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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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Sutton's Scandal by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
It's a battle of wits and wills between a bold East End lady and the icy shop owner she can't resist in this deliciously steamy Regency romance from USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott.Lily Sutton has been running wild for years beneath her siblings’ noses. Born and raised in the rookeries, she is not afraid of anything or anyone...

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The Lyon's Surprise: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
He was an agitated beast, a Lyon of Mar. THE Lyon of Mar. Cheyne Lyon, Duke of Mar is at first surprised when his wastrel brother dumps a wife and baby on his doorstep. But Jennifer is intelligent, nurturing, and sweet, just the sort Cheyne could love, if only she wasn't already taken...

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The Doxy and the Duke by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Lady Raina Prince might be the daughter of a powerful Highland earl, but polite society wants nothing to do with her, thanks to the illegitimate son she bore five years ago...

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Cocky Earl by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
An honorable Earl, an American Girl, and one lost bet that changes everything.Miss Charley Jackson didn’t want to sail to England. The British are stuffy, and arrogant, and think far too highly of themselves. Particularly, the ones who referred to themselves as Lords.Julian Wellstone, the Earl of Westerley, never walked away from a bet but should have known his luck would someday run out...

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Sutton's Surrender by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
A perfectly proper duke's heir and a fiercely loyal East End lady clash in this steamy Regency romp from USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott.With his impeccable reputation and undeniable good looks, Garrick Weir, Viscount Lindsey, heir to the Duke of Dryden, has earned his place at the apex of fashionable London society...

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Earl of Every Sin by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Can a ruined lady's love save the Earl of Every Sin? Book 4 in the Best-Selling Sins and Scoundrels series has arrived! Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited! When Alessandro, the half-Spanish Earl of Rayne, settles upon a marriage of convenience with Lady Catriona Hamilton, the terms are clear: an heir in exchange for her freedom...

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Daring with the Rogue by Alyssa Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Lady Philippa's first season had not turned out as she dreamed. There had been no grand love match. Despite following all society's rules, she was almost compromised by a lecherous fortune hunter. Shy Pippa decided that bold and decisive is what she must become. On return to Town, her first aim is to settle the score with the disgusting fortune-hunting lord...

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The Mistletoe Dare by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Their mothers dared all for love.Just imagine what their daughters will do... An Outspoken Beauty… When Lady Georgina Anderson goes to spend Christmas with her godparents, The Duke and Duchess of Bedwin, she is full of anticipation...

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The Bastard by S.M. LaViolette, Minerva Spencer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
His was a face that women carried with them into their nightmares, not their fantasies...John Fielding is not a gentleman. His brutal past has left him scarred, mind and body. But the scars are a valuable reminder of what's truly important.Revenge.And John will have his vengeance on the man who abandoned him when he was just a child...

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To Dare the Darkness by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
A young woman who is bolder than she knows... Miss Evie Knight, the daughter of Mr. Gabriel Knight and Lady Helena Knight has been the unlikely friend and confidante of the Comte de Villen for years. But despite her own shortcomings and the unlikeliness of a man like Louis César falling for plump little Evie, she must concede Louis appears to be madly in love with her...

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To Save a Love by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Both wronged by their fathers... two damaged souls longing for love and salvation... Childhood sweethearts Desmond Bretton and Anna Browning defy their powerful fathers and elope to Gretna Green when Anna is told she will marry a viscount old enough to be her grandfather. Caught before they cross the Scottish border, Dez is shipped off to the army, where he learns of Anna’s suicide...

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Dangerous Exile by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
A titan of the underworld with a forgotten past. A damaged lady that needs to disappear. Can a chance reunion unlock long hidden secrets in this steamy historical?On the run from the man that nearly killed her.Bruised and battered, Nessia Docherty is in desperate need of a safe haven, and she finds one in one of London’s most notorious gaming hells...

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The Vixen by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell pits a fiercely independent beauty against a devilish investigator. Set apart by her ethereal beauty and fearless demeanor, Ophelia Killoran has always been a mystery to those around her—and a woman they underestimated. No one would guess that she spends her nights protecting the street urchins of St. Giles...

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Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 29 ratings
A scintillating tale of a beautiful, young widow who finds passion with the one man she shouldn't . . . Although beautiful young widow Phoebe, Lady Clare, has never met West Ravenel, she knows one thing for certain: he's a mean, rotten bully. Back in boarding school, he made her late husband's life a misery, and she'll never forgive him for it...

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Forever Yours Series Bundle by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
MISADVENTURES WITH THE DUKE Christopher Worth, the Duke of Carlyle, has a carefully cultivated reputation of 'respectability' but he possesses a dark, lustful heart which he reins in rather well. Except someone is out to reveal him as a wicked rogue in the tongue in cheek articles written about him by a notorious gossip columnist...

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Lady and the Rake by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
The LadyLady Asherton is proper, lovely and... lost. Widowed and just turned thirty—her recent engagement promises an unexpected chance to become a mother at last.The RakeThe Marquess of Rockingham is gorgeous, exciting and loyal to his family. He's never met a woman he can't have, and the world is at his feet.He is young—too young.She's engaged—to his uncle...

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The Beast's Beguiled by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Catherine Ludlow knows the betrayal of family. Left alone, with a sister to support, and no money to run her house or even buy food, she takes matters into her own hands. She demands that the man responsible for her brother's infamous departure to the continent teach her how to be a mistress. After all, she will never choose to give her life into the hands of a husband now. .

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Fearless Duke by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Miss Isabella Hilgrove, proprietress of the Ladies’ Typewriting School, prides herself on the quality of her staff. After the Duke of Westmorland sacks the third typist she has sent him in as many days, she’s not just outraged, she’s determined to put the arrogant bully in his place. Benedict Manning, Duke of Westmorland, is having the worst week of his life...

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Adam by Sydney Jane Baily
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
In this sizzling early Victorian romance by USA Today bestselling author Sydney Jane Baily the heir to an earldom must take a suitable wife... unless he falls for a middle-class governess with a shadowy past.Lord Diamond leads a charmed life. The only brother amongst four sisters, he is touted as the best thing since frothy syllabub. Every young lady in London wants his leg shackled to hers...

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When the Earl was Wicked by Stacy Reid, AuthorsDesigns
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Lady Verity Ayles will do whatever it takes to protect herself from a vile cur, no matter how scandalous or perilous it may be. And that means aligning with James Radcliffe, the Earl of Maschelly—a scoundrel who spends his days in sin and self-indulgence, and his nights in reckless pursuits. Clearly, a man any young lady of good sense and reputation should stay away from...

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The Duke Gets Even by Joanna Shupe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
By beloved USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe, the fourth installment in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series about a secret affair between a free-spirited heiress and an uptight duke which turns more passionate than either could have imagined. A rebellious heiress.A duke in dire straits.An anonymous midnight tryst...

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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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Duke of Debauchery by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
He's notoriously wicked. She's a wallflower guarding her heart. The Duke of Montrose has perfected the art of being a scoundrel. Mistresses? He's had an endless procession of them. Gin-soaked nights? He's experienced more than he can count. He'll do anything to distract himself from the demons of his past. Until the day his devil-may-care ways leave his best friend gravely injured...

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Marquess of Mayhem by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Vengeance with a side of seduction! Morgan, the Marquess of Searle, was presumed dead after a betrayal that nearly cost him his life and saw him detained and tortured by Napoleon's forces. Now, he's back in London, scarred and bitter, and hell-bent on vengeance against the man responsible. He doesn't care if it means destroying an innocent in the process...

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The Governess Diaries by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Love lost and found… As a girl, Euphemia Darrow had fallen desperately in love with the younger son of the Duke of Clarenden, Nicholas Montford. But he broke her heart with a cold dismissal before he left to join the army. Rather than pine for him, Effie found another purpose for her life...

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The Bachelor Earl: Includes Bonus Scenes from The Untouchables by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Read the untold story of how Lord and Lady Satterfield met and fell in love in this prequel novella to the bestselling The Untouchables series...

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Shadows of Scandal by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
She needs a champion willing to scandalize her. He doesn’t need anyone. Scandal turns into seduction when a not-quite-perfect heiress tangles with a lost son of society.An heiress with an imperfection.Spawn of the devil. Willow has suffered the gossip her entire life. She has the requisite pot of gold, but not the perfection that is necessary for an admirable ton match...

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Rogue Be A Lady by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A Lady Gone Rogue: Miss Emmaline Trent is notorious. And she loves it. Once, she was a sweet young lady, eager to please all around her. But a single act of a stranger ruined her reputation and the young man she so desperately loved rejected her and her “sins”. But when the truth is revealed, it is too late and she has chosen to embrace her scandalous state...

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Lady Amelia Takes a Lover by Sofie Darling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A proper English lady…A little time in beautiful Italy is just what Lady Amelia Windermere and her eccentric family need while their latest scandal dies down. Amelia is hard at work on their triumphant return to London society when she meets His Grace Tristan Carteret, Duke of Ripon, a sculptor who is too wild for any proper lady...

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Lord Archer Catches a Contessa by Sofie Darling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
How to plan the perfect heist? Take one bored Viscount...A night out leads fun-loving Viscount Archer to one of London's less genteel music halls... and a muse for the frustrated composer. But nothing goes easy for the wild Windermeres, and Archie finds himself playing her knight in shining armor instead.Add a fake Contessa on a quest for justice..

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Return to Wildsyde by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
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The Scoundrel's Score by Mara Shaw
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A ruthless moneylender…Cedric Sharpe, illegitimate son of a duke, is among the most feared men in London. Through sheer force of will, Cedric rose from poverty to build a lucrative empire based on a single principle: that one must always pay their debts. And so, when presented with the opportunity to settle his score with the father who scorned him, he is determined to seize it at any cost...

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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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Always the Bluestocking by Emily E.K. Murdoch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Always the bluestocking and never the bride—not that any woman should have to choose… Miss Mariah Wynn was adopted and has spent her life attempting to prove herself worthy. Intelligent and witty, it's nonetheless not a good idea to let a gentleman know you actually have brains. After all, no one marries the bluestocking, even if she is beautiful and but twenty one...

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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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The Beast's Bet by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Tom Courtney is a beast of the East End. Fighting his way up through the warrens, clubs, and halls of sins in London's darkest part of town, he has but one goal. . . To survive and ensure that the weak aren't preyed upon. When he discovers a young lady is victim of a vicious bet. . . He cannot stop himself from coming to her aid. . . Even if it might cost him everything he has ever won...

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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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The Baron's Dangerous Contract by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
An audacious lady and an adventurous lord. Miss Penny Darlington, daughter of the famed horseman Lord Mendbridge, has spent the past two seasons happily flirting with Lord Cabot. On the night of the Tudor ball, all of her ideas are crushed. The lord showed her, in no uncertain terms, how inconsequential she really was...

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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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To Redeem a Rake by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
He's spent years scandalizing society. Now, this rake must change his ways. Society's most infamous scoundrel, Daniel Winterbourne, the Earl of Monfort, has been promised a small fortune if he can relinquish his wayward, carousing lifestyle. And behaving means he must also help find a respectable companion for his youngest sister--someone who will guide her and whom she can emulate...

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The Duke of Desire by Jess Michaels
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
The 9th Book in the beloved 1797 Club series from USA Today Bestseller Jess Michaels Robert Smithton, Duke of Roseford is known for his lusty appetites and his cold, cold heart. Still thanks to his title and his fortune, everyone wants him and he’s bored of it all. He wants something, but he cannot place what exactly that is. Until he meets Katherine, the Countess of Gainsworth...

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My One and Only Earl by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
James, Lord Kingsley’s best friend’s dying wish was that he married his spinster sister. Unluckily, James is honor-bound to fulfill another oath and can never marry Miss Poppy Ashford, no matter how delightfully charming and sensual he finds her.Treated horridly by her stepmother and half-sisters, Poppy has little to anticipate for her future...

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The Corinthian Duke by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Oscar Paget, Duke of Rothborn, is a Corinthian to his marrow. Sport is in his blood, no matter the variety. Winning is all he cares about. The handsome young duke has no desire for a wife to impede his exiting lifestyle and though engaged to the beautiful Lady Pearl Aldous since infancy, he keeps putting off the big day...

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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 Dangerous Passion by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
He felt as if he’d been born to want the woman before him, as if desiring her was simply his destiny.On a whim, the Hound of Whitehall saved widowed reformer, Honoria Blaylock, from a terrible fate… and in so doing, sealed his own...

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Her Missing Marquess by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
· 11 ratings
Nell, Lady Needham, has earned her scandalous reputation by devoting her days to an endless barrage of wild parties in the wake of her husband’s devastating betrayal. But her appetite for distraction is no longer as voracious as it once was. She longs for a true marriage and a family, and she has finally found just the man to give her both...

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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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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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