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By Jo Beverley. 2008
When Robin Fitzvitry, the fun-loving Earl of Huntersdown, encounters a cursing nun in a French inn, he can't resist the…
mystery. He offers to help Sister Immaculata reach England, expecting amusement on the tedious journey home from Versailles. Petre d'Avernio is not exactly a nun, though she has spent years in an Italian convent with her mother, whose death has left her in danger. She must find the only person who might protect her-her true father, an English lord who does not know she exists. The gorgeous earl Robin Fitzvitry will be a dangerous ally, but she's glimpsed her pursuers and must race to the coast. She will resist him, use him, and eventually escape him with her virtue and secrets intact-she hopes.By Elizabeth Powell. 2003
Sebastian Carr, compelled by his father to marry, vies for Penelope's hand by befriending her sister, Jane. But when his…
plans go awry, he wonders which sister may in fact be more attractive.By Nicole Byrd. 2004
Young widow Marianne Hughes is to chaperone the even younger Louisa Crookshanks to London for her come-out. But, in a…
most awkward happenstance, it turns out that the one gentleman Louisa has set her sights on only has eyes for the darker, more demure beauty of Mrs. Hughes. Soon this Marquess of Gillingham finds himself entangled in a web of desire and deception--and begins to understand that Hell hath no fury like a debutante scorned.By Anne Stenhouse. 2013
Leaving the chapel in London's 19th century Thames' side where she teaches the alphabet to a raggle-taggle of urchins, Mariah…
Fox is charged by a stray pig. The quick intervention of Tobias Longreach saves her from certain injury. Mariah has always believed her destiny to be teaching. After the early death of her mother, she was brought up by her papa, Jerome, to believe that she could learn anything a boy could. She shares his vision of a future in which everyone, rich or poor, boy or girl, will be taught at least the rudiments of reading, writing, and counting. Tobias was brought up a second son, but following his elder brother's premature death, inherits an Earldom and the need to provide it with an heir. He comes to believe that Mariah will make a perfect countess and enrolls her papa's help in securing her hand. However, Sir Lucas Wellwood, whose debts have made him urge his sister to attempt to trap Tobias into marriage, has sinister intentions. Mariah suspects Wellwood has been mistreating his sister and she heads off impetuously to rescue her. Will Tobias and his friends reach Wellwood's home before he can exact revenge on Mariah?By Lori Austin. 2012
Cathleen Chase is no killer—but as Cat O’Banyon, she is a ruthless bounty hunter who always gets her man. Catching…
one lowlife after another, she continues her search for the only man she really cares to locate. The one whose voice she will never forget; the man who murdered her husband. She’ll stop at nothing to find him. Con artist Alexi Romanov taught Cat every trick she knows. He is a master of deceit, disguise, and desire. He’s difficult to trust, and even more difficult to resist, but he has news she can’t ignore. The man she’s after has placed a bounty on her head. To get him before he gets her, she’ll have to team up with Alexi again. . . . And just like before, the two of them together are nothing but trouble. .By Kasey Michaels. 1987
Harlequin's Reader's Choice program brings back four favorite Regency romances by Kasey Michaels. In this title, Patrick Sherbourne, Earl of…
Wickford, is charmed by the feisty Victoria Quinton--yet she is accused of her father's murder. To avoid a scandal, and to spend more time with her, Patrick's only recourse is to aid Victoria in uncovering the real killer.By Charlotte Lovejoy. 2011
She still has her innocence-but not for much longer. . . Orphaned as an infant, May Roseberry has always longed…
for passions and pleasures beyond the convent walls. At seventeen, she receives a visit from the Countess of Wilyse, who whisks her away to the Tudor court. Under the tutelage of Lady Wilyse, May learns to indulge in the earthly delights. But Lady Wilyse urges May to keep her maidenhead intact- omitting, of course, her plans to groom May as a plaything for no less than the king. But when Lady Wilyse's rakish brother, Jasper, Earl of Hawksworth, joins them on their journey to court, May's certain he's the one to consummate her education. . . .By Annie Burrows. 2008
Fearing a forced betrothal with a man known for his cruelty, Heloise Bergeron throws herself on the mercy of Charles…
Fawley, Earl of Walton. He believes himself attracted to her younger, beautiful sister, so what is he doing entertaining thoughts of marriage to the plain, quiet Heloise? But marry her he does. Returning to England with a convenient wife, who inspires a veryinconvenient desire, Charles is about to discover just how untouched his French bride really is .By Emma Wildes. 2011
Upon his triumphant return from Waterloo, Carlos Verde, the Marquess de Santorino, finds his beloved Lady Juliet Stather engaged to…
another. Four years apart has not dulled his passion for her, but the rift he caused between them will not be easy to mend.By Stephanie Draven. 2013
Fifty Shades of Grey Meets The Great Gatsby in this electrifying novel that vibrates with the hot rhythm of incendiary…
jazz and teems with wild sexual abandon. The Twenties were roaring and the women--young, open, rebellious, and willing--set the pace and pushed the limits with every man they met... In the aftermath of a wild, liquor-soaked party, three women from very different social classes are about to live out their forbidden desires. Society girl, Nora Richardson's passionate nature has always been a challenge to her ever-patient husband. Now he wants out of the marriage and she has just this one night to win him back. The catch? He wants to punish her for her bad behavior. Nora is offended by her husband's increasingly depraved demands, but as the night unfolds, she discovers her own true nature and that the line between pain and pleasure is very thin indeed. Meanwhile, Clara Cartwright, sultry siren of the silent screen, is introduced to a mysterious WWI Flying Ace. If Clara, darling of the scandal sheets, knows anything, it's men. And she's known plenty. But none of them push her boundaries like the aviator, who lures her into a ménage with a stranger in a darkened cinema then steals her jaded heart. Working class girl Sophie O'Brien has more important things on her mind than pleasures of the flesh. But when her playboy boss, the wealthy heir to the Aster family fortune, confronts her with her diary of secret sex fantasies, she could die of shame. To her surprise, he doesn't fire her; instead, he dares her to re-enact her boldest fantasies and Sophie is utterly seduced. One party serves as a catalyst of sexual awakening. And in an age when anything goes, three women discover that anything is possible...By Virginia Henley. 2005
Thirteen years ago, Alex Greysteel Montgomery, an Earl and double agent-now working to restore King Charles II to the throne-was…
betrothed to the impetuous Velvet Cavendish. Their parents saw the engagement as a business opportunity-and although Greysteel has always had an affinity for Velvet, she has not returned his affections. Once reunited with Greysteel, Velvet is determined to break their bond-for she has her sights set on none other than King Charles II himself. But Greysteel is equally determined to wed the fiery beauty who has stirred him like no other. Now he'll do anything to conquer-and rule-her heart.By Sharon Lathan, Amanda Grange, Carolyn Eberhart. 2010
Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Wish You a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Share in the magic of…
the season in these three warm and wonderful holiday novellas from bestselling authors. Christmas Present by Amanda Grange A Darcy Christmas by Sharon Lathan Mr. Darcy's Christmas Carol by Carolyn EberhartBy Kate Noble. 2012
Harris Dane, Viscount Osterley, orders a very fine and scandalously cut dress to be made for a certain lady he…
wishes to woo. While with the dress designer, he also orders a pair of gloves to be sent to his ward, Miss Felicity Grove, to wish her well for the new Season. But when Felicity accidentally receives the dress, along with Osterley's affectionate note, it sets into motion a tale of scandalous misunderstandings and love in the last place you look. Includes a preview of Kate Noble's latest novel If I Fall!By Sharon Sobel. 2005
Signet Regency Romance presents a beloved tale that explores the lessons of love from Sharon Sobel.Available Digitally For the First…
TimeEmily Clarkson has a new teaching position far from the civilized London life she knows. Quick-witted and confident, Emily is up for the challenge, but she never expects the real test will be her employer--prosperous mill owner Daniel Lennox. She's expecting a country gentleman, not the brawny, outspoken fellow who greets her in a bloodstained shirt. He's anticipating an old maid, not an impertinent snobbish girl. They are at each other's throats from day one--and seem bound to end up in each other's arms. But when a mysterious feud sets Daniel against an elderly duke, and the duke's new wife--Daniel's first love--is back in the picture, the teacher must become the student, if she is to save the man she has so recently grown to need...Don't miss Sharon Sobel's classic Regency Romance, Lady Larkspur Declines.By Amanda Mccabe. 2002
Two classic regencies together for the first time The Golden Feather Young Caroline Aldritch is shocked to learn her late…
husband's only legacy to her is a notorious gaming establishment-where she must hide her face from all, including the dashing Lord Lyndon, who's determined to unmask the secretive beauty. . . The Rules of Love Rosalind Chase must endure her brother's friendship with the notorious rake Lord Morley. But when she can't stop thinking of the insufferable libertine, Rosalind wonders if his ways just might be the path to love. . . .By Sharon Sobel. 2001
By Christine Wells. 2010
The only man for Lady Louisa Brooke is the wild and ruthless Marquis of Jardine, who has suddenly left her…
with nothing except the secret they share. Her future in ruins, Louisa recklessly accepts a mission from the head of the secret service and becomes embroiled in a perilous operation in which nothing is as it seems.By Deborah Hale. 2010
Desperate to safeguard the future of her precious nephew, penniless Lady Artemis Dearing will do anything-even marry the man whose…
brother ruined her darling sister! Hadrian Northmore's suffered enough heartbreak-he will not lose his brother's son, too. Calculating and deceitful as Lady Artemis may be, he will marry her if he must! But Hadrian isn't prepared for overwhelming desire, or his new wife's sweet disposition. There's been some mistake. . . ;his hard-built defenses are crumbling before his very eyes!By Olivia Quincy. 2010
A fabulous debut novel of sensual suspense and one woman's erotic liberation in Victorian England. Lady Georgiana Vernon, daughter of…
the Earl of Eastley, and Jeremy Staunton, youngest son of a viscount, have an unconventional relationship-at least for the upper crust in 1895. They meet publicly as friends, and privately as lovers. It's an arrangement that allows Georgiana the sexual freedom she desires-and continues to indulge in-as a guest at Penfield, where the most sought-after names in the country gather for Lord Laughlin's annual masquerade ball. Then Georgiana initiates a torrid affair with the sexy landscape architect working at Penfield. She sees it as nothing more than a harmless but pleasurable indulgence. But when the relationship is discovered she becomes the target of increasingly malicious threats. During the night of the masquerade ball, these intimidations will come to a dangerous head, as the men in Georgiana's life reveal their own secret desires. .By Rowan Keats. 2013
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES In the Highlands of Scotland, plays for power are fought without rules, treachery and intrigue…
hold court, and, in one woman’s heart, danger stirs as relentlessly as passion. . . Taming a Wild Scot Wrongfully accused of murder and left to die in a hellish Highland dungeon, Ana Bisset has lost all hope of freedom. But the beautiful healer’s luck takes an unexpected turn when a hooded stranger appears as her rescuer. After a harrowing escape, Ana settles alone in a quiet village where no one knows her past or her reputation. The last thing she ever expects is to meet her mysterious savior again. . . Niall MacCurran is no hero, but a warrior on a dangerous mission to expose a threat to the realm. After his decision to free Ana, he now realizes that it is he who needs her helpwilling or noto advance his quest. But his growing feelings for the delicate yet resilient beauty soon jeopardize their safetyand not even Ana’s healing gifts may be enough to protect their love, or their lives. .