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Sparks fly in this Viking enemies-to-lovers story
Her rival
Is her most dangerous temptation!
Astrid Viggosdottir's father has ordered a competition between her and new arrival Viking Ulrik to prove who is the better boat builder! If she loses, Princess Astrid will be duty-bound to marry a jarl. If Ulrik loses, he will be banished, leaving his motherless daughter homeless. With the stakes so high, Astrid should hate this man, but during the long...
2) Quick Classics Collection: Travel: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Three Men in a Boat; Robinson Cr
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Moving from a long hot summer in Mississippi to the rivers of London, and beyond to a remote tropical desert island, this collection of fictional travel writing contains some of the most famous novels from the 18th and 19th century and includes Bing Crosby's superb reading of Mark Twain's classic coming of age tale. These classic stories are read by singer, comedian, and actor Bing Crosby; president of the Jerome K. Jerome Society, Jeremy Nicholas;...
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The Magic Was Still There
But was the gap between them too wide to bridge after all this time! Alec Neville thought so, but Cassie wasn't sure what to feel. The overwhelming mutual physical attraction came flooding back-;as did memories of that long, hot summer ten years before, when she'd fallen in love with a wilder, younger Alec.
She'd had to break off their relationship, and it had broken her heart. Since then, she'd fought hard for her independence...
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Innocence Lost, Grief Found:1976. Richard (16) has finished his exams and a long, hot summer beckons, but his crush on the new girl in town is unrequited. He leaves the stifling suburb to spend time in The New Forest with Dudek, his Czech uncle. Dudek is being cared for by Anika, a vivacious young Czech woman. Anika introduces him to village life and when he meets Jennifer, a girl his age, he finds his attentions torn between them. Teenage emotions...
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In Victorian England, a glamorous, mysterious young woman overturns the lives of a traditional Devonshire farm family, in Margery Sharp's humorous, heartwarming New York Times–bestselling novel On a farm in Devonshire, during a long hot summer, three women await the arrival of a fourth. The corseted, petticoated Sylvesters are no ordinary females. They are as fair-tempered as they are big and strong, the wives of modestly prosperous farmers who...
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"We must be actively against instead of passively for sexual violence." - 1,800 Miles Sexual violence is a cultural issue that will not go away just because we ignore it. Three college friends understood this and decided to do something. With few resources and little funding, they headed to Miami in the summer of 2008 and were ready to walk all the way to Boston in an effort to raise awareness about sexual violence. Carry their only possessions...
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USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan will sweep you away with her Puffin Island series! In a town where anything can happen, sometimes love can be found in the most unlikely place of all…
Her whole life, Puffin Islander Brittany Forrest has dreamed of adventure. And at the age of eighteen, she thought she'd found it in bad boy Zachary Flynn. But after just ten tempestuous, smoldering days, their whirlwind marriage went up in smoke, and Brittany...
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London, 1851. Restless and bored after a long hot summer, apothecary and poison expert Jem Flockhart decides to redesign her physic garden. But plans are thrown into confusion when a man's skeleton is unearthed from beneath the deadly nightshade, a smaller, child-like skeleton curled at its feet. The body bears evidence of knife wounds to its ribs and arms, and is accompanied by a collection of macabre objects: a brass bowl, a curious coin-like token,...
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Please note: This is novel is now an expanded Second Edition...Better known as Oberon, King of the Fairies, Julian Wexford is in big trouble. His royal court is in an uproar, his entire kingdom is trying to marry him off, and he's running for his life across the globe to escape the bounty hunters hired by his stepmother so she can gain control of the Fairy Kingdom.A country girl at heart, Kelly Harcourt is a failed sculptor with men issues - big...
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'Wow wow wow. Loved this from page one' NetGalley review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Absolutely wonderful. The perfect escape to Cornwall' NetGalley review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Totally loved this book… Couldn't put it down… Brilliant' NetGalley review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Under the golden Cornish sun, buried treasure and family secrets will change Emma's life forever… Emma loved her life in the seaside village of Silver Cove. But when the discovery of sunken treasure...
11) The rise: 1967
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"The year 1967 was pivotal to the civil rights movement. In April, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech to thousands inside a New York church condemning the Vietnam War and asking for a peaceful end. In June, the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia would determine whether interracial couples could legally marry in the United States. The five-day long Detroit Riot against the Black community in July would end up being one of the most violent...