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Eleven-year-old Gina Sparks, aspiring journalist, and her fellow GEEKs, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin, live in Elmwood, New Hampshire, a small town in serious danger of vanishing completely--unless the four friends can find the Van Houten fortune, which was supposedly promised to the town by Maxine Van Houten, a famous toymaker who loved complicated puzzles.

A romance set in Scotland in 1766. En la Escocia de 1766, Angus McTern, jefe de su clan, tiene todo lo que quiere en la vida. Aunque su abuelo perdió las tierras y el castillo de la familia a las cartas cuando él era sólo un niño, Angus se toma en serio sus obligaciones y es respetado por los hombres y adorado por las mujeres. Bueno, hasta que aparece Edilean Talbot. Edilean, una joven que nació en la opulencia, representa todo lo que Angus...

Suddenly orphaned and alone Victoria Seaton sails the vast ocean, eager to claim her heritage at Wakefield, the sumptuous English estate of her distant cousin ... the notorious Lord Jason Fielding. Bewildered by his arrogance yet drawn to his panther-like grace, she senses the painful memories that smolder in his eyes. When he gathers her into his arms, arousing a sweet, insistent hunger, they wed and are embraced by fierce, consuming joy -- free...

Spy hunter Alban Norwood, Viscount Kendale, tries to resist his attraction to French refugee Marielle Lyon, whom he is convinced is a spy, while Marielle is willing to make use of his interest in her to help save her father.

Inheriting a Parisian apartment that was abandoned after World War II, Alice teams up with a student to uncover the story of a long-lost great aunt who hid her work with the Resistance behind the persona of a socialite Nazi collaborator. "Code Name Verity meets Jennifer Donnelly’s Revolution in this gripping debut novel, now in paperback with a teaser to Jordyn Taylor's next fast-paced historical YA novel, Don't Breathe a Word NOW: Sixteen-year-old...

Perry Christo is a P.I. with a past. A former cop, he lost his badge and his family when a corruption scandal left him broke and disgraced. When wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia Drusilla summons him one cold February night, he grabs what seems to be a straightforward and lucrative case. The socialite is looking for her beautiful, aimless daughter, Angelina, who is about to become a very wealthy young woman. But as Christo digs deeper, he discovers...

A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin. "Orson Welles's beautiful, nostalgia-suffused second feature--the subject of one of cinema's...

An epic story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Tiananmen Square protests. In Heiress Apparently, Gemma Huang’s big acting break led her to Beijing, where she uncovered an incredible family secret. This second novel in the Daughters of the Dynasty series delves further into Gemma’s complex and storied legacy, moving back one generation to tell the story of Gemma’s mother, Lei, as she finds love against the backdrop of 1980s...