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61) For all time
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"New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux returns to the magnificent, sunny island in For All Time, the second novel in her Nantucket Brides trilogy--this time featuring the next generation of her beloved family of Montgomery-Taggerts. The wedding of Alix Madsen and Jared Montgomery is a glorious affair at an elegant little chapel in the woods, followed by dinner and dancing, all while moonlight blankets the festivities in a romantic glow....
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In this graphic memoir, the National Book Award finalist shares her “frank, funny” story of finding a husband as an observant Muslim woman in America (NPR Morning Edition).
Chaperones, suitors, and arranged marriages aren't only reserved for the heroines of a Jane Austen novel. They're just another walk in the park for this leading lady, who is on a mission to find her leading lad. From the brilliant comics Yes,...
Chaperones, suitors, and arranged marriages aren't only reserved for the heroines of a Jane Austen novel. They're just another walk in the park for this leading lady, who is on a mission to find her leading lad. From the brilliant comics Yes,...
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Caraval volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 16
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Having made a deal with a criminal to save her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage, Tella must win Caraval and uncover Legend's identity, or risk losing everything, including her life.
65) The bride test
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Kiss quotient novels volume 2
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"Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but he doesn't experience big, important emotions like love and grief. Rather than believing he processes emotions differently due to being autistic, he concludes that he's defective and decides to avoid romantic relationships. So his mother, driven to desperation, takes matters into her own hands and returns to...
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When Elizabeth is about to turn sixteen years old she starts to learn different things about her parents and the parties that they were attending throughout the entire time that she was growing up. The first thing that Elizabeth finds out is that her parents had spent quite a bit of their time gambling whenever they would attend the parties that their newest neighbors were having in the hopes of finding a bride for their son Josiah. Sarah and Alexander...
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Willa Olson dreams of being an independent woman, free of ties to her overprotective parents. But her Pa has plans for her future. When he arranges for her to marry the town baker, she figures to make the best of the opportunity. Unfortunately, her groom isn't too thrilled about the marriage, and she soon faces the predicament of living with a stranger hesitant to love again.
Julian Reed agrees to marry his business partner's daughter in order to...
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Iris is heartbroken. Her dear father has passed. Now her mother has promised her to a cad of a laird. What's a lass to do but run away from certain disaster and violence?
Angus's entire family was lost in a horrible murderous rampage. He alone survived. Now he's got a scar, a broken heart, and vengeance on the mind. He's become a man who tends toward rage at the drop of a hat. He's not the kind of man anyone wants to be around. He's not remotely...
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Crown Prince Alessandro Bussoni Feraraneeds to make a purely practical marriage-and he's found the perfect bride! Emily Weston agrees to the prince's proposal. But once Alessandro's wedding ring is on her finger, it's revealed that Alessandro must provide the principality of Ferara with an heir. Heartbroken to find she's just a bride of convenience, Emily decides she must leave Ferara and Alessandro-without telling him she's expecting his baby…....
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When Tara Sundaram learns that her father has found her the perfect husband she is not convinced. She may be from a traditional Indian family, but she is far from conventional… Perhaps she should check out her future husband in secret (just in case!?) Bumping into Vikram Krishnan-all six feet of deliciousness-Tara's blushes betray her outward coolness-maybe marriage to Vikram will have its perks! But before she says "yes", Tara has a few little...
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PETER BRADDOCK: The youngest Braddock brother puts honor to the test and lives up to the proud Braddock legacy! The Braddock blood ran fierce and true in Peter Braddock. Yet his scandalous past kept the youngest Braddock sibling from feeling he really belonged in the elite society his family ruled. Perhaps that's what made him defend shy, awkward Theadosia Berenson the ugly duckling debutante and landed him in trouble that led to a marriage proposal!...
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"Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Matchmaker's Gift is a heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to realize their unique talent of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places. Is finding true love a calling or a curse? Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of matches and a seeker of soulmates. But among the pushcart-crowded streets of New York's Lower East Side, Sara's...
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"According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian -- born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness -- is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations -- looking, listening, touching, and asking -- something a man can never do with a female...
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"Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what's more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her...
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Samantha Michaelson is a young girl who had helped two of her closest friends deal with the fact that their parents had agreed to put them in an arranged marriage. The last thing that she had realized was that she would end up in an arranged marriage of her own because of the gambling that her parents were always doing. When Sam learned that her parents had agreed to an arranged marriage to the son of their new neighbors she had found herself dealing...
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Their mothers are the worst matchmakers . . .
Mark Goldman has never gotten along with Shaina Fogel. Ever. Even when they were in diapers, their bestie mothers wanted them to grow up and get married. Not happening. Mark prefers his quiet, reserved life. But a family wedding is about to change everything Mark thought he knew about his archnemesis.
A week of wedding events with Mark Goldman? Shaina would rather have a week of root canals. Maybe the...
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In this fan favorite from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery, a young woman's beloved king and godfather insists that she marry his wickedly sexy royal son! Originally published as The Sheik's Arranged Marriage in 2000.
Her? A princess? Heidi McKinley has always been painfully shy, so she's out of her depth when it comes to Prince Jamal, who has a reputation as a legendary lover.
Jamal is secretly enchanted with his sweet and...
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Whether by the universal script of the Bible or by personal anecdotes, God shares His commonality of faith and experience. He is the same throughout time to all, even personally. The only flaw is sometimes our script of writing style is inadequate to universal dimensions. The writing here means to be experiential and universal by lovingly implication.
By the lines of the woundedness we have that we surrender to Him, He teaches us healing depending...