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Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"After an odd encounter at a grand masquerade ball, Lady Emily becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of one of the guests, a sometime actress trying to pass herself off as the mysterious heiress and world traveler Estella Lamar. Each small discovery, however, leads to more questions. Was the intended victim Miss Lamar or the imposter? And who would want either of them dead? As Emily and Colin try to make sense of all this, a larger puzzle...
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Private investigator Marco Landon accomplishes his assignment and finds reclusive heiress Amelia Garcia in a Texas cabin--only to be shot at outside her door. Now as they run for their lives, Marco is determined to do everything in his power to protect Amelia. But can they figure out why someone is dead set on stopping her from inheriting the Rio Rojo Ranch?
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Born to a life of privilege, Lady Ravenna Huntley rues the day that she must marry. She's refused dozens of suitors and cried off multiple betrothals, but running away--even if brash and foolhardy--is the only option left to secure her independence. Lord Courtland Chase, grandson of the Duke of Ashvale, was driven from England at the behest of his cruel stepmother. Scorned and shunned, he swore never to return to the land of his birth. But when...
Author
Series
Luna sisters volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A marriage of convenience between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd London politician makes for a scandalous Victorian bargain--and a love that will eclipse the burdens of ambition and duty. Ana María Luna Valdés has strived to be the perfect daughter, the perfect niece, and the perfect representative of the powerful Luna familia. So, when Ana María is secretly sent to London with her sisters to seek refuge during the French occupation of Mexico,...
85) June
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Cassie Danvers is holed up in her family's crumbling mansion in rural St. Jude, Ohio, mourning the loss of the woman who raised her-- her grandmother, June. When Cassie discovers that she has been named the sole heir to legendary matinee idol Jack Montgomery's vast fortune she is stunned. Could Jack Montgomery have crossed paths with her grandmother all those years ago? When his daughters arrive, determined to reclaim the inheritance, they uncover...
86) Gallows Court
Author
Series
Jacob Flint volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"London, 1930. A headless corpse; an apparent suicide in a locked room; a man burned alive during an illusionist's show in front of thousands of people. Scotland Yard is baffled by the sequence of ghastly murders unfolding across the city and at the centre of it all is mysterious heiress Rachel Savernake. Daughter of a grand judge, Rachel is as glamorous as she is elusive. Jacob Flint, a tenacious young journalist eager to cover the gruesome crimes,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When she inherits a fortune as well as her aunt's list of scandalous unfulfilled wishes, American Lucy Merryweather tries to fulfill as many of her aunt's wishes as possible while eluding prying reporter Cameron Effington.
To Do: Swim naked in the moonlight. Play in a high stakes card game. Ride an elephant. Be painted sans clothing. Take a lover. . . Lucy Merryweather has inherited a fortune ? and her great-aunt's list of unfulfilled wishes....
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Tressa Harlowe's father did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended family. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had concealed it. Tressa and her ailing mother are left with a mansion and an immense vineyard and no money to run it. It doesn't take long for a bevy of opportunists to flock to the estate under the guise of offering condolences....
90) The Adventuress
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Emily and husband Colin have come to the French Riviera for what should be a joyous occasion - the engagement party of her lifelong friend Jeremy, Duke of Bainbridge, and Amity Wells, an American heiress. But the merrymaking is cut short with the shocking death of one of the party in an apparent suicide. Not convinced by the coroner's verdict, Emily must employ all of her investigative skills to discover the truth and avert another tragedy"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Targeted by her husband's killer, injured and pregnant widow Kayla Powers needs a protection plan--pronto. But 24/7 bodyguard detail challenges Special Agent Ryan Hastings's security skills...and professional boundaries. The determined heiress will do anything to neutralize the threat to her unborn child, even offer herself as bait. But will her plan to step out of the shadows jeopardize Ryan's mission and his heart?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Jonathan Deverill promised a dying friend he'd be guardian to the man's daughter, he envisioned a girl in pigtails and pinafores, a child he could leave behind in some finishing school. Problem is, his ward is actually a fully grown, defiant beauty whose longing for romance threatens to make his guardianship a living hell.
Author
Series
Pride and prejudice novel volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A reimagining of the story of Jane Austen's mysterious character depicts a rejected young heiress who fights a life-long addiction before discovering health and passion in the London home of her cousin, Colonel John Fitzwilliam.
Anne de Bourgh's doctor prescribed laudanum to quiet her when she was a fussy baby. Anne now takes the opium-heavy tincture every day, growing up with few companions except her cousins, including Fitzwilliam Darcy. Throughout...
Author
Series
Once upon the East End novel volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
To save her business in 1832 London, heiress Isabelle Lira must quickly marry a powerful ally outside of her rivals' sphere of influence, and offers synagogue custodian Aaron Ellenberg money for a new life if he vets her suitors, only to find herself falling for this man she cannot have.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom...
Author
Series
Girl Friday mystery volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city's top private investigator, Tommy Fortuna. The clients can be frustrating, and none more maddening than fabulously wealthy Tallmadge Blackstone, who demands Tommy tail his daughter, Tallulah, and find out why she won't marry his business partner, a man forty years her senior. Sounds like an open-and-shut case for a P.I. known for busting up organized crime--but the next day, Viviana...
98) Escapade
Author
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An heiress who inherits half her family's newspaper business must convince the owner of the other half--a reclusive millionaire--that she can bring the paper back to life.
Author
Series
League of scoundrels volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"...a seasoned spy sets out to rescue the childhood friend he once loved from a reputation-destroying rumor--only to discover that she is actually the source."--
100) To catch a thief
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Robie is suspected of a new rash of gem thefts in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera, and he must set out to clear himself. Meeting pampered heiress Frances, he sees a chance to bait the mysterious thief with her mother's fabulous jewels. His plan backfires, however, but Frances, who believes him guilty, proves her love by helping him escape. In a spine-tingling climax, the real criminal is exposed.