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The Dark Affair

Author : Máire Claremont

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 21,33 MB

Release : 2014-03-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101609354

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The Victorian era was full of majestic beauty and scandalous secrets—a time when corsets were the least of a woman’s restrictions, and men could kill or be killed in the name of honor… Lady Margaret Cassidy left a life of nobility behind in Ireland, forsaking her grieving homeland to aid war-ravaged men in England. Still, she never expected a cruel turn of fate to lock her into an unwanted betrothal with one of her English patients—much less one as broken and dangerous as Viscount Powers. Wrecked by his tragic past, Powers’ opiate-addled sanity hangs precariously in the balance, leaving him poised to destroy anyone who dares to utter the names of the wife and child he still so deeply mourns. So when he is forced to marry Margaret in exchange for freedom, he is shocked by the desire to earn her trust, her body, and—most alarming of all—her heart…



Dark Affair

Author : Mƒaire Claremont

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 25,41 MB

Release : 2014

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ISBN : 9781322782362

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The Dark Affair

Author : Máire Claremont

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 12,22 MB

Release : 2014-03-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0451418018

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The Victorian era was full of majestic beauty and scandalous secrets—a time when corsets were the least of a woman’s restrictions, and men could kill or be killed in the name of honor… Lady Margaret Cassidy left a life of nobility behind in Ireland, forsaking her grieving homeland to aid war-ravaged men in England. Still, she never expected a cruel turn of fate to lock her into an unwanted betrothal with one of her English patients—much less one as broken and dangerous as Viscount Powers. Wrecked by his tragic past, Powers’ opiate-addled sanity hangs precariously in the balance, leaving him poised to destroy anyone who dares to utter the names of the wife and child he still so deeply mourns. So when he is forced to marry Margaret in exchange for freedom, he is shocked by the desire to earn her trust, her body, and—most alarming of all—her heart…



A Colonial Affair

Author : Danna Agmon

Publisher : Cornell University Press

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 19,98 MB

Release : 2017-09-15

Category : History

ISBN : 150171306X

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Danna Agmon's gripping microhistory is a vivid guide to the "Nayiniyappa Affair" in the French colony of Pondicherry, India. The surprising and shifting fates of Nayiniyappa and his family form the basis of this story of global mobilization, which is replete with merchants, missionaries, local brokers, government administrators, and even the French royal family. Agmon's compelling account draws readers into the social, economic, religious, and political interactions that defined the European colonial experience in India and elsewhere. Her portrayal of imperial sovereignty in France's colonies as it played out in the life of one beleaguered family allows readers to witness interactions between colonial officials and locals. Thanks to generous funding from Virginia Tech and its participation in TOME, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.



The Dark Affair

Author : Máire Claremont

Publisher : Eternal Romance

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 31,13 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Arranged marriage

ISBN : 9781472204790

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A richly romantic and enthralling novel of beauty, passion and scandalous secrets from Maire Claremont, the acclaimed author of The Dark Lady and Lady In Red. Perfect for fans of Sherry Thomas, Johanna Lindsey and Lisa Kleypas. Lady Margaret Cassidy left a life of nobility behind in Ireland, forsaking her grieving homeland to aid war-ravaged men in England. Still, she never expected a cruel turn of fate to lock her into an unwanted betrothal with one of her English patients - much less one as broken and dangerous as Viscount Powers. Wrecked by his tragic past, Powers' opiate-addled sanity hangs precariously in the balance, leaving him poised to destroy anyone who dares to utter the names of the wife and child he still so deeply mourns. So when he is forced to marry Margaret in exchange for freedom, he is shocked by the desire to earn her trust, her body, and - most alarming of all - her heart... For further tales of Mad Passions check out The Dark Lady, Lady in Red and A Lady Undone.



A Study in Darkness

Author : Emma Jane Holloway

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 555 pages

File Size : 13,84 MB

Release : 2014-08-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0349405549

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Before Evelina's even unpacked her gowns for a country house party, an indiscretion puts her in the power of the ruthless Gold King, who recruits her as his spy. He knows her disreputable past and exiles her to the rank alleyways of Whitechapel with orders to unmask his foe. As danger mounts, Evelina struggles between hiding her illegal magic and succumbing to the darker aspects of her power. One path keeps her secure; the other keeps her alive. For rebellion is brewing, a sorcerer wants her soul, and no one can protect her in the hunting grounds of Jack the Ripper.



A Dark Affair

Author : Honore De Balzac

Publisher : Independently Published

Page : 244 pages

File Size : 10,94 MB

Release : 2019-04-26

Category :

ISBN : 9781095989470

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In a dark affair, one of the lesser known volumes of the human comedy, Balzac used a story - the mysterious kidnapping, during the First Empire, of a senator informed of the plot conceived by Fouché against Napoleon Bonaparte - to write a book in which he used his novelistic talent to serve a political and police plot.The historical characters seem to draw all their substance here from paper creatures as present as Michu, the faithful among the faithful, or as the intrepid Laurence de Cinq-Cygne, also in love with one and the other of his twin cousins. On these relationships of storytelling with history, imagination and reality, Baptiste-Marrey delivers in his reading the reflections of a contemporary writer anxious to underline the importance of this text, which is considered one of the founding works of crime fiction in France.



Dark Threats and White Knights

Author : Sherene Razack

Publisher : University of Toronto Press

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 45,85 MB

Release : 2004-01-01

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0802086632

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Barely two weeks later, sixteen-year-old Shidane Abukar Arone is tortured to death. Dozens of Canadian soldiers look on or know of the torture.



Wild Game

Author : Adrienne Brodeur

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin

Page : 255 pages

File Size : 49,99 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1328519031

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On a hot July night on Cape Cod, at the age of 14, Brodeur became a confidante to her mother's affair with her husband's closest friend. Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help, but when the affair had calamitous consequences for everyone involved, Brodeau was driven into a precarious marriage of her own, and then into a deep depression. In her memoir she examines how the people close to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them, and the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. -- adapted from jacket



A Forbidden Love Affair

Author : Kizzie Darker

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 25,58 MB

Release : 2017-05-29

Category :

ISBN : 9781984159816

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For Ruby James, life is pretty great right now. Her fledgling business is thriving, she has the love and support of her family and she's happy and contented. But when the wife of a rich businessman calls upon Ruby to design and landscape her garden at their grand mansion, Ruby's life is soon turned upside down. Matthew Lockhart has it all. He's handsome, full of charm and very successful. When Ruby walk's into his life, he's completely taken aback by her. He wants her no matter what. His marriage to his wife, Erica has been on the rocks for a very long time ever since she cheated on him. He wants a clean break, he wants a new life. What Matthew Lockhart wants, Matthew Lockhart gets.