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1) Priceless
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English
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Charismatic playboy Mack Carlton lit up a room -- even a hospital room -- like no one else. Dr. Beth Browning had to admit Mack's visits were a tonic for her young patient, but her own reaction was much more confusing ... Although Beth didn't ask for a second opinion on her future with Mack, his aunt Destiny offered her prognosis: marriage. Given Mack's romantic history and her own wariness due to past losses, Beth hesitated to agree -- but her symptoms...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"All of London knows Philip Montcalm's name. It's on the lips of a different lady every night... So it's no wonder he's called the Lord of the Rakes. Rumor has it he's the most dangerous seducer in the city, with quite the extensive list of conquests. Talk of his prowess as a lover and his ingenuity in the bedroom are enough to make even the most prudish of ladies succumb to temptation. But as of late, Phillip has found himself a bit bored. Until...
3) My fake rake
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English
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"Feast of female empowerment, positive friendships, feel-good moments, and social satire." -- NPR In the first book in Eva Leigh's new Union of the Rakes series, a bluestocking enlists a faux suitor to help her land an ideal husband only to be blindsided by real desire... Lady Grace Wyatt is content as a wallflower, focusing on scientific pursuits rather than the complications of society matches. But when a handsome, celebrated naturalist returns...
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English
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Justin Alastair, Duke of Avon, is called "Satanas" by friend and enemy alike. In the aristocratic circles of London and Louis XV's Paris, he has a reputation as a dangerous and debauched rake. Late one evening, the Duke stumbles upon Léon, a red-headed urchin fleeing a beating at his brutal brother's hands. On a whim, Avon buys the boy and makes him his page. But it soon becomes clear that Léon is not what he seems. When the grubby Léon turns out...
Publisher
Pantelion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Maximo gets the surprise of his life when his wealthy, 80 year old wife dumps him for a younger car salesman. Forced out of his mansion, he must now move in with his estranged sister Sara and her nerdy but adorable son Hugo. Anxious to return to the lap of luxury, Maximo hatches a scheme to seduce a widowed billionaire and live the high life once again.
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Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
Description
"The owner of London's most popular gaming hell, wealthy and powerful Silas Masters, is feared by men and desired by women--except Mercy Kittinger. When the blackguard wins her family home in a game of cards, Mercy steals into Silas's rooms, intent on destroying the proof. But things don't go to plan... Caught in the act, Mercy must be bold to save herself...even if it means seducing the dangerous rogue and then disappearing with the dawn, debt voucher...
7) 6 month rule
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tyler is a womanizing single man who lives by a philosophy that allows him to avoid making any significant connections with the women he encounters. His best friend Alan has just become his main project, as Tyler tries to teach his buddy all about the joys of cold-hearted bachelorhood. But when he keeps bumping into an alluringly fascinating woman, he discovers that no philosophy is set in stone.
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"He'll go to any lengths for his family... even seduction. He'd set the perfect trap... Until he got caught. Blake Boudreaux's sex appeal is legendary--so is his family loyalty. When his father tasks him with retrieving a beloved heirloom to save their finances, the New Orleans playboy agrees, even if it means seducing Madison Armantine. The beautiful philanthropist is helpless against his strong arms and sultry Southern drawl, even as she suspects...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Lord James Hamilton, heir to the Duke of Abercorn and attendant to the young Prince of Wales, is in no rush to find a wife and take on a more responsible life. James has earned his reputation as a rakehell of London. Then a feisty beauty piques his interest, and he finds himself obsessed. Lady Anne Curzon-Howe has long been besotted with her dear friend's handsome elder brother, James. But Lord Hamilton's rakish ways are notorious for a reason. ....
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Paolo, an Italian who drives a Paris tour bus, has just proposed to his true love, the German stewardess, Greta, when the young French beauty, Cecile pulls up beside his bus on her bicycle; and, in short order, Paolo, following some very bad advice from his friend, Derek, finds himself with a German fiancee, a French "wife", two Australian children who call him "Papa", and his life upside-down.
12) Four seasons
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Xavier Lamar is a 35-year-old man who is "almost" ready to settle down with one woman, but first he wants to try the dating game one last time. He decides to date a different woman each season of the year and then decide which one he will commit to marrying. His best friend Derrick, owner of the hottest cafe in town, is there for moral support during his "Four Seasons" journey.
13) Somebody's baby
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Known as the family playboy and a serial dater, veterinarian Rory Gallagher finds the only woman who can tame his roving heart when his best friends sister, who was just left at the altar, shows up at his clinic with a wounded dog." --
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Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Claire McKenna knows about loss. The bullet wound that ended her promising professional tennis career drove her to make a quiet life for herself working with fabric samples, chatting with her book group, and spending time with her parents in her sleepy coastal Connecticut hometown. There was a boyfriend who dumped her to pursue her adventurous childhood friend. Claire's business has hit a financial snag, but she's up to the challenge. After all,...
16) Byrne: a novel
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Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A novel in verse chronicling the escapades of a worldly Irishman, which include a stint writing music for the Nazis. "The question is: Can music really speak? / Music is merely notes, / all self-referring; / The articulative faculty is weak; / Music means rather less than a cat's purring."
The first American publication of the late writer's comic-satiric epic novel in verse tells the story of a Don Juan-type Irish artist who vanishes under Hitler's...
18) Bein' good
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Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Shy and level-headed, Kiki longs for true love. She wishes that Jackson would talk to her. But Jackson is a player and only wants one thing"--p. [4] of cover.
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