love stories

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A cry in the night

1993
Jenny's only hope for happiness lies in unraveling the truth about the past, a truth hidden in the great house that has become her prison.

The great Gatsby

1992
The tragic story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his attempt to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan.

Romeo and Juliet

1998
A prose retelling of Shakespeare's drama in which young lovers attempt to defy fate.

The True adventures of Nicolo Zen

a novel
Orphan Nicolo Zen is all alone in 1700's Venice, save for his clarinet, which has been enchanted by a mysterious magician to allow its first player to perform expertly. Soon Nicolo is a famous virtuoso, wealthy beyond his dreams, but he can't stop wondering if he earned the success--or if the girl he met in Venice is safe from harm.

Cameron and the girls

2013
A boy suffering from schizophreniform disorder falls into a love triangle with a girl in his junior high class--and a girl in his head.

Wrapped

2011
Seventeen-year-old Agnes Wilkins dreams of being an Egyptologist and what it would be like to arrive in Cairo on the back of a camel to study Egyptian mummies, but she is stuck in 1817 London at the beginning of her debut season as a debutant.

The morning gift

2007
It is pre-World War II and Ruth Beger falls in love with Heini Radek, a young prodigy, who is studying piano at the Conservatoire in Vienna. When Hitler's troops invade Austria, Ruth has the opportunity to escape to England, but at the price of betraying her love to Heini and marrying someone else.

Heartsinger

2009
In this meditation on various kinds of love, Mee travels across the country to the court of the Princess Esperanza, singing the life stories of some of the people he meets.

Girl, going on 17, pants on fire

2008
Jess' seventeenth year is a tumultuous one, due to a series of lies and unfortunate circumstances, including her break-up with Fred, her school detention, and her mother's new romance.

The falconer's knot

2007
Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love.

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