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Series
Would-be wallflowers volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Eccentric heiress Lady Stella Corsham finds herself wed to the dashing Duke of Huntington, who, she believes, married her for all the wrong reasons, despite his best efforts to convince her that he has fallen in love with her.
Author
Series
Ravenswood novels volume 2
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Can Lady Philippa Ware forgive the man who once shattered all her youthful dreams? Discover the passionate and heartwarming new novel on the redemptive power of love from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. Philippa, elder daughter of the Earl of Stratton, grew up eagerly anticipating a glittering debut and a brilliant marriage. Then her brother caught their father out in a clandestine affair and denounced him publicly. The whole family...
3) The missus
Author
Series
Mister and missus volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Maxim Trevelyan, reluctant Earl of Trevethick, has pursued the woman he loves to the wilds of Albania. Having fought for and won her, he now has to wed her, at the sharp end of a shotgun. But can a reformed rake like Maxim ever make a good husband -- or will his own notorious reputation and the scandalous secrets of his aristocratic family destroy his newfound happiness? Alessia Demachi has defied and outwitted kidnappers and traffickers, and won...
4) Godkiller
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless gods in the world--but after a great war, the new king outlawed them and now pays "godkillers" to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows. As a child, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with...
Author
Series
Widow rules volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Beth Howell needs to find her dowry, post haste. After her good-for-nothing first husband married her -- and two other women, unbeknownst to them all -- she's left financially ruined and relegated to living with her brother, who cares more for his horses than he does his blood relatives. If Beth fails to acquire her funds, her brother will force her to marry someone fifty years her senior and missing half his teeth. She'd prefer to avoid that dreadful...
Author
Series
Wallflower series volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
As Annabelle Peyton tries to trap a wealthy aristocrat into marriage, commoner Simon Hunt--a man only marginally accepted by society--pursues her. Soon, Annabelle begins to change her mindset about commoners.
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Raised in a foundling home and now proprietor of a successful club, Gabriel Cadieux hasn't ever been welcomed by polite society. But when he discovers he's the legitimate heir to a dukedom, he must make a choice: accept the debt-ridden title and the trappings of the peerage who shunned him or decline and leave his six rebellious half sisters to fend for themselves. As much as he hates the idea, Gabriel can't abandon his siblings, even if it means...
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley have already experienced their fair-share of suspense, but when a honeymoon trip takes a detour to the mystical land of Egypt, not even Grace with her fiction-loving mind is prepared for the dangers in store. From an assortment of untrustworthy adventure-seekers to a newly discovered tomb with a murderous secret, Frederick and Grace must lean on each other to navigate their dangerous surroundings. As the suspects mount...
Author
Series
Rogues to lovers volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A talented architect, heiress Miss Kitty Beckett, who has a penchant for trouble, enters Bellehaven Bay's first-ever architectural design contest and convinces her childhood rival to help her in exchange for tutoring him in the nuances of fashion, flirtation and seduction"--
10) Damned if I duke
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When her plan to blackmail Jasper Vincent, Duke of Montford, into forgiving her father's debts backfires, Prudence Thorne is forced into marriage neither wanted -- and fighting a desire neither expected -- only to discover they are each other's perfect match.
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It is the year 1814, and life for a young lady of good breeding has many difficulties. There are balls to attend, fashions to follow, marriages to consider, and, of course, the tiny complication of existing in a world swarming with fairy spirits, interfering deities, and actual straight-up sorcerers. Miss Maelys Mitchelmore finds her entry into high society hindered by an irritating curse. It begins innocuously enough with her dress slowly unmaking...
Author
Series
American Royalty (Tracey Livesay) volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taking their relationship public, American rapper Danielle "Duchess" Nelson and brilliant reclusive royal Prince Jameson learn that their popularity comes with a price when people try to take advantage of their fame, especially when his family is embroiled in yet another scandal.
Author
Series
Byronic Book Club volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
No-nonsense Jane Delaney divides her time between her grandfather's beloved bookstore and writing newspaper columns, determined to overcome a past that's left her with scars on her face and in her heart. But when the store ends up in unexpected financial jeopardy and Jane's secrets are threatened by a mysterious blackmailer, she finds herself in desperate need of money. All seems lost until a temptation like no other presents itself... Christopher...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A spirited and independent heiress defies the expectations of society to chase happily ever after in this irresistible romance from the author of Aphrodite and the Duke. With her brother, the Duke of Everely, married off to the beautiful and charming Aphrodite Du Bell, Verity Eagleman feels more alone than ever within the cold halls of the family estate. So when she's invited to stay in the Du Bells' clamorous, boisterous home, she leaps at the chance....
Author
Series
Mischief and matchmaking volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed! Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street....
Author
Series
Cambridge brotherhood volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Collin Morgan, Earl of Penderdale, has discovered that someone is committing crimes in his name, leaving him suspended from his work in the war office. Elizabeth Essex is the daughter of a well-respected professor at Cambridge University and longs to be recognized for her own scholarship, which could ruin her family's good name. Morgan tracks his impersonator to Cambridge, leading him to an old friend, Elizabeth's father. The pair is forced into...
Author
Series
Garden of the cursed volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt Books and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old cursebreaker Marlow Briggs reluctantly pretends to be in love with a powerful noble to gain entry into an illustrious--and deadly--society that holds clues to her mother's disappearance.
Since fleeing the gilded halls of Evergarden for the muck-filled canals of the Marshes, Marlow Briggs has made a name for herself as the best godsdamn cursebreaker in Caraza City. But no matter how many cases she solves, she is still haunted by...
18) Extrañas
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"«No era un animal, quizá tampoco un ser humano, parecía un ángel roto, perdido, ignorado.» Inglaterra, 1781. William Burton, un joven noble, afronta un encuentro cuya intensidad marcará y cambiará su vida. Resuelto, se embarca en una aventura donde conocerá a los genios de la época, de quienes absorberá cuantos conocimientos y experiencias ponen a su alcance para encarar situaciones extremas. La amistad, el amor y la determinación serán...
19) The husband list
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"While her older sisters have sought out adventure, Lady Madeline Vivers is content to be the conventional one in the family. A respectable husband, spring and autumn in Town, a place in the country--these are Madeline's very reasonable goals. And Mr. Harry Stern is not the man to help her reach them--no matter how much he causes her pulse to race. He is far too ambitious and determined to make his mark in Parliament. Yet, somehow he's convinced that...
Author
Series
Lords of the Armory volume 6
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
General Clayton Elliott, Home Office Undersecretary and new viscount, gets suspicious when London is too quiet. Everyone says that the anarchist group he's been fighting died along with its leader, but his instincts say just the opposite. Then he meets Her Serene Highness Princess Cordelia of Monrovia. Resigned to doing her duty for her country, she is in London to make a match with a royal duke--and as a royal princess, she has no say in which duke...
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