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The guns of Navarone ; Force 10 from Navarone (Cinema classics)
Par Alistair MacLean. 1983
Two classic World War II adventures. In The Guns of Navarone, a British sabotage team must destroy Nazi weapons so…
that a small Greek island can be evacuated. In Force 10 from Navarone, three allied spies are assigned an impossible mission in Yugoslavia. Some violence and some strong language. 1968The duchess
Par Bertrice Small. 2001
England, 1795. Quinton Hunter, the impoverished Duke of Sedgwick, marries young Allegra Morgan, the daughter and only heir of the…
country's richest man. Although the practical pair agree not to fall in love, circumstances change after they experience many adventures together. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001The girl at the Lion d'or
Par Sebastian Faulks. 1998
France, 1930s. When Anne Louvet leaves Paris to work at a country hotel, she is penniless and haunted by her…
family's shameful past. Charles Hartmann, a married lawyer renovating a nearby manor house, is also burdened with wartime memories as he and Anne fall in love. Guilt and secrecy plague their affair. 1989The ministry of fear: an entertainment
Par Graham Greene. 1973
In the early phase of World War II British widower Arthur Rowe, after having euthanatized his sick wife, unwittingly becomes…
embroiled with a band of fifth columnists. And then he falls in love. Some violence. 1943A marriage of inconvenience
Par Marion Chesney. 1998
Because Isabella Chadbury has refused many suitors, her parents choose Lord Harry Tremayne for a marriage of convenience. His family…
is poor and welcomes the chance for Harry to wed someone with a large dowry. The road to the altar is not smooth, but the discovery of a hidden treasure may change everythingAmerican spy
Par Lauren Wilkinson. 2019
Because of her skin color, Cold War-era FBI agent Marie Mitchell is recruited to join a task force aimed at…
undermining the president of Burkina Faso. Over the next year, her work challenges her beliefs about her identity as a spy, lover, sister, and an American. Some violence and some strong language. 2019Losing Julia
Par Jonathan Hull. 2000
Alternating between past and present, eighty-one-year-old Patrick Delaney recalls losing his best friend and fellow soldier Daniel in 1918. Ten…
years later, he meets and falls for Daniel's lover Julia. But Patrick is married, and she claims to be engaged. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2000Without lawful authority
Par Manning Coles. 1943
Tommy Hambledon, a British foreign intelligence agent, is searching for German spies in his homeland. Warnford, a disgraced British army…
officer who was framed and forced to resign, enlists the help of a professional burglar, Marden, to help him expose his enemies. Together the three uncover a Nazi cell on the eve of World War IILa jeunesse de James Bond: 2, La mort est contagieuse (La jeunesse de James Bond. #2.)
Par Charles Higson. 2006
"Un élève d'Eton dont la famille disparaît en mer. Une société clandestine au coeur de l'école. Une région de Sardaigne…
infestée de bandits. Un inquiétant comte italien. Sous le soleil brûlant de la Méditerranée, James Bond va découvrir le lien entre tous ces éléments, mais à quel prix ?" -- 4e de couvThe bar sinister
Par Sheila Simonson. 1986
Emily Foster is a widow who wants a companion for her four-year-old son, Matt. Captain Richard Falk needs someone to…
care for his two children, both under three, while he is away from home. It seems the perfect solution for Emily. However, Richard's life is in danger, and that affects not only his children, but also Emily and her sonThe dreadful debutante
Par Marion Chesney. 1994
Drusilla and Mira Markham are to have their London season together. But while the beautiful Drusilla looks forward to the…
event, plain, tomboyish Mira does not. The only good thing to Mira is that Lord Charles Devere, her longtime friend, will be there. When Charles falls for Drusilla, Mira's jealous reaction draws the attention of a marquess. For high school and older readersChristy's choice (Christy Ser. #No. 6)
Par C Archer. 1996
When Christy receives an offer to teach in her hometown of Asheville, she makes a decision that stands to affect…
her entire future. During a train wreck on her return to Cutter Gap, Christy experiences a life-changing insight that clarifies her destiny. Sequel to The Proposal (BR 10900). For grades 5-8A difficult truce (Regency romance #AE 5336)
Par Joan Wolf. 1981
Niall MacCarthy, the earl of Clancarthy, is dead. He was the last survivor of the great chiefs of old Ireland,…
and the Catholics would have risen to follow him and become a nation again. Can his nineteen-year-old daughter Christina take his place as head of the clan? Dreams are dashed when enemies capture Christina. Her only hope lies in her marriage to Charles Standish, duke of Dacre. But she must not allow herself to fall in love with himOld lover's ghost (Regency romance)
Par Joan Smith. 1994
Charity Wainwright's father has the unusual power of being able to communicate with ghosts. Thus Charity and her father spend…
a lot of time traveling, and she has little time for herself--or romance. But their visit to Keefer Hall does hold some promiseElectricity: a novel
Par Victoria Glendinning. 1995
In Victorian England, the change of mores that broadens women's roles and the coming of technology that alters daily life…
are reflected in the notebooks of a young woman. Raised in a repressive household, Charlotte Mortimer becomes enamored of a young engineer who introduces electricity with a missionary zeal. Her infatuation pales after marriage, though, and she enters into a dangerous new liaisonColonel Sandhurst to the rescue
Par Marion Chesney. 1994
The owners of the Poor Relation hotel are in dire straits. Colonel Sandhurst has been sent to collect an unpaid…
bill from Sir Randolph Gray. But rather than returning with money, he arrives with Miss Frederica Gray, who is running away from home to avoid a forced marriage to the elderly Lord Peter Bewley. As is typical at the Poor Relation, romance takes over and all works out for the best. Sequel to Sir Philip's Folly (BR 9567)Back in society
Par Marion Chesney. 1994
The Poor Relation Hotel has become the fashionable place to stay--especially with the Prince of Wales's coat of arms over…
the door. The last thing the proprietors need is a suicide. But having been thrown out of her home, Lady Jane Fremney is planning exactly that. Of course the Poor Relation owners won't let that happen. Sequel to Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue (BR 9849)Tarnished hearts
Par Raine Cantrell. 1994
Trevor Shelby's youthful dream of being a doctor was literally beaten out of him by his father. Then he was…
sent to boarding school. But war is now imminent in the South, and Trevor, twenty-six, has been called home to Georgia. He is back only a few days when he meets Leah Reese, the daughter of his friend's overseer. But their desire for each other is forbidden by their class differences. Violence, descriptions of sex, and some strong languageNoblesse oblige
Par Helen Argers. 1994
Caroline Richmond has only one chance at a London season, and it appears she will be successful. Caroline has captured…
the attention of one of London's most eligible bachelors, Branville, the marquis of Kimston. But as the season draws to an end, the marquis has not offered for her, and Caroline returns home in disgrace. Then her father arranges for her to marry the marquis's fatherThe morning gift
Par Eva Ibbotson. 1993
Ruth Berger, separated from her family during the early days of World War II, marries longtime English family friend, Quinton…
Somerville, in order to get out of Vienna. They plan to annul the marriage upon arrival in England so Ruth may marry Cousin Heini, a musician from Budapest. But the situation becomes complicated when Ruth and Quinton finally consummate their marriage and he gives her a gift the next morning