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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorNightingale Wood
Stella Gibbons · 393 pages
Poor, lovely Viola has been left penniless and alone after her late husband's demise, and is forced to live with his family in their joyless home. Its occupants are nearly insufferable: Mr. Withers is a tyrannical old miser; Mrs. Withers dismisses her as a common shop girl; and Viola's sisters-in-law, Madge and Tina, are too preoccupied with their own troubles to give her much thought. Only the pr
Arabella
Georgette Heyer · 315 pages
To Arabella Tallant, the eldest daughter of a penniless country clergyman, the invitation to stay with her London godmother was like the key to heaven, for in addition to living in the glamorous city, Arabella might even find a suitable husband there. Armed with beauty, virtue and a benevolent godmother, the impetuous but impoverished Arabella embarked on her first London season with her mother's
An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn · 380 pages
E-Book Extras: ONE: Behind the Novel: An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn; TWO: The Bridgerton Basics: Ms. Quinn Fills You In Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball -- or that "Prince Charming" would be waiting there for her! Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother.
Funny Girl
Nick Hornby · 452 pages
"From the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down comes a highly anticipated new novel. Set in 1960's London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest d
Daddy-Long-Legs
Jean Webster · 184 pages
From poor lonely orphan to sophisticated young woman — Jerusha Abbott can hardly believe her good fortune. All her life Jerusha has lived at the drearyJohn Grier Home for orphans. Now that she's seventeen, her time there is up and her prospects for the future are dim. But suddenly an anonymous benefactor sends her to a posh northerstern college for women. All Jerusha must do in return is write
Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls · 313 pages
It is 1970 in a small town in California. "Bean" Holladay is twelve and her sister, Liz, is fifteen when their artistic mother, Charlotte, takes off to find herself, leaving her girls enough money to last a month or two. When Bean returns from school one day and sees a police car outside the house, she and Liz decide to take the bus to Virginia, where their widowed Uncle Tinsley lives in the decay
Any Duchess Will Do
Tessa Dare · 375 pages
Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, has no desire to wed this season—or any season—but his diabolical mother abducts him to “Spinster Cove” and insists he select a bride from the ladies in residence. Griff decides to teach her a lesson that will end the marriage debate forever. He chooses the serving girl. Overworked and struggling, Pauline Simms doesn’t dream about dukes. All she wants is to ha
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
Alison Goodman · 452 pages
The Toothpaste Millionaire
Jean Merrill · 144 pages
Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower didn't set out to be a millionaire--he only wanted to save money on toothpaste. After challenging himself to make a gallon of toothpaste for the same price as a single tube, Rufus and his best friend Kate set up a backyard business that soon succeeds beyond their wildest expectations.
The Winning Hand
Nora Roberts · 328 pages
THE MOUSY MILLIONAIRE In one extraordinary moment, Darcy Wallace was transformed from being down on her luck into a millionaire sharing candlelight dinners with Robert MacGregor Blade. Mac was the most seductive man she'd ever met -- though he certainly wasn't the marrying kind. But Darcy was feeling lucky....So with searching kisses and aching vulnerability, the innocent beauty set about maki
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote · 160 pages
Published with three short stories this novella cemented Capote’s position at the forefront of American literature. It is the story of a friendship between New York neighbours, good time girl Holly Golightly and the unnamed male narrator.
Someone to Love
Mary Balogh · 400 pages
"Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune and a scandalous secret that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family--including the daughter no one knew he had ... Anna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath, knowing nothing of the family she came from. Now she discovers that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. She
River Lady
Jude Deveraux · 348 pages
**River Lady** Handsome plantation owner Wesley Stanford would barely recall the poverty-stricken young girl named Leah Simmons who adored him from afar years ago. Now, in an unexpected twist of fate — a chance encounter on the Virginia riverfront — he will become Leah’s reluctant husband. Determined to forge a new life in untamed Kentucky, Wesley discovers that the bride he hopes to abandon is
Newt's Emerald
Garth Nix · 291 pages
After Lady Truthful's magical Newington Emerald is stolen from her she devises a simple plan: go to London to recover the missing jewel. She quickly learns, however, that a woman cannot wander the city streets alone without damaging her reputation, and she disguises herself as a mustache-wearing man. During Truthful's dangerous journey she discovers a crook, an unsuspecting ally, and an evil sorce
Sara Dane
Catherine Gaskin · 448 pages
Here is an unforgettable woman. A woman as strong and as beautiful as the raw new country she helps to carve from the wilderness. A woman of fierce pride, yet gently devoted to her children, and possessed with an undying vision about the future of her land, Sara Dane epitomizes the heart of her untamed country — Australia. Set in the colorful days of the late Eighteenth and the early Nineteenth
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen · 342 pages
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Mr. Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters, b
Marrying Winterborne
Lisa Kleypas · 416 pages
Achieving wealth and success through his savage ambitions, tycoon Rhys Winterborne resolves to marry shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel. In spite of her gentle upbringing, she responds to Rhys' seductions with her own unexpected passions.