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  A Mother's Shame

  Rosie Goodwin

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  On the outskirts of Nuneaton stands Hatters Hall, home to the mentally insane. One rainy, dismal day in 1857, Maria Mundy arrives there to work. She is ordered to care for Isabelle Montgomery, daughter of an influential land-owner, but it becomes apparent that she has been falsely imprisoned.   It’s going to take courage, determination, and resolve – but freedom is always worth fighting for.  'Rosie is a born storyteller... you'll care for her characters and lose yourself in her story.' JEANNIE JOHNSON

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  Morning Sky

  Constance Bennett

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  From the author of Blossom and Moonsong—a historical western romance of a righteous quest for justice and of a desire set free . . .   The lovely widow Lacey Spencer has launched a solo campaign to expose the crooked cattle ranchers that are threatening to overtake her hometown. Even her sophisticated beauty and elegant demeanor cannot erase the townspeople's evident disapproval of her most unladylike behavior.   When a dark stranger arrives in town, Lacey discovers that she may not be alone in her battle. But she doesn't understand why this handsome, mysterious man is helping her. Morgan is every woman's dream: powerful and compelling, yet calm and levelheaded. But when his brutal past comes back to haunt him, Lacey begins to question the truth of his intentions. She can either fight the corruption by herself, or trust Morgan—and build an explosive love that knows no limits.  

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  Being Someone - A Gripping Novel...

  Adrian Harvey

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  A lonely man falls in love and will do anything to maintain that feeling, in this tale of romance, self-discovery and the eternal search for happiness. 
   
  James has fallen through life, plotting a course of least resistance, taking each day as it comes and waiting for something to turn up, to give his existence meaning. 
   
  His journey lacks one vital element: a fellow traveller. Then he meets Lainey, an American working in London. She’s confident, beautiful, and captivating. 
   
  When James set out to win her heart, Lainey gives James a reason to grow, and promises the happy ending he has sought so keenly. 
   
  But is sharing life with another everything he hoped?

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  Dark Territory - A Sheriff Aaron...

  Terrence McCauley

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  In the boomtown of Dover Station, Montana, tracks have been laid and everyone's looking to make a fortune, lawfully or not. And the law has something to say about it—one bullet at a time . . . 
  DOVER STATION—WHERE DEATH RIDES FASTER THAN THE WIND 
  A rash of deadly train robberies has the chief investor of Dover Station feeling itchier than a quick draw without a target. And he wants Sheriff Aaron Mackey to scratch that itch with every bullet his battered badge authorizes him to shoot. When Mackey and his backup gun down four kill-crazy bandits, they uncover a plot cooked up by respected citizens of Dover Station—someone who can pull enough strings to replace Mackey with a disgraced marshal from Texas. Now Mackey's badge may not say much, but his gun defies all fear. Anyone who stands between Mackey and the future of Dover Station is about to become buried in the pages of history . . .

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  There Is Confusion

  Jessie Redmon Fauset

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  Jane Austen meets the Harlem Renaissance in this novel of three young, ambitious Black Americans striving for love and success in the big city. Set in 1920s New York City, There Is Confusion tells the story of three friends who grew up supporting one another’s dreams. But now that they are young adults, things are not so simple . . . First, there is Maggie Ellersley, who is eager to marry up and be free of her blue-collar background. Then, there is Peter Bye, an intelligent aspiring surgeon motivated by his love for Joanna Marshall. Joanna is a talented and driven dancer, who is about to make a decision that will change all their lives . . . Originally published in 1924, There Is Confusion received critical acclaim for its portrayal of middle-class Black America. Author Jessie Redmon Fauset served as literary editor of the NAACP’s official magazine, The Crisis, from 1919 to 1926 and fostered the careers of such Harlem Renaissance authors as Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes. “An important book.” —The New York Times

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  The Girl with the Griffin Bracelet

  Alexander Jovy

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  The lives of most of us are brief flames soon extinguished by the vastness of eternity.
  Yet there are some whose deeds lead to them being remembered forever in the hearts and minds of the future.
  
  This remarkable novel tells the story of a magnificent hero, Cyrus the Great, founder of the Ancient Persian Empire, and the stunning and splendid woman, Roxana, who loved him. The story of their forbidden love reverberates down the ages.
  'The Girl with the Griffin Bracelet' is also a story of ancient Lydia and the fabled city of Babylon, the richest in the world, and of how Cyrus freed forty thousand Jews from their plight as slaves and allowed them to return to their homeland.
  Cyrus and Roxana were visionaries far ahead of their time, founding their empire on the principle of religious tolerance and creating a society where people of different backgrounds and cultures could live together in peace and harmony.

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