Lowell, Joanna
Summary: "When an artist and a duke cross paths in the bustling London slums, an unlikely love story begins and their lives will be forever changed. Royal Academy painting student Lucy Coover quickly comes to the aid of the naked drunkard she stumbles upon one evening in the Shoreditch slums. If only she could banish his lovely form from her dreams as easily. Instead, she finds herself compelled to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LOWFreeman, Dianne
Summary: "With her new husband George busy on a special mission for the British Museum, Frances has taken on an assignment of her own. The dowager Viscountess Wingate needs someone to sponsor her niece, Kate, for presentation to Queen Victoria. Frances--who understands society's quirks and constraints as only an outsider can--is the perfect candidate. Kate is charming and intelligent, though perhaps not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023
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Summary: "On the eve of her marriage to George Hazelton, Frances has a great deal more on her mind than flowers and seating arrangements. The Connors and the Bainbridges, two families of American robber barons, have taken up residence in London, and their bitter rivalry is spilling over into the highest social circles. At the request of her brother, Alonzo, who is quite taken with Miss Madeline Connor,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FREKleypas, Lisa
Summary: Dr. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, has never been tempted to embark on an affair. Until now.... Ethan Ransom, a former detective for Scotland Yard, as gallant as he is secretive, is rumored to be an assassin. For one exhilarating night they give in to their potent attraction before becoming strangers again. As a Ravenel by-blow spurned by his father, Ethan has little...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KLESteel, Danielle
Summary: Angélique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her aristocratic French mother. At eighteen she is her father's closest, most trusted child, schooled in managing their grand estate. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. Angélique has a keen mind,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Steel 2017Kleypas, Lisa
Summary: "Everything has a price...Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything--or anyone--is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife--and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he's determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love--the one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KLERaybourn, Deanna
Summary: "Veronica Speedwell returns in a brand new adventure from Deanna Raybourn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries. London, 1887. Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M RAYSee, Lisa
Summary: "According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian--born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness--is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations--looking, listening, touching, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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Summary: "Tabitha Seaton, to join a collective of the most brilliant, influential minds in London, needs a husband and believes a notorious, handsome gambler may be her best bet, but the stakes are higher than she could have imagined when love enters the game"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LEIPutney, Mary Jo
Summary: Medical student and saint-like Daniel Herbert becomes attracted to the Black Widow, Jessie Kelham, but if he recognizes her the demons of her past will surely erupt. Yet they cannot keep apart--and soon they are drawn into a union that may bring joy--or shattering danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PUTRaybourn, Deanna
Summary: London, 1887. Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Accused of the brutal murder of his artist mistress Artemisia,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RAYQuinn, Julia
Summary: The rakish Duke of Hastings will stop at nothing to hold the marriagemongers 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC QUIFreeman, Dianne
Summary: "1899. Risings, George Hazleton's family estate in Hampshire, is a perfect choice for the wedding of Lily, sister of Frances, the widowed Countess of Harleigh. But the bucolic setting harbors a menace. Above and below stairs, mysterious accidents befall guests and staff alike. Before long, Frances suspects these 'accidents' are deliberate, and fears that the intended victim is Lily's fiancé,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Freeman 2020Frampton, Megan
Summary: "Thaddeus, the new Duke of Hasford, holds his new title reluctantly, but his sense of duty is strong. Task number one: find a wife and secure an heir. He thinks he's found the perfect choice in Lady Jane Capel--until her sister Lavinia bursts onto the scene. Vivacious, rebellious, and strikingly beautiful, Lavinia is determined to keep him away from her shy, sweet sister. And she's also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRAPerry, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PERPerry, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PERBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: Follows the Inghams' and the Swanns' journey from a family weekend in the summer of 1926 through to the devastation of the Wall Street crash of 1929. It all begins on a summer weekend in July of 1926 when, for the first time in years, the earl has planned a family weekend. As the family members come together, secrets, problems, joys, and sorrows are revealed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRAJames, Eloisa
Summary: For beautiful, witty Lavinia Gray, there's only one thing worse than having to ask the appalling Parth Sterling to marry her: being turned down by him. Now the richest bachelor in England, Parth is not about to marry a woman as reckless and fashion-obsessed as Lavinia; he's chosen a far more suitable bride. As usual, there's no problem Parth can't fix. But when he learns of Lavinia's desperate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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Summary: The youngest of four daughters, Primrose Ainsworth is used to getting lost in the shuffle. When her parents decide to delay her debut into English society, Prim hatches a plan to go rogue on the night of her sixteenth birthday. She dons a mask and escapes to Vauxhall Gardens for one wild night-- and finds a masked stranger who becomes her partner in mischief and romance. -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JORRobson, Jennifer
Summary: "Spring, 1924. Recovering from a broken wartime engagement and a serious illness that left her near death, Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr vows that for once she will live life on her own terms. Breaking free from the stifling social constraints of the aristocratic society in which she was raised, she travels to France to stay with her free-spirited aunt. For one year, she will simply be Miss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper tells the tale of Consuelo Vanderbilt, her 'The Wedding of the Century' to the Duke of Marlborough, and her quest to find meaning behind 'the glitter and the gold.' Consuelo finds the inner strength to make the best of a life she did not choose"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC HARO'Connor, Nuala
Summary: A witty and inherently feminist novel about passion and marriage, based on a true story of an unstoppable woman ahead of her time in Victorian London. In 1887, Isabel Bilton is the eldest of three daughters of a middle-class military family, growing up in a small garrison town. By 1891 she is the Countess of Clancarty, dubbed "the peasant countess" by the press, and a member of the Irish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OCOBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: For years things have run smoothly at Cavendon Hall, with very few quarrels, dramas, or upsets among the Inghams and the Swanns. But since the end of World War II, things have changed. The Secrets of Cavendon picks up in the summer of 1949, with the new generation of the estate at the forefront of the scandal and intrigue. With romance, betrayal, heartbreak, and possible murder threatening to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MacMillan Audio 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Bradford 2017Chesney, Marion.
Summary: Exposing a suitor's dishonorable intentions toward the daughter of a new client, Harry Cathcart is hired by a wealthy marquis to solve a house party murder, a case that is complicated by the host's desire to preserve discretion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2003