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1) Catherine
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Some secrets are not meant to be shared.Catherine Bennet, known as Kitty to close friends and family, knows this better than anyone. She also knows that she will never marry and it never bothered her before she met Lord George Kerr at Elizabeth and Darcy's wedding. He's determined to breach the walls of defense she'd carefully constructed around her heart, and she's just as determined to stay the course.Some secrets cannot be sharedLord George Kerr...
2) Catherine
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An aristocratic playboy finds himself the houseguest of a brash, bold, confounding, yet inexplicably beguiling widow in this incredibly witty romance from Raine Cantrell.
For Catherine, widowhood does not mean mourning. It means freedom. Finally experiencing the world outside of her former husband's strict and watchful eye, Catherine finds new joy in the simplicity of life in the home she shares with her closest friends, Mary and Sarah.
With Mary...
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IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Catherine the Great was a formidable Russian empress who gained the throne by overthrowing her husband, Peter III. This biography for early readers examines her life in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. This title helps all readers learn about a historical female leader who made a difference in our world. The My Itty-Bitty Bio series celebrates diversity and inclusion, values that readers...
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Catherine finds herself at the receiving end of a vindictive suitor. He doesn't beat her but uses other means to humiliate her as he destroys her reputation in their small city. Wanting a new life, she answers an advertisement to be a mail order bride, agreeing to be the wife of a mysterious rancher named Nicholas. The correspondence starts off well enough but Nicholas decides that Catherine isn't the woman that he wants...Problem is, she's already...
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Based on a true story. In 1824, Catherine, a Catholic spinster of 44, unexpectantly inherits millions. However, she doesn't use it to climb the social ladder or snare a husband; she uses it to fulfill a lifelong dream of building a refuge for the poor and sick of Dublin, Ireland. That an unmarried woman would dare propose such a thing is so scandalous, even her own brother calls it "Kitty's Folly." Society turns against her. The Church tries to take...
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The Hawthorne family has a secret. One that they have tried to keep from Catherine her whole life. A so-called accident brings William Hawthorne, his wife Helena, and Cat to Branford Connecticut. This is where Catherine meets a handsome young married lawyer named Samuel Wentworth, and where their lives change forever.
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When Jared and Catherine first met, it was nothing like love at first sight. Their external behavior classified their worth into different groups, but after his accident, they crossed paths. Nothing is as it seems, as her highs and his lows balance each other out and create a dynamic but challenging relationship...that no one saw coming.
Catherine Harriet is asked to tutor the rebellious, disobedient Jared Winston. She is reluctant at first, but...
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Catherine, now widowed after marrying Leo's teammate Rick "Ash" Mitchell, is burdened with regret for the choices she made. The night she ended her relationship with Leo to marry Ash, she could not have foreseen the heartbreak that awaited her. Catherine's life becomes entangled with Leo's once more when she seeks his help for a friend in need.On the run to protect Emma, Leo and Catherine are again drawn to each other. Sparks fly as they navigate...
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"It was all I could do last night to let you walk away from me. I wanted you to stay so badly. I wanted to sit and talk the rest of the night. I wanted to walk you home." His eyes drag greedily down my body and back up to meet my gaze. "I can't seem to get enough of you. You showed up tonight in that dress, and I thought I was going to have a heart attack." He closes the last bit of distance between us, dropping his hands to rest lightly on my hips....
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When a complicated inheritance case turns deadly, Miss Silver suspects an entire family An advertisement appears in the newspaper, asking for genealogical information from descendants of a certain Jeremiah Taverner, who died in long-ago 1888. It looks like an ordinary notice by a curious scholar, but the question is not nearly as simple as that. The man behind the ad is a Taverner himself: estranged, wealthy, and looking for a suitable relation to...
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Born an obscure German princess who suffered under the control of a domineering, narcissistic mother, the fourteen-year-old Princess Sophie von Anhalt-Zerbst seemed to be destined for a minor marriage and a forgettable career. Destiny had other plans for her: summoned to Russia, then considered by most Europeans to be a vast, primitive wasteland, devoid of culture or sophistication, she became the Grand Duchess Ekaterina, wife of the future emperor...
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"Stargate Origins" follows Catherine Langford (Ellie Gall), whose father, archeologist Paul Langford (Connor Trinneer), discovered the eponymous Stargate in 1928, when Catherine was a young girl. Young Catherine -- whose death as an elderly woman is depicted in the eighth season of "Stargate SG-1" -- explores the mysteries of the Stargate in an attempt to save Earth.
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Le "Glaymore" quitte le port, destination Hong Kong. À son bord, chacun cache un secret, entretient un espoir...
Deux jeunes femmes partagent la même cabine. Catherine Duncan, la célèbre championne de ski, tente d'oublier que son fiancé, Hugh, s'est tué en montagne. Léonie Grant, qui est médecin, part rejoindre au bout du monde celui qu'elle aime.
Le capitaine est beau. Son charme glacé séduit les passagères. Catherine l'aperçoit, elle...
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Catherine's lips tightened at the tone of Anne's voice. She was speaking to her as if she were a servant. But she said nothing, only turned and walked out the door after patting Anne reassuringly on the shoulder.
She hurried down the stairs, not even bothering to tuck her hair back into place. She had left it unbound, not expecting visitors, and when she entered the courtyard, it tumbled about her shoulders in an unruly cloud of sable.
It seemed...
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In the captivating world of history, few figures have left an indelible mark as Catherine of Aragon. This remarkable woman, who would go on to become the first wife of King Henry VIII of England, had a lineage steeped in grandeur and a birth that would shape her destiny.
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A truth buried for over forty years.
A love that lasted a lifetime.
Rose Pepper has kept her wartime past a secret for decades. Forty years ago, she fled communist Prague and left behind the love of her life.
Now in her sixties and with two daughters, Rose discovers a bundle of unopened letters sent to her by her lost love. Confronted with the possibility of facing up to her past, she decides it's finally time to go back to where her story began...