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A sequel to the novel "Aztec," set in postconquest Mexico, which tells the story of Tenamaxtli, a proud, young Aztec who sets out to avenge the murder of his father by mounting a rebellion against the Spaniards.

This installment of Alexandra Ripley's Old South saga- begun in the bestselling Charleston- traces the lives of the prominent South Carolina Tradd family from the turn of the century to 1935. From an ugly duckling love child, Garden Tradd became the glorious belle her mother, Margaret, had longed to be. With breathtaking abandon and dazzling innocence, Garden dances through Paris, London, and New York as the twenties roar- until betrayal turns the...

"Ruined by scandal, Georgiana bargains with a duke to regain her place in Society. But their pretend friendship sparks real love, risking reputations, duty, and unexpected happily-ever-afters. Eight months after a stolen kiss ruined her reputation, Miss Georgiana Wood is a recluse, cast out of Society without any hope of ever finding a suitable match. Longing for redemption, she never expects her salvation to arrive in the form of a handsome, temperamental...

"When Pakistan's first elected Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is hanged, the people of OK Town refuse to believe he is dead and fight to bring him back. In the heart of the city, Sir Baghi is surprised by a knock at the door of the Rebel English Academy, his tuition center that offers affordable English lessons. An unexpected visitor, Sabiha, seeks refuge at the Academy -- her husband has just died in a house fire, and she is suspected of killing...

Chronicles the transformation of Southern California from frontier to suburb through the story of Linda Stamp and her relationships with her brother Edmund, orange rancher Willis, and mysterious Bruder.

Connor Fieldstone, the Duke of Lynton, renowned as a Silver Duke, has no intention of every marrying again. One failed marriage is enough for him, but he readily admits his heathen children need to be brought under control, especially now that his dowger mother has invited a horde of eager debutantes, young diamonds of Society, to a house party at his Devon estate for the purpose of finding him a perfect match. Not going to happen. He merely wants...

Washington's rowdy lumber camps were no place for an innocent young beauty. And when lovely Rachel McKinnon caught the eye of Jonas Wilkes, she was truly in dire straits. Wilkes owned the lumber empire, the town, the people-and now he wanted Rachel. Her only hope was the town's darkly handsome doctor, Griffin Fletcher. In a promise to her dying mother, Fletcher had reluctantly promised to protect Rachel from harm. But the smoldering enmity he...

This city glitters. But not for us. It's 1896. Trapeze artist Falan Sunkara is a performer at le Cirque des Ombres, a magical circus that has taken Paris by storm. But behind the glamorous spectacle lies a sinister truth: Members of le Cirque are bound to its cruel ringmaster by enchanted contracts. For one week each year, the shimmering circus hosts the Game of Oaths, a bloody tournament meant to entertain the city's elite. Twelve performers are...

"PARIS, 1925 HARRY NOLAN is an expatriate American, making a meager living as an illustrator for a low-paying magazine, but his life is upended when he is assigned to illustrate an anonymous article about the death of a god--because a centuries-old French brotherhood, the sauteurs, are determined to suppress the story the article tells. The sauteurs have burned the magazine's office and killed the editor, and Nolan has the only surviving copy of the...

Henrietta Carew has always been practical, sensible, and generally immune to flights of fancy. Until she meets Raphael Augustin. King William IV's most dangerous intelligence agent is everything Henrietta shouldn't want - ruthless, secretive, and devastatingly handsome. But when a conspiracy to assassinate the King erupts at the Duke of Blackmore's garden party, Henri finds herself drawn into Raphael's shadowy world—and into his arms. Raphael knows...