Sasha Higgins
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Artemis Jones - "respectable" finishing-school teacher by day and Gothic romance writer by night - has never lost sight of her real dream: to open her own academic ladies' college. When Artemis is unexpectedly called upon by a dear friend, a fellow Byronic Book Club member, to navigate her first London Season, she comes at once. Who knows, perhaps she can court the interest of a wealthy patron for her school. As long as she can avoid her high-handed...
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The daughter of an eccentric botanist who is trying to force her into an arranged marriage, Miss Lucy Bertram, needing a bodyguard for a dangerous venture, takes along groom William Lockhart, whom, unbeknownst to her, is a covert inquiry agent for the Crown investigating her father.
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In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were ended by a theatre fire ten years before. His great friend, and the man he rescued from the fire, Thomas Transome, has decided to leave his wife, who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs Rodd is reluctant to get involved with the scandalous world of the theatre, she cannot turn away the woman...
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Merriwell sisters volume 3
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"Miss Venus Merriwell has been waiting for her prince to come since the tender age of fourteen. She wants a man who is a selfless academic like her, and free from all the wretched vices her gambler father enjoyed far too much before he left the Merriwell sisters practically destitute. Unfortunately, after a slew of romantic disappointments, there is still no sign of that prince at twenty-three and the only one true love of her life is the bursting-at-the-seams...
6) Glitter
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2021
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English
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Lies, Deceit, Vengeance, Desire, and Hate...
wrapped up in a façade of all that sparkles and shines.
A pretty face, a fetching smile, a fabulous gown, a flutter of lashes at just the right moment – Miriam had been taught she must do all these things to land a wealthy husband. Much preferring the company of books to people, the only thing that stopped Miriam from fleeing to the countryside was her younger sister - who was counting
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1988.
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Award-winning author Dorothy Cannell serves up a delectable English cozy murder mystery.
The men of Chitterton Fells are dropping like flies. And the membership of the Widows Club is growing bigger every day...
Newlywed Ellie Haskell (nee Simons, thank you very much) is settling nicely into married bliss in the charming village of Chitterton Fells.
Until she receives an alarming visit from Misses Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell, of Flowers Detective...
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2023.
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First Scarlet Press edition.
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English
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"Roach would rather be listening to the latest episode of her favorite true crime podcast than assisting the boring and predictable customers at her local branch of the bookstore Spines, where she's worked her entire adult life. A serious true crime junkie, Roach looks down her nose at the pumpkin-spice-latte-drinking casual fans who only became interested in the genre once it got trendy. But when Laura, a pretty and charismatic children's bookseller,...
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2022
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Unabridged
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English
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Miss Wilhelmina "Mina" Crawford is desperate. Having been ruined in the eyes of society years ago for one foolish, starry-eyed mistake, she spends her days secreted away at her family's crumbling estate, helping her brother manage the land but not able to truly live life the way she's always dreamed. When her brother admits to just how dire their finances have gotten, she takes it upon herself to procure employment . . . but the only one who will...
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[2021]
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English
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"Set in Barcelona in the years leading up to the financial crash of 2008, these poignant interlinked stories follow ordinary people whose lives will be changed forever. Like Robert Altman's film Short Cuts, Barcelona Dreaming is made up of three interconnected stories that are bound by time and place, and by the way characters weave in and out of them. A crime that remains unreported in one story has light shed on it in another. Exploring addiction,...
11) Tag, you're dead
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[2024]
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English
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Seventeen-year-old social media influencer Anton starts a livestreamed and high-stakes game of Tag to find a new assistant, but four contestants have ulterior motives.
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Ellie Haskell mysteries volume 1
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English
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Voted one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association of America In this delectable debut that earned her instant acclaim, award-winning author Dorothy Cannell serves up a cozy murder mystery to be savored . . . Ellie Simons stands to inherit her Uncle Merlin's huge English country house. But on three utterly bizarre conditions. One: she must lose sixty-three pounds (rude!). Two: she must marry...
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Ellie Haskell mysteries volume 7
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English
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Chitterton Fells is all of a flutter. Along with every female member of the village Library League, Ellie Haskell has developed a veritable obsession with novels of the romance variety. The steamier, the better...
But tragedy strikes when Miss Bunch the librarian is found dead between the non-fiction stacks. Then the local milkman collapses in broad daylight.
Ellie decides that two heart attacks in one week is more than a little bit suspicious,...
14) The love note
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[2020]
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English
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"The night Willa Duvall refuses her fourth marriage proposal, she discovers a forgotten love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. As she seeks to uncover its author and intended recipient, she follows a trail through past secrets and deep family shadows. Is there any hope for this long-ago secret love--and for her to finally have one on her own?"--publisher.
15) Femmes fatal
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Before her beautiful bouncing babies came along, Ellie Haskell's life was a fairy tale. Marriage to the gorgeous super-chef Ben was going swimmingly before every day was filled with nappies, bottles and laundry.
Determined to revive her love life, Ellie joins a new local ladies' group, Fully Female, which promises to restore some oomph back to her relationship by way of a Peach Melba Love Rub.
But before long, things start going fatally wrong in...
16) Mum's the word
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Award-winning author Dorothy Cannell serves up a delectable English cozy murder mystery... to die for.
Married to the man of her dreams and expecting a darling little bundle of joy, Ellie Haskell is excited to put her feet up and play the part of pampered wife for the next nine months.
But handsome hubby Ben has other ideas. He whisks her off to America for an exclusive gourmet cooking competition in Mud Creek, Illinois. And worse, they're staying...
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Pub. Date
2023
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Unabridged
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English
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Never trust a rake to find you a husband . . .
Lady Jaqueline Peabody is extremely vexed. Her nemesis, the Duke of Stone, has just ruined her life by matching her sister with a perfect gentleman. Except the gentleman in question has little in the way of income. With the family fortune in tatters, it means Jacqueline is tasked with marrying well-and must bid adieu to her dreams of a lovely spinsterhood with her pianoforte.
James Haven has a respectable...
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2023.
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First edition.
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English
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When Elizabeth Dalloway receives a medal with a mysterious inscription from her mother to a soldier named Septimus Smith, she sets out to deliver the medal to its rightful owner and uncover the secrets behind her mother's disappearance almost thirty years ago.
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[2023]
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First edition.
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English
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Due to an ancient falling out, thirteen-year-old Clementine's family can only harnesses their powers each October, and after a disastrous attempt to recover their lost magic, Clemmie and her cousin summon their courage to resolve a long family feud and get their magic back.
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[1994]
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English
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Ellie Simons's delightful mother-in-law comes to visit for a simply lovely weekend of crocheted doilies, thinly-veiled insults, and passive-aggressive "suggestions."
It's enough to make anyone wish their mother-in-law was dead. But it turns out the ladies of Chitterton Fells should be more careful what they wish for. Only last night Ellie and her friends raised their gin and tonics to toast an end to mothers-in-law the world over...
The next day,...
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