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"From her place in the store that sells artificial friends, Klara--an artificial friend with outstanding observational qualities--watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara she is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In this luminous...
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Matchmakers (Jen Turano) volume 1
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"When Gwendolyn Brinley accepted a paid companion position for the Newport season, she never imagined she'd be expected to take over responsibilities as an assistant matchmaker. Tasked with finding the season's catch, Walter Townsend, a wife, her assignment becomes increasingly difficult when she realizes his perfect match might be . . . her"--
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Miss Morton mysteries volume 2
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"Lady Caroline is happy to be back amid the swirl of London society, guiding her employer's daughter, Dorothy Frogerton, through her first Season. Dorothy has been declared "an original" by a patron of the exclusive social club, Almack's, and is sifting through potential suitors. Mrs. Frogerton, meanwhile, finds her own diversions, including spiritualist gatherings at the home of Madam Lavinia, and begs Caroline to come along. Caroline is skeptical...
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Apart from the crowd volume 2
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Miss Gertrude Cadwalader hoped her position as the paid companion to Mrs. Davenport would be easy. But as she becomes acquainted with her employer, she realizes the wealthy Mrs. Davenport has a strange tendency to be a bit light-fingered with other people's trinkets. Gertrude is relieved when Mrs. Davenport decides to have a quiet summer away from the social scene--until the woman changes her mind in order to help a young socialite launch into society....
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Miss Morton mysteries volume 1
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English
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"The options for the penniless daughter of a deceased earl are few indeed in Regency England. So, following the suspicious death of her father, the Earl of Morton, and the discovery that she and her much younger sister have been left without income or home, Lady Caroline takes a post as a lady's companion to the wealthy widow Frogerton. Just as Caroline is getting accustomed to her new position, her aunt, Lady Eleanor Greenwood, invites her and her...
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"It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson--a sensible schoolmarm and lonely spinster--is just trying to get through life. But one day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and her tidy, circumscribed life, toset out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of an insect that may or may not exist: the golden beetle of New Caledonia, Margery's childhood obsession ever since her father gave...
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Menucha Publishers, Inc
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[2022]
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English
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"When orphaned Judith Levy is hired as a companion to Rosa Adler, she discovers a widow with superior powers of observation who propels her into the intriguing world of private investigation. Traversing Victorian London in Hansom cabs to the sounds of clopping hooves and the cries of street vendors, she helps the intrepid female sleuth unravel mysteries involving theft, blackmail, kidnapping, and odd bequests. As they hunt for clues amongst tea merchants...
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EverAfter Romance
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2019.
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A fiery companion and a roguish gentleman spar over matchmaking--but is there more between them than meets the eye? This dynamic third entry in Britton's Twice Shy series is perfect for fans of Tessa Dare and Julia Quinn.
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Friend for hire mysteries volume 2
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Emma Westlake, proprietor of A Friend for Hire, finds a heart-wrenching email from a prospective client in her inbox. The email is from Kim Felder, a woman struggling with empty-nest syndrome and a divorce. Emma is determined to help get this woman in a better headspace. She suggests that Kim draft a bucket list of things she has always wanted to do in life. Together, they fill that list. All laughter ends though, when Kim's ex winds up dead via...