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Outlander

Author: Diana Gabaldon
ASIN : 0440212561
Sales Rank : 683
Studio : Dell
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
EAN : 9780440212560
ISBN : 0440212561
Number Of Pages : 896
Publication Date : December 01, 1992
Release Date : December 02, 1992
Publisher : Dell
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Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another...

In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon--when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach--an "outlander"--in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord...1743.

Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire's destiny in soon inextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden Castle Leoch. She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life ...and shatter her heart. For here, James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire...and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

Amazon.com Review

In Outlander, a 600-page time-travel romance, strong-willed and sensual Claire Randall leads a double life with a husband in one century, and a lover in another. Torn between fidelity and desire, she struggles to understand the pure intent of her heart. But don't let the number of pages and the Scottish dialect scare you. It's one of the fastest reads you'll have in your library.

While on her second honeymoon in the British Isles, Claire touches a boulder that hurls her back in time to the forbidden Castle Leoch with the MacKenzie clan. Not understanding the forces that brought her there, she becomes ensnared in life-threatening situations with a Scots warrior named James Fraser. But it isn't all spies and drudgery that she must endure. For amid her new surroundings and the terrors she faces, she is lured into love and passion like she's never known before.

I was lame and sore in every muscle when I woke next morning. I shuffled to the privy closet, then to the wash basin. My innards felt like churned butter. It felt as though I had been beaten with a blunt object, I reflected, then thought that that was very near the truth. The blunt object in question was visible as I came back to bed, looking now relatively harmless. Its possessor [Jamie] woke as I sat next to him, and examined me with something that looked very much like male smugness."

Gabaldon creates characters that you'll remember, laugh with, cry with, and cheer for long after you've finished the book. --Candy Paape

Katherine

Author: Anya Seton
ASIN : 155652532X
Sales Rank : 3958
Studio : Chicago Review Press
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9781556525322
ISBN : 155652532X
Number Of Pages : 512
Publication Date : December 01, 2004
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
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This classic romance novel tells the true story of the love affair that changed history-that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family. Set in the vibrant 14th century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets-Edward III, the Black Prince, and Richard II-who ruled despotically over a court rotten with intrigue. Within this era of danger and romance, John of Gaunt, the king's son, falls passionately in love with the already married Katherine. Their well-documented affair and love persist through decades of war, adultery, murder, loneliness, and redemption. This epic novel of conflict, cruelty, and untamable love has become a classic since its first publication in 1954.

The Brothers Karamazov

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
ASIN : 0374528373
Sales Rank : 2008
Studio : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780374528379
ISBN : 0374528373
Number Of Pages : 824
Publication Date : December 14, 2002
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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The award-winning translation of Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel.

When the Duke Returns (Avon Historical Romance)

Author: Eloisa James
ASIN : 0061245607
Sales Rank : 6312
Studio : Avon
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
EAN : 9780061245602
ISBN : 0061245607
Number Of Pages : 384
Publication Date : December 01, 2008
Release Date : December 25, 2008
Publisher : Avon
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The Duchess of Cosway yearns for a man she has never met . . . her husband.

Married by proxy as a child, Lady Isidore has spent years fending off lecherous men in every European court while waiting to meet her husband. She's determined to accept him, no matter how unattractive the duke turns out to be. When she finally lures Simeon Jermyn back to London, his dark handsomeness puts Isidore's worst fears to rest—until disaster strikes.

The duke demands an annulment.

Forsaking his adventuresome past, Simeon has returned to London ready to embrace the life of a proper duke, only to find that his supposed wife is too ravishing, too headstrong, and too sensual to be the docile duchess he has in mind. But Isidore will not give up her claim to the title—or him—without a fight.

She will do whatever it takes to capture Simeon's heart, even if it means sacrificing her virtue. After all, a consummated marriage cannot be annulled.

Yet in forcing Simeon into a delicious surrender, will Isidore risk not only her dignity—but her heart?

Seduce Me at Sunrise (The Hathaways, Book 2)

Author: Lisa Kleypas
ASIN : 0312949812
Sales Rank : 3872
Studio : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
EAN : 9780312949815
ISBN : 0312949812
Number Of Pages : 384
Publication Date : December 30, 2008
Release Date : December 30, 2008
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Dragonfly in Amber

Author: Diana Gabaldon
ASIN : 0385335970
Sales Rank : 1952
Studio : Delta
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780385335973
ISBN : 0385335970
Number Of Pages : 752
Publication Date : December 07, 2001
Release Date : December 07, 2001
Publisher : Delta
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With her now-classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable characters — Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser — delighting readers with a story of adventure and love that spanned two centuries. Now Gabaldon returns to that extraordinary time and place in this vivid, powerful follow-up to Outlander....

For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland’s majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ... about a love that transcends the boundaries of time ... and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his....

Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire’s spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart ... in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising ... and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves....

Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)

Author: Leo Tolstoy
ASIN : 0143035002
Sales Rank : 1581
Studio : Penguin Classics
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780143035008
ISBN : 0143035002
Number Of Pages : 864
Release Date : December 31, 2004
Publisher : Penguin Classics
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Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for generations to come.

Amazon.com Review

Some people say Anna Karenina is the single greatest novel ever written, which makes about as much sense to me as trying to determine the world's greatest color. But there is no doubt that Anna Karenina, generally considered Tolstoy's best book, is definitely one ripping great read. Anna, miserable in her loveless marriage, does the barely thinkable and succumbs to her desires for the dashing Vronsky. I don't want to give away the ending, but I will say that 19th-century Russia doesn't take well to that sort of thing.

Simply Perfect

Author: Mary Balogh
ASIN : 0440241995
Sales Rank : 3169
Studio : Dell
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
EAN : 9780440241997
ISBN : 0440241995
Number Of Pages : 464
Publication Date : December 30, 2008
Release Date : December 30, 2008
Publisher : Dell
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Against the seductive backdrop of Regency England, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh sweeps us into the sensual, enthralling world of four teachers at an elite academy for young ladies.

As headmistress of Miss Martin’s School for Girls in Bath, Claudia Martin long ago resigned herself to a life without love. Until Joseph, Marquess of Attingsborough, arrives unannounced and tempts her to toss away a lifetime of propriety for an affair that can only lead to ruin, embarking on a plan of seduction that leaves them both yearning for more. But Claudia knows she has no place in Joseph’s aristocratic world. And now that world is about to be rocked by scanda.…An arranged marriage, a secret that will shock the ton, and a man from Claudia’s past conspire to drive the lovers apart. But Joseph is determined to make Claudia his at any cost—even if that means breaking every rule for a love that is everything he has ever wanted.…

A Wallflower Christmas

Author: Lisa Kleypas
ASIN : 0312533780
Sales Rank : 5043
Studio : St. Martin's Press
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780312533786
ISBN : 0312533780
Number Of Pages : 224
Publication Date : December 14, 2008
Release Date : December 14, 2008
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
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Shadow Music: A Novel

Author: Julie Garwood
ASIN : 0345500741
Sales Rank : 3704
Studio : Ballantine Books
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
EAN : 9780345500748
ISBN : 0345500741
Number Of Pages : 448
Publication Date : December 30, 2008
Release Date : December 30, 2008
Publisher : Ballantine Books
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Throughout her acclaimed writing career, Julie Garwood has captivated readers with characters who are compelling, daring, and bursting with life. Now one of the most popular novelists of our time proudly returns to her beloved historical romance roots–in a thrilling tale of love, murder, adventure, and mystery set against the haunting landscape of medieval Scotland.

For Princess Gabrielle of St. Biel, Scotland is a land of stunning vistas, wild chieftains, treacherous glens, and steep shadows–skullduggery, betrayal, and now murder. Prized for her exquisite beauty, the daughter of one of England’s most influential barons, Gabrielle is also a perfect bargaining chip for a king who needs peace in the Highlands: King John has arranged Gabrielle’s marriage to a good and gentle laird. But this marriage will never take place.

For Gabrielle, everything changes in one last burst of freedom–when she and her guards come upon a scene of unimaginable cruelty. With one shot from her bow and arrow, Gabrielle takes a life, saves a life, and begins a war.

Within days, the Highlands are aflame with passions as a battle royal flares between enemies old and new. Having come to Scotland to be married, Gabrielle is instead entangled in Highland intrigue. For two sadistic noblemen, underestimating Gabrielle’s bravery and prowess may prove fatal. But thanks to a secret Gabrielle possesses, Colm MacHugh, the most feared man in Scotland, finds a new cause for courage. Under his penetrating gaze, neither Gabrielle’s body nor heart is safe.

A gripping novel that delves into the heart of emotions–unyielding passions of love, hate, revenge, and raw desire–Shadow Music is magnificent gift from Julie Garwood and a crowning achievement in her amazing career.


From the Hardcover edition.