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61) Evanly bodies
Author
Series
Constable Evans mysteries volume 10
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
62) The mango season
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Smart, capable heiress Emmeline Pershing will do anything to keep her beloved home; and all it takes is an arranged marriage and a teeny white lie to fulfill her family's silly inheritance rules! But now her little fib means that she and her completely unsuspecting husband are going to inherit big--and very messy--trouble in this spicy, sexy delight from bestseller Suzanne Enoch, Something in the Heir"--
Publisher
First Look Studios
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy about her arranged marriage and is secretly in love with Alu, a young elephant handler. When the romance is revealed, Alu is thrown in jail and the wedding elephant goes missing. To save the princess, Paige and Eddie must find the elephant and free Alu, plus convince...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
How do you find lasting love in today's world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe, swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr. Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath's dismay. For Zoe's childhood friend and neighbor Kaz, the answer is to follow his parents' example and opt for an arranged (or "assisted") marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry...
67) Fire: Angaar
Series
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
©1998.
Language
English
Description
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage and [falls] into the supple embrace of Radha."--Container.
68) Tiger moon
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Expected to make a better match than her sisters, Lady Georgina Gordon, a vivacious beauty, refuses to marry a man to whom she is not attracted, until she meets the powerful Duke of Bedford's younger brother, John Russell, who is not a suitable candidate
Author
Series
Vega family love stories volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Kamilah, a Puerto Rican chef, and Liam, an Irish American whiskey distiller, are blackmailed by their grandfathers, best friends since boyhood, into getting married or risk losing the building that houses both their businesses"--
Author
Series
Brides series (Deeanne Gist) volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"Set in 1640's Colonial Virginia, a marriage of convenience becomes most inconvenient when the bride proves more than the planter had bargained for"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Exmoor saga volume 1
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In fifteenth-century England, Richard Lanyon, who had sacrificed the happiness of his own family to become a landowner, finds he can no longer live with the guilt of his past, while his son, agreeing to an arranged marriage, harbors his own lost dreams.
Author
Series
Three graces trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The Tudor king issues Lady Catherine Milton a most unusual command: seduce Scottish loyalist Ross Dunbar. The son of an ornery borderland laird, Dunbar would make an advantageous match, but King Henry cannot force him to wed. So Cate must ensnare him... A rush of courtly parties and passionate nights in Dunbar's embrace leaves Cate breathless...and confused. She desires a proposal for the sake of propriety and politics, but she longs to be truly loved....
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
To be named as her autistic younger brother's future guardian, thirty-three-year-old hijabi Sana Saeed must be wed and agrees to an arranged marriage until a high-stakes case at work leads her to her childhood sweetheart, forcing her to choose between family and security.
Perfect for fans of Sonali Dev and Uzma Jalaluddin, Noreen Mughees’s immersive debut novel reunites star-crossed childhood sweethearts against all odds, only for their second...
75) An Italian wife
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In turn-of-the-century Italy, fourteen-year-old Josephine, sheltered and naive, is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America, where she later joins him. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina, is conceived in passion, born in secret, and given up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life searching for her lost child, keeping her secret even...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Urano, S.A.U
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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Description
"Emmeline Pershing está dispuesta a hacer cualquier cosa para conservar su adorado hogar; lo único que hace falta es un matrimonio de conveniencia y una pequeña mentira piadosa para cumplir con los estúpidos requisitos de herencia de su familia. Emmeline y William Pershing han disfrutado de un ideal matrimonio de conveniencia durante ocho años. Su relación es la perfecta combinación de sus talentos y metas. Han establecido vidas separadas...
77) The waiting
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family of four fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from...
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Seattle, 1929--a bitterly divided city overflowing with wealth, violence, and magic. A respected magus and city leader intent on criminalizing Seattle's most vulnerable magickers hires a young woman as a lady's companion to curb his rebellious daughter's outrageous behavior. The widowed owner of a speakeasy encounters an opportunity to make her husband's murderer pay while she tries to keep her shapeshifter brother safe. A notorious thief slips into...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro the Father of Impressionism"--
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