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Despite efforts of contemporary reformers to curb the availability of dime novels, series books, and paperbacks, Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes reveals how many readers used them as means of resistance and how fictional characters became models for self-empowerment. These literary genres, whose value has long been underestimated, provide fascinating insight into the formation of American popular culture and identity. Through these mass-produced, widely read books, Deadwood Dick, Old Sleuth, and Jessie James became popular heroes that fed the public’s imagination for the last western frontier, detective tales, and the myth of the outlaw. Women, particularly those who were poo...
"The North brothers have captivated my heart!"—5 star reader review Meet five bachelor brothers and the women who bring them to their knees in this USA Today Best-Selling series! This set includes the first three stand-alone North Brothers stories. True North: When Cole North volunteers to be his boss Sierra’s fake date, nothing goes as expected. Can the lifelong loner evolve from her right-hand man at work to the right man for her forever? True Colors: Carefree Drake North is fully aware his best friend’s little sister is off-limits, but when she sets her sights on him, he can’t get her off his mind. Can he give up his noncommittal ways and become the caring man she deserves? True Blue: Lexie Gallagher was jilted on her wedding day. Gabe North is her best friend waiting in the wings.
"This book was an all bases loaded grand slam!!!" —Reader review It might be a fake date, but what if he’s not faking it? Loner Cole North has always been the odd guy out. His IQ is sky-high, but he’s not so bright when it comes to people or relationships. Years ago, he spurned expectations, shunned his family’s business, and embraced a career in construction instead. Now he values his job above everything, in part because of his secret feelings for his boss, Sierra. While he could never be right for her personally, he endeavors to be exactly what she needs professionally. Remodeler Sierra Lowell might be creative, hardworking, and a color-outside-the-lines thinker in her job, but th...