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To order any of these titles, contact the library by email, phone, mail, in person, or order through our online catalog. Most titles can be downloaded from BARD.  \nFirst Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh  \nRead Anne Flosnik  \n10 hours, 45 minutes  \nElliott Wallace, the viscount Lyngate, arrives in the English countryside to inform seventeen-year-old Stephen Huxtable that he is now an earl. Stephen has three sisters he won't leave behind, and one--widowed Vanessa--proposes to Elliott before he can ask for her sister. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Commercial audiobook. 2009.  \nDownload from BARD: First Comes Marriage  \nAlso available on digital cartridge DB069351  \nThe Surrender Trilogy: Letting Go; Giving In; Taking It All by Maya Banks  \nRead by Teresa Willis  \n25 hours, 45 minutes  \nErotica trilogy includes Letting Go, Giving In, and Taking It All. In Letting Go, widowed Josslyn seeks the one thing her husband couldn’t give her--dominance. She discovers an exclusive club to indulge in her fantasies, but her husband’s best friend Dash has other plans. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2014.  \nDownload from BARD: The Surrender Trilogy: Letting Go; Giving In…  \nAlso available on digital cartridge DB079688  \nThat Summer Place by Jill Barnett  \nRead by Madelyn Buzzard  \n9 hours, 18 minutes  \nThree romantic novellas set in a Victorian house on Spruce Island in the Pacific Northwest. In Old Things former lovers reunite after thirty years. In Private Paradise single parents share the lodge. In Island Time a marine biologist falls for a millionaire. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1998.  \nDownload from BARD: The Summer Place  \nAlso available on digital cartridge DB067082  \nDownload from BARD as Electronic Braille BR17823  \nAlso available in braille BR017823  \nBetween the Devil and the Duke by Kelly Bowen  \nRead by Ashford McNab  \n11 hours, 39 minutes  \nAngelique tries to repair her aristocratic family’s fortunes by visiting a gambling club, but she gets caught counting cards. Alex is the owner of the establishment, and one sight of the beautiful Angelique has him offering her a job instead of throwing her out. Some strong language, explicit descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2017.  \nDownload from BARD: Between the Devil and the Duke  \nAlso available on digital cartridge DB087289  \nHim by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy  \nRead by Teddy Hamilton and Jacob Morgan  \n8 hours, 7 minutes  \nRyan Wesley’s biggest regret is coaxing his straight friend into a bet that pushed the boundaries of their relationship. Now, with their college hockey teams set to face off at the national championship, he’ll finally get a chance to apologize--if he can only fight his attraction. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2015.  \nDownload from BARD: Him  \nAlso available on digital cartridge DB092709  \nSmash Cut by Sandra Brown  \nRead by Martha Harmon Pardee  \n11 hours, 39 minutes  \nA masked gunman kills wealthy Paul Wheeler in the elevator of an Atlanta hotel, with Paul's companion, Julie Rutledge, looking on. Julie suspects Paul's movieobsessed nephew Creighton is the murderer. Meanwhile Creighton's attorney Derek Mitchell fights his feelings for Julie. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 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