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Married to a Stranger
by Nahid RachlinWhen Minou Hakini marries a man of her own choosing--an intellectual and a radical--and moves to Abadan, a thriving oil town near the Iraqi border, she imagines her life will be adventurous and liberating. Before long, however, she becomes aware of her husband's suspicious liaisons and dangerous activities. Her struggle to forge her own identity as a woman in contemporary Iran is charged with passion, anger, and finally a need to escape. Nahid Rachlin is an Iranian who lives in New York and teaches at Barnard College. She is the author of Foreigner and The Heart's Desire, both novels, and Veils, a collection of short stories.
Married to a Stranger (Danger & Desire #3)
by Louise AllenSophia Langley's life is in turmoil. When she learns of her estranged fiancé's death in a shipwreck, the last thing she expects is for his twin brother, Callum Chatterton, to make a shock proposal!Her inner romantic objects to a marriage of convenience-and brooding Cal makes it very clear that's all it can be. Yet to save her family Sophia accepts with trepidation-and a highly inconvenient trembling of desire for her reluctant husband!
Married to the Empire: Three Governors' Wives in Russian America 1829-1864
by Susanna Rabow-EdlingThe Russian Empire had a problem. While they had established successful colonies in their territory of Alaska, life in the settlements was anything but civilized. The settlers of the Russian-America Company were drunk, disorderly, and corrupt. Worst of all, they were terrible role models for the Natives, whom the empire saw as in desperate need of moral enlightenment. The empire’s solution? Send in women. In 1829, the Company decreed that any governor appointed after that date had to have a wife, in the hopes that these more pious women would serve as glowing examples of domesticity and bring charm to a brutish territory. Elisabeth von Wrangell, Margaretha Etholén, and Anna Furuhjelm were three of eight governors' wives who took up this domestic mantle. Married to the Empire tells their stories using their own words and though extraordinary research by Susanna Rabow-Edling. All three were young and newly wed when they left Russia for the furthest outpost of the empire, and all three went through personal and cultural struggles as they worked to adjust to life in the colony. Their trials offer a little-heard female history of Russian Alaska, while illuminating the issues that arose while trying to reconcile expectations of womanhood with the realities of frontier life.
Married to the Maverick Millionaire: The Texan's One-night Standoff The Pregnancy Project Married To The Maverick Millionaire (From Mavericks to Married #3)
by Joss WoodPassion flares on and off the ice in this sizzling hockey romance!She can marry the millionaire and keep her hands to herself...right? When Cal Carter needs a husband in name only, her childhood friend is the perfect pick. But on the other side of "I do," her sexy millionaire of convenience is much more man than she counted on! She can't stop thinking about their marriage bed... Especially when the millionaire in question is Quinn Rayne, world-famous heartthrob hockey coach. Quinn is grateful for Cal's proposal, which keeps the press at bay-but the sizzling passion between them is irresistible. All it takes is one stolen kiss at a masquerade ball to turn this convenient arrangement between friends into a red-hot affair... Married to the Maverick Millionaire is part of the From Mavericks to Married series.
Married to the Viscount
by Sabrina JeffriesThe dashing Viscount proposes a marriage in name only . . . in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries' sexy historical romanceAbigail Mercer was thrilled at being reunited with Spencer Law, whom she met once and later married by proxy. But now Viscount Ravenswood denies all knowledge of their union! Too many witnesses have made it impossible for the secretive Spencer to reject his bride without causing a scandal. So he has proposed a marriage in name only until they can locate his mysteriously absent younger brother--who is responsible for everything!--and untangle this messy affair.Abigail is incensed, irate . . . and irresistibly attracted to this handsome, infuriating man who hides his smoldering passion behind a proper exterior. So the lady will agree to his terms on one condition: Spencer must seal their bargain with a kiss. But he finds that one deep, lingering, unforgettable kiss isn't nearly enough. And keeping his hands off his pretty wife is going to be much harder than he thought.
Married: The Virgin Widow
by Deborah HaleHer hands bound by blackmail and duty, Laura Penrose was forced to marry her sweetheart's ruthless cousin. Now a widow, her sweetheart has returned. Ford Barrett, Lord Kingsfold, believes Laura betrayed him and has a debt to pay-she owes him a wedding. . . ; and a wedding night! Laura sacrificed herself once out of duty-she won't be taken again for revenge. But this new, dark, dangerous Ford discards her pleas. . . ;. Can she tell him she never wronged him, before he discovers her more innocent secret?
Marrow of Tragedy: The Health Crisis of the American Civil War
by Margaret HumphreysSoldiers lay wounded or sick as both sides struggled to get them fit to return to battle.Winner, George Rosen Prize, American Association for the History of MedicineThe Civil War was the greatest health disaster the United States has ever experienced, killing more than a million Americans and leaving many others invalided or grieving. Poorly prepared to care for wounded and sick soldiers as the war began, Union and Confederate governments scrambled to provide doctoring and nursing, supplies, and shelter for those felled by warfare or disease. During the war soldiers suffered from measles, dysentery, and pneumonia and needed both preventive and curative food and medicine. Family members—especially women—and governments mounted organized support efforts, while army doctors learned to standardize medical thought and practice. Resources in the north helped return soldiers to battle, while Confederate soldiers suffered hunger and other privations and healed more slowly, when they healed at all.In telling the stories of soldiers, families, physicians, nurses, and administrators, historian Margaret Humphreys concludes that medical science was not as limited at the beginning of the war as has been portrayed. Medicine and public health clearly advanced during the war—and continued to do so after military hostilities ceased.
Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China
by Andrew D. MorrisThis book shows how sporting culture and ideology played a crucial role in the making of the modern nation-state in Republican China. Marrow of the Nation tells the dramatic story of how Olympic-style competitions and ball games, as well as militarized forms of training associated with the West and Japan, were adapted to become an integral part of the modern Chinese experience.
Marry Christmas
by Jane GoodgerJane Goodger makes a triumphant return to historical romance with this captivating Christmas tale of an arranged marriage that becomes a passionate union. . . A Christmas wedding to the Duke of Bellingham. Any other socialite in Newport, Rhode Island, would be overjoyed at the prospect, but Elizabeth Cummings finds her mother's announcement as appealing as a prison sentence. Elizabeth has not the slightest desire to meet Randall Blackmore, let alone be bartered for an English title. Her heart belongs to another, and the duke's prestige, arrogance, and rugged charm will make no difference to her plans of elopement. Against his expectations and desires, Randall Blackmore has inherited a dukedom and a vast estate that only marriage to an heiress can save. Selling his title to the highest bidder is a wretched obligation, but to Randall's surprise his intended bride is pretty, courageous, delightfully impertinent--and completely uninterested in becoming a Duchess. Yet suddenly, no other woman will do, and a marriage in name only will never be enough for a husband determined to win his wife in body, heart, and soul. . .
Marry Her if You Love Her: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Feng Zhaoafter experiencing life and death the sullen sixth prince li chenbai finally understood that those noble feelings about being silently blessed were all bastards if you like delicacies you have to eat them if you like them you have to marry them ba shu jia prefecture the three rivers gathered under the feet of the buddha the beautiful scenery of the delicacies and beauties what kind of wonderful collision would there be family is short also not a field of chicken feathers more is warm and happy
Marry Her if You Love Her: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Feng Zhaoafter experiencing life and death the sullen sixth prince li chenbai finally understood that those noble feelings about being silently blessed were all bastards if you like delicacies you have to eat them if you like them you have to marry them ba shu jia prefecture the three rivers gathered under the feet of the buddha the beautiful scenery of the delicacies and beauties what kind of wonderful collision would there be family is short also not a field of chicken feathers more is warm and happy
Marry Her if You Love Her: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Feng Zhaoafter experiencing life and death the sullen sixth prince li chenbai finally understood that those noble feelings about being silently blessed were all bastards if you like delicacies you have to eat them if you like them you have to marry them ba shu jia prefecture the three rivers gathered under the feet of the buddha the beautiful scenery of the delicacies and beauties what kind of wonderful collision would there be family is short also not a field of chicken feathers more is warm and happy
Marry Me
by Jo GoodmanHer Heart Was Locked AwayRhyne Abbot is fierce, brave, and used to a life of isolation on her father's spread on the outskirts of Reidsville, Colorado. But when, overcome with sickness, she collapses, she knows she must return to town if she is to have any hope of recovery. Only there is no place for her but the new doctor's home, and he wants more than just to heal Rhyne. He wants her hand in marriage. Until One Man Found The KeyDoctor Cole Monroe's hands are already more than full with his orphaned little sister to look after, and yet somehow he can't resist the magnetic pull of Rhyne's bewitching eyes--or her tempting kiss. But convincing her to trust him won't be easy. For Rhyne's heart needs as much tender care as her ailing body. And the only cure is the thing she most fears: to let herself fall in love. . . Praise for Jo Goodman and The Price of Desire"Once again, Goodman delivers a luscious and sensual romance." --Romantic Times
Marry Me
by Susan Kay LawThe rugged loner Jake Sullivan has finally returned home -- to find a brazen, beautiful trespasser in his bed. Emily Bright intends to stay. But has Jake been saddled with an unwanted intruder... or blessed with a bride?
Marry Me By Sundown: Enticing historical romance from the legendary bestseller
by Johanna LindseyAn enticing new historical romance from No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey. Marry Me By Sundown takes you on a captivating adventure in 1880s Montana where passions and gold fever run high as an American heiress turns to a rugged mountain man to help her locate her father's fortune. Perfect for fans of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton.Summoned back to Philadelphia from the social whirl in London, Violet Mitchell never expected to find her brothers living on the edge of financial ruin while their father seeks new wealth in Montana's gold fields. With the family's home and social standing at risk, Violet makes a drastic decision.Morgan Callahan rode away from his family's cattle ranch to make his own fortune. Now as he finishes exploiting a mother lode of silver, a young woman claiming to be his late partner's daughter turns up wanting to be taken to her father's mine. Suspecting that the pretty schemer works for the mining outfit that is trying to steal his land, he has no qualms about snatching her and holding her at his camp where she can do no harm.Morgan underestimated the new thorn in his side. Determined to claim what rightfully belongs to her family, Violet summons up the courage, grit, and spunk to cope with the hazards and discomforts of an untamed land and the disturbingly masculine stranger who holds her fate in his hands. But an error of judgment brings down a hailstorm of calamity and danger that upends her plans and deepens her bond to a man who is not the brilliant match a lady wishes to make but could be all that a strong, passionate woman desires.Utterly captivating. Wonderfully entertaining. Let legendary author Johanna Lindsey capture your heart with her unforgettable romance.
Marry Me by Midnight (Once Upon the East End #1)
by Felicia GrossmanEntertainment Weekly Best Romances of 2023Kirkus Best Romances of 2023 New York Public Library Best Romances of 2023 Fated Mates Podcast Best Romances of 2023 Hey Alma Best Jewish Fiction of 5783 From an author known for her &“powerful and passionate&” work comes a story with an enchanting twist on Cinderella (Eva Leigh, bestselling author): a charming heiress must marry to save her family&’s business, but the man she dreams of is the one she can&’t have. London, 1832: Isabelle Lira may be in distress, but she's no damsel. Since her father&’s death, his former partners have sought to oust her from their joint equity business. Her only choice is to marry—and fast—to a powerful ally outside the respected Berab family&’s sphere of influence. Only finding the right spouse will require casting a wide net. So she&’ll host a series of festivals, to which every eligible Jewish man is invited. Once, Aaron Ellenberg longed to have a family of his own. But as the synagogue custodian, he is too poor for wishes and not foolish enough for dreams. Until the bold, beautiful Isabelle Lira presents him with an irresistible offer . . . if he ensures her favored suitors have no hidden loyalties to the Berabs, she will provide him with money for a new life. Yet the transaction provides surprising temptation, as Aaron and Isabelle find caring and passion in the last person they each expected. Only a future for them is impossible—for heiresses don&’t marry orphans, and love only conquers in children&’s tales. But if Isabelle can find the courage to trust her heart, she'll discover anything is possible, if only she says yes.
Marry Me by Sundown
by Johanna LindseyThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Tempest and Make Me Love You brings her &“mastery of historical romance&” (Entertainment Weekly) to 1880s Montana where passions and gold fever run high as an American heiress turns to a rugged mountain man to help her locate her father&’s fortune. After a social whirlwind in London, Violet Mitchell is summoned back to Philadelphia only to discover her family living on the edge of financial ruin while their father seeks new wealth in Montana&’s gold fields. With the family&’s home and social standing at risk, Violet makes a drastic decision. Meanwhile, Montana rancher Morgan Callahan rode away from his family&’s cattle farm to make his own fortune. Now as he finishes exploiting a mother lode of silver, a young woman claiming to be his late partner&’s daughter turns up wanting to be taken to her father&’s mine. Suspecting that the pretty schemer works for the mining outfit that is trying to steal his land, he has no qualms about snatching her and holding her at his camp where she can do no harm. But he underestimated the new thorn in his side. Determined to claim what rightfully belongs to her family, Violet summons up the courage and grit to cope with the hazards and discomforts of an untamed land and the disturbingly masculine stranger who holds her fate in his hands. But an error of judgment brings down a hailstorm of danger that upends her plans and deepens her bond to a man who may turn out to be all she desires. With her signature &“strong characters, humor, interesting plots—and, of course—romance&” (The Cincinnati Enquirer), Johanna Lindsey crafts another irresistible and adventurous love story.
Marry Me, Mackenzie!
by Joanna SimsDaddy, Revealed For a decade, Mackenzie Brand had kept her daughter's paternity a secret. Then she unexpectedly ran into Dylan Axel, and the single mom knew there was no more hiding. Hope's greatest wish was to meet her father. And when Dylan got a look at the beautiful ten-year-old he simply knew she was his. But he didn't know everything... With Hope battling a terrible illness, Mackenzie needed all the support she could get. Dylan vowed to be there for them both and promised Mackenzie she could lean on him. But she was no longer the bookish girl enamoured of the dashing boy next door. Giving herself to Dylan this time meant going all-in. This was their second chance. Was she brave enough to take it?
Marry Under Order, Hot Tempered Queen: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Ye LanShanShe was a 21st century music college genius, because a zither transmigrated, became the Shang Shu Mansion's unfavoured eldest miss.In search of the zither, she was very careful with the wolf. She had been caught up in a plot to seize power from the court and was unable to escape.In the eyes of the crowd, she was a b * tch who had been seduced to a higher position by a palace maid. However, in his eyes, she was his favorite, the treasure in his palm.Everyone said that he was possessed, which was why he was so fond of a lowly girl like her and didn't go offline. But she hoped that he would be able to stay away from her and not involve her in a conspiracy to peacefully search for the zither.One day, someone passionately confessed to her and threatened to take her out of the palace to live a carefree life. She nodded like she was pounding garlic.Thus, a certain man could not sit still and questioned him after the storm."Do you still dare to leave the palace with others?"Like a frightened bird, she shook her head like a rattle.
Marry Under Order, Hot Tempered Queen: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Ye LanShanShe was a 21st century music college genius, because a zither transmigrated, became the Shang Shu Mansion's unfavoured eldest miss.In search of the zither, she was very careful with the wolf. She had been caught up in a plot to seize power from the court and was unable to escape.In the eyes of the crowd, she was a b * tch who had been seduced to a higher position by a palace maid. However, in his eyes, she was his favorite, the treasure in his palm.Everyone said that he was possessed, which was why he was so fond of a lowly girl like her and didn't go offline. But she hoped that he would be able to stay away from her and not involve her in a conspiracy to peacefully search for the zither.One day, someone passionately confessed to her and threatened to take her out of the palace to live a carefree life. She nodded like she was pounding garlic.Thus, a certain man could not sit still and questioned him after the storm."Do you still dare to leave the palace with others?"Like a frightened bird, she shook her head like a rattle.
Marry Under Order, Hot Tempered Queen: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Ye LanShanShe was a 21st century music college genius, because a zither transmigrated, became the Shang Shu Mansion's unfavoured eldest miss.In search of the zither, she was very careful with the wolf. She had been caught up in a plot to seize power from the court and was unable to escape.In the eyes of the crowd, she was a b * tch who had been seduced to a higher position by a palace maid. However, in his eyes, she was his favorite, the treasure in his palm.Everyone said that he was possessed, which was why he was so fond of a lowly girl like her and didn't go offline. But she hoped that he would be able to stay away from her and not involve her in a conspiracy to peacefully search for the zither.One day, someone passionately confessed to her and threatened to take her out of the palace to live a carefree life. She nodded like she was pounding garlic.Thus, a certain man could not sit still and questioned him after the storm."Do you still dare to leave the palace with others?"Like a frightened bird, she shook her head like a rattle.
Marry Under Order, Hot Tempered Queen: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Ye LanShanShe was a 21st century music college genius, because a zither transmigrated, became the Shang Shu Mansion's unfavoured eldest miss.In search of the zither, she was very careful with the wolf. She had been caught up in a plot to seize power from the court and was unable to escape.In the eyes of the crowd, she was a b * tch who had been seduced to a higher position by a palace maid. However, in his eyes, she was his favorite, the treasure in his palm.Everyone said that he was possessed, which was why he was so fond of a lowly girl like her and didn't go offline. But she hoped that he would be able to stay away from her and not involve her in a conspiracy to peacefully search for the zither.One day, someone passionately confessed to her and threatened to take her out of the palace to live a carefree life. She nodded like she was pounding garlic.Thus, a certain man could not sit still and questioned him after the storm."Do you still dare to leave the palace with others?"Like a frightened bird, she shook her head like a rattle.
Marry for Love (Regency Romance Collection #5)
by Christina CourtenayThe award-winning author of Marry in Haste pens a Regency romance of a scheming sister and an unrequited love . . . Delilah cannot bear to watch as her twin sister Deborah marries Hamish Baillie, Fourth Earl of Blackwood. Not only because she knows that her conniving sister has manipulated the poor man into marriage, but also because she has been in love with Hamish since she first set eyes on him . . . When Delilah makes the ultimate sacrifice to save Hamish from her sister’s clutches, he is grateful—but he can’t help but be suspicious of her motives. Nevertheless, when it appears that Delilah may be cast out, he agrees to help by employing her as a housekeeper at his Scottish residence. As Hamish spends more time with Delilah, he realizes she is sincere. But her scheming twin was never going to let go of the Earl that easily . . . “Christina Courtenay is one of my favourite historical romance writers. Every time I sit down to read one of her books, I just know I’m in for some fabulous storytelling, and Marry for Love is no exception.” —Old Victorian Quill
Marry in Haste (Marriage of Convenience #1)
by Anne GracieFrom the award-winning author of The Summer Bride comes the first in a charming new historical romance series where marriages of convenience turn into true love matches.Major Calbourne Rutherford returns to England on the trail of an assassin, only to find he’s become Lord Ashendon, with the responsibility for vast estates and dependent relatives. Cal can command the toughest of men, but his wild half-sisters are quite another matter. They might just be his undoing.When he discovers that Miss Emmaline Westwood, the girls’ former teacher, guides them with ease, Cal offers her a marriage of convenience. But strong-minded and independent Emm is neither as compliant nor as proper as he expected, and Cal finds himself most inconveniently seduced by his convenient wife.Emm knows they didn’t marry for love, yet beneath her husband’s austere facade, she catches glimpses of a man who takes her breath away. As pride, duty and passion clash, will these two stubborn hearts find more than they ever dreamed of?
Marry in Scandal (Marriage of Convenience #2)
by Anne GracieA shy heiress and a well-known rake face a scandal-forced marriage that might be true love in the latest irresistible romance from the national bestselling author of Marry in Haste.Shy young heiress, Lady Lily Rutherford, is in no hurry to marry. She dreams of true love and a real courtship. But when disaster strikes, she finds herself facing a scandal-forced marriage to her rescuer, Edward Galbraith, a well known rake. Despite his reputation Lily is drawn to the handsome Galbraith. In the gamble of her life, she agrees to marry him, hoping to turn a convenient marriage into a love match. As heir to a title, Galbraith knows he must wed, so a convenient marriage suits him perfectly. But there is a darkness in his past, and secrets he refuses to share with his tender-hearted young bride. All Lily's efforts to get close to him fall on stony ground, and in desperation she retreats to his childhood home--the place he's avoided for nearly a decade. Must Lily reconcile herself to a marriage without love? Or will Galbraith realize that this warm-hearted, loving girl is the key to healing the wounds of his past--and his heart?