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What Would a Duke Do?: A Regency Romance by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a powerful lord bent on vengeance Maxwell, the Duke of Pennington is a man focused on one thing: revenge. He’ll stop at nothing to achieve his goal, including marrying the beautiful, unpredictable granddaughter of the man he seeks reprisal against—whether Gabriella is willing or not. As Max inexplicably finds himself drawn to the spirited minx, unforeseen doubts and guilt arise... -
A Lord of Many Masks by Jessica Scarlett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor her, love is a dream. For him, it’s a dagger—to be used when it suits him. Eliza Wycliffe has always dreamed of falling in love. But when her mother reveals a secret that threatens her inheritance, Eliza realizes she must secure her future and marry before her Season ends—with or without love...Categorized as:
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A Return of Devotion by Kristi Ann Hunter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDaphne Blakemoor was perfectly happy living in her own secluded world for twelve years. She had everything she needed—loved ones, a true home, and time to indulge her imagination. But when ownership of the estate where she works as a housekeeper passes on, and the new marquis has an undeniable connection to her past, everything she's come to rely upon is threatened...Categorized as:
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Philippa Holds Court by Jennie Goutet
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s capable of many things—including driving him mad.At the start of their London Season, Philippa Clavering discovers her friend, Susan, is being pursued by the wrong gentleman and decides to turn Susan’s head to a worthier suitor. Not one to shrink from what she views as her duty and gift, Philippa sets in motion plans to bring about the happy ending her friend deserves...Categorized as:
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The Matchmaker's Request by Ashtyn Newbold
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHis new challenge: Keep himself from falling in love again at all costs.At odds with love, Matthew Northcott has firmly decided that he will never marry, much to the dismay of his relatives...and nearly every young lady he meets. Rather than seek a marriage for himself, he attempts to find matches for others, grateful to see that love is not entirely cruel—just cruel to him... -
Earl of Keyworth: Wicked Earls' Club, Book 32 by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir aversion was instant and mutual. Or so it would seem… Celestia Tolman will never forgive Landry, Earl of Keyworth, for trying to ruin her father’s livelihood. She will, however, teach the arrogant lord a lesson he won’t soon forget... -
Just Grace by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGrace Benjamin Listen was just trying to rescue a poor helpless kitten. She certainly didn't plan on falling out of the tree and landing on Dodsworth's newest resident, Dr. Gatlin O'Malley-breaking her arm and wounding her pride in the fall. Gatlin only arrived from Atlanta, Georgia, the week before...Categorized as:
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Miss Serena's Secret by Carolyn Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith devastating scars in her past, Serena Winthrop is sure no man can be trusted—especially not men like the far-too-smooth Viscount Charmichael. His reputation as a charmer and a gambler is everything she despises. And the young artist makes sure that this disreputable heir to an Earldom knows of her deep disapproval whenever they encounter one another... -
The Reluctant Marquess: The Duke's Daughters - Prequel by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan the love of a good woman change a man? The Reluctant Marquess - The Duke's Daughters Prequel Marquess Hugh Seaworth is far too busy enjoying himself in London to think about matrimony. Despite being next in line to a Dukedom, Hugh wants to get as much enjoyment out of life as he can before he is forced to settle down... -
The Luxury of Silence: A Variation of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice by Susan Adriani
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"No woman of my acquaintance has ever inspired a fraction of the admiration that I feel for you…You are the only woman to ever touch my heart."FITZWILLIAM DARCY HAS HAD ENOUGH—enough of the ton and their speculations, enough of matchmaking mamas and their eager daughters, and enough of his family’s expectations that he will eventually marry his cousin, Anne...Categorized as:
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To Save a Love by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBoth 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...Categorized as:
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The Highwayman's Letter by Martha Keyes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe waylays her carriage and runs off with her property. Can she keep him from stealing her heart as well?By day, Reginald Sinclair works in the post office, but by night, he is the increasingly infamous Paladin, the gallant highwayman making young women swoon all over Somerset...Categorized as:
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Behind the Light of Golowduyn by Deborah M. Hathaway
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s the keeper of Golowduyn Lighthouse. He’s the captain who shipwrecked on her watch. A marriage of convenience can save her home—if secrets don’t destroy it first. Abigail Moore will do anything to keep Golowduyn Lighthouse shining brightly, even if she must do so alone... -
The Shameless Flirt by M.A. Nichols
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA rogue with a silver tongue, a spinster with an iron heart, and the doorstep baby that brings them together.Ambrose Ashbrook spends his life hiding. Even his family sees nothing but the roguish facade he uses to hide behind. But when he finds an abandoned infant, all pretense is upended with one look at her dimpled smile...Categorized as:
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Romancing Daphne by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs her first London Season looms before her, the thought of the impending social whirl fills Daphne Lancaster's timid heart with dread. She hasn't her sisters beauty nor their talent for conversing easily. Even her family's enviable connections may not be enough to prevent disaster...Categorized as:
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میراث ایدنبروک by Julianne Donaldson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA prequel novelette to "Edenbrooke", told from the Phillip's point of view before he meets the heroine..Categorized as:
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A Dash of Romance by Paullett Golden
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWith quills and fantasies, they write their future.Percival Randall lives an uncomplicated life of luxury, as he likes it. Not even an ultimatum requiring marriage can tip the scales. A conniving young lady who compromises his name to force a betrothal, however, is an impediment to happiness Percival must confront.Abigail Walsley dreams of publishing novels rather than marrying dashing heroes...Categorized as:
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The Cautious Maiden by Dawn Crandall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsViolet Hawthorne is beyond mortified when her brother Ezra turns their deceased parents' New England country inn into a brothel to accommodate the nearby lumberjacks; but when Violet's own reputation is compromised, the inn becomes the least of her worries. In an effort to salvage her good name, Violet is forced into an engagement with a taciturn acquaintance; Vance Everstone... -
The Duke's Refuge by Lorri Dudley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen love comes in a tempest, who knew it would wear pink? Georgia Lennox has traded in her boyish ways for pink gowns and a coy smile to capture the eye of the Earl of Claremont. However, on the day she's convinced the earl will propose, Georgia is shipped off to the Leeward Islands to care for her ailing father...Categorized as:
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The Redemption of the Puzzling Governess: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is her last chance. And she will protect him at any cost... Tormented by his guilt over the past, Mark Collingridge, the Earl of Dulshire, is blind to the danger that circles him closer and closer. Only one person can see the imminent threat: Delia Caulfield, his daughter’s new governess, who has confused him so much with the unexpected feelings she has awoken inside him... -
Wounds of A Viscount (The Valiant Love Regency Romance) (A Historical Romance Book) by Deborah Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Honora ‘Nora’ Baxter has been caught… And now … she’s being blackmailed to do something she really doesn’t want to do. Actually … it’s something Nora really, really wants to do, but knows she shouldn’t. Kiss the Viscount of Coalwater! Where will one kiss lead? Marriage. With Nora’s daughter, they become a family of three...Categorized as:
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Melting a Duke's Winter Heart: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel by Abby Ayles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo secret stays hidden forever. Neither does true love… On the outside, Sarah and Lucille Lockridge look like two drops of water. On the inside, they couldn’t be more different... -
The Baron's Malady: A Smithfield Market Regency Romance by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLord Gideon Ward lived for adventure. He found all he could handle as a British Navy captain stationed in India. With the unrest that was brewing there, it was all too easy to ignore the trials existing back home with the Scarlet Fever once again ravaging the country...Categorized as:
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The Vexatious Widow by Michelle Pennington
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA most unlikely temptation. Mrs. Joanna Thorne infinitely prefers being a wealthy widow to being a miserable wife, but she is constantly swarmed by suitors with eager, insincere compliments. Fortunately, she has become quite adept at handling fortune hunters. When she meets Lord Tyndall at her friends’ house party, she knows she can help him thwart the charming rascal pursuing his niece...Categorized as:
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A White Rose for the Marquess by Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA bush of white roses there once was, and she was the fairest of them all. Then that cold winter came and wiped them all away, leaving her alone against a monster… until he comes, and he is not afraid of her thorns... After losing her family in a terrible accident, Gwendoline Hathaway becomes a servant in her cruel aunt’s home... -
Lily For My Enemy: A Lockhart Sweet Regency Romance by L.G. Rollins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe's from Lords. She sides with Commons.Watch out London, sparks will fly.Felix Lockhart is tired of balls, tired of musicales, and most especially tired of society only seeing him as the heir apparent to a powerful seat in Lords. Then, one evening he meets the witty Jocelyn Hunt—perhaps the only young lady in London who isn’t impressed with him...Categorized as:
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A Foolish Game: A Regency Romance by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Isabella Beauchamp is beautiful, clever and rich. But she is not happy with the restrictions that Society has placed upon her. She is determined to prove that she can be so much more than what people expect her to be, even if it means that she is destined to become a spinster... -
A Night Rose for the Duke: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn English rose, they’d called her once, and her beauty and grace were admired by many. But then things changed, and she was named a flower poisonous... Having suffered tragedy after tragedy, Eleanor Ashford is but a shadow of her former self...Categorized as:
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No Lady for the Lord by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe was only supposed to care for his wards…not fall in love with him. He was a carefree rogue… Lord Ronan Brockman had a perfect life. Handsome, wealthy, and beholden to no one, he was charmed. But that was before he was unexpectedly named guardian to two young girls—and before he met their fascinating governess. Acting on his attraction to the witty beauty would be utter madness...Categorized as:
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Before the Darkness Falls by Eugenia Price
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeorgia, 1842. A grand and passionate era of American history, forged by the dreams of extraordinary men and women...the willful Natalie Browning Latimer, whose newfound marital bliss was threatened by a shattering loss...the ambitious W. H. Stiles, whose daring political trail led his family into the turmoil of Western Europe..Categorized as:
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All Hearts Come Home for Christmas by Sarah M. Eden, Anita Stansfield
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChristmas at Falstone Castle · Sarah M. EdenThe Dowager Duchess of Kielder eagerly anticipates spending Christmas with her son and his family. Though their relationship has been strained, the duchess is determined to heal the chasm. Even with the help of the widowed local vicar, her plan will take a Christmas miracle. But during this magical season, anything is possible . .Categorized as:
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The Dishonorable Miss Delancey by Carolyn Miller
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill a damaged reputation and desire for society's approval thwart the legacy of grace? Tainted by scandal and forced to leave London for the quieter Brighton countryside, the Honorable Miss Clara DeLancey is a shadow of her former society self. She's lost the man she loved to another and, in a culture that has no patience for self-pity, is struggling with depression...Categorized as:
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Miss Hayes by Jenny Hambly
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeven years ago, Miss Hayes’ world was turned upside down when she lost her father, her betrothed, and any prospect of a comfortable future. Too proud to live upon the charity of others, she became a teacher at Miss Wolfraston’s Seminary for Young Ladies.She has no wish to re-enter the society that turned its back on her... -
Peacocks of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Laraba Kendig
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDarcy is surprised that Elizabeth has won the friendship of his unusual sister, and he is shocked when he begins to fall for her as well.Mr. Darcy feels guilty that he was not there to prevent Mr. Bingley from marrying Jane Bennet, who no doubt was only after his money...Categorized as:
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Only a Duke Would Dare: A Regency Romance by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Delightful, dazzling, and oh-so delicious...Categorized as:
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A New Beginning by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan Emily, a widow, help others find love, and have a chance at love herself? Lady Emily Smithton has returned to society with the sole objective of enjoying herself. Having completed her mourning for her late husband, she has no intention of finding herself a new husband nor even allowing herself to be courted by a gentleman... -
To See Your Face Again by Eugenia Price
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith a compelling mix of historical personalities and fictional characters, Eugenia Price paints a vivid portrait of the Old South that has enchanted tens of millions of readers worldwide...Categorized as:
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A Well-Trained Lady by Jess Heileman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsArabella Godwin is an Incomparable in London Society—elegant, wealthy, and meticulously trained. Yet, she has nothing to show for her efforts aside from her pretentious reputation and a collection of disappointed suitors...Categorized as:
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Courting the Vicar's Daughter by Sally Britton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA gentleman lacking direction and a vicar's daughter full of conviction have little in common. But as their friendship grows, so do deeper feelings.Harry Devon, son of a wealthy gentleman who cared more for money than his family, has returned to the family estate at last...Categorized as:
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The Reluctant Guardian by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBaldwin, the Viscount of Mountgarret, was content with his life. Unexpectedly, his childhood friend dies, leaving him his most prized treasures: his two young daughters. Baldwin’s priorities begin to shift as he arrives home and meets his wards’ infuriatingly stubborn governess. His interest is piqued by the mystery surrounding her, but she’s only a governess. He certainly can’t pursue her...Categorized as:
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The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark by Lawana Blackwell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen spring arrives in full, the town of Gresham reawakens to life. Soon more than one unlikely romance blooms among her villagers and readers will be delighted as even a bruised and timid heart is made to feel young and renewed... -
The Jewel of Gresham Green by Lawana Blackwell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA charming, Victorian-era romance set in a small town in England from the best-selling author of the Gresham Chronicles... -
The Sport of Matchmaking by Jennie Goutet
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor once, he has met a lady less inclined to marry than he is. How unfortunate that she is the only bride he will consider.George Clavering is much too young to think about getting married. Yes, his older brother—and even his younger sister—have managed to tie the knot, but he has plenty more years of play and sporting events ahead of him before he need consider such a thing... -
The Jack of All Trades by M.A. Nichols
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn heiress looking to escape. A gentleman searching for purpose. Together they may just find love.Felicity Barrows is no fool, though the fortune hunters pestering her must believe differently...Categorized as:
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The Yuletide Angel by Sandra Ardoin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's Christmastime in 1890s Meadowmead, and someone is venturing out at night to leave packages at the homes of the needy. Dubbed The Yuletide Angel, no one knows the identity of this mysterious benefactor. No one, except Hugh Barnes, a confirmed bachelor who finds himself drawn to the outwardly shy but inwardly bold Violet Madison, a young woman who risks her safety to help others... -
A Christmas Match: A Regency Romance by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Charity loves the Christmas season. But can she convince the Lord Benedict of the joys of the Christmas season? And perhaps find love along the way?Lady Charity is a little disappointed. With her older sisters now wed, it is her turn to experience London society but, unfortunately, she must attend during the winter, when it is quiet and a little less exciting...Categorized as:
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A Daring Proposal by Jennie Goutet
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe has loved him for as long as she remembers. He is fast discovering his newfound attachment. And now they may never see each other again.Phoebe Tunstall has lived her entire life in the shadow of her outgoing twin sister and in service to her maiden aunt... -
Duchess of His Heart by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe once loved her beyond all reason. Dare he risk heartbreak again? Leaving her first love behind was the hardest thing Regine, Duchess of Heartwaite, had ever done. Her marriage of convenience to another man saved her family, even as it laid waste to her heart. That was years ago, however. Now widowed, she’s ready to begin her life anew...Categorized as:
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The Matchmaking Game by Donna Hatch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling & #1 Amazon bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series in Clean & Wholesome Romance, comes the Timeless Romance Singles line. THE MATCHMAKING GAME: A brand new historical romance novella from bestselling author Donna Hatch. Rowena’s childhood friend, Evan, has returned home from war a handsome, but mysterious stranger...Categorized as:
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A Rake's Ruin by Maggie Dallen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnly the wildest woman can ruin a devilish lord... Claire is the dutiful, proper Cleveland sister, and the only one who's not embroiled in a scandal. Until now. With her sister's marriage to an earl, the weight of responsibility to save her family has been lifted from her shoulders, and for the first time in her life Claire is free...
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