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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice...
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Language
English
Description
"For the character of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, Dickens drew on a tragedy in his own life, the death at the age of seventeen of his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth. Five years later he wrote, 'the desire to be buried next her is as strong upon me now ... and I know (for I don't think there ever was love like that I bear her) that it will never diminish.'" "The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset...
Author
Series
Clockwork Agents novels volume 1
Publisher
Signet Eclipse
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Arden Grey enjoys a life most women in 1898 London can't even dream of: she has the social status, wealth, and independence of a countess. She also has the ability to witness the final moments of a murder victim's life. But ever since the disappearance of her husband, Lucas, none of this means anything to her. Until one night, when Arden spies a man watching her-a man she recognizes as her missing husband. He's been ordered to assassinate Arden as...
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Series
Publisher
Signet Eclipse
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Reeling from her brother's death, beautiful American spy Claire Brooks has vowed revenge on the member of the Company whom she believes to be responsible: Stanton Howard. But when she chases the man to London, Claire is captured by the Wardens of the Realm and placed in the custody of the Earl of Wolfred, the dashing Alastair Payne.
Author
Series
Lockwell sisters novels volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books/Spectra
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The eldest of the Lockwell sisters is now Mrs. Quent. Her life has gone back to that of polite society, but she soon finds out that dark powers are gathering again, and she must decide if her place is that of a respectable married woman or that of a magician's wife.
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Series
Publisher
Signet Eclipse
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
As chief surgeon for the Wardens, Evelyn Stone fears her own life is on the line when she is kidnapped by a band of pirates, only to discover that the airship captain is Gavin "Mac" MacRae, her former lover. The man whose life she once saved. The man she abandoned. Since Evelyn left, Mac made his mark as both a pirate and a pilot. But his true allegiance isn't known. So when he asks Evie for help with a wounded woman onboard, he tells Evie that the...
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