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#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs sweeps readers away to the misty coast of Ireland in an irresistible tale of falling in love with the enemy...
John Wesley Hawkins was condemned to hang, accused of treason and heresy. As he's transported to the scaffold at Tyburn, however, the Lord Protector steps in and offers him the hand of mercy—if Wesley agrees to travel to Ireland on a dangerous mission...
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs sweeps readers away to the misty coast of Ireland in an irresistible tale of falling in love with the enemy...
John Wesley Hawkins was condemned to hang, accused of treason and heresy. As he's transported to the scaffold at Tyburn, however, the Lord Protector steps in and offers him the hand of mercy—if Wesley agrees to travel to Ireland on a dangerous mission...
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Powerful Historical Fiction From the European Reformation In The Maiden's Sword, Pieter-Lucas and Aletta struggle to find their way in a world at war. Pieter-Lucas believes his calling is to save lives, not destroy them, but must decide whether he will support the war effort as a secret messenger for William of Orange,. Aletta must decide whether she will administer herbal aid to wounded soldiers, risking her life in doing so. And together they must...
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The two plays collected in this volume represent Genet's first attempts to analyze the mores of a bourgeois society he had previously been content simply to vilify. In The Maids, two domestic workers, deeply resentful of their inferior social position, try to revenge themselves against society by destroying their employer. When their attempt to betray their mistress's lover to the police fails and they are in danger of being found out, they dream...
44) The Maiden Bride
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The spellbinding, seductive tale of a noblewoman who takes the place of her identical twin in marriage to the Norman invader who has seized their home All her life, Linnea de Valcourt has been reviled as the cursed daughter of Maidenstone Castle. The younger of identical twins, she narrowly escaped a death sentence at birth. To save her beloved sister from marriage to the savage Norman conqueror who has laid siege to their castle, Linnea will sacrifice...
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In the shadows of progress, two women's stories were erased. Until now.
What if a respected surgeon could destroy your life with just one diagnosis?
In early twentieth century Green Bay, Wisconsin, this terrifying reality was all too true for two women. Mary, an illiterate maid, and Mollie, a college-educated socialite, fell victim to the physical violence and mental abuse of celebrated surgeon Dr. John R. Minahan. To silence them, he claimed they...
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If the Truth is Revealed, Will She Lose All She's Grown to Love? An orphanage in the slums of London is the only home Sarah Matthews has ever known. When she is suddenly whisked away to a wealthy widow's home in the prestigious Mayfair district, Sarah can't fathom what has happened. Why would this elderly woman, a stranger, want her company? But Dorothea Blake has reasons she isn't revealing. As Sarah blossoms into a young woman, the secret Mrs. Blake...
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"The arrival of a handsome French gentleman to Santa Mara̕ D'Este the convent in search of his fugitive girlfriend will be the beginning of this love and adventure story set in France and Italy in the 15th century. Etienne de Montfault has just found the he prudish bride who planted him at the altar and plans to take her away by force if necessary, but the novice does everything to avoid him. And while he impatiently awaits the elusive bride, a beautiful...
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Training men to be ruthless soldiers is a skill at which Highlander Teàrlach MacGregor excels. He can kill three men with nothing but a sword and a couple of daggers. After he rescues a ward of the king, the beautiful Lady Madeline Crawford, the fierce warrior begins to yearn for a cottage of his own in the Highlands, with the sweet, delicate Madeline as the mother of his bairns.
Madeline begins to see a side of Teàrlach that nobody else has witnessed....
49) The maids
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Two maids, in a sinister bond of roleplaying, take turns acting out an abusive employer-servant relationship. Adapted from Jean Genet's absurdist play, itself inspired from a true life case.
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Maids with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Maids by Jean Genet, a play that describes the daily ritual of two sisters employed as maids, who re-enact the death of their mistress, until the day when the role play becomes a reality. This unsettling play confronts readers with the existence of the dark drives behind our human nature. The...
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"The Bull Is Dead."Ariemme is a daughter of the Pasithea. But unlike her Mother, who can speak with bees and bulls, call the rains, and hear the cracking of the earth deep down, Ariemme barely understands the speech of birds and serpents. She is the least of her Mother's children.But then the sacrificial bull is murdered by foul magic on the eve of the equinox. If the murderer is not found, the bull's Caretaker will pay with his own life. Only Ariemme,...
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Keep your friends close… But your enemies closer? In order to find a legendary treasure map, mercenary Louve of Mei Solis must infiltrate his enemy's fortress under the guise of a servant. There, Louve meets beautiful maiden Biedeluue, a fellow servant with her own hidden agenda…to save her sister from the malevolent lord's clutches! Their high-stakes missions may be at odds with one another, but their attraction cannot be denied even in this...
53) The Maiden Thief
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"The Maiden Thief" by Melissa Marr is a dark fantasy novelette about a teenager whose town is plagued by the annual disappearances of girls and young women. Her father blames her when one of her sisters is one of the taken.
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They call it the "Manhattan Miracle."
Half a century after the buildings of New York City sank beneath the rising seas, human ingenuity raises them up again, and the city is finally, returning to prosperity... or is it?
The economy might be, revitalized, but Mayor Sophia Ramos knows that the Miracle is only a stopgap solution. Crippling debt and a surge in crime from the Boroughs threatens to sink the city as surely as the waves did, and to Mayor...
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THE PIRATE. One of the fiercest pirates on the Main, the legendary Captain Thorne can raid a ship and wield a cutlass with the best. Woe betide any man who desires to get past the tempered steel to the woman holding it. Lynnette Blackthorne- a.k.a. Captain Thorne- sails the high seas with only one goal: vengeance against the man who murdered her sister. Nothing will stand in her way- especially not a silver-eyed rogue with the power to make her tremble...
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From the author of THE MIDWIFE'S TALE comes "The Maidservant and the Murderer," the startling story behind midwife Bridget Hodgson's arch nemesis, the murderous and malignant Rebecca Hooke
On an autumn day in 1620, young Rebecca Hey rode into York in the back of a farmer's wagon and started on the path that would eventually make her one of the most powerful women in the city. Rebecca was an ordinary country girl when she became John and Grace Hooke's...
57) The Maiden Tree
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At eight years old, Amardine Desmarius longs to know all about her mother, a famous opera singer, who died under mysterious circumstances. But, her father is strangely reticent about the subject, becoming alarmed, even angry, when she shows signs of wanting to follow in her mother's footsteps.
As Amardine's curiosity grows, so too does her anxiety about the future, especially as a deadly epidemic threatens her household. After a vagabond dies of...
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Avast! It's time to set sail! Come aboard mates, and join the good Captain Anselm as he ventures forth into the heart of the Spice Archipelago to find the ancient Ring of the Prophet! Go quickly now, join Anselm and his two guests, the young lovers Jacqulyn and Rafael as they search!
Join them as they fight giant monsters, ancient demons, and encounter the gods of the sea themselves! And if they're lucky, they may walk away from this alive.
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FEUDING FAMILIES
The Medwins and the La Vallons were longtime enemies. After Silas La Vallon's sister was taken by the Medwins, the wealthy merchant had no choice but to retaliate and abduct Medwin's daughter Isolde. Held captive in his house, then taken abroad to Belgium, the beautiful hellion softened to Silas's sweet words and gentle kisses during the long days and longer nights. But Isolde could not forget he was a La Vallon and she was a Medwin....
60) The Maiden's War
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Rise of the Empire!
Not too long ago it seemed as though the Western Kingdom had finally, won the Thousand Years' War against the Empire of Masks.
They were wrong.
Rising like a phoenix after decades of brutal insurgency broke the Royal occupation, the Empire is stronger than ever and hell-bent on revenge. Now the Emperor has unleashed his forces in a lightning campaign, shattering the Kingdom's defenses in an avalanche of fire and steel. The Royal...
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