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An Unfamiliar Duke by Sian Ann Bessey
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt eleven years of age, Rosalind Ainsworth was convinced that Sebastian Lumley, the future Duke of Kelbrook, was the most odious young man she’d ever met. And ten years later, after having had no contact with the nobleman in the intervening time, her opinion of him has not changed. Unfortunately, neither has the marriage contract their fathers signed soon after her birth... -
The Sinner's Tempting Captor by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe might have killed her brother, but this sinner is now the only man who can save her. Lady Honoria Lindsay is the daughter of a duke and the sister of three-too-many dead brothers. She’s learned to armor herself against inconvenient emotions like grief with propriety and charity…until an altruistic favor to a bereaved old man offers her a way to absolve her guilt... -
Stranger at the Grove by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn estranged brother is forced to return to his home and face up to his past.Malcolm Gage walked out of his brother’s life sixteen years ago when they both wanted to marry the same woman. Malcolm lost that battle, and he’s never forgiven his brother for it, preferring to live in poverty as a schoolmaster rather than swallow his pride and go home... -
Stealing the Heiress by Samantha Holt
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe was looking for adventure...Lady Rosamunde Stanley just never expected in the form of a kidnapping.Well, an almost-kidnapping. The dastardly man only went and took the wrong woman!But she soon discovers the dark, handsome man is not quite the terrible rogue she thinks him to be and she decides to put his experience to use... -
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The Lord's Captive by Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Lord Sir Bryce Waryn has dreamed for years about the day when he will finally liberate his home from the Scots who killed his parents and stole his brother’s birthright. Now that day is finally upon him, only his brother has abdicated the title of lord of Bristol Manor to him. Bryce should be celebrating, but something unexpected stands in his way—the sister of the Scot who held Bristol...Categorized as:
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Marked by the Marquess by Alyson Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNever in his wildest dreams… Sinclair, Marquess of Dunkeld, is determined to discover who’s behind the recent unrest in Scotland. But when he’s caught alone with an unmarried woman, a hasty marriage threatens his mission. While his new wife is everything a gentleman spy should want—amiable, practical, and unquestioning—she also proves a heady distraction... -
The Far Horizon by Gretta Curran Browne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Complete stand-alone Novel and the second novel in The Macquarie Series As a young British officer, Lachlan Macquarie served his country in America, the West Indies, India and Egypt, but now he is being asked to go to a wilderness on the other side of the world where famine and strife amongst the inhabitants is flourishing... -
Bloodlines by Marshall Thornton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the latest book in the Boystown Mystery series, Private Investigator Nick Nowak finds himself simultaneously working two cases for his new client, law firm Cooke, Babcock and Lackerby. A suburban dentist has just been convicted of murdering her adulterous husband, Nick is asked to interview witnesses for the penalty phase of the trial—and possibly find the dead man’s mistress... -
Happier Than We Deserve: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Melissa Halcomb
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThat terrible event Elizabeth and her family has ever dreaded has come to pass and brought with it changes which none of them could have anticipated... -
Return to Bonnybrae by Gwen Kirkwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is the start of 1919 and Miss Rina Capel, granddaughter of the Laird of Stavondale has one ambition - to set aside her life of privilege and become a nurse. But when she is summoned back to the Bonnybrae to see her dying grandfather just before her eighteenth birthday, he reveals to her family secrets which turn her world upside down... -
3 in 1: Love Only Once \ Tender Rebel \ Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere, in a Rhapsody exclusive edition, are the first three books in Johanna Lindsey's stirring series featuring the Malorys--a family of dashing rogues and adventurers and ladies of uncommon beauty and incomparable spirit whose amorous exploits are spoken of in envious whispers from Regency London to America's shores... -
Rescuing Elizabeth Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Kate Beauford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn arrogant gentleman concerned with family pride. A spirited young lady who vows only to marry for love. What happiness can they find if they are forced to wed?Fitzwilliam Darcy distrusts the workers employed to prepare Netherfield Park for the much-awaited ball...Categorized as:
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Black Sword by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1323 A.D.Devlin de Bermingham, an Irish knight to the core, is the bastard son of the Earl of Louth and the descendent of Irish kings. He is also a strong proponent that the Irish should rule Irish lands. Rebelling against his English overlord, the Earl of Kildare, he captures one of Kildare's castles south of Wicklow...Categorized as:
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Graham: The Broken Duke: An Illustrated Romance by Jess Michaels, Jenn LeBlanc
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Special Illustrated Edition of The Broken Duke by 10 time USA Today Bestselling Author Jess Michaels This beautiful special edition of The Broken Duke (1797 Club 3) includes gorgeous photographs by Jenn LeBlanc in every chapter. The text hasn’t changed, but the images will enhance the reader experience... -
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Stands A Calder Man by Janet Dailey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second volume of the Calder saga. Chase Calder is disappointed by the lack of ambition his son displays, until he is provoked into action by the arrival of newcomers. But matters are complicated by the fact that he falls in love with one of the new arrivals. Follows THIS CALDER RANGE... -
Um Milionário em Lisboa by José Rodrigues dos Santos
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBaseado em acontecimentos verídicos, Um Milionário em Lisboa conclui a espantosa história iniciada em O Homem de Constantinopla e transporta-nos no percurso da vida do arménio que mudou o mundo - confirmando José Rodrigues dos Santos como um dos maiores narradores da literatura contemporânea... -
A Very Highland Holiday: A collection of six enchanting seasonal novellas by Jennifer Ashley, Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAshley… Crosby… Le Veque… Knight… Burke… Byrne…It’s an enchanting Christmas in the Highlands with some of your favorite Historical Romance authors!It’s Christmas Eve 1747, and the Highlands are snowy. In the village of Calvine, north of Tay Forest, along a road that leads straight into Inverness, the only tavern in town is packed to the rafters with travelers... -
Gilliane by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaught in a political feud between rival barons, Gilliane is forced to marry a man she abhors, but, after being taken prisoner by Adam, her husband's sworn enemy, she finds herself both captive and captivated. Reprint... -
Markham Hall Series Bundle by Sierra Simone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYorkshire, 1879 I am alone. When Ivy Leavold is left destitute by her brother’s death, she is taken in by her cousin’s brooding, tortured widower--Julian Markham. Handsome and possessive, it’s not long before Ivy falls for him. But Mr. Markham has dark secrets, secrets that may put Ivy in danger... I am afraid... -
Pirates, Passion and Plunder: seventeen wicked tales by Victoria Vale, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWarning : Bodices will be ripped! What's a lady to do when she's boarded by ruthless brigands and barbarous buccaneers, kidnapped on the lawless High Seas? Stripped to the skin by piercing eyes. Captive and claimed by rough, strong hands. She knows it's forbidden but how can she resist... a pirate's pleasure. Prepare for hair-raising shenanigans. Pirates make their own rules... -
The Lady Chosen & A Gentleman's Honor 2 In 1 by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix ex-spies return from the Napoleonic Wars to discover the threat of matrimony looming large. In response, they create the Bastion Club, a retreat for exchanging intelligence and escaping from matchmaking mamas. Lady Chosen is the story of Tristan, fourth Earl of Trentham and Leonora Carling, a neighbor to the club... -
Punishing Miss Primrose, Parts I: XX, The Complete Set by Em Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Sometimes you just pick up the right book that just hits you and makes you really love it. This was one of those books for me. I just got so into the story and never wanted it to end.” - Romancing the Book review of SUBMITTING TO THE RAKE _________________ Miss Primrose needs to be punished... -
The Bastard Son by Jerri Hines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSumner Meador walked in a world of wealth and privilege as part of Charles Town’s elite, but that was years ago. Now he fights in the Southern backwoods driven by the passion he holds for the Patriot cause, shadowed by his past. Reeling from a devastating defeat at the hands of the British, Sumner seeks haven at his farm, only to find an interloper—an unwelcome and unwanted distraction... -
Until Tomorrow by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTONIGHT, THEY HAD PASSION. BUT LOVE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT ... UNTIL TOMORROWAddy Kane couldn't wait to leave her small Illinois hometown to take a teaching job in the gold-rich Colorado hills. Then robbers burst into the bank where she was withdrawing her savings and, in a moment of stark terror, she became their captive... -
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Clair de Lune by Pierre la Mure
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovel about France's probable greatest musician & composer... -
The Currans and The Quinns: The Currans, Book Three by Donna Foley Mabry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventh in 'The Manhattan Stories' by Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Selling author, Donna Foley Mabry, "The Currans and The Quinns | The Manhattan Stories: The Currans, Book Three" continues the saga of the Curran Family... -
The Devil Baron by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis vengeance depends upon her seduction.Rafe Somner, Lord Winfred, has been planning, meticulously, revenge for the day his father and most of his men were killed. Vengeance upon the four Englishmen that not only killed his father, but once ruined his life, driving his family out of England. Bloodlust demands the four men will be broken in the most brutal way—by taking their women... -
Sinful: Epilogue by Charlotte Featherstone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAuthor Charlotte Featherstone treats her readers to a lovely epilogue, featuring Matthew, Earl of Wallingford, and his beloved, Jane Rankin, from her book Sinful, where they finally find their little slice of happily ever after... -
Liverpool Angels by Lyn Andrews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLyn Andrews is 'an outstanding storyteller' (Woman's Weekly) and her new novel is another captivating read. Born at the turn of the twentieth century, Mae Strickland is only a few days old when her mother suddenly dies. Her aunt Maggie brings Mae up together with her own children, Eddie and Alice, and the girls become like sisters. In spite of Mae's unhappy start, life feels full of promise... -
The Earl Returns by Lillian Marek
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Earl of Merton is back. Can he stay alive? After three years as an involuntary seaman in the Royal Navy, the Earl of Merton returns to an England roiled by unrest. The end of the war has brought economic hardship and unemployment. Merton starts a shipyard, bringing employment to his neighbors but embarrassment to his family... -
Great Maria by Cecelia Holland
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer father is a robber baron... Her husband has grand ambitions and a quick temper... She will become... The Great Maria... -
Lady Of Conquest by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCalled the Bloodlust Warrior of Hastings, Maxen Pendery retreats to a monastery after the Normans conquer England, hoping a life of contemplation will wash the blood from his soul...Categorized as:
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The Last Duke by Jess Michaels
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 10th and Final book in The 1797 Club Series When Christopher “Kit” Collins’ father dies, he is devastated, but he must swiftly take on the title of Duke of Kingsacre and all the responsibility that comes with it. Including the care of his very young illegitimate half-sister, who is now his ward...Categorized as:
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A casa das sete mulheres by Leticia Wierzchowski
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Casa das Sete Mulheres é um envolvente romance histórico e de amor no cenário da Revolução Farroupilha de 1835, no Rio Grande do Sul... -
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Spinster and Spice by Rebecca Connolly
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpinster, sweet Spinster Isabella Lambert is a nice person. She is biddable, polite, soft-spoken, and eager to please. She also happens to be a spinster, and one of the writers of the infamous Spinster Chronicles, where she is less polite, more outspoken, and may not please anyone. Izzy also has a secret that only one person knows, and that one person may hold the key to its success... -
Miss King's Rescue by Audrey Harrison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe is under threat and turns to the only man she's ever loved...He's a damaged war hero who can't allow anyone to get close.Miss Susan King is an heiress, who doubts her own worth because of the harsh treatment she receives from her family. Constantly belittled, she can't turn to them when she is faced with danger.Lord Miles Longdon, has returned from fighting in the Napoleonic Wars... -
Sarah by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A deliciously wicked gothic Regency romance from USA Today Bestselling author Scarlett Scott...Haunted by betrayal and the tragic death of her sister, Lady Sarah Bolingbroke seeks vengeance against the man she holds responsible for both. But the Earl of Markham is equally plagued by the events that cost him the woman he loved...Categorized as:
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The Scarlet Trefoil by L.A. Kelly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFreed from a life of darkness, Tahn Dorn finds God's grace toward him a comfort he has never known before. He has put away his painful past and is looking forward to a bright peaceful future with his bride-to-be. But the past returns to haunt him, threatening to ruin all that he loves... -
Masquerade by Joel Abernathy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn MM Phantom of the Opera RetellingWe all wear masks. He came to me like a ghost singing songs of the past… An angel, promising redemption. Now I know the truth of the man behind the mask, and Erik’s soul is more broken and twisted than I ever imagined. ~ Even an angel’s wings can be broken. The moment I heard his voice, I knew he was mine. Mine to teach. Mine to mold. Mine to possess... -
The Other Side of Paradise by Noel Barber
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen pioneering doctor Kit Masters is forced to flee England, he makes a new start on the South Sea island of Koraloona. Enchanted by the island and its people, Kit falls in love with the daughter of the island princess, and dreams of building a hospital. But all is under threat as war approaches...Categorized as:
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Spirit's Song by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was a runaway wife, with a hefty reward posted for her return. And he was the best darn tracker in the territory. For the half-breed bounty hunter, it was an easy choice. His had been a hard life, with little to show for it except his horse, his Colt, and his scars. The pampered, brown-eyed beauty would go back to her rich husband in San Francisco, and he would be ten thousand dollars richer... -
More Than Willing by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrayson Delaney knows what it's like to do something so horrific he can never be forgiven. As penance, he lives up to everyone's low expectations. But when his father tires of his wastrel existence, Gray is forced to earn his living by running the brewery his father won in a card game... -
Enemy of the Highlander by Kate Robbins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years ago Freya MacKay walked away from the only man she would ever love, her family’s bitter enemy, knowing her clan would never accept their love. A fragile alliance has been forged and now he has returned to warn of a terrible threat. Freya MacKay is torn between the familiar surge of passion he evokes and her promise to wed another man... -
The Moon Below by Barbara Bickmore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Moon Below is the sweeping saga of Hallie Morgan, who, in the early 1800s, sailed to Australia, halfway around the world from her native England, not knowing where she was going, to join a man she had seen only twice, when she was a child. Here she would find a country that brought her soul to life, a sun-drenched land of opportunity, peopled by convicts that England had no room for at home... -
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The Allies by Jack Cavanaugh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheirs was a vision of peace. The world had outgrown war. Or so they thought. Belgium lies in ruins. France is about to fall. England is ablaze from nightly bombings...Categorized as:
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Sophie's Heart by Tanya Anne Crosby, Alaina Christine Crosby
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“SOPHIE’S HEART” is the SWEET/CLEAN edition of “HAPPILY EVER AFTER“ by Tanya Anne Crosby, a New York Times bestselling author and her daughter Boston heiress Sophia Vanderwahl has come to realize her fiancé is a rotten philanderer. Looking for retribution, she sets out to find the wastrel to give back his engagement ring, hiring an old rival of his to take her to Mexico... -
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... -
Lady Pamela and the Gambler by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShould she live in fear, or turn to the man who she once rejected?Lady Pamela Manning has happily made her home in Bath after several disastrous Seasons in London. Although she sings like an angel, Pamela cannot complete a full sentence without stuttering.The life of a social recluse with two friends whom she adores is fine with her, and she easily dismisses the attentions of Mr...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Obsession by Natasha Peters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was daring and defiant; tender and wanton. She was child. She was woman. She was Rhawnie. From a starving gypsy in Russia to an exotic demi-mondaine in Paris; from a countess in Bavaria to a sensation in New York; from a survivor in the western wilderness to a card shark in San Francisco - wuch were the heights and depths of existence for Rhawnie... -
Tame a Wild Wind by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn TAME A WILD WIND, an exciting, historical, western, romance, Sam Colter is running from his past as a Texas Ranger, from the pain of losing his wife and daughters, from his own broken soul. He finds peace running a ranch and minding his own business until the beautiful, widowed ranch owner, Cassie O'Malley, offers him a devil's bargain...to become her lover with no strings attached...
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