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1) Bride
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English
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Misery Lark, daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest must leave her life of anonymity among the humans and uphold a historic alliance with the Weres by marrying their Alpha, Lowe Moreland.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs away from her uncle's home in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai. To prevent the union, she needs the help of her cousin Theo, who is working as a translator for the Chinese Labour Corps in the French countryside. In the town of Noyelles-sur-Mer, Camille Roussel is planning her escape from an abusive marriage, and to end a love...
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Series
Regency vows volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"The Regency Vows series that is 'sure to delight Bridgerton fans' (USA TODAY) returns with this story about a viscount and his irascible new wife who hopes to chase her husband from their shared home so that she can finally get some peace and quiet--only to find that his company is not as onerous as she thought. Viscount Penvale has been working for years to buy back his ancestral home, Trethwick Abbey, from his estranged uncle. And so he's thrilled...
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Series
Chai Masala Club romances volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Payal is a girl on the verge--of living a life she's always dreamt of, becoming a rising star in fashion, and...of marriage?! When her parents insist she marry fellow Londoner and serial dater Ayaan Malhotra in order to save their company, Payal has a choice: stick it to her dysfunctional family but put her hard-earned fashion success on hold...or get engaged to save her family's fortune and rescue her own dream-come-true life. Ayaan has always been...
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-three-year-old hijabi Sana Saeed has put away her childhood dream of ishq--an all-consuming, sweeping love. The arranged dates she's agreed to have failed time after time, and she has responsibilities to consider--namely her sweet, autistic younger brother, Zia. Sana and Zia are a package deal, and she wouldn't have it any other way. But their traditional mother won't allow Sana to be named as his future guardian . . . unless she's married....
Author
Series
My happy marriage (Manga) volume 3
Publisher
Square Enix Manga & Books
Pub. Date
[2022]-
Language
English
Description
Born to a noble family, Miyo is raised by her abusive stepmother and married off to heartless soldier Kiyoka, so with no home to return to, Miyo slowly starts to open her heart to her cold and pale fiancé.
Author
Publisher
Titania, Ediciones Urano, S.A.U
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"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 y en fantástica armonía bajo el mismo techo, y están satisfechos con esa situación, o eso piensa Emmeline. Si, en secreto, William ha anhelado algo más por parte de su esposa, ha conseguido conformarse con su impresionante talento como anfitriona,...
Author
Publisher
Forge/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Two women's lives and identities are intertwined-through World War II and the Korean War-revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century. "Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known embers of history and transforming them into moving, compelling, and uplifting stories." -Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Fatima Tate, aspiring baker (100% against her conservative parents' wishes), leads a pretty normal life: long drives with BFF Zaynab, weekly services at the mosque, big family parties, soup kitchen volunteering (the best way to perfect her flaky dough recipe!), and stressing about college. But everything changes when she meets a charming university student named Raheem. Knowing the 'rents would FREAK, Fatima keeps their burgeoning...
10) Kantika: a novel
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family's displacement across four countries, Kantika--"song" in Ladino--follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start anew, Rebecca fashions a life and self from what comes her way--a failed marriage, the need to earn a living, but also passion, pleasure and motherhood....
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
1547: Pedro Gonzales, a young boy living on the island of Tenerife, understands that he is different from the other children in his village. He is mercilessly ridiculed for the hair covering his body from head to toe. When he is kidnapped off the beach near his home, he finds himself delivered by a slave broker into the dangerous and glamorous world of France's royal court. There "Monsieur Sauvage," as he is known, learns French, literature, and sword...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Tana Fairchild's fate has never been in question. Her life has been planned out since the moment she was born: she is to marry the governor's son, Landon, and secure an unprecedented alliance between the witches of her island home and the mainlanders who see her very existence as a threat. Tana's coven has appeased those who fear their power for years by releasing most of their magic into the ocean during the full moon. But when Tana misses the midnight...
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be married. The couple soon moves to San Jose, California, with an infant and Sungho's overbearing mother-in-law. Adrift in a new country, Insuk grieves the loss of her past and her divided homeland, finding herself drawn into an illicit relationship that sets into motion a dramatic saga and echoes for generations to come. From the Gwangju Massacre to the...
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