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  The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill (Tales...

  Julie Klassen

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  First Series from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen!The lifeblood of the Wiltshire village of Ivy Hill is its coaching inn, The Bell. But when the innkeeper dies suddenly, his genteel wife, Jane Bell, becomes the reluctant owner. Jane has no notion of how to run a business. However, with the town's livelihood at stake and a large loan due, she must find a way to bring new life to the inn. Despite their strained relationship, Jane turns to her resentful mother-in-law, Thora, for help. Formerly mistress of The Bell, Thora is struggling to find her place in the world. As she and Jane work together, they form a measure of trust, and Thora's wounded heart begins to heal. When she encounters two men from her past, she sees them--and her future--in a different light.With pressure mounting from the bank, Jane employs innovative methods to turn the inn around, and puzzles over the intentions of several men who seem to have a vested interest in the place. Will her efforts be enough to save The Bell? And will Thora embrace the possibility of a second chance at love?

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  A Rumored Fortune

  Joanna Davidson Politano

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  Tressa Harlowe's father did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended family. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had concealed it. Tressa and her ailing mother are left with a mansion and an immense vineyard and no money to run it. It doesn't take long for a bevy of opportunists to flock to the estate under the guise of offering condolences. Tressa knows what they're really up to. She'll have to work with the rough and rusticated vineyard manager to keep the laborers content without pay and discover the key to finding her father's fortune--before someone else finds it first. Award-winning author Joanna Davidson Politano welcomes readers to Trevelyan Castle, home of the poorest heiress in Victorian England, for a treasure hunt they'll not soon forget.

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  The Bride of Ivy Green (Tales...

  Julie Klassen

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  Much has happened in idyllic Ivy Hill in recent months, and while several villagers have found new love and purpose, questions remain--and a few dearly held dreams have yet to be fulfilled.Jane Bell is torn. Gabriel Locke is back and has made his intentions clear. But Jane is reluctant to give up her inn and destine another man to a childless marriage. Then someone she never expected to see again returns to Ivy Hill. . . . Mercy Grove has lost her school and is resigned to life as a spinster, especially as the man she admires seems out of reach. Should she uproot herself from Ivy Cottage to become a governess for a former pupil? Her decision will change more lives than her own.A secretive new dressmaker arrives in the village, but the ladies soon suspect she isn't who she claims to be. Will they oust the imposter, or help rescue her from a dangerous predicament?In the meantime, everyone expects Miss Brockwell to marry a titled gentleman, even though her heart is drawn to another. While the people of Ivy Hill anticipate one wedding, an unexpected bride may surprise them all.Don't miss this romantic, stirring conclusion to Tales from Ivy Hill.

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  The Hellcat and The King

  Barbara Cartland

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  Faced with a forced marriage to the King of Karanya, who’s said to be “…a beast, rude, disagreeable and horrible to look at!”, flame-haired, green-eyed young Zenka is horrified. Even more so when she hears that the depraved King holds orgies at his Castle! But since the match is decreed by Queen Victoria herself, there’s no escape.
   
  On her long journey through the night towards a loveless marriage in a strange country, it seems Fate has come to taunt her in the shape of a charming stranger. Appearing under cover of darkness in her private carriage, this thief in the night steals a kiss that Zenka will never, ever forget.

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  A Light To The Heart

  Barbara Cartland

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  Lovely Elita Garson knew she must escape. She must be freed from her golden chains to make her own life and her own friends. When she walks out of the luxurious London hotel she has been staying in, she takes nothing but a single suitcase - and her hopes of an independent life.
   
   
   
  She quickly finds work as an airhostess on a privately chartered plane, and then secures a better job working for the elderly passenger she met onboard. Excited by her new freedom, Elita soon discovers that life has turned very complicated, mysterious and at times dangerous.
   
   
   
  Complicated by falling head over heels in love with a hotel valet, of whom she knows little about – mysterious and often violent goings on with her new employer, and danger when she is drawn into a web of theft, lies and deception. In this exciting romantic tale set in beautiful Copenhagen, can Elita give up the luxuries she was born to and find the happiness she is searching for?

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  A Frame Of Dreams

  Barbara Cartland

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  The impoverished daughter of a renowned artist, Vanessa was making ends meet by restoring the delicate miniatures that her father was so famous for. Whilst travelling to a commission she is saved from the clutches of the odious Sir Julius Stone by the dashing, but confirmed batchelor, the Marquis of Ruckford.  Ruckford is quite taken by Vanessas exquisite beauty and resolves to help and protect her in any way he can as he said, “lovely women often quite unconsciously court danger”.  As his words come true and Vanessa foils a Napoleonic plot, he realises his protection has turned into something more. But the Marquis has no plans for marriage.  Torn between love and a shameful proposal Vanessa must make a choice. What she chooses and how this changes both their lives, are told in this beautifully visual story, set in Georgian London.

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