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back cover text:When science came into my life, it offered a way of framing up answers to the sorts of questioning, observing, and information-gathering that fit with my nature and upbringing.I didn't view it as a Prince Charming, a love who'd sweep me off to a life not possible otherwise. Science was a taskmaster that needed the best, brightest, hardest workers it could get, whatever shape they came in. I could rise to this and contribute.At least,...
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A Regency romantic suspensePrequel to the Lady Wynwood's Spies series Spinster Miranda Belmoore has become a poor relation in her cousin's house. She determines to escape a life of drudgery and disdain from her own family members, who are embarrassed by her straightforward speech and unconventional behavior that does not match with proper society. She is beginning to believe what they tell her-that she doesn't matter to anyone, not even to God. Former...
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Revenge is in her future. But falling for her enemy's son is one fate this spiritualist could never have envisioned.Playwright Maxwell Millerson would rather spend his days dreaming up stories than cleaning up his father's messes. But a trendy renovation has the family's gaming club on the brink of ruin, and not even Max's imagination can conjure a way out. Desperate, he turns to the multi-talented-and alluringly audacious-Madame Xyla to help him...
4) The Spinster
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Her love died on a battlefield. He carries a torch for a woman he's never met. Can the tragic death of a soldier entwine the souls of two strangers?
Colorado, 1920. Josephine Barnes wrote every day to her beloved fiancé battling in the trenches of the Great War. Devastated when he's killed in action, she vows never to marry and buries her grief in the construction of the town's first library. But she's left breathless when she receives a request...
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Murderous rebels and bigoted gentlemen can't prevent spinster Lady Margaret Brent from wielding her power to defend Maryland settlers from plunder and obliteration.
Lady Margaret Brent is compelled to right wrongs. Under the rule of Charles I she risks her life by illegally educating English women, placing her family at risk. She fights to have a voice, yet her own father and brothers exclude her from discussions. Worried the king's men may know...
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Murderous rebels and bigoted gentlemen can't prevent spinster Lady Margaret Brent from wielding her power to defend Maryland settlers from plunder and obliteration.
Lady Margaret Brent is compelled to right wrongs. Under the rule of Charles I she risks her life by illegally educating English women, placing her family at risk. She fights to have a voice, yet her own father and brothers exclude her from discussions. Worried the king's men may know of...
7) Spinsterella
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Matilda Crowley has earned the nickname Spinsterella at Amalgamated Consolidated for her unique style and fashion sense. But when an enigmatic new hire starts working on her floor, the Goth Monster is eager to get closer to the silent stranger many in the office have called the Quiet Man. Is it love at first bite for the Black Widow? Or is she destined to die an old maid?
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Miss Devereux, Spinster by Agnes Giberne is a charming Victorian-era novel that follows the life of the titular character, Miss Devereux, as she navigates the complexities of love, family, and societal expectations in 19th-century England. Miss Devereux is a spirited and independent woman who, despite being considered a spinster by society's standards, leads a fulfilling life dedicated to her passions and interests. With a keen intellect and a compassionate...
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En 1878 Elizabeth Downton es ya una solterona. Tiene treinta años y ninguna expectativa romántica. Aun así Elizabeth no es una mujer amargada, acepta el destino que le ha tocado y disfruta de las cosas sencillas de la vida. Elizabeth tiene un potente aliado en su hermano pequeño, Dexter, que es el único que la conoce realmente y con el que siempre puede ser ella misma. Galen Cook es el hijo de lord Cook, un hombre acostumbrado a que se haga su...
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When love arrives on a camel, who knew it would be oblivious to flirting?
Self-proclaimed bachelor for life Phineas Fernley has dreamed of exploring the world since the day he found a book on archaeology hidden on the shelves of his father's library. Armed with books and his personal journal Phineas sets out to add his knowledge to the world of ancient artifacts. His one true desire is to walk into a Pharaoh's death chamber and discover the treasure...
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Mrs. Regina Stansbury, a woman of high fashion and dwindling fortunes, has just trapped London's most courted bachelor into agreeing to marry her daughter Cordelia. Though young Miss Cordelia Stansbury has admired the handsome and dashing Gervaise Valerian for years, she is mortified by the circumstances of their engagement. Duty bound to obtain her father's consent for this match, Miss Stansbury becomes lost at sea while traveling to meet him in...
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In lending a hand…
Will she give away her heart?
For as long as she can remember, spinster Emma Beiler has secretly loved her neighbor. Though Thomas Reihl is long widowed, Emma still keeps her distance. But when an Englisch granddaughter unexpectedly lands on his doorstep, he is clearly out of his depth. Will Emma decide to step in and show him that he needs to live-and love-again?
From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness...
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Opposites attract in Amish country
The Amish Spinster’s Courtship by Emma Miller
To prove she has a fun side, ultraserious Lovey Stutzman accepts her sister’s dare: a buggy ride with Hickory Grove’s most handsome Amish bachelor. But what Lovey can’t accept is Marshall Byler’s claim that he fell in love with her at first sight. Now Marshall must defy everyone’s expectations—including his family’s—to prove his intentions once and...
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Three luminous novels from a New York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award finalist. Throughout her long and acclaimed career, May Sarton refused to be categorized. As a memoirist, poet, and novelist, she broke new ground by openly exploring homosexuality, gender inequality, and other once taboo social issues. Gathered here in one volume are three of her most memorable and moving works of fiction. Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing:...
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An unexpected alliance between spinsters…Confirmed spinster ELSPETH DEXINGTON works in the Dexington family linen manufacturing business dealing with logistics. She believes that machinery will make clothing cheaper for the people, and therefore everyone can afford new clothes, not hand-me-downs and turned cuffs. But when her father declares they will stop manufacturing linen and shift to cotton, she has a new fight on her hands. Producing affordable...
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An unconventional woman content to remain an unmarried spinster decides to explore sensual pleasure with a willing rake in this sexy Regency romance.
Miss Emma Henley knows she's neither pretty nor rich enough to land a husband. Instead she's thrown her passion into good causes. But this season she's tempted by a flirtation with Lord Theo. The dashing nobleman is just as determined to stay unwed as she is. It's scandalous . . . but if she's never...
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A serious-minded spinster makes a scandalous match with a handsome mill owner in this Victorian romance.
England, 1834. When lady's companion Sara Standish meets Cameron Fitzallen, he's mending machinery with his jacket off. He is manly and capable-though it is most improper for him to set Sara's heart aflutter! As a tradesman, it would be forbidden for her to mix with him.
Yet in Cam, Sara has finally met a man who shares her curiosity and...
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She is a shy spinster by day and a celebrated opera singer by night. He is an earl in dire need of a wife-and desperately in love with this season's opera star. Can love blossom out of this tangled web of deception?
This is a sweet, cheeky Regency romp where spinsters are merry, rogues are charming, and nothing is at it seems.
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Lady Avery Heywood has never been kissed. She's never had a Season, danced the waltz at a ball, or been in love. The staunch spinster has resigned herself to a loveless existence, where she dutifully raises her brother's four children and cares for an ageing aunt. But Avery yearns to break free from the shackles of her humdrum existence. Determined to check off each item on her list of unfulfilled dreams, she turns to her butler for assistance. Little...
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"When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave--only to discover that the...