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Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
One devoted modern girl + a meddlesome, traditional grandmother = a heartwarming multicultural romantic comedy about finding love where you least expect it. Raina Anand may have finally given in to family pressure and agreed to let her grandmother play matchmaker, but that doesn't mean she has to like it-- or that she has to play by the rules. Nani always took Raina's side when she tried to push past the traditional expectations of their tight-knit...
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1929 Seattle, grifter Dolly White applies for a job as a minder to the wealthy Fiona Earnshow, to keep her out of trouble until she can marry the man her father selected. But Dolly is working with powerful magic to protect the shifters in Seattle from a powerful, misogynistic scion.
Author
Series
Thorne chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Princess Rory Thorne must use the fairy blessings gifted to her at birth to change the multiverse--or possibly destroy it. How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a feminist reimagining of familiar fairytale tropes and a story of resistance and self-determination--how small acts of rebellion can lead a princess to not just save herself, but change the course of history.
45) Spilled water
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After her father's death, Lu Si-Yan's uncle sells her to a rich family who expect her to work as their servant until she is old enough to marry their son, but when she runs away things only get worse.
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Zoya Sahni has a great education, a fulfilling job and a loving family (for the most part). But she is not the perfect Indian girl. She's overweight, spunky and dark-skinned in a world that prizes the slim, obedient and fair. At 26 she is hurtling toward her expiration date in Mumbai's arranged marriage super-mart, but when her auntie's matchmaking radar hones in on the Holy Grail of suitors--just as Zoya gets a dream job offer in New York City--the...
Author
Series
Caraval volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Having made a deal with a criminal to save her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage, Tella must win Caraval and uncover Legend's identity, or risk losing everything, including her life.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
For a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s, about all that's available to her is marriage. When Constance's parents arrange her a marriage with a man more than twice her age, she's powerless to resist. Four months into the marriage, she slips out of their bed in the middle of the night, and puts on his clothes. Sneaking out of the house before dawn, Stance visits the baker's scrawny son, who has just been drafted into the army, and offers...
49) Picture bride
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful Japanese young woman goes to Hawaii to marry a man she knows only through his picture. Although she is disappointed when he turns out to be older than his picture led her to believe, she finds that life in this new land is more exciting and satisfying than she expected.
Author
Series
Regency vows volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
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...
51) The caged graves
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Returning to her hometown of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, in 1867 to marry a man she has never met, seventeen-year-old Verity Boone gets caught up in the a mystery surrounding the graves of her mother and aunt and a dangerous hunt for Revolutionary-era gold.
52) Monsoon wedding
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Love, lust and hope envelop an upper middle-class Indian family and their world-wide guests as they celebrate for four days the arranged marriage of their daughter to an East Indian man from Texas.
Author
Series
Castles in their bones volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old triplets Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz, each with her own secret skill and wish, begin arranged marriages to princes of neighboring nations to fulfill their mother's intention to reign over the continent.
Empress Margaraux has had plans for her daughters since the day they were born. Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz will be queens. And now, age sixteen, they each must leave their homeland and marry their princes....
Author
Series
Star-touched queen volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Maya's arranged marriage turns out much better than she expected, but her husband's magic--and her curiosity--may threaten more than her life.
55) Everlasting
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the relationship between Abrielle, who is forced into marriage with a nefarious squire, and her beloved Raven, a Scottish soldier determined to save her from an evil fate.
57) Caraval
Author
Series
Caraval volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their ruthless father. Now Scarlett's father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the legendary, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor who she has just met, Tella whisks...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A rural town, a truck driver makes runs between his town and Accra with few problems until he is forced to replace his truck. To raise the money to get a new vehicle, he sells some stolen watches and promises his daughter in marriage to a rich merchant. Rebelling against this fate, the daughter runs off to Accra with her boyfriend.
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
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Yes, Leila Abid wants to marry, but after 26 years of singledom her parents are panicking, the neighbors are talking, and she's wondering if her expectations are too high. She's looking for a Bollywood romance, where real love happens before marriage, not the other way around. After a series of speed dates, blind dates, online dates and even ambush dates, the sparks just don't fly! The marriage clock ticking: she's facing her 3-month deadline before...
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