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The Gentleman and the Lamplighter

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Tipping the Velvet

Sarah Waters · 480 pages

Nan King, an oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally meet her heroine. Soon after, she becomes Kitty's dresser and the two head for the bright lights of Leicester Square where they begin a glittering career as music-h

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The Gentleman and the Rogue

Bonnie Dee, Summer Devon · 306 pages

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Secret Desires of a Gentleman

Laura Lee Guhrke · 376 pages

Once Upon a Time... Maria Martingale was going to elope. But Phillip Hawthorne, Marquess of Kayne, put a stop to those plans when he learned his younger brother intended to marry a cook's daughter. Now, twelve years later, Maria discovers that the man who holds her fate in his hands is none other than the haughty gentleman who sent her packing—and he's as handsome and arrogant as ever. Happi

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Rules for a Proper Governess

Jennifer Ashley · 306 pages

When the theft of a watch leads to a position as governess to Scottish barrister Sinclair McBride's two mischievous children, Roberta Frasier, on the run from some unsavory characters, is happy in her new role, and even happier to mend her employer's broken heart.

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Flight of Magpies

K.J. Charles · 210 pages

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The Psychic and the Sleuth

Summer Devon, Bonnie Dee

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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.

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Romancing the Inventor

Gail Carriger · 198 pages

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My Dearest Holmes

Rohase Piercy · 144 pages

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Emma, Vol. 10

Kaoru Mori, Sen Xun

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The Lady and the Highwayman

Sarah M. Eden · 384 pages

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The Apple: New Crimson Petal Stories

Michel Faber · 199 pages

Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White is one of the best-loved novels of recent years, capturing hearts and leaving many readers resperate for more. Now Faber returns to Silver Street, conjuring tantalising glimpses of Sugar, Clara, Mr Bodley et al, their lives before we first encountered them and their intriguing futures. For those who have already met them, The Apple is a chance to reco

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The Sweet Far Thing

Libba Bray · 633 pages

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma

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The Forsyte Saga

John Galsworthy · 416 pages

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Death by Silver

Melissa Scott, Amy Griswold · 272 pages

Calling on his old school friend Julian Lynes--private detective and another victim of the younger Nevett--Ned races to solve the murder, clear the stain on his professional reputation, and lay to rest the ghosts of his past. Assisted by Ned's able secretary Miss Frost, who has unexpected metaphysical skills of her own, Ned and Julian explore London's criminal underworld and sodomitical demimonde,

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Belgravia

Julian Fellowes · 402 pages

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A Scot in the Dark

Sarah MacLean · 372 pages

"Miss Lillian Hargrove has lived much of her life alone in a gilded cage, longing for love and companionship. When an artist offers her pretty promises and begs her to pose for a scandalous portrait, Lily doesn't hesitate . . . until the lying libertine leaves her in disgrace. With the painting now public, Lily has no choice but to turn to the one man who might save her from ruin. The Duke of Warn

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A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 224 pages

This is a story about a different kind of princess than one might imagine; a princess that is an orphan - lonely, cold, hungry and abused. Sara Crewe begins life as the beloved, pampered daughter of a rich man. When he dies a pauper, she is thrown on the non-existent mercy of her small-minded, mercenary boarding school mistress. Stripped of all her belongings but for one set of clothes and a doll,

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The Duchess War

Courtney Milan · 316 pages

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A Dangerous Fortune

Ken Follett · 574 pages

Ondanks tegenslagen en duidelijke tegenwerking slaagt een jonge telg uit een Londense bankiersfamilie er ruim een eeuw geleden in door te dringen tot de top van het bedrijf.

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Falling Angels

Tracy Chevalier · 370 pages

Historical fiction about the unlikely friendship of two young girls, and their journey out of childhood together. Their story is affected by many people around them, note-worthily one of the children's mother and her dissatisfaction with her life.

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The Lawrence Browne Affair

Cat Sebastian · 304 pages

"An earl hiding from his future . . . Lawrence Browne, the Earl of Radnor, is mad. At least, that's what he and most of the village believes. A brilliant scientist, he hides himself away in his family's crumbling estate, unwilling to venture into the outside world. When an annoyingly handsome man arrives at Penkellis, claiming to be Lawrence's new secretary, his carefully planned world is turned u

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