Amanda Quick
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371 pages ; 24 cm.
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Targeted by a disabled former spy for the Crown who wrongly believes she is blackmailing his sister, Beatrice Lockwood offers her assistance in tracking down the real culprit and eventually falls for the spy only to find herself hunted by a mad scientist who would resurrect a dead lover.
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The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman. His intentions are purely practical-he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pose as his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society. He has his own agenda to pursue, and a false fiancEe will keep the husband-hunters at bay while he goes about his business. The simplest solution is to hire a paid companion. Finding the right candidate proves more of a challenge than he expected. But when he encounters...
23) Wicked widow
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With over 25 million books in print, best-selling author Amanda Quick is a favorite of readers who relish historical romances. In her works, including Mistress, Mischief, and Affair, Amanda Quick offers delicious romantic thrillers set in the opulent world of Regency-era London. The widow Madeline Deveridge is both admired and feared by Society. Devastatingly beautiful, she is rumored to have killed her wealthy husband. Artemis Hunt is a handsome...
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In this suspenseful Arcane Society novel, New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick delves into the underworld of passion, greed, and powers that lie beyond this realm.
Victorian botanist Lucinda Bromley has a rare talent: the ability to detect almost any type of poison. She also tends many rare plants, including a species of fern that was stolen from her conservatory just last month-and which turns up in a poison that was used in a nobleman's...
26) Quicksilver
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342 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Historical romance novel featuring the Arcane Society, second in The Looking Glass Trilogy"--
27) I thee wed
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Emma Greyson is grateful for her position as lady's companion. The salary is generous, and Lady Mayfield is kind. But when Emma meets the darkly handsome Edison Stokes, a guest at her employer's estate, the flame-haired beauty is lured into his dangerous quest for an ancient book of potions. Can she help him find it before its magical powers are used for evil purposes? From passionate moments to midnight ambushes, Amanda Quick keeps I Thee Wed moving...
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350 pages ; 23 cm.
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Moving to a country cottage where she seeks refuge in a paranormally charged garden, Evangeline Ames is rescued from a would-be assassin by the garden's owner, Lucas Sebastian, who taps Evangeline's detective skills to solve a buried-treasure mystery and stop a common enemy.
Tras haber sido victima de un ataque en las calles de Londres, la novelista Evangeline Ames ha alquilado una casita de campo en las afueras de Little Bixby. Atraida por la energia...
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Burning Cove volume 7
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305 pages ; 24 cm.
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Being Madame Ariadne, Psychic Dream Consultant, wasn't Prudence Ryland's ideal gig, but it paid well which was reason enough to do the work -- until she realizes that her latest client intends to kill her. But Prudence, a master at reinvention, finds a new job and home as far away as possible and is finally able to relax -- which turns out to be a big mistake. Letting her guard down means being kidnapped and drugged and waking up in a bloodstained...
30) Close Up
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Welcome to Burning Cove, California where 1930s Hollywood glamour conceals a ruthless killer Vivian Brazier never thought life as an art photographer would include nightly wake-up calls to snap photos of grisly crime scenes or headshots for aspiring male actors. Although she is set on a career of transforming photography into a new art form, she knows her current work is what’s paying the bills. After shooting crime scene photos of a famous actress,...
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348 pages ; 22 cm
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Barely escaping a would-be abductor who has left a trail of victims in his wake, world traveler Miss Amity Doncaster discovers that her attacker has become obsessed with gossip that ties Amity to scientist Benedict Stanbridge, a spy for the throne who resolves to bring the killer to justice.
Una mujer no espera que la secuestren en una calle londinense a plena luz del día. No obstante, Amity Doncaster consigue salir indemne tras verse atrapada en...
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348 pages ; 23 cm
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"Ursula Kern es una joven viuda que tiene una agencia que provee secretarias a clientes adinerados, y Anne Clifton era una de sus mejores empleadas. Pero ahora Anne esta muerta, y Ursula esta segura de que no se debio a causas naturales y decide investigar. El arqueologo y aventurero Slater Roxton piensa que el empeno de Ursula la pondra innecesariamente en peligro. Al no lograr convencerla, Slater se propone permanecer cerca de ella mientras la mujer...
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333 pages ; 18 cm
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Second Sight takes readers into the simmering passions and paranormal secrets of the Victorian age. Venetia Milton earns big bucks photographing the artifacts owned by the brooding Gabriel Jones, whom she also manages to seduce, but after hearing that he is dead, she is stunned when he winds up on her doorstep very much alive and afraid for his life.
38) Rendición
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Byblos. Romántica volume 1531/4
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382 pages ; 18 cm.
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39) Seduction
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Townsfolk called him devil. For dark and enigmatic Julian, Earl of Ravenwood, was a man with a legendary temper and a first wife whose mysterious death would not be forgotten. Some said the beautiful Lady Ravenwood had drowned herself in the black, murky waters of Ravenwood Pond. Others whispered of foul play and the devil's wrath.
Now country-bred Sophy Dorring is about to become Ravenwood's new bride. Drawn to his masculine strength and the glitter...