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Mary, the spirited youngest daughter of an angry, violent man, is sent to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife. Her strange new surroundings offer unsettling challenges, including the vicar's lecherous son and a manipulative fellow servant. But life in the vicarage also offers unexpected joys, as the curious young girl learns to read and write -- knowledge that will come at a tragic price.
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Leila Aboulela's American debut is a provocative, timely, and engaging novel about a young Muslim woman - once privileged and secular in her native land and now impoverished in London - gradually embracing her orthodox faith. With her Muslim hijab and down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich families whose houses she cleans in London. Twenty years ago, Najwa, then at university in Khartoum, would never have imagined...
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"The Gentleman Poet is the best kind of historical novel-well researched, beautifully written, and wildly entertaining."
-Daniel Stashower, author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl
The Gentleman Poet, author Kathryn Johnson's novel of love, danger, and Shakespeare's The Tempest, is a wonderful story that imagines a series of astonishing events that just might have inspired the immortal Bard to pen his magical tale. Told from the point of view of a...
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The Continent, 1864: Two bomb attacks, three deaths. Clues to an elaborate assassination plot are intercepted in Paris, and the authorities believe the assassin's lair lies in Soho, London. When Heloise Chancey, courtesan and professional detective, takes on a wealthy client who requests that she meet a mysterious man in his stead, she never dreams it will lead to her going undercover to spy upon the nest of plotters and end their murderous conspiracy....
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Harlequin presents volume 4141
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Recovering from a near-deadly accident, Renzo Camaro retreated to his C̥te D'Azur estate. Nothing breaks through his solitude. Until the arrival of his new housekeeper stirs dormant desires... Jessie Burton took this job to get closure. Yet bitter and broken Renzo is changed from the playboy who gave her one eye-opening night then abruptly left. He still drives her wild with want! But unless she can forgive the pain he caused, Jessie must remain...
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Harlequin presents volume 3506
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"Cruz De Carrillo cannot forget the searing kiss he shared with his shy maid, Trinity Adams. For the moment the Spanish billionaire walked away horrified at losing his legendary control, Trinity quickly moved on--to become nanny, guardian and stepmother to his brother's sons! Now Cruz must protect his orphaned nephews. When Trinity refuses to leave them, he knows there is one solution--a ring on her finger! It's the only way Cruz can keep her in his...
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