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Guests can be surprising…
Ann and Rhonda continue their work at The Beach House Hotel, always striving to make their upscale property the best on the Gulf Coast of Florida. As they've learned, not all guests are easy. When they receive a request from Hilda Hassel, a member of the Bavarian royal family, for a two-week stay at the hotel in January, demanding the best room and high tea every afternoon, Ann is uneasy. Other Hassel family members cancelled...
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Harper & Brothers Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He wrote 180 books and was a coauthor or editor of 31 more.[2] He died in Farmington, Maine,[4] where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded...
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Every little girl wants to be a princess, and every mom knows that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the castle walls. Today I'll Be a Princess will make both sides happy, encouraging hours of imaginative play. Our heroine imagines all sorts of advantages to being a princess, until she learns that princesses don't get to play in the mud. It's no contest, and the tiara is abandoned in favor of playtime outside.
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Awakened by a kiss volume 3
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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A Mass Market Original
USA Today bestselling author Charis Michaels concludes her Awakened by a Kiss series with another enchanting romance, this time telling the real story of Cinderella's stepsister and the man who can't help falling in love with her.
A Former Ugly Duckling...
Miss Drewsmina "Drew" Trelayne is a former awkward child and one-time wicked stepsister. Raised by a bitter, overbearing mother, Drew is all grown up and has made peace...
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Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Red Queen meets Shadow and Bone in this #1 New York Times bestselling debut about a girl forced to use her gift for sensing-and absorbing-other people's feelings to protect the empire from assassins. Steeped in intrigue and betrayal, Burning Glass captivates with heartrending romance, dangerous magic, and one girl's quest for redemption. In Riaznin, it's considered an honor for Auraseers like Sonya-girls with a rare form of synesthesia-to serve as...
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Recorded Books, Inc.
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Adelaide Smith is too busy for fairy tales. She's been working hard to put herself through law school and now that the end is in sight, she's determined to stay focused on her goals. Then she receives a letter notifying her that she has been found through a DNA registry to be a direct descendant of King Maximillian V, the ruler of a small Eastern European principality called Montovia. She's understandably skeptical. This is the stuff of cheesy made-for-TV...
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Step behind the palace doors in this gripping historical novel that is a must read for fans of The Crown and Princess Diana! Buckingham Palace, 1981 Her engagement to Prince Charles is a dream come true for Lady Diana Spencer but marrying the heir to the throne is not all that it seems. Alone and bored in the palace, she resents the stuffy courtiers who are intent on instructing her about her new role as Princess of Wales… But when she discovers...
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Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Gladys Malvern uses her celebrated talent for prose to share the stories of Henry VIII’s wives with immense personality and captivating drama.
Henry VIII was married to six women during his reign as the King of England. Gladys Malvern characterizes them as The Saint (Catherine of Aragon); The Egotist (Anne Boleyn); The Diplomat (Jane Seymour); The Housewife (Anne of Cleves); The Coquette (Catherine Howard); and The Mother...
Henry VIII was married to six women during his reign as the King of England. Gladys Malvern characterizes them as The Saint (Catherine of Aragon); The Egotist (Anne Boleyn); The Diplomat (Jane Seymour); The Housewife (Anne of Cleves); The Coquette (Catherine Howard); and The Mother...
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English
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If you like relatable heroines (with great hair), hot and aloof book boyfriends, and near misses and almost kisses, then you'll love Megan Clawson's debut rom com. Despite living in an actual castle, happily ever after is evading Margaret 'Maggie' Moore. From her bedroom in the Tower of London, twenty-six-year-old Maggie has always dreamed of her own fairy-tale ending. Yet this is twenty-first century London, so instead of knights, she has catfishes,...
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Samson Low & Co.
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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I send this book out to the world with many misgivings, feeling that it is not what I would like it to be—not what I could have made it with more time. I have found it especially difficult to procure facts and incidents of the early life of the Queen—just that period which I felt was of most interest to my younger readers. So much was I delayed that for the actual arrangement and culling of my material, and the writing of the volume, I have had...
11) Meghan Markle
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Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Meghan Markle joined the British royal family after a successful acting career. Read about her career, her human rights work, and her path to becoming royalty!
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Series
A royal match volume 3
Publisher
Harlequin Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"An abundance of sharp wit and…romantic chemistry." -Booklist on Last Duke Standing
Daring. Darling. Determined.
Next to the Season's newest diamond, Harriet (Hattie) Woodchurch feels like a plain Jane. But that's of no consequence, since Hattie's plan for her future is to earn enough to live far, far away from her embarrassing family.
That is until Mateo Vincente, Duke of Santiava and newly minted Viscount Abbott, arrives in London. While...
13) Forever Princess
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Series
Princess diaries volume 10
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The tenth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot.
It's Mia's senior year, and things seem great. She aced her senior project, got accepted to her dream college(s), and has her eighteenth birthday gala coming up . . . not to mention prom, graduation, and Genovia's first-ever elections. What's not to love about her life? Well . . . everyone adores her dreamy boyfriend, J.P., but Mia is not sure he's the one....
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Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2023
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English
Description
While on vacation in the south of France, aspiring chef Oliver Reed unwittingly thwarts an assassination attempt on the mysterious Max-and finds himself embroiled in courtly intrigue, stately theft, and a whirlwind romance.
A brief holiday fling with the sweet young American isn't enough for Maximilian IX Lukas, crown prince of the Kingdom of Noricia. He whisks Oliver-and the entire Reed-Ruíz family-to a castle in the Alps.
But picking up where...
15) Hasley Fateless
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English
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Only love can heal the echoing madness.What happens when true love is interrupted, in a world where it is guaranteed? Welcome to the Fated Tales.Hasley Jeweler and Arsenio Trader were meant to meet-but their fating was derailed by the building of the impenetrable wall surrounding Ashkadance.Little do they know that love finds a way, and Hasley's journey as a Fateless will teach her that order isn't always the answer...that sometimes, rules are meant...
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Princesses Wear Pants by TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie and parent educator Allison Oppenheim
Princess Penelope Pineapple is back and ready to save the day! When she receives an SOS from Princess Sabrina Strawberry, Princess Penny learns that the Strawberry Kingdom’s bees have disappeared. Without bees, how will they enjoy their most precious fruit?
...Princess Penelope Pineapple is back and ready to save the day! When she receives an SOS from Princess Sabrina Strawberry, Princess Penny learns that the Strawberry Kingdom’s bees have disappeared. Without bees, how will they enjoy their most precious fruit?
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Floating Press, The
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
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18) Unspoken
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The Parliament House
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Set in a kingdom of warring lands, demon curses, and hidden magic, UNSPOKEN is the perfect shifter fantasy for fans of Maggie Stiefvater's Mercy Falls Series and Sarah J Maas’ Throne of Glass.
“I cleared my entire reading schedule for this book. I stayed up well beyond when an exhausted parent of extremely energetic triplets should stay up to read this book. I used the few quiet seconds I get during the day to...
“I cleared my entire reading schedule for this book. I stayed up well beyond when an exhausted parent of extremely energetic triplets should stay up to read this book. I used the few quiet seconds I get during the day to...
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Publisher
B.E.S.
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Another fun day of play turns to quiet goodnights at the royal castle in this sweet and calming bedtime book for babies and toddler that is sure to ease them into a gentle sleep.
Follow along in this bedtime book perfect for princess-loving kids as you say "night night" to everything from the throne and crown, to a horse-drawn carriage and castle. Can your royalty enthusiast spot each item as you go? Filled with soothing rhymes and relaxing illustrations,...
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HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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A lost princess. A mysterious puppet master. And a race against time—before all is lost.
Princess Rani longs for a chance to escape her gilded cage and prove herself. Ria is a street urchin, stealing just to keep herself alive.
When these two lives collide, everything turns on its head: because Ria and Rani, orphan and royal, are unmistakably identical.
A deal is struck to switch places—but danger lurks in both worlds, and to save their home,...
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