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Choices with one or two nominations:

**The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig [Catlady, CRussel]
Amazon U.S. $2.99 | Amazon CA $8.99 | Amazon UK £2.48 | Amazon AU $3.69 | Kobo U.S. $2.99 | Kobo CA $8.99 | Kobo UK £2.63 | Kobo AU $4.99

Spoiler:

Nothing ever goes right for Eloise. The day she wears her new suede boots, it rains. When the subway stops short, she's the one thrown into some stranger's lap. And she's had her share of misfortune in the way of love. So, after deciding that romantic heroes must be a thing of the past, Eloise is ready for a fresh start.

Setting off for England, Eloise is determined to finish her dissertation on two spies, the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian. But what she discovers is something historians have missed: the secret history of the Pink Carnation-the most elusive spy of all time. As she works to unmask this obscure spy, Eloise has more and more questions. Like, how did the Pink Carnation save England from Napoleon? What became of the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian? And will Eloise Kelly escape her bad luck and find a living, breathing hero of her own?

449 pp.

*Jurgen by James Branch Cabell [Ralph Sir Edwards]
Public domain in the US and Life+50 countries

Spoiler:

A quote:

Then Jurgen passed a Cistercian Abbey and was approaching Bellegarde, when he met a black gentleman, who saluted him and said,"Thanks, Jurgen, for your good word!"
"Who are you, and why do you thank me?"
"My name is of no great matter. But you have a kind heart, Jurgen. May your life be free from care!"
"Save us from hurt and harm, friend, but I am already married."

350 pp.

**Getting It Right by Elizabeth Jane Howard [Bookpossum, issybird]
Kobo: $US8.69, $C11.19, $A9.99, $NZ10.99, £6.47

Spoiler:

From the bestselling author of The Cazelet Chronicles comes Elizabeth Jane Howard's Getting It Right, a touching comedy about a young man trying desperately to get it right.
(Winner of the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year Award.)

Gavin - a sensitive, shy, hairdresser in the West End - is, at thirty-one, still a virgin. He's a classic late developer, and he's worried that it's getting too late to develop at all. Then one night, Gavin finds himself at a penthouse party and, meets people the likes of which he's never come across before, and suddenly, everything begins to change . . . Over the next fortnight, Gavin might start, at last, to "get it right".

'Crammed with incidental pleasures . . . sometimes sad but more frequently hilarious . . . Getting It Right gets it, comically, right' Paul Bailey, Evening Standard.

275 pages