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• Persuasion

  Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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  At nineteen, a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings fell in love with and was engaged to a poor naval officer but allowed herself to be persuaded, against her profoundest instinct, to give him up. Now, at twenty-seven, she is startled to learn…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Room With a View

  Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970

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  In early 20th century British society, Lucy Honeychurch struggles against straitlaced Victorian attitudes of arrogance, narrow-mindedness and snobbery until she visits Florence, Italy, where she falls in love with the socially unsuitable George…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wuthering Heights

  Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848

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  This epic 19th century love story of Catherine and Heathcliff, set in the foreboding, heather-covered, wind-swept Yorkshire moors presents an astonishing metaphysical vision of fate and obsession, passion and revenge.

• The Duke Undone

  Lowell, Joanna,

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  When an artist and a duke cross paths in the bustling London slums, an unlikely love story begins and their lives will be forever changed. Art student Lucy Coover has found her muse, a nude man passed out drunk in an alley. She paints his likeness…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Colors of the Dark

  a Novel

  Whitaker, Chris,

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  1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Ballad of Love and Glory

  a Novel

  Grande, Reyna,

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  The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with Mexico over the disputed Rio Grande boundary.​ When Ximena and John meet, a dangerous attraction blooms between them. As the war…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where the Lost Wander

  Harmon, Amy,

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  After seeing the young woman in the yellow dress perched atop a barrel amid the bustle of immigrants starting out on the Oregon Trail, John Lowry couldn't get her out of his mind. The son of a white father and Pawnee woman, Lowry was born to two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Venice Sketchbook

  a Novel

  Bowen, Rhys,

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• Longbourn

  Baker, Jo

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• Hello Beautiful

  a Novel

  Napolitano, Ann,

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• A Lady's Guide to Fortune-hunting

  Irwin, Sophie,

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• The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

  Holton, India,

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• The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

  Waite, Olivia,

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• The Kiss Quotient

  Hoang, Helen,

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• The Perks of Loving a Wallflower

  a Wild Wynchesters Novel

  Ridley, Erica,

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• Mrs. Mike

  Freedman, Benedict

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  Sixteen-year-old Bostonian Katherine Mary O'Fallon arrives in Calgary, Alberta, where she loses her heart completely to a well-respected sergeant in the Canadian Mounted Police.

• Jamaica Inn

  Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989

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  Young Mary honors her mother's dying request to join her frightened Aunt and Uncle at foreboding Jamaica Inn, whose dark power will ensnare her in vile, villainous schemes and the love of a handsome, enigmatic stranger.

• Like Water for Chocolate

  a Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies

  Esquivel, Laura, 1950-

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  In early 20th century Mexico, Tita, the youngest of three daughters, falls in love, but Mama will not allow her to marry until she orchestrates the marriage of her eldest daughter and expects Tita to prepare the wedding dinner.

• Gone With the Wind

  Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949

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  After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara sets about to salvage her plantation home, choosing survival and dragging all those she feels responsible for along for the ride.

• Love and Summer

  Trevor, William, 1928-2016

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  In the mid-1950s, Ellie Dillahan, the naive young wife of an older farmer, is content until her dormant emotions are awakened by a charming but feckless bachelor who has plans to soon leave Ireland.