Marion Chesney
5) Hasty death
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English
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Lady Rose Summer refuses to abide by her parents' insistence that she marry. Even more distressing, she wants to work. On advice from Captain Harry Cathcart--a noble-born private investigator who knows Rose all too well--her parents agree to let Rose work as a typist and live in a women's hostel. But life as a working woman isn't quite what Rose imagined: When a playboy is murdered, Rose will return to high society to follow a trail of deception,...
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The poor relation volume 5
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English
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Follows the latest escapades of Colonel Sandhurst as he manages to acquire funds to save the hotel and helps a young woman avoid an unfortunate marriage.
15) The intrigue
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English
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Mannerling, the splendid family estate gambled away by Sir Beverly, remains the desire of his daughters. The mantle of savior has fallen to Jessica. How fortunate that the new owner of Mannerling has a son and Jessica, blinded by determination, vows to secure a betrothal. She is barely aware of the attentions of handsome, charming Professor Robert Sommerville, whose affection for Jessica is equaled only by the fear that her obsession to secure Mannerling...
18) Rake's progress
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Series
House for the season volume 4
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[1987]
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First edition.
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English
20) The banishment
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Daughters of Mannerling volume 1
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English
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Isabella is blessed with unparalleled beauty but, unfortunately, has been raised in the most snobbish of families. When her father gambles away their fortune-including Mannerling, the family mansion-Isabella learns there is very little sympathy for her plight. Isabella is chosen to court Mr. Judd, the roguish bachelor who won Mannerling. Tempting her away from Mr. Judd is Lord Fitzpatrick, an Irish rake who fears Isabella can never love a man as she...
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