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A Matter of Temptation by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMiss Wilhelmina “Mina” Crawford is desperate. Having been ruined in the eyes of society years ago for one foolish, starry-eyed mistake, she spends her days secreted away at her family’s crumbling estate, helping her brother manage the land but not able to truly live life the way she’s always dreamed...Categorized as:
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Cocky Earl by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn 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... -
Portrait of the Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA fun-loving man who has become a staid duke . . .An independent lady who wishes to pursue her artistic bent . . .A long-ago meeting which left a lasting impression on them both . . .Daniel Judson, the Duke of Westfield, changed from a carefree young rogue into a sober duke once faced with a mountain of responsibilities after he assumed his grandfather’s title...Categorized as:
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One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet the unforgettable men of London's most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke... -
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The Lord's Desperate Pledge by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Steely Lady and a High Stakes Lord Book 3 in The Dukes' Pact Series—six dukes take dire steps to force their heirs to marry, while those heirs fight just as hard to remain bachelors. A sweet regency romance.Lily Farnsworth is a resourceful lady. As well she should be, her father has spent years dragging the family’s estate from the edge of ruin and she’s always had to make do with little...Categorized as:
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Aphrodite by D.G. Rampton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratings70,000+ readers have already discovered the Regency Goddesses Series. The books, which can be read in any order, are regularly in the U.S. top 20 for Historical Romance and Humor & Satire... -
Kiss of a Duke by Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJust one more kiss… (Milady, it’s cold outside) Lady chemist Penelope Mitchell took England by storm with Duke, a perfume for men that has women swooning at their feet. To prove the same aphrodisiacal potency of her upcoming version for ladies, the new perfume must cause a rake to fall in love with her in ten days...Categorized as:
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Lady of Mystery by Ellie St. Clair, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEllie St. Clair has a brand-new series! Read Book One in the Unconventional Series - Regency ladies in unconventional roles find love in unexpected ways! She’s determined to make a difference... Raised to believe the world is open to her, Lady Phoebe Winters reads periodicals and newspapers with growing upset. Everything within her world is shaped by a man’s point of view...Categorized as:
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Lady of Providence by Ellie St. Clair, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMuch-anticipated Book 3 has arrived in "The Unconventional Ladies" series. Pick up "Lady of Providence" by Ellie St. Clair today, or read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited!! A rocky past. An uncertain future. Can love prevail? Elizabeth Moreland is seen as the perfect lady... -
My Lady Pirate by Danelle Harmon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNote to readers: This e-book is an extensively revised edition of the 1994 paperback. Proud Pirate Queen. With her feisty band of warrior women, Maeve Merrick, the notorious Pirate Queen of the Caribbean, commands the seas in her beautiful schooner Kestrel. Burned by the treachery of men and nursing a painful betrayal from her past, Maeve wants for nothing ..Categorized as:
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Stealing Time by B.W. Haggart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShackled and dressed in a neon orange jumpsuit, art thief Cassie Sinatore awaits extradition at Heathrow Airport. An accident with a nearby experimental radar plane throws Cassie back in time, dumping her in a wooded countryside. The rider who discovers her is charismatic, more compelling than any man she has ever met...Categorized as:
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A Feather To Fly With by Joyce Harmon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Regency England, young ladies make their fortune by marrying it. But Cleo Cooper has come to London with a different idea – she’s going to make her fortune by stealing it. Raised abroad by unconventional parents, Cleo has no use for the rules and strictures of the ton. She’ll pretend to fit in, but she has a secret scheme. Arthur Ramsey, Duke of Winton, is in the market for a wife... -
One Night for Seduction by Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the Wicked Duke dares the Duke of Colehaven to find a suitor for an unmanageable ward, Cole immediately accepts. He's on a winning streak, and besides, how unmarriageable can a pretty young lady be? He appoints himself bodyguard and duenna, only to discover his own desires may be the greatest danger of all... -
The Lacemaker by Mary Kingswood, Joanna Stephens
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom. Caroline Milburn and her younger sisters live in two cramped rooms, struggling to survive by their skills in lace making and weaving. When their previously unknown grandfather drowns on the Brig Minerva and bequeaths them a cottage in the country, their lives seem set to improve...Categorized as:
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The Truth about Miss Ashbourne by Joanna Barker
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGoverness Juliana Ashbourne has dreams reaching far beyond the confines of her current position, hoping to someday establish her own school for girls. When she inherits a fortune from her late grandfather, she is shocked to learn that "someday" may soon be within reach. However, there is one she must spend a month at the estate of Havenfield--with the very family who disowned her mother...Categorized as:
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The Duke's Desire by Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last of the dashing le Duc brothers finally finds the one woman he can’t live without! The 12 Dukes of Christmas is a series of heartwarming Regency romps nestled in a picturesque snow-covered village...Categorized as:
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The Gift of Love by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill The Book of Love bring Dahlia Farthingale the gift of love? Dahlia Farthingale thought magic would happen when she was the next to have The Book of Love. But instead, the elegant lord she thought would propose to her wound up humiliating her in front of all of her family and friends. She is now convinced no man can possibly want her, especially not handsome Royal Navy captain Ronan Brayden... -
Storm & Shelter: A Bluestocking Belles Collection with Friends by Bluestocking Belles, Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a storm blows off the North Sea and slams into the village of Fenwick on Sea, the villagers prepare for the inevitable: shipwreck, flood, land slips, and stranded travelers. The Queen’s Barque Inn quickly fills with the injured, the devious, and the lonely—lords, ladies, and simple folk; spies, pirates, and smugglers all trapped together...Categorized as:
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Winter Wishes: A Regency Holiday Romance Anthology by Cheryl Bolen, Bronwen Evans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA USA Today Bestseller!!New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Cheryl Bolen and USA Today Bestselling authors Bronwen Evans, Lana Williams, Bree Wolf and Collette Cameron are joined by Heather Boyd, Sasha Cottman, Samantha Grace, Donna Cummings, Barbara Monajem, Suzanna Medeiros, Wendy Vella, and Alina K...Categorized as:
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Love's Fool: The Taming of Lydia Bennet: What Happened After Mr. Darcy's Persistent Pursuit by Elaine Owen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when England's most thoughtless girl, Lydia Bennet, marries the man most determined to reform her? Follow our headstrong anti-heroine to her marriage and her new life in Newcastle. This is a Pride and Prejudice alternate story, based on the events in Mr. Darcy's Persistent Pursuit...Categorized as:
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How to Ruin a Duke: A Regency Novella Duet by Grace Burrowes, Theresa Romain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrace Burrowes and Theresa Romain team up to set two Regency novellas against a backdrop of scandal, intrigue, and literary mischief inspired by the real-life spoof of Lord Byron published by Lady Caroline Lamb. Rhapsody for Two by Theresa Romain Rowena Fairweather, a builder of stringed instruments, is facing a difficult future. Simon Thorn is a musician fleeing his past...Categorized as:
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To Win A Wicked Lord by Sofie Darling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLord Percival Bretagne is used to playing games. He survived being a spy for a decade using his wits alone. But that was just life and death. Now, he's playing for the most important prize of all—love.He'll Stop at Nothing...Ten years after his family gave him up for dead, British spy Lord Percival Bretagne is back home, but his mission is far from over...Categorized as:
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The Tempting of a Devilish Lord by Samantha Holt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne might not know it to look at her, but the uptight Miss Lucinda Evans was once quite the adventurer. So much so it very nearly landed her in a whole world of trouble.Now nearing spinster age, Lucinda is determined the same fate won’t befall her headstrong little sister. All she needs to do is keep a careful watch over Mary-Anne and maintain her own prim and proper appearance and behaviour...Categorized as:
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Capturing the Heart of a Cameron by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis boxset contains three Farthingale series novellas. Sparks fly whenever Camerons and Farthingales meet in If You Kissed Me and If You Loved Me. In Never Dare A Duke, Frances Cameron makes a wish upon a falling star and gets far more than she bargained for. If You Loved Me appeared previously in Under The Kissing Bough boxset and Never Dare A Duke appeared previously in A Duke’s Desire boxset...Categorized as:
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The Chemistry of Familiar Objects by Alexandra Vasti
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings57 Gresham Street is the most incendiary building in London. Upstairs, unconventional chemist Emmeline Starling uses combustion to solve scientific mysteries. Downstairs, buttoned-up children’s book printer Robert Vane tries very hard not to panic when the ceiling catches on fire. And when these two opposing forces are contained within one small building? Explosions are just the beginning...Categorized as:
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Always the Bluestocking by Emily E.K. Murdoch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlways 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...Categorized as:
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To Dance Until Dawn by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGirls who dare – Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen.Twelve girls – twelve dares in a hat...Categorized as:
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The Wallflower's Wicked Wager by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe loved her beyond anything and everything—precisely why he couldn’t ever marry her. A wounded hero. Love—sentimental drivel for insipid, weak, feckless fools. Since an explosion ravaged Captain Morgan Le Draco’s face and cost him his commission in the Royal Dragoons, he’s fortified himself behind an impenetrable rampart of cynicism and distrust... -
The Baron's Dangerous Contract by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn 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...Categorized as:
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Confessions of the Scandalous Mrs. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Darcie Rochester
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA ripped bodice leaves a reputation in tatters. . . .Miss Elizabeth Bennet never meant to compromise Mr. Darcy. Indeed, she had hoped never to speak to the odious man again, but after an accidental entanglement the argumentative pair find themselves on the road to matrimony.A marriage of inconvenience. . . .Now the new Mrs...Categorized as:
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A Groom of Her Own by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYears earlier, young noblemen were ripped away from the folds of their powerful families, and forced into a dark existence on the streets. When these lost lords of London were restored to their rightful place among Polite Society, they weren't the only ones whose lives were irrevocably changed. Innocent ladies now pay the price of their families trickery and cheating..Categorized as:
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More or Less a Countess by Anna Bradley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinding a worthy husband should be simple for three beautiful debutantes in Regency London. But the Somerset sisters have a way of making it delightfully complicated... Violet Somerset has always preferred a library to a ballroom, but to please her grandmother she agreed to one London season. With nothing to show for it but heartbreak, she's reconciled to spinsterhood... -
Wish Upon a Duke by Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove, Actually…Rumor has it, charming adventurer Christopher Pringle is finally ready to settle down. He’s searching for a free-spirited bride to join him on his travels. But when the matchmaker he hires turns out to be the woman he had a public spat with the day before, nothing goes as planned!Miss Gloria Godwin loves exploring the world… from the safety of a book... -
Artemisia: a Regency novel in the tradition of Jane Austen by D.G. Rampton
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA fun confection with a romantic spirit and droll English characters. You forget yourself, your lordship. You have no rights to allow or disallow anything I may choose to do...Categorized as:
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Chastity by Beverley Watts
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn this funny Regency romance series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn’t know what’s hit it…In the eyes of her family, Chastity Shackleford was impulsive, flighty, overly emotional and inclined to sentimental overtures. All in all, a disaster waiting to happen should she accept the Duke of Blackmore’s offer of a Season in London... -
Crimes Of The Brothers by D. L. Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrothers are supposed to be kind... caring... supportive... protective. Catherine Walman's brother, however, is not. He has maligned her reputation until no honorable man will seek her company, wasted her dowry and endangered her home with his gambling and now his new wife has made it clear Catherine is no longer welcome... -
The Scoundrel's Daughter by Anne Gracie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen 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, is finally free of her dominating husband, but on the verge of her new life, she is trapped when a blackmailer threatens to publish letters that could ruin her...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Weakness by Caroline Warfield
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf women were as easily managed as the affairs of state—or the recalcitrant Ottoman Empire—Richard Hayden, Marquess of Glenaire, would be a happier man. As it was the creatures—one woman in particular—made hash of his well-laid plans and bedeviled him on all sides.Lily Thornton came home from Saint Petersburg in pursuit of marriage... -
A Fair Prospect: Darcy's Dilemma by Cassandra Grafton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, A Fair Prospect is a tale of Darcy and Elizabeth in three volumes.Darcy's Dilemma (Vol II) continues on from Disappointed Hopes (Vol I).Thrown together by circumstance in London, and with his friend, Bingley, in hot pursuit of the eldest Miss Bennet, Darcy finds his best endeavours to relieve Elizabeth of his unwelcome presence come to naught... -
A Lady's Escape by A.S. Fenichel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe perfect match may be closer than they imagine... Despite her disastrous London debut, Millicent Edgebrook has proven skilled at securing matches—for every young lady but herself. Resigned to spinsterhood, and eager to gain independence from her lovable but eccentric uncle, Millie joins the Everton Domestic Society. Her first assignment: find a bride for Preston Knowles, Duke of Middleton... -
Promise of Redemption by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDescent into darkness… Six years after his betrothed was murdered in the foyer of his London home, Daniel Harrington, the Marquess of Ravenhall, is consumed by rage and a thirst for justice. He spends his days searching for the man who killed his love and works tirelessly to right the injustices of others. Nothing, however, seems to heal the hole left in his heart... -
Yuletide Happily Ever After II: An Original Regency Romance Christmas Collection by Anna Bradley, Jenna Jaxon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix heartwarming holiday novellas packed into this beautiful Regency Romance anthology. Light a fire, grab a cup of tea, and curl up beneath a warm quilt as you immerse yourself in a different era; one of romance, love and the spirit of Christmas...Categorized as:
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A Rogue for Miss Prim by Julia Donner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGordon Treadwell thought himself too long in the tooth to get mixed up in a social disaster of epic proportions. In his cups, he makes a preposterous wager, which his stickler father decrees must be honored. The problem is that it involves a prickly and headstrong spinster sitting on a possible scandal of her own...Categorized as:
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For the Love of the Marquess by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe will never trust her broken heart to him again. Shortly after Lady Juliet trusted her heart to Graham, the Marquess of Hertford, he disappeared with no explanation. Eight months later he is back in London, eager to resume their relationship, but claims he cannot tell her where he’s been. Graham was fulfilling a duty to the duke who had once acted as his guardian...Categorized as:
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THE WASTREL'S DAUGHTERS by Arabella Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA chaste, entertaining Regency novel. Left with nothing but debts after their father’s death, Anne and Polly Selby have no choice but to let the house and seek employment, bidding farewell to a genteel life.Anne becomes a governess – but is dismissed within weeks, though not before losing her heart to a debt-ridden gamester...Categorized as:
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Five Ways to Seduce a Duke by Nancy Yeager
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe duke and the lady are both hiding secrets. Will the truth set them free or destroy the ones they love?When Simon, the Duke of Wrexham, assigns his brother Robert to settle a land dispute with the lady artist next door, he doesn't foresee Robert proposing to the woman. Nor does he anticipate his own ardent attraction that makes him share his secret passions with her... -
Mistletoe and the Marquess by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A Spicy Christmas Treat" Regency Novella Marriage was something Miss Partridge had hoped to delay indefinitely, but due to her father's reckless behavior she is now expected to save the family from ruin. Determined to have one last night of freedom before marrying a man she detests; Jemma attends a Christmas Masquerade Ball...Categorized as:
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He's a Duke, But I Love Him by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter five seasons, Lady Olivia Jackson has despaired of ever finding the man she is searching for -- a man who will allow her the freedom to live life as she pleases. Her deepest desires are not the typical pastimes of a lady. Using a pseudonym, Olivia puts her intellect to use writing a financial column, and yearns for a life of fun and adventure. Her mother, unfortunately, has other ideas...Categorized as:
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Teach Me by Cassandra Dean
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEver curious, Elizabeth, Viscountess Rocksley, has turned her curiosity to erotic pleasure. Three years a widow, she boldly employs the madam of a brothel for guidance but never had she expected her education to be conducted by a coldly handsome peer of the realm... -
My Captive Earl by Emily Windsor
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Earl of Rookdean did not want to host a house party. Miss Clara Lockwood did not want to attend the Earl of Rookdean’s house party. You don’t always get what you want… At a masquerade ball on the opening night, Rookdean encounters a captivating Grecian-dressed goddess...
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