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Neanderthal Seeks Duchess by Laney Hatcher
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere are three things you need to know about Lady Jane Morrison:1. She frequently finds herself the talk of the ton and for all the wrong reasons.2. A dashingly mysterious gentleman has caught her attention and even more dangerous...she has caught his. 3. She’s rubbish at embroidery. After scandalous events during the London season, Lady Jane is attracting the wrong kind of attention... -
Lady Luck and the Lyon by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEnter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves.Kissing her had been a terrible miscalculation on his part... -
The Dance of Love by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe was ballrooms and glitter. He was grit and brawn. They should have been wrong for each other, but they weren’t. This blazing hot Brayden cousin has no idea what the beautiful, obviously refined young woman is doing in his office, but he has no intention of ever letting her go...Categorized as:
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The Mistletoe Dare by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTheir 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...Categorized as:
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The Difference a Dare Makes by Alyssa Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Agatha has spent three London seasons without an offer, achingly aware that several of her friends found love matches because they dared to reach for adventures and new experiences. She is determined to take some risk hoping it just might be what she needs to make a difference in her humdrum life...Categorized as:
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Truly, Madly, Daring by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA nefarious plot…Leander Steyning, The Marquess of Wrexham, was the ton’s most eligible bachelor. Handsome, charismatic, rich and titled, everything Wrexham wanted came to him with ease.Until the day he went blind... -
The Disgraced Debutante by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Wendy Vella comes a stunning new historical romance featuring a jaded debutante and an arrogant, blue-blooded detective. With a touch of mystery and plenty of heart, this book will have you hooked from the opening page...Categorized as:
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The Duke of Ruin by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith her betrothal to a duke in tatters and scandal imminent, Diana Kingman has two choices: live in certain ignominy or flee into obscurity. Diana wants solitude. She never wished to wed in the first place. However, her father will stop at nothing to betroth her to one of the finest titles in the realm...no matter how loathsome the bearer... -
The Duke of Danger by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter killing his opponent in a duel, Lionel Maitland, Marquess of Axbridge, is known as the Duke of Danger. Tortured by guilt, he shields himself with a devil-may-care attitude. However, when he kills another man in another duel, he’s beyond redemption, even though it wasn’t his fault... -
Derriford: Confirmed Bachelors Book 5 by Jenny Hambly
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsViscount Derriford likes to keep a low profile. He avoids ton parties and the ladies who frequent them whenever possible, preferring to spend time with his fellow bachelors. A predictable, undemanding existence suits him perfectly. Marriage has never been part of his plans; he is convinced he could never make any woman happy... -
Duke of Charm by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA woman unjustly imprisoned...A duke jilted at the altar... Lady Samantha Wallace has been in love since childhood with her brother’s best friend, the Duke of Colebourne, but George only sees her as a little sister. She weds a viscount who is George’s opposite, only to find herself trapped in a miserable marriage...Categorized as:
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The Devilish Lyon: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Charlotte Wren
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves.Mrs... -
Forever Yours Series Bundle by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMISADVENTURES 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...Categorized as:
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The Dream of Love by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGorgeous as sin Vicar Adam Carstairs is running from his past. Lady Remington Hartfield is running from her future. What will happen when their paths collide? Love is the one thing Lady Remington Hartfield has never had in her life and the one thing she dreams of finding... -
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Healing the Viscount's Heart by Trisha Messmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA viscount whose life is governed by rules. A bluestocking who circumvents them. What will break first... his principles or her heart?Laurence Townsend, Viscount Montgomery, enjoys his well-ordered, structured life. Yet he craves a love match like those of his closest friends. And after encountering a scientifically minded woman at a masquerade, his hope soars... if only he knew her identity... -
Dear Mr. Fairbanks by Alyssa Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOpposites Attract, Older Brother Best Friend, Secret IdentityLady Persephone Blagrove owns a secret tendre for Mr. Richard Fairbanks, a man society has labeled a rogue. Often unnoticed and called a wallflower by the ton, she dares to break the bounds of propriety by writing an anonymous letter to him, sparking correspondences that lead to passionate and scandalous encounters. Despite knowing Mr... -
Winning A Wallflower by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRead Bram and Ivy’s story before they became guardians to the Notorious Nightingales.Their course was set, but the game of love changes everything. Can a well placed arrow bring them what their hearts desire?Bram was a vastly different man than the spoiled indolent one who walked out on society. He’s learned control and will no longer willingly follow the dictates of his family... -
The Kiss of Love by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill The Book of Love find a way to bring these two souls together?Honey Farthingale has a devastating secret that could destroy her chance of ever finding love. For this reason, she has sworn off marriage... -
The Weary Heart by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPride versus passion Sir Marcus Dain lives for adventure. Most other things, including his large estates and his inevitable marriage, he considers wearily to be matters of duty rather than pleasure. Until he encounters fearless, intriguing governess, Miss Helen Milsom, at the Hart Inn...Categorized as:
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Forever Yours Series Bundle by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE MARQUESS AND I Lady Willow Arlington, hauntingly lovely, is blind and known by the ton as the dowry-less daughter. Alasdair Morley, the Marquess of Westcliffe, is in need of an heiress, but Lady Willow should be the last person he craves after she was persuaded to reject his offer of marriage when he was a mere third son...Categorized as:
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The Beast's Beguiled by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCatherine 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. .Categorized as:
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Viscount of Vanity by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's a woman in need of a dashing rescue...Miss Gabriella Winston finds herself on the auction block, about to be sold into marriage. That is, until a stunning stranger swoops in and saves her. He's kind and handsome, and her relief would be complete if he didn't propose rules along with marriage... He'll need one heir, and then, they'll go their separate ways... -
Lady of Charade by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn illegitimate daughter. The son of an earl. A connection they cannot deny. Raised in a small American village after her mother passes away, Sarah Jones is sent a cryptic letter about the true identity of her father, an English nobleman. She travels to London in search of the man while she passes herself off as a family member of the aristocracy... -
How the Hoyden Won the Duke by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom glittering ballroom to stunning castles, join four Hoydens as they turn London and the ton upside down in their pursuit of dreams, passion, and love! A Lady Like No OtherLady Thomasina Kent is determined to study science. Raised with benevolent neglect by parents who adore their own studies, she has been able to pursue things that other ladies have not... -
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The Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Warfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFanny’s worthless father forgot her entirely. The earl’s steward plans to make it right; if only he can avoid falling in love with her while he does... -
The Upright Son by Caroline Warfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA notorious will left David, the very proper Earl of Clarion, with a crippled estate and dependents. He’s the one left to pick up the pieces while caring for others—his children, his tenants, and the people of Ashmead. He cares for England, too. Now that the estate has been put to right, he is free to pursue his political ambitions. But loneliness weighs him down. Then he meets his new neighbor...Categorized as:
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Earl of Destiny by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife as a backdrop has its rewards. Miss Brianna Silverton not only prefers life in the background—she depends on it. It makes it far easier to decide upon a proper husband for her younger sister, plus, it keeps her rooted as the spinster she is determined to be. She has secrets to hide, and she isn’t about to let another man touch her—never again. He knew it the very moment he saw her... -
The Blackest of Hearts by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLord Blackehart has not a drop of blue blood in his body, but he is the undeniable Lord of London’s underworld. Born into poverty and quickly abandoned, he is left to grow up in the misery of the workhouse. Rumours about him are many, that he cannot die, and that he killed a man when he was just twelve years old. Now a man in his prime he is built like a mountain and exudes power... -
To Heal an Earl by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 1 in the exciting new Soldiers and Soulmates series from bestselling author Alexa Aston has arrived. Both wronged by their families . . . two souls alone in the world . . . Instead of making her come-out during the upcoming London Season, Lady Charlotte Nott finds herself tossed from her home after her father’s untimely death by a vengeful half-brother... -
Of Valor & Vice: A Revelry's Tempest Novel by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer life was charmed, until it was not. Near destitute after the sudden death of her wastrel husband, Lady Pipworth must find a way to support herself and her young nieces until her brother returns home to assume his role as head of the family... -
Wooed by the Wallflower by Jillian Eaton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is a wallflower with a pet squirrel. He is a scoundrel who stands accused of murdering his mistress. They’re not exactly a match made in High Society heaven. But sometimes when two souls are hurting, they turn in a most unexpected direction…Sterling Nottingham, Duke of Hanover, didn’t plan on kissing Rosemary Stanhope... -
Ten Days with a Duke: A Regency Christmas Romance by Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom a New York Times bestselling author: a second chances, enemies-while-lovers reunion romance where nothing is as it first appears, and everyone’s motives are suspect…Olive Harper's family has been feuding with the Westons for decades. The Westons’ stud farm is the biggest, but the Harpers’ is the most famous... and she's the sole heiress...Categorized as:
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The Choice of a Cavalier by Linda Rae Sande
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollowing in his father’s footsteps, Thomas Grandby has made a name for himself in the world of investments and wealth. He’s managed to avoid the Marriage Mart—for the most part—but constant reminders of his age have him thinking 1839 might be the year he takes a bride. If only Lady Victoria seemed as interested in him as she is in her avocation—training horses... -
An Agreement with the Soldier by Sadie Bosque
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA broken soldier... John Godfrey, the Baron of Ashbury, has spent most of his life as a soldier. He was never meant to become a baron. But circumstances have changed and now that he's back home, he has to face another battle - saving his failing estates. Marriage to an heiress seems like the simplest solution and finding a lady of his heart turns out to be an easy task...Categorized as:
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Duke of Chance by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis duke will chance anything... except his heart.The Duke of Durham, better known as the Duke of Chance, is an unrepentant rake, a gambler, a club owner, and an all-around sinner. Which is why, taking over the gaming hell, the Den of Sins, suits him perfectly. And while he knows he’ll have to marry at some point, he looks upon the institution the way some might consider having a tooth extracted... -
The Wicked Gypsy by Mary Lancaster, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn old Blackhaven tragedy merges with a new quarrel... When Gervaise, the Earl of Braithwaite, first sees beautiful gypsy Dawn, he is struck by her likeness to his political enemy, Julius Gardyn. In his cups, he grasps the opportunity for a little vengeance and sweeps her off to his ancestral castle... -
No Duke Will Do by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRegency London's glittering ballrooms and darkest underworld calls... In this battle of the hearts, who will be tamed... From USA TODAY Bestselling author Eva Devon... A Heart So Dark:A high kick lady is the last thing Richard Heath wants...When Lady Mary charges into his club to settle her father's gambling debts with one night of sin, he's intrigued... -
Tempting the Scoundrel by Katrina Kendrick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the dark streets of London's East End, happy endings only exist in fairytales . . .HE IS THE KING OF THE CITY’S CRIMINAL UNDERWORLDNicholas Thorne has never been above lying, cheating, or stealing in his quest for power. So when a wealthy lord offers up a fortune to swindle his headstrong daughter into marriage, Nick takes it — only to end up falling head over heels in love with his mark...Categorized as:
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To Tame the Lyon by Sky Purington
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves... -
A Rescued Heart by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Meara Platt brings this Regency era family saga to its emotional happily ever after as the last of the Croft siblings finds love and redemption in the arms of the woman who has always held his heart.Annie Whitcomb often helped out her father in his medical practice in their quiet seaside village of Torquay, and his worst patient without doubt was Major Peter Croft...Categorized as:
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Lady Amelia Takes a Lover by Sofie Darling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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Wronged & Respected: The Gentleman's Valiant Wife by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this Regency romance by USA Today bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author BREE WOLF, a bitter Scotsman and a French lass find themselves running from a painful past and toward a shared future…if only they knew.Ian MacDrummond is no more. He died three years ago off the Scottish Coast. In his stead, IAN STEWART now stands upon the deck of the Chevalier Noire, a French privateer... -
Falling for the Viscount by Lana Williams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA reckless lady. A reluctant viscount. What will they risk for love? Spencer Campbell, Viscount Rutland, keeps the world at arm’s length by using his analytical skills for British Intelligence. But when he takes his first field mission to stop one of London’s worst criminals, he realizes the work is far from black and white... -
My Fugitive Prince by Miriam Minger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEstelle Easton has not forgotten the courageous young man, Prince Valentin Chevalier, who saved her life when she was only fifteen years old. She has asked her brother-in-law Donovan, the Duke of Arundale, countless times over the past three years if he has received any letters from Valentin, but he has always said no... -
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For the Love of the Duke by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Phoebe has spent two Seasons looking for the man who will steal her heart. Like the other members of her family, she wants love in her marriage, not the usual connections and wealth. While walking her energy off one morning as her twin sister pours over dress plates, Phoebe sees a man rescue a horse from its abusive owner. She is stunned when she realizes the rescuer is the Duke of St... -
If You Wished For Me (Farthingale) by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Farthingale Christmas Novella! Two hearts, one secret, and a holiday miracle waiting to happen... Meggie was like a slow burning ember that took time to kindle a fire in a man, but once sparked, that fire would never be diminished. William looked like a medieval warrior. Big, Rugged and rough-hewn, as though his body had been carved out of the hardest oak... -
The Murmur of Masks: Love and Heartbreak in Regency England by Catherine Kullmann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnything Can Happen at a Masquerade – Just Ask Olivia Eighteen-year-old Olivia's naval captain father is 'somewhere at sea' fighting the French when her mother dies suddenly, leaving her daughter homeless. Desperately in need of security and safety, a distraught Olivia accepts Jack Rembleton's offer of a marriage of convenience, hoping that love will grow between them...Categorized as:
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Return to Wildsyde by Emma V. Leech
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The Devil to Pay by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the highly acclaimed , award winning author of the Girls Who Dare and the Daring Daughters, Emma V Leech, comes the exciting new series about the sons of the Girls Who Dare, Wicked Sons.Their mothers dared all for love...Their sisters did the same.Something wicked this way comes...A Wicked Son…Tall, dark and handsome, ridiculously wealthy, and the heir to a title... -
My Notorious Rogue by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world where society's gaze often overlooks the likes of Miss Dorothy Wright, a spinster with a resilience that refuses to be silenced, fate deals her a curious hand. When she catches wind of two gentlemen scheming to make her the pawn in their reckless wager, she refuses to be a victim of their games...
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