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Author
Series
Hellions of High Street volume 3
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After unexpectedly meeting Baron Alec McClellan in Bath, England while on vacation, poet Caro Sloane finds she needs his protection just as much as she craves his affection.
Author
Series
The Duke's men volume 4
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Dominick Manton, Viscount Rathmoor, who is trying to right the wrongs of his past, agrees to help his ex-fiance, Jane Vernon, whom he still loves, find her missing cousin, who was married to his late brother.
43) The captive
Author
Series
Captive hearts (Grace Burrowes) volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Struggling with Society life, Christian Severn, who lost his wife, son and will to live, finds an ally in the Countess of Windmere, who helps him stay strong for his surviving daughter, but refuses his proposal of marriage even though romance has blossomed between them.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Pampered Margaret Macy flees her home in London to avoid marrying a dishonorable man. Now, with no money and no place to stay, Margaret does the unthinkable: she takes a job as a housemaid in the home of two brothers--both of whom are former suitors. As an "invisible" observer, Margaret realizes she may have misjudged one brother and wonders if it's too late to win his admiration.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Montague has devoted his life to managing the wealth of London's elite, but at a huge cost: a family of his own. Then the enticing Miss Violet Matcham seeks his help, and in the puzzle she presents him, he finds an intriguing new challenge professionally... and personally. Violet, devoted lady-companion to the aging Lady Halstead, turns to Montague to reassure her ladyship that her affairs are in order. But the famous Montague is not at all what...
Author
Series
Wicked quills of London volume 2
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Successful playwright Maggie Delamere has no interest in the flirtations of noblemen like Cameron, Viscount Marwood. She once paid dearly for a moment of weakness and vows to rebuff the wildly persistent, and irritatingly handsome, scoundrel at every turn. But when pressure to deliver a new play hampers her creativity, an invitation to use his country estate as a writer's retreat is too tempting to resist. For years, Cam has admired Maggie's brilliant...
47) If I fall
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"After a duke's betrayal, the resilient Sarah Forrester reinvents herself as the Golden Lady: society's leading light, the beautiful and witty life of the party. It's all a facade of course-one that protects her from another intimate disloyalty. When her old friend, Lieutenant Jackson Fletcher, returns to London, he is determined to rediscover the true and trusting Sarah he once knew. It'll take more than a kiss and a promise. It might even call for...
48) The Wicked heir
Author
Series
The Spare Heirs volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When the love of Lady Isabelle Fairlyn's life is betrothed to her twin sister, Isabelle vows to find a suitable replacement before the end of the season. He must be a talented dancer, have a keen fashion sense, and be perfectly dashing in every way. Fallon St. James is the farthest thing from perfectly anything. As head of the secretive Spare Heirs Society, he must stick to the shadows...even as Isabelle's friendship pulls him reluctantly into the...
49) Heir to the duke
Author
Series
Duke's sons volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
As eldest son of the Duke of Langford, Nathaniel Gresham sees his arranged marriage to Lady Violet Devere as just another obligation to fulfill--highly suitable, if unexciting. But as Violet sets out to transform herself from dowdy wallflower to dazzling young duchess-to-be, proper Nathaniel decides to prove he's a match for his new bride's vivacity and daring. Oppressed by her family all her life, Lady Violet can't wait to enjoy the freedom of being...
Author
Series
Sinful suitors volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
American artist Jeremy Keane refuses to return home and take over his father's business. He'd much rather sample bevies of beauties abroad, in search of a model for the provocative masterpiece he's driven to paint. When he meets Lady Yvette Barlow at a London wedding, he realizes she's perfect for his work--and determines to capture the young heiress's defiant spirit and breathtaking sensuality on canvas. No stranger to scandal, Yvette agrees to be...
52) Glamour in glass
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 2
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Newlyweds Jane and David Vincent travel to Belgium and their ability to create invisibility via glamour makes them a target for emperor Napoleon's returning forces.
Author
Series
Lords of Anarchy novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Marriage? To a gambler? You must be joking! Lady Ophelia Dauntry has never been one to back down from a challenge. And when her spendthrift father does the unthinkable and loses her hand in marriage at the gaming tables, she is faced with the challenge of her life. Not only is the man she'll be forced to marry--the Earl of Mainwaring--a gamester, he's also a member of the Lords of Anarchy--the driving club she holds responsible for her dear friend...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Just seventeen years old, Henry IX, known as William, is a king bound by the restraints of the regency yet anxious to prove himself. With the French threatening battle and the Catholics sowing the seeds of rebellion at home, William trusts only three people: his older sister Elizabeth; his best friend and loyal counselor, Dominic; and Minuette, a young orphan raised as a royal ward by William's mother, Anne Boleyn. Against a tide of secrets, betrayal,...
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When he falls ill and no doctor can diagnose him, James de Vere retreats to the country, where he encounters Laura, a woman from his past, and offers to marry her to save her family's estate in return for her companionship in his final days and his fortune, which he wants to keep away from greedy relatives"--Titlesource360.
Author
Series
Sinful scoundrels volume 3
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Harry Norcliffe never wanted to inherit his beloved uncle's title. The rigidity of the ton, the incessant reminders from his marriage-minded mama that he must settle down with a highborn lady and produce an heir and a spare: it's all such a dreadful bore. So when his mother asks him to take part in a dancing competition, he patently refuses. The last thing he needs is another chore . . . until a beautiful, brilliant, delightfully tempting maid makes...
Author
Series
Windham brides volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"As a captain in the army, Colin MacHugh led men, fixed what was broken, and fought hard. Now that he's a titled gentleman, he's still fighting-this time to keep his bachelorhood safe from all the marriage-minded debutantes. Then he meets the intriguing Miss Anwen Windham, whose demure nature masks a bonfire waiting to roar to life. When she asks for his help to raise money for the local orphanage, he's happy to oblige. Anwen is amazed at how quickly...
Author
Series
Atlas Catesby mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
1814. The youngest son of a baron, Atlas Catesby is anxious to resume his world travels after a carriage accident left him injured in London. Passing through a country village, he discovers a helpless woman being auctioned off to the highest bidder-- by her husband. Atlas purchases the lady, Lilliana, on the spot to set her free. But Lilliana, desperate to be with her young sons and knowing the laws of England give a father all parental rights, refuses...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Content with her independent life as a teacher, free from the bonds of matrimony, Beth Armitage suddenly finds herself trapped in a betrothal to the rakish Lucien de Vaux, Marquess of Arden, who must marry to secure his inheritance.
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