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What I Did For A Duke

For years, he's been an object of fear, fascination . . . and fantasy. But of all the wicked rumors that shadow the formidable Alexander Moncrieffe, Duke of Falconbridge, the ton knows one thing for certain: only fools dare cross him. And when Ian Eversea does just that, Moncrieffe knows the perfect revenge: he'll seduce Ian's innocent sister, Genevieve—the only Eversea as yet untouched by scandal. First he'll capture her heart . . . and then he'll break it. But everything about Genevieve is unexpected: the passion simmering beneath her cool control, the sharp wit tempered by gentleness . . . And though Genevieve has heard the whispers about the duke's dark past, and knows she trifles with him at her peril, one incendiary kiss tempts her deeper into a world of extraordinary sensuality. Until Genevieve is faced with a fateful choice . . . is there anything she won't do for a duke?

I Kissed An Earl

Violet Redmond's family and fortune might be formidable and her beauty and wit matchless—but her infamous flare for mischief keeps all but the most lionhearted suitors at bay. Only Violet knows what will assuage her restlessness: a man who doesn't bore her to tears, and a clue to the fate of her missing brother. She never dreamed she'd find both with a man whose own pedigree is far from impeccable. "Savage" is what the women of the ton whisper about the newly styled Earl of Ardmay—albeit with shivers of pleasure. Born an English bastard, raised on the high seas, he's on a mission to capture a notorious pirate for vengeance. But while Violet's belief in her brother's innocence maddens him, her courage awes him . . . and her sensuality finally undoes him. Now the man who once lost everything and the girl who has everything to lose are bound by a passion that could either end in betrayal . . . or become everything they ever dreamed.

The Body In The Gazebo

"I have to tell you something . . . something that happened a long time ago." These words, spoken by Ursula Rowe from her Aleford, Massachusetts, sickbed, take Faith Fairchild completely by surprise. Having agreed to keep an eye on her best friend Pix Millers's mother while Pix is involved in her son's out-of-town wedding preparations, Faith never dreamed she'd become ensnared in the tale the slowly recovering Ursula spins over the next few weeks—a bizarre account of an unsolved crime dating back to the Great Depression. Now the caterer-turned-sleuth is hooked, determined to solve a mystery more than eight decades old—while at the same time trying to clear the name of her husband, Reverend Thomas Fairchild, who's been falsely accused of pilfering the church's discretionary fund. And meanwhile, when Pix Miller meets her in-laws-to-be for the very first time, she's in for the shock of her life . .

three weeks with my brother

In January 2003 Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. An adventure by any measure, this trip was especially meaningful as it marked another milestone in the life journey of two brothers who, by their early thirties, were the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas and Micah travel the globe, from the Taj Mahal to Machu Picchu, the story of their family slowly unfolds. Just before Nicholas\' marriage he and Micah lost their mother in a horseriding accident; a week short of Nicholas\' triumphant debut as a novelist with THE NOTEBOOK, the brothers lost their father to a car crash, and just a few short years later they were forced to say goodbye to their sister who died of brain cancer at the young age of 36. Against the backdrop of the main wonders of the world the brothers come together to heal the wounds of this tragic legacy and maintain their determination to live life to its fullest

Chicken Soup For The Soul-Boost Your Brain Power

You can redesign and energize your brain at any age. Dr. Marie Pasinski of Harvard Medical School and Chicken Soup for the Soul will help you Boost Your Brain Power with these revealing personal stories, clear medical advice, and tips. You can improve your memory, reduce your risk factors for Alzheimers disease, stay sharp in your senior years, and enhance your mental abilities, at any age! Read how other people just like you have boosted their brain power, improved their memory and cognitive thinking, and have even come back from traumatic brain injuries in these fascinating and revealing personal stories. Combine these with Dr. Pasinskis practical tips and clear medical explanations and you will learn how to: Improve your memory Stimulate your brain through new activities Reduce your risk factors for dementia and Alzheimers disease Trigger creative thinking Eat right and exercise to keep your brain young Manage your health to boost your brain functioning

Chicken Soup For The Soul-Say Goodbye To Stress

Inspirational stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul combined with practical tips and clear explanations from Dr. Jeff Brown of Harvard Medical School! You can reduce stress in your life! The link between stress and just about every major disease or illness is well established. But stress can be managed, and this book tells you how. You cant necessarily change the world around you, but you can change the way you react to it. Read how other people just like you have reduced the stress in their everyday lives and how you can even reduce stress from major events. These stories plus Dr. Browns common sense approach will help you: Stop being your own worst enemy Triumph over tragedy in your life Reduce stress in the workplace even if you have a killer job Manage your thoughts and emotions and get out of those thought traps Reduce stress at home, where it all starts Manage your finances more sensibly to reduce stress Get in touch with your stress and change your attitude De-stress your lifestyle with sleep, exercise, and the right foods

Con Law

John Book man Book to his friends is a tenured professor at the University of Texas School of Law. He's thirty-five, handsome and unmarried. He teaches Constitutional Law, reduces senators to blithering fools on political talk shows, and is often mentioned as a future Supreme Court nominee. But Book is also famous for something more unusual. He likes to take on lost causes and win. Consequently, when he arrives at the law school each Monday morning, hundreds of letters await him, letters from desperate Americans around the country seeking his help. Every now and then, one letter captures his attention and Book feels compelled to act. In the first of a thrilling new series from the author of international bestsellers THE COLOUR OF LAW and ACCUSED, Book investigates a murder in the corrupt world of deepest, darkest Texas.

The Cuckoo's Calling

When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. A war veteran, wounded both physically and psychologically, Strike's life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get - and the closer he gets to terrible danger. . . A gripping, elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London - from the hushed streets of Mayfair, to the backstreet pubs of the East End, to the bustle of Soho - THE CUCKOO'S CALLING is a remarkable debut. Introducing Cormoran Strike, it is a classic crime novel in the tradition of PD James and Ruth Rendell, and unlike any other book you will read this year.

Hold My Hand

An awkward young man, Deep, obsessed with libraries and books, has his dream come true when he is sent to Hong Kong by ATS Technologies to study and test the library cataloguing software at its head office. There he sees - the most beautiful girl he has ever laid his eyes on, But there is a twist to this love story - Ahana is not just stunningly beautiful, she also has a rare congenital disease leaving her blind. Together they explore Hong Kong Aahana guiding with the smells and sounds of the wondrous city and Deep bringing to life the sights he sees.

The Witness.

Abigail Lowery has a dark and terrifying secret. Aged just sixteen, she witnessed a shocking mafia murder. Narrowly escaping with her life, she was forced to leave her old identity - even her real name - behind for good. Fifteen years later Abigail is still hiding from the world - a semi-recluse in the quiet, rural town of Bickford, Arkansas. She has convinced herself that this is all she needs: peace, safety. . . and her faithful guard dog Bert. Perhaps now, at last, she can stop running. But Brooks Gleason, the local chief of police, has other ideas. Abigail intrigues him - and he'd like nothing better than to break through the walls she has built around herself. His persistence and determination to uncover the truth is unsettling, exciting - and dangerous. One way or another, it will change both their lives for ever.

Between Lines

From the Number One bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes an enchanting fairy tale, written with her teenage daughter.

Breakdown

Sara Paretsky's new bestseller and the fifteenth in the series pits V.I. Warshawski against a right-wing political pundit with powerful connections in a riveting novel that combines contemporary issues and suspense in Paretsky's unique way.

Dangerous

Paige Galbraithe has always wondered if the dark, cool and mysterious Abram Mustafa is hiding a wicked side, a side that will allow her to explore the kind of pleasure she has only dreamed of. For Abram, Paige is the only woman he has ever loved. But Abram faces the greatest test of his life when his father kidnaps Paige. With Paiges life now in danger, Abram knows that his plans for escape from the only home he has ever known have become more imperative than ever. And for Paige, with her freedom taken from her, she must learn to trust Abram with more than her fantasies. She must trust him with her life and her heart.

Forbidden

The club located just outside Washington D.C. only its members know where men go if they want to indulge the desire to share their women with a selected male partner. John Mac McCoy resigned his membership from The Club when he married Keiley Hardin. Tempting and innocent, sweet and sexy, she would never accept Macs desire to share her with another man. However, Macs fantasies of sharing his wife haunt his dreams. And his passions. Unable to wait any longer to draw his best friend Jethro Riggs into his marriage, Mac invites Jethro to their home with the intention of drawing Keiley into the pleasures that can only be achieved when sharing two men who love the same woman. But theres more going on in Macs neck of the woods than a little additional pleasure. A past case, a stalker that likes to play games. Soon his wife becomes embroiled in something more dangerous than they could ever have imagined, as forbidden pleasure becomes an addiction none of them can escape

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The Eyes Of The Eagle

Octopus

A shocking expos of what really goes in Londons most famous five-star hotels and casinos: featuring a shady cast of con-men, bent hedge fund managers, prostitutes, ex-spooks, gullible celebrities, and old-money aristocrats. Sam Israel was a man who seemed to have it all. Born into one of Americas richest families, he founded his own hedge fund, promising his investors guaranteed profits. But, after suffering devastating losses and faking tax returns, Israel knew the truth would soon be discovered. So when a former CIA-operative turned conman told him about a secret market run by the Federal Reserve, Israel bet his last $150 million of other peoples money on a chance to make it all back. Thus began his crazy year-long adventure in a world populated by clandestine bankers, fraudsters, and gun-toting spooks issuing cryptic warnings about a mysterious cabal known only as the Octopus.

Redemption.

Two boys, brothers, wake tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. Their kidnapper has gone, but soon he will return. Their bonds are inescapable. But there is a bottle and tar to seal it. Paper and a splinter for writing; blood for ink. A message begging for help..

Awaken

Fall From Grace.

Adam Blaine returns to Marthas Vineyard out of duty rather than grief, after his father bestselling author and celebrated human rights activist Benjamin Blaine falls to his death. Having been estranged from his father for ten years, Adam is surprised to discover himself appointed the executor of his estate; especially as the will disinherits Adams family, leaving their wealth and home to Bens recent lover, young actress Carla Pacelli. Adams mission to undo the will and protect his blood, whether innocent or guilty, from criminal charges forces him to confront his own past, and pulls him into a labyrinth of lies, deception and betrayal .

Land Of The Seven Rivers

Ambition

I'm sick of breaking bimbos it's no fun, no challenge. Strong, hard career girls they're the new filet mignon of females. Girls like you. Oh, I'm going to have fun breaking you, Susan. Tobias Pope ruled his communications empire with fear and loathing - his employees feared him and he loathed them. But he may have met his match in Susan Street, the young, beautiful and nakedly ambitious deputy of his latest newspaper acquisition. As they fight, shop and orgy from Soho to Rio and from Sun City to New York City, getting what she wants - the top job - seems so simple. If she doesn't break first. No taboo is left unbroken, no fantasy left unfulfilled in this shocking expose of the lengths to which one woman will go become editor of the UK's bestselling tabloid.

A Counterfeit Betrthal.The Notorious Rake

From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh, this special two-in-one volume treats readers to two beloved out-of-print regency romances for a terrific low price. A perfect pair, both novels are about notorious rakes who are reformed by proper ladies. In A Counterfeit Betrothal, Lady Sophia Bryant decides to fake an engagement in order to reunite her estranged parents. Little does she expect that her feigned feelings will soon become real when she recruits the devilishly handsome Lord Francis Sutton to pose as her fiance. In The Notorious Rake, Lady Mary Gregg is shocked when she attracts the attentions of known rake Lord Edmund Waite. She's an outspoken bluestocking, and the women he usually woos are anything but. Can this unconventional pair find lasting love? THE BALOGH 2013 PUBLISHING PLAN: We have an incredible 2013 lineup planned for Mary Balogh. We will start the year with the omnibus reissue of A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake in May 2013. Then we will follow up with the mass market edition of The Proposal in July 2013, quickly followed by the next book in the series, The Arrangement, as a mass market original in November 2013 and the third book to come in early 2014. This accelerat publishing schedule and mass original pricing will build momentum, excitement and demand for this fantastic new series! THERE ARE MORE THAN 12.8 MILLION COPIES OF BALOGH'S BOOKS IN PRINT! NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Nearly all of Balogh's books hit the New YorkTimes bestseller list. Most recently, the mass market edition of The Secret Mistress (7/12) stayed on for four weeks. First Comes Marriage (3/09) debuted on the list at 5, Then Comes Seduction (4/09) debuted at 4, and At Last Comes Love (5/09) debuted at 2! Both Seducing an Angel (5/09) and A Secret Affair (5/10) reached 10 on the hardcover bestseller list as well. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Balogh has been awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, and most recently her Huxtable series won the RWA Award for Bestselling Historical. She has also been nominated for the prestigious Quill Award for best romance

Lover Be Mine

When Lord Jack Wilde's cousin tries to match him with Lady Sophie Fortin, he isn't too thrilled by the prospect since Sophie's family has long feuded with the Wildes. Nevertheless he attends a masquerade ball in disguise and when he meets Sophie, he's drawn to her. The attraction is mutual until she learns who he is. Angry that Jack has tricked her into lowering her guard under false pretenses, Sophie declares she doesn't ever want to see him again. But then Jack shows up in unexpected places, driving her crazy with his seductive advances. She doesn't want her parents finding out that she even knows him, let alone succumbed to his passionate kisses. If her father discovers Jack courting her, blood could be shed. Yet, Sophie still wants him and realizes that in order for the star-crossed lovers to be together, they must try to somehow settle the bitter feud between their families once and for all.