Ramla's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:26:32 -0700 60 Ramla's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[A Taste for Scandal (Sealed With a Kiss, #2)]]> 18622463 A TEMPTING DIVERSION
Things have always fallen into place for Richard Moore, Earl of Raleigh. His good looks, abundance of charm, and the small matter of being heir to a marquisate make him quite the catch. So when a delectable young woman wants nothing to do with him, he can’t help but seize the irresistible challenge.

AN UNLIKELY COURTSHIP
Jane Bunting knows all about responsibility—she has managed to support herself and her brother with their bakery—but she knows nothing of excitement or passion. When dashing Lord Raleigh crosses the threshold of her shop, she has no idea of the potential danger to her reputation…or to her heart.

AN IMPOSSIBLE MATCH
Neither imagined things would go so far—until the night their worlds collide, irrevocably changing both their lives. But when duty calls for Richard, and with everything Jane's worked for suddenly at stake, will their taste for scandal be their downfall?]]> 336 Erin Knightley 1101607254 Ramla 0 to-read 3.92 2012 A Taste for Scandal (Sealed With a Kiss, #2)
author: Erin Knightley
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sinner Who Seduced Me (Regency Rogues, #3)]]> 9773077
Lady Clarissa is being blackmailed by malicious men—but that is nothing compared to the torture of being so close to James, the enthralling man who seduced Clarissa, then betrayed her. Despite the hurt and misunderstanding that still simmer between them, their passion ignites anew. With their lives and England’s safety hanging in the balance, they must work together to save everything they hold dear. Can Clarissa and James escape the enemy’s clutches and find their way back to each other’s hearts . . . this time forever?]]> 263 Stefanie Sloane 0345517415 Ramla 3 historical-romances 3.50 The Sinner Who Seduced Me (Regency Rogues, #3)
author: Stefanie Sloane
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average rating: 3.50
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]]> <![CDATA[Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys]]> 909573
With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, Jo March -- now Jo Bhaer -- couldn't be happier. But despite the warm and affectionate help of the whole March family, boys have a habit of getting into scrapes, and there are plenty of troubles and adventures in store.]]> 384 Louisa May Alcott Ramla 0 to-read 3.78 1871 Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys
author: Louisa May Alcott
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average rating: 3.78
book published: 1871
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]]> The Castaways (Nantucket, #2) 6080822
Once again, Hilderbrand masterfully weaves an intense tale of love and loyalty set against the backdrop of endless summer island life.]]> 359 Elin Hilderbrand 0316043893 Ramla 2 chick-lit
I couldn't empathize with any of the characters not even the dead couple. The relationships portrayed in this book are very messy and complicated. I skipped ahead after reading 40% of the book, landed on the second last chapter and I was glad that I skipped forward because this chapter had a complete summary of the book. If you have some time on your hands read The Summer Affair or The Perfect Couple by the same author. Sad to say but this book is a pass for me. ]]> 3.63 2009 The Castaways (Nantucket, #2)
author: Elin Hilderbrand
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2009
rating: 2
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Having read The Perfect Couple by the same author this book was a major let down. I had high hopes for this book but it turned out to be a disappointment.

I couldn't empathize with any of the characters not even the dead couple. The relationships portrayed in this book are very messy and complicated. I skipped ahead after reading 40% of the book, landed on the second last chapter and I was glad that I skipped forward because this chapter had a complete summary of the book. If you have some time on your hands read The Summer Affair or The Perfect Couple by the same author. Sad to say but this book is a pass for me.
]]> Sanctus (Sancti Trilogy, #1) 9580144
REVELATION OR DEVASTATION?

The certainties of the modern world are about to be blown apart by a three thousand year-old conspiracy nurtured by blood and lies �

A man throws himself to his death from the oldest inhabited place on the face of the earth, a mountainous citadel in the historic Turkish city of Ruin. This is no ordinary suicide but a symbolic act. And thanks to the media, it is witnessed by the entire world.
But few understand it. For charity worker Kathryn Mann and a handful of others in the know, it is what they have been waiting for. The cowled and secretive fanatics that live in the Citadel suspect it could mean the end of everything they have built � and they will kill, torture and break every law to stop that. For Liv Adamsen, New York crime reporter, it begins the next stage of a journey into the heart of her own identity.
And at that journey's end lies a discovery that will change EVERYTHING �
SANCTUS is an apocalyptic conspiracy thriller like no other � it re-sets the bar for excitement and fascination, and marks the debut of a major talent in Simon Toyne.]]> 486 Simon Toyne 0007391552 Ramla 0 3.81 2011 Sanctus (Sancti Trilogy, #1)
author: Simon Toyne
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Death in Live Oak (Jack Swyteck, #14)]]> 35068689 From the 2017 winner of the Harper Lee Prize for legal fiction comes a powerful and timely story of race, politics, injustice, and murder as shocking and incendiary as today’s headlines.

Ìý

When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the pre-eminent black fraternity at the Florida's flagship university, is discovered hogtied in the Stygian water swamps of the Suwanee River Valley, the death sets off a firestorm that threatens to rage out of control when a fellow student, Mark Towson, the president of a prominent white fraternity, is accused of the crime.

Ìý

Contending with rising political tensions, racial unrest, and a sensational media, Towson’s defense attorney, Jack Swyteck, knows that the stakes could not be higher—inside or outside the old Suwanee County Couthouse.Ìý The evidence against his client, which includes a threatening text message referencing "strange fruit" on the river, seems overwhelming. Then Jack gets a break that could turn the case. Jamal's gruesome murder bears disturbing similarities to another lynching that occurred back in the Jim Crow days of 1944. Are the chilling parallels purely coincidental? With a community in chaos and a young man’s life in jeopardy, Jack will use every resource to find out.

Ìý

As he navigates each twist and turn of the search, Jack becomes increasingly convinced that his client may himself be the victim of a criminal plan more sinister than the case presented by the state attorney. Risking his own reputation, this principled man who has devoted his life to the law plunges headfirst into the darkest recesses of the South’s past, and its murky present, to uncover answers.

Ìý

For Jack, it's about the truth. Traversing time, from the days of strict segregation to the present, he’ll find it—no matter what the cost—and bring much-needed justice to Suwanee County.

Ìý]]> 496 James Grippando 0062657828 Ramla 0 mystrey-and-thriller 4.08 2018 A Death in Live Oak (Jack Swyteck, #14)
author: James Grippando
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at: 2018/06/01
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]]> <![CDATA[I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)]]> 7617119

John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it.

He's spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential.

He's obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn't want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he's written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation.

Dead bodies are normal to John. He likes them, actually. They don't demand or expect the empathy he's unable to offer. Perhaps that's what gives him the objectivity to recognize that there's something different about the body the police have just found behind the Wash-n-Dry Laundromat---and to appreciate what that difference means.

Now, for the first time, John has to confront a danger outside himself, a threat he can't control, a menace to everything and everyone he would love, if only he could.

Dan Wells' debut novel is the first volume of a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams.

]]> 271 Dan Wells 0765327821 Ramla 0 mystrey-and-thriller 3.76 2009 I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
author: Dan Wells
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at: 2018/06/01
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]]> Unconventional 32820770
In a flurry of late-night conversations, mixed messages and butterflies, Lexi discovers that some things can't be planned. Things like falling in love...]]> 464 Maggie Harcourt 1409590151 Ramla 3 chick-lit 3.71 2017 Unconventional
author: Maggie Harcourt
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average rating: 3.71
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> The Great Alone 34912895 Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.
For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.

Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.

Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents� passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown.

At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights� lack of preparation and dwindling resources.

But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt’s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.

In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska―a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.]]> 435 Kristin Hannah Ramla 4 historicals 4.44 2018 The Great Alone
author: Kristin Hannah
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Story of Arthur Truluv (Mason, #1)]]> 32918898 A beautiful, life-affirming novel about a remarkably loving man who creates for himself and others second chances at happiness.

A moving novel about three people who find their way back from loss and loneliness to a different kind of happiness. Arthur, a widow, meets Maddy, a troubled teenage girl who is avoiding school by hiding out at the cemetery, where Arthur goes every day for lunch to have imaginary conversations with his late wife, and think about the lives of others. The two strike up a friendship that draws them out of isolation. Maddy gives Arthur the name Truluv, for his loving and positive responses to every outrageous thing she says or does. With Arthur’s nosy neighbor Lucille, they create a loving and unconventional family, proving that life’s most precious moments are sweeter when shared.]]> 240 Elizabeth Berg 1400069904 Ramla 4 4.10 2017 The Story of Arthur Truluv (Mason, #1)
author: Elizabeth Berg
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> Stay Alive (Scope #2) 18070785
You’re on a trip with your family, miles from anywhere. A shot rings out � and your whole life changes in an instant.

ONE SECRET

A woman is racing towards you, chased by three gunmen. Although you don’t know it, she harbours a deadly secret. She’s in terrible danger. And now you are too.

NO ESCAPE

You’re running, terrified, desperate to find safety.

You know that the men hunting you have killed before.

And if they catch you, you’ll be next …]]> 345 Simon Kernick 1780890753 Ramla 0 currently-reading 4.01 2013 Stay Alive (Scope #2)
author: Simon Kernick
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> The Interpretation of Murder 820394
In The Interpretation of Murder, Jed Rubenfeld weaves the facts of Freud's visit into a riveting, atmospheric story of corruption and murder set all over turn-of-the-century New York. Drawing on case histories, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the historical details of a city on the brink of modernity, The Interpretation of Murder introduces a brilliant new storyteller, a novelist who, in the words of The New York Times, "will be no ordinary pop-cultural sensation."]]> 533 Jed Rubenfeld 0755331427 Ramla 0 3.57 2006 The Interpretation of Murder
author: Jed Rubenfeld
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> The Girl from the Savoy 26156468 The Girl From The Savoy is as sparkling as champagne and as thrilling as the era itself.

Sometimes life gives you cotton stockings. Sometimes it gives you a Chanel gown �

Dolly Lane is a dreamer; a downtrodden maid who longs to dance on the London stage, but her life has been fractured by the Great War. Memories of the soldier she loved, of secret shame and profound loss, by turns pull her back and spur her on to make a better life.

When she finds employment as a chambermaid at London’s grandest hotel, The Savoy, Dolly takes a step closer to the glittering lives of the Bright Young Things who thrive on champagne, jazz and rebellion. Right now, she must exist on the fringes of power, wealth and glamor—she must remain invisible and unimportant.

But herÌýfortunes take an unexpected turn when she responds to a struggling songwriter’s advertisement for a ‘museâ€� and finds herself thrust into London’s exhilarating theatre scene and into the lives of celebrated actress, Loretta May, and her brother, Perry. Loretta and Perry may have the life Dolly aspires to, but they too are searching for something.

Now, at the precipice of the life she has and the one she longs for, the girl from The Savoy must make difficult choices: between two men; between two classes, between everything she knows and everything she dreams of. A brighter future is tantalizingly close—but can a girl like Dolly ever truly leave her past behind?]]> 419 Hazel Gaynor 0062403478 Ramla 5 3.83 2016 The Girl from the Savoy
author: Hazel Gaynor
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> The Animal Under the Fur 32623625 From award-winning author E. J. Mellow comes an action romance dripping with vengeful delight.

Orphaned on the streets as a baby, Nashville Brown, a.k.a Kill Operative 3, knows better than to rely on anyone. With heightened senses and superhuman strength to survive, she’s been raised as the perfect assassin.

The trick to her success? Keeping everyone, even her best friend, at arm’s length.

Losing his entire family in the span of a year, Carter Smith left his ability to love buried deep in their graves. His only concerns now are completing his missions and effortlessly charming the next temptress to warm his bed.

The key to his accomplishments? Working alone mixed with a Casanova smile.

But when a deadly weapon needs to be stopped from falling into the wrong hands, the lone wolves find themselves thrown into an explosive partnership. Can Carter and 3 lower their guns aimed at one another long enough to succeed, or will their unwillingness to compromise end up destroying more than their perfect records? Whatever their differences, both agree on one thing—in the game of lies and deceit, the line between friend and foe is often blurred by blood splatter.

The Animal Under The Fur is a hate-to-loath-to-love standalone novel filled with savagery, secrets, and enough angst to wrinkle the pages you’ll find gripped in your hands.]]> E.J. Mellow Ramla 5 3.93 2017 The Animal Under the Fur
author: E.J. Mellow
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)]]> 21681
Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro’s latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist, running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they’ve seen the darkness that lives in the hearts of the unfortunate.

But an evil for which even they are unprepared is about to strike, as secrets that have long lain dormant erupt, setting off a chain of violent murders that will stain everything � including the truth.

With razor-sharp dialogue and penetrating prose, Darkness, Take My Hand is another superior crime novel from the author of Mystic River; Gone, Baby, Gone; and Shutter Island.]]> 512 Dennis Lehane 055350584X Ramla 0 4.17 1996 Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)
author: Dennis Lehane
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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]]> #Poser (Hashtag, #5) 25784226 The Hashtag series is the winner of Best Contemporary Series of 2015 (UtopYAcon 2015)Ìý
Book Five in the Hashtag Series!Ìý
Posers gonna poseÌý
I am a man who had nothing, but found everything.

I'll never go back to nothing ever again.

I vowed to protect her, and that's exactly what I'm gonna do.

The pictures I stumbled upon haunt me still, the secret I shoulder is heavy.

They say secrets put distance between two people, but the truth is far more destructive than keeping it will ever be.

I won't ever tell. She can't ever know.

When I look in the mirror my reflection is of who I'm afraid I'll become and not the man I am.

It makes me feel like a poser, no better than all the others pretending to be exactly who they aren't.

How does a man keep it together when everything is unraveling right here in his hands?

I didn't start any of this.

I never asked for it.

But it came knocking at my door.

When secrets and threats knock, I don't hide.

I open the door.

Because the best way to take down a poser is to be one.]]> 702 Cambria Hebert 1938857747 Ramla 0 to-read, want-to-read 4.21 2015 #Poser (Hashtag, #5)
author: Cambria Hebert
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Jinnah 24786808 550 Jaswant Singh Ramla 0 books-i-own, to-read 2.25 2009 Jinnah
author: Jaswant Singh
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average rating: 2.25
book published: 2009
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]]> <![CDATA[A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)]]> 21685 282 Dennis Lehane 0156029022 Ramla 0 3.94 1994 A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
author: Dennis Lehane
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1994
rating: 0
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]]> The A-List (A-List, #1) 133830 256 Zoey Dean 0316734357 Ramla 0 3.49 2003 The A-List (A-List, #1)
author: Zoey Dean
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2003
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)]]> 79885
Haller is the Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car. He travels between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers � they’re all on Mickey Haller’s client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence � it’s about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it’s even about justice.

A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a defense attorney’s dream, what they call a franchise case. And, as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career.

Then someone close to him is murdered and Haller discovers that his search for innocence has brought him face-to-face with evil as pure as a flame. To escape without being burned, he must deploy every tactic, feint, and instinct in his arsenal � this time to save his own life.]]> 404 Michael Connelly 0739465511 Ramla 3 4.15 2005 The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)
author: Michael Connelly
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Flat-Out Love (Flat-Out Love, #1)]]> 11096647 Flat-Out Love is a warm and witty novel of family love and dysfunction, deep heartache and raw vulnerability, with a bit of mystery and one whopping, knock-you-to-your-knees romance.

It's not what you know—or when you see—that matters. It's about a journey.

Something is seriously off in the Watkins home. And Julie Seagle, college freshman, small-town Ohio transplant, and the newest resident of this Boston house, is determined to get to the bottom of it. When Julie's off-campus housing falls through, her mother's old college roommate, Erin Watkins, invites her to move in. The parents, Erin and Roger, are welcoming, but emotionally distant and academically driven to eccentric extremes. The middle child, Matt, is an MIT tech geek with a sweet side... and the social skills of a spool of USB cable. The youngest, Celeste, is a frighteningly bright but freakishly fastidious 13-year-old who hauls around a life-sized cardboard cutout of her oldest brother almost everywhere she goes.

And there's that oldest brother, Finn: funny, gorgeous, smart, sensitive, almost emotionally available. Geographically? Definitely unavailable. That's because Finn is traveling the world and surfacing only for random Facebook chats, e-mails, and status updates. Before long, through late-night exchanges of disembodied text, he begins to stir something tender and silly and maybe even a little bit sexy in Julie's suddenly lonesome soul.

To Julie, the emotionally scrambled members of the Watkins family add up to something that ... well... doesn't quite add up. Not until she forces a buried secret to the surface, eliciting a dramatic confrontation that threatens to tear the fragile Watkins family apart, does she get her answer.

Flat-Out Love comes complete with emails, Facebook status updates, and instant messages.]]> 389 Jessica Park Ramla 0 4.00 2011 Flat-Out Love (Flat-Out Love, #1)
author: Jessica Park
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 2011
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]]> #Nerd (Hashtag, #1) 23493256 In more ways than one.
She wants to keep her scholarship. He wants to stay on the team. An awkward alliance doesn’t even begin to cover Rimmel and Romeo’s relationship.
But that’s about to change.
It starts with a dare. An initiation. A challenge.
Quickly, it turns into more. But when you’re a victim of your status, there is no room for anything real. The rules are clear and simple.
Stick to your circle.
And never fall in love with anyone on the outside.]]> 242 Cambria Hebert 1938857631 Ramla 0 3.99 2014 #Nerd (Hashtag, #1)
author: Cambria Hebert
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.99
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]]> Eleanor & Park 15745753 "So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers.
"I'm not kidding," he says.
"You should be," she says, "we're 16."
"What about Romeo and Juliet?"
"Shallow, confused, then dead."
"I love you," Park says.
"Wherefore art thou," Eleanor answers.
"I'm not kidding," he says.
"You should be."

Set over one school year in 1986, Eleanor & Park is the story of two star-crossed misfits—smart enough to know first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.]]> 328 Rainbow Rowell 1250012570 Ramla 0 3.92 2012 Eleanor & Park
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2012
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]]> Black Order (Sigma Force, #3) 294042 Librarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 0752876457 ISBN13: 9780752876450.

A sinister fire in a Copenhagen bookstore ignites a relentless hunt across four continents. Arson and murder reveal an insidious plot to steal a Bible that once belonged to Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary theory. And Commander Gray Pierce dives headlong into a mystery that dates back to Nazi Germany . . . and to horrific experiments performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a hollowed-out mountain in Poland.

A continent away, madness ravages a remote monastery high in Nepal, as Buddhist monks turn to cannibalism and torture. Lisa Cummings, a young American doctor investigating the atrocity, is suddenly a target of a brutal assassin working for clandestine forces that want the affair buried at any cost. Lisa's only ally is a hidden pilgrim, Painter Crowe -- director of SIGMA Force, an elite command of American scientists and Special Forces operatives -- who is already showing signs of the baffling malady that destroyed the minds of the monks.

Now it is up to Gray Pierce to save both Painter and Lisa -- and a world in jeopardy -- as SIGMA Force races to expose a century-old plot that threatens to destroy the current world order . . . and alter the destiny of humankind forever.

Combining the historic scope of The Da Vinci Code with the relentless thrills of today's best action novels, James Rollins's Black Order is a classic adventure -- an ingenious and breathtaking tour de force that explodes with revelations . . . while offering a startling new view of our place in the grand scheme of existence.

]]> 448 James Rollins Ramla 0 4.16 2006 Black Order (Sigma Force, #3)
author: James Rollins
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> And Then There Were None 16299
"Ten little boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there then there were seven. Seven little boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in half and then there were six. Six little boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none."

When they realize that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, terror mounts. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale? Only the dead are above suspicion.]]> 264 Agatha Christie 0312330871 Ramla 4 4.28 1939 And Then There Were None
author: Agatha Christie
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1939
rating: 4
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]]> Jane Eyre 10210 Alternate editions can be found here and here.

A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.

Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice. Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.]]> 532 Charlotte Brontë 0142437204 Ramla 3 historical-romances 4.14 1847 Jane Eyre
author: Charlotte Brontë
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rating: 3
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]]> Pride and Prejudice 1885 Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268]]> 279 Jane Austen 1441341706 Ramla 3 historical-romances 4.28 1813 Pride and Prejudice
author: Jane Austen
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average rating: 4.28
book published: 1813
rating: 3
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]]> To Kill a Mockingbird 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 Ramla 4 couldn-t-finish 4.25 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
author: Harper Lee
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1960
rating: 4
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]]> The Score (Off-Campus, #3) 27252717 He knows how to score, on and off the ice

Allie Hayes is in crisis mode. With graduation looming, she still doesn’t have the first clue about what she’s going to do after college. To make matters worse, she’s nursing a broken heart thanks to the end of her longtime relationship. Wild rebound sex is definitely not the solution to her problems, but gorgeous hockey star Dean Di Laurentis is impossible to resist. Just once, though, because even if her future is uncertain, it sure as heck won’t include the king of one-night stands.

It’ll take more than flashy moves to win her over

Dean always gets what he wants. Girls, grades, girls, recognition, girls…he’s a ladies man, all right, and he’s yet to meet a woman who’s immune to his charms. Until Allie. For one night, the feisty blonde rocked his entire world—and now she wants to be friends? Nope. It’s not over until he says it’s over. Dean is in full-on pursuit, but when life-rocking changes strike, he starts to wonder if maybe it’s time to stop focusing on scoring…and shoot for love.]]> 361 Elle Kennedy Ramla 5 best-of-all, chick-lit 4.20 2016 The Score (Off-Campus, #3)
author: Elle Kennedy
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> The Goal (Off-Campus, #4) 28262024 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

She’s good at achieving her goals�

College senior Sabrina James has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick butt in law school, and land a high-paying job at a cutthroat firm. Her path to escaping her shameful past certainly doesn’t include a gorgeous hockey player who believes in love at first sight. One night of sizzling heat and surprising tenderness is all she’s willing to give John Tucker, but sometimes, one night is all it takes for your entire life to change.

But the game just got a whole lot more complicated...

Tucker believes being a team player is as important as being the star. On the ice, he’s fine staying out of the spotlight, but when it comes to becoming a daddy at the age of twenty-two, he refuses to be a bench warmer. It doesn’t hurt that the soon-to-be mother of his child is beautiful, whip-smart, and keeps him on his toes. The problem is, Sabrina’s heart is locked up tight, and the fiery brunette is too stubborn to accept his help. If he wants a life with the woman of his dreams, he’ll have to convince her that some goals can only be made with an assist.]]> 350 Elle Kennedy 1533344345 Ramla 0 to-read 3.97 2016 The Goal (Off-Campus, #4)
author: Elle Kennedy
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)]]> 8921 256 Arthur Conan Doyle Ramla 5 best-of-all
This is the best Sherlock Holmes novel I've ever read. Whether it is the unique capabilities of Holmes, the loyalty of Watson or the sheer evilness of Stapleton everything is great and captivating.

By far the most mysterious and hardest case solved by Holmes and Watson. Read it first time when I was 9 but 10 years later I can still read it as eagerly as I did the first time.]]> 4.15 1902 The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
author: Arthur Conan Doyle
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1902
rating: 5
read at: 2002/01/01
date added: 2016/01/26
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I've always loved loved Sherlock Holmes the way he talks, the science of deduction and the uncanny ability to tune out everything else when he concentrates on building his hypothesis.

This is the best Sherlock Holmes novel I've ever read. Whether it is the unique capabilities of Holmes, the loyalty of Watson or the sheer evilness of Stapleton everything is great and captivating.

By far the most mysterious and hardest case solved by Holmes and Watson. Read it first time when I was 9 but 10 years later I can still read it as eagerly as I did the first time.
]]> <![CDATA[A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)]]> 12177850 A GAME OF THRONES
A CLASH OF KINGS
A STORM OF SWORDS
A FEAST OF CROWS
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse--unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.
Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen's brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister--the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.
Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki--whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.
"]]> 5216 George R.R. Martin 1780484259 Ramla 5 best-of-all
"A Song of Ice and Fire" is one of those epic tales which will be read for decades to come. All the characters have their own way of thinking and face different situations.

At times it is a bit slow but it can be really over looked when considering it collectively. I'm kind of intrigued by the cliff-hangers in the last book "A Dance with Dragons". Can't wait for the next book.

A standing ovation for George.R.R.Martin]]> 4.56 2000 A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 2012/09/20
date added: 2016/01/26
shelves: best-of-all
review:
Never have I read a book series this long and this enchanting.

"A Song of Ice and Fire" is one of those epic tales which will be read for decades to come. All the characters have their own way of thinking and face different situations.

At times it is a bit slow but it can be really over looked when considering it collectively. I'm kind of intrigued by the cliff-hangers in the last book "A Dance with Dragons". Can't wait for the next book.

A standing ovation for George.R.R.Martin
]]> <![CDATA[Fifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty Shades, #1-3)]]> 13584236 New York Times #1 bestselling trilogy has been hailed by Entertainment Weekly as being “in a class by itself.� Beginning with the GoodReads Choice Award Romance Finalist Fifty Shades of Grey, the Fifty Shades Trilogy will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
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FIFTY SHADES OF When college student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating.Ìý The unworldly Ana realizes she wants this man, and Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian’s secrets and explores her own desires.
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FIFTY SHADES Daunted by Christian’s dark secrets and singular tastes, Ana has broken off their relationship to start a new career.ÌýBut desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought.ÌýThey rekindle their searing sensual affair, and while Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Ana is forced to make the most important decision of her life.
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FIFTY SHADES Now, Ana and Christian have it all—love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for their future. But Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would anticipate. Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any obstacle, misfortune, malice, and fate conspire to turn Ana’s deepest fears into reality.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]> 1859 E.L. James 0345803574 Ramla 2
The story revolves around Anastasia Steele, Christian Grey and the secret love life of Grey which is a sub-dom relationship he prefers. He's just too rich to be true but he seems to have no work. And he's obsessed with food for no apparent reason. I saw no reason why should Ana be in love with Christian except for sympathizing with him.

There is nothing more to these 3 books. Nothing happens. In all the books you just keep waiting for something to happen but nothing does. I really don't get why anyone would like this book.

The verdict: this book is slow and boring.

P.s: please Ana stop using "Oh my" ... It's overrated. ]]> 4.11 2005 Fifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty Shades, #1-3)
author: E.L. James
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2005
rating: 2
read at: 2012/10/01
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The Fifty shades trilogy started with 4 stars came down to 3 and in the end came down to 2. Starting with fifty shades was good but slowly the things started to drag.

The story revolves around Anastasia Steele, Christian Grey and the secret love life of Grey which is a sub-dom relationship he prefers. He's just too rich to be true but he seems to have no work. And he's obsessed with food for no apparent reason. I saw no reason why should Ana be in love with Christian except for sympathizing with him.

There is nothing more to these 3 books. Nothing happens. In all the books you just keep waiting for something to happen but nothing does. I really don't get why anyone would like this book.

The verdict: this book is slow and boring.

P.s: please Ana stop using "Oh my" ... It's overrated.
]]> <![CDATA[Cinder & Ella (Cinder & Ella, #1)]]> 22724488 Updated Cover can be found here

It’s been almost a year since eighteen-year-old Ella Rodriguez was in a car accident that left her crippled, scarred, and without a mother. After a very difficult recovery, she’s been uprooted across the country and forced into the custody of a father that abandoned her when she was a young child. If Ella wants to escape her father’s home and her awful new stepfamily, she must convince her doctors that she’s capable, both physically and emotionally, of living on her own. The problem is, she’s not ready yet. The only way she can think of to start healing is by reconnecting with the one person left in the world who’s ever meant anything to her—her anonymous Internet best friend, Cinder.
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Hollywood sensation Brian Oliver has a reputation for being trouble. There’s major buzz around his performance in his upcoming film The Druid Prince, but his management team says he won’t make the transition from teen heartthrob to serious A-list actor unless he can prove he’s left his wild days behind and become a mature adult. In order to douse the flames on Brian’s bad-boy reputation, his management stages a fake engagement for him to his co-star Kaylee. Brian isn’t thrilled with the arrangement—or his fake fiancée—but decides he’ll suffer through it if it means he’ll get an Oscar nomination. Then a surprise email from an old Internet friend changes everything.]]> 254 Kelly Oram 099145796X Ramla 4 best-of-all, chick-lit
The bad:

1. The cover. Ugh ! It is nothing like the book. It looks superficial and portrays a light romance novel. Which let me tell you is the opposite of the book.
2. It is not actually bad but I wish there was more background on H\h story before the accident.

Everything else I loved. The way the story unfolds, the way it engages your heart, the way the characters get their hea, and the best part was the grip on reality which is strong through out the book. Recently I've read quite a few of these romances where the social media (which plays a big role in our lives) overlooked by a simple statement like the h wasn't interested or the H never updated his profile. And the biggest truth; that sometimes recovering from a trauma is worse than the trauma itself.

Finally, the character of Cinder is just wow. I loved him ! 4 starts it is... even though I don't particularly like tortured heroines kind of books.
]]> 4.16 2014 Cinder & Ella (Cinder & Ella, #1)
author: Kelly Oram
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2015/08/13
date added: 2015/08/14
shelves: best-of-all, chick-lit
review:
First of all, this book was way better than I expected. I fell in love with the characters ! Be ready to shed tears when you read this one, not buckets full but still it'll make you cry.

The bad:

1. The cover. Ugh ! It is nothing like the book. It looks superficial and portrays a light romance novel. Which let me tell you is the opposite of the book.
2. It is not actually bad but I wish there was more background on H\h story before the accident.

Everything else I loved. The way the story unfolds, the way it engages your heart, the way the characters get their hea, and the best part was the grip on reality which is strong through out the book. Recently I've read quite a few of these romances where the social media (which plays a big role in our lives) overlooked by a simple statement like the h wasn't interested or the H never updated his profile. And the biggest truth; that sometimes recovering from a trauma is worse than the trauma itself.

Finally, the character of Cinder is just wow. I loved him ! 4 starts it is... even though I don't particularly like tortured heroines kind of books.

]]> The Fill-In Boyfriend 18660447
The problem is that days after prom, it's not the real Bradley she's thinking about, but the stand-in. The one whose name she doesn't even know. But tracking him down doesn't mean they're done faking a relationship. Gia owes him a favor and his sister intends to see that he collects: his ex-girlfriend's graduation party—three hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.

Just when Gia begins to wonder if she could turn her fake boyfriend into a real one, Bradley comes waltzing back into her life, exposing her lie, and threatening to destroy her friendships and her new-found relationship.]]> 352 Kasie West 006233638X Ramla 3 chick-lit 3.89 2015 The Fill-In Boyfriend
author: Kasie West
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fine Art of Pretending (The Fine Art of Pretending, #1)]]> 17696131
With 57 days until the dance, Aly launches Operation Sex Appeal and sheds her tomboy image. The only thing left is for Justin actually to notice her. Enter best friend Brandon Taylor, the school’s second biggest hottie, and now Aly’s pretend boyfriend. With his help, elevating from “funny friend� to “tempting vixen� is only a matter of time.

But when everything goes according to plan, the inevitable “break up� leaves their friendship in shambles, and Aly and Brandon with feelings they can’t explain. And the fake couple discovers pretending can sometimes cost you the one thing you never expected to want.]]> 256 Rachel Harris 1939392284 Ramla 3 3.68 2014 The Fine Art of Pretending (The Fine Art of Pretending, #1)
author: Rachel Harris
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Avery Shaw Experiment (Science Squad, #1)]]> 17660979
The state science fair is coming up and Avery decides to use her broken heart as the topic of her experiment. She’s going to find the cure. By forcing herself to experience the seven stages of grief through a series of social tests, she believes she will be able to get over Aiden Kennedy and make herself ready to love again. But she can’t do this experiment alone, and her partner (ex partner!) is the one who broke her heart.

Avery finds the solution to her troubles in the form of Aiden’s older brother Grayson. The gorgeous womanizer is about to be kicked off the school basketball team for failing physics. He’s in need of a good tutor and some serious extra credit. But when Avery recruits the lovable Grayson to be her “objective outside observer,� she gets a whole lot more than she bargained for, because Grayson has a theory of his own: Avery doesn’t need to grieve. She needs to live. And if there’s one thing Grayson Kennedy is good at, it’s living life to the fullest.]]> 303 Kelly Oram 0985627735 Ramla 3 chick-lit 3.98 2013 The Avery Shaw Experiment (Science Squad, #1)
author: Kelly Oram
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> All the Glory 23464179 This is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00OY5NLYO.

NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers the Thriller/Romantic Suspense novel ALL THE GLORY: How Jason Bradley Went from Hero to Zero in Ten Seconds Flat.

Jason Bradley has everything going for him. He's Banner High's first-string varsity wide receiver, headed to another State championship, and the college recruiters are already knocking on his door. His girlfriend is every guy's dream, there's a brand new black Camaro with a 6.2L, V-6 engine parked in his garage, and he's on cruise control.

But when the school's beloved football coach turns up dead and Jason's found standing over the body, his cruise control cuts off bringing his charmed life to a screeching halt, and the reality of being an accused murderer of the first degree takes over.

When everyone else walks away and leaves him to hang, one girl can't. But it's going to take more than guessing and wishing to get through to him and the truth of what happened, since he seems bound and determined to accept his fate as a criminal, tried as an adult and eligible for lethal injection.

Can one really determined girl get to the bottom of the mystery when no one else seems to care? It would be so much easier to watch him go down, and for many, maybe just a little bit too satisfying. After all, who isn't guilty of finding pleasure in seeing that perfect someone suddenly exposed for the self-centered prick that he really is?

Content warning: For teens and adults. Some foul language, violence is mild in description but serious in effect.

A message from Elle about this book: I was lying in bed one night, almost totally asleep, and this story just popped into my head. It was so gripping, I forced myself to wake up so I wouldn’t lose the idea. I sat up in bed with my laptop computer that’s never far from my side and wrote out the first 10,000 words along with a plot outline. I’m a big fan of stories where people’s lives are completely turned upside down, so this was a real pleasure to dig into. For me, it was one of those books that practically wrote itself.]]> 340 Elle Casey 1939455464 Ramla 4 chick-lit, best-of-all 4.11 2014 All the Glory
author: Elle Casey
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Smart Girls Get What They Want]]> 12924304 real lives will begin once they get to their Ivy League colleges. There will be ivy, and there will be cute guys in the libraries (hopefully with English accents)! But when an unexpected event shows them they're missing out on the full high school experience, it's time to come out of the honors lounge and into the spotlight. They make a pact: They will each take on their greatest challenge—and they will totally rock it.

Gigi decides to run for student rep, but she'll have to get over her fear of public speaking—and go head-to-head with gorgeous California Will. Bea used to be one of the best skiers around, until she was derailed. It could be time for her to take the plunge again. And Neerja loves the drama club but has always stayed behind the scenes—until now.

These friends are determined to show the world that smart girls really can get what they want—but that could mean getting way more attention than they ever bargained for. . . .]]> 348 Sarah Strohmeyer 0061953407 Ramla 3 chick-lit 3.99 2012 Smart Girls Get What They Want
author: Sarah Strohmeyer
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> #Hater (Hashtag, #2) 23561961 It started with unspoken animosity. The bitter bite of jealousy. And now its full blown hate.

It was during my first football game that I first felt the first chill of hate. I looked it right in the eyes and felt its sticky tentacles reach out for me. I’d never experienced something so cold and empty before.

The effect of that look lingered, like an unspoken promise, long after it was gone.

Becoming a couple � becoming the other half of a campus celebrity wasn’t easy. I let down walls guarding my heart and he looked past my glasses and accident prone tendencies. Romeo and I are an unlikely match, a #nerd and a jock. But we made it.

And we’re happy.

Zach doesn’t want us to be happy. He wants Romeo to pay for getting him kicked out of Omega and for the night he spent in jail. He’s going to use anything and everything he can to get his revenge. Including me.

As the weather on campus grows cold and the days become dark, revenge becomes the center of someone’s life and the happiness Romeo and I worked so hard for is threatened.

I can’t help but worry that our love is going to be overshadowed by hate.]]> Cambria Hebert 1494563940 Ramla 4 4.19 2015 #Hater (Hashtag, #2)
author: Cambria Hebert
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> Where There's Smoke 30349 484 Sandra Brown 0446600342 Ramla 5 3.96 1993 Where There's Smoke
author: Sandra Brown
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> White Hot 710826
As she feared, Sayre learns that nothing has changed. Her father and older brother, Chris, are as devious as ever, and now they have a new partner-in-crime, a canny and disarming lawyer named Beck Merchant, who appears to be their equal in corruption.

Soon, Sayre is thrown in closer contact with Beck and becomes convinced that something more sinister is at play than her father’s usual need to dominate people and events. As she sets out to learn just what did happen to Danny, she comes to realize that there are many secrets in Destiny—secrets that hide decades of pain and anger, and that threaten at any moment to erupt and destroy not only her father and brother, but perhaps Sayre herself.

Underneath the rigid control that the Hoyles exert over the town, trouble is brewing. Old hatreds foster plans for revenge, past crimes resurface, and a maverick deputy sheriff determines that Danny Hoyle’s death was not suicide, but murder.

As tensions mount, threatening to ignite a powder keg of long-held hostility, Sayre finds herself inextricably drawn into a struggle with striking laborers, her unscrupulous father, and her own emotions over the love/hate relationship that is growing with Beck, a man apparently with his own agenda, and mysteries of his own.

As she has shown in the dozens of bestselling novels in which she has combined hard-edged suspense with intense emotion, Sandra Brown is a master storyteller, and in her new novel she is at her very best.]]> 432 Sandra Brown 0743245539 Ramla 4 best-of-all 3.94 2004 White Hot
author: Sandra Brown
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Devil's Edge (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #11)]]> 10446384 344 Stephen Booth 1847444792 Ramla 0 to-read, chick-lit 3.66 2011 The Devil's Edge (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #11)
author: Stephen Booth
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/04/05
shelves: to-read, chick-lit
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]]> <![CDATA[The Skeleton Man (Philip Dryden, #5)]]> 2580591
But when local reporter Philip Dryden joins the Territorial Army on exercise in the empty village, its spotless history is literally blown apart. For the TA's shells reveal a hidden cellar beneath the old pub. And inside the cellar hangs a skeleton, a noose around its neck...

Two days later, a man is pulled from the reeds in the river near Ely � he has no idea who he is or how he got there. But he knows the words 'Jude's Ferry' are important, and he knows he is afraid...]]> 352 Jim Kelly 0718149483 Ramla 0 to-read, books-i-own 3.63 2007 The Skeleton Man (Philip Dryden, #5)
author: Jim Kelly
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/04/05
shelves: to-read, books-i-own
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]]> Fallen 729713
When Izzy went to bed, she never expected to awaken to disgrace. Of course, it felt wonderful...warm hands on her flesh, rough stubbled skin on her cheek. It all seemed some wonderful dream. But that hardly mattered to the ton. To them, she was ruined, for Lord Eppingham Julian Rowley had been discovered in her bed, and she'd claimed him as her own. Why had she done it? Why had she brought ruination to her name and dishonor to her family—dishonor that could only be erased by marriage? She had not wanted to trap the handsome rake in wedlock. Though she might fall forever into his golden-brown eyes, marriage to any man was not something she sought. Nor had she acted from any true fear of the ton's disdain. It had been something in Julian's touch, his kiss. Something had called out for her to guard him, to place herself in the way of his ruin. If to save this man meant to be fallen, so be it. And in saving him, she just might save herself.

Librarian's note: See 2009 reprint edition here.]]> 314 Celeste Bradley 0843948884 Ramla 0 3.65 2001 Fallen
author: Celeste Bradley
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2001
rating: 0
read at: 2014/11/27
date added: 2014/11/27
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]]> What Price Paradise 2414750
Now, six weeks later, she's pregnant, alone, and broke. Once again, Tate must take responsibility for his actions, and makes plans to marry his child's mother. There's only one problem...he has to tell his fiancée.

Abby Grayson hasn't had an easy life. As the daughter of the town whore, people either avoid her or think she's like her mother. For Abby, it's a struggle just to fill her belly and keep a roof over her head.

Loneliness and a secret yearning for this man she thought she'd never have led her to spend the night with Tate. But the last thing she needs is a baby when she can barely take care of herself. Desperate, but too proud to ask for help, she finally agrees to accept a job from Tate - the job of being his wife. Now she has almost everything she's ever dreamed of.

Unfortunately, only one thing will gain her Tate's love - his realization that the night he spent with her was no drunken accident. It was a last-ditch attempt to win the woman he really wanted.]]> 274 Katherine Allred 1419954865 Ramla 4 best-of-all, chick-lit 3.91 2005 What Price Paradise
author: Katherine Allred
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/08/08
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]]> <![CDATA[You Don't Have to Say You Love Me]]> 8471815 560 Sarra Manning 0552163295 Ramla 4 3.95 2011 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
author: Sarra Manning
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> Imprudent Lady 2772227 240 Joan Smith 0449236633 Ramla 3 historical-romances 3.92 1978 Imprudent Lady
author: Joan Smith
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1978
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Naughty List (The Naughty List, #1)]]> 6396975 purrfect cheerleader isn't enough responsibility! Tessa Crimson's the sweet and spunky leader of the SOS (Society of Smitten Kittens), a cheer squad-turned-spy society dedicated to bringing dastardly boyfriends to justice, one cheater at a time. Boyfriend-busting wouldn't be so bad . . . except that so far, every suspect on the Naughty List has been proven 100% guilty! When Tessa's own boyfriend shows up on the List, she turns her sleuthing skills on him. Is Aiden just as naughty as all the rest, or will Tessa's sneaky ways end in catastrophe?

The Naughty List. Is your boyfriend on it?

]]> 272 Suzanne Young 1595142789 Ramla 3 chick-lit 3.69 2010 The Naughty List (The Naughty List, #1)
author: Suzanne Young
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Deirdre and Don Juan (Lovers and Ladies, #6)]]> 174678
"Don Juan," the dashing Earl of Everdon, was abandoned by his wife shortly following the wedding--and his scandalous behavior is considered an understandable response. Now newly widowed, the errant earl is most eager to marry someone--anyone--who will bear him an heir. And quiet, well-bred Lady Deirdre Stowe fits the bill quite nicely.

The Lady Demurs
Enamored of another, Deirdre wants nothing to do with the lascivious lord--but she is bound by a promise to say "yes" to any suitable proposal. So the earl devises a sham betrothal to satisfy all concerned. But their amorous dance of deception is about to take some rather unexpected spins.]]> 217 Jo Beverley 0380772817 Ramla 4 3.77 1993 Deirdre and Don Juan (Lovers and Ladies, #6)
author: Jo Beverley
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Brown-Eyed Girl (Travises, #4)]]> 18126966 A sparkling chemistry she can't ignore.

Wedding planner Avery Crosslin may be a rising star in Houston society, but she doesn't believe in love—at least not for herself. When she meets wealthy bachelor Joe Travis and mistakes him for a wedding photographer, she has no intention of letting him sweep her off her feet. But Joe is a man who goes after what he wants, and Avery can't resist the temptation of a sexy southern charmer and a hot summer evening.

After a one night stand, however, Avery is determined to keep it from happening again. A man like Joe can only mean trouble for a woman like her, and she can't afford distractions. She's been hired to plan the wedding of the year—a make-or-break event.

But complications start piling up fast, putting the wedding in jeopardy, especially when shocking secrets of the bride come to light. And as Joe makes it clear that he's not going to give up easily, Avery is forced to confront the insecurities and beliefs that stem from a past she would do anything to forget. The situation reaches a breaking point, and Avery faces the toughest choice of her life. Only by putting her career on the line and risking everything—including her well-guarded heart--will she find out what matters most.]]> 291 Lisa Kleypas 0349401780 Ramla 0 to-read 3.62 2015 Brown-Eyed Girl (Travises, #4)
author: Lisa Kleypas
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[What Happens in Scotland (Second Sons, #1)]]> 14823850 Jennifer McQuiston’s debut historical romance, What Happens in Scotland, is a lively, romantic adventure about a wedding that neither the bride or the groom remembers.

Lady Georgette Thorold has always been wary of marriage, so when she wakes up next to an attractive Scotsman with a wedding ring on her finger, it’s easy to understand why she panics and flees. Convinced that Georgette is a thief, her may-be husband, James McKenzie, searches for her. As both try to recall what happened that fateful night, they begin to realize that their attraction and desire for each other is undeniable. But is it enough?

Fans of Sarah MacLean and Mary Balogh will enjoy this charming historical romance from New York Times best-selling author Jennifer McQuiston that features unforgettable characters and a satisfying mix of adventure and passion.]]> 357 Jennifer McQuiston 0062231294 Ramla 2 couldn-t-finish 3.58 2013 What Happens in Scotland (Second Sons, #1)
author: Jennifer McQuiston
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2013
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secrets of a Scoundrel (Inferno Club, #7)]]> 18474016 In The Secrets of a Scoundrel, New York Times bestselling author Gaelen Foley has created her most exciting Inferno Club novel yet!

Nick, Lord Forrester, has a reputation that is legendary—both as a lethal warrior and a wicked lover. But when his rule-breaking ways land him in a Scottish dungeon, he's left there to rot, until a mysterious lady visits his cell and offers him a way out.

All he must do is risk his neck on the mission she proposes—and obey her every command. One look at the luscious beauty has Nick ready to promise her anything, but he must resist his desire, or she could send him straight back to prison.

Virginia, Lady Burke, is well aware that the powerful ex-spy will try to take command of their quest, but it's her job to keep him under control. Yet how can she keep this untamable scoundrel under her thumb when all she really wants is to unleash the smoldering passion between them?]]> 384 Gaelen Foley 0062076051 Ramla 0 to-read 3.83 2014 The Secrets of a Scoundrel (Inferno Club, #7)
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[Fool Me Twice (Rules for the Reckless, #2)]]> 18143986 In the vein of Sarah MacLean, a sexy and evocative Victorian romance between a vengeful duke and a fiery redhead from an author who is a veritable tour de force in the genre.

A Lady With a Secret

Running for her life, exhausted and out of options, Olivia Holladay wants nothing more than the chance to make a home for herself. So when she realizes that the infamous Duke of Marwick might hold the key to her freedom, she boldly disguises herself as the newest and bravest in a long line of the duke’s notoriously temperamental housekeepers. Little does she know that the wickedly handsome Alastair de Grey has very different plans for her.

A Man With a Passion—For Vengeance

As his new employee, Olivia is a fearless upstart. As a woman, the daring redhead is just what Alastair needs to rouse him from darkness to the siren call of revenge. He has suffered a betrayal so deep that he will use whatever means necessary to destroy his enemies—even his brazen and beautiful domestic. But his vengeful plan fails to account for his single weakness: an irresistible and growing passion for the enigmatic Olivia.]]> 365 Meredith Duran 1476741352 Ramla 0 to-read 3.94 2014 Fool Me Twice (Rules for the Reckless, #2)
author: Meredith Duran
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> <![CDATA[Vixen in Velvet (The Dressmakers, #3)]]> 15781045 From the Diary of Leonie Noirot: The perfect corset should invite its undoing . . .

Lethally charming Simon Fairfax, Marquess of Lisburne, has reluctantly returned to London for one reason only: a family obligation. Still, he might make time for the seduction of a certain redheaded dressmaker—but Leonie Noirot hasn't time for him. She's obsessed with transforming his cousin, the dowdy Lady Gladys, into a swan.

Leonie's skills can coax curves—and profits—from thin air, but his criminally handsome lordship is too busy trying to seduce her to appreciate her genius. He badly needs to learn a lesson, and the wager she provokes ought to teach him, once and for all.

A great plan, in theory—but Lisburne's become a serious distraction, and Leonie's usual logic is in danger of slipping away as easily as a silk chemise. Could the Season's greatest transformation be her own?]]> 384 Loretta Chase 0062100327 Ramla 0 to-read 3.73 2014 Vixen in Velvet (The Dressmakers, #3)
author: Loretta Chase
name: Ramla
average rating: 3.73
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]]> Head in the Clouds 7794600 When Gideon Westcott left his privileged life in England to make a name for himself in America's wool industry, he never expected to become a father overnight. And five-year-old Isabella hasn't uttered a word since she lost her mother. The unconventionality of the new governess concerns Gideon--and intrigues him at the same time. But he can't afford distractions. He has a ranch to run, a shearing to oversee, and a suspicious fence-cutting to investigate.
When Isabella's uncle comes to claim the child--and her inheritance--Gideon and Adelaide must work together to protect Isabella from the man's evil schemes. And soon neither can deny their growing attraction. But after so many heartbreaks, will Adelaide be willing to get her head out of the clouds and put her heart on the line?]]> 366 Karen Witemeyer 0764207563 Ramla 4 4.12 2010 Head in the Clouds
author: Karen Witemeyer
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2)]]> 7781699 “Lord Nicholas is a paragon of manhood. And his eyes, Dear Reader! So blue!� Pearls & Pelisses, June 1823

Since being named on of London’s “Lords to Land� by a popular ladies� magazine, Nicholas St. John has been relentlessly pursued by every matrimony-minded female in the ton. So when an opportunity to escape fashionable society presents itself, he eagerly jumps—only to land in the path of the most determined, damnably delicious woman he’s ever met!

The daughter of a titled wastrel, Lady Isabel Townsend has too many secrets and too little money. Though used to taking care of herself quite handily, her father’s recent passing has left Isabel at sea and in need of outside help to protect her young brother’s birthright. The sinfully handsome, eminently eligible Lord Nicholas could be the very salvation she seeks.

But the lady must be wary and not do anything reckless� like falling madly, passionately in love.]]> 357 Sarah MacLean 0061852066 Ramla 4 3.87 2010 Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2)
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> <![CDATA[Between the Devil and Ian Eversea (Pennyroyal Green, #9)]]> 18076439 She might look like an angel...

The moment orphaned American heiress Titania “Tansy� Danforth arrives on English shores she cuts a swath through Sussex, enslaving hearts and stealing beaux. She knows she's destined for a spectacular titled marriage—but the only man who fascinates her couldn't be more infamous...or less interested.

...but it takes a devil to know one...

A hardened veteran of war, inveterate rogue Ian Eversea keeps women enthralled, his heart guarded and his options open: why should he succumb to the shackles of marriage when devastating good looks and Eversea charm make seduction so easy?

...and Heaven has never been hotter.

When Ian is forced to call her on her game, he never dreams the unmasked Tansy—vulnerable, brave, achingly sensual—will tempt him beyond endurance. And fight as he will, this notorious bachelor who stood down enemies on a battlefield might finally surrender his heart...and be brought to his knees by love.]]> 372 Julie Anne Long 0062118110 Ramla 0 to-read 3.68 2014 Between the Devil and Ian Eversea (Pennyroyal Green, #9)
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average rating: 3.68
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]]> <![CDATA[Wallflower Gone Wild (Bad Boys & Wallflowers, #2)]]> 18052972 In the second in Maya Rodale’s delightful Wallflower series, London’s Least Likely to Cause a Scandal is taking Society by storm�

Being good has worked out very badly for Lady Olivia Archer. All she has to show for four seasons on the marriage mart is the nickname Prissy Missy. Her prospects are so bleak that her parents have betrothed her to a stranger with a dire reputation. If Phinneas Cole—aka The Mad Baron—wants a biddable bride, perhaps Olivia can frighten him off by breaking every ladylike rule.

Phinn has admired Olivia’s poise and refinement from afar…qualities that appear to have vanished now that they are officially engaged. This Olivia is flirtatious, provocative, and wickedly irresistible. She’s not at all the woman he bargained for, yet she’s the only one he wants.

He’s determined to woo her. She’s determined to resist. But Olivia is discovering there’s nothing so appealing as a fiancé who’s mad, bad, and dangerously seductive…]]> 359 Maya Rodale 006223126X Ramla 0 to-read 3.51 2014 Wallflower Gone Wild (Bad Boys & Wallflowers, #2)
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average rating: 3.51
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]]> <![CDATA[When the Duke Was Wicked (Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James, #1)]]> 18053044 They are England’s most eligible bachelors, with the most scandalous reputations. But for the right woman, even an unrepentant rogue may mend his ways�

Lady Grace Mabry’s ample inheritance has made it impossible for her to tell whether a suitor is in love with her—or enamored of her riches. Who better to distinguish beau from blackguard than her notorious childhood friend, the Duke of Lovingdon?

After losing his beloved wife Juliette, Lovingdon has spent years on pleasure. He can help Grace find a proper match, being familiar with ploys of scoundrels, and how to distinguish honest emotions from false. But lessons lead to torrid passion and Grace becomes ensnared in another man’s nefarious marriage plot, Lovingdon must wage a desperate gamble: Open his heart fully—or risk losing the woman he adores . . .]]> 374 Lorraine Heath 0062276220 Ramla 0 want-to-read, to-read 3.78 2014 When the Duke Was Wicked (Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James, #1)
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3)]]> 114166 A devil's bargain.

Desperate to escape her scheming relatives, Evangeline Jenner has sought the help of the most infamous scoundrel in London. A marriage of convenience is the only solution.

No one would have ever paired the shy, stammering wallflower with the sinfully handsome viscount. It quickly becomes clear, however, that Evie is a woman of hidden strength—and Sebastian desires her more than any woman he's ever known.

Determined to win her husband's elusive heart, Evie dares to strike a bargain with the devil: if Sebastian can stay celibate for three months, she will allow him into her bed. When Evie is threatened by a vengeful enemy from the past, Sebastian vows to do whatever it takes to protect his wife . . . even at the expense of his own life.

Together they will defy their perilous fate, for the sake of all-consuming love.]]> 368 Lisa Kleypas Ramla 5 4.22 2006 Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3)
author: Lisa Kleypas
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average rating: 4.22
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Mackenzies & McBrides, #1)]]> 5981872
The youngest brother, Ian, known as the Mad Mackenzie, spent most of his young life in an asylum, and everyone agrees he is decidedly odd. He's also hard and handsome and has a penchant for Ming pottery and beautiful women.

Beth Ackerley, widow, has recently come into a fortune. She has decided that she wants no more drama in her life. She was raised in drama—an alcoholic father who drove them into the workhouse, a frail mother she had to nurse until her death, a fussy old lady she became constant companion to. No, she wants to take her money and find peace, to travel, to learn art, to sit back and fondly remember her brief but happy marriage to her late husband.

And then Ian Mackenzie decides he wants her.

The first of a new historical series.]]> 320 Jennifer Ashley 0843960434 Ramla 4 4.03 2009 The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Mackenzies & McBrides, #1)
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average rating: 4.03
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Wild and Wicked in Scotland (Charmed and Dangerous, #1)]]> 24941
When Cassandra Sheridan agreed to an arranged marriage to the Earl of Hampstead, she never dreamed the cad wouldn't even bother to appear for their betrothal ball. It seems her intended cares more for gallivanting than meeting his bride-to-be! So Cassie decides to enjoy an adventure of her own and sets out across Scotland…and meets a dashing stranger who has elevated dueling and deception to an art form.

A dedicated spy on a mission, the Earl of Hampstead has more on his mind than a silly party. Now fate has thrown him together with a vivacious lady whom he must protect from harm, and whose sensuous beauty is proving most distracting. Worse still, Devlyn is horrified to discover she's the very woman he's engaged to marry!

With their lives and reputations in equal peril, do they dare surrender to their irresistible desires?]]> 384 Melody Thomas 0061129593 Ramla 0 to-read 3.69 2006 Wild and Wicked in Scotland (Charmed and Dangerous, #1)
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average rating: 3.69
book published: 2006
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]]> <![CDATA[By Love Undone (Bancroft Brothers, #1)]]> 424016
Madeleine Willits was shunned by London society for a scandal that was no fault of hers, and forced to seek a paid position in the country. So when Quinlan Bancroft, Marquis of Wakefield, comes to direct the household during his uncle's illness, Maddie is determined to detest the nobleman on sight. But though the 'marquis' is easy to dislike, the 'man' himself is a different matter. Quinlan's aplomb in the face of mud, demented pigs, and musket-waving villagers is deucedly appealing. Small wonder, then, that Maddie quite forgets to repulse Quinlan when he enfolds her in a sweet embrace...

MEETS THE NOBLE LORD
Caught kissing his uncle's lovely young companion, Quinlan feels he should make amends, and use his rank to re-establish Miss Willits in society. Unfortunately, it is soon apparent that Maddie has no idea how to resist imnportunate young rakes who believe her ripe for the plucking. But Maddie knows there is only one rake whose attentions she truly needs to fear—because only Quinlan Bancroft possesses the power to break her heart.]]> 376 Suzanne Enoch 0380798859 Ramla 4 3.81 1998 By Love Undone (Bancroft Brothers, #1)
author: Suzanne Enoch
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average rating: 3.81
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hidden Heart (Aincourt's Hearts, #2)]]> 785288
As if their unwelcome presence weren't bad enough, Jessica also revealed that Gabriella was in danger. Someone was after the girl's fortune� perhaps someone the duke knew only too well.

Now fate and a raging snowstorm have brought together an odd assortment of guests at Cleybourne Castle. And when murder strikes, Richard and Jessica must catch a killer and unravel a dark mystery, even as they are plunged into the most passionate mystery of all—the secrets of the hidden heart.]]> 416 Candace Camp 0373771614 Ramla 3 to-read, historical-romances 3.86 2002 The Hidden Heart (Aincourt's Hearts, #2)
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average rating: 3.86
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[So Wild A Heart (Aincourt's Hearts, #1)]]> 173481 Generations ago, the Aincourt family was given a title and land for their loyalty to the king. But the former abbey they received came with a price - a curse that no family member would ever know happiness.

Devin Aincourt, Earl of Ravenscar, makes no apologies for who he is - a drinker, a womanizer, a gambler. Having been cast aside by his disapproving father years before, Dev is content to live out his cursed life in this hedonistic manner. Until his mother asks him to make a bold move to restore the family name and fortune: marry a rich American heiress. Believing it will be a marriage in name only, Dev agrees to marry Miranda. But he never imagined that this feisty, unconventional foreigner would have plans of her own: to restore Blackwater, the old abbey, to its former glory, to extricate Dev from the clutches of a devious mistress and to win his heart for her own. All while risking her own life to an unknown enemy.

For Dev and Miranda, love may be the most lasting curse of all.]]> 416 Candace Camp 0373771606 Ramla 2 historical-romances 3.78 2002 So Wild A Heart (Aincourt's Hearts, #1)
author: Candace Camp
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[Secrets of the Heart (Aincourt's Hearts, #3)]]> 2511687 416 Candace Camp 155166657X Ramla 4 3.80 2003 Secrets of the Heart (Aincourt's Hearts, #3)
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> Indiscreet 6372223
Edward, Marquess of Foye, would have been happy to continue his life as an unmarried gentleman rake, but his brother's death changes everything. As the last of his line, Edward must now marry. Heart already broken by a capricious young girl, he vows to find an older woman --- seasoned, mature ... and no threat to his feelings.

FALLING IN LOVE CAN BE DANGEROUS ...

Sabine Godard was educated by an Oxford don, and her studies became her salvation after an event in her past left her unwilling to accept the touch of any man. Though she never intended to fall in love, passion defies logic when she and Edward meet. Together they explore temptation and sensuality, healing old wounds ... until events require them to risk everything for their love.]]> 293 Carolyn Jewel 0425230996 Ramla 0 to-read 3.64 2009 Indiscreet
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average rating: 3.64
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]]> <![CDATA[Not Proper Enough (Reforming the Scoundrels, #2)]]> 13409147
Meant to be?

The Marquess of Fenris has loved Lady Eugenia from the day he first set eyes on her. Five years ago, pride caused him to earn her enmity. Now she'sÌýwidowed, and he's determined to make amends and win her heart.Ìý But with their near explosive attraction, can he resist his desire long enough to court her properly?

After the death of her beloved husband, Lady Eugenia Bryant has comeÌýtoÌýLondonÌýto build a new life. Despite the gift of a medallion said to have the power to unite the wearer with her perfect match, Eugenia believes she won't love again. And yet, amid the social whirl of chaperoning a young friend through her first Season, she finds a second chance at happiness.

Unfortunately, the Marquess of Fenris threatens her newfound peace. Eugenia dislikes the man, but the handsome and wealthy heir to a dukedom is more charming than he has a right to be.ÌýConstantly underfoot, the rogue disturbs her heart, alternately delighting and scandalizing her.ÌýÌýAnd when their relationship takes a highly improper turn, EugeniaÌýmust decideÌýif the wrong man isn’t the right one after all.]]> 296 Carolyn Jewel 0425250970 Ramla 0 to-read 3.61 2012 Not Proper Enough (Reforming the Scoundrels, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Not Wicked Enough (Reforming the Scoundrels, #1)]]> 11498145
But Fate has other plans in the form of Eugenia's ruggedly handsome brother, the Duke of Mountjoy. One day at Bitterward and Lily can't deny the sizzling attraction between her and the roguish duke. Nothing can come of it, of course. She's not looking for entanglements and he's practically engaged. But whether it's her outgoing nature and the duke's outlandish ways sparking off one another; or the mysterious gypsy medallion working "magic"--hearts are stirring in the most unexpected and wicked ways...]]> 310 Carolyn Jewel 0425246604 Ramla 3 3.64 2012 Not Wicked Enough (Reforming the Scoundrels, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord Ruin (The Sinclair Sisters, #1)]]> 1967867 Could she trust her heart to the most notorious rake in London?

The Duke of Sin

The Duke of Cynssyr didn't believe in love. He planned to marry for beauty. But a night of unforgettable passion left him a changed man—a man tied to a bespectacled spinster. Anne Sinclair's long legs drove him wild with desire, and her quick wit challenged his mind. Ruined for any other, the notorious rake had only one choice: to court his wife. To win her confidence, however, nothing less than his love would do.

The Divine Sinclair

Anne Sinclair had sworn to protect her sister from the infamous Lord Ruin. Yet she never expected to sacrifice her own virtue. Forced to give the rogue her hand in marriage, she vowed never to relinquish her heart. But Ruan worshiped her body and valued her intelligence, making Anne long to succumb to the ultimate temptation: falling for her husband.]]> 342 Carolyn Jewel 0843951354 Ramla 4 historical-romances 3.54 2002 Lord Ruin (The Sinclair Sisters, #1)
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]]> Scandal 5082951 From an author known for her "pulse-pounding action, well-drawn characters, and sexy romance",* comes the tale of a proper young widow and the rake who is out to steal her heart...

The Earl of Banallt is no stranger to scandal. But when he meets Sophie Evans, the young wife of a fellow libertine, even he is shocked by his reaction. This unconventional and intelligent woman proves to be far more than an amusing distraction - she threatens to drive him to distraction. Unlike the women who usually fall at Banallt's feet, and into his bed, Sophie refuses to be seduced. And soon Banallt desires her more than ever - and for more than an illicit affair.

Years later, the widowed Sophie is free, and Banallt is determined to win the woman he still loves. Unfortunately, she doesn't believe his declaration of love and chivalrous offer of marriage - her heart has already been broken by her scoundrel of a husband. And yet, Sophie is tempted to indulge in the torrid affair she's always fantasized about. Caught between her logical mind and her long-denied desire, Sophie must thwart Banallt's seduction - or risk being consumed by the one man she should avoid at all costs...

* Booklist]]> 309 Carolyn Jewel 0425225518 Ramla 4 3.78 2009 Scandal
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[To Romance a Charming Rogue (Courtship Wars, #4)]]> 4838215 392 Nicole Jordan 0345510100 Ramla 2 historical-romances 3.88 2009 To Romance a Charming Rogue (Courtship Wars, #4)
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average rating: 3.88
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Saint Who Stole My Heart (Regency Rogues, #4)]]> 12672812
Possessed of a brilliant mind and a love for puzzles, Dashiell Matthews, Viscount Carrington, is a crucial member of the elite Young Corinthians spy league. Assuming the façade of an addle-brained Adonis, he hunts for a notorious London murderer known as the Bishop. When fate causes him to cross paths with Miss Elena Barnes, Dash discovers an enigma that will prove delightfully intoxicating to a voluptuous beauty as intelligent as she is fearless.

Only the lure of a collection of rare books bequeathed to her family by Dash’s late father could tempt Elena from her cozy rural life to the crush and vanity of London. But if Elena finds his lordship to be the most impossibly beautiful man she’s ever seen, he also seems to be the stupidest. Which made her body’s shameless response to his masterful seduction all the more unfathomable. Yet when she discovers Dash’s mission to track the dangerous Bishop, she willingly risks everything—her trust, her heart, her very life—to join him.]]> 304 Stefanie Sloane 0345531140 Ramla 4 3.45 2012 The Saint Who Stole My Heart (Regency Rogues, #4)
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average rating: 3.45
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]]> The Rake and the Wallflower 1497452
But when her bird-watching eyes catch sight of Lord Grayson, she sees right through his bad reputation to the intelligence and good humor beneath. Unfortunately, she can also see that danger follows Grayson at every turn, and that his many mishaps are more than mere coincidence. Someone wants him dead, but why? Could the kind Lord Grayson have something to hide after all?]]> 96 Allison Lane 0451204409 Ramla 4 3.63 2001 The Rake and the Wallflower
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name: Ramla
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[After Dark with a Scoundrel (Lords of Vice, #3)]]> 8495204 Notorious, handsome, and decadent, the Lords of Vice break rules and hearts with equal aplomb. But what if one woman is on to their game—and the player becomes the played?

One Stolen Kiss

Young, tender, and highly impressionable, Lady Regan can’t help but be intrigued by her brother’s wayward friends—the wickedly charming Lords of Vice. One man in particular, the dashing Lord Hugh Mordare Ìý(known simply as “Dareâ€� among the ton), utterly captivates her—in spite of his reputation as a notorious womanizer. But when she steals an innocent kiss from Dare, Regan is swiftly packed off to boarding school, safely away from danger…and desire.

One Sweet Seduction

Five years later, Regan returns—a proper lady and ravishing beauty. Miss Swann’s Academy for Young Ladies has taught her how to behave in polite society. But all the training in the world cannot extinguish her love for Dare. Now, she hopes to beat the master of seduction at his own game—by daring Dare to love her in return. This time, both of their hearts are on the line…and winner takes all.]]> 292 Alexandra Hawkins 0312381263 Ramla 3 4.03 2011 After Dark with a Scoundrel (Lords of Vice, #3)
author: Alexandra Hawkins
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average rating: 4.03
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wedding (Lairds' Fiancées, #2)]]> 107778
1119. Journeying from England to Scotland to wed a highlander, Lady Brenna had resigned herself to the arranged match. But when a band of fierce, painted warriors captured her en route, she fearlessly met their demand to marry their leader -- the quick-tempered laird Connor MacAlister. She couldn't know that her capture was merely the first act of vengeance against her betrothed, Connor's sworn enemy.

Brenna harbored no illusions that her husband was in love with her; after a hasty forest wedding, MacAlister assured her she could return home once she had borne him a son. But she could not deny that she had once proposed to MacAlister -- ten years ago, when she was just a child, and the visitor to her father's castle charmed her with his dazzling, unexpected smile. Now, as she sets out to win the brave chieftain whom she has come to adore, a legacy of revenge ensnares Brenna in a furious clan war -- and only her faith in her gallant hero can save her....]]> 384 Julie Garwood 0743467213 Ramla 3 4.14 1995 The Wedding (Lairds' Fiancées, #2)
author: Julie Garwood
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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]]> An Old-Fashioned Girl 246546 288 Louisa May Alcott 1406501069 Ramla 4 4.09 1870 An Old-Fashioned Girl
author: Louisa May Alcott
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1870
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Devil Wears Kilts (Scandalous Highlanders, #1)]]> 17566621
Lady Charlotte Hanover has had her fill of hot-headed men, having lost her fiancé in an utterlyÌýunnecessary duel. When did brawn ever triumph over brains? And yet there is something solid and appealing about the brash Highlander who's as dangerous in the ballroom as in battle. Sometimes bigger really is ²ú±ð³Ù³Ù±ð°ù…]±Õ> 325 Suzanne Enoch 1250041600 Ramla 4 3.79 2013 The Devil Wears Kilts (Scandalous Highlanders, #1)
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average rating: 3.79
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[One Hot Scot (Scandalous Highlanders, #0.5)]]> 18111135 A Special Holiday Story!

While attending her aunt's wedding in Inverness, Julia Prentiss is literally swept off her feet by a man who kidnaps her for her fortune. Julia manages to escape from his estate in the Highlands, only to find herself alone, lost, and hunted in a strange land. When she stumbles across a naked man in a lake, she thinks her luck has gone from bad to worse…or has it?

DuncanÌýLenox lives surrounded by enemies, a MacLawry in a land of Campbells. With three sisters at home who rely on him, he's become a very cautious man. But when an auburn-haired English beauty has nowhere else to turn, he feels obligated to help. When the two are forced to spend the night in an abandoned cottage while a storm rages and enemies circle, they find a mutual passion that could save -- or doom -- them both.]]> 50 Suzanne Enoch 1466847123 Ramla 3 historical-romances 3.66 2013 One Hot Scot (Scandalous Highlanders, #0.5)
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average rating: 3.66
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]]> <![CDATA[Rogue with a Brogue (Scandalous Highlanders, #2)]]> 18404306 A Rogue For Every Lady

London, 1817: Stuck in a Mayfair ballroom, thanks to his lovestruck brother, Highlander Arran MacLawry wants nothing but a bit of distraction from an arranged betrothal—and a clever auburn-haired lass in a vixen's mask promises just that . . . until he discovers that she's the granddaughter of the Campbell, chief of clan MacLawry's longtime rival. Despite their families' grudging truce, falling for fiery Mary Campbell is a notion too outlandish even for this Highlander�

The Thrill Of The Forbidden

Raised on tales of savage MacLawrys, Mary is stunned to realize the impressively strapping man in the fox's mask is one of them. Surely the enemy shouldn't have such a broad chest, and such a seductive brogue? Not that her curiosity matters—any dalliance between them is strictly forbidden, and she's promised to another. But with the crackling spark between them ready to catch flame, love is worth every risk…]]> 333 Suzanne Enoch 1250041619 Ramla 0 3.85 2014 Rogue with a Brogue (Scandalous Highlanders, #2)
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]]> Comanche Moon (Comanche, #1) 133499 Orphaned after her parents were killed by Comanches, Loretta Simpson still lives in terror that the warriors will return, her fear so powerful, she is no longer able to speak a word.

Hunter of the Wolf believes that Loretta is a woman of ancient prophecy whom he must honor. But Loretta can only see him as the enemy who has kidnapped her, and she refuses to succumb to his control—or his touch.

Despite the hatred between their peoples, Loretta and Hunter gradually find their enmity changing to respect and care. In the midst of such conflict, it will take all the force of their love to find a safe haven.

]]> 480 Catherine Anderson 006108235X Ramla 3 historical-romances 4.09 1991 Comanche Moon (Comanche, #1)
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name: Ramla
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)]]> 49041 There is an alternate cover edition for ISBN13 9780316160193 here.

I knew we were both in mortal danger. Still, in that instant, I felt well. Whole. I could feel my heart racing in my chest, the blood pulsing hot and fast through my veins again. My lungs filled deep with the sweet scent that came off his skin. It was like there had never been any hole in my chest. I was perfect - not healed, but as if there had never been a wound in the first place.

I FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING NIGHTMARES, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst, but you can't make your body move fast enough.... But this was no dream, and, unlike the nightmare, I wasn't running for my life; I was racing to save something infinitely more precious. My own life meant little to me today.

FOR BELLA SWAN THERE IS ONE THING more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning....

LEGIONS OF READERS ENTRANCED BY THE New York Times bestseller Twilight are hungry for the continuing story of star-crossed lovers Bell and Edward. In New Moon, Stephanie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural spin. passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.]]> 563 Stephenie Meyer 0316160199 Ramla 3 3.61 2006 New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)]]> 428263 "BELLA?"
Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, just like he had in the parking lot, and kissed me again.
This kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine - like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us.

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

READERS CAPTIVATED BY Twilight AND New Moon will eagerly devour Eclipse, the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga.]]> 629 Stephenie Meyer 0316160202 Ramla 2 3.73 2007 Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> <![CDATA[Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)]]> 1162543 "Don't be afraid," I murmured. "We belong together."
I was abruptly overwhelmed by the truth of my own words.
This moment was so perfect, so right, there was no way to doubt it.
His arms wrapped around me,
holding me against him....
It felt like every nerve ending in my body was a live wire.
"Forever," he agreed.

WHEN YOU LOVED THE ONE WHO WAS KILLING YOU, IT LEFT YOU NO OPTIONS. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?

TO BE IRREVOCABLY IN LOVE WITH A VAMPIRE is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife have led her to the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.

NOW THAT BELLA HAS MADE HER DECISION, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life - first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse - seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever?

THE ASTONISHING, BREATHLESSLY anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.]]> 756 Stephenie Meyer 031606792X Ramla 1 3.74 2008 Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
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]]> The Elite (The Selection, #2) 14748094
America is desperate for more time. But the rest of the Elite know exactly what they want--and America's chance to choose is about to slip away.]]> 323 Kiera Cass 0062262858 Ramla 0 to-read 3.89 2013 The Elite (The Selection, #2)
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name: Ramla
average rating: 3.89
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]]> A Secret Love (Cynster, #5) 399896
She was desperate for his help...When a mysterious lady, her face hidden by a black veil, begs Gabriel Cynster for his help, he cannot refuse her plea. For despite her disguise, Gabriel finds the woman alluring and he is powerless to deny her. But he exacts payment as only a Cynster would demand: with each piece of information he uncovers, she must pay him--in the form of a kiss.

He was powerless to resist...

Lady Alathea Morwellan knows Gabriel is intrigued, but despite the sparks that fly between them, they have never passed a civil moment together. Yet as the stakes get higher, so does Gabriel's desire for payment. And with each overpowering kiss, each passionate embrace, Alathea knows that she will not be able to resist his ultimate seduction...but what will happen when she reveals the truth?]]> 384 Stephanie Laurens 0380805707 Ramla 3 4.15 2000 A Secret Love (Cynster, #5)
author: Stephanie Laurens
name: Ramla
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> Lord Carew's Bride 227636 224 Mary Balogh 0451185528 Ramla 0 to-read 3.88 1995 Lord Carew's Bride
author: Mary Balogh
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 1995
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Angel (Stapleton-Downes, #3)]]> 110301
Gabriel, Earl of Thornhill, has just returned to England after a long stay in Europe, where he fled after a scandalous elopement with his father's pregnant wife. He is not in high favor with the ton, but when he sees that Lionel is also back in town, he is willing to risk further trouble for himself by causing harm to his old enemy in any way that presents itself...and Lionel has a new fiancée.]]> 219 Mary Balogh 0451179536 Ramla 4 3.67 1994 Dark Angel (Stapleton-Downes, #3)
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average rating: 3.67
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Famous Heroine / The Plumed Bonnet (Stapleton-Downes #5-6)]]> 9349851 New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh spins two classic stories of Regency England—splendid novels of mistaken identity and unmistakable passion, where marriage is only the beginning of true love.

THE FAMOUS HEROINE
Cora Downes has beauty, spirit, and money, but no breeding. Yet when she gains renown for a daring rescue, she finds herself thrust into high society. Innocent and adrift in a world of beautiful banquets, bejeweled gowns, and snobbish standards, Cora is quickly compromised into a marriage—to a frivolous lord whose interests seem to lie elsewhere. But could piercingly blue-eyed and well-mannered Francis Kneller turn out to be the most unexpected love of her life?

THE PLUMED BONNET
Alistair Munro, the Duke of Bridgwater, is looking for love outside the bounds of polite society. And that’s what he expects to receive when he rescues a seemingly disreputable girl in a colorful bonnet off the side of the road. Yet Stephanie Gray, a former governess, has recently come into money and is eager for a proper match with a well-born man. Sure that he’s sullied her name, Alistair offers marriage to make amends. And in this unlikely union, Stephanie and Alistair make a welcome discovery—that sometimes it’s possible to marry first, then fall in love.]]> 483 Mary Balogh 0440245435 Ramla 0 best-of-all 3.86 2011 The Famous Heroine / The Plumed Bonnet (Stapleton-Downes #5-6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Angel / Lord Carew's Bride (Stapleton-Downes, #3-4)]]> 6545729
DARK ANGEL
Jennifer Winwood has been engaged for five years to a man she hardly knows but believes to be honorable and good: Lord Lionel Kersey. Suddenly, she becomes the quarry of London's most notorious womanizer, Gabriel Fisher, the Earl of Thornhill. Jennifer has no idea that she is just a pawn in the long-simmering feud between these two headstrong, irresistible men—or that she will become a prize more valuable than revenge.

LORD CAREW'S BRIDE
Jennifer's cousin Samantha Newman is smarting after she too is toyed with by Lord Kersey. In the midst of her heartbreak, she seeks solace from her new friend, the disabled gardener Hartley Wade. If only she knew that Hartley is secretly Lord Carew, and that he hides more than extraordinary wealth: a passionate secret held deep in his heart that only her love can reveal.

Includes an excerpt from Seducing an Angel]]> 593 Mary Balogh 0440245443 Ramla 4 3.84 2010 Dark Angel / Lord Carew's Bride (Stapleton-Downes, #3-4)
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average rating: 3.84
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways, #1)]]> 693016 Two hearts steeped in scandal . . .

When an unexpected inheritance elevates her family to the ranks of the aristocracy, Amelia Hathaway discovers that tending to her younger sisters and wayward brother was easy compared to navigating the intricacies of the ton. Even more challenging: the attraction she feels for the tall, dark, and dangerously handsome Cam Rohan.

Wealthy beyond most men’s dreams, Cam has tired of society’s petty restrictions and longs to return to his “uncivilized� Gypsy roots. When the delectable Amelia appeals to him for help, he intends to offer only friendship—but intentions are no match for the desire that blindsides them both. But can a man who spurns tradition be tempted into that most time-honored arrangement: marriage? Life in London society is about to get a whole lot hotter . . .]]> 360 Lisa Kleypas 0312949804 Ramla 4 best-of-all 4.06 2007 Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways, #1)
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name: Ramla
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)]]> 227443 a. lose 7 pounds
b. stop smoking
c. develop Inner Poise

"129 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds in the middle of the night? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier? Repulsive, horrifying notion), alcohol units 4 (excellent), cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow), number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)..."

"Bridget Jones' Diary" is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of Bridget's permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement � a year in which she resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult - and learn to program the VCR.

Over the course of the year, Bridget loses a total of 72 pounds but gains a total of 74. She remains, however, optimistic. Through it all, Bridget will have you helpless with laughter, and � like millions of readers the world round � you'll find yourself shouting, "Bridget Jones is me!"]]> 288 Helen Fielding 014028009X Ramla 0 to-read 3.81 1996 Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
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average rating: 3.81
book published: 1996
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]]> The Colonel's Lady 9467341 406 Laura Frantz 080073341X Ramla 0 to-read 4.16 2011 The Colonel's Lady
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name: Ramla
average rating: 4.16
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]]> Staying at Daisy's 41997 If you're looking for a hotel where anything can happen, try staying at Daisy's...

Daisy MacLean runs the country house hotel owned by her flamboyant father, Hector. When she hears who's about to get married there, she isn't worried at all - her friend Tara absolutely promises there won't be any trouble between her and ex-boyfriend Dominic, whom she hasn't seen for years. But Daisy should be worried. Dominic has other ideas. And seeing Tara again sets in motion a chaotic train of events with far-reaching consequences for all concerned.

While Daisy spends the ensuing months doing battle with Dev Tyzack (Dominic's so-called best man), Tara battles with her conscience. Meanwhile, Hector's getting up to all sorts with...well, that's the village's best kept secret. And then Barney turns up, with a little something belonging to the husband Daisy's been doing her best to forget. That's the thing about hotels, you never know who you're going to meet. Or whether they're going to stay...

]]> 500 Jill Mansell 0747264872 Ramla 0 3.86 2002 Staying at Daisy's
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> <![CDATA[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (Tomb Raider, #2)]]> 1187988 304 Dave Stern 074347709X Ramla 0 3.72 2003 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (Tomb Raider, #2)
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average rating: 3.72
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]]> <![CDATA[Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #8)]]> 17733898 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 8, the latest installment in the #1 bestselling series by Jeff Kinney and one of the most anticipated books of 2013. A global phenomenon, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has more than 85 million books in print around the world.

Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?]]> 217 Jeff Kinney 1419711326 Ramla 0 to-read, books-i-own 4.26 2013 Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #8)
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[The Collectors (The Camel Club, #2)]]> 15154
The assassination of the U.S. Speaker of the House has shaken the nation. And the outrageous iconoclasts of the club have found a chilling connection with another death: the demise of the director of the Library of Congress's rare books room.

The man who calls himself Oliver Stone is the group's unofficial leader. Staying one step ahead of his violent past and headquartered in a caretaker's cottage in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Stone draws on his vast experience and acute deductive powers to discover that someone is selling America to its enemies one classified secret at a time. When Annabelle Conroy, the greatest con artist of her generation, struts onto the scene in high-heeled boots, the Camel Club gets a sexy new edge.

It's all yours to enjoy as David Baldacci weaves a white-knuckle tale of suspense in which every collector is searching for one missing prize: the one to die for.

Librarian's note: there are five novels and a short story in the author's Camel Club series. They are: #1. The Camel Club (2005), #2. The Collectors (2006), #3. Stone Cold (2007), #4. Divine Justice (2008), and #5. Hell's Corner (2010). The short story is #6. Bullseye (2014), a Will Robie / The Camel Club Short Story.]]> 438 David Baldacci 044653109X Ramla 0 4.03 2006 The Collectors (The Camel Club, #2)
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average rating: 4.03
book published: 2006
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Throne (Payne & Jones, #4)]]> 4312852
In the dead of night, the holy retreat is attacked by an elite group of warriors carrying ancient weapons. One by one, they hurl the silent monks from the cliff-top to the rocks below � the holy men taking their secret to their graves�.

Halfway across Europe, Richard Byrd fears for his life. He has uncovered the location of a magnificent treasure. But there are those who are dedicated to protecting it, and they will stop at nothing to prevent its discovery.

Hoping to save himself, Byrd contacts two colleagues, Jonathon Payne and David Jones, and begs for their help. The duo rushes to his aid and quickly find themselves caught in an adventure that will change their lives forever.]]> 590 Chris Kuzneski 0141037075 Ramla 0 to-read 4.01 2008 The Lost Throne (Payne & Jones, #4)
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4) 17212231 ‘Seek and ye shall find.�

With these words echoing in his head, eminent Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of the macabre object that is found hidden in his belongings.

A threat to his life will propel him and a young doctor, Sienna Brooks, into a breakneck chase across the city of Florence. Only Langdon’s knowledge of hidden passageways and ancient secrets that lie behind its historic facade can save them from the clutches of their unknown pursuers.

With only a few lines from Dante’s dark and epic masterpiece, The Inferno, to guide them, they must decipher a sequence of codes buried deep within some of the most celebrated artefacts of the Renaissance � sculptures, paintings, buildings � to find the answers to a puzzle which may, or may not, help them save the world from a terrifying threat�

Set against an extraordinary landscape inspired by one of history’s most ominous literary classics, Inferno is Dan Brown’s most compelling and thought-provoking novel yet, a breathless race-against-time thriller that will grab you from page one and not let you go until you close the book.]]> 463 Dan Brown 0385537859 Ramla 0 to-read 3.88 2013 Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
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