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Middle Mist Middle Mist Netta Muskett Sabine had the hands and imagination of a brilliant surgeon but the heart of a woman. Sabine looked to have a brilliant career as an eye surgeon, but then family debts put paid to all of her hopes… OL10421468W
Misadventure Misadventure Netta Muskett Olive Heriot and Hugh Manning had been in love for years, but marriage had been out of the question because of the intervention of Olive’s mother. Now, at last, she was of age and due to gain her inh… OL10421486W
To-Day is Ours To-Day is Ours Netta Muskett In their snow-enchanted world they gave no through for tomorrow. A bride’s dilemma faces Veronica - is she doing the right thing? On the eve of her fashionable wedding she faces suddenly the agonisin… OL10421495W
Nor Any Dawn Nor Any Dawn Netta Muskett Karen Hope is trapped in a loveless marriage to a vain, brutal waster. Into her life, unexpected and unsought, came love and happiness. He offered her the gift of love. Would she break with the past … OL13291128W
A Rainbow to Heaven A Rainbow to Heaven Barbara Cartland Love's Fortunes... Lovely Diana Headley, London's brightest socialite, had everything--wealth, beauty, her choice of suitors. Then tragedy struck her family. Overnight she was penniless, a social … OL135005W
Sweet punishment Sweet punishment Barbara Cartland Prisioner of wealth and undiscovered passion. Lady Diana was the most desirable beauty in fashionable London. Headstrong, reckless, and adorable, her escapades scandal and delight of the press. Ha… OL135021W
Love and Linda Love and Linda Barbara Cartland Gift Of Innocence Linda Snell, a rising young model at one of London's best fashion houses, had many rare qualities besides her golden hair and frail beauty--especially her courageous honesty and … OL15321814W
Stolen halo Stolen halo Barbara Cartland Life for Doreen Wallis had reached its lowest point, child of a father who had been cashiered from his Regiment, and a querulous mother, she had been brought up rootless and insecure in Cairo. Pepi, … OL15321993W
Gypsy Lover Gypsy Lover Denise Robins Beloved--or pawn in a game of revenge? Impoverished family of kind hearted Rina Morrison browbeat her into acceoting a proposal of marriage to Lionel Quest, heir to a fantastic castle. She resigne… OL1937489W
Men Are Only Human Men Are Only Human Denise Robins It seemed that Beechy had everything she could ever want - a loving family, an adoring fiance, Gil, and a beautiful old Tudor house that would soon be her home. But Gil had a secret: a tempestuous in… OL1937517W
There Are Limits There Are Limits Denise Robins Carol leads a charmed life, adored by all who know her, but her glamorous, carefree world shatters around her when her fiancé is reported killed. Yet once jolted from her grief by a confession which … OL1937561W
It Wasn't Love It Wasn't Love Denise Robins Lois had been warned about shipboard romances, but felt herself quite immune as she set out to visit her brother in Singapore. But Philip Sanpell seemed to be something quite different. His stunning… OL1937568W
You Have Chosen You Have Chosen Denise Robins Toni tried to boy love, but she didn't know the price would be so high... Toni Kenyon was young and pretty and passionately fond of all that life had to offer, but at this particular moment it see… OL1937583W
Never Give All Never Give All Denise Robins Pat is a lovely girl who learns after the honeymoon that only experience can teach a woman never to give all - to a man. Also that there is a limit to the time a girl can love a faithless and irrespo… OL1937601W
Strange Rapture Strange Rapture Denise Robins Springtime in Venice, romantic, enchanted city of dreams where anything can happen. Sara is too young, too full of love and life to want the magic to pass her by. She would give anything to be out th… OL1937623W
A Prairie Boy's Winter A Prairie Boy's Winter William Kurelek Canadian artist Kurelek's own childhood--on prairie farms during the 30s--vividly illuminates this vision of a boy's winter life on a prairie farm. Both realistic and lyrical, it captures its subject… OL2013879W
Behold, Here's Poison Behold, Here's Poison Georgette Heyer **Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway #2** When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars, is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper. After all,… OL4092513W
Footsteps in the Dark Footsteps in the Dark Georgette Heyer BED, BREAKFAST AND MURDER The ramshackle old house, with its rambling charm is beloved of Peter, Margaret and Celia, who have inherited it from their uncle. But local wisdom says The Priory is hau… OL4092557W
The Unfinished Clue The Unfinished Clue Georgette Heyer It should have been a lovely English country-house weekend. But the unfortunate guest-list is enough to exasperate a saint, and irascible General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith was nobody's idea of the … OL4092672W
Why shoot a butler? Why shoot a butler? Georgette Heyer Every family has secrets, but the Fountains' are turning deadly…On a dark night, along a lonely country road, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a young lady in distress and discovers a sports ca… OL4092687W
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