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21) Heiress
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
They meet at their father's funeral, two beautiful women who could almost be twins. Abbie Lawson is the gently bred daughter, raised in the lap of luxury. Rachel Farr is the love child of Dean Lawson and a fiery artist. Rachel's life has been modest and lonely--until now. For the father's death will set off a fierce competition between the sisters, and the stakes are nothing less than all that is Texas at its most magnificent--its oil fields, its...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In Renthia, everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river. But the spirits of the land want to rid it of all humans. The queen is the only woman who stands between the spirits and the end of humankind, and no matter how strong or good the queen is, the threat of danger always looms. And so, Daleina is one of the young women chosen and trained as heirs to the throne. She joins forces with Ven,...
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"To escape a scheme to marry her off to a dishonorable man, Margaret Macy flees London disguised as a housemaid. If she can remain unwed until her next birthday, she will receive an inheritance, and with it, sweet independence. But she never planned on actually working as a servant. And certainly not in the home of Nathaniel and Lewis Upchurch--both former suitors. As she fumbles through the first real work of her life, Margaret struggles to keep...
Author
Series
Victorian rebels volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne, tries to claim the abandoned estate bordering his own as part of his effort to put his past behind him, but he finds himself opposed by American Tessa Ross, who hides dark secrets of her own.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Josie Wentworth, a maid in the house of the Duke of Blackthorne, becomes a wealthy heiress, she vows to teach the duke, whom she has despised for years, a lesson by transforming herself in order to catch his eye, and then breaking his heart.
26) Titans
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Texas in the early 1900s, its inhabitants still traveling by horseback and barely familiar with the telephone, was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres...
27) Hard justice
Author
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Playing it safe has never felt so dangerous... Justice Wallington knows how to harness his strength and intimidating size--skills he put to good use first in the MMA cage, and now as a bodyguard at the Body Armor agency. But no opponent has ever left him feeling as off balance as his new client, heiress Fallon Wade. Far from a spoiled princess, she's sweet and intriguingly innocent. It's a risk-free assignment, until he's required to fake a relationship...
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When the Duke of Margrave accepts her proposal of a marriage of convenience, Edie, transformed from a ruined American heiress to English duchess, enjoys their arrangement until he returns from overseas, determined to win her heart and make their marriage real.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
From an impressive sisterhood of YA writers comes an edge-of-your-seat anthology of historical fiction and fantasy featuring a diverse array of daring heroines.
From pirate ships off the coast of the Carolinas to the peace, love, and protests of 1960s Chicago, take a thrill ride through history with American girls charting their own course. They are monsters and mediums, bodyguards and barkeeps, screenwriters and schoolteachers, heiresses and hobos....
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The perfect place for a woman on the run to disappear... Accused of a horrific murder she didn't commit, former heiress Callie Ward has been a fugitive since she was sixteen--until she found the perfect hideout, Club Dominion. The only problem is she's fallen for the club's master, Mitchell Thorpe, who keeps her at arm's length. Little does she know that his reasons for not getting involved have everything to do with his wounded heart...and his consuming...
Author
Series
Dark tower volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Taking place mere hours following the events seen in The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three continues with Roland of Gilead on his solitary quest for the Dark Tower, leading him to a seemingly endless stretch of beach along the Western Sea -- a terrain filled with unearthly monstrosities that mean certain death if he lets his guard down. But there are other mysteries along this desolate shoreline as well: three arcane doorways standing freely in...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City's most impressive Gilded Age mansions. Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter's life has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most sought-after...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Tempest and Make Me Love You brings her "mastery of historical romance" (Entertainment Weekly) to 1880s Montana where passions and gold fever run high as an American heiress turns to a rugged mountain man to help her locate her father's fortune. After a social whirlwind in London, Violet Mitchell is summoned back to Philadelphia only to discover her family living on the edge of financial ruin while...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An epic reimagining of the remarkable life of Marjorie Merriweather Post, the American heiress and trailblazing leader of the twentieth century, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sisi. Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. Such is Marjorie Merriweather Post's average evening. Presidents have come and gone, but she has hosted them all. Covered in diamonds and deemed American royalty, Marjorie nevertheless remains...
35) My dearest Cal
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
My dearest Cal: Marilou Stockton sees some heartbreaking things at her job as a postal worker in the dead-letter office. When a grandmother's final plea catches her eye, one glance convinces her she has to seek out the writer's little grandson. However when she finally finds Cal Rivers, he turns out to be anything but a child!
A Texas rescue Christmas: When Trey Waterston has to go back to the ranch that is his birthright, he expects it to be difficult....
36) The golden gate
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. In Berkeley, California, in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont Hotel after a drink in the bar when a presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms upstairs....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Maisie Dobbs is back, and this time she has been hired to find a wealthy grocery magnate's daughter who has fled from home. What at first seems a simple case becomes complicated when Maisie learns of the recent violent deaths of three of the heiress' old friends. Is there a connection between her mysterious disappearance and the murders? Who would kill such charming young women? As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the answers to all her
...38) I left my heart
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In "A Friend or Two," Elizabeth, an East Coast heiress, takes a job as a waitress; and in "No Competition," Shayne Reynolds pursues local artist Carrie Lockett for more than her art.
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