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The Lillys volume 2
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"Once upon a time, the pressure to be the perfect daughter nearly broke Kayla Whitman. Desperate to find an outlet away from her controlling mother, she picked up a pair of drumsticks, forever altering the rhythm of her life. Since then, shes been determined to make her own way, finding her home with her bandmates even as she fights to keep her past and her present firmly separate. Things were simple enough when the Lillys were playing local gigs...
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We take reputations for granted. Believing in the bad and the good natures of our notorious or illustrious forebears is part of our shared national heritage. Yet we are largely ignorant of how such reputations came to be, who was instrumental in creating them, and why. Even less have we considered how villains, just as much as heroes, have helped our society define its values.
Presenting essays on America's most reviled traitor, its worst president,...
4) Reputation
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Claudius's family, the Calherns, already have a reputation as the more generous of the noble families in Rubifeld, but Claudius wants an even stronger legacy. He finds his opportunity begging in one of the properties the Calherns own: Simon, a young disabled artist. Claudius is immediately taken with the talent Simon displays drawing on simple scraps of paper, ad so he offers Simon a position at the Calhern estate as their live-in artist, which not...
5) Reputation
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Three brothers, Whammy, Zeke and Benny, are becoming adults in the present-day world of miserably unhappy, scheming, badly-coifed, fashion-felon social justice warriors. The boys must protect their reputations and characters in much the same way as Victorian ladies fought to maintain their virtue and honor--albeit without being allowed to faint or have the 'vapors.' Additionally, it is highly impractical to carry 10-foot poles.
6) Réputation
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Une romance historique impertinente qui séduira tous les fans de Jane Austen.
Lorsque ses parents l'envoient vivre chez son oncle et sa tante au fin fond de la campagne anglaise, Georgiana Ellers, une jeune femme issue de la classe moyenne, craint de s'y ennuyer à mourir. Mais, entraînée par l'envoûtante Frances Campbell et sa clique d'héritiers décadents, la voici qui plonge tête la première dans un tourbillon de fêtes de plus en plus extravagantes,...
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Does Seattle give a damn about his past reputation?
After being caught in a backseat tryst with the mayor's son, twenty-one-year-old Shane Fontaine is exiled from his small hometown. Now, alone in the city, he seeks solace in punk show mosh pits and bathhouse saunas.
But, the music scene and gay community in 1982 recession-era Seattle aren't always safe. Rescued from a brutal beating, Shane forms a friendship with a Russian engineering student that...
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Reid wanted her and he just had to decide how much. They were partners and he saw her almost every day and couldn't escape from her. His wolf went wild when she was in sight. He was sure she was his fated one. Olivia had heard about his reputation with females and refused to go further in the relationship. What was a wolf to do?She had a past she could never completely escape. Reid showed interest but her father had used females and mistreated her...
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In this "fabulously entertaining" Regency romance, a rake on the road to reform meets an innocent beauty with a penchant for courting scandal (Booklist).
Cyprian Sloane's reputation is of the very worst. A gambler, smuggler, rake and a spy, he now faces the greatest challenge of all-attaining respectability! Moving to a new home and courting a proper young lady, nothing will stop him from becoming the sort of man who is accepted by Society. . ....
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Once, her star was on the ascendant. Now Freya Carpenter is being destroyed by her vengeful ex-husband, and only PR genius Nash Taylor-Grant can give the beautiful actress her life back...;
To Nash, she should be just another job. But keeping the vulnerable, innocent Freya at a distance is not as easy as he thinks. And when he whisks her away to his secret refuge in the idyllic South of France to protect her from her ex and from the paparazzi storm,...
11) A Bad Reputation
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When Wendall Clarke announces plans to open a new art gallery downtown, it's both the talk of Celosia, North Carolina and the envy of its residents. But the news is upstaged when Clarke is found murdered, prompting beauty queen turned private investigator Madeline Maclin to take on the case.
Faced with a laundry list of suspects including a furious exwife, a competing business owner, and jealous local artists, Madeline's also struggling to keep her...
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Out of the frying pan and into the fire...;
When designer Eva St. George, branded wild and shameless by the media, is caught with tycoon Dante Vitale, it's guaranteed to make the headlines. With a fledgling reputation to salvage, how can Eva refuse Dante's exit strategy?
Only, his solution is not to leave but to stay-;together!
This ruthless Italian's sole focus is business, and if they can convince the world they're truly in love, they both...
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Raising the stakes...;
As the unacknowledged son of the lecherous Lord Westleigh, John "Rhys" Rhysdale was forced to earn a crust gambling on the streets. Now he owns the most thrilling new gaming establishment in London.
Witnessing polite society's debauchery and excess every night, Rhys prefers to live on its fringes, but a mysterious masked lady tempts him into the throng.
Lady Celia Gale, known only as Madame Fortune, matches Rhys card for...
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He's one of the most talked about men in New York-;and interior designer Eva Grey has heard all the stories. Yes, Markos is powerful, wealthy and unbearably good-looking, but Eva knows that while he might make a girl feel special for one searingly hot night, that's all he's good for....; After her disastrous marriage, he's just the type of man she should avoid.
But when Markos hires Eva to decorate his penthouse, it's too lucrative an opportunity...
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Creating a strong online presence is important. If you want to get noticed, then you need to make sure people can find your business on the web. But having a website is not enough - you also need an online presence that is both professional and credible. Q.EST will teach you how to build a reputation for yourself online so that others trust what you say and follow your advice.Get the knowledge you need to go from unknown to expert in no time at all!...
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Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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2024.
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"American Leonora Garrison has come to England in desperate search of investors to keep her family business afloat but instead finds surprising pleasure when she visits an exclusive ladies’ club and dares to kiss a stranger, who leaves her yearning for more. With a libertine for a father, Viscount Wyeth, more commonly known as Rook, vowed to live his life above reproach, with nary a hint of disgrace. Until one night, he takes a mysterious beauty...
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His ring will rescue her
And she'll save him from his solitudeIt's best if Sir Robert Gascoyne remains alone. That way he protects others from the curse that has plagued his family for generations. But when an injury results in Emma Harris spending a scandalous stay at his manor, wedding bells are inevitable! After losing his first wife to childbirth, Robert won't risk exposing Emma to the same fate. Yet resisting his stunning new bride is much harder...
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Talking Plants, Explosions, Gunfire, Mayhem, Magic and a Hint of LGBT Romance.
Lacey & Alex, roommates in San Francisco, are a barista and a cook by day.
By night though, Lacey is a part-time private investigator and Alex talks to plants. And they talk back.
The pair get dragged into hunting for a lost dagger. Of course, it winds up being so much more than simply a lost dagger as the search widens from San Francisco to Hollywood and Las Vegas.
They...
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Their choice? Scandal or mutual salvation.
Determined to support her mother and sisters after her father's untimely death, Charlotte Mandeville covertly crafts satirical caricatures of high society. It not only puts money in her family's bare pockets but ensures the haut-ton cannot guard all the power and the secrets.
Anthony Yorke has a guilty conscience and a brother to exonerate. When the key piece of evidence to clear his brother's...
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Pets in Paradise volume 7
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Learn all the real facts about the Pit Bull and why the breed has such a bad reputation. Find out if the Dalmatian is the right dog for your family in "It's All About the Breed". Witness a lucky break for a rooster with a broken leg, from surgery to healing. Find out what to do if your dog gets stung by a bee.