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"Superb-a pitch-perfect blend of Golden Age charm and sinister modern suspense, with a main character to die for. This is the book Edwards was born to write."-Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author
The first Golden Age-style mystery in the Rachel Savernake series… How close can one person get to a cruel justice system before falling victim to it?
London, 1930
Sooty, sulphurous, and malign: no woman should be out on a night like this....
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Desperate duchesses series volume 4
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Married by proxy as a child, Lady Isidore, Duchess of Cosway, has spent years fending off lecherous men in every European court while waiting to meet her husband; when Isidore finally lures Simeon Jermyn back to London, his dark good looks put her fears to rest until he demands an annulment.
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Huxtable quintet volume 1
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Vanessa Huxtable, a young, daring widow, pursues Elliott Wallace, an eligible bachelor, in order to save her eldest sister from a loveless marriage, and when he accepts her proposal, the two find that, despite their lack of common ground, they cannot keep their hands off each other.
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From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince--while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood....
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Desperate duchesses series volume 6
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The notorious Duke of Villiers who must wed quickly and nobly, betroths himself to the Duke of Montague's daughter; torn between logic and passion, he finds himself drawn to the very edge of impropriety.
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"One morning before dawn at her regal country estate, Lady Lavinia Truelove is crushed to death by a horse. Classified as "death by misadventure," this appears a gruesome accident, but Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands suspects foul play--a misgiving he is struggling to separate from his personal grievances toward Sir James Truelove, who is Lady Lavinia's widower and the influential academic patron of Dorcas Joliffe, whom Joe one day hopes to...
10) Heartbreaker
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Hell's belles volume 2
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Adelaide Frampton, known as The Matchbreaker, a woman trained to help brides avoid the altar, finds herself racing across London with the Duke of Clayborn, who is harboring secrets of his own.
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Legend of St. Dwynwen volume 3
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When scandal shatters her engagement and her respectability, Genevieve Stafford is stunned when Sir Myles Thorwood offers to marry her and wonders if his attentions are a mere kindness or true devotion.
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Last chance scoundrels volume 1
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Society favorite Celeste Kilburn decides to explore life on the wild side of 1818 London, England, believing that all will be well with the scoundrel Kieran Ransome by her side as escort, but their experiences together lead to consequences that affect the possibility of their future together.
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Shunned from "polite" society, Lila Marleigh, the eldest daughter of an English earl and his Indian mistress, becomes hostess of an exclusive gaming club where she meets and convinces Ivor Tristam to help her solve a violent crime, igniting a passion that shakes them both to the core.
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Wallflower series volume 5
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The Wallflowers are four young ladies in London who banded together in their wild and wickedly wonderful searches for true love. Now happily married, they join together once again to help one of the worldś most notorious rogues realize that happiness might be right under the mistletoe. . .
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DCI Arthur St. Just and Portia De'Ath visit the quiet village of Maidsfell in Cornwall only to find it divided over plans to redevelop the seafront. After a heated meeting on the topic, Lord Bodwally, who is fiercely against the plans, is found murdered. St. Just finds himself compelled to investigate, but what secrets are hidden in Maidsfell?
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Desperate duchesses series volume 5
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Wedding bells celebrating the arranged marriage between the lovely Duchess of Beaumont and her staid, imperturbable duke had scarcely fallen silent when a shocking discovery sends Jemma cavorting abroad for nine years.
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Bareknuckle bastards volume 3
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"Grace Condry has spent a lifetime running from her past. Betrayed as a child by her only love and raised on the streets, she now hides in plain sight as queen of London's darkest corners. Grace has a sharp mind and a powerful right hook and has never met an enemy she could not best...until the man she once loved returns. Single-minded and ruthless, Ewan, Duke of Marwick, has spent a decade searching for the woman he never stopped loving. A long-ago...
18) Smoke: a novel
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Smoke volume 1
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2016
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In an alternate England, where people who are wicked in thought or deed are marked by the Smoke that pours from their bodies, Thomas, Charlie, and Livia notice that some people appear to be able to lie without triggering Smoke. As they dig deeper, they discover teachers who have mysterious ties to warring political factions, a sumptuous estate which hides attic rooms and laboratories, revolutionaries who are fighting against a secret police force....
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Cora Cash had traveled abroad at the turn of the century to seek a titled husband and before she realized it, found herself Duchess of Wareham, married to the most eligible bachelor in England. But, her husband, Ivo, was withdrawn and secretive. Soon Cora would discover that money could not buy everything and would have to make a crucial decision about her life and her marriage.
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"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 fianc©♭, Leo. As Frances and George search for the culprit, more...
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