Victoria Holt
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1970
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With Over 100 Million Copies Sold, Victoria Holt is the Queen of Gothic Romance "I shall be back," he said "When?" "Perhaps sooner than you think." He took my face in his hands and looked at me; I thought he was going to kiss me, but he seemed to change his mind and suddenly, he was gone and I was alone in the autumn-scented garden. Dark Secrets. Lost Treasure. Delicious Scandal. Anna Brett fears she's doomed to be a governess to an English family...
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Favel Farrington meets Roc Pendorric on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Capri, where she was raised and lives with her father. Roc sweeps her off her feet, taking her from her home by an emerald sea to the ancient family home of the Pendorrics, in Cornwall. His sister and her family await them with open arms, welcoming young Favel. She is the much anticipated Bride of Pendorric, a name that amuses and flatters her.
The castle is beautiful in...
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Lovely Ellen Kellaway was rescued from a bleak future by her newly discovered guardian, Jago Kellaway, Lord of the Far Island, off the wild coast of Cornwall. There, Ellen was drawn deeper and deeper into the secrets of a past as alive and threatening as the present. There Jago offered her the fabled Island Necklace worn by the mistresses of Kellaway Castle. But was it a promise of happiness -- or a dark symbol of death . . .?
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1971
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Best-selling author Victoria Holt is universally popular for her breathtaking works of romance and fiction. Filled with strong-willed characters and set in exotic historical eras, each of her books spins an unforgettable tale.
The Shadow of the Lynx follows beautiful young Nora Tamasin as she leaves her home in Victorian England. Recently orphaned, she sails toward the untamed lands of gold-rush Australia. Her journey will take her to the Lynx: the...
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1972
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In this entrancing novel, set in late 1800s Europe, a beautiful English schoolgirl participates in an ancient celebration, only to discover she no longer knows the difference between truth and myth. As shadows lengthen, 17-year-old Helena Trant and her classmates must finish their picnic in the Black Forest. Tonight young men will be out to honor Loke, the god of mischief, with drinking and pranks-no woman will be safe. As Helena walks through the...
11) The judas kiss
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1982.
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A young Englishwoman sets off for the Bavarian Alps in pursuit of her missing sister, who she fears met with foul play after eloping with Baron Rudolph, heir to the throne of Bruxenstein.
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1960
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Mount Mellyn stood as proud and magnificent as she had envisioned . . . But what about its master-Connan TreMellyn? Was Martha Leigh's new employer as romantic as his name sounded? As she approached the sprawling mansion towering above the cliffs of Cornwall, an odd chill of apprehension overcame her.
TreMellyn's young daugher, Alvean, proved as spoiled and difficult as the three governesses before Martha had discovered. But it was the girl's father...
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1985.
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A sealed room. A mysterious map. A dead girl's desperately penned journal. For Annalice, they lead to discovery and danger. Annalice, determined to learn the secrets of the diary and desperate to find her brother, begins a journey that leads her through the world's most exotic outposts: Cape town, the Australian outback, and, finally, to thes lush, tropical islands of the South Seas--where she encounters heart-stopping peril, but also the promise...
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A simple children's rhyme, holds the key to a tragedy that hovered over Harper's Green. Frederica came to Wiltshire amid sad circumstances. But as she grows and enjoys her now peaceful surroundings, she comes to realize that there is a weight of secrecy that is going to crush it. It could possibly crush the bond between her and the Lord of St. Aubyn's manor, Crispin. How were Crispin's former nannies involved? - taken from cover
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Noelle Tremaston's charmed yet unconventional life as the daughter of the infamous Desiree, darling of the London stage, comes crashing to a halt when her mother takes in a struggling ingenue and disaster strikes. Noelle flees to Paris where, on the eve of World War I, a bizarre twist of fate will lead her into unsolved mysteries -- and the arms of love.