Amanda Quick
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English
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When Hollywood moguls and stars want privacy, they head to an idyllic small town on the coast, where the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel caters to their every need. It's where reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool.The dead woman had a red-hot secret about up-and-coming leading man Nick Tremayne, a scoop that Irene couldn't resist—especially since she's just a rookie at a third-rate gossip rag....
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2016.
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English
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Calista Langley operates an exclusive "introduction" agency in Victorian London, catering to respectable ladies and gentlemen who find themselves alone in the world. But now, a dangerously obsessed individual has begun sending her trinkets and gifts suitable only for those in deepest mourning--a black mirror, a funeral wreath, a ring set with black jet stone. Each is engraved with her initials. Desperate for help and fearing that the police will be...
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick comes a delightful romp filled with breathtaking suspense, dazzling wit, and steamy Victorian passion . . . The first kiss occurred in a dimly lit hallway on the upper floor of Elwin Hastings's grand house. Louisa Bryce never saw it coming. Of course, handsome, wealthy Anthony Stalbridge couldn't possibly have had romantic intentions. The kiss was merely meant to distract the armed guard about to...
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Ladies of Lantern Street novel volume 2
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English
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Targeted by a disabled former spy for the Crown who wrongly believes she is blackmailing his sister, Beatrice Lockwood offers her assistance in tracking down the real culprit and eventually falls for the spy only to find herself hunted by a mad scientist who would resurrect a dead lover.
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English
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"The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman. His intentions are purely practical—he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pose as his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society. He has his own agenda to pursue, and a false fiancée will keep the husband-hunters at bay while he goes about his business. The simplest solution is to hire a paid companion." --
7) Dangerous
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Bantam
Pub. Date
2011, c1993
Language
English
Description
Summer's going to sizzle with hot passion and searing historical romance from one of the hottest romance writers in the business. Dangerous is a dynamite mix of breathtaking romance and danger set among the magnificent ballrooms and country houses of Regency England. The impetuous Prudence knew the risks a woman took by visiting a gentleman in the dead of night. . . . Amanda Quick is the pseudonym for Jayne Anne Krentz.
8) Affair
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1998, c1997
Language
English
Description
Hired by marriage-minded women to investigate the backgrounds of their prospective husbands, Charlotte Arkendale finds herself in deep trouble when one of her clients turns up dead and she is forced to depend on Baxter St. Ives, her mysterious new man-of-affairs, for protection.
9) Mistress
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1995, c1994
Language
English
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When her beloved aunt falls victim to a sinister blackmailer, former schoolmistress Iphiginia Bright decides to transform herself and pose as the mistress of the infamous--and missing--Earl of Masters, but her scheme is undermined by the reappearance of the arrogant lord.
10) Mischief
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1996
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English
Description
In Regency England, a woman sets out to avenge a friend who was murdered by her abusive husband. The lady avenger is Imogen and she enrolls the aid of the Earl of Colchester, a handsome rogue. As they plot their bloody deed, passion sizzles between them.