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  Northanger Abbey

  Jane Austen

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  "Northanger Abbey" is one of Jane Austen's earlier works, published posthumously in 1818. The novel is a coming-of-age story that follows the naive and imaginative Catherine Morland during her adventures in Bath and, later, at the eponymous Northanger Abbey. While the book embraces elements of the Gothic novel—a popular genre of its time—it also satirizes the genre's excesses and the naivety of its young heroine. Themes of social class, wealth, and morality are explored against a backdrop of Regency England manners and mores.

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  The War of the Worlds

  H. G. Wells

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  Shooting stars tear across the night sky and from the planet of war they’ve come to conquer Earth. 
  When a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common, inquisitive locals are fascinated and excited. They approach with caution and a white flag only to be struck down by alien creatures with heat-rays that destroy everything in their path. It soon becomes very clear that the only options are to flee…or die. 
  As the creatures march towards the capital, can the forces of Earth survive the onslaught?

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  Chasing the Black Eagle

  Bruce Geddes

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  After detainment by the Bureau of Investigation, Arthur Tormes is forced to spy on Hubert Julian. For thirteen years he follows Julian—a parachutist, pilot, and possible seditious threat to the United States. To win his freedom, Arthur must stay close to Julian, from New York City to Ethiopia, often at great personal sacrifice.

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  A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess...

  Louise Allen, Virginia Heath

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  A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess A dramatic Regency romance. The scandal of the season must be stopped!Widowed duchess Sophie will do anything to protect her son and his inheritance. Even ask roguish Lord Nicholas Pascoe to retrieve her late husband’s diaries before the secrets they contain bring down the government and the monarchy! Sophie knows she must maintain her distance from Nicholas…only she can’t help but respond to the desire in his eyes. Their mission is treacherous, but will it prove as dangerous as their unexpected attraction? His Maddening MatchmakerSparks fly in this witty Regency romance. They say opposites attract… but do they wed?Ned Parker has spent years restoring his family’s fortunes, leaving no time for courting. Now childhood friend and self-appointed matchmaker Isobel has decided to transform this “scruffy brute” into an eligible gentleman. Though he has no interest in rejoining society, Ned senses Izzy needs the distraction and reluctantly goes along with her plans. Despite their differing views, a surprising new attraction grows…but Ned’s doing his best to avoid it! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

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  The Half-Bred Heir

  Andrew Wareham

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  Captain Nathaniel Perry has survived the Battle of Waterloo with some slight distinction, and finds himself respected in his fashionable mess on the regiment's return to England. That is a problem, for he has no private income. He had managed well enough on his pay on campaign, but could not do so in the Peace. 
   
   
   
  Simultaneously with his promotion to major in acknowledgement of his actions at the Battle, he is called to London at the behest of a dying grandfather, a merchant who had disowned him, disapproving of his mother's marriage. Perry discovers he is the sole surviving heir . . . and rich. 
   
   
   
  Selling out of the Army and settling in London, he is soon noticed and his name remarked upon. He is then discovered by the paternal side, who do not dislike his money, but had disowned his father upon his unfortunate marriage. 
   
   
   
  Belonging neither to one class or the other, Nathaniel has to make a new life for himself.

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  Secret Sister The: A Chatsworth...

  Felicity York

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  A Christmas surprise. A scandal in disguise. 
  1809. Eliza Courtney and Harryo Cavendish lead opposite lives, except for the secret that binds them. 
  Harryo’s life of luxury at Chatsworth House is shaken when pressure mounts on her to marry. A dreadful selection of suitors leaves her convinced that her late mother, the Duchess of Devonshire, was right: husbands are an incomparable nuisance. Meanwhile, Eliza can’t wait to marry and escape her lonely existence, as an unwanted orphan in her own well-to-do household. 
  But as the season begins, all matchmaking – eager or reluctant – is interrupted by rumours of a huge family secret. A secret daughter, in fact. Will Eliza be the last to know that she is the scandal everyone’s talking about? 
  This Christmas, romance lies around every corner. But another kind of love – sisterhood – might make this season one they’ll never forget… 
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  All of Felicity York's novels can be read as standalones. If you love The Secret Sister: A Chatsworth House Scandal, read her other Stately Scandals novels, The Runaway Bride: A Lyme Park Scandal and The Quiet Wife: A Speke Hall Scandal, both out now! 
  For fans of Mimi Matthews (The Lily of Ludgate Hill), Erica Ridley (My Rogue to Ruin), Sandra Sookoo (Night of Lyons), Sophia Holloway (Celia), and Mary Balogh (Someone to Love).

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