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A princess with a secret in a Regency caper that captures the heart from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Traveling Matchmaker series. London is all on edge and astir to have in its midst the exquisite Princess Felicity of Brasnia. If only the nobility knew that the bejeweled heir to a royal throne is in truth Miss Felicity Channing of Cornwall, fleeing a match, she does not want and that has been arranged by her conniving stepfather...
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Opposites attract-and strike a delicious bargain in a Regency romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Traveling Matchmaker series. The handsome, wealthy Marquess of Rockingham is the most notorious man in London, as infamous for his violent temper as he is for his intemperate ways. Miss Lucinda Westerville is a country vicar's daughter, as innocent as she is lovely and as proper as a young lady can possibly be. Yet when this improbably...
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A spinster. A rake. A most unexpected passion. The New York Times–bestselling author of the Traveling Matchmaker series whips up a Regency confection. A woman of independent means with a healthy dose of cynicism about the male persuasion, Harriet Tremayne is content with her circle of spinster friends and their devotion to literature, women's rights, and intellectual interests. However, when she determines to undertake a London Season for her beautiful...
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To save her home, a woman must risk her heart in this fun Regency romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Traveling Matchmaker series. At age twenty-three, the petite Lady Margery has already graced the rows of wallflowers for many a season. With the one exception of Charles, the Marquess of Edgecombe, the only man who ever dances with her, Lady Margery will have nothing to do with men. What's more, she does not even particularly...
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New York Times–bestselling author: A mistreated maid may be transformed into a lady-with the help of a departed duke. Alice Lovesey, a poorly treated scullery maid, makes a desperate plea for help-which miraculously summons Wadham Hall's rakish eighth duke. Summons him from the dead, that is. The duke is delighted to be newly materialized, and promises to return the favor by helping Alice become a lady of quality. But Alice's heart may not stand...
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Miss Jennie Bemyss was in a position that any intelligent young lady would envy. The wealthy, worldly Marquis of Charrington proposed a marriage of convenience that would leave him free to pursue his pleasures, and leave Jennie free of his undoubtedly depraved desires. At the same time, handsome charming Guy Chalmers, whom Jennie had loved since childhood, proposed to aid her in enjoying her freedom to the fullest. Jennie should have felt relief at...
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New York Times—Bestselling Author: Lady Dacey has a way of leading others into temptation, scandal-and love...
The unhappily married Pamela Perryworth and the pious innocent Honoria Goodham are currently guests of Lady Dacey for the London season- and their hostess is famed among her set for her outrageous behavior. But, the two aren't quite as scandalized as the gossips might expect. After all, being in Lady Dacey's company does provide an adventurous...
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For a desperate Duke and a runaway lady, a marriage of convenience becomes the adventure of a lifetime in this delightful Regency romance.
Henry Wright, the Duke of Westerland, is in desperate need of a wife. Without one, the dashing bachelor will lose the legacy he desires. Luckily, with time running out, he finds a young woman, who is equally in need of a husband.
Lovely but sheltered Miss Frederica Sayers has finally escaped from her cruel and...
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Heaven comes to a marriage made in hell in this Regency romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Hamish Macbeth mysteries.
Poor Lucy was living a dream-a bad one. One could even say a nightmare. She had married a gambler, a womanizer, and a drunkard. And she refused to admit that his frequent overnight absences were of any significance. The sting came when it was revealed that Lucy's parents had "bought" her husband for her....
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As the youngest of four unmarried vicar's daughters, Frederica feared her destiny was to die of boredom in the sleepy village of Barton Sub Edge. Her looks were deemed "unfortunate" and her willful manner labeled her "difficult." She never dreamt the arrival of a stranger would be a twist to her fate. But Frederica and the wordily gentleman from the city, Lord Granton had something in common: boredom. So it was that the two formed a secret friendship....
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The handsome but arrogant Lord Charles Hawksborough desperately wanted to catch the infernally insolent thief who had held him up at pistol point on the King's Highway and ridden off with his family's inheritance and jewels.Hawksborough just as desperately tried not to want the piquant and penniless Miss Amanda Colby when this young lady and her twin brother came to stay at his London townhouse at the height of the social season.Hawksborough feared...
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Arranging a season for an unruly young lady whose habit is to enter drawing rooms by sliding down banisters presents a challenge at best-especially since the boisterous Mirabelle Markham has a sister of incomparable grace. Mira isn't daunted at all by high society's ridiculous marriage mart. Her heart belongs to Lord Charles Devere, and always has. Alas, Charles only has eyes for her ever-perfect sister, Drusilla. But the Marquess of Grantley rather...
13) Milady in Love
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Just when he'd fobbed off the last brat, another appeared to take her place! Poor Lord Anselm! The dashing bachelor was forever plagued with dying relatives leaving their female children to his care. Indeed, he had squired so many a silly miss from schoolroom to marriage mart that he had sworn off woman altogether. The current ward was far and away the worst. Cheeky as only a French girl could be, Yvonne de la Falaise had surely sent her papa to an...
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The charms of a rumored rake prove irresistible in this captivating Regency from the New York Times—bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries.
As far as matrimonial prospects were concerned, Lucy Bliss was told she'd make an excellent clergyman's wife. Her mother, however, had loftier aspirations for her lovely younger sister Belinda. Belinda would marry a duke. More specifically, the Duke of Wardshire.
Lucy was truly horrified. "Lucifer"...
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An innocent beauty takes society by storm-and a worldly lord by surprise. Morag Fleming, the Countess of Murr, had been bride to the most lecherous lord in Scotland-yet this ravishingly lovely girl had never been touched. Needless to say, she had never borne a child; yet as a young widow she came to London with a fine son in tow. Her background had left her ignorant of the follies and fopperies of fashion, but soon all of society was at her feet....
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She had a long way to go from the wedding to becoming a wife. When Lady Anne Sinclair vowed to marry before her spoiled beauty of a sister, she had no idea the "anyone" would be the Marquess of Torrance. Long the darling of the ton-and considered quite the confirmed bachelor-he succumbed to Annie's charms and, almost magically, made her his wife. But Annie's lifelong battle for attention had ill-prepared her for married life. In a tipsy reverie on...
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A lady of quality would not wager her honor to restore her family's fortunes-or would she? Lady Jane Lovelace has conceived the idea of approaching the most notorious man-about-town, Lord Charles Welbourne, with a most unique proposition. When he counters her offer with a condition that he thinks will halt her impudence, much to the surprise of both, she accepts. A novel of passion and intrigue, The Westerby Inheritance is a thrilling installment...
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A lord and a lady marry for money in this historical romance by bestselling author Marion Chesney. When young widow Lady Lovelace realized she had been swindled to near-bankruptcy by her curmudgeonly cousin, she knew she would have to marry again for money. These were the very thoughts of Lord Philip, who had nothing between him and destitution but his small army pension. And so these two attractive fortune-hunters somehow found each other and, before...