Victoria Holt

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1970

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With Over 100 Million Copies Sold, Victoria Holt is the Queen of Gothic Romance "I shall be back," he said "When?" "Perhaps sooner than you think." He took my face in his hands and looked at me; I thought he was going to kiss me, but he seemed to change his mind and suddenly, he was gone and I was alone in the autumn-scented garden. Dark Secrets. Lost Treasure. Delicious Scandal. Anna Brett fears she's doomed to be a governess to an English family...

2) Bride of Pendorric

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Favel Farrington meets Roc Pendorric on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Capri, where she was raised and lives with her father. Roc sweeps her off her feet, taking her from her home by an emerald sea to the ancient family home of the Pendorrics, in Cornwall. His sister and her family await them with open arms, welcoming young Favel. She is the much anticipated Bride of Pendorric, a name that amuses and flatters her. The castle is beautiful in...

3) Lord of the Far Island

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Lovely Ellen Kellaway was rescued from a bleak future by her newly discovered guardian, Jago Kellaway, Lord of the Far Island, off the wild coast of Cornwall. There, Ellen was drawn deeper and deeper into the secrets of a past as alive and threatening as the present. There Jago offered her the fabled Island Necklace worn by the mistresses of Kellaway Castle. But was it a promise of happiness -- or a dark symbol of death . . .?

4) The shadow of the Lynx

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Pub. Date

1971

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Best-selling author Victoria Holt is universally popular for her breathtaking works of romance and fiction. Filled with strong-willed characters and set in exotic historical eras, each of her books spins an unforgettable tale. The Shadow of the Lynx follows beautiful young Nora Tamasin as she leaves her home in Victorian England. Recently orphaned, she sails toward the untamed lands of gold-rush Australia. Her journey will take her to the Lynx: the...

5) The India fan

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[1988]

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The vicar's daughter Drusilla lives near the grand estate of Framling, whose children resent her being forced on them. They give her a fan which carries a curse that travels from owner to owner.

6) The king of the castle

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1967

7) On the night of the seventh moon

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Pub. Date

1972

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In this entrancing novel, set in late 1800s Europe, a beautiful English schoolgirl participates in an ancient celebration, only to discover she no longer knows the difference between truth and myth. As shadows lengthen, 17-year-old Helena Trant and her classmates must finish their picnic in the Black Forest. Tonight young men will be out to honor Loke, the god of mischief, with drinking and pranks-no woman will be safe. As Helena walks through the...

8) The devil on horseback

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Minella Maddox finds danger and romance when she is caught up in the terrors of the French Revolution.

9) The pride of the peacock

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1976.

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Jessica's friendship with Ben Henniker not only helps her regain the Cleverling estate but also brings her a share in Henniker's Austrailian opal mines.

10) The judas kiss

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1982.

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A young Englishwoman sets off for the Bavarian Alps in pursuit of her missing sister, who she fears met with foul play after eloping with Baron Rudolph, heir to the throne of Bruxenstein.

11) The time of the hunter's moon

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[1983]

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When she returns from Switzerland to a position at an exclusive boarding school in Devon, Cordelia Grant is visited by her Swiss suitor, who mysteriously disappears, and she is courted by a local squire whom she detests.

12) The Queen's confession

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1968

13) Kirkland revels

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1962.

14) Mistress of Mellyn

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1960

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Mount Mellyn stood as proud and magnificent as she had envisioned . . . But what about its master-Connan TreMellyn? Was Martha Leigh's new employer as romantic as his name sounded? As she approached the sprawling mansion towering above the cliffs of Cornwall, an odd chill of apprehension overcame her. TreMellyn's young daugher, Alvean, proved as spoiled and difficult as the three governesses before Martha had discovered. But it was the girl's father...

15) The shivering sands

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1969

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Caroline Verlaine comes to the Stacy estate investigating her sister Roma's sudden disappearance. Caroline finds the secret of the ruins that cost her sister her life, also threatening her.

16) The mask of the enchantress

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From the moment young Suewellyn saw the Mateland family castle she wanted it. But how could she, an illegitimate beauty hidden away by her parents, have such a dream? A perilous deception seems her only hope.

17) Seven for a secret

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A simple children's rhyme, holds the key to a tragedy that hovered over Harper's Green. Frederica came to Wiltshire amid sad circumstances. But as she grows and enjoys her now peaceful surroundings, she comes to realize that there is a weight of secrecy that is going to crush it. It could possibly crush the bond between her and the Lord of St. Aubyn's manor, Crispin. How were Crispin's former nannies involved? - taken from cover

18) The Road to Paradise Island

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1985.

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A sealed room. A mysterious map. A dead girl's desperately penned journal. For Annalice, they lead to discovery and danger. Annalice, determined to learn the secrets of the diary and desperate to find her brother, begins a journey that leads her through the world's most exotic outposts: Cape town, the Australian outback, and, finally, to thes lush, tropical islands of the South Seas--where she encounters heart-stopping peril, but also the promise...

19) The captive

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Rosetta Cranleigh is rescued from a sea storm by a handsome deckhand, only to be captured by pirates and sold to a Turkish pasha. She will risk everything to find the stranger who saved her.

20) Menfreya in the morning

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