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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam "West" Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she'd signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways. Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the...
Author
Series
Warrior witch duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Askia became heir to the Frozen Crown of Seravesh because of her devotion to her people. But her realm is facing a threat she cannot defeat by sheer will alone. The mad emperor of the Roven Empire has unleashed a horde of invading soldiers to enslave her lands. For months, her warriors have waged a valiant, stealth battle, yet they cannot stop the enemy's advancement. Running out of time, she sets sail for sun-drenched Vishir, the neighboring land...
Author
Series
Roaring Twenties mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"In 1917, Jessie Carr, fourteen years old and sole heiress to her family's vast fortune, disappeared without a trace. Now, years later, her uncle Oliver Beckett thinks he's found her: a young actress in a vaudeville playhouse is a dead ringer for his missing niece. But when Oliver confronts the girl, he learns he's wrong. Orphaned young, Leah's been acting since she was a toddler. Oliver, never one to miss an opportunity, makes a proposition: with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Curiosity Quills Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Nefertiti has forced Naomi to flee Amarna with Malachi and the three children. But even under the protection of Naomi's family in Thebes, Nefertiti still hunts her and Tut. Nefertiti sends assassins to kill them, and while Naomi fights to protect the children, Malachi fights to keep her safe. With three children in tow, one of which isn't her own, she is labeled the harlot outcast wife of the pharaoh and is shunned. She isn't safe among her own people,...
Author
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Heirs of Marsan, to save their people, must entrust their lives and the lives of everyone they protect, to someone who shouldn't exist, who cannot be controlled, and who will challenge everything they believe about themselves.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When twentysomething A., the European relative of the Wells family, inherits a beautiful yet eerie estate set deep in the woods of Point Bless, Virginia, it comes as a surprise to everyone--including A. himself. After all, he never knew he had a 'second cousin, twice removed' in America, much less that his eccentric relative had recently committed suicide by jumping out of the third floor bedroom window--at the same age and in the same way as his...
Author
Series
Barrier lands volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Unwilling is the story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elban's vast empire. Judah and Gavin share an unnatural bond that is both the key to her survival -- and possibly her undoing. As Gavin is groomed for his future role, Judah comes to realize that she has no real position within the kingdom, in fact, no hope at all of ever traveling beyond its castle...
Author
Series
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
In this Regency twist of My Fair Lady, Jack would rather be at sea than fixing the mistakes of his grandfather, the late Earl of Stansworth. Instead, he finds that inheriting his grandfather's wealth and title-and securing the welfare of his sister and mother-means joining the ranks of high society and living with the aristocracy. Luckily, Ivy Carlisle, the granddaughter of a dear friend of Jack's late grandmother, is willing to teach him etiquette...
10) Star eater
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she's able to stomach her gruesome day-to-day duties, the reality of preserving the Sisterhood of Aytrium's magical bloodline horrifies her. She wants out, whatever the cost. So when a shadowy cabal approaches Elfreda with an offer of escape, she leaps at the opportunity. As their spy, she gains access to the highest reaches of the Sisterhood, and...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A movie that "packs a lot of laughs and action into a beautifully shot 105 minutes" (Variety), Chinese odyssey 2002 follows royal heirs Princess Wushuang (Asian pop diva and Chungking Express heroine Faye Wong) and future Emperor Zheng De (Crouching tiger, hidden dragon's Chen Chang) as they escape the Forbidden City to taste life among Ming Dynasty China's have-nots. Combining swordfights, slapstick, satire, songs, and genuine sentiment into a lightning-paced...
12) The broken tower
Author
Series
Barrier lands volume 2
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Judah the Foundling chose freedom over betrayal when she leaped from the top of the castle tower. Now she finds herself wandering an unknown forest, far from everything and everyone she loves. For the first time in her life, she's beyond the great Wall that surrounds Highfall castle; for the first time, she's alone. Away from the Seneschal, the power behind the throne; away from Nate Clare, the House Magus who was her teacher, friend, betrayer. Away...
13) Lady pirate
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After masquerading on the high seas as the priate Captain Red, Valoree has learned she is named heir to Ainsley Castle. However, she cannot claim her birthright unless she is married and pregnant. So, the pirate must become a lady, with the help of her cutthroat crew, in order to find a husband.
14) Southern heat
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Gunshots echo down an antebellum Charleston alley. Brack Pelton, an ex-racecar driver and Afghanistan War veteran, witnesses the murder of his uncle, Reggie Sails. Darcy Wells, the pretty Palmetto Pulse reporter, investigates Reggie's murder and targets Brack. The sole heir of his uncle's estate, Brack receives a rundown bar called the Pirate's Cove, a rotting beach house, and one hundred acres of preserved and valuable wetland along the Ashley River....
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Gwen Hollingsworth is the curator at a museum in Nova Scotia dedicated to the Hollywood legend Scarlett Fontaine's life. Gwen is also sole descendant and heir to Scarlett's fortune. Gwen is dealing with a messy marital separation and is struggling to move forward. So when Peter Miller, a biographer and photojournalist, come to the museum with shocking claims about Scarlett, which include a life of exile in Alaska and a baby born in secret, Gwen's...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"John Fitzhugh Barrett, surprised to learn he is heir to a estate, is determined his new status won't mean giving up his freedom. But as families from all over England descend upon Somerfield Park for the shooting season, their unmarried daughters are lining up to bag the newest trophy buck--him. John's instinct for self-preservation inspires him to divide his attentions between a scandalous young widow, and the safely ineligible Rebecca Kearsey,...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by DistriMax
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
Alejandro Vizcano is a young urban man that is the heir to a vast banking empire. When he is forced to get married against his will, he commits a rebellious act that forces him to flee from Mexico City. After he arrives in a little surf town called Ocelotitlan, he will discover himself and start to live his life on his own terms. But after he falls for Rosa, a girl of exotic and mysterious beauty, they will have to fight against El Tigre, who will...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Duty demands that Anthony Farr, the Duke of Radcliffe, remarry to provide a spare heir, and eligible ladies are vying for a proposal. All he wants is to be a good father to his young son, to see his pig win first prize at the harvest fête, and to stay single. Miss Jane Kent, a long-lost relation of the Penhallow family, arrives in the neighborhood and is promptly befriended by the Duke's son. Anthony comes to realize that Jane is smart, fun and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Journalist AnnaLise Griggs return to her hometown in North Carolina's western mountains has led to some unexpected surprises, most notably the discovery that legendary womanizer Dickens Hart is her birth father, and she an heir to Hart's huge fortune. Founder of the White Tail Lodge, a High Country knock off of the Playboy concept , Hart now claims he wants to "do right" by any other children he may have fathered. To that end, he's invited all his...
20) Takane & Hana: 4
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Summer's out, but Takane is so busy with work that he doesn't have much time to spend with Hana! Enter Takane's new assistant, Eiji Kirigasaki, an efficient helper who gains Takane's trust and allows Takane to have more free time. Despite all the support he's providing, however, Kirigasaki might have an ulterior motive that could lead to Takane's downfall!"--Page 4 of cover
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