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Elizabeth Gaskell's remarkable first novel, Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life portrays a love that defies the rigid boundaries of class with tragic consequences.

There are stark differences between rich and poor in the Manchester of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel, Mary Barton. Factory owners such as Mr Carson, do not understand the anger of their poverty stricken workers, and care little for their welfare. For the mill-workers, employment means food on the table and being one step away from starvation, but trying to gain any political power means risking a loss of livelihood.

In this fifth book of the epic Barton Family Series, Hattie Barton finally marries her first love, Will Kendrick, and is set to travel with him to Shanghai where he’d served as a missionary after their broken engagement thirty years earlier. A family crisis interrupts their plans and Will is forced to go alone to Shanghai. He is detained when the US enters World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Brewster is ancient, powerful, and used to being alone. He’s content living in the shadows of Ohio, watching the world party while keeping his secrets buried deep—until a desperate phone call thrusts him into the life of a bruised and battered woman who sees more than just his fangs.

I thought my first mate was bad enough. My wolf rejected him after he hit me, and I was more glad than I can ever say. Especially when I found out a few weeks later that I was pregnant. But things are more complicated this time.

Cyrus Callister deserted his pack to join the Civil War and came back a three-legged wolf. By rights, he should have been exiled, but his alpha granted him mercy. Now, his alpha needs a favor, and Cyrus can't say no. She-wolf Remember Pritchett is pregnant and ruined. She begs her uncle to find her a husband among the wolves in his pack. She will take any man who will have her as long as it gets her away from the man who fathered her child during a brutal assault. Remember doesn't know if she will ever feel safe again, but she will stop at nothing to keep her child safe.

Vanessa thought her life was perfect—an awesome career as a food writer, traveling the world and doing whatever she wanted. But then everything changes. Her assignment goes wrong. She gets stranded in an old villa in the middle of Italy, and an unexpected letter digs up emotions she’s worked damn hard to bury. Everyone relies on Enzo, he’s the responsible one of the family, unlucky in love but always ready to help out a stranger in need.

Harper Wilson and all her siblings were relieved when they received the notice of their parents’ demise. No one deserved it more, and the only reason Harper agreed to go back to that little town in Ohio was to make sure they were truly dead. Bryant Prince and his family were immortals and hadn’t aged since they’d reached the age of 28. He and his family had always lived next door to the Wilsons, but he never knew the Wilson children. Drawn in by dark, morbid memories from her childhood, Harper wound up here. Bryant watched her, knowing that he’d found his mate.

Noah Vance's life is turned upside down when he receives a letter asking him to become the guardian of his orphaned niece and nephews. Noah knows he can't care for four children and run his law practice alone, so he places an ad in the newspaper seeking an eligible she-wolf as wife. Catherine Danielson arrives in Barton, expecting to hand over the care of her niece and nephews to their uncle, but when he begs her to remain until he can find a wife, she can't say no. She's put her life on hold to care for the children since the death of her brother-in-law.

Finally home for the holidays, Caterina Boraldo is ready to strut her stuff. A new job at a swanky interior design firm and a new look. But back home, is she so different from that awkward teenager desperate to escape working class drudgery? She’ll keep smiling regardless, and it’s hard to not smile with gorgeous Antonio around. Despite his grumpy reputation, Antonio Caputo is doing a favor for his friend; helping with a renovation at La Villa Rosa which keeps him busy before Christmas.

Have you ever experienced unconditional love? The kind that doesn’t only happen in fairy tales but has been around you - between old couples that you know, between someone and their pets, or between friends that are so into one another, nothing can separate them? Love comes in various forms. And for virtually everyone, their first experience of love is the one they get from their cradle bed. Parents, arguably, are wired to shower love on their children.

The fifth book in the naval adventures of Corrie Harriman, a woman serving in Nelson's navy. The trouble with dressing as a male naval officer in a crowded ship with a crew of more than 180 men, women, and children, is that it leaves very little room for romance. No privacy! Even if you are the captain!

CJ's father, Charles Webber, had been a real bastard all her life. And when her mom died he'd told her that without Becky there to make him acknowledge CJ as his daughter, he was finished with her and she was never to darken his door again. The slap that bloodied her mouth at her mom's funeral had been more than enough to make his point. So she didn't, not even to come home to his funeral. Austin Force wanted the property that the prick Webber owned. He wanted it for his pack and the house for his mom to call hers.

Gordon Force only had two weeks to go on his job. He was going to be working with his brother Dallas in keeping their alpha safe. But he had a favor to fulfill, a shop to visit and only a question or two to ask. He never expected four kids, two goofy aunts and his mate to walk into his life. Alexis Dark was hiding. Her brother-in-law was a real piece of work and she knew he'd killed his wife, her sister. But no one wanted to believe that he had done it.

A wet washcloth was handed to Alistair and he slapped it none too gently on the back of her neck. She tried to lift her head and he pushed her back down and glared at his brother. He had to take his anger out on someone, and he was the perfect target for it. "You had to scare her off on the first day, didn't you? You just couldn’t stand the fact that you didn't know that Colette wouldn't work for you and that I'd found you suitable help in the meantime." His brother started to speak, but Bronwyn lifted her head again and he shoved her back down. "You should be horse whipped."

The Golden Men stick together. Especially when it comes to saving the women of their streak. Alistair knows his brothers will help him keep his mate safe, but will she let them? It certainly doesn't seem that way. But when Lance shows up telling him that Allyson is his, Alistair decides to show him that messing with his family is as good as stepping in front of a moving train. It just isn't a smart move - but then again Lance isn't all that smart. Ryland isn't the only sexy Golden. Find out in the next installment of the Golden Streak Series - Alistair.

Another pack was moving into their land. Not because they were trying to take over but because they needed help, food, and shelter. Dallas moved through the house, trying to figure out what to do with so many families and to try his best to figure out how to get Stacy into his bed.

It is preordained that Holly and Phil are to spend their lives together as mates. He's ready but rogue vampires, his knighthood, her brothers, and Holly's job are standing in their way. Not to mention Holly herself is resisting the inevitable. His charm and love for her notwithstanding.