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Miss Lattimore's Letter: a bright and witty Regency romp, perfect for fans of Bridgerton
By Suzanne Allain. 2021
'Get ready to read well past bedtime with Allain's classic Regency romance and its shrewd, funny heroine, who turns her…
talent for matchmaking into a match of her own' Library Journal (starred review)The woman who never made a match of her own is making matches for everyone else in this hilarious Regency era comedy of manners, from the author of Mr Malcolm's List.Sophronia Lattimore had her romantic dreams destroyed years ago and is resigned to her role as chaperone for her cousin. Still, she cannot sit idly by when she becomes aware that a gentleman is about to propose to the wrong woman. She sends him an anonymous letter that is soon the talk of the town, particularly when her advice proves to be correct. Her identity is discovered and Sophie, formerly a wallflower, becomes sought after for her 'expert' matchmaking skills. Three unexpected arrivals soon show up at Sophie's door - the man who once broke her heart, a newlywed who is dissatisfied with the match Sophie made for her, and the man madly in love with Sophie's cousin - all wanting her attention. But when her one-time beau and an eligible new acquaintance both appear to be interested in her, Sophie can't figure out if she's headed for another broken heart or for the altar. How can she be expected to help other people sort out their romantic lives when her own is such a disaster?Praise for Suzanne Allain'Fresh and spirited . . . a delightful tale that perfectly illustrates the enduring appeal of the Regency romance. It's all here - the fast, witty banter, the elegant ballrooms, the quirky characters, the charming, strong-willed heroine and the dashing hero who has a thing or two to learn about love' Amanda Quick'A merry romp! Mr Malcolm's List is packed with action as one tangled romantic misunderstanding follows fast upon another's heels - to hilarious effect' Mary Balogh'A charming, light-hearted confection, with humour, sparkling banter and gently simmering romantic tension' Anne Gracie'Hilarious and fast-paced . . . a bright and refreshing Regency romp' Shelf Awareness'This effervescent love story is a charmer' Publishers Weekly'It was witty, hilarious, and contained a cast of upbeat, brooding, and feisty characters that all graced the page with subtle pride and prejudice undertones. I loved it!' The Nerd DailyWife After Wife: deliciously entertaining and addictive, the perfect beach read
By Olivia Hayfield. 2020
Glamour, infidelity, murder . . .Ruthless, devilishly handsome businessman Harry Rose is head of Rose Corporation, No. 18 on the…
Forbes rich list, and recently married to wife number six. But now, with his business in the spotlight and his love life under scrutiny, Harry's perfect world has the potential to come crashing to the ground.From eighties young gun to noughties billionaire, there's a reason why Harry's many wives have found him impossible to resist. But behind the money, sex and glamour lies a truer tale of infidelity, conspiracy and murder . . .Based on the trials and tribulations of the most infamous historical playboy of them all, Henry VIII, this tale of glamour and serial monogamy will leave you wickedly entertained.Why readers love Wife After Wife:'A delicious read for anyone looking to sink into a big juicy story about love, lust, betrayal and other unfortunate consequences of the heart' Renée Rosen, bestselling author of Park Avenue Summer'An ingenious concept with a perfect anti-hero and addictive plot - I loved it!' Francesca Hornak, author of Seven Days of Us'There's a reason why Harry's many wives have found him impossible to resist . . . brilliant!' Women's Way'This tale of glamour and serial monogamy will leave you deliciously entertained' Female.com.au'This book is absolutely amazing . . . scandalous and rich! Definitely worth adding to the summer read list!' Netgalley review'I loved it. It's a beautifully written contemporary novel that I just could not put down. Five stars and it deserves every one!' Netgalley reviewMerlin's Keep (Madeleine Brent Series)
By Madeleine Brent. 1977
Jani, the strange and lovely heroine, has been brought up in a remote region of the Himalayas in Tibet by…
a runaway English soldier. Both Jani’s past and that of her soldier protector are shrouded in a mystery that grows ever deeper for Jani when the foreign demon on a black horse comes from the south to take her away to a new and frightening world—a London orphanage. Later, when she moves on and finds the Woman in Red, Jani becomes one of the family in a Hampshire household. And it is here that her past is gradually uncovered. She becomes locked in a macabre struggle, long prophesied by the High Lama of her Tibetan youth, against the strange and terrifying powers of the Silver Man.The Lost Gentleman
By Margaret Mcphee. 2015
Is she his downfall or redemption? Kate Medhurst's days on the high seas are numbered with the fearsome Captain North…
on her tail. Once captured, pirate Kate knows she should fight him-should hate him-but she cannot. Captain North is no gentleman-at least, not anymore. But his vow to regain his honor has given him a fresh start. Until he confronts Kate and everything changes. Because suddenly breaking his vow seems a small price to pay to save the woman he loves... Gentlemen of Disrepute Rebellious rule-breakers, ready to wed!His Mask of Retribution
By Margaret Mcphee. 2012
Beautiful Marianne Winslow has had her share of suitors-and her share of scandal. Three engagements, no wedding... And the ton…
is beginning to talk.Smoldering Rafe Knight has lived the past fifteen years of his life with one goal-avenging the death of his parents. His final target? The Earl of Misbourne. The perfect bartering tool? The Earl's daughter, Marianne....Held at gunpoint on Hounslow Heath, Marianne is taken captive by a mysterious masked highwayman. Her father must pay the price-but Marianne finds more than vengeance in the highwayman's warm amber eyes....Dos extraños y un destino (Serie Elizabethtown #Volumen 2)
By Mariam Orazal. 2021
Ambos creían tener la vida que habían elegido. El destino les tenía preparado algo muy distinto. Movida por un profundo…
sentido del honor, Caroline Queen viaja desde su Inglaterra natal a América donde espera rescatar a la persona que puede salvar a su familia. No puede imaginar que una cadena de infortunios la aguarda allí y que solo logrará superarlos si confía su seguridad al apuesto ranchero que provoca en ella sensaciones desconocidas y parece descifrar hasta sus más secretos anhelos. Russell Norton lo tiene todo bajo control. Una vida sencilla, el rancho de sus sueños y, algún día, una esposa serena y humilde que alivie el peso de sus hombros. Caroline Queen no encaja en absoluto con ese molde, pero el exsoldado no puede evitar el deseo y la dulzura que ella le despierta. Mientras atraviesan en tren el inhóspito, salvaje y hermoso continente, la intimidad se volverá tan poderosa que ninguno de ellos podrá escapar de ella.Un diamante ruso (Secretos de alcoba #Volumen 2)
By Christine Cross, Anne Marie Cross. 2021
Llega la segunda y apasionante entrega de serie Secretos de alcoba. Ella era la mujer que había elegido como esposa…
y nada lo detendría para conseguirla. Un carácter indomable que él está dispuesto a conquistar. Un duque arrogante al que ella no soporta. Cuando el deseo se transforma en pasión, ¿puede el amor superar el obstáculo de los prejuicios? Valentin Blackwell, duque de Ainsworth, tiene que casarse. Presionado por su tío-abuelo, quien lo amenaza con que sea la misma reina Victoria quien le elija una novia, decide tomar el asunto en sus manos. Sin embargo, un imprevisto viaje al corazón de Rusia lo llevará a encontrar a la candidata perfecta. Lady Mary Branson ha regresado a Rusia con el corazón roto, ya que su amor de juventud se ha casado. Su vida se volverá aún más complicada cuando un ambicioso general decide que la quiere como esposa. Para escapar de este destino, lo que menos esperaba era encontrar ayuda en el arrogante y atractivo lord inglés que había conocido en Londres. La pasión surgirá entre ellos, pero ¿serán capaces de controlar sus caracteres explosivos?Juliette (Contigo a cualquier hora #Volumen 10)
By Marian Arpa. 2021
Otra apasionante entrega de la emocionante serie Contigo a cualquier hora. ¿Quién iba a pensar que en aquel viejo baúl…
los transportaría al Londres del siglo diecinueve? La valentía de Juliette cambia el rumbo de su vida. Cuando un amor es verdadero perdura pese a la distancia. En unas reformas en la casa familiar de los Ríos, los obreros descubren tras una pared un antiguo baúl. Ricardo ve que son documentos y se lo lleva. Al examinarlos encuentra diarios, cartas y documentos del siglo diecinueve. ¿Quién lo habría escondido en su casa? A través de lo que lee, se entera de la historia de amor de una pareja en el Londres de dos siglos atrás: «Bryan y Juliette están hechos el uno para el otro, pero un desgraciado accidente y un tutor ambicioso hacen de su vida un infierno. Él es vendido en las colonias como esclavo y ella tiene que abandonar su hogar huyendo de los planes de unos parientes conspiradores». Tanto Ricardo como su esposa, Cam, quedan prendados del bonito testimonio. Juliette y Bryan cautivan sus corazones. ¿Lograrán Juliette y Bryan vencer los obstáculos que les impiden ser felices? ¿Encontrará Ricardo a los descendientes de Juliette y Bryan para entregarles los documentos que les pertenecen? ¿Quiénes serán los descendientes de la pareja?The Captain's Lady
By Margaret Mcphee. 2005
HE SAW THROUGH HER DISGUISEWhen dashing Lord Nathaniel Hawke rescued a girl from drowning the last thing he expected was…
for that same girl to turn up on board his ship-disguised as a boy! Respected naval captain of the Pallas, Nathaniel had to conceal her identity from his men.For ship's boy George-alias Miss Georgiana Raithwaite-running away seemed her only escape from a cruel impending marriage. Never did she imagine that her disguise would see her scrubbing decks on the high seas...in extremely close proximity to Lord Nathaniel Hawke!Forbidden desires taunted them on their stormy voyage to Gibraltar. But with reputations at stake their secret must be kept, as exposure could ruin them both...How To Tempt a Viscount
By Margaret Mcphee. 2012
London, 1807A disastrous start to their marriage caused Ellen to leave her husband, Marcus Henshall, Viscount Stanley. Instead of retreating…
in humiliation, Ellen has been busy learning how to transform herself from a timid girl into a confident, sensual siren. Now she has returned to London-and Marcus-with a mission: to seduce her husband and show him how it feels to have desire go unrequited. But when her plan starts working, she may not be able to resist her own attraction to Marcus....Mistaken Mistress
By Margaret Mcphee. 2006
He could ruin her reputation!To her spiteful aunt, Kathryn Marchant is little more than a servant: she does not deserve…
a place in polite society. That's about to change, when Kathryn accidentally falls into the arms of the most notorious rake of them all.Lord Ravensmede draws the line at seducing virgins. Yet once he has tasted the lips of the delectable Miss Marchant, he wants her! He has the distinct impression that she's in need of a protector, but, no matter how much he strives to be honorable, her temptation may prove just too sweet to resist!The Dragon Lord
By Connie Mason. 2001
Renowned for his prowess on the battlefield and in the bedroom, the Dragon Lord had no desire to wed an…
heiress he had never before seen. But a landless knight had few opportunities to win a barony, and a faithful subject had no choice but to obey his king. Yet how to select a wife from the three women offered him? He had no taste for the grieving widow or the sharp-tongued shrew, so the meek virgin it must be. THE ROSE Confronted by their new lord and master, the women of Ayrdale prepared to accept their destiny. But high-spirited Rose knew she was no thornless blossom just waiting to be plucked. Her gentle twin longed for a cloistered life, whereas Rose had never been known as a shrinking violet and was more than capable of standing up to a dragon. A clever deception would allow her sister to enter the nunnery while an unexpected bride awaited her unsuspecting husband for the most unforgettable deflowering of all.Highland Warrior
By Connie Mason. 2007
Unlacing the Innocent Miss
By Margaret Mcphee. 2010
Resurgiendo de las cenizas (Bilogía Invisible #Volumen 2)
By Olga Hermon. 2018
Segunda entrega de la bilog a Invisible de Olga Hermon iniciada con Una nueva…
realidad Los protagonistas de esta historia se volver n a reencontrar despu s de muchos a os pero conseguir n superar el pasado De ti solo necesito tu olvido Ni te debo ni me debes nada A fuerza de tes n y l grimas Regina Sampiers se levant recuper su apellido y continu con su vida Hoy trabaja con ah nco ha obligado a su mente a hacer a un lado sus tristes recuerdos para ir en busca de su ansiado sue o solo que su coraz n herido dif cil de restaurar mantiene v vida la imagen de los momentos compartidos con el hombre que muy a su pesar no ha podido dejar en el olvido Despu s de algunos a os de b squeda infructuosa Gabriel Ponce de Le n se ha dado por vencido para resignarse a dormir con los fantasmas que rondan sus noches aunque sus d as de empresario exitoso no son muy diferentes de continuo se obliga a salir de los baches mentales en los que se sume cuando su mente se empe a en recordarle a la chica de rubios cabellos que se convirti en su tormento Pero un d a no muy lejano cuando los avances tecnol gicos que han tra do consigo la era industrial y las clases m s desprotegidas gocen de una mejor calidad de vida la providencia habr de jugarles a Regina y Gabriel una muy mala pasada Sus caminos se volver n a cruzar y la batalla campal de ella por finiquitar las cuentas del pasado se ver debilitada ante la lucha de l por conseguir la redenci n en nombre del honor y las buenas costumbres de los Ponce de Le nThe War Romance of the Salvation Army (Grace Livingston Hill #21)
By Grace Livingston Hill, Evangeline Booth. 1919
A battered Army truck lurches down a muddy road that’s been gutted with shell holes. In the back of the…
truck, a group of young women draw closer together, trying to encourage each other. Several flinch at the sounds of bombs exploding and machine-gun fire all around them. They all grab frantically at the sides of the truck as it tosses them about. Yet, despite their fear and apprehension, the women are determined not to turn back. They will reach the wounded American soldiers—for the soldiers’ litres are in their hands! Step into the world of the dedicated Salvation Army women... women who went to the front lines of WWI... women who calmed fears, bathed wounds, and uttered the prayers that led thousands of men to salvation... women whose courage knew no bounds--even if it meant death. This is the only nonfiction book by Grace Livingston Hill in Bookshare's library. To find books of her fiction writing, books that are filled with Christian inspiration, romance and some suspense, search under the author's name. More books by this popular classic author of the first half of the twentieth century are coming.Viking Warrior
By Connie Mason. 2008
When a beautiful Danish maiden is captured by Norse warriors and sold into slavery, she never guesses that she will…
soon become the willing thrall of a golden-haired Viking who holds captive her heart.Scandal in Spring (The Wallflowers #4)
By Lisa Kleypas. 2006
From the New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes the next title in the beloved romance series The Wallflowers…
- perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James. 'Kleypas can make you laugh and cry - on the same page' Julia Quinn, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series The Wallflowers: four young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands . . . no matter what it takesQuirky and fun-loving American heiress Daisy Bowman is the last unmarried Wallflower. Her exasperated father has informed her that if she can't find a husband by the end of her third London season, she will be forced to marry a man she hates - the ruthless entrepreneur Matthew Swift.Daisy is horrified. A Bowman never admits defeat, so she decides to do whatever it takes to marry someone . . . anyone . . . other than Matthew. What she doesn't count on, however, is Matthew's unexpected charm, or the blazing sensuality that soon flares beyond both their control. And Daisy discovers that the man she has always hated just might turn out to be the man of her dreams.But when a scandalous secret is uncovered, it could destroy both Matthew and a love more passionate and irresistible than Daisy's wildest fantasies. 'Lisa Kleypas is the best' Sarah MacLean The Wallflowers: Secrets of a Summer Night It Happened One Autumn The Devil in Winter Scandal in Spring A Wallflower ChristmasPraise for Lisa Kleypas'Lushly sexy and thoroughly romantic . . . superbly crafted characters and an intriguing plot blend together brilliantly in this splendid romance' Booklist 'Intricately and elegantly crafted, intensely romantic . . . from a not-to-be-missed romance author' Kirkus Reviews'Witty, often hilarious, and delightfully passionate' Library Journal, starred review 'An unforgettable story peopled with remarkable characters and a depth of emotion that will leave you breathless' Romantic Times BOOKreviews'Is it possible to give a book 6 stars? . . . [This] story has all of the forbidden romance, witty banter, and sigh-inducing declarations of love that you deserve' That's NormalMarriage Deal with the Devilish Duke: A sexy Regency romance
By Millie Adams. 2021
Risking her reputation…To reclaim her life!Lady Beatrice finally has a plan to escape her controlling brother by compromising herself with…
a gentleman friend so they are forced to wed. But things go awry when she accidentally throws herself at the wrong man! Now she is honor bound to marry the Duke of Brigham, her brother&’s outrageous best friend. It&’s not the safe, secure match she&’d planned on—for he has sparked something in her untouched soul that explodes into flame!From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.The Scoundrel's Daughter (The Brides of Bellaire Gardens #1)
By Anne Gracie. 2021
When Lady Charlton is forced into becoming London's most reluctant matchmaker, sparks fly and romance ensues, from the national bestselling…
author of Marry in Scarlet.Alice, Lady Charlton, newly-widowed and eager to embrace a life free of her domineering husband is devastated when a scoundrel appears, brandishing letters that could ruin her. To prevent their publication he wants Alice to find a noble husband—a lord!—for his daughter, Lucy. Alice is forced to agree to his blackmail but when Lucy arrives, she has absolutely no interest in her father's scheme. A lord, she says, will only look down his nose at her—and she's having none of that!Desperate to retrieve the letters, Alice enlists the aid of her handsome young nephew, Gerald, who in turn seeks the help of his former commanding officer, James, Lord Tarrant. James is soon beguiled by the marriage-averse lady and sets out to teach her about love. Meanwhile, Gerald and Lucy strike sparks each time they meet. To combat the dastardly plot, Alice and Lucy must learn to trust each other. But can Alice put the past behind her and open her heart to love?