Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Farseer trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Young Fitz is a bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the court of the Six Duchies by his father's gruff stableman. He is ignored by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz's blood runs the magic Skill - and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family. For longer than anyone remembers, the Farseers have ruled the...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From debut author Asha Lemmie, a sweeping, heartrending coming-of-age novel about a young woman's quest for acceptance-and the unexpected ally that will change everything-in post-World War II Japan. Kyoto, Japan, 1948. "If a woman knows nothing else, she should know how to be silent. . . . Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist." Such is eight-year-old Noriko "Nori" Kamiza's first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with...
3) Bleak House
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Charles Dickens’ Bleak House, originally published in 1853, is a timeless classic that follows the story of a cast of characters navigating the complexities of the legal system in London during the Industrial Revolution. Through the characters’ eyes, Dickens paints a vivid picture of a city in turmoil and a legal system in chaos. The novel is an exploration of social class and justice, and is widely considered one of Dickens’ best works. Its...
4) Oceans apart
Author
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Conner Evans and his wife Michele seem to enjoy a perfect life, until a seven-year-old son Conner never knew existed comes to live with them after the death of his mother, forcing them all to confront hidden truths.
Author
Language
English
Description
Upon learning that she is an earl's illegitimate daughter, 1920s governess Rachel Woodley teams up with an associate who helps her infiltrate key social circles in order to contact her father and undermine her privileged half-sister's world.
Raised in a poor yet genteel household, Rachel Woodley is working in France as a governess when she receives news that her mother has died, suddenly. Grief-stricken, she returns to the small town in England where...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
New parents Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage look forward to introducing Sebastian’s father to his granddaughter, but instead find themselves investigating an attempt on his life... Yorkshire, England. August 1832. Relations between Sebastian Gage and his father have never been easy, especially since the discovery that Lord Gage has been concealing the existence of an illegitimate son. But when Lord Gage is nearly fatally attacked on a journey...
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 21
Language
English
Description
" A new addition to the New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series. After an eventful trip to Bel-Air and a reunion with his sophisticated (and very wealthy) former love, Arrington Calder, Stone Barrington is back in New York, and he's looking to stay closer to home and cash in on his partnership at Woodman & Weld. But Arrington has other plans for Stone...including introducing him to the child he fathered many years ago"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Convicted and imprisoned because she was unwilling to name her partner in adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on the breast of her gown for the remainder of her life. This unending public reminder of sin torments her days and haunts her soul. Four people will be destroyed by a complex web of guilt and secrets, unless one of them will reveal the truth behind the scarlet letter. This is a masterful exploration of man's unending struggle...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When a mysterious stranger finds his way into her bedchamber and offers his help in landing a husband, Lady Felicity Faircloth agrees to his suspicious terms -- on one condition. She's seen enough of the world to believe in passion, and won't accept a marriage without it
10) Driftwood tides
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
''He made himself an island until something unexpected washed ashore. When Holton lost his wife, Adele, in a freak accident, he shut himself off from the world, living a life of seclusion, making drifwood sculptures and drowning his pain in gin. Until twenty-three-year-old Libby knocks on his door, asking for a job and claiming to be a friend of his late wife. When he discovers Libby is actually his late wife's illegitimate daughter, given up for...
Author
Series
Bareknuckle bastards volume 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Lady Henrietta pursues one last night of passion before starting her life as a spinster, finding herself in the arms a king known as Beast.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A disinherited duke and a former lady are courting much more than business in the first novel in Megan Framptons newest titillating series, Hazards of Dukes. Everything he had ever known was a lie Sebastian, Duke of Hasford, has a title, wealth, privilege, and plenty of rakish charm. Until he discovers the only thing that truly belongs to him is his charm. An accident of birth has turned him into plain Mr. de Silva. Now, Sebastian is flummoxed as...
Author
Series
Sins for all seasons volume 1
Language
English
Description
At birth, Mick Trewlove, the illegitimate son of a duke, was handed over to a commoner. Despite his lowly upbringing, Mick has become a successful businessman, but all his wealth hasnt satisfied his need for revenge against the man who still wont acknowledge him. What else can Mick do but destroy the dukes legitimate sonand woo the heirs betrothed into his own unloving arms . . . Orphaned and sheltered, Lady Aslyn Hastings longs for a bit of adventure....
15) Howards End
Author
Language
English
Description
When impetuous Helen Schlegel believes herself to be in love with Paul, the youngest of the Wilcox sons, she sparks off a connection between the two families that leads to collision.
A chance acquaintance brings together the prosperous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured, and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs. Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The bastard son of a nobleman, Finn Trewlove was a shameful secret raised by a stranger. As Finn came of age he had secrets, too--the clandestine nights spent with an earls daughter. But her promise of forever ended in betrayal. Driven by a past that haunts her, Lady Lavinia Kent seeks redemption in Londons underworld, engaged in a daring cause inspired by the young man to whom she gave her innocence, and who then proved himself a scoundrel by abandoning...
19) Unspoken
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Having left her hometown years before with her world shattered and her illegitimate baby dead, Shelby Cole decides to return home when she begins to receive anonymous letters that claim that her daughter is alive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Julie Anne Long reinvents the historical romance for modern readers." Amanda Quick. From USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long comes the second book in an exciting new historical romance series, the first since her beloved Pennyroyal Green series. He has devils blood in his veins. At least, thats always been the legend. How else could the Duke of Brexfords notorious bastard son return from the dead? The brutal decade since Lucien Durand, Lord...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request