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Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Of all her novels, this one is the most explicitly literary in that it is primarily concerned with books and with readers. In it, Austen skewers the novelistic excesses of her day made popular in such 18th-century Gothic potboilers as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers all figure into Northanger Abbey, but with a decidedly satirical twist. Consider Austen's introduction of her heroine: we are told on the very first page that "no one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine." The author goes on to explain that Miss Morland's father is a clergyman with "a considerable independence, besides two good livings--and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters." Furthermore, her mother does not die giving birth to her, and Catherine herself, far from engaging in "the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush" vastly prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes.

Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style. --Alix Wilber

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Her life is in his hands...

Deputized by U.S. Marshals, Rhett Calder is no outlaw, but an honest man determined to right the many wrongs committed by his criminal family. Working undercover during a train holdup, the last thing he needs a beautiful southern belle to protect. But when his vicious brother sets designs on Anastasia Hamilton, he's forced to claim her as his own.

Surviving two days unsuspected in the bandits' company will require some convincing-of a physical nature. Rhett vows not to take Anastasia's virginity, but as for her innocence? Set ablaze by his "playacting"...

Historical Novella
15K Words

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In London: The Autobiography the life of the capital is told, for the first time, by those who made it and saw it at first hand.

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Now available in a single volume, E L James?s New York Times #1 bestselling trilogy has been hailed by Entertainment Weekly as being ?in a class by itself.? Beginning with the GoodReads Choice Award Romance Finalist Fifty Shades of Grey, the Fifty Shades Trilogy will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
 
This bundle includes the following novels:
 
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: When college student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating.  The unworldly Ana realizes she wants this man, and Grey admits he wants her, too?but on his own terms. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian?s secrets and explores her own desires.
 
FIFTY SHADES DARKER: Daunted by Christian?s dark secrets and singular tastes, Ana has broken off their relationship to start a new career. But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and while Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Ana is forced to make the most important decision of her life.
 
FIFTY SHADES FREED: Now, Ana and Christian have it all?love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for their future. But Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would anticipate. Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any obstacle, misfortune, malice, and fate conspire to turn Ana?s deepest fears into reality.

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Now available in a single volume, E L James?s New York Times #1 bestselling trilogy has been hailed by Entertainment Weekly as being ?in a class by itself.? Beginning with the GoodReads Choice Award Romance Finalist Fifty Shades of Grey, the Fifty Shades Trilogy will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
 
This bundle includes the following novels:
 
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: When college student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating.  The unworldly Ana realizes she wants this man, and Grey admits he wants her, too?but on his own terms. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian?s secrets and explores her own desires.
 
FIFTY SHADES DARKER: Daunted by Christian?s dark secrets and singular tastes, Ana has broken off their relationship to start a new career. But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and while Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Ana is forced to make the most important decision of her life.
 
FIFTY SHADES FREED: Now, Ana and Christian have it all?love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for their future. But Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would anticipate. Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any obstacle, misfortune, malice, and fate conspire to turn Ana?s deepest fears into reality.

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Back from serving on the front line in the Middle East - cowboy Quincy McLoud comes home to find a sassy, sexy female has taken over his ranch and turned it into a resort! He'll do anything to get it back including some dirty tricks. What he can't do is fall for the new owner, gorgeous Abby, but how can he help it when she needs his expert help to tame the land. All he has to do is hold onto his hat and keep his heart safe. What are the chances?

"Carol Grace - my favorite author! Phyllis Boston
"TROUBLE IN PARADISE - No trouble reading this book, it's SO good!)" Nora Culver
Readers - Re-edited 8/22. Typos gone!

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Back from serving on the front line in the Middle East - cowboy Quincy McLoud comes home to find a sassy, sexy female has taken over his ranch and turned it into a resort! He'll do anything to get it back including some dirty tricks. What he can't do is fall for the new owner, gorgeous Abby, but how can he help it when she needs his expert help to tame the land. All he has to do is hold onto his hat and keep his heart safe. What are the chances?

"Carol Grace - my favorite author! Phyllis Boston
"TROUBLE IN PARADISE - No trouble reading this book, it's SO good!)" Nora Culver
Readers - Re-edited 8/22. Typos gone!

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Return to Lovett, Texas, the setting of Daisy's Back in Town, in this smart and sexy new story from Rachel Gibson, the New York Times bestselling author of Rescue Me and the Seattle Chinooks books.

Lily Darlington's been called crazy in her day?and, yeah, driving her car into her ex-husband's living room probably wasn't the smartest move ever made?but the louse deserved it. Now Lily is happily single, and she's turned it all around. She knows she's a good mom, a homeowner, and a businesswoman, all wrapped up in one good-looking package.

A package that police officer Tucker Matthews is dying to unwrap. This ex-military man sure doesn't need another woman in his life. His last girlfriend left him with nothing but memories and a cat named Pinky! But living next door to Lily has been driving him nuts. He dreams about her long blonde hair and even longer legs. And maybe it's time to go a little crazy . . . and fall in love.

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DEAD WEIGHT - A missing woman, a cold case, and one angry teenager keep Lizzy Gardner busy in this suspenseful sequel to Abducted by T.R. Ragan.


Her First Cold Case?

Lizzy Gardner, a private investigator known as the ?one who got away,? has spent over a decade trying to get over her past and move on. Although she knows that the man responsible for ruining her life is now dead, letting it all go is easier said than done. Hoping murder and mayhem are behind her, she delves into her first cold case: twenty-one years ago, a girl went missing and the girl?s dying mother is more desperate than ever to know what happened to her only child.

A Missing Woman?

After a woman walks into Lizzy?s office and offers her a large sum of money to keep a close eye on a fitness guru, a man she believes is responsible for her sister?s disappearance, Lizzy realizes she might have taken on more than she can handle.

An Angry Teenager?

Lizzy calls in the help of her two assistants, forcing Hayley and Jessica to work together. Hayley might be of more use to Lizzy if she wasn?t wandering the streets of Sacramento in the dead of night.

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DEAD WEIGHT - A missing woman, a cold case, and one angry teenager keep Lizzy Gardner busy in this suspenseful sequel to Abducted by T.R. Ragan.


Her First Cold Case?

Lizzy Gardner, a private investigator known as the ?one who got away,? has spent over a decade trying to get over her past and move on. Although she knows that the man responsible for ruining her life is now dead, letting it all go is easier said than done. Hoping murder and mayhem are behind her, she delves into her first cold case: twenty-one years ago, a girl went missing and the girl?s dying mother is more desperate than ever to know what happened to her only child.

A Missing Woman?

After a woman walks into Lizzy?s office and offers her a large sum of money to keep a close eye on a fitness guru, a man she believes is responsible for her sister?s disappearance, Lizzy realizes she might have taken on more than she can handle.

An Angry Teenager?

Lizzy calls in the help of her two assistants, forcing Hayley and Jessica to work together. Hayley might be of more use to Lizzy if she wasn?t wandering the streets of Sacramento in the dead of night.