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Miss Juliet Adams would be living on the streets if not for the kindness of the dowager Countess of Wyndam. Her father died leaving her penniless and without any prospects. The countess offered her a position as her companion and she leapt at the opportunity. She's content with her life, but she's also no fool. She fully realizes a day may come where she won't have the protection of the countess and then where will that leave her? So she's made plans,...
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Ella le espía. Él está comprometido con otra. ¿Se alinearán alguna vez sus astros?La astrónoma Celeste Keswick se pasa las noches observando el firmamento, intentando descubrir ese planeta esquivo que ella sabe que está ahí arriba pero que aún no puede ver. Su hermano está convencido de que hay una manera de lograrlo: espiar al hombre que puede que lo encuentre primero. Pero lo que Celeste no sabe es lo que se va a despertar en su interior.Lord...
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She didn't marry the soldier.She married his cousin, the Viscount.Lady Charlotte Ogden has cause to regret her choice. She wed for security; now she's widowed. When the Will is read, she's shocked to learn she is left penniless.Major Vincent Ogden knows only the soldiering life. When he's thrust into his cousin's shoes, he is overwhelmed by responsibility. At sight of his lost love, he's thunderstruck by the rush of desperate longing for her.Lady...
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A wicked rake and a ruined lady…Lady Madeline Maddox has a secret. Actually, Maddie has several. The worst one isn't that she accidentally kissed a known rake, Lord Adam Ridgely, in the garden at the Everston's Ball. Nor is it that the editor of the London Standard published her scandal for all of London. Her greatest error was sending a series of letters to that same publisher detailing her deepest desires for social change. Even though she sent...
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Two years ago, Devan MacArthur's plans to marry Isobel MacGregor were pushed aside when a feud broke out between their clans and he's been trying to repair the relationship ever since. But his plans are thwarted once again when his brother announces his betrothal to Isobel. Devastated, he knows he should let her go. But his good intentions go awry when he sees her again and decides that he'll stop at nothing to have her. Approx. 4,500 words (18 pages)...
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Good girls don't go snooping where they don't belong. But Lady Delia Scarborough never claimed to be a good girl.Lady Delia Scarborough wants her sister back from the grave.Since that can't happen, she'll settle for the next best thing…Making sure her sister's murderer does not go free.Lady Delia's happy to play the part of maid as long as it gets her inside the home of Kieran Dearborne, Duke of Cowanfield.He may be able to fool his young daughter...
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Collin Evans, the Earl of Frossly is forced to return to his ancestral estate after years of avoiding the responsibility. His estate manager quit and it's up to him to ensure his servants and tenants don't suffer from his neglect. He never expected to find a beguiling woman that tempts him beyond reason nearby.After a scandal erupts, Lady Charlotte Rossington is sent to the country to stay with a spinster aunt. What her father fails to realize is...
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Lord Julian Ashford, Baron Moncrief, detests London. Detests society. Since his wife died over a decade ago, he has had little thought for anything other than his own grief. Filling his life with work and duty, he exists as a shell of his former self. And while he can think of nothing worse than entertaining a hoard of freeloading guests, the weekend house party is his daughter's celebration, and while happiness eludes him, he would do anything for...
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Over the years, Melanie Merton has used every trick and ruse to repel overeager gentlemen callers without ever revealing the real reason she won't say yes to an offer of marriage. When neighbor Walter George jumps to her defense against slurs cast by suitor number twelve, he also pries into her past-uncovering the circumstances around a tragic loss in her childhood and her aversion to being touched by anyone. But even protective Walter must be kept...
10) Seduce Me, Sir
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Lady Augusta Cherrill is barreling toward spinsterhood faster than her feet can keep up. When she takes a tumble down the stairs at the social event of the Season, Gussie is delighted to discover a handsome, intriguing, wholly unsuitable stranger picking her up and dusting her off. Did she bump her head-or has fate finally delivered the answer to her prayers? Sir Malcolm Sharpe left Scotland as a young man to make his fortune in the Canadian frontier....
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Rumored to be more than just a murderer…Lord Ambrose Ravenner, Marquess Blackraven, has been shunned by the whole of society following the death of his wife and the shocking events that transpired at her funeral which resulted in his mother-in-law's demise. But shunned or not, he needs an heir and that means getting himself a wife. Braving society, he enters Almack's, the very heart of the marriage mart. And there he meets the one woman who braves...
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Roger Bennett, le futur marquis de Riderland, se définit lui-même comme un gentleman prêt à aider les pauvres malheureuses dépourvues de plaisirs sexuels. Il aime tellement sa vie qu'il veut continuer comme ça jusqu'à la fin de ses jours. Cependant, une personne brisera cette vie de débauche qu'il désire tant maintenir.Résigné à vivre avec une épouse qu'il ne connaît même pas et ne l'aime pas, il décide d'affronter son avenir avec...
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Welcome to the Miss Mayhem series, where four adventurous young ladies match wits and capture the hearts of their neighbors in the seaside town of Brighton. Overworked London banker David Hawke has two goals for his week in the seaside town of Brighton: one, recover an overdue debt from a good friend and neighbor and two, relax for the remaining holiday without any further distractions. When his friend's impulsive younger sister barges into his home...
14) Eighth Winter
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After Trayten disappeared from Dorset in the winter of 1901, Katherine spent the next eight years searching for him. She never imagined she would find him like this: confined to a wheelchair on the island of Alderney with no memory of her or their turbulent past. Now, the brilliant painter who once loved her is a hollow shell of the man she once knew. But Katherine is determined to restore Trayten's memory, uncover the mystery of his disappearance,...
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She won't be forced into marriage to a nobleman's by-blow.Paulette Heardwyn rushes to visit her dying guardian, set on learning the truth about her father and the treasure he supposedly left her. But the only man with answers takes his secrets to the grave, leaving her penniless-unless she marries his illegitimate son.He won't be trapped into marriage by a father he's never known.With Napoleon vanquished, an ex-soldier has plans for India. But before...
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When desperately private writer Imogen George offered to marry Peter Watson it wasn't just to save a friend but to secure her own future. With her eyesight failing and no other prospects for marital bliss on the horizon, surely it wouldn't be too horrible to marry without the benefits of love. When Peter gains a title and fortune a week before they're set to wed, the right thing to do is release him to spare him the burden of her limited future. Peter...
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Alexander MacNichol, the epitome of a hot-blooded Highland warrior. Loyal to Scotland, lover of women and a merry time. The last thing he expected from his King, Robert the Bruce, was an order to marry a whey-faced English lass from the wrong side of the border.Lady Grace Worthington, one moment betrothed to an Englishman she fears, and the next, thrust into the arms of a Scottish brute named MacNichol. All the while, battling her own inner demons.When...
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The future looks bright for former sailor Jack Merion. His wartime heroics have won him influential contacts, and his good looks and flair for business are definite assets. With funds to invest, he's on the brink of financial success in the high-stakes world of Regency London. And buying the house in Soho Square is a can't-miss opportunity. Once a fashionable brothel, the property will yield a good income in commercial rents and a clear path to the...
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CeCe Dixon is tired of being overlooked, and when the militia arrives at the nearby training camp, she decides to set an example for her younger sisters and find herself a husband. She won't settle for just any husband, either, he must be kind, handsome, and madly in love with her. Justin, Viscount Stavely, is at first flattered by Cece's flirtations, and soon finds himself under her spell. He's falling quickly-until one night he finds her in a passionate...
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The only person who ever understood what Julia Radley wanted most in life was the man who ruined her reputation and secured her victory in a bold swimming race. She does not hold Valentine Merton accountable for the harsh criticisms made against her character until he suggests the only way to smooth over the scandal of his defeat is to wed as soon as possible.After picking himself up after proposing, Valentine Merton is even more determined to tame...
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