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"In the early 1800s, seventeen-year-old Hannah Whittier is traveling by ship down the coast from her Quaker home in Massachusetts to her brother's house in Charleston, South Carolina. To while away the dull hours, Hannah composes a list of qualities she wants in a husband. Boredom will soon be the least of her worries. First the Molly Claridge is boarded by the British frigate, H.M.S. Dissuade, and forced to turn over any supposed Englishmen. Later...
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Camel Press
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Jeannie McVinnie was young and lovely-but she was also a widow with no intention of marrying again. And if she ever did, it certainly would not be to the high-handed, hot-tempered Captain William Summers. The swashbuckling Summers was a naval hero who found himself at sea in the London social swim and demanded that Jeannie help his pretty niece take the plunge into the London Marriage Mart. With her innocent charge in tow, Jeannie sailed into action--trying...
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Spanish brand volume 1
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Set against the mountains and high plains of northeastern New Mexico during the decline of Spanish power in the New World, this is a story of loss and love regained.
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Miss Katherine Billings was an impoverished orphan--and her only escape from a lecherous employer's embraces was to go upon the stage. But when a magnificent marquess proposes that she participate in a mock marriage, Kate finds that putting on an act is far easier in public than in private.
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Spanish brand volume 3
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"As the eighteenth century draws to a close, the Kwahadi Comanches seem to be making their peace with the settlers of the Spanish Colony of New Mexico. No one is as relieved as Marco Mondragón and his adored wife Paloma Vega, whose ranch, the Double Cross, sits on the edge of Comanchería. Their tranquility is short-lived, however, for other Comanches are terrorizing the plains, led by the ruthless renegade, Great Owl."--Author's website.
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Spanish brand volume 2
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Marco Mondragãn, a genial lawman on the New Mexican frontier in 1782, fears that his young wife, Paloma, will be stricken by the approaching smallpox epidemic. When their Comanche friend, Toshua, rescues Anthony Gill, a white physician, from the desert, they strike the titular bargain: Anthony will inoculate Paloma and their neighbors, and Marco and Toshua will escort Anthony to a Comanche hideaway that he suspects harbors his kidnapped daughter....
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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...
10) With this ring
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Camel Press
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"The year is 1814, and Lydia Perkins is in London for the Season. Sadly, the Perkins don't care if Lydia makes a suitable match. All her mother's hopes lie in the beautiful but vapid Kitty, and Lydia is expected to answer her every whim. In an effort to mix with the ton, the sisters find themselves at St. Barnabas Church, gawking at the soldiers wounded at the Battle of Toulouse, the final battle that sent Napoleon into exile at Elba. Kitty faints...
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Spanish brand volume 4
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Five years after the death of Comanche leader Cuerno Verde, cautious diplomacy between the tribe and the colonists is underway to end Comanche raids into New Mexico. Husband and wife Marco and Paloma Mondragón life is hectic between two toddlers and a newborn son and Marco's spring planting. Unknown to him, Marco has peculiar enemies plotting his downfall. When Paloma and a friend set out on a visit to Marco's sister, meant to give Paloma relief...
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"Sailing Master Able Six, Royal Navy, is a man like no other. To call him a mere polymath is to sell him short. Someone with his extraordinary gifts should rise to the top, unless it is the 1800s, where pedigree and money govern Regency society, as sure as Napoleon seeks world domination. A bastard raised in a Scottish workhouse with nothing in his favor except his amazing mind, Able must navigate life ashore on half-pay during the uneasy Truce of...
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St. Brendan volume 3
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Camel Press
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[2020]
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English
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In 1805, as Napoleon prepares to invade England, Master Able Six, instructor at St. Brendan the Navigator School, feels torn between his duty to country and the Royal Navy, and his loving wife.
15) Her smile
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"Sometimes people end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Thanks to an impulsive request from Elizabeth Ann Everett, the Everett family from Omaha, Nebraska, become tourists on a vacation in newly created Yellowstone National Park. The year is 1877 and the weather is fine. When the Nez Perce, fleeing the U.S. Army, charge into a tourist camp, pampered, wealthy Elizabeth Everett gets more than she bargains for. So do the Nez Perce" --
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Sweetwater Books
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2013.
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English
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Come explore Regency London with Carla Kelly! This collection features four stories that will warm your heart with Christmas cheer: The Christmas Ornament, Make a Joyful Noise, An Object of Charity, and The Three Kings. Filled with romance and a touch of humor, these stories are sure to find a place in your heart and remind you that Christmas is a time for love.
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Sweetwater Books, An Imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Beloved romance writer Carla Kelly shares a treasured collection of stories starring dashing war heroes and the sassy heroines who can't help but fall for them. From daring sea captains to genteel lords, there's a little something for every heart's fancy.
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Sweetwater Books
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[2012]
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English
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Roxanna Drew, widowed too young, finds refuge in a deserted house on the estate of an absentee owner, but when the handsome owner pounds on her door in the middle of a snowstorm, his masculinity reminds her that she has been too long without a husband.
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Bonneville Books
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c2013.
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English
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"It's 1912, the beginning of the Mexican Revolution - and the Mormon colonists must flee to the United States. When his estranged wife is mistakenly left behind, Ammon Hancock goes back to rescue her. But when he finds her, he must coax her to follow him to safety ... and maybe even love him again. This revolution could be the very thing that ends their war of hearts"-- c Provided by publisher.
20) Doing no harm
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Sweetwater Books, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc
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[2015]
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English
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After a celebrated career in the war against Napoleon, Captain Douglas Bowden moves to a small fishing village to escape military life and put his medical skills to good use.
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