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A unique window on an extraordinary life lived with tremendous zest, discrimination, and intelligence
The Duchess of Devonshire is the youngest of the Mitford siblings, the famous brood that includes the writers Nancy and Jessica. Like them, she has lived an unusually full and remarkable life, and like them she has an inimitable expressive gift. In Counting My Chickens, she has gathered extracts from her diaries and other writings to create a multifaceted...
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Wife-by royal declaration!
Language teacher Molly Carlisle is furious when she is kidnapped by an impulsive young sheikh and taken to the kingdom of Djalia. Until she meets her abductor's brother, and his commanding charisma sends a shock wave of need through her…
King Azrael fights hard to resist the temptation of Molly's bountiful curves, especially when a sandstorm strands them overnight in the desert. To protect her reputation from scandal,...
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Against the pomp and pageantry of turbulent seventeenth century England, Elizabeth Goudge weaves the poignant tale of Lucy Walter, the proud and beautiful secret wife of Charles II. From her early childhood in a castle by the sea in Wales and the joys and pangs of childhood, to her tragic estrangement from the king and her death in Paris at the age of twenty-eight, Lucy Walter lived to the full a life of intense joy and equally intense drama.
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Her Majesty the Queen breathed her last at 6.30 p.m., surrounded by her children and grand-children. With this notice, pinned to the entrance gate of Osborne House, Queen Victoria's doctors announced the death of the most powerful woman in the world, who had sat on her throne and ruled through more than six decades. Her rule had seen her kingdom spread to become the world's biggest empire, had seen massive change in society and leaps forward in technology....
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Sauveterre siblings volume 1
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Draped in the desert prince's diamonds...;
To ensure his sister's successful marriage, Kasim, Crown Prince of Zhamair, must stop Angelique Sauveterre's alleged affair with his future brother-in-law. But when Angelique denies any involvement, Kasim can't resist the chance to make the feisty beauty his!
Angelique is tempted by Kasim's offer of a fling-;always compared to her twin sister, she's never allowed to just be herself. They couldn't be...
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An English rose ready for plucking?
When billionaire playboy Xavier de Maistre discovers he's in line to rule the kingdom of Kharastan, he's not eager to claim his birthright. Until he meets Laura Cottingham, the English lawyer who confirms the news. Laura is as fresh and pure as a newly bloomed rose! Xavier decides he will embrace his heritage-;and indulge his intense need to possess Laura.
But is Laura ready and willing to be tamed and taken by...
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Set in 17th century France during the reign of Louis XIV, the story revolves around the unhappily married heroine, Jacqueline, and her relationship with King Louis. A longtime friend of the queen mother, Jacqueline has been the focus of unexpressed and unrequited longings by the young king. When Louis makes his intentions known, can their romance flourish?
Note: This book contains explicit adult content.
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Wallace T. MacCaffrey is Francis Lee Higginson Professor Emeritus of History at Harvard University.
Acclaimed for their dramatic rendering of the personalities and forces that shaped Elizabethan politics, Wallace T. MacCaffrey's three volumes thoroughly chronicle the Queen's decision making throughout her reign in a way that combines pleasurable reading with subtle analysis. Together in paperback for the first time, these books will find a wide...
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Wilhelm II (1859-1941), King of Prussia and German Emperor from 1888 to 1918, reigned during a period of unprecedented economic, cultural, and intellectual achievement in Germany. This volume completes Lamar Cecil's prize-winning scholarly biography of the Kaiser, one of modern history's most powerful--and most misunderstood--rulers. As Cecil shows, Wilhelm's private life reflects a deeply troubled and very superficial man. But the book's larger...
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Their relationship was a secret… Until she had his royal heir! Unexpectedly inheriting the throne is shocking enough. But when an encounter with former lover Jasmine Jones is interrupted by the wail of a baby, Sheikh Zuhal also discovers he has a son! Their secret affair was intensely passionate-and dangerously overwhelming. To claim his child, Zuhal must get Jazz down the palace aisle. And he's not above using seduction to make her his wife!...
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Showered with diamonds: Many women have enjoyed the numerous benefits of being Sheikh Kalen Nuri's mistress.
Draped in exquisite lingerie: Not one of them has managed to keep him interested for very long.
Whisked around the world: Kalen has given beautiful and independent Keira all of these things and more--but she's still refusing to be his!
And Keira's the woman who's been chosen as Kalen's virgin bride....
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"Kiss me, if you are so daring."
When Cleo Churchill's travels land her in the path of Khaled bin Aziz, Sultan of Jhurat, she's instantly transfixed by his warrior physique, commanding presence and intense eyes. But what would a sultan want with an ordinary girl like her?
Cleo is exactly what Khaled needs-;a convenient, yet beautiful bride to unite his warring country. He'll offer her diamonds and riches but nothing more.
Yet as their marriage...
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This is a fast-paced and colorful exploration of the life of Matilda of Canossa (c. 1046—1115), the woman who loved a pope and was loved by him, successfully defied the Holy Roman Emperor, and changed the map of Europe. A new kind of history, this biography also carries the flavor of present-day Italy. Matilda of Canossa, the "Great Countess," was a remarkable woman. Her personal power was so extraordinary that even centuries after her death she...
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Is Sheikh Hashim Al Aswad back with Sienna Baker, the model he nearly married, before photos exposing her past were revealed?
But Hashim doesn't know the truth behind the "scandal." And though he may just want to bed her, not wed her, with a passion this hot, can he walk away?
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Her outrageous marriage plan… Kaliana urgently needs a husband! It's the only way to save her family from financial ruin. So she shockingly proposes to billionaire Rafe Casella. They may have spent one red-hot night in his bed, but Kaliana's rules are clear. Their arrangement is pure convenience, nothing more. Since her fiancé's death, she's fiercely guarded her heart… Yet Rafe has his own agenda-a marriage could secure his rightful inheritance,...
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The Hebrew prophets predicted that the coming Messiah would be a Star coming to rescue Israel from her enemies (Numbers 24:17). When Jesus was born his birthplace was marked by a Star that led the Magi to Bethlehem (Matthew 2:2-10). In the book of Revelation Jesus describes himself as "the root and descendant of David, the bright morning Star" (Revelation 22:16). Who exactly was this spiritual Superstar whose brief life sparked a movement that turned...
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An ordinary girl. A crown prince. One deadly foe.
In the modern age, being born a prince comes with its own set of problems. In order to escape them for a while, Jonathan runs to a relative's home in America. He never imagines the peril that follows him.
Alissa Cassidy is content as a normal girl chasing her dream. Until danger knocks on her door in the form of bullets... and a stalker.
Thrust together by chance-and maybe by fate-Jonathan and Alissa...
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Swept from her ordinary world… into the royal bedchamber! Among the many beautiful, accomplished candidates hoping to be chosen as Sheikh Omar's wife, shop assistant Beth can't believe this powerful desert king would even notice her. Yet Omar does select her-and his heated gaze sets her alight, making her innocent body crave caresses she's only dreamed about! She's instantly thrown into his world of unimagined luxury, but can this shy Cinderella...
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David II (1329—1371), son of the hero King of Scots, Robert Bruce (1306—1329), has suffered a harsh historical press, condemned as a disastrous general, a womaniser and a sympathiser with Scotland's 'auld enemy', England. Bringing together evidence from Scotland, England and France, Michael Penman offers a different view: that of a child king who survived usurpation, English invasion, exile and eleven years of English captivity after defeat in...
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The Cost of this Product: Chapter 8 alone is priceless. Revelations of God and Christ revealed that 3rd and 2nd Heaven spirits, Christians that have fallen asleep and O.T. saints suffered, were killed and put in damnation fire, all from God having become jealous of ME. ( Romans 15:4 "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." The Parable of David,...
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