Jayne Entwistle
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"Young dairymaid Begonia has lost her cow, Alfalfa. So she has set off on a search across the countryside even though she has nothing but a magical map to guide her. Meanwhile, the Emperor has gone missing from the royal palace in a most mysterious manner. Was it murder? Was it magic? It will take all of Begonia's wits to save the empire and get Alfalfa home safely"--
2) élégie
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Brought from Minnesota to Oregon as a mail-order bride in 1913, the new Mrs. Pearson has to face her husband's hostile family and find joy where she can.
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The story of Martha Lloyd- recipe collector, housekeeping expert, and Jane Austen's dearest friend.
Fans of Jane Austen often feel that the beloved author is like a best friend, and this book shines a light on what it meant to be exactly that. “Jane Austen's Best Friend: The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd” offers a unique insight into Jane's private inner circle. Through this heartwarming examination of an important and often overlooked person...
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The exotic island of Madeira is the perfect escape for an Englishwoman fleeing an arranged marriage - until she's taken captive by a vengeful pirate. One of the wealthiest heiresses in England, Eliza Thoroughgood is the ideal catch for the right man. But the husband her parents have chosen for her is a paragon of masculinity and urbane wit, while Eliza is shy and bookish and detests the public eye. So she comes up with the perfect escape from the...
5) One wish
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13 treasures trilogy volume Prequel
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Twelve-year-old Tanya Fairchild spends her summer vacation in the seaside town of Spinney Wicket, where she makes a new friend, learns about the fairy realm, and discovers a magical wishing tree.
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"Mixing Romance and Mystery in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!""A fun and spunky heroine, a plot involving an old castle in Strasbourg make this a fast-paced, delightful read."
-Rhys Bowen, New York Times best-selling author"A fabulously entertaining novel, start to finish."
-Hall Ways, Lonestar Literary Life"Romantic, sexy, and fulfilling. Henrietta and Clive Howard finally live out their unbridled passion for each other's intellect and charm-while solving...
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The fourth volume in award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Gleason's international bestselling Gardella Vampire Hunter series.
After narrowly escaping from Rome, Lady Victoria Gardella returns to London, where not even sunrise can stop a vampire's carnage . . .
Ruining Victoria's homecoming, a vampire stalks the streets of London-during the daylight. Not only is Victoria unable to detect the vampire with her heightened senses,...
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Argentina, 1951. For most people, World War Two has been over for six years, but it's still a brutal reality for Leni Mayer, brought to Buenos Aires by a Nazi who took her captive in 1940 and never let her go. Lonely and despairing, she longs for a chance to return to England and be herself again.
Butterfly enthusiast Raymond Varela and his eight-year-old son Anton have come to Patagonia in an effort to start life afresh after the losses of the war...
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The final entry in award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Gleason's international bestselling Gardella Vampire Hunter series.
"Vampires have met their match with Victoria Gardella,"* but now the huntress faces an even greater evil as London is besieged by malevolent entities no mortal was ever meant to encounter . . .
Directly descended from the very first vampire hunter in the Gardella family, Victoria knows she must continue...
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Jacqueline Finch and her mystical, magical bookshop is back in this third entry of the bestselling Three Tomes Bookshop series!
Spring is in full swing in lakefront Button Cove, and Jacqueline is embracing her new life-her friends, her new home, the crones down the street, and especially the detective with a hot-Viking vibe. It's not half bad, considering the fact that she has the bickering literary characters of Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock's landlady)...
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Oregon, 1927: Twelve-year-old Louise Pearson wants to fly. Her mother doesn't think it's ladylike; her best friend George Graham doesn't think it's safe.
But Louise doesn't feel safe on the ground. Her mother seems to be holding her at arm's length. George is preoccupied with a religious identity crisis. Worst of all, terrifying anonymous notes keep popping up where Louise least expects them.
Charles Lindbergh's celebrated crossing of the Atlantic...
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Understand what mentoring really is and how to do it well
The Mentoring Manual is based on methods developed-and proven-in business. This highly practical book will show you how mentoring works, take you step-by-step through everything you need to know and do, and show you how both parties can get the best from the relationship. Get the most from mentoring: help your mentee, develop your skills, and make a positive difference.
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"When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave--only to discover that the...
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NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse—and the mysterious figure who threatens the theater's very survival
The year is 1901. England’s beloved queen has died, and her aging son has finally taken the throne. In the eastern city of Norwich, bright and inquisitive young Edith Holler spends her days among the boisterous denizens of the Holler Theatre,...
The witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse—and the mysterious figure who threatens the theater's very survival
The year is 1901. England’s beloved queen has died, and her aging son has finally taken the throne. In the eastern city of Norwich, bright and inquisitive young Edith Holler spends her days among the boisterous denizens of the Holler Theatre,...