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| What a Difference a Duke Makes by Lenora BellWhat it's about: Hired to care for the Duke of Banksford's twins (who have scared off at least four previous governesses), Mari Perkins bonds with her charges while battling her attraction to her new employer.
Series alert: What a Difference a Duke Makes is the 1st steamy installment of the School for Dukes series.
You might also like: Eloisa James' Seven Minutes in Heaven, also starring an unlikely governess who falls in love with the inventor who hires her to supervise a pair of rambunctious children. |
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| A Princess in Theory by Alyssa ColeIntroducing: Prince Thabiso, heir to the throne of Thesolo, and sleep-deprived, perpetually broke American graduate student Naledi Smith.
What happens: When Naledi receives an email informing her that she is the long-lost fiancée of an African prince, she chalks it up to a scam. Little does she know that it's true -- and that her handsome new neighbor "Jamal" is her betrothed in disguise.
For fans of: the 1988 romantic comedy Coming to America. |
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| Ashes on the Moor by Sarah M. EdenWhat it's about: Tragedy upends Evangeline Blake's privileged life, forcing her to accept a teaching position in the West Yorkshire factory town of Smeatley. Helping Evangeline adjust to her new situation is Irish brick mason Dermot McCormick, who appreciates her kindness toward his young son, Ronan.
Why you might like it: This chaste Victorian romance offers an uplifting friends-to-lovers storyline, a strong sense of place, and a sensitively depicted inter-class romance. |
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| No Earls Allowed by Shana GalenWhat it's about: Lady Juliana runs a London orphanage -- much to the dismay of her father, an earl, who enlists military veteran Neil Wraxall to bring her home. But Neil, impressed by Juliana's resolve, becomes her assistant and ally instead.
Series alert: No Earls Allowed is the 2nd book in the Survivors series, after Third Son's a Charm.
Reviewers say: Publishers Weekly predicts that a "marvelous hero and heroine will put this on many keeper shelves." |
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| Bad Bachelor by Stefanie LondonWhat you need to know: Think Yelp for dating and you've got the ultra-popular app Bad Bachelors, which encourages singles to post reviews of their dates. That's bad news for Reed McMahon, currently the lowest-rated man in New York City due to his womanizing ways.
Starring: Brooklyn librarian Darcy Greer, who works with Reed on a fundraising project after he decides that pro bono work will improve his image.
For fans of: Sarah Title's The Undateable, another engaging novel in which a librarian finds unexpected love as a result of internet notoriety. |
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By Invitation Only
by Dorothea Benton Frank
A young, sophisticated Chicago woman falls for the owner of a farm on Johns Island, a lush lowcountry paradise off the coast of South Carolina, and trades the bustle of cosmopolitan city life for the vagaries of a small Southern community.
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Beach House Reunion
by Mary Alice Monroe
Three generations of the Rutledge family gather at their historic beach house in Charleston, South Carolina, where they find love, strength, and forge new bonds.
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All We Ever Wanted
by Emily Giffin
When her golden-boy son posts a controversial photograph of a scholarship student online, triggering a local scandal, a wife and mother finds herself sympathizing more with the girl's family than her own.
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The High Tide Club
by Mary Kay Andrews
Unexpectedly hired by an eccentric millionaire from a vast barrier island home, a young attorney learns the story of the new client's now-deceased circle of friends, her determination to protect the land from developers, disturbing clues about a long-unsolved murder and her ambitious plans for heirs and descendants.
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Before and Again
by Barbara Delinsky
A Vermont resort town where many residents are hiding from their pasts is thrown into turmoil by a teen hacker who attracts the Feds and the media, forcing a woman to choose between running again and fighting for what she has rebuilt.
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