Download or read book The Mischief of the Mistletoe written by Lauren Willig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite her dear friend Jane Austen's warning against teaching, Arabella Dempsey accepts a position at a girls' school in Bath, just before Christmas. She hardly imagines coming face-to-face with French aristocrats and international spies. Reginald "Turnip" Fitzhugh-often mistaken for the elusive spy known as the Pink Carnation-has blundered into danger before. When Turnip and Arabella find their Christmas pudding yielding a cryptic message, they are launched on a Yuletide adventure. Will they find poinsettias-or peril?

Download or read book Arabella and the Magic Pencil written by Stephanie Ward and published by EK Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arabella is a beloved only child who has everything a little girl could want. That is, until her brother, Avery, the master of mayhem, comes along. While she certainly loves him, she finds that it’s sometimes very hard to like him. So she spends her days creating marvelous, magnificent things with her magic pencil, and trying to ignore him. But when he spoils her perfectly proper tea party, she decides drastic action is required and she erases him from her life. Oops! But things aren’t the same without him — can she get him back? Arabella and the Magic Pencil is a charming story, which will appeal to any child coming to terms with a new sibling and to caregivers who are supporting changing family dynamics, as well as those who love fantasy and engaging, alliterative language.

Download or read book Arabella written by Georgette Heyer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated edition of the beloved classic by the Queen of Regency romance herself, Georgette Heyer, featuring a new Foreword by New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James. Arabella's one little while lie has spread through the ton like wildfire... Arabella Tallant, modest daughter of a country clergyman, is on her way to her first London Season when her carriage breaks down outside the estate of the wealthy and bored Mr. Robert Beaumaris. Beau assumes she's simply another young lady throwing herself in his path, which goads the impetuous Arabella into pretending she's an heiress. Much to Arabella's dismay, rather than being brutally set-down, as she intended, Beaumaris is deeply amused. He counters by launching her into high society, which Arabella would enjoy very much if it wasn't for the fortune hunters. Arabella's unpredictable and innocent ways force Beaumaris to start helping others, including a stray dog, an unfortunate urchin, and eventually Arabella's reckless young brother. Along the way, Arabella and Beaumaris become more and more intrigued with each other—which neither will admit, of course, until under extreme duress. "Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes... Utter, immersive escapism."—SOPHIE KINSELLA "No one has ever matched Georgette Heyer for charm and wit." —LISA KLEYPAS "Utterly timeless charm... The dialogue sparkles with wit." —NORA ROBERTS, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Romance, adventure, side-splitting humor—no one writes like Georgette Heyer!" —LAUREN WILLIG, New York Times bestselling author

Download or read book Crown of Lore written by David R. Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Queendom of Lore, magic chooses you--whether you want it or not. Arabella is a Relic class peasant, toiling day after day, scavenging the wastelands near the deadly borders of the Lore Queendom. With the love of her life, Asher, by her side, she's accepted her fate, but everything is about to change forever. At the age of seventeen, each Queendom of Lore citizen must take part in the Transfer of Life ceremony. If chosen, the memories and royal responsibilities of the fallen elders are passed on to those who are deemed worthy. During the ceremony, Arabella's fate is ripped from her when the Queen unexpectedly dies--throwing the Queendom into chaos. Somehow, the royal marking is branded onto Arabella's arm, terrifying the almighty Council of Lore. According to tradition and law, a simple peasant must never hold the Queen's Essence or the immense magical power that comes with it. Torn from all she's ever known, Arabella fights to prove she is worthy of the new magic inside her and to reunite with Asher before it's too late. Crown of Lore is a royal fantasy with heart-pounding suspense and romance that will leave you begging for more. Readers of Red Queen and Thorne of Glass will love this new series. Grab a copy today!

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Download or read book The Temptation of the Night Jasmine written by Lauren Willig and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After twelve years in India, Robert, Duke of Dovedale, returns to his estates in England with a mission in mind: to infiltrate the infamous Hellfire club to unmask the man who murdered his mentor at the Battle of Assaye. Intent on revenge, Robert never anticipates that an even more difficult challenge awaits him, in the person of one Lady Charlotte Lansdowne.

Download or read book Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell written by Susanna Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-06-05 with total page 1162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world. In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity. Another practicing magician then emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil, and the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild, most perilous forms of magic, and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear. Susanna Clarke's brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who, first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals, emerge to change its history.

Download or read book The Runaway Bride The Bride Ships Book 2 written by Jody Hedlund and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wealthy Arabella Lawrence flees to British Columbia on a bride ship still wearing the scars of past mistakes. One of the few single women in the boomtown, she immediately has suitors, but she is determined not to find herself trapped again by a poor choice. Vying for her hand are two very different men. Lieutenant Richard Drummond is a gentleman in the Navy and is held in high esteem. Peter Kelly is the town's baker and has worked hard to build a thriving business. He and Drummond not only compete for Arabella's affections, but clash over their views of how the natives should be treated in the midst of a smallpox outbreak. As Arabella begins to overcome her fears, she discovers someone in dire need--a starving girl abandoned by her tribe. Intent on helping the girl, Arabella leans on Peter's advice and guidance. Will she have the wisdom to make the right decision or will seeking what's right cost both her and Peter everything?

Download or read book Notes of a Bookworm written by Literary gentleman and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Games in a Ballroom written by Jentry Flint and published by Proper Romance Regency. This book was released on 2022 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1815 Olivia Wilde has resigned herself to never finding a love match. Her father has insisted she marry a man with a title, if only to increase his own standing and reputation in society. But the men her father deems acceptable are, at best, boring and uninspiring, and at worse, are as brutish as her father, and are only looking to increase their own diminishing coffers. With her future looking dismal, Olivia decides to enjoy the last few months of freedom with her childhood friends, including the handsome Emerson Latham. His devilish smile and flirtatious teasing stirs up feelings she knows she cannot entertain. Emerson is struggling to rise to his responsibilities after the death of his father. Though he might still be learning what he needs to do as the head of his household, one thing he knows for sure is that he wants Olivia Wilde to be his wife. Having grown up as childhood friends with Olivia, Emerson long ago had fallen in love with her quick wit, beauty, and passionate heart. However, without a title, he will never be permitted to court Olivia openly. But he has a plan that may give him a chance to court her in secret. As the season kicks off, Emerson proposes a bit of fun with a playful game of tag. Olivia's friends are delighted by the idea, though Olivia is more wary. After all, the game must be played in secret and they must be discreet when tagging each other at dinners and balls and the theater. As the romance builds between Olivia and Emerson, so does the risk of being discovered. Not only are their reputations at stake, so is their safety if they are caught by Olivia's father, who has an explosive, and at times violent, temper. Can their love find a happily ever after before the game ends?

Download or read book Rosamond written by Mary J. Holmes and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Rosamond by Mary J. Holmes

Download or read book A Well Trained Lady written by Jess Heileman and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arabella Godwin is an Incomparable in London Society-elegant, wealthy, and meticulously trained. Yet, she has nothing to show for her efforts aside from her pretentious reputation and a collection of disappointed suitors. When her plan to secure a promising offer of marriage is temporarily delayed, she must bide her time in the company of an estranged childhood friend-the much-too-endearing, but regrettably untitled, Augustus Brundage.As the friends' tattered relationship returns to familiarity, Arabella must prevent herself from fully regressing into the carefree, impressionable young lady who once foolishly trusted Augustus with her heart. To make the same mistake again would ruin everything she has worked for-and certainly more. But, can a heart be so easily trained?The fourth book in the Seasons of Change Series. A Regency romance. Heat level mild/sweet/clean.

Download or read book Mated to the King of Dwarves Dwarven Gold 1 written by Jaci Chandler and published by Jaci Chandler. This book was released on with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A curvy misfit, I've lived my entire life in books. Kidnapped into a erotic underground world, where males outnumber females by a hundred to one, it doesn't take long to discover I'm the fated mate of the newly ascended king, Thorin the Tenth. He's loud, rude and arrogant, but I'm stunned by his vulnerability to me and find myself wanting to seize this chance at love. But Dwarfholme is changing, and Thorin is in danger. The gods have limits and spending years as his regent has left the dowager queen with a taste for power. I've finally found the partner I've so desperately wanted, but is it just great sex or a forever love? With my future mother-in-law out to destroy us, and my mate's childhood friend a bloodthirsty god, time is running out. I need to discover the truth between us, before it's too late. Lady Arabella and the Dwarven King is the first of six novellas in the DWARVEN GOLD erotic romance fantasy series. It is a complete story with no cliffhangers and contains hot dwarfs who look like Vikings, intense m/m scenes, a world on the verge of war, deadly royals, a tumultuous and glittering Court, and lots of hot romance between fated mates. If you like sexy fantasy romances set in unique new worlds, Lady Arabella and the Dwarven King is for you. Buy your copy and start the adventure now! The adventure continues as Jerred fights to bring Deidra to Dwarfholme in Lady Deidra and the Lord of the Deeps: Dwarven Gold book 2. Little does he know, fate has ways to bring two mates together--even if one is a Dwarven Lord and the other is a Regency Miss. Events grow darker and more dangerous as dwarven bro Flint Albridge finds the geek girl of his dreams. Too bad he has to choose sides to save her. Pre-order your copy of Lady Lucy and the Dwarven Duke now!

Download or read book Notes of a bookworm or Selections from the portfolio of a literary gentleman written by Notes and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Distraction written by Natalie M. Phillips and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enlightenment writers fiercely debated the nature of distraction in literature. Early novel reading typically conjures images of rapt readers in quiet rooms, but commentators at the time described reading as a fraught activity, one occurring amidst a distracting cacophony that included sloshing chamber pots and wailing street vendors. Auditory distractions were compounded by literary ones as falling paper costs led to an explosion of print material, forcing prose fiction to compete with a dizzying array of essays, poems, sermons, and histories. In Distraction, Natalie M. Phillips argues that prominent Enlightenment authors—from Jane Austen and William Godwin to Eliza Haywood and Samuel Johnson—were deeply engaged with debates about the wandering mind, even if they were not equally concerned about the problem of distractibility. Phillips explains that some novelists in the 1700s—viewing distraction as a dangerous wandering from singular attention that could lead to sin or even madness—attempted to reform diverted readers. Johnson and Haywood, for example, worried that contemporary readers would only focus long enough to “look into the first pages” of essays and novels; Austen offered wry commentary on the issue through the creation of the daft Lydia Bennet, a character with an attention span so short she could listen only “half-a-minute.” Other authors radically redefined distraction as an excellent quality of mind, aligning the multiplicity of divided focus with the spontaneous creation of new thought. Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy, for example, won audiences with its comically distracted narrator and uniquely digressive form. Using cognitive science as a framework to explore the intertwined history of mental states, philosophy, science, and literary forms, Phillips explains how arguments about the diverted mind made their way into the century’s most celebrated literature. She also draws a direct link between the disparate theories of focus articulated in eighteenth-century literature and modern experiments in neuroscience, revealing that contemporary questions surrounding short attention spans are grounded in long conversations over the nature and limits of focus.

Download or read book Kitty Craig written by Mary Jane Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rosamond or the Youthful Error A Tale of Riverside And Other Stories written by Mary Jane Holmes and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Mary Jane Holmes: A classic tale that delves into the life of Rosamond, exploring her youthful mistakes and the consequences that follow. Set in Riverside, this narrative is accompanied by other captivating stories, showcasing Holmes' prowess in American literature.