Charlotte Anne Dore
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Newly-single mother Caroline Evans dreams of restoring an old barn into a restaurant, but her chance at happiness suddenly hangs in the balance as whispers of murder and vengeance find their way to her and her daughter Issy, hovering in that limbo between girl and young woman, begins to make some dangerous choices.
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"Hidden beneath Catherine Blade's uncommon beauty is a daring that matches any man's. Although this has taken her far in the world, she still doesn't have the one thing she craves: the freedom to live life as she chooses. Finally given the chance to earn her independence, who should be standing in her way but the only man she's ever loved, the only person to ever betray her. Despite the scars Catherine left him, Captain Leighton Atwood has never...
6) The Folly
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Daughters of Mannerling volume 4
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Lovely Rachel Beverley, 19, having narrowly avoided an entanglement with a cad more interested in her former family home, Mannerling, than in her lissome person, is surprisingly still in that house's spell. The new owner, widower Charles Blackwood, is thought at "nearly forty" to be too old for marriage prospects by the remaining Misses Beverley, including Rachel. But a chance meeting with him, during which Rachel castigates the man for his inattention...
7) Tilly
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Why would the Marquess of Heppleford marry someone like Tilly-plump, penniless, and paid companion to a deeply unpleasant duchess? Why, to insure his inheritance of course, by following the demands of his late father's will. Once they're wed, he can simply return to his rakish adventures in France.
Tilly, unfortunately, is unaware of the real reason this highly eligible bachelor wants her as a wife-and is heartbroken when she learns the truth....
8) Minerva
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The six sisters volume 1
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The first of six sisters navigates the marriage mart in the Regency series from the New York Times-bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin Mysteries.
Poor Minerva. Prudish, self-righteous, and incredibly beautiful, she is to be sent to London to capture a wealthy husband. But Minerva doesn't know the first thing about flirting. The London dandies find her moralizing appalling and concoct a plan to assault her virtue-an assault that will scandalize...
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Like her sisters, Abigail Beverley is obsessed with winning back Mannerling, the ancestral home--no matter what it takes. But marrying Harry Devers, the rakish and repugnant son of the manor's present owner, isn't an appealing option. Marrying the handsome Lord Burfield, just back from the war, is far more appealing. But then the intolerable Harry Devers suffers a fall from a horse--and is forced to recover with Abigail's family. When Abigail's twin...
10) The Intrigue
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Mannerling, the splendid family estate gambled away by Sir Beverly, remained the passionate desire of his daughters. Beverly himself had died; the eldest daughter, Isabella-having failed in her bid to reclaim their home-was blissfully wed. The mantle of savior then fell to the next eldest daughter, Jessica. How fortunate that the new owner of Mannerling had a marriageable son. In truth, Harry was a brutal lecher, a drunkard, and a wastrel, but Jessica,...
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A handsome Lord finds his perfectly proper life upended by a spirited young beauty in the New York Times bestselling author's Regency romance.
From the top of his flawlessly groomed head to the waxed tips of his fashionable shoes, Lord Andrew Childe is every inch the perfect gentleman. And now that he's set to marry a sensible match, he'll be everything a man of his station is supposed to be. So why is his arrogant composure almost always shattered...
12) Daphne
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A breathtaking beauty falls prey to a marriage trap, as the New York Times-bestselling author's Regency romance series continues.
Daphne Armitage embarked on her first Season with secret dread. For though she had long since learned the power of her flawless beauty, she shrank from the open competition of the marriage mart. Better to marry her first suitor, the fastidious Cyril Archer, and be done with it. But when Simon Garfield, notable and wealthy...
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The six sisters volume 2
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The author of Minerva continues her Six Sisters series with the story of the spirited Annabelle.
Miss Annabelle Armitage was pea-green with envy. What a cruel world it was when her spinster of an older sister could enchant the dashing Lord Sylvester Comfrey! Annabelle's own passionate nature was surely better suited for such a one as Sylvester.
Alas for Annabelle, Comfrey seemed to care for her not a jot. Determined to get a bit of her own back,...
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Hell hath no fury . . .Damian, Earl of Windermere, rues the day he drunkenly gambled away his family's estate and was forced into marriage to reclaim it. Now, after hiding out from his new bride for a year, Damian is finally called home, only to discover that his modest bride has become an alluring beauty--and rumor has it that she's taken a lover. Damian vows to keep his wife from straying again, but to do so he must seduce her--and protect his heart...
15) Wolf bride
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Lust in the Tudor court volume 1
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Hilary Mantel meets Sylvia Day: the first installment in a deliciously erotic trilogy, set against the sumptuous backdrop of the scandal-ridden Tudor Court. Bound to him against her will... Lord Wolf, hardened soldier and expert lover, has come to King Henry VIII's court to claim his new bride: a girl who has intrigued him since he first saw her riding across the Yorkshire moors. Eloise Tyrell, now lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne Boleyn, has other ideas....
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Hawthorne House novels volume 3
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Life for Lady Adelaide Bell was easier if she hid in her older sister's shadow--which worked until her sister got married. Even with the pressure of her socially ambitious mother, the last thing she expected was a marriage of convenience to save her previously spotless reputation. Lord Trent Hawthorne couldn't be happier that he is not the duke in the family. He's free to manage his small estate and take his time discovering the life he wants to lead,...
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Wild quartet novels volume 2
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Charm, wit, and nerves of steel have helped Marcus Lithgow gamble his way across the Continent. But when his heart is at stake, all bets are off for this most perfect rogue . . .
Anne Brotherton is sick and tired of being an heiress. She cannot bring herself to marry a fortune hunter. Why can't men like her for her sharp mind and kind heart rather than her impressive dowry? Just when she is about to bow to her fate as a confirmed spinster, she meets...
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London, 1819
Richard, Marquess of Devon, has always planned on a having a typical ton marriage one of respect and affection but without messy entanglements such as love. His wife of five months, Lady Eugenia Devon, thought she was satisfied with their arrangement...until she finds the book. Captivated by the naughty details, Lady Eugenia finds herself with rather unladylike desires and begins a campaign to change the rules of her marriage.
What...
19) Sheer Mischief
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Dive into summer with this delightful tale of sisterhood from international bestselling author Jill Mansell! It's not that Janey Sinclair isn't pleased to see her sister...It's just that being woken at 7:00 a.m. by Maxine, complete with police escort, isn't quite how she'd planned to spend her Sunday. Even so, Janey, who's trying to rebuild her life after her husband disappeared, is delighted to have her sister back home with her. That is, until Maxine...
20) Marry in haste
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Major Calbourne Rutherford returns to England on the trail of an assassin, only to find he ́s become Lord Ashendon, with the responsibility for vast estates and dependent relatives. Cal can command the toughest of men, but his wild half-sisters are quite another matter. They might just be his undoing.