Author: Kate White
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062945424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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“A tense, simmering, fast-paced mystery.”—Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest and The Girl from Widow Hills The New York Times bestselling author returns with an unsettling but riveting psychological thriller about a captivating woman who joins a family and threatens to upend their picture-perfect lives. They had everything they needed for a perfect family vacation: close-knit relatives, a bucolic setting . . . and a murderer in their midst? Summer’s looking forward to a break from hustling for acting work in Manhattan when she, her husband Gabe, and Gabe’s nine-year-old son arrive at the annual family get-together at her in-laws’ sprawling estate. On the agenda are leisurely gourmet meals, tennis matches, and plenty of relaxation by the pool. But this year, Gabe’s brother Nick has invited his new flame Hannah, whom Summer immediately recognizes from a few years before. Oddly, her brother-in-law’s girlfriend claims not to know her. Yet she charms the other family members, and after Nick announces that he’s proposed to Hannah, Summer doesn’t have much choice but to grin and bear it. Then the reunion is rocked by tragedy when a family member is found dead. Though the doctors attribute the loss to natural causes, a grieving Summer fears that the too-good-to-be-true Hannah is involved, even as Gabe dismisses her suspicions. How far will Summer go to expose the truth? As she investigates just what Nick’s fiancée might have done to keep her perfect image intact, she begins to fear that the first death might only be the beginning . . .
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Twelve stories deal with a young woman who decides to break with her smug fiance, a suicide inquest, a woman who murders her husband, a greedy merchant, a declining family of landowners, and a tactless host.
Author: Virginia Heath
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250787777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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"Filled with fabulously British banter, wit, and heart, this delightful book is one of my must-read rom coms of the year." - Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Portrait of a Scotsman “Virginia Heath’s fun characters and situations will have you laughing out loud! Don’t miss this wonderful read!” - Sabrina Jeffries, New York Times bestselling author The first in a new historical rom-com series, a handsome earl hires a fake fiancée to keep his matchmaking mother at bay, but hilarity ensues when love threatens to complicate everything. The last thing Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, ever wants is a wife. Unfortunately for him, his mother is determined to find him one, even from across the other side of the ocean. So Hugh invents a fake fiancée to keep his mother’s matchmaking ways at bay. But when Hugh learns his interfering mother is on a ship bound for England, he realizes his complicated, convoluted but convenient ruse is about to implode. Until he collides with a beautiful woman, who might just be the miracle he needs. Minerva Merriwell has had to struggle to support herself and her two younger sisters ever since their feckless father abandoned them. Work as a woodcut engraver is few and far between, and the Merriwell sisters are nearly penniless. So when Hugh asks Minerva to pose as his fiancée while his mother is visiting, she knows that while the scheme sounds ludicrous, the offer is too good to pass up. Once Minerva and her sisters arrive at Hugh's estate, of course nothing goes according to his meticulous plan. As hilarity and miscommunication ensue while everyone tries to keep their tangled stories straight, Hugh and Minerva’s fake engagement starts to turn into a real romance. But can they trust each other when their relationship started with a lie? The first book in the Merriwell Sisters series, Never Fall for Your Fiancée is a hilarious, sparkling historical romantic comedy from Virginia Heath.
Author: Eric Dupont
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006294746X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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In this extraordinary breakout novel—a rich, devastatingly humorous epic of one unforgettable family—award-winning author Eric Dupont illuminates the magic of stories, the bonds of family, and the twists of fate and fortune to transform our lives. Over the course of the twentieth century, three generations of the Lamontagnes will weather love, passion, jealousy, revenge, and death. Their complicated family dynamic—as dramatic as Puccini’s legendary opera, Tosca—will propel their rise, and fall, and take them around the world . . . until they finally confront the secrets of their complicated pasts. Born on Christmas, Louis Lamontagne, the family’s patriarch, is a larger-than-life lothario and raconteur who inherits his mother’s teal eyes and his father’s brutish good looks and whose charms travel beyond Quebec, across the state of New York where he wins at county fairs as a larger-than-life strongman, and even in Europe, where he is deployed for the US Army during World War II. We meet his daughter, Madeleine, who opens a successful chain of diners using the recipes from her grandmother, the original American Fiancée, and vows never to return to her hometown. And we end with her son Gabriel, another ladies’ man in the family, who falls in love with a woman he follows to Berlin and discovers unexpected connections there to the Lamontagne family that re-frame the entire course of the events in the book. An unholy marriage of John Irving and Gary Shteyngart with the irresistible whimsy of Elizabeth McCracken, The American Fiancée is a big, bold, wildly ambitious novel that introduces a dynamic new voice to contemporary literature. Translated from the French by Peter McCambridge.
Author: Rosalie Maggio
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476675503
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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Marie Marvingt (1875-1963) set the world's first women's aviation records, won the only gold medal for outstanding performance in all sports, invented the airplane ambulance, was the first female bomber pilot in history, fought in World War I disguised as a man, took part in the Resistance of World War II, was the first to survive crossing the English Channel in a balloon, worked all her life as a journalist, spent years in North Africa and invented metal skis. Her life story was so unusually rich in exploits and accomplishments that some dismissed it as a hoax. This biography explores the life of "the most incredible woman since Joan of Arc" and investigates the reasons she has been forgotten. Known as the "fiancee of danger," she was the model for the silent film series The Perils of Pauline.
Author: Moisés Morán Vega
Publisher: Moisés Morán Vega
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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In a kingdom marked by grandeur and secrecy, the engagement of Prince Arnaldo VI to the beautiful Shintia is meant to be a moment of celebration. However, the joy is shattered when Shintia is found murdered on the night of the event. Tasked with solving the crime, General Pascuale de Valleudeón, a seasoned strategist with a keen mind, uncovers a tangled web of dark secrets within the royal family. As Pascuale delves into the investigation, he discovers that the king himself had been entangled in a forbidden affair with the victim, a revelation that threatens to unravel the monarchy. Suspicion falls on Princess Ruth, once Shintia’s closest friend, who now hides deep resentment and jealousy. With the royal court awash in intrigue and deception, Pascuale finds himself trapped between his duty to the crown and his pursuit of justice. He uncovers Ruth’s veiled confession, but with no concrete evidence, he faces an impossible choice: accuse the princess and risk his own life, or let an innocent man take the fall. As tensions mount, Pascuale's quest for the truth leads to a shocking conclusion, revealing the true cost of loyalty and the dangerous power of secrets in a kingdom ruled by shadows.
Author: Amélie Nothomb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Author: Catherine Mann
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426879342
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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He'd caught her red-handed…and Duarte Medina would use this to his advantage. No reporter infiltrated the royal family, especially not by entering his bedroom window. If Kate Harper wanted her story, she'd have to agree to his terms—to become his fiancée. It would be a temporary arrangement to appease his father. There was no way this royal Medina bachelor would surrender his single status. Kate would be his for the next thirty days. And if Duarte had his way…thirty nights, as well.
Author: Jyun Hayase
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 197533891X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Aurora el la Porta is a noblewoman with one love -- the art of embroidery. While she attends the lavish evening parties her peers so adore, she’s not looking for a dance but inspiration for a new design! On one such night, distracted by the many beautiful dresses on display, she’s struck in the face by a mysterious wedding ring. When she picks it up, one of the finest knights in the kingdom approaches, declaring her his new fiancée! Aurora has no idea what’s going on, but one thing’s for sure -- she’s got a big decision to make...
Author: Fiona Brand
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373732511
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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"This ediition published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A."--T.p. verso.
