Mrs. Millionaire and the Housekeeper


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Lesley is a single mother of her seven-year-old daughter Haley. Her boyfriend Stanley disappeared after she gave birth. With nowhere else to go, Lesley makes amends with her mother and returns home. Everything was fine until her mother married Jacob, a man ten years younger, and Lesley's life turned into a massive battleground. Lesley does not get along with him, which leads to friction between her and her mother. Lesley and her daughter moved out of the house after her mother chose her new husband. What will happen to them? Will she be able to support her daughter?




Forbidden Love


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Vanessa Florence Grandeville, a Beverly Hills socialite and infamous spoiled brat, celebrated her 21st birthday with her wealthy friends in Honolulu. By chance, she ran into Michael, a fisherman from a nearby island, the same day. Vanessa humiliated him, but Michael fell in love at first sight. Vanessa and her friends had rented a yacht for a weekend cruise when complications arose. Their boat capsized in a fierce storm and swept them overboard. The Coast Guard rescued everyone except Vanessa, who drifted away. Michael found her at sea suffering from a head injury and amnesia. He saved her life, but did he deserve to be regarded as a hero? Unexpected and remarkable events brought their lives together. Was it possible that life played a joke on them? Will these people overcome their differences?




A Ray of Sunshine


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Theo and Mary are a deformed husband and wife who are constantly mocked in their small town. The townspeople chased them away from the only home they had ever known. With their meager possessions, Theo and Mary travel to the forest, where they discover a magical and mysterious world of beauty and happiness. Soon God blessed them with a child. To Theo and Mary's surprise, he has healing abilities and a connection with the elements and animals. Will Ray's magical abilities be enough to teach the people of the town the true meaning of unconditional love? Can people accept Theo and Mary despite their unappealing appearances? Come along on the adventures of an amazing family, as they use their special abilities to save others and teach people the power of love and understanding.




The Billionaire's Housekeeper


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Notorious playboy and hotel heir, Chase Belmont, needs to get away from it all—gold-digging women, a sex tape scandal and unwanted media attention. Now he’s in a dilemma surrounding the grave illness of his father, patriarch Jonah E Belmont, III, who urges him to marry soon or find true love before the elder passes on. After Chase is summoned to the scenic waterfront Belmont Valley Ranch & Spa for an emergency, he decides to go undercover as Chad, a maintenance worker, but his emotions are anything but undercover when he meets the new, lovely housekeeper… Abbi Lopez has had enough of lying, cheating men. Her ex had broken her heart and her trust when she learned he had been living a secret double life. Quite frankly, the last thing she needed was another smooth talker with an ulterior motive. When Abbi is hired at the Belmont Hotel’s Ranch & Spa, the last thing she expects is handsome, blue-collar worker, Chad. Is he the real deal? Can she really trust him to be truly honest with her and as caring as he appears to be? Meet the Belmont family of the affluent Belmont waterfront community… Desperate to see his sons settle down, especially after he’s been given six months to a year to live, elderly hotel magnate and family patriarch Jonah E. Belmont, III gives his sons a bucket list challenge. They each must wed—or at least be in a stable, loving relationship before he passes on and in order to keep their inheritances in the prestigious Belmont Hotels & Resorts legacy. Only his sons are not too convinced about getting married for any reason and vow to remain single…and safe from heartbreak. Read book 3 in Billionaires of Belmont Series… Chase & Abbi’s story




The Millionaire's Virgin Mistress


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Paige Howard has held a reluctant and secret desire for New Zealand tycoon Marc Corbett ever since they met—when he married her best friend! Six years later, still a virgin, Paige has never felt the same for anyone else. When her friend's legacy sends Marc back to Paige, they are caught again in the grip of their reluctant attraction. But she's heard that Marc was disloyal during his marriage. Paige will never give herself to a man who only seems to want her as his mistress—no matter how strong the temptation….




Runaway Romance


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Twenty-two-year-old Beverly Hills socialite Samantha Isabella St. James is devastated when she learns her father intends to force her to marry the son of a wealthy businessman to pay for his debt. She flees on her wedding day and is unaware of the impact of her actions. Samantha seeks refuge in the stranger's house and reluctantly accepts a job as a nanny for Benjamin McClain, an eccentric, handsome young entrepreneur, after someone steals her wallet and leaves her penniless. There is an immediate and clear affinity between them. Will Samantha's life become more complicated when she has to choose between saving her father and following her heart?




Snowbound with the Billionaire


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In this classic romantic story by a USA Today–bestselling author, a blizzard reunites estranged spouses on Christmas, but will it be a happy New Year? The last person journalist Caro Montgomery expects—or wants—to see at Christmas is her estranged, super-sexy husband, Jake! But this is no accidental meeting . . . billionaire Jake has returned for good and is determined to win back his wife and baby! But Caro can’t forgive Jake’s betrayal a year ago and resolves to refuse him in every way . . . Yet her plans soon change when a heavy blizzard leaves them snowed in together on Christmas Eve! This Christmas, will Caro get what she’s always wanted? Originally published in 2009 in the anthology ‘Tis the Season.




The Housekeeper's Tale


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Working as a housekeeper was one of the most prestigious jobs a nineteenth and early twentieth century woman could want – and also one of the toughest. A far cry from the Downton Abbey fiction, the real life Mrs Hughes was up against capricious mistresses, low pay, no job security and gruelling physical labour. Until now, her story has never been told. The Housekeeper’s Tale reveals the personal sacrifices, bitter disputes and driving ambition that shaped these women’s careers. Delving into secret diaries, unpublished letters and the neglected service archives of our stately homes, Tessa Boase tells the extraordinary stories of five working women who ran some of Britain’s most prominent households. There is Dorothy Doar, Regency housekeeper for the obscenely wealthy 1st Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. There is Sarah Wells, a deaf and elderly Victorian in charge of Uppark, West Sussex. Ellen Penketh is Edwardian cook-housekeeper at the sociable but impecunious Erddig Hall in the Welsh borders. Hannah Mackenzie runs Wrest Park in Bedfordshire – Britain’s first country-house war hospital, bankrolled by playwright J. M. Barrie. And there is Grace Higgens, cook-housekeeper to the Bloomsbury set at Charleston farmhouse in East Sussex for half a century – an era defined by the Second World War. Revelatory, gripping and unexpectedly poignant, The Housekeeper’s Tale champions the invisible women who ran the English country house. Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-GBX-NONEX-NONE




British Murder Mysteries - The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Collection


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This edition includes: My First Novel by M. E. Braddon Novels: The Trail of the Serpent Lady Audley's Secret Aurora Floyd The Captain of the Vulture John Marchmont's Legacy Eleanor's Victory Henry Dunbar The Doctor's Wife Birds of Prey Charlotte's Inheritance Run to Earth Fenton's Quest The Lovels of Arden A Strange World The Cloven Foot Vixen Mount Royal Phantom Fortune The Golden Calf Wyllard's Weird Mohawks All Along the River Gerard (The World, the Flesh, and the Devil) London Pride His Darling Sin The Infidel Beyond These Voices Short Stories: Ralph the Bailiff and Other Stories: Ralph the Bailiff Captain Thomas The Cold Embrace My Daughters The Mystery of Fernwood Samuel Lowgood's Revenge The Lawyer's Secret My First Happy Christmas Lost and Found Eveline's Visitant – A Ghost Story Found in the Muniment Chest How I Heard my Own Will Read Flower and Weed and Other Tales: Flower and Weed George Caulfield's Journey The Clown's Quest Dr. Carrick If She Be Not Fair to Me The Shadow in the Corner His Secret Thou Art the Man Milly Darrell Good Lady Ducayne At Chrighton Abbey Children's Book: The Christmas Hirelings




BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES: The Greatest Thrillers of Mary Elizabeth Braddon


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M. E. Braddon is best known for her mysteries and sensation novels full of violence, schemes, murders, frauds and many unpredictable plot twists. This meticulously edited mystery collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Trail of the Serpent Lady Audley's Secret Aurora Floyd Henry Dunbar Run to Earth The Cloven Foot Wyllard's Weird His Darling Sin