Maya's Staff Picks (Top Favorite)

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Book cover for "The girl with the make-believe husband"
Star rating for The girl with the make-believe husband
Series:
Rokesby series volume 2.
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
While you were sleeping... With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He's unconscious...
Book cover for "I know why the caged bird sings"
Star rating for I know why the caged bird sings
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
A black woman recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.
Book cover for "The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de le Mancha"
Star rating for The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de le Mancha
Average Rating:
3.6 stars
Description:
Retells the adventures of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out as knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.
Book cover for "Persuasion"
Star rating for Persuasion
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
The romance between Captain Wentworth and Anne, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, seems doomed because of the young man's family connections and lack of wealth.