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1) Caraval
Author
Series
Caraval volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Believing that she will never be allowed to participate in the annual Caraval performance when her ruthless father arranges her marriage, Scarlett receives the invitation she has always dreamed of before her sister, Tella, is kidnapped by the show's mastermind organizer.
2) Incarceron
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Across history, marriage has often been used as a means to gain money, social status, and security, as well as basic companionship and family. Could love really come in the bargain? Here are nine stories of women journeying into marriage hoping to be content-- but dreaming of love, and filled with faith.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting arranged marriage with him.
5) Dragon heart
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Where the Cape of the Winds juts into the endless sea, there is Castle Ocean, and therein dwells the royal family that has ruled it from time immemorial. But there is an Empire growing in the east, and its forces have reached the castle. King Reymarro is dead in battle, and by the new treaty, Queen Marioza must marry one of the Emperor's brothers. She loathes the idea, and has already killed the first brother, but a second arrives, escorted by more...
6) Loving Leah
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When his brother dies, Jake, a 30-year-old cardiologist, is called upon to marry the widow, Leah, under orthodox Jewish law. While initially just going through the motions to satisfy their mothers, the two soon find themselves in love.
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"Bound since childhood to an arranged marriage, Lady Catherine Abbott now finds herself torn between duty to her family and her deeply-held ambitions. Possessed of a nimble, curious mind, a love of science and the natural world, and a singular talent for illustration, Catherine desperately longs to accomplish something of note before she resigns herself to a loveless marriage and the idle, aristocratic whirl of parties and social gatherings within...
8) Shadow fire
Author
Series
Shadow riders novels volume 7
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Shadow Rider Elie Archambault has been called many things: domineering, brash, loyal, but most of all fast. And there's nothing faster than choosing to marry a woman you've never met ... He's not expecting love or some happy ever after, just a partner that knows exactly what she signed up for ... Elie has no idea that his choice is about to spark a blaze that will burn all his carefully laid plans to the ground"--
Author
Series
Elemental masters volume 8
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Home from the Sea is the eighth book in the Elemental Masters series. This story combines East of the Sun and West of the Moon, as well as Tam Lin, with the Selkie of Sul Skerry. We'll see Nan and Sarah (from Wizard of London) as adults, coming into their own, and Grey and Neville, of course!
Author
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When Seth, Meghna's one-who-got-away writing partner and best friend, asks Meghna Raman to be the "best man" for his last-minute wedding, Meghna is determined to move on, even if it means telling her mother she's finally open to an arranged marriage. Since she-a theater teacher and an aspiring playwright-won't fulfill her parents' dreams of becoming an engineer, she might as well marry one. Grumpy, handsome, no-nonsense engineer Karthik Murthy has...
Author
Series
Brides series (Deeanne Gist) volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Set in 1640's Colonial Virginia, a marriage of convenience becomes most inconvenient when the bride proves more than the planter had bargained for"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Nazneen is forced into an arranged marriage with a much older man whose expectations of life are miserably low. When they flee the oppression of their Bangladeshi village for a high-rise block in the East End, she finds herself cloistered and dependent on her husband. It soon becomes apparent that of the two, she is the real survivor and more able to deal with the ways of the world and the vagaries of human behavior. Through her friendship with another...
Author
Publisher
Ink River Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In order to save herself and her family during WWII, a young English woman decides to marry a wealthy suitor that she doesn't really love. Unfortunately, the man she does love is an American soldier. Will she take security over happiness?
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"I will get married ... but it sure as hell won't be for love." A compromising viral video has ruined Jeffrey Harper's reputation. But his father's offer for a new start comes with strings. To develop a luxury resort at Plunder Cove, the celebrity hotelier must first settle down--with an arranged marriage. That suits the cynic fine, until aspiring chef Michele Cox whets his appetite for something spicier than a contract would allow ...
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1929 Seattle, grifter Dolly White applies for a job as a minder to the wealthy Fiona Earnshow, to keep her out of trouble until she can marry the man her father selected. But Dolly is working with powerful magic to protect the shifters in Seattle from a powerful, misogynistic scion.
Author
Series
Hagenheim volume 7
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1384 England, seventeen-year-old Evangeline, ward and cousin of King Richard II, tries to escape from an arranged marriage, dreaming of a life outside Berkhamsted Castle, where she might be free to marry for love and not politics, but when she runs away and joins a small band of servants on their way back to their home village, she finds herself embroiled in a tangled web that threatens England's monarch.
17) Everlasting
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once, Abrielle was a privileged daughter coveted for her bearing, her breeding, her wit, and her beauty. But when her stepfather is denied his rightful title and the wealth that accompanies it, Abrielle finds herself suddenly disgraced. Only one man would still have her: the oafish and grotesque Desmond de Marlé. To rescue her once-proud family's honor, Abrielle must sacrifice her virtue to this scoundrel she fears and detests . . . even as she yearns...
18) The loner
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tanner Everett spends most of his time jet-setting around the world. But that hasn't stopped innocent Stasia Bolton, the daughter of a neighboring rancher, from falling head-over-heels for the jet-setting playboy. Unbeknownst to Stasia, her father makes it a condition of his will that the ranch will go to her upon his death only if she and Tanner marry, linking the two properties in matrimony. If they don't marry, her ranch will be sold to someone...
Author
Series
Black jewels series volume 10
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After a youthful mistake, Lord Dillon's reputation is in tatters, leaving him vulnerable to aristo girls looking for a bit of fun. To restore his reputation and honor, he needs a handfast--a one-year contract of marriage. He sets his sights on Jillian, a young Eyrien witch from Ebon Rih, who he believes has only a flimsy connection to the noble society that spurned him. Unfortunately for Dillon, he is unaware of Jillian's true connections until he...
20) One heart to win
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Some young ladies marry for money and social standing, a few lucky ones marry for love, but Tiffany Warren is marrying to end a feud. Honoring her mother's wishes, Tiffany reluctantly travels west to meet her estranged father and his enemy's eldest son, rancher Hunter Callahan. Once the Warrens and the Callahans are united by marriage, both clans will stop squabbling over a disputed strip of land. But in the chaos of a train robbery Tiffany seizes...
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