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The Complete Charles Dickens Collection by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings51 books by Charles Dickens, including all of his classics and short story collections, in one volume with active table of contents:American Notes for General CirculationBardell v...Categorized as:
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Guarding Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic … Two things happen to Harry Sinclair the day his ship docks in London: he saves a woman in distress, and meets his long- lost family. Until now Harry has lived his life without betraying the vow he made to his father - never trust a Sinclair... -
An Imperfect Gentleman by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRuined in the eyes of society, and removed from the only world they’d ever known, the Nightingale siblings vow never to be victims again. They will build their new life on what they’d once ignored. Being a clairvoyant is an excellent survival skill.A power he vows will not control him…After society turned its back on the Nightingales, Alexander knew it was time to face what he’d always denied...Categorized as:
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The Fallen Viscount by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRuined in the eyes of society, and removed from the only world they’d ever known, the Nightingale siblings vow never to be victims again. They will build their new life on what they’d once ignored. Being a clairvoyant is an excellent survival skill.Could she be the one to save him?Leopold Nightingale was a man who could find things no one else could...Categorized as:
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The Unlovely Bride by Alice Coldbreath
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLenora Montmayne leads a charmed life as the most beautiful woman at King Wymer’s court, surrounded by admirers. And then disaster strikes. The red pox sweeps the summer palace at Caer-Lyones and Lenora’s fair face falls victim to its ravages. Without her looks, what does Lenora have left to her? If ever there was a knight the crowd loves to hate, it’s Garman Orde...Categorized as:
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The Orphans of Ardwick by Emma Hornby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a cold, hard winter on the streets, three orphan children are about to give up hope when an unexpected turn of events brings them to the doorstep of a grand house in Ardwick, Manchester. Taken in by the firm but kind-hearted cook, the young friends can hardly believe their luck...Categorized as:
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The Stalking Jack the Ripper Collection: Books 1-4 by Kerri Maniscalco
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDevour the complete #1 New York Times bestselling Stalking Jack the Ripper series: Stalking Jack the Ripper, Hunting Prince Dracula, Escaping from Houdini, Capturing the Devil, and a free novella are included in this thrilling new collection!Between social teas and silk dress fittings, Audrey Rose Wadsworth leads a secret life studying corpses in the gruesome practice of forensic medicine...Categorized as:
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Tomb of the Sun King by Jacquelyn Benson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRespectable lady scholars shouldn’t be dodging evildoers, escaping lost tombs, and chasing down magical artifacts.Archivist and suffragette Ellie Mallory always dreamed of putting her scholarly skills to work in the ancient sands of Egypt. She never imagined she would be doing so in order to save an object of legendary power from a batch of ruthless villains...Categorized as:
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His Forsaken Bride by Alice Coldbreath
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFenella Thane is a desperate woman. Her absentee husband of eight years has served her with divorce papers and she looks likely to lose her beloved home and be forced into a convent. There is just one slim chance to avoid this fate, one person of prominence at court who she knows has the ear of the King... -
A Midwinter Night's Dream by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTiffany Reisz turns back the clock on her Original Sinners series to the Victorian era in this kinky Christmas romance...Two days before Christmas 1871, the newly-minted Baron Marcus Stearns returns to London for the reading of his long-estranged and much-despised father's will, fully certain he will inherit nothing but the title...Categorized as:
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Scent of Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic …As the illegitimate sister of the Duke of Raven, Emily knows only too well how society judges a woman like her, and what a debt of gratitude she owes her family... -
How to Love a Dangerous Rogue by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott comes a dazzling new age-gap Regency romance between a ruthless king and the daring lady who wins his jaded heart...Lady Tansy Francis has been a loyal lady-in-waiting for most of her life. In the eyes of the ton, she has come to London for the formal betrothal announcement of the princess who is like a sister to her...Categorized as:
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Wicked at Heart by Danelle Harmon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEngland, 1813. Damon de Wolfe, the sixth Marquess of Morninghall is dark, diabolical, and very, very dangerous. Tortured by his past and driven by his desire for revenge, the former naval hero has fallen from grace after infuriating his superiors. Now seething with anger in his lowly role of prison ship commander, he has locked away his brutal childhood memories and allows no one into his world...Categorized as:
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Tempt Me: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Julie Cooper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"He raged inwardly at fate’s gift of the one female he could never, ever have..."IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED that a single vampyre must be in want of a wife. Someone biddable, her memories easily expunged to allow for strange, inexplicable deeds and baffling circumstances...Categorized as:
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The Duke’s Stolen Bride: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Harriet Caves
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Make me your villain then. But like it or not, you are my wife, and you will obey.” To save her sister’s future, Lady Evangeline agrees to marry her childhood friend, a man she doesn’t love. But her plans are shattered when the notorious Duke of Eldermoor storms into the church, claiming her fiancé is already married… To his sister!Duke Hugh will stop at nothing to avenge his sister’s ruin...Categorized as:
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Daughter of the Sea by Elisabeth Hobbes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn a windswept British coastline, the tide deposits an unexpected gift...It was the cry that she first noticed, the plaintive wail that called to her over the crash of winter waves. Wrapped only in a sealskin, the baby girl looks up at Effie and instantly captures her heart...Categorized as:
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Fall From Grace by Emily Bex
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJR Ward and Christine Feehan fans will become enchanted with this deliciously dark and scandalous series by International Bestselling Author Emily Bex. It's everything vampire romances should be made of!Continue the journey in this dark fantasy with Shade and Kate Medici.Lorenzo discovers his mother isn't the only one born with unique powers... -
Ruining Miss Wrotham by Emily Larkin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf he helps her, he'll ruin her... Eleanor Wrotham has sworn off overbearing men, but she needs a man’s help—and the man who steps forward is as domineering as he is dangerous: the notorious Mordecai Black. The illegitimate son of an earl, Mordecai is infamous for his skill with women... -
The Enticement of an Earl by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpencer, Lord Wolverston and newly named Earl of Kinraven, has found peace in the wilds of Scotland. Free from the torment of seeing the woman he desires above all things but can never have, he’s slowly finding his footing in the world again as he attempts to restore the impoverished estate... -
Theory of Magic by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA blind marquess who detects lies…A spinster who hides behind deceit…Can even magic bring them together?“Patricia Rice weaves magical love stories” – Mary Jo Putney, NY Times Bestselling AuthorDiscover the third book in NY Times bestseller Patricia Rice’s Unexpected Magic historical romance series!Scorned by suitors for her statuesque size, Harriet Stansbury bolts when her abusive stepfather... -
Sinfully Yours by Kathleen Ayers
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKidnapping should be a Deadly Sin…especially if you lose your heart. Malcolm Sinclair, former soldier, and mercenary has once more run afoul of the authorities. He needs a quick escape back to London which Lord Buckmore is only too happy to provide, if only Malcolm will perform a small task. Kidnap the young lady Buckmore wishes to wed from her overzealous, overprotective cousin...Categorized as:
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His Improper Lady by Candace Camp
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome family secrets were never meant to be disturbed. It’s been a year since Tom Quick became a partner at the detective agency Moreland & Quick, which he operates with his lifelong friend Constantine Moreland. When he catches an intruder breaking in to the agency, obviously looking for something, it’s clear that a new case is afoot...Categorized as:
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The Fiercest Joy by Shana Abe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the autumn of 1915, Eleanore Jones is on the verge of becoming who she was always meant to be: a drákon of stunning beauty and strength. She has discovered she is not the last dragon in the world, as she’d long thought: not one but two drákon brothers vie for her heart...Categorized as:
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Warrior by Violette Dubrinsky
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOutspoken, loyal, and skilled with the sword, Princess Jaisyn St. Ives of Lytheria is no princess of fairytales. After the unexpected death of her father, Jaisyn takes control of the kingdom, expecting to be called upon to defend her claim to a throne previously held by men...Categorized as:
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Lydia Dare Wolf Bundle by Lydia Dare
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Lydia Dare's debut trilogy, Regency England has gone to the wolves! Praised by readers and by reviewers as delivering "tension-packed romance... sizzling hot, sensual" (Star-Crossed Romance), Lydia Dare is one of the most-acclaimed new writers around. Now find out why with the first three Lydia Dare books for one low price... -
A Masquerade With a Marquess by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe might be blind, but even she can SEE that he’s trouble.The moment Mia’s fingers accidentally brush down Lord Kingsley’s rippling chest during a chance encounter at a masquerade ball, she knows that her life will never be the same. Because the passion that flares between them is hot enough to melt all her hesitation away.He’s hell bent on revenge...Categorized as:
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Selah Gothic: A Dark Priest Romance by Kat Blackthorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom bestselling author of occult sensation The Halloween Boys, comes a sinfully fictional religious & dystopian story of naughty exorcism and sinful desires steeped in gothic mystery and lore. Dark priests and an even darker romance. Now I lay me down to sleep.Impure thoughts sent me spiraling toward my fate. I was the holy daughter of Lady of Sorrows Church... -
Third Degree Yearn by Laney Hatcher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen I was just a girl, I gave my heart to the housekeeper’s son. He took it with him when he left and I never got it back.I’ve loved Julian Moore for as long as I can remember. But my plans for a future were stolen before we ever got the chance. Playmates at four. Constant companions at nine. And the undisputed love of my young life by sixteen. We were best friends through it all...Categorized as:
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Lessons in Enchantment by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a straitlaced engineer, three psychic children, and a lonely witch find love?The daughter of an earl, Lady Phoebe Malcolm Duncan has the ability to talk to animals. She longs to be a veterinarian, but education requires more coin than she possesses. When the walls of her home come tumbling down, she has to take two steps back—to servitude...Categorized as:
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Compromise & Consequence by Sue Barr
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne misstep is all it takes to forever change the lives of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy.During the ball at Netherfield Park, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are irretrievably compromised and forced to marry. Angered beyond reason, Mr. Darcy prepares the vilest marriage settlement known to man, forcing Mr...Categorized as:
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The Black Beast of Belleterre by Mary Jo Putney
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Beauty and the Beast: a haunted and hidden lord, a desperate young beauty, and a marriage of convenience between two people who yearn for more… James Markland, Lord Falconer, knows that he is ugly, very ugly, and he lives a life of seclusion, wearing a heavily cowled mantle to conceal his face from the world... -
Magic in the Stars by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs an astrologer, Lady Azenor Dougall sadly realizes her stars are a danger to her beloved siblings and has banished herself from her Scots home. As the Malcolm family librarian, she dutifully creates zodiac charts for her often eccentric and mysterious relations—until the day she realizes a dire conjunction of planets spells a fatal threat in a distant branch of the family...Categorized as:
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Never Been Bit by Lydia Dare
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn desperation, a man will do terrible things...The glittering world of high society is the playground for the rich, titled, and reluctantly undead...Alec MacQuarrie's after-life has become an endless search for pleasure in an effort to overcome his heartbreak and despair... -
The Earl of Christmas Past by Kerrigan Byrne
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B08LJM7B4BThere’s no room at the Inn...Sprightly Victorian spinster Vanessa Latimer is stranded for the holidays in the Scottish Highlands by a relentless winter blizzard. She takes refuge at a centuries-old inn where the only available room is haunted by the ghost of a warrior who fell at Culloden Moor.One who refuses to give up his side of the bed... -
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Crying Wolfe by Kerrigan Byrne
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA new trio of siblings learn that it is impossible to be a Goode without being a little wicked…He’s the man with the Midas touch…Elijah Wolfe is just as ruthless and aggressive as his name suggests. Born in harsh Nevada desert, he used his sharp wits and sharper fists to fight for survival mining ore for terrible men... Until one day he struck gold, literally...Categorized as:
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Her Bridegroom, Bought and Paid For by Alice Coldbreath
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAimee Ankatel, oldest daughter to the richest merchant in all Karadok only has eyes for the heavily scarred Lord Kentigern. A ferocious competitor, her heart beats louder when she watches him compete in the field. Not one of the handsome knights draws her admiration like he does... -
The Taming of the Wolf by Lydia Dare
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe could never lose control...Dashiel Thorpe, Earl of Brimsworth, has spent his life fighting the wolf within him. But when the full moon rises, Dash is helpless. A chance encounter with Caitrin Macleod on a moonlit night inadvertently binds the two together irrevocably, and Dash's impulsiveness plunges them both into a nightmare.She never saw him coming..Categorized as:
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Cinder Bella by Kathleen Shoop
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS--ROMANCEShe never had anything.He lost everything.Together they create a Christmas to remember.December, 1893--Shadyside, PennsylvaniaBella Darling lives in a cozy barn at Maple Grove, an estate owned by industrialist Archibald Westminster...Categorized as:
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Tall, Dark and Wolfish by Lydia Dare
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Lydia Dare's debut trilogy, Regency England has gone to the wolves!He's lost the most important part of himself...Lord Benjamin Westfield is a powerful werewolf—until one full moon when he doesn't change. His life now shattered, he rushes off to Scotland in search of the healer who can restore his inner beast, only to find she's not at all what he expected..Categorized as:
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The Honourable Lucas Kincaid by Emma Melbourne
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFelicity Taylor and her guardian, Lucas Kincaid, don’t see eye to eye on many things, but they both agree that her twenty-first birthday can’t come quickly enough. Felicity is an heiress, but she’ll lose her fortune if she marries without Kincaid’s consent. Unless, of course, she waits until she comes of age, when she’ll be able to marry without his permission...Categorized as:
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The Cursed One by Ronda Thompson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Ronda Thompson captivates readers in her darkly seductive Regency werewolf romance series, the Wild Wulfs of London…Wed and widowed in one day, stunning socialite Amelia Sinclair’s honeymoon is anything but typical. Then again, neither is Amelia—rebellious and impulsive, marrying Robert Collingsworth was the one sensible thing she ever did... -
The Untamed One by Ronda Thompson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRunning from angry villagers and the man who ravaged her, the witch Lucinda flees into the forest to have her child. But Lord Jackson Wulf hunts her down, believing her death will break the family curse that transforms him into a monster. Instead of killing the witch, Jackson is moved by her beauty and desperate plight... -
Berserker by Jenika Snow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGretaBerserkers.They were known to be the fiercest of all Norse warriors, charging into battle in a wild frenzy, no protection except the weapon they held in their hand.Said to have the spirit of a wild animal inside of them, they were feared … revered.And I had fallen in love with one.CalderI was a wanderer, a free spirit. I was paid to track and hunt, to kill. It’s what I did, how I survived... -
Sinful Treasure by Tina Folsom
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVenice, Italy - early 1800sWhen vampire rake Lorenzo Conti finds a beautiful woman sleeping in the bedchamber of his newly acquired home, he believes her to be a housewarming gift bestowed upon him by his thoughtful friends... -
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Marie by H. Rider Haggard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNearly thirty-seven years have gone by, more than a generation, since first we saw the shores of Southern Africa rising from the sea. Since then how much has happened: the Annexation of the Transvaal, the Zulu War, the first Boer War, the discovery of the Rand, the taking of Rhodesia, the second Boer War, and many other matters which in these quick-moving times are now reckoned as ancient history...Categorized as:
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The Mating Seduction by Bonnie Vanak
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the sensual world of the Lupine, where the burning drive to mate claims all...Lexie Walters knows she’s in big trouble. Caught trying to steal her champion horse from the sexy werewolf cowboy who purchased the mare, she’s offered a devil’s bargain. Jackson Palmer will let her ride Diamond in an upcoming barrel race if Lexie spends seven nights in his bed... -
The Princess in His Bed by Lila DiPasqua
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Hot enough to warm the coldest winter night.” Publishers Weekly.Inspired by three classic fairy tales—“The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Ugly Duckling,” and “The Princess and the Pea”—all in one romantic and steamy historical romance collection featuring three novellas from the acclaimed Fiery Tales series...Categorized as:
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Taken by the Night by Kathryn Smith
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI enjoy carnal pleasures like any mortal man, but six hundred years of existence have taught me loss. Best to stay away from people and save myself the heartache. Then I arrive at the notorious London brothel Maison Rouge, and my life, such as it is, will never be the same again.Ivy Dearing, daughter of the infamous Madam, has requested my assistance... -
Daniel And The Angel by Jill Barnett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this classic Jill Barnett Christmas novella story, wealthy financier D. L. Stewart's finds an injured woman in the snow in front of his New York City mansion. But he has no idea she is Lillian, a big-hearted and somewhat inept fallen angel, sent back to teach him what Christmas is all about. Lilli has her work cut out for her. D.L...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Favor by Joyce DiPastena
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer father has been accused of stealing from the king, an allegation that has reduced her family to poverty. She has one chance to find and marry a man who can help her prove her father's innocence. Lord Therri, heir to a rich barony, has the wealth and connections Mathilde needs to delve into the mysteries of her father's past. Furthermore, Therri embodies all her romantic dreams...Categorized as:
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