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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Romance
Dorina's father had been an industrialist, an inventor and a genius
who trained her to be his heir, sending her abroad to learn many
languages.While she was in France she learned that he had died, and
she must now take over his business. But she does not feel ready,
especially as she knows he has been trying to design a horseless
carriage. For a while she keeps his death a secret, to give herself
time to learn, and goes to work for his great rival, the Earl of
Kennington. He is younger than she had expected, and much better
looking. Working closely with him, and living in his house, she
finds herself drawn to him. Then she learns that he too is
designing a horseless carriage and realises that they are in direct
competition. What will he say when he discovers her true identity?
As she fears, he is bitterly hurt and angry.How they competed in a
dare-devil race, and what the Prince of Wales did to bring them
together is told in this romantic novel. If you like Downton Abbey
you will love Barbara Cartland.
The daughter of a wealthy, ambitious man, Rowena knew that her
father longed to marry her to a title, preferably the Duke of
Wenfield, whom she disliked and did not wish to marry herself. To
avoid marriage, they hatched a plot. Posing as brother and sister,
they would take a trip on a yacht with their like-minded friends
and would help each other find the love of their dreams. Plans went
awry on the Mediterranean, when Rowna was kidnapped by a Sultan,
and was imprisoned in his harem. It seemed that they would be
parted forever. How the Duke rescued her, and they found their true
love, is all told in this exciting and romantic novel by Barbara
Cartland. If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland.
Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about
the perils of love and the ties that bind... New York City. Late
1980s to early 1990s. Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had
each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an
absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now
young, smart mothers they are determined to survive in New York
City while raising their two sons, who have bright futures ahead of
them. Mercy is the quiet, straight laced hospital administrator,
struggling to make ends meet. At night and on weekends, she pours
her heart into her cooking and her dream of owning her own
restaurant. Lenox is the diva, the wild child, looking for
excitement and her big come up in life and love. Their boys, Deon
and Judah, have been raised more like brothers than cousins,
forging a bond that is unbreakable. When Lenox heads down a path
that she believes will bring success and power, it changes the
entire course of her life and her family's life forever. As a
result of their mother's choices, cousins Deon and Judah soon find
themselves in uncharted territory.
After losing their beloved mother, the Devlin sisters need each other
more than ever.
Single parent Louise is trying to help her fragile young daughter to
navigate life. So, when the nine-year-old insists on finding out who
her father is, Louise organizes a sisters’ outing to track down her
Italian one-night stand.
Meanwhile, due to her teenage sons’ sporting success, mother-of-four
Julie is anointed Cook-Bottlewasher-and-Cheerleader-in-Chief for the
rugby parents’ WhatsApp group. Worst. Job. Ever
Finally, glamorous Sophie is determined that her daughter Jess won’t be
boy-crazy and image-obsessed like she was. But when things go horribly
wrong at a teen party, Sophie and her sisters are forced to take
drastic measures to protect Jess’s future.
Squeezed from every side, Louise, Julie and Sophie want to be good
sisters – but sometimes that’s easier said than done . . .
When Rosina's dear friend leapt to her death after the man she
loved betrayed her, she vowed vengeance on all men. Rosina declared
that no man could be trusted, including Sir John Crosby, member of
parliament, whom she had secretly loved since girlhood. Now a
debutante, she found herself caught up in a whirl of social
activity. An election was imminent and her father, Sir Elroy
Clarendon, was favoured to be made a government Minister. Her new
friend Lady Doreen, daughter of the Earl of Blakemore was secretly
in love with an unknown admirer. To Rosina's dismay he turned out
to be Arthur Woodward, the man whose betrayal had destroyed her
friend, and whose incriminating letters Rosina possessed. In spite
of his threats, she defied him. Sir John, after begging her to
stop, tried to protect her. How they dealt with the venomous
Woodward, and discovered true love, is told in this romantic novel,
the 670th by Barbara Cartland. If you enjoy Downton Abbey you will
love Barbara Cartland.
Hugo, Earl of Ruven, is sailing home after ten years in India,
where he served with his regiment. His grandfather, the old Earl,
has died and Hugo has inherited the title and estate of Castle
Ruven. He has also inherited his late brother's fiancee, Felice de
Lisle. No one who sees the handsome man standing at the rail with
his face turned toward the approaching coast suspects the truth.
During one of the first battles of the Indian Mutiny, Hugo was
severely injured. The new Earl of Ruven is returning home blind.
Meanwhile, Jacina and her father, Doctor Carlton, wait to welcome
Hugo to Castle Ruven. Hugo was Jacina's childhood hero and she was
devastated to hear of his injury. From the moment she sees Hugo
again her heart is in turmoil. She knows he has a fiancee but
considers herself happy just to be in his presence. Although Hugo
refuses to be optimistic about the possibility of ever regaining
his sight, in Jacina's company his spirits gradually lift. Then
comes the arrival of Felice de Lisle. From this moment on, the
lives of Jacina and Hugo are plunged into a world of deception and
intrigue. From the misty woods of Ruven to the snowy slopes of
Switzerland, their story is played out in an atmosphere of darkness
and ever increasing danger. If you enjoy Downton Abbey you will
love Barbara Cartland.
Sylvia, daughter of the Duke of Belham, is bored with the various
young men she meets at Lady Lamborne's masked ball. At last she
escapes their attentions and makes her way into the cool, moonlit
garden, where she encounters a masked stranger. The following
morning, Sylvia's father reveals that he has amassed such debts
from his gambling that the family can no longer maintain their high
profile London life. They must return to Castle Belham and Sylvia
realises that she will never see her mystery stranger again. At
Castle Belham, Count Von Brauer enters their lives. In time, the
Duke loses a vast sum of money to him at a gathering. The Count
offers to overlook the debt in return for Sylvia's hand in
marriage. At first, Sylvia refuses, but when the Duke suffers a
nervous collapse, her resistence crumbles. Only a stranger from the
past can rescue her from her nightmare... only the stars in the sky
can point the way. If you enjoy Downton Abbey you will love Barbara
Cartland.
When the Balkan Prince Stanislaus demanded an English bride, Queen
Victoria decided to send him Lady Lavina, whose family had a slight
connection with royalty. Determined to avoid this fate, Lavina
threw herself on the mercy of the Marquis of Elswick, a
disagreeable man who had turned his back on the world following
betrayal by the woman he had loved. Surprisingly, he agreed to help
by pretending to be engaged to Lavina, and, with her father, they
left to visit her relatives in Scotland. In the highlands Lavina
began to find herself attracted to the Marquis. Beneath his harsh
manners he had a heart - a heart that perhaps she could win. But
nearby was the Queen's country home, Balmoral, and when Her Majesty
arrived with Prince Stanislaus, they knew that there was still a
battle to be fought. Now Lavina learned the shattering secret that
was the real reason the Marquis had agreed to help her. And that
secret was to threaten to take from her the man she loved. How she
discovered the truth in a way that nearly cost him his life, is
told in this romantic novel. If you enjoy Downton Abbey you will
love Barbara Cartland.
When Rena's father dies she is alone in the world, forced out of
the vicarage that has been her home, with nowhere to go and no
money. She seeks help at the large wooden cross standing in the
nearby grounds of The Grange. And there in the earth she finds
three golden coins, which she hands over to the new young Earl of
Lansdale. They form a friendship, the sweetest one of her life. But
her new happiness is threatened by Mr. Wyngate, a wealthy man
determined to force the Earl to marry his daughter. There is
something sinister about Mr. Wyngate, also another man who looks
mysteriously like him, and seems to come and go without warning. In
the end, one man lies dead and another's heart is broken before
Rena's faith and courage triumph. If you enjoy Downton Abbey you
will love Barbara Cartland.
He's the hot, grumpy goalie I had a crush on in high school... and now
I'm his live-in assistant.
After my ex crushed my dreams in the music industry, I'm done with
getting my heart broken. Working as an assistant for an NHL player was
supposed to be a breeze, but nothing about Jamie Streicher is easy.
He's an intimidatingly hot, grouchy jerk who can't stand me. The guy
has a massive ego. Keeping things professional will be no problem, even
when he demands I move in with him.
Beneath his surliness, though, Jamie's surprisingly sweet and
protective.
When Jamie learns how bad my ex was in bed, his competitive nature
flares, and he encourages and spoils me in every way. The creative
spark I used to feel about songwriting? It's back, and I'm writing
music again. Between wearing his jersey at games, rowdy parties with
the team, and being brave on stage again, I'm falling for him.
He could break my heart, but it might be worth it.
Behind the Net is a grumpy-sunshine pro hockey romance with lots of
spice and an HEA. It's the first book in the Vancouver Storm series,
and can be read as a standalone.
From the author of Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass
Hotel is the story of the lives caught up in two very different
tragedies: a woman disappearing from a container ship, and a
massive Ponzi scheme imploding in New York. 'A perfect
post-lockdown read' - Sunday Times 'Elegant, haunting' - The Times
'A damn fine novel . . . evocative and immersive' - George R. R.
Martin Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the exclusive Hotel
Caiette. When New York financier Jonathan Alkaitis walks into the
hotel and hands her his card, it is the beginning of their life
together. That same night, a hooded figure scrawls a note on the
windowed wall of the hotel: 'Why don't you swallow broken glass.'
Leon Prevant, a shipping executive, sees the note from the hotel
bar and is shaken to his core. When Alkaitis's investment fund is
revealed to be a Ponzi scheme, Leon loses his retirement savings in
the fallout, but Vincent seemingly walks away unscathed. Until, a
decade later, she disappears from the deck of one of Leon's ships .
. .
In this classic British mystery, a revised will, a troubled
upper-class marriage, and a crazed witness shake up a seemingly
solved murder case. Marion Grey is growing used to the idea that
her husband will never leave prison. After the horrors of a very
public trial she's almost able to find relief in her resignation.
But when new evidence suggests her husband may be innocent after
all, she hires a professional--Miss Maud Silver--to clear his name.
It begins with a chance encounter on a busy train, when a friend of
Marion's meets a half-mad woman who claims to know something of the
Grey case. With her is a man who disappeared during the trial--and
may have information that could set Marion's husband free. But who
is he, and where has he gone? To find out, demure
governess-turned-detective Miss Silver must track him down before
becoming a victim herself. In a series that's a delightful blend of
Downton Abbey and Agatha Christie, retired schoolteacher and sleuth
Miss Silver "has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord
Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot" (Manchester Evening News).
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Begin Again
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Kathryn Kaleigh
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In this delightfully charming and
heartfelt debut love story, two lonely and wildly different strangers
embark on a short-term friendship over one London summer—only to
discover they may be something more by the time the season ends.
No one would ever call Ava Monroe a people person, which isn’t
ideal for a barista in a busy London coffee shop. She’s sarcastic,
blunt, and cynical, and her relationships are strictly no strings
attached. With her best friend Josie soon leaving for a year, Ava knows
she’ll be all alone unless she shakes up her routine. But she can’t
risk bringing chance back into her carefully controlled life.
Then insufferably cheerful, country-hopping, undeniably gorgeous Finn
O’Callaghan rolls into her coffee shop with a horrifying proposal —a
strictly friends-only summer fling. Finn needs a local to help him
complete his London bucket list, and Ava needs to reassure Josie she
won’t be on her own. And it’s only for a few months.
To Ava’s surprise, their mismatched friendship of convenience becomes
oddly tolerable, and as they work their way through Finn’s list and
around the sun-drenched city, from rooftops and floating bars to nights
at the museum, their adventures—and Finn’s company—start to feel . . .
nice. Incredibly, terrifyingly, dangerously nice.
Still, rules are rules—Ava has good reasons for them—and as the days
get shorter, Finn’s departure gets closer. Because that’s the thing
about summer: it always ends. Right?
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