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Lady Faith Mordains fiancé is castigated in Guy Delamars Harbinger newspaper as a thief. She believes the social climbing editor must be wrong--though Lord Thomas apparently did take flight with the companys funds. The race to retrieve the funds or the peers reputation is on--with Faiths chaperoning...

Sir Edmund said: “I think it is a mistake for a man of unstable temperament to marry, dont you?” Lizzie replied: “To marry a timid lady, yes. Good gracious, is this the reason you espouse misogamy? Dont be such a gudgeon, Edmund. Find someone who is not afraid of your blustering, arm her with...

Sir Ludwig called her “Rose Trelawney” because she had no memory of who she was. Awaking in a ditch in a snowstorm, “Rose” had eventually found safe haven at Sir Ludwigs home as his sisters governess. But she found herself not unfamiliar with ordering servants about—or the physical desire...

When Zoie Barrons painting studio is being readied, a stolen necklace is discovered. She decides to return it on the sly, but Lord Weylin is suspicious, especially when the necklace is found to be fake. Seldom trusting each other, Zoie and Lord Weylin set out to solve this mystery that involves her...

THE OBSERVER THRILLER OF THE MONTH For generations the Freyls have ruled Springfield, Illinois, capital of a state of great lakes and rivers. Now convicted killer David Marion threatens their invincibility, and he threatens it from within their own ranks. Water: it's blue gold, and the...

The Marquis of Claymore had been rejected by the Beauty of the Season and he was determined to marry the first beautiful woman he could find to assuage his pride. There were the Wanderley twins, with Wanda as gorgeous as could be, and her twin, Ellie, obviously not in the same class. But Wanda was almost engaged… Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett

When author Joan Wilson-Jones partner Philip was diagnosed with an aggressive metastasized prostate cancer in 2002, she quickly found that despite her personal resources and professional training, she was not ready for her new role as a caregiver. She realized it would potentially stretch her to her...

Joan Clark’s An Audience of Chairs opens with Moranna MacKenzie living alone in her ancestral Cape Breton farmhouse, waging a war with the symptoms of bipolar disorder and grieving the loss of her two daughters, taken from her over thirty years previously. There are few people remaining in her life,...

Trudie Barten, bored by her restricted life in London with her brother gone to Newmarket, offered Latin tutoring to his friends. Misunderstanding her intent, the arrogant Lord Luten accused her of being a lightskirt determined to capture his wealthy, naïve young nephew. So Trudie and her aunt joined...

Here is an updated edition of Joan Nunn's detailed survey of costume in the Western world over the past eight centuries. She not only gives the reader a vivid visual impression of the clothes themselves, but also outlines the historical and social background and the changes in manufacturing techniques...

En el mundo contemporáneo las apariencias han sustituido a la realidad. No obstante, la fotografía, una tecnología históricamente al servicio de la verdad, sigue ejerciendo una función de mecanismo ortopédico de la conciencia moderna: la cámara no miente, toda fotografía es una evidencia....

El cambio de paradigma tecnológico al que la fotografía se ha visto sometida en los últimos años no sólo ha puesto de nuevo de manifiesto la naturaleza fotográfica de nuestra cultura, sino que ha zarandeado algunos de los fundamentos que parecían formar parte indisociable de lo fotográfico....

Meet your dream plate and fall in love with a faster, friendlier approach to printmaking. For artists and crafters who love the creative possibilities of monoprinting on gelatin but not the prep time, mess and inconvenience that comes with it, the Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate is a dream come...

What makes fashionistas willing to pay a small fortune for a particular designer accessory -- a luxe handbag, for example? Why is it that people all over the world share the conviction that a special occasion only becomes really special when a champagne cork pops -- and even more special when that...