This book is 100% created by the author. No AI was used. England, 1817. David Worthington, Duke of Penrose dislikes Miss Meredith Chambers, the governess who accompanied his new wards to his home. He might be able to overlook the fact that she is an American, but her lack of propriety is a poor influence on the two girls in his charge. He especially detests his attraction to the insufferable woman, and is anxious for her replacement to arrive. Despondent over having to leave her charges to the mercy of the overbearing Duke of Penrose, Merry is thrilled when the Dowager Duchess hires her as a companion. Now she can stay with her beloved charges. But can she ignore how her heart thumps when the pompous duke gets close? Two people determined to ignore each other, despite the pull between them, and the sparks that fly whenever they're together.

Join Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as he decorates his Christmas tree in a holiday counting adventure. This board book with sturdy pages is perfect for toddlers, who will enjoy this simple introduction to numbers. Mouse adds ornaments to his tree, one by one. A great opportunity for the littlest ones to practice counting along with the ever-popular Mouse. Fans of the If You Give... series won't want to miss this special Christmas board book.

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Meredith Matthews can't wait to go back home for Christmas. She's tired of the city life and her ex-husband, so she welcomes the invitation from her sister to spend it with her and her family.. What she doesn't expect is to be rescued en route by the dashing Dylan Charmer, someone she's not seen since school. But Meredith is in for a shock when the main roads are blocked from a sudden snowstorm, and she has to spend the nights leading up to Christmas with someone she hasn't seen in twenty years.

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In a world of pirates, one man wants to become the greatest of them all: Monkey D. Luffy, who gained strange powers from eating the cursed Gum-Gum Fruit. Luffy and his crew sail the Seven Seas in search of the legendary treasure--One Piece.

Evanston Wyoming: Boom—Bust—Politics, is a story about an old Union Pacific railroad tent city, once called “Hell on Wheels,” that eventually grew to become an amazing community in southwestern Wyoming, and about one man’s experience as a city official. Evanston survived and thrived through many boom and bust cycles by having a good strong base of loving, committed citizens. Told through the eyes of a city official who served Evanston as a three-term city council member and a three-term mayor, and meticulously documented using city council minutes, Mayor Ottley shows how this role affected his life and family, and the hell he went through trying to keep the community together through one of the most challenging boom periods in Wyoming history. The book gives a full account of the best and worst of politics in a small town, and how untruths, innuendoes, partisan politics, and right-down vicious lies came close to splitting the city. But this mayor, who was dedicated to the people and driven by his love for his community, was able to keep the economy strong and the community united.

Suspenseful novel about attempts of Nazi Abwehr agent to subvert Brazil's valiant efforts in support of the Allied war effort during World War Two -- a little known and much neglected theater of that critically important event.

Shapely 17-year-old Angel Cassonetti, who lives with her younger siblings andsingle mother in a house at the Jersey Shore, finds it hard to stay away fromex-boyfriend Joey Sardone.