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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
After failing to have his marriage to Katherine annulled, Henry appoints himself the head of the Church of England. Anne Boleyn insists that Henry remove the Queen from the picture. A royal visit to France finally prompts Anne to consummate her relationship with Henry. After failed attempts to have his marriage annulled, Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret. The king and new queen are disappointed that their first child...
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
In 1974, townspeople hunted down and killed every member of the Sawyer family for committing a series of grisly murders. Decades later and hundreds of miles away, a young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had. She finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion's dank cellars....
584) Decadent deceit
Author
Series
Annie's secrets of the quilt volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Sofia Parker volunteered to use her artistic talents to help create props for her son's school play, she didn't expect to find herself in the middle of a mystery. But that's exactly what happens when someone tried to sabotage the production, and things take a dangerous turn for the star of the show. At the same time, Sofia is busy researching the second square in her family's prized heirloom quilt. Recently named as the next guardian of the antique...
585) The river devil
Author
Series
Devil books (Diane Whiteside) volume 2
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
586) The impersonator
Author
Series
Roaring Twenties mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"In 1917, Jessie Carr, fourteen years old and sole heiress to her family's vast fortune, disappeared without a trace. Now, years later, her uncle Oliver Beckett thinks he's found her: a young actress in a vaudeville playhouse is a dead ringer for his missing niece. But when Oliver confronts the girl, he learns he's wrong. Orphaned young, Leah's been acting since she was a toddler. Oliver, never one to miss an opportunity, makes a proposition: with...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
In the two decades since a tragic "accident" took the lives of his parents, Oliver Sharpe, the Marquess of Stoneville, has survived the scandal surrounding that fateful night by living as an unrepentant rakehell. And with his grandmother vowing to disinherit him if he doesn't settle down and wed, he plans to fulfill the bargain in true Sharpe style -- by bringing home a fake fiancě from a brothel! But his scheme is derailed when he rescues an American...
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mandie Shaw runs away from her log cabin home in 1899, she convinces Cherokee friends to help her escape into the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. After a treacherous journey, they reach the extravagant mansion of Uncle John, only to discover that his ship has been lost at sea. The house staff, headed by caretaker Jason Bond, kindly allows Mandie to remain. When strangers arrive claiming to be the rightful heirs to Uncle John's fortune,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"You are cordially invited to an overnight voyage on the Splendid Seas. An invitation to Catalina Island from billionaire CEO Richard Kingsley. For his sons, Ted and John, and their wives, it's an opportunity to curry favor, gain control of a real estate empire, and secure their family's futures. For the controlling patriarch, succession is a contest. He and his newest wife won't make it an easy win. Then Richard's estranged live-wire daughter, Sibley,...
591) The longing
Author
Series
Age of faith volume 5
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For years, Lady Susanna de Balliol has borne the blame for betrayal-well-earned, though not as believed by the man she can never forget. Now her nephew must prove his legitimacy or lose his claim to his father's lands. When Susanna is forced to flee with the boy following an attempt on his life, will the one man who knows the truth of her nephew's birth grant them sanctuary within his walls? More, will he aid the woman whom he believes cost him the...
592) Winter cottage
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she's inherited - one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she's never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe - just maybe - this "Winter Cottage" will answer the endless questions about her mother's past...including the identity of her birth father....
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Arthur: Arthur faces marriage to a woman he detests to keep his fortune, then meets the right woman from the wrong side of the tracks.
Arthur 2: When Arthur finally marries his sweetheart, it may not be 'happily ever after' because the father of the girl he didn't marry is out for revenge.
Author
Pub. Date
2020-
Language
English
Description
"Legend tells of a Golden Age, 'when the valleys and mountains were not constrained by walls. When men would come and go as they pleased...' But those days are long gone.The kingdom has been stricken by famine and is plagued by the corruption of the lords of the court. When the old king dies, his daughter, Tilda, prepares to take the throne and succeed him. With the support of the wise Tankred and the loyal Bertil, her closest counselors and friends,...
Author
Series
Amanda Black volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
El mismo día en que Amanda Black cumple trece años recibe una carta misteriosa que cambiará su vida. Y de qué manera. De vivir casi en la miseria, ella y su tía Paula pasan a mudarse a una mansión gigantesca y laberíntica que ha pertenecido a la familia Black durante generaciones. Por si fuera poco, el cuerpo de Amanda empieza a manifestar habilidades insospechadas y averigua que debe tomar posesión de un legado familiar apasionante, secreto...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
La temible bruja Petra de los Tornados es la legitima heredera del difunto rey Papanatas V y debe ocupar su lugar como princesa de Sotavento. Pero ella es una bruja! Aun asi, vivir en un palacio resulta tan tentador que Petra decide intentar convertirse en princesa. Que puede haber mejor que pasarse el dia tumbada en una gran cama, paseando por los jardines y haciendo lo que le apetezca? Pronto Petra descubrira que ser princesa no es tan divertido...
598) Un rey verdadero
Author
Series
School for Good and Evil volume 6
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
In this sixth and final installment in Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling epic fantasy fairy tale series, the School for Good and Evil, Camelot's crown--and the fate of the Endless Woods--are up for grabs. Beyond Good and Evil. Beyond Ever After's. The tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion. Prepare yourself for the End of Ends.
599) El último minuto
Author
Series
Amanda Black volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Desde que heredó sus poderes, Amanda no ha tenido ni un momento de descanso: entrenos, deberes, misiones... Pero todo está a punto de cambiar, porque por primera vez ha decidido tomarse el día libre para asistir al baile del instituto. Se comprará un vestido bonito, le pedirá a Jason que la acompañe y todo será genial. ¡El sueño de cualquier adolescente! Sin embargo, las cosas nunca son como una quiere. La mañana del baile, la tía Paula...
600) El legado Hawthorne
Author
Series
Una herencia en juego volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Un paso adelante. Avery pensó que resolver el acertijo que le puso el multimillonario Tobias Hawthorne revelaría por qué le dejó a ella, una completa desconocida, toda su fortuna. Dos pasos atrás. Pero, a medida que las pistas crípticas dan un giro inesperado y los atractivos y enigmáticos nietos de Hawthorne continúan atrayéndola en diferentes direcciones, Avery no puede evitar preguntarse en quién puede confiar realmente. ¿Qué sucede...
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