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1) The proposal
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English garden volume 1
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William, a confirmed bachelor, becomes guardian to three children. When the girls' nanny proves abusive, William seeks counsel from his sister and her husband and meets Marianne, who changes his beliefs about women and God.
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Pampered Margaret Macy flees London in disguise to escape pressure to marry a dishonorable man. With no money and nowhere else to go, she takes a position as a housemaid in the home of a suitor she once rejected in hopes of winning his dashing brother. Praying no one will recognize her, Margaret fumbles through the first real work of her life. But can she remain hidden even when prying eyes visit Fairbourne Hall?
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As a young child bound for a strange country, Sarah Whitaker dreamed of life with her father on his sprawling Australian ranch. But her hopes were shattered when she learned of his death and of her new role as heiress of the largest sheep farm in New Wales. Orphaned in a land greatly populated by petty criminals exiled from England, the future seemed grim. But now, ten years later, Sarah has defied the odds and become a successful businesswoman much...
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Isabelle Webb volume 2
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Former Pinkerton spy Isabelle Webb and her friends decide to join up with Isabelle's fromer guardian Genevieve Montgomery upon discovering that she is funding an expedition to a burial site near Luxor with an entourage of Egyptology experts. At the excavation site--a cave rumored to be the tomb of a pharaoh's disgraced daughter--tension builds when several newcomers arrive and Isabelle finds that some of the royal treasure in the ruthless pharaoh's...
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"What should have been a grand adventure in Africa ends in heartbreak for Enid Hawthorne, following her husband's untimely death. Bereft, the young widow bravely boards a ship for home with precious cargo--her unborn child. She hopes to find refuge in England in the only place she can--Thornewell Hall, the estate of her late husband's family. But upon her arrival, she finds a bleak home in the depths of mourning. It is clear that hers is not the only...