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Pub. Date
2023
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She may be able to tame him
...but does she want to?
Taken as a political prisoner as a teen, Sheikh Riyaz al Hadid grew into a man in a dungeon. His first glimpse of Brianna Whitman is a visceral reminder of all he's missed out on...
It's Brianna's job to reacclimate Riyaz to palace life and prepare him for his long-arranged royal wedding. She knows she should smooth down his wild edges--just like she knows that he's already betrothed. But the forbidden...
43) Goldenhand
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Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
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After saving Nicholas Sayre from a Hrule, Lirael seeks help for him at her childhood home, the Clayr's Glacier, where she receives a warning from her long-dead mother that compels her to use her new powers to safeguard the Old Kingdom.
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Series
Fire and thorns trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
A fearful sixteen-year-old princess discovers her heroic destiny after being married off to the king of a neighboring country in turmoil and pursued by enemies seething with dark magic.
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Series
Kingdom of Wrenly volume 2
Description
A newly-hatched, rare scarlet dragon comes under the special protection of the King and Prince Lucas, so when the dragon becomes ill, Lucas and Clara set out for the forest of Burth to find the vixberries needed for a cure.
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Pub. Date
20180424
Description
When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were set up by a mutual friend on a blind date in June 2016, little could they know that just sixteen months later the resulting whirlwind romance would lead to their engagement in November 2017 and marriage in May 2018.Since then, our fascination with the woman who has smashed the royal mould has rocketed. So different to those coy brides of recent history, Meghan is confident, charismatic and poised, her warm...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
The complex and contradictory lives of the Windsors following Edward's abdication of the British throne in 1936. Shut out by the royal family, the couple was forced into exile--but a glamorous one in which they flitted from sumptuously appointed mansions in the south of France to luxurious residences in Palm Beach. They were spoiled, selfish people, obsessed with their image, reveling in adulterous affairs, and financially exploiting their position...
Author
Series
Fire and thorns trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"Hero. Foreigner. Queen. Elisa, at the age of seventeen, is all three. And all three draw enemies. Faced with assassins, court politics, and the threat of civil war, Elisa despairs of being the ruler her people need. Her only hope is the Godstone. She must master its power once and for all. She finds clues hidden in a long forgotten--and forbidden--scripture. Accompanied by a one-eyed warrior, an enemy defector, and the man she is falling in love...
49) Snow & poison
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Nicknamed Snow White, sixteen-year-old Lady Sophie, daughter of Duke Franz of Bavaria, debuts into high society and falls for the prince of Spain, whose betrothal to a higher-ranking girl and mercurial father prove dangerous for the duchy"--
Author
Series
English history novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
A novel on Queen Elizabeth I's son, the product of a love affair. After she gives birth she is told the baby died, when in fact it was switched with a stillborn. The boy becomes a soldier and adventurer, then one day the man who took him confesses, and son and mother are reunited
Author
Pub. Date
[2020].
Description
"The world has watched Prince William and Prince Harry since they were born. Raised by Princess Diana to be the closest of brothers, how have the boy princes grown into very different, now distanced men? From royal insider, biographer and historian Robert Lacey, this book reveals the untold details of William and Harry's closeness and estrangement, asking what happens when two sons are raised for vastly different futures - one burdened with the responsibility...
53) My lady Jane
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Series
Lady Janies volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Description
Edward is the King of England. He's also dying, which is inconvenient, as he's only sixteen and he'd rather be planning his first kiss than who will inherit his crown. Jane, Edward's cousin, is far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately, Edward has arranged to marry her off to Gifford secure the line of succession. And Gifford is, well, a horse. That is, he an Ei̧an (eth-y-un, for the uninitiated) who becomes a chestnut steed every...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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"Six years ago, Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell cowered from air strikes in a London bomb shelter. But that night took a turn when the sisters were swept away to a strange and beautiful kingdom called the Woodlands, where they lived for years in a forest straight out of myth and legend. When they finally returned to London, no time had passed and nothing had changed--nothing, except themselves. Now Evelyn is desperate to return to the Woodlands no matter...
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Fairmile novels volume 3
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"The Fairmile series continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and life-changing secrets in 17th-century England"--
"The "sweeping" (Parade) and "superb" (People) Fairmile series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and...
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Kingdom of Wrenly volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"It's been raining non-stop for six whole days. Someone has cursed the Kingdom of Wrenly. Can Lucas and Clara figure out who's behind the evil spell and stop the villain before it's too late?"--
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Lumatere chronicles volume 1
Description
Now on the cusp of manhood, Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was brutally murdered and replaced by an imposter [i.e., impostor], reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will lead them to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne of Lumatere.
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Book of tea volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Ning enters a cutthroat magical competition to find the kingdom's greatest master of the art of brewing tea, but political schemes and secrets make her goal of gaining access to royal physicians to cure her dying sister far more dangerous than she imagined.