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2) Desert queen
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"This picture book biography in verse follows the life of beloved Rajasthani drag performer Queen Harish, known as the Whirling Desert Queen of Rajasthan. Lit by an inner fire and propelled by a family tragedy, Harish defied the gender conventions of middle class Indian life, battled discrimination and intimidation, and eventually grew up to dance with Bollywood movie stars and on stages across the world."--Publisher's description.
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The Crown Prince shouts, "I'm going to give birth!""Please. Help me! My queen.""How dare you to accept the concubine! I will let you experience pregnancy vomiting!"Finally, Sarah meets her long-standing rival in love,But there was no bloody scene as imagined.That woman is gentle and shy like a deer, which makes Sarah unable to help but let go of her guard. She enthusiastically helps hold an ancient version of a blind date!Sarah doesn't notice that...
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Queen Charlotte was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and may have been Britain's first Black queen. This biography for early readers examines her life in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. This title helps all readers learn about a historical female leader who made a difference in our world. The My Itty-Bitty Bio series celebrates diversity and inclusion, values that readers of all...
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In the heart of ancient Africa, a formidable queen emerged to defend her people and her kingdom against the encroaching Roman Empire. "Queen Amanirenas" is a gripping short book that unveils the captivating story of one of history's most remarkable and fearless female leaders.Amanirenas, the queen of the Kingdom of Kush in the 1st century BCE, was not your typical monarch. In an era dominated by powerful male rulers, she rose to prominence as a brilliant...
8) Queen
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There are those who say queens have a privileged life. They've never reviewed Queen Retta's. The king distrusts her. Rumors of treason hound her. The Duke of Petidar discovered her most dangerous secret. And all that was before she caught her husband with his mistress - the same woman who had framed Retta for treason the day before. But Retta has a plan. Sure, it's crazy, dangerous, and probably suicidal. Yet she's headed to the Sacred Mountains with...
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Courage is choosing to do the right thing regardless of the cost... As Montana emerges into statehood, one woman must decide if social pressure will prevail when she hides an endangered child, risking her own future happiness.Queen of the Rockies, book 1 of 6, opens the series.1889 (Helena, MT): As the gold rush era, the people of Helena MT must create a new source of income via tourism or become another gold mine ghost town. Calista Blythe enters...
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Witches, female pirates, spirits, and the mighty Bian Sidhe abound in this fourth installment of the time travel quests of Jessie Ferguson.Duncan's son is missing and there is a warrant signed by Queen Elizabeth for his death. When Jessie returns to Elizabethan England as Spencer, she realizes Spencer and Duncan must face the Queen's henchmen to fight the charges of kidnapping and murder.When the beheading of Jessie's ally, Mary Queen of Scots, is...
12) The Queen
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Evie's life has taken a drastic turn. Barely eighteen, she faces a new life in a foreign world. She must learn who she can trust as she navigates the politics of the immortal world.Will modern defeat archaic?Do new alliances supersede old partnerships?Can hopes and dreams overcome shattered hearts?Evie's fight has only just begun. She must now depend on her training and experience to conquer her new life and she may have to do it without those she...
13) Holiday Queen
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Can a wrong number be the beginning of everything right? Camille Taylor needs a partner for a charity scavenger hunt now that her cheating ex is history. When a sexy text from an intriguing stranger leads to a scorching cocktail date, she asks him to step in. Chemistry sizzles between them and Trent Bell is happy to play the hero now that fate sent him the most incredible woman he's ever met. Can a wrong number be the beginning of everything right?...
14) Prom Queen
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Celeste has gotten her heart broken by the man she loves…but can she truly let him go? Maybe there's room for forgiveness as long as all his secrets are revealed. Apollo is ready to do anything to win her back, including sacrificing all that he's worked for. He'll wait for as long as it takes, but he's not going anywhere. Warning: Does teenage angst always turn into a happily ever after? In Craven Cove it does!
15) Nerd Queen
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I survived the first year at Knighstwood Academy but my struggles are far from over. People still don't want the Charity Case hanging around on the campus of their elite prep school. While I have the Kings of the academy backing me, they can't predict every attack coming my way. And while I am struggling to endure it all, secrets of my past resurface, secrets that my mother took to her grave. Secrets if known to the world, will have more powerful...
16) Queen Mummy
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The Mummy Meets the Tomb Raider! Hyala was raised and groomed to be the perfect body double for the spoiled princess Rekhetre, daughter of Pharaoh Khafre. Hyala never expected that the world she entered would offer endless and unavoidable dangers. Palace intrigue escalates when Rekhetre is accused of betraying her tempestuous husband Menkaure. After the unfaithful consort pushes her husband too far, he sentences her to death but Rekhetre cleverly...
17) Diamond Queen
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Twelve years ago, the master thief known as the Queen of Diamonds, head of one of the largest black-market organizations in the universe, disappeared. When she returns to the world she once knew, she discovers that her entire empire has turned into something horrifyingly unrecognizable in her absence.
The underworld organization she had so carefully created all those years ago has now been taken over by a band of vicious assassins who now rule their...
18) Bloody Queen
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Hell hath no fury like a witch-turned-vampire scorned... My long-dead vampire brother has returned from hell.He's challenged my right to the vampire throne.He brought a hellhound with him.Every time hellbeast kills, the bastard gets stronger.He's unstoppable. Stronger and faster than any vampire I've ever encountered.Have I finally met my match?On top of that, my ex-vampire lover is on a tear.I need to rally every vampire I can find.I've teamed up...
19) Queen Persephone
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About the Book Queen Persephone is the tenth novel in the series, The Chronicles of Mattias, and concludes his journey in search of what the gods want from him. Will this task, once completed, finally mean that Mattias can retire to one of his lodges and enjoy life with his wives, children and grandchildren? Or is there more that the gods will demand of him?The novel opens up with Mattias and his army perched at the opening of the corridor between...
20) Ice Queen
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I'm a queen. Nothing more.
Not a woman, not a widow, and definitely not a mother.
All my broken memories are buried in a box at the bottom of the Arctic sea.
The newspapers call me stoic, but I just call it survival...
...until Asher shows up, and a hairline crack appears on the surface of the ice that's kept me safe for so long.
My childhood friend is all grown up.
Broad shoulders, smoldering gaze, hands that make my mind run wild.
For the first...
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