Freddy and Fredericka

Freddy and Fredericka

Author: Mark Helprin

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-07-07

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 1101201177

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A New York Times bestseller by Mark Helprin, author of Winter's Tale, which is now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, and Jennifer Connelly “Freddy and Fredericka is a vast, sprawling book of Homeric proportions and design in which Helprin exploits to the fullest his powers of invention as well as a lesser known talent for comedy.” —Bookreporter.com Mark Helprin’s legions of devoted readers cherish his timeless novels and short stories, which are uplifting in their conviction of the goodness and resilience of the human spirit. Freddy and Fredericka—a brilliantly refashioned fairy tale and a magnificently funny farce—only seems like a radical departure of form, for behind the laughter, Helprin speaks of leaps of faith and second chances, courage and the primacy of love. Helprin’s latest work, an extraordinarily funny allegory about a most peculiar British royal family, is immensely mocking of contemporary monarchy and yet deeply sympathetic to the individuals caught in its lonely absurdities.


The Constant Princess

The Constant Princess

Author: Philippa Gregory

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-09-06

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0743272498

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A fictional portrait of Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine of Aragon, follows her through her youthful marriage to Henry's older brother, Arthur, her widowhood, her marriage to Henry, and the divorce that led to Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn.


The Ice Prince

The Ice Prince

Author: Sandra Marton

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2011-10-18

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 0373130260

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Prince Draco Valenti, known as the ice prince, bears his title reluctantly, and wears his icy exterior like a suit of armor that no opponent can penetrate.... Except Anna Orsini. She isn't any ordinary adversary, she's a high-flying, straight-talking lawyer in a no-nonsense suit and killer stilettos--conflicting signals that perplex, frustrate and attract Draco all at the same time.... While they're at odds in business, in the bedroom Draco's desire for Anna has the power to melt his defenses. The temptation to play with fire is overwhelming....


The Secretary's Seduction

The Secretary's Seduction

Author: Jane Porter

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2010-05-14

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1426863640

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From sensible secretary…to sexy siren! Handsome business tycoon Morgan Grady hasjust been voted News Weekly's Man of the Year.Eager to move out of the media spotlight,Morgan decides it's time he found himself awife. So New York's most eligible bachelorproposes to the one woman he knows he cantrust—his sensible assistant, Winnie Graham!Alone on his exotic private island, Morgandiscovers that Winnie's composed exteriorhides a storm of passion and desire.The sexualattraction that had always simmered gentlybetween them suddenly ignites into an inferno!Morgan wants Winnie, but a woman this feistywill never settle for being a convenient wife.She demands nothing less than her cynicalboss's heart…


Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (A New Verse Translation)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (A New Verse Translation)

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2008-11-17

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0393334155

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One of the earliest great stories of English literature after ?Beowulf?, ?Sir Gawain? is the strange tale of a green knight on a green horse, who rudely interrupts King Arthur's Round Table festivities one Yuletide, challenging the knights to a wager. Simon Armitrage, one of Britain's leading poets, has produced an inventive and groundbreaking translation that " helps] liberate ?Gawain ?from academia" (?Sunday Telegraph?).


The Bodyguard's Christmas Proposal

The Bodyguard's Christmas Proposal

Author: Charlotte Hawkes

Publisher: Mills & Boon

Published: 2021-06

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780263287752

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The top of her Christmas list? A family! Nurse Kat Steel always wanted a big family, but a childhood accident and her ex's departure ended that dream - she's not about to lay her heart on the line again. Until Logan Connors - ex-bodyguard and new trauma surgeon - and his adorable son, arrive! Logan's complicated past means he's not looking for happily-ever-after either. Could a little mistletoe magic change that for them all?