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Engaged in Wickedness: Lady Gwendolyn is playing with fire. She has a habit of wandering into illicit places with gentlemen just to see how well they kiss. It's dangerous but she can't seem to stop herself and no one in her family is up to the task either. Could Sir Edward Murrary be the man to tame her? Engaged in Passion. Francine Richards has one task: to marry an aristocrat. Her life, and a massive dowry, is dedicated to that goal. But as the...
1027) How to dazzle a duke
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Courtesan chronicles volume 4
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Miss Penelope Prestwick wants a duke for a husband, and clearly the dashing Duke of Edenham is the best choice. Just as Lady Dalby is clearly the best person to arrange the match. But how exactly should Penelope go about dazzling a duke? Surely a show of cleavage never hurt. Perhaps a kiss? And a bit of competition might do nicely. To that end, Penelope approaches the Marquis of Iveston requesting that he kindly appear interested in her so that the...
1028) La venganza del silencio
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Cueto's novel opens with a member of Lima's aristocracy being shot through the heart. The victim's nephew, shocked by the murder, takes it upon himself to investigate. But his search for answers unearths many family secrets.
Un hombre de la aristocracia de Lima aparece muerto en el medio de la calle, con un disparo en el corazón. Mientras las conjeturas se van apilando a su alrededor, el narrador-sobrino de la víctima- decide investigar quién...
1032) Powiedz tak Markizowi
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When Clio Whitmore enlists prizefighter Rafe Brandon to help her get out of her eight-year engagement to his brother, Piers, Rafe tries to convince her to marry Piers, until he finds himself falling in love with her.
"Lady Clio Whitmore miała siedemnaście lat, gdy zaręczyła się z markizem Granville. Minęło osiem lat… i wciąż jest narzeczoną. I obiektem żartów salonów. Ma tego dość. Ileż czasu może czekać na mężczyznę, który...
1033) Idiota
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"Oto powieść, z utworów Dostojewskiego kto wie czy nie największa, na pewno zaś najgłębiej badająca mroczne tajniki duszy, a zarazem wzywająca do wytrwania w poszukiwaniu piękna jej wnętrza, chrześcijańskiej caritas, miłości współczującej i wybaczającej. Taki jest główny bohater, książę Lew Myszkin, który bez grosza przy duszy przyjeżdża do Rosji, by objąć spory majątek. Swej dobrotliwości, pokorze oraz irytującej wręcz...
1035) Rosemary's glove
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Miss Rosemary Addison has set her heart on becoming the wife of the dashing Thomas Alden, Lord Beverley -- a man with a dubious reputation. But when Rosemary's widowed mother confides that she plans to marry Mr. Nevin at the end of the Season and wants to see her daughter promptly and properly wed, Rosemary realizes she must force the reluctant earl's hand. She convinces her childhood friend, Broderick Loren -- a handsome amateur botanist -- to agree...
1037) The mark of Zorro
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In 1820s Mexican California, Don Diego Vega appears to be part of the aristocracy. In reality, however, he is Zorro, the outlawed swordsman who has sworn to protect the citizens from tyranny and injustice.
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