A Chance to Dance with the Duke

A Chance to Dance with the Duke

Maggie Dallen

Romance / Young Adult

When the popular Duke accidentally makes a fool of the wallflower... Sweet, frail Meg has never said yes to a dance in her life. Everyone knows it. Including the handsome, beloved young duke. Which is precisely why he asks Meg to be his partner. Because, unbeknownst to the ton, the charming duke...? He cannot dance. But when Meg stuns him and the rest of the crowded ballroom by saying yes to his request, the duke's in a pickle. Without meaning to, he makes a laughingstock of poor Meg, and now the only way he can think to make it right is to trick all of London into believing he's in love with her. Or, perhaps he's not fooling anyone but himself. Because, despite her bad opinion of him—this duke is falling head over heels for a wallflower.Meg's story marks the start of a sweet regency novella series. If you enjoyed Maggie Dallen's School of Charm, you won't want to miss this spinoff series. Find...
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Rain, Steam and Speed

Rain, Steam and Speed

Allissa Oldenberg

Allissa Oldenberg

Owen Linton-House grows up living his parents' hopes and dreams, but when he is expelled from school, he leaves home in shame, the day before his eighteenth birthday.Living in a squat in Battersea, he rescues an Afghan Hound, becomes addicted to heroin, and ends up smuggling drugs out of Amsterdam for a Russian cartel.When MI6 make him an offer he cannot refuse, Owen starts to live out a real-life spy thriller, caught up in an international drugs network, living and working in Canada and Afghanistan, trying to find the source of the drugs, how they are brought into the country, and who is responsible.Throughout his adventure, Owen is searching for love, for his own identity, and for a measure of redemption, vowing to return home when he is thirty. It is his sister, Helen, who writes his story.Owen's adventure is framed by rain, snow and scorching heat. He is introduced to Mayakovsky's 'The Bathhouse,' to steam baths, and to steamy relationships. He is drawn into the shady...
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A Demon's Name Upon Your Lips

A Demon's Name Upon Your Lips

Madeline Konrad

Madeline Konrad

The Count of Monte Cristo meets... her wife? Lucia is a succubus, a demon with the power to shape the emotions and passions of mortals. Summoned often into the world of Melodia, she takes pride in upholding her demonic contracts to the best of her abilities. She likes to think she does her job well... though a string of recent failures say otherwise. Talia, the recently elevated Duke of Fallmire, summons Lucia for a simple reason: to pose as her wife and fulfill marital obligations to the satisfaction of Parliament. All to say, just a few weeks of walking around the estate and playing nice with the neighbors before a conveniently tragic death. Quick and easy. But immediately, Lucia smells blood in the water. Behind closed doors, the Duke plots vengeance upon those who killed her father—and the demon wants in. Revenge, after all, is much more fun... and more lucrative, to boot. But can Lucia predict how hard she'd...
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The Rancher's Secret Crush

The Rancher's Secret Crush

Cari Lynn Webb

Cari Lynn Webb

Everything good...Starts with unexpected kindness When city girl Elsie Parks comes to Three Springs to care for her nieces while her brother recuperates, she's in for a surprise—he expects her to run the ranch! Thankfully, Ryan Sloan—the rugged cowboy next door—is happy to help. As they get into a groove working the farm together, their attraction grows like Texas wildflowers. But can this temporary detour become something more?USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORFrom Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.Three Springs, TexasBook 1: The Texas SEAL's SurpriseBook 2: Trusting the Rancher with ChristmasBook 3: Her Cowboy Wedding DateBook 4: Falling for the Cowboy DocBook 5: His Christmas CowgirlBook 6: The Rancher's Secret CrushBook 7: A Proposal for Her Cowboy
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Chaotic Apéritifs

Chaotic Apéritifs

Tao Wong

Fantasy / Science Fiction

The Only Constant with Magic is Change. Mo Meng is reminded of that fact once again, as the Nameless Restaurant faces a new challenge. Magic and its old wielders are returning to the world. For the restaurant, wards of anonymity and camouflage are fading, leading to the arrival of new customers. And some older friends. What started as a way to pass the decades and feed a few customers has become actual work. The world is changing, and to face it, the Nameless Restaurant, along with its proprietor and patrons, will need to embrace the change with a good meal and new friends. Chaotic Apéritifs is book 2 in the Hidden Dishes series, a cozy cooking fantasy perfect for fans of Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes and Junpei Inuzuka's Restaurant to Another World. Written by bestselling author Tao Wong, his other series include the System Apocalypse, A Thousand Li, Hidden Wishes and Adventures on Brad series.
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Tatting and Mandolinata

Tatting and Mandolinata

Faith Compton Mackenzie

Faith Compton Mackenzie

Tatting uses thread to weave intricate patterns in knotwork. This idiosyncratic novel from 1957 by Faith Compton Mackenzie traces patterns across the Cornish landscape in the style of David Garnett and Sylvia Townsend Warner.It is 1909. Ariadne is a starving Irish artist, existing on her memories of having once known Beardsley and Wilde. In comes Laura Mallory to visit her, and discreetly goes to the grocer to buy food and pay Ariadne's bill. Laura has recently married Guy, a poetwhom she had met only weeks before. Relieved to not have to pay rent for the summer or have to finally learn to cook, Guy and Laura travel to Cornwall on the invitation of Father St John to come and stay at his vicarage. There is a large Alsatian called Rex who wants only to roam the fields at night, and there is a large farmer called Mr Williams who hides in ditches rather than meet the ladies. Miss Josephine Want, a domineering parishioner, is fuming at the unwanted visitors, and then Guy and...
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