Mistress of Mellyn

Mistress of Mellyn

Victoria Holt

Romance / Historical Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers

Mount Mellyn stood as proud and magnificent as she had envisioned...But what about its master--Connan TreMellyn? Was Martha Leigh's new employer as romantic as his name sounded? As she approached the sprawling mansion towering above the cliffs of Cornwall, an odd chill of apprehension overcame her. TreMellyn's young daugher, Alvean, proved as spoiled and difficult as the three governesses before Martha had discovered. But it was the girl's father whose cool, arrogant demeanor unleashed unfamiliar sensations and turmoil--even as whispers of past tragedy and present danger begin to insinuate themselves into Martha's life. Powerless against her growing desire for the enigmatic Connan, she is drawn deeper into family secrets--as passion overpowers reason, sending her head and heart spinning. But though evil lurks in the shadows, so does love--and the freedom to find a golden promise forever...
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Wired

Wired

Julie Garwood

Romance / Contemporary / Historical Fiction

A beautiful computer hacker and a bad-boy FBI agent must collaborate—in more ways than one—in the sizzling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood. Allison Trent doesn’t look like a hacker. In fact, when she’s not in college working on her degree, she models on the side. But behind her gorgeous face is a brilliant mind for computers and her real love is writing—and hacking—code. Her dream is to write a new security program that could revolutionize the tech industry. Hotshot FBI agent Liam Scott has a problem: a leak deep within his own department. He needs the skills of a top-notch hacker to work on a highly sensitive project: to secretly break into the FBI servers and find out who the traitor is. But he can’t use one of his own. He finds the perfect candidate in Allison. Only, there’s one problem—she wants nothing to do with his job and turns him down flat. What Liam doesn’t know is that Allison is hiding secrets that she doesn’t want the FBI to uncover. But Liam will do nearly anything to persuade her to join his team, even break a few rules if that’s what it takes. A temptation that could put his job—and both of their futures—on the line… and longing for more . . .
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Radiance (Diamonds of the First Water Book 4)

Radiance (Diamonds of the First Water Book 4)

Sydney Jane Baily

Romance / Historical Fiction

An earl's daughter sets her cap at a worldly but preoccupied man of science. Challenge accepted! She has sparkle to spare.At Prince Albert's Great Exhibition, Lady Radiance falls in love . . . with gemstones! Jewelry-making becomes her passion, fashioning trinkets as dazzling as her own personality. Yet when a dash-fire geologist snags her fancy in the lecture hall, she wonders what it will take to catch his eye in the ballroom. He's doesn't have time to be a babysitter.Well-traveled Edward Lockwood doesn't mind scrabbling in the muck if it means coming home with precious stones. Charged by Queen Victoria with a delicate undertaking, he's confounded at being partnered with a fiery-haired, quick-witted aristocratic lady. An intriguing union, as long as she doesn't distract him! When the royal mission grows more perilous, Edward struggles to keep his focus on exquisite emeralds over emerald-green eyes and on red rubies rather than ruby-red lips. But Radiance wasn't raised to be ignored. In the world of London's skilled jewelers — and treacherous thieves — can she unmask an expert forger while showing Edward she's more precious than any gemstone? Engaging characters, entertaining stories, and passionate romance with a touch of intrigue — you'll find it all in the books by USA Today bestselling author Sydney Jane Baily.
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The Reformatory

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

Horror / Historical Fiction / Biographies & Memoirs

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he's sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.Gracetown, Florida June 1950 Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie's journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory. Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue,...
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Iron Master

Iron Master

Jennifer Ashley

Romance / Historical Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers

Stuart Reid is an Iron Master—a Dark Fae with a rare ability to make iron do his bidding. Exiled by the High Fae who fear him, he now lives in a simple house in Shiftertown outside Las Vegas, watching over Peigi, a bear Shifter woman, and the cubs she cares for.Peigi, rescued from an evil Shifter and welcomed into the Vegas Shiftertown, knows Reid and the cubs have helped her survive and heal. She also knows Reid is alone and lonely, a strong man coping with his exile. The bond she feels pulling her to him scares the crud out of her—she's been down this road before.When Reid's people send him a desperate call for help, Peigi senses danger to him—too much of it. She finds she'll do anything, even sacrifice herself and her happiness, to keep him safe.
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Nop's Trials

Nop's Trials

Donald McCaig

Historical Fiction

Donald McCaig’s heartwarming and suspenseful novel about a sheepdog’s devotion to his master and his job is a modern classic that James Herriot hailed as “poignant, authentic, and beautiful” On Christmas Day, Virginia livestock farmer Lewis Burkholder and Nop, his black-and-white border collie, go out to feed the sheep. But the holiday is shattered when Nop fails to return home. Stolen by two hardened criminals who see in the young stock dog a $300 payday, Nop suffers abuse and brutality as he courageously adapts to his new life, which holds no shortage of surprises. At the same time, Lewis refuses to believe that his beloved dog is gone for good. His determination to be reunited with Nop—and Nop’s own unswerving loyalty—reveals the depth and strength of the bond that can exist between humans and dogs.
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A Lord Apart

A Lord Apart

Jane Ashford

Romance / Historical Fiction

Family secrets, an unlikely alliance—and a love neither expected...After his parents' sudden death, Daniel Frith, Viscount Whitfield, is struggling to unravel a web of chaotic family records. He is astonished to learn his father's will contains a mysterious legacy: a house left to a complete stranger. He knows nothing about the beautiful Penelope Pendleton and he's not sure he wants to...until she turns out to be a whiz at all those nasty tasks involved in estate administration...Penelope has no idea why Rose Cottage was left to her. But it's a godsend after her brother's reckless actions disgraced her family. She had planned to stay out of Viscount Whitfield's way, not grow ever closer to him. But when they discover how entwined their families really are, Daniel and Penelope must collaborate to avoid a scandal that reaches much higher than they could have guessed...The Way to a Lord's Heart: Brave New Earl (Book...
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Murder in Grosvenor Square

Murder in Grosvenor Square

Ashley Gardner

Mystery & Thrillers / Historical Fiction / Romance

Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, Book 9. This is a full-length novel of 86,000 words (32 chapters). Captain Gabriel Lacey begins Spring 1818 preparing for a duel. But while he focuses on the affair of honor, darkness, greed, and death stalk the streets of London and bring tragedy to a family Lacey has grown close to. With the aid of Lucius Grenville, London’s most famous dandy, and Brewster, a ruffian employed by an underworld criminal, Lacey explores the world of molly houses and the double lives some men of society lead. His investigation takes him from the elegant mansions of Grosvenor Square to the squalid lanes of Seven Dials, to taverns that practice a highly illegal trade, spelling ruin and possible hanging for those caught within. Lacey once again comes into the realm of James Denis, a crime lord, when what appears to be a simple crime of hatred becomes far more complex.
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