are dismayed when they meet their legal guardian, Julian St John Audley, who is an insufferably arrogant dandy.
5) Summer
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A naive girl from a humble background meets an ambitious city boy, and a torrid romance ensues. Despite her pride, independence, and honesty, Charity Royall feels shadowed by her past--especially in her ardent relationship with the educated and refined Lucius Harney. Can passion overcome the effects of heredity and environment? With its frank treatment of a woman's sexual awakening, Summer created a sensation upon its 1917 publication. Edith Wharton...
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2013.
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Isolated in a decaying family home while her father performs secret work at the end of World War II, ten-year-old Helen, grieving the losses of her mother and grandmother, bonds with her sensitive young aunt while desperately clinging to the ghosts and stories of her childhood.
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The spirited and independent Miss Annis Wychwood is twenty-nine and well past the age for falling in love. But when Annis embroils herself in the affairs of a pretty runaway heiress, Miss Lucilla Carleton, she is destined to see a great deal of her fugitive's uncivil and high-handed guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton. Befriending the wayward girl brings unexpected consequences, among them the conflicting emotions aroused by her guardian.
10) Rooftoppers
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When authorities threaten to take Sophie, twelve, from Charles who has been her guardian since she was one and both survived a shipwreck, the pair goes to Paris to try to find Sophie's mother, and they are aided by Matteo and his band of "rooftoppers."
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The year is 1838, and seventeen-year-old Julia Ellistons position has never been more fragile. Orphaned and unmarried in a time when women are legal property of their fathers, husbands, and guardians, she finds herself at the mercy of an anonymous guardian who plans to establish her as a servant in far-off Scotland. With two months to devise a better plan, Julias first choice to marry her childhood sweetheart is denied. But when a...
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Sullivan's Crossing volume 5
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English
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"Hannah Russell's carefully crafted plans for her life have been upended without warning. When her best friend died suddenly, Hannah became guardian to a five-year-old named Noah. With no experience at motherhood, she's terrified she's not up to the challenge. She and Noah need time to get to know each other, so she decides to rent a country house with stunning views on a lake in rural Colorado. When they arrive at the house, they are greeted by the...
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Miss Omega Chartley, a gentlewoman who has fallen on hard times, comes to the aid of young Jamie Clevenden who has run away from a brutal uncle. They arrive at the home of Jamie's other uncle, the Viscount of Byford -- who is none other than Miss Chartley's disgraced fiancé, Matthew Bering, who left her at the altar eight years ago. There Miss Chartley will finally learn the secret that Lord Byford has hidden from her all these years, the story of...
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Brides of Bellaire Gardens volume 2
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2022.
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English
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When his charge, heiress Clarissa, the daughter of a notorious rake, and her beautiful, yet penniless, half-sister Isobel launch themselves into society against his wishes, the new Earl of Salcott must protect Clarissa from fortune hunters while dealing with the sharp-witted, rebellious and utterly intoxicating Izzy.
17) Oracle's moon
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Elder races volume 4
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Berkley Sensation
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[2012]
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English
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When tragedy strikes, Grace Andreas inherits a host of new responsibilities, none of which she is prepared for.
18) The black arrow
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In fifteenth-century England, when his father's murderer is revealed to be his guardian, seventeen-year-old Richard Shelton joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow in avenging the death, rescuing the woman he loves, and participating in the struggle between the Yorks and Lancasters in the War of the Roses.
19) Just imagine
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Avon
Pub. Date
2001.
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English
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"The War between the States may be over for the rest of the country, but not for Kit Weston. Disguised as a boy, she's come to New York City to kill Baron Cain, the man who stands between her and Risen Glory, the South Carolina home she loves. But unknown to Kit, the Yankee war hero is more than her most bitter enemy--he's also her guardian. And he'll be a lot harder to kill than she 's figured on ..."--Back cover.
20) Sweet masquerade
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G.K. Hall
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2001.
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English
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The tenth earl of Berham did not know what to do. An attractive thirty-two-year-old bachelor, he was appointed guardian of one Freddie Armstrong, the eighteen-year-old grandson of his late father's dear friend. That was bad enough. Then he discovered the boy was really a girl! It simply would not do to keep an unchaperoned young lady in his home. The earl's frequent visitor, Lady Clarissa Rennenord, heartily agreed--but for less noble reasons. Hoping...
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