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Midnight Blue

Simone van der Vlugt · 327 pages

"Amsterdam 1654: against the backdrop of Holland's Golden Age, a dangerous secret threatens to destroy a young widow's new life."--Back cover.

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Füreya

Ayse Kulin · 424 pages

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A Single Shard

Linda Sue Park · 152 pages

In this Newbery Medal-winning book set in 12th century Korea, Tree-ear, a 13-year-old orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, a potters' village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear on as his helper, Tree-ear is ela

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Uncommon Clay

Margaret Maron · 288 pages

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The Needle in the Blood

Sarah Bower · 562 pages

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Forbidden

Elizabeth Lowell · 400 pages

They call her "Amber the Untouched" throughout the Disputed Lands -- a chaste, golden-haired beauty who fears the remarkable love that was prophesied at her birth . . . and the death that must inevitably follow. Now Duncan has come to her in darkness, as was foretold -- a wounded warrior with no memory, seared by passion's fire and irresistibly drawn to the innocent enchantress who divines truth w

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Almost Innocent

Jane Feather · 432 pages

Dear Reader,Almost Innocent is a romance that is particularly dear to me, with a heroine who surprised me with her strength and resourcefulness, and a hero who will always be one of my favorites.Growing up behind the impenetrable walls of an English fortress, young Magdalen does not know that she is the illegitimate daughter of a powerful English prince and his murdered French mistress -- or that

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Lady of Eve

Tamara Leigh

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Silken Threads

Patricia Ryan · 340 pages

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE Graeham Fox is on a secret mission: rescuing his lord's illegitimate daughter from the clutches of her abusive husband. As payment for his service, Graeham will receive her twin's hand in marriage and a vast estate, much more than any landless soldier could ever hope for.... Attacked in London, Graeham is almost killed. He is given a chance to heal at the humble home of Jo

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The Valcourt Heiress

Catherine Coulter · 356 pages

When Garron of Kersey returns home from the king's service to claim his title as Baron Wareham, he's shocked to find Wareham Castle very nearly destroyed by a man called the Black Demon. According to the last starving servants still clinging to life inside the castle walls, the Black Demon was looking for gold belonging to Garron's brother Arthur. Among his remaining servants is the enigmatic

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A Knight's Temptation

Catherine Kean · 389 pages

A sinister couple threatens to have their revenge on Aldwins lord by taking over his land. Their first target? Lady Leonas father. Hes weak-minded from the loss of his wife, and owns a pendant they can sell to raise money for their army. Aldwin and Leona were at odds in childhood, after Aldwin unwittingly committed an act that risked her life. But this is no longer a childs game, and they soon rea

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The Princess Spy

Melanie Dickerson · 304 pages

Margaretha has always been a romantic, and hopes her newest suitor, Lord Claybrook, will be her one true love. But then an injured man is brought to Hagenheim Castle, claiming to be an English lord Claybrook attacked and left for dead. And only Margaretha understands the wild story. Margaretha convinces herself “Lord Colin” is just addled. Then Colin retrieves an heirloom she lost and asks her

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Winterbourne

Susan Carroll · 416 pages

In the harsh, turbulent Middle Ages, lovely Lady Melyssan remains as she always has been -- sweet, timid, and content to be alone. But in a desperate move to resist the advances of the dreaded king, she claims to be married to his worst enemy, Lord Jaufre de Macy, the legendary Dark Knight. Seeking temporary shelter in Jaufre's abandoned castle, Winterbourne, she is unprepared for the fierce, a

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Claiming the Highlander

Kinley MacGregor · 384 pages

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From This Moment On

Lynn Kurland · 425 pages

In this sweeping, emotional love story, Lynn Kurland takes us back to the thirteenth century--and all the passion and magnificence of medieval England... Colin of Berkhamshire knows two things--the pleasures of warring and that brides do not want him. Two years ago his bride-to-be, Alienore, fled and hasn't been seen since. Yet his father keeps foisting prospects on him. The latest seems to do

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Honor's Splendour

Julie Garwood · 457 pages

In the feuding English court, gentle Lady Madelyne suffered the cruel whims of her ruthless brother, Baron Louddon. Then, in vengeance for a bitter crime, Baron Duncan of Wexton-the Wolf-unleashed his warriors against Louddon's main. Exquisite Madelyne was the prize he captured...but when he gazed upon the proud beauty, he pledged to protect her with his life. In his rough-hewn castle, Duncan

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The Warrior's Maiden

Denise Domning · 284 pages

Elianne du Hommet, the sheriff's useless third daughter, is doomed to a life as her father's unpaid unmarried servant. Then a slain nobleman's bastard rides through her gate, threatening to kill her father for incompetence while offering Elianne the chance to know, just once, the joy of a man's touch. Josce FitzBaldwin intends to destroy the bandits who killed his father and half-sisters. Instead,

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Seize The Dawn

Shannon Drake, Heather Graham · 478 pages

Bold and beautiful, Lady Eleanor of Clarin--sole heir to her ancestral lands--chooses to marry an aging French noble rather than Edward I's choice of a brutal knight. To preserve Clarin and defeat the rebellious Scots who killed her father, she would gladly give her hand to the devil himself. But when the fiery Highland outlaw Frendan Graham takes her hostage, he also inspires her deepest desir

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Knight's Prize

Glynnis Campbell · 368 pages

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Highland Heat

Mary Wine · 347 pages

To outsmart an enemy of the crown, Laird Quinto Cameron and an ostracized laird's daughter with nothing to lose work together and find passion and love in each other's arms while fighting for their country.

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Waterfall

Lisa Tawn Bergren · 384 pages

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Everlasting

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss · 384 pages

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The Key

Lynsay Sands · 344 pages

Iliana Wildwood would do anything to escape from the depraved baron who sought her lands - including marrying a barbarian. Fleeing the highlands, Iliana was wedded to Duncan, laird to Dunbar Castle. Certainly, there was something about the virile warrior that made her weak in the knees - but something stank in the state of Scotland, and Iliana would not trust anyone until she'd discovered the sour

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