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41) Only a promise
Author
Series
Survivors' Club septet volume 5
Language
English
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Ralph Stockwood prides himself on being a leader, but when he convinced his friends to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, he never envisioned being the sole survivor. Racked with guilt over their deaths, Ralph must move on ... and find a wife so as to secure an heir to his family's title and fortune. Since her Seasons in London ended in disaster, Chloe Muirhead is resigned to spinsterhood. Driven by the need to escape her family, she takes refuge at the...
42) Bed of roses
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Since she was a little girl, Emma Grant has always loved romance. So it's really no surprise that she has found her calling as a wedding florist. She gets to play with flowers every day and work with her three best friends in the process. And on the surface, Emma's love life seems to be thriving. Slim and sultry, she brings color into every room she enters, just like the arrangements she creates. Men swarm around her, yet she still hasn't found Mr....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY has more twists to its plot than should be allowed, and is far too complex for reconstruction here. Suffice it to say that in Elinor and Marianne Dashwood we are presented with contrasting qualities of character, the one practical and conventional, the other emotional and sentimental. The outcome turns on these young women mastering their primary characteristics and finding true happiness when in the one sense gives way to sensibility,...
Author
Series
Austen Project volume 4
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help -- and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray. Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning...
46) Juntos
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
Español
Description
Seventeen-year-old Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her, but when there is a "glitch" at her Matching ceremony, she is torn between marrying her best friend and a new love, which could bring disaster.
47) Matched
Author
Series
Matched trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?
Author
Series
Bridgerton series volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The rakish Duke of Hastings will stop at nothing to hold the marriage-mongers and matchmakers of his town at bay, even if it means pretending to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton, but strong feelings soon intervene on both sides of this convenient arrangement.
Author
Language
English
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Description
For Cassie Beaumont, a perfect Christmas would mean meeting her perfect match. At thirty-three, Cassie wants a husband and kids, and so far, nothing's worked. Not blind dates, not the internet, and certainly not leaving love to chance. What's left? A professional matchmaker. Simon Dodson is difficult, acerbic, and very choosy about the clients he takes on. But Simon accepts Cassie as a client, and assigns her three tasks to complete before she meets...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Marrying quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family.
51) Crossed
Author
Series
Matched trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky--taken by the Society to his certain death--only to find that he has escaped into the majestic but treacherous canyons. On this wild frontier are glimmers of a different life and the enthralling promise of rebellion. But even as Cassia sacrifices everything to reunite with Ky, ingenious surprises from Xander may change the game once again.
52) Home to Paradise
Author
Series
Coming home novels (Barbara Cameron) volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Rose Anna Zook has watched her two older sisters marry two Stoltzfus men and has always thought she and John, the third Stoltzfus brother, would marry, make a home together in Paradise, Pennsylvania, and have children. But John has other ideas. He's enjoying his Rumschpringe in the Englisch world a little too much and isn't interested in returning to the Amish community -- especially to marry. Rose Anna is determined to bring her man back into the...
Author
Series
Rhymes with love volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Sensible gentleman of means seeks a sensible lady of good breeding for correspondence, and in due consideration, matrimony. It's exactly the sort of advertisement that makes practical-to-a-fault Daphne Dale's heart flutter. A sensible gentleman is the perfect match, and she's even more convinced once they're exchanging sensible romantic letters. That is, until Lord Henry Seldon strays into her path. He's everything she's vowed to avoid - a rakish...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
For a young society woman seeking a favorable marriage in the late 1890s, so much depends on her social season debut. Clara Carter has been given one goal: secure the affections of the city's most eligible bachelor. Her hard work and training pays off when celebrity's spotlight turns Clara into a society-page darling. Yet Clara wonders if this is the life she really wants - especially when her best friend also sets her sights on Franklin De Vries....
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The Men of the Bastion Club proved their bravery secretly fighting for their country. Now their leader faces that most dangerous mission of all: finding a bride. Royce Varisey, tenth Duke of Wolverstone, finds the young ladies that the grand dames would have him consider predictably boring. Far more tempting is his castle's willful and determinedly aloof chatelaine, Minerva Chesterton ... (Bestseller).
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Sir Giles Knyvet and Lady Mirabella Tirel were childhood playmates and close friends. Giles secretly loves Mirabella but plans to settle an old family debt before sharing his feelings. When Mirabella decides to endure one more London season, find a suitable match and settle down in the country, Giles fears he may have run out of time"--
57) Rumor has it
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Newly single, Tilly impulsively accepts a job in a small town. She soon finds herself in a hotbed of gossip, intrigue, and rampant rivalry for Jack, the town's most desirable bachelor. She decides to do the sensible thing, and avoid him at all costs.
58) Inheritance
Author
Publisher
Poseidon Press
Pub. Date
©1988
Language
English
Description
When Laura goes to work for the wealthy Salingers, she befriends the eccentric family patriarch, Owen. After he leaves her a valuable portion of his hotel empire in his will, Owen's family closes ranks against her.
59) My commander
Author
Series
Bewitched and bewildered volume 1
Publisher
Sacred Forest
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When the topic of grandchildren comes up during a weekly sewing circle, the matriarchs of the founding families seek out the witch Elder to scry to see if their sons have mates. They are shocked to discover that many of their son's mates are out in the world and are human!
60) The summer of us
Author
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
[2005], ©2004
Language
English
Description
Three young women--Gincy, Danielle, and Clare--with nothing in common, rent a summer home together on Martha's Vineyard and over the course of one eventful summer develop an unexpected friendship that will change their lives forever.
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