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A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
· 17 ratings
A lush, sweeping queer historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material—perfect for fans of Netflix’s Bridgerton, Evie Dunmore, and Manda Collins!When Viola Caroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself...

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Secrets and Suitors by Joanna Barker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Reluctantly returning to London for yet another Season, shy Nora Hamilton has nearly given up hope that she will ever find the love match she longs for. After all, the one man she does harbor feelings for—her closest friend, James—has made it perfectly clear he views her as just that: a friend...

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Stranger at the Villa by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
A new physician arrives in the village, but is he all he seems?Susannah Winslade is twenty-six, and drifting into perpetual spinsterhood as she tries to care for her sick stepmother, look after her young brothers and sisters, and keep her father sober and solvent. Her brother Henry isn’t much help, either. She doesn’t mind...

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Seeing Miss Heartstone by Nichole Van
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Please note: The basic storyline of Seeing Miss Heartstone was originally published as a novella titled, An Invisible Heiress, in the Spring in Hyde Park anthology. This current novel is a greatly expanded version of that plot, adding over 200 pages of text and creating a more robust, well-developed story.Miss Belle Heartstone—heiress and savvy businesswoman—needs a husband. Immediately...

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Ellie by Lesley Pearse
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Ellie is a sweet-natured brunette, generous of heart with a sparkling smile and an accent which reveals her East End background.Bonny is beautiful and spoilt, with cascades of blonde hair, the brightest pair of blue eyes and a mouth like Cupid's bow...

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Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
The gruesome murder of a young French physician draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his pregnant wife, Hero, into a dangerous, decades-old mystery as a wrenching piece of Sebastian’s past puts him to the ultimate test. Regency England, January 1813: When a badly injured Frenchwoman is found beside the mutilated body of Dr...

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Tegenspel by Floortje Zwigtman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Het spannende en romantische vervolg op 'Schijnbewegingen'. Dat werd bekroond met de Gouden Zoen en Gouden Uil 2006...Het voert de lezer opnieuw mee naar het opwindende en rebelse Londen van het fin de siècle...

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Sweet Scandal by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Not the average lady...Lady Helen Harrington is a spinster by choice. She hasn’t any desire to entangle herself in romantic nonsense. Instead, she prefers to spend her time championing the causes nearest to her heart through writing articles for the London Beacon...

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Reckless Need by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Don't miss the third book in Scarlett Scott's sweeping historical romance series...A staid dukeHeath, the Duke of Devonshire, has been living a passionless life of penance after losing the woman he loved. Determined to do his duty, he's in search of an innocent bride with a sterling reputation. A bride who's nothing at all like Tia, Lady Stokey...

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My Lady Marzipan by Sydney Jane Baily
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Step into Rare Confectionery on New Bond Street, where three talented sisters create treats as delectable to the tongue as they are appealing to the eye. One taste is all it takes to be captivated...Charlotte hasn't had anything go wrong in her blissful existence as a confectioner. Always smiling, she loves working with her sisters, and she adores her customers...

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My Enemy, My Earl by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Fleeing London, and scandal, Lady Clarissa Burton runs directly into the wife-hunting Earl of Dumfries while traveling on a rutted Scottish road. She wanted peace in Scotland, not a tall and brooding laird who makes her forget that handsome lords are nothing but trouble...

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The Enraptured Heir by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
He has sworn off women. She falls in love with him at first sight. But can they fight the attraction between them? After a single, spoiled season five years before, Lady Angeline O’Shea cannot believe she has been invited to a house party where matches are certain to be made...

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The Duchess of Chocolate by Sydney Jane Baily
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Step into Rare Confectionery on New Bond Street, where three talented sisters create treats as delectable to the tongue as they are appealing to the eye. One taste is all it takes to be captivated… The Duke of Pelham desires a brand-new confection to win the Season’s loveliest lady. Naturally, he turns to London’s premiere chocolatier for assistance...

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What the Hart Wants by Emily Royal
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Five lessons in pleasure. One lesson in love.Fraser MacGregor, thirteenth Duke Molineux, seizes the opportunity to use the title he unexpectedly inherited, to further his whisky business. He leaves his Highland home and heads for London where he’s accosted by a feisty lass, who smashes a vase over his head.Delilah Hart should be relishing her first London season...

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Cast in Ice by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Lady Winnifred Waverley, daughter of the Duke of Townsend, walked the fringes of Society harboring a horrible secret. A secret so damning that it would shatter her entire family and destroy any chance for her younger sister Anne to find a love match...

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Mr. Pickwick's Guide to Marriageable Young Ladies by Jill M. Beene
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
London, 1824When a scandalous pamphlet begins circulating, it upsets the entire social game. Above the turmoil rises one question...Who is Mr. Pickwick?A man who doesn't care for society...There's very little that the wealthy Duke of Devonshire worries about, but his family is an exception. There's nothing Edward won't do for those he loves...A lady who is good at being invisible..

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The Christmas Countess by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
A shunned lady determined to keep her secrets. A new newly minted earl looking for a fresh start. A love gone wrong gains a second chance in the light of the Christmas moon...

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Rebel Love by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
A determined womanLady Bella de Vere's matchmaking mother has vowed to win her a duke and nothing less. But Bella secretly yearns for her brother's enigmatic American friend, Mr. Jesse Whitney, even if he's determined to treat her as nothing more than a younger sister.A man with a pastAdrift since the Civil War's end, Jesse's been through the fires of hell and back...

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A Private Miscellany by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
· 11 ratings
A short (7.5K words) free coda to the Society of Gentlemen series, catching up on the main characters a year and a half later...

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Restless Rake by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
She wants her freedom… Clara Whitney is desperate to leave London and return to her native Virginia. She'll do anything, even if it means striking a deal with the most notorious earl in England, to get what she wants...

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The Girl in the Shadows by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Evie hid in the shadows and discovered the secrets of important men. "The Club" was frequented by the great and the good of Victorian London Society. No wealthy man in the city could have failed to hear about The Club’s illicit offerings. Evie’s mother, Elise Birch, owned the place and ran it well. Secrets were valuable commodities and Elise wanted them all. The power lies with us. Men are weak...

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An Earl in Wolf's Clothing by Emily Windsor
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
A pursuit is underway…From the hallowed halls of London’s Almack’s to the unkempt taverns of Drury Lane, from whispered words in glittering theatres to seductive kisses at Vauxhall Gardens – an earl must pursue his lady.Propriety be damned. Anything is allowed. But for success, the Earl of Kelmarsh may have to enact the Rules of the Rogue…A resolute lady...

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Lords by Stacy Von Haegert
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
London 1830... Anastasia Lintel never wanted for more than a simple existence, arranging flowers in her father's shop, catering to the soft-palmed elite. However, when tragedy strikes, taking with it the only family she has ever known, Anastasia must adapt to an unexpected new life...

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A Question of Trust by Angeline Fortin, Celine Cody
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
When Jack Merrill becomes earl Haddington inheriting not only a title but the devastating debt that came with it, his friends convince him that there is nothing for it but to gain quick wealth the really old fashioned way…marry into it! On the hunt for a wealthy bride, Jack stumbles upon Kitty Hayes, the sister of his former target Evelyn...

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Mr Warren's Profession (Aubrey & Lindsey) by Sebastian Nothwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Lindsey Althorp, the only son of a wealthy baronet, has never worked a day in his life. Aubrey Warren was born in a workhouse and hasn’t stopped working since.When Lindsey wins a textile mill in a game of cards, he falls at first sight for the assistant clerk, Aubrey. Lindsey is certain that Aubrey is the Achilles to his Patroclus, the David to his Jonathan...

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The Promise by V.J. Dunraven
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN-10: 1479183636 / ISBN-13: 9781479183630). "I was deeply drawn into The Promise--the charm and complexity of the characters, the vibrancy of the settings, and the plot that gripped me from beginning to end." --Kathryn Lynn Davis, NY Times Bestselling Author of Too Deep For Tears Richard Christopher Radcliffe, the Marquess of Sunderland ..

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Courting Intrigue: A Sweet, Regency Romance by Wendy May Andrews
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Security or loyalty? Attraction or duty? How does one choose? Miss Lillian Shaw, wellborn but impoverished, has been living with her aunt, the widowed Viscountess Shepley, since the death of her parents a few years ago. Lily wants to find a paid position to add to her savings so she can open a bakery when she receives the Byram Bequest...

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Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One by Ashley Gardner
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
A collection of the first three novels in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries series plus two Captain Lacey short stories originally published in mystery magazines...

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Line by Line (Love along the Wires) by Jennifer Delamere
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Years of hard work enabled Douglas Shaw to escape a life of desperate poverty--and now he's determined to marry into high society to prevent reliving his old circumstances. But when Alice McNeil, an unconventional telegrapher at his firm, raises the ire of a vindictive co-worker, he must choose between rescuing her reputation and the future he's always planned...

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Broken Promise by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Victorian Romance Captain Austin Landwell lives with nightmares that torture him every day. So, when he’s given the chance to redeem himself and make the family he destroyed whole again, nothing will stand in his way except...his love for a woman who has the power to breathe life back into a heart he thought was dead...

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The Rat-Catcher's Daughter by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Music-hall singer Miss Christiana is in serious debt, and serious trouble. She owes more than she can pay to a notorious criminal, and now he plans to make an example of her. There's no way out. But Christiana has an admirer. Stan Kamarzyn has watched her sing for a year and he doesn't want to see her get hurt...

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Darling Blue by Tracy Rees
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Blue lives a charmed life. From her family's townhouse in Richmond, she lives the life of luxury and couldn't want for anything - well, on the surface at least. Then on the night of her twenty-first birthday her father makes a startling toast: he will give his daughter's hand to whichever man can capture her heart best in the form of a love letter...

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The Mannequin by Suzanne G. Rogers
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Aubrey Whittingham lost everything when his family drowned in a ferryboat accident, including the will to live. His neighbor Rosamund tries desperately to bring him back from the brink of despair, but the beastly young duke fights her every step of the way. His feelings for her deepen, and when she departs for London, he vows to regain his health and woo her properly...

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The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
Passion is on the cards for two reckless rogues as K. J. Charles ups the ante in her Society of Gentlemen series with a sizzling eBook short story. The youngest son and the blackest sheep in his family, Lord Gabriel Ashleigh never imagined he could sink so low...

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Queen By Right by Anne Easter Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
From the award-winning author of A Rose for the Crown, Daughter of York, and The King's Grace comes another masterful historical novel—the story of Cecily of York, mother of two kings and the heroine of one of history's greatest love stories...

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Captivated by a Lady's Charm by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
In need of a wife… Christian Villiers, the Marquess of St. Cyr, despises the role he's been cast into as fortune hunter but requires the funds to keep his marquisate solvent. Yet, the sins of his past cloud his future, preventing him from seeing beyond his fateful actions at the Battle of Toulouse...

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A Mad Passion by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
A lost loveSeven years ago, the Marquis of Thornton broke Cleo's heart, and she hasn't forgotten or forgiven him. But when she finds him standing before her at a country house party, as handsome as ever, old temptations prove difficult to resist. One stolen kiss is all it takes.A proper gentlemanThornton buried his past and his feelings for Cleo long ago...

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Prisoner of Love by Samantha Kane
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
An erotic romance.Brothers in Arms, Book Eight Veronica Thomas has been in love with two men since she was seventeen. One introduced her to passion. The other has shown her how to satisfy it. Now that she’s older, she still wants them both. Wolf Tarrant was more than willing to share Very with his best friend and lover, Lord Michael Kensington...

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Lost and Found by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
A novella, previously published in the print anthology Hero, Come Back.Reggie Carmathen needs to marry. His mother insists, and even his friends are hinting, so before he has some young chit thrust upon him, Reggie decides to choose his own bride...

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A Curse of the Heart by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Terrified by strange noises in the night, Rebecca Linwood, the headstrong owner of an Egyptian museum, believes she is suffering from an ancient curse. Out of desperation, she seeks the help of the only man with the knowledge to reverse the evil incantation, a man whose cold heart and sinful gaze pose such an enticing contradiction...

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The Games Lovers Play by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the Cynsters’ next generation with an evocative tale of two people striving to overcome unusual hurdles in order to claim true love.A nobleman wedded to the lady he loves strives to overwrite five years of masterful pretence and open his wife’s eyes to the fact that he loves her as much as she loves him...

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Lady of Pleasure by Delilah Marvelle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Educating one's self in the art of love takes time... Lady Caroline Arabella Starling has been in love with her older brother's best friend, Caldwell, since she was thirteen. Unfortunately, too many things keep getting in the way of proving her love. Her four younger sisters, her mother, her brother, all of society and the man she loves himself...

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Passion Wears Pearls by Renee Bernard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
After the darkness of a dungeon in India, artist Josiah Hastings dreamt of returning to a world lush with color—only to discover that years of imprisonment left his eyesight weak and failing. So when the fiery beauty of Miss Eleanor Beckett appears in his vision amidst the bleak grays of a London winter, he knows he's found his muse and one last chance at a masterpiece...

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The Secret of My Seduction by Caroline Linden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
The final chapter in the Scandals series...Rule #1: Be discreetNo one suspects Bathsheba Crawford of being the anonymous author of a wickedly scandalous series of naughty novels. But she is.Rule #2: Do not fall in loveWhen she approaches her publisher, rakish Liam MacGregor, with an indecent proposal, he’s shocked. But he accepts...

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My Lady Thief by Emily May, Emily Larkin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Lady by day, Robin Hood by night... Arabella Knightley is an earl’s granddaughter, but it’s common knowledge that she spent her early years in London’s gutters. What the ton doesn’t know is that while Arabella acts the perfect young lady by day, at night she plays Robin Hood, stealing from the wealthy to give to the poor.Adam St Just is one of Society’s most sought after bachelors...

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The Last Word by Samantha Hastings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
1861. Miss Lucinda Leavitt is shocked when she learns the author of her favorite serialized novel has died before completing the story. Determined to learn how it ends, Lucinda reluctantly enlists the help of her father’s young business partner, Mr. David Randall, to track down the reclusive author’s former whereabouts.David is a successful young businessman, but is overwhelmed by his workload...

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Forever After by Jill Gregory
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
One night of searing violence forced beautiful street orphan Camilla Brent to flee London in terror. But another kind of danger awaited when fate delivered her into the protection of the scandalous, magnetically handsome Philip Audley, Earl of Wescott...

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Her Outlaw by Geralyn Dawson, Emily March
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
With her thirtieth birthday looming, American widow Emma Tate yearns for the excitement and adventure of her youth. When she indulges her desires by flirting with a handsome stranger on a busy London street, she hasn't a clue that the man is the notorious Highland Reiver, a thief with surprising--and dangerous--ties to Emma's past...

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Masks of Desire by Fenna Edgewood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Childhood sweethearts become forbidden lovers in this Shakespearean-esque second chance romance where secrets and lies throw two opposing families into turmoil.Romeo and Juliet, meet Henry and Caroline...Caroline Gardner has always had her very own white knight. Her childhood sweetheart, Henry Gardner, is handsome, kind, and passionately in love with her...

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The Country Gentleman by Fiona Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
When her fortune is lost, witty, irreverent Anne Guilfoyle is forced to leave London and her beau of ten years standing for the confines of country life in Cheshire, where she has fortuitously inherited some property. Anne pines for the social and political life she has left behind, especially when confronted with the society of her nearest neighbor, country bumpkin Henry Highet...

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