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Author
Series
Scandalous Highlanders novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When she falls in love with Arran MacLawry, a member of one of her clan's longtime rival clans, Mary Campbell risks everything to be with this enemy, despite the fact that any contact between them is strictly forbidden.
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Bow Street Runner John Chase has been called upon to protect Marina, the daughter of rich London merchant Hugo Garrod. Transplanted from her home in Jamaica, Marina has failed at the London social scene and lives in isolation among the Garrod family in Clapham. Someone is playing malicious tricks on the young heiress, some of which harken back to the island heritage of Obeah, and Chase must determine if she is truly a victim--or something else.
24) Noble intentions
Author
Series
Nobles volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Take one infamous earl
Add a feisty American
And good intentions are bound to fail
Noble Britton, Lord Weston, has come to London intending to revisit old friends, enjoy a modicum of society, and—oh, yes—find a mild, biddable wife. As soon as he meets Gillian Leigh, he knows she'll do quite nicely.
Gillian has a habit of speaking her mind and a shocking susceptibility
...25) Cotillion
Author
Language
English
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Description
Young Kitty Charing stands to inherit a vast fortune from her irascible great-uncle Matthew--provided she marries one of her cousins. Kitty is not wholly adverse to the plan, if the right nephew proposes. Unfortunately, Kitty has set her heart on Jack Westruther, a confirmed rake, who seems to have no inclination to marry her anytime soon. In an effort to make Jack jealous, and to see a little more of the world than her isolated life on her great-uncle's...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"For the first time since the death of his wife, the Duke of Stanbrook is considering remarrying and finally embracing happiness for himself. With that thought comes the treasured image of a woman he met briefly a year ago and never saw again. Dora Debbins relinquished all hope to marry when a family scandal left her in charge of her younger sister. Earning a modest living as a music teacher, she's left with only an unfulfilled dream. Then, one afternoon,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Anthony Hurst, Duke of Kingsborough, knows the time has come for him to produce an heir. But first he must find a bride. When he meets the most exquisite woman at his masquerade ball, he thinks his search is over until the breathtaking beauty runs off. With few clues other than her figure, her scent, and the memory of her kiss, Anthony must find his mystery lady. Isabella Chilcott can scarcely believe it: she is finally at the Kingsborough Ball....
Author
Series
Desperate duchesses by the numbers volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mia Carrington is forced to beg Evander Brody, Duke of Pindar, whom she once swore she would never marry, to enter into a marriage of convenience with her, he sets some conditions of his own before agreeing to her offer.
Author
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In A promise of spring, Grace Howard has every reason to be devoted to Sir Peregrine Lampman. After all, the gallant gentleman rescued her from poverty by making her his bride. Even more nobly, he did not withdraw his affection after she confessed to a youthful folly that had compromised her virtue. But Grace did not tell the whole truth about the handsome lord who betrayed her and now the one thing shes kept from Perry threatens to destroy her last...
34) Persuasion
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Returning to Cornwall after being away for ten years, the Earl of St. Just hires Amelia, the woman he once betrayed, as his housekeeper and discovers that he still loves her, but cannot act on his feelings due to a dangerous secret.
35) Of noble family
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 5
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jane and Vincent have finally gotten some much-needed rest after their adventures in Italy when Vincent receives word that his estranged father has passed away on one of his properties in the West Indies. His brother, who manages the estate, is overwhelmed, and no one else in his family can go. Grudgingly, out of filial duty the couple decide to go. The sea voyage is long and Jane spends enough time unable to perform glamour that towards the end of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"James Malory sets sail for America to honor a promise he made to his in-laws: His and Georgina's daughter, Jacqueline, will have her come-out in America. Judith and Jacqueline Malory are not simply cousins; they are inseparable best friends. Refusing to miss Jacqueline's come-out in Connecticut, Judith convinces her parents to let her delay her London debut by a few weeks so she can accompany her cousin. Neither girl intends to fall in love during...
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