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Romance

Hazard

By Jo Beverley - Published 2002

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Lady Anne Peckworth was content to lead a sheltered life on her family’s estate in England until her younger sister wished to ...Read Review

Mischief

By Laura Parker - Published 2002

Genres:

Romance

Author Laura Parker positions her characters like pieces in chess. Plotting is her strength, and structure of each sentence is sound. She has ...Read Review

Tempting

By Hope Tarr - Published 2002

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Romance

The opening scene of Tempting, which takes place in 1848, introduces us to a young and impoverished Simon Belleville, who is trying to defend ...Read Review

For Whom Death Tolls

By Kate Kingsbury - Published 2002

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Mystery/Crime Romance

This short WWII mystery, the third in the Manor House series, continues the adventures of Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton. When an American airman ...Read Review

Possession: A Romance

By A.S. Byatt - Published 2001

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Literary Mystery/Crime Romance

Reissued to accompany the film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart, Possession is a must-read for those who missed it the first time ...Read Review

Banners of Gold

By Pamela Kaufman - Published 1986 Published 2002

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Adventure Romance

Three years after Lady Alix of Wanthwaite accompanied King Richard on Crusade, she is 16 and living happily on her estate while her husband ...Read Review

The Silver Bride

By Isolde Martyn - Published 2002

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Romance

In 1483 England, Sir Miles Rushden, adviser and loyal friend to Henry, Duke of Buckingham, is kidnapped by Heloise Ballaster’s greedy, merchant father ...Read Review

The Distant Beacon

By Janette Oke - By T. Davis Bunn - Published 2002

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Inspirational Romance

This book is the fourth volume in the authors’ Song of Acadia series. Nicole, who has been made Lady Harrow by her uncle, ...Read Review

Kiss The Bride

By Patricia Cabot - Published 2002

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Romance

It is May 1833, in the Shetland Isles village of Faires, and it is raining. Emma Van Court Chesterton is having a very bad ...Read Review

A Home In The Valley

By Dianna Crawford - Published 2002

Genres:

Inspirational Romance

This novel opens in Cane Ridge, Kentucky, in 1801 at a weeklong camp revival meeting. Not all the attendees are good Christian folk seeking ...Read Review