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Stranger at the Manor by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA destitute man comes looking for help from his cousin, and uncovers some mysteries.Phyllida Beasley is forty years old, a mousy spinster who devotes her life to caring for her brother, and doing good works in the parish. She’s in a rut, but too timid to set herself free from her domineering friends and her own sense of duty...Categorized as:
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![Secrets and Suitors by Joanna Barker]()
Secrets and Suitors by Joanna Barker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReluctantly 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...Categorized as:
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![Stranger at the Villa by Mary Kingswood]()
Stranger at the Villa by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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![Once Upon a Christmas Wedding by Scarlett Scott, Merry Farmer]()
Once Upon a Christmas Wedding by Scarlett Scott, Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTis the season... for wedding bells! But, the path of true love never did run smooth... as our brides and grooms soon discover. From the snowbound Scottish Highlands to candlelit ballrooms, follow our fearless heroines as they scorn etiquette and defy danger in pursuit of their heart's desire...Categorized as:
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![Sweet Scandal by Scarlett Scott]()
Sweet Scandal by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNot 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...Categorized as:
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![Reckless Need by Scarlett Scott]()
Reckless Need by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDon'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...Categorized as:
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Frontier Highlander Vow of Love by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStrathnaver, Scotland, Summer 1792--The Highland Clearances abruptly destroy Artis MacKay's idyllic world. Patrick Steller, the Countess of Sutherland's brutal estate manager, murders Artis' family and burns her village. Forced into indentured servitude in the American colonies, she becomes a Virginia plantation servant. After seven long years, Artis receives her freedom dues--land in Kentucky...Categorized as:
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![What the Hart Wants by Emily Royal]()
What the Hart Wants by Emily Royal
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive 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...Categorized as:
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Cast in Ice by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady 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...Categorized as:
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![The Christmas Countess by K.J. Jackson]()
The Christmas Countess by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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Rebel Love by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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![A Private Miscellany by K.J. Charles]()
A Private Miscellany by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA short (7.5K words) free coda to the Society of Gentlemen series, catching up on the main characters a year and a half later... -
![Restless Rake by Scarlett Scott]()
Restless Rake by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe 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...Categorized as:
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![Highland Hearts by Sandra Dustin, Hannah Howell]()
Highland Hearts by Sandra Dustin, Hannah Howell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReprint Edition. From New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell comes the thrilling tale of a beautiful noblewoman embroiled in treachery and treason in the Scottish highlands--and the royal knight who would give his very life to protect her. . . Contessa Tess Delgado suspects her Scottish uncle of supporting those who would overthrow King James II...Categorized as:
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![Lords by Stacy Von Haegert]()
Lords by Stacy Von Haegert
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLondon 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...Categorized as:
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![A Question of Trust by Angeline Fortin, Celine Cody]()
A Question of Trust by Angeline Fortin, Celine Cody
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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...Categorized as:
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![Courting Intrigue: A Sweet, Regency Romance by Wendy May Andrews]()
Courting Intrigue: A Sweet, Regency Romance by Wendy May Andrews
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecurity 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...Categorized as:
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![Never Judge a Duke by His Lover by Merry Farmer]()
Never Judge a Duke by His Lover by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLord Barrett Landers, Viscount Copeland, is at loose ends after being decommissioned as a naval officer at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Instead of going home to Wiltshire, his family, and the marriage that his mother will inevitably attempt to force him into, he is happy to idle away the summer with his friends at Wodehouse Abbey in Yorkshire... -
![Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One by Ashley Gardner]()
Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One by Ashley Gardner
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA collection of the first three novels in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries series plus two Captain Lacey short stories originally published in mystery magazines...Categorized as:
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![Broken Promise by Laura Landon]()
Broken Promise by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVictorian 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...Categorized as:
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![Sweet Home Highlander by Amalie Howard, Angie Morgan]()
Sweet Home Highlander by Amalie Howard, Angie Morgan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Aisla Montgomery has a perfectly tolerable marriage...as long as her husband stays in Scotland and she in Paris. But now, years later, she wants only one thing—a divorce. Niall Stuart Maclaren, the rugged Laird of Tarbendale rues the day he met his beautiful, conniving wife. Though the thought of her incites a bitter and biting fury, no other woman has ever stirred his blood as hotly...Categorized as:
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![The Rat-Catcher's Daughter by K.J. Charles]()
The Rat-Catcher's Daughter by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMusic-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...Categorized as:
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![The Highlander Who Protected Me by Vanessa Kelly]()
The Highlander Who Protected Me by Vanessa Kelly
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBestselling author Vanessa Kelly returns with an enthralling new series about the men of the Kendrick clan—and the women who claim their hearts . . . Lady Ainsley Matthews, heiress and darling of the ton , was expected to make a magnificent match. Instead she’s hiding on a remote Scottish estate, terrified that her vicious former fiancé will use her pregnancy to force her into marriage...Categorized as:
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![A Question of Love by Angeline Fortin, Celine Cody]()
A Question of Love by Angeline Fortin, Celine Cody
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe earl of Shaftesbury's countess must be refined. Cultured. Perfect. It was a lesson that proper Evelyn Ashley-Cooper had learned flawlessly over six oppressive years of marriage...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Lord of Castle Black by Chasity Bowlin]()
The Lost Lord of Castle Black by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn exciting new Regency Historical Romance series! Graham, Lord Blakemore, was believed to be lost at sea as a boy. While his mother, Lady Agatha, has never given up hope of finding her son again, others—eager for the title and the wealth that accompanies it—have been conspiring to have him declared dead against Lady Agatha’s wishes...Categorized as:
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![The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh by K.J. Charles]()
The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPassion 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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Bound Forever by Ava March
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBound Forever - 3rd & final book in the Bound Series GBLT D/s Regency-Set Historical Erotic Romance Novella Lord Oliver Marsden’s life is perfect...well almost perfect. His bookshop is doing well, his bank account isn’t empty, and his nights are filled with a deliciously dominant man…who tends to be a bit too domineering outside of the bedchamber... -
![Captivated by a Lady's Charm by Christi Caldwell]()
Captivated by a Lady's Charm by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn 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...Categorized as:
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![A Search for Refuge by Kristi Ann Hunter]()
A Search for Refuge by Kristi Ann Hunter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMargaretta Fortescue desperately needs to disappear from London society, and her only hope is to follow the rumors of another young woman who recently made a life for herself away from the glare of society. Her search leads her to the market town of Marlborough where, in spite of her efforts to avoid attention, she can’t seem to elude local solicitor, Nash Banfield...Categorized as:
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![Prisoner of Love by Samantha Kane]()
Prisoner of Love by Samantha Kane
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn 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... -
![Bond of Passion by Bertrice Small]()
Bond of Passion by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBertrice Small continues her breathless Border Chronicles as a mysterious nobleman and his bartered new bride untangle a plot of illicit seduction, daring betrayal, and deadly royal intrigue ... Called the handsomest man in the borders, Angus Ferguson, Earl of Duin, lives a quiet life, avoiding the constant political intrigues of his neighbors in order to keep his small clan safe...Categorized as:
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![Lost and Found by Stephanie Laurens]()
Lost and Found by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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![Highland Conquest by Alyson McLayne]()
Highland Conquest by Alyson McLayne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHE WAS LOOKING FOR VENGEANCE Laird Lachlan MacKay never planned on leading his clan, but when his older brother was murdered, he was left with no choice. His vow to avenge his brother has led him to the MacPherson clan—and their bewitching healer, Amber. INSTEAD HE FOUND HERAmber MacPherson is desperate...Categorized as:
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![Lady of Pleasure by Delilah Marvelle]()
Lady of Pleasure by Delilah Marvelle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEducating 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...Categorized as:
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![Passion Wears Pearls by Renee Bernard]()
Passion Wears Pearls by Renee Bernard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter 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...Categorized as:
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![The Secret of My Seduction by Caroline Linden]()
The Secret of My Seduction by Caroline Linden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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![My Lady Thief by Emily May, Emily Larkin]()
My Lady Thief by Emily May, Emily Larkin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady 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...Categorized as:
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![Fascinated by Jess Michaels]()
Fascinated by Jess Michaels
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA sexy M/M historical romance in the Wicked Woodleys universe from USA Today bestselling author Jess Michaels It's been over a decade since Aaron Condit's lover, Viscount Noah Seagate died. While he has had temporary diversions, he hasn't had a real relationship since... -
![The Devil You Know by Victoria Vane]()
The Devil You Know by Victoria Vane
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00EXD7U4E. The Devil Devere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012 (This book is the third in a connected series but can be read first) Sometimes the Devil is Disguised as a Gentleman..Categorized as:
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![Her One Desire by Kimberly Killion]()
Her One Desire by Kimberly Killion
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEngland 1483--A time when the nobles would do anything to steal the crown. Proof of a conspiracy lies in the hands of the executioner's daughter. Her quest to save her father's soul endangers her life along with the Scottish spy she frees from the Tower of London...Categorized as:
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![Knight of Fire by Shannon Drake]()
Knight of Fire by Shannon Drake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeautiful Princess Allora must chose between the kingdom that she cherishes and the sensuous kisses of steel-eyed Norman invader Bret D'Anlou, her sworn enemy. By the author of Bride of the Wind... -
![Fight For Love by Samantha Kane]()
Fight For Love by Samantha Kane
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrothers in Arms, Book 12 Devlin O'Shaughnessy has loved Kitty Markham since the first time they saw each other when they were too young and not nearly innocent enough. Kitty has loved him just as long. But she fell in love with Dr. Thomas Peters in the same fashion: hard and instantly. She's loved him that way, silently, secretly, for years... -
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Saving the Scot by Jennifer Trethewey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLouisa Robertson’s father is furious when he finds her acting on stage. Now, she’s being shipped off to America to marry some stranger her father thinks will bring out the “lady” in her... -
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![Stealing Heaven by Kimberly Cates]()
Stealing Heaven by Kimberly Cates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWooed to Castle Rathcannon by a series of love letters, Norah Linton learns that the romance of her dreams has been fabricated by Sir Aidan Kane's matchmaking young daughter...Categorized as:
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![The Country Gentleman by Fiona Hill]()
The Country Gentleman by Fiona Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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...Categorized as:
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![One Step Behind by Brianna Labuskes]()
One Step Behind by Brianna Labuskes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVengeance never dies … London, 1812. When the unconventional Imogen Lancaster embarked on a mission to infiltrate high society and avenge her beloved cousin’s murder she never would have guessed she’d end up in the arms of a thief. At least, that’s what she assumes when she discovers Lucas Stone breaking into a private safe...Categorized as:
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![The Laird’s Christmas Kiss by Anna Campbell]()
The Laird’s Christmas Kiss by Anna Campbell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEver since she was fifteen, shy wallflower Elspeth Douglas has pined in vain for the attentions of dashing Brody Girvan, Laird of Invermackie. But the rakish Highlander doesn’t even know she’s alive. Now she’s twenty, she realizes that she’ll never be happy until she stops loving her brother’s handsome friend... -
![The Laird's Willful Lass by Anna Campbell]()
The Laird's Willful Lass by Anna Campbell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen two fiery souls come together, a conflagration flares. Marina Lucchetti is Fergus Mackinnon’s worst nightmare—a woman who defies a man’s guidance. Fergus challenges everything Marina believes about a woman’s right to choose her path. No two people could be less suited. But when irresistible passion enters the equation, good sense soon jumps into the loch... -
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The Duchess and the Wolf by Lydia Drake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSusannah Fletcher has everything a young lady could desire: wealth, the attentions of well-to-do duke, and a reputation as spotless as an angel’s petticoats. Yet, she would throw it all away for one opportunity to perform her music on stage–scandalous as that may be...Categorized as:
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