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Sinfully Wanton by Kathleen Ayers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA seductive virgin. An experienced older rake. Lady Aurora Sinclair is no stranger to scandalous behavior, after all, she is a Deadly Sin. Now that she’s survived two Seasons, Aurora is bored. Far more curious about things of a physical nature than she should be, her interests will soon lead her down the path to ruin. A solution presents itself, in the form of Mr... -
The Moonstone Pirate: A Regency Historical Romance by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Moonstone Landing, where moonstones shimmer beneath the sea and a pirate’s heart is about to be captured with true love’s kiss. Lady Imogen Stockwell is convinced her handsome new neighbor, Draco Waring, Earl of Woodley is a pirate...Categorized as:
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Angelique, the Road to Versailles by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHistorical Romance Large Print Edition For Ang lique, 17th-century Paris is a city of wild love and vicious hatred. Penniless, alone and sworn to take revenge on those who were responsible for her husband s death, she plunges into the dangerous underworld of the city to the nightmare Court of Miracles, a world of deformity, degradation, violence and lust...Categorized as:
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The Parlor Game by Ashtyn Newbold
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLove might be the most dangerous game of all. After enduring a loveless marriage, Anne, the widowed Lady Daventry, hopes to find happiness with her first love, Miles, upon his return from India. Knowing his plans to settle in London, she accepts an invitation to a house party in Town, hosted by the eccentric Lady Tottenham... -
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How to Catch a Devilish Duke: The Disreputable Debutantes Book 4 by Amy Rose Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this fourth instalment of the Disreputable Debutantes series, the spirited daughter of an earl is in imminent danger of ruining her reputation forevermore.Lady Charlotte Hastings—already branded a hellion by polite society—is in a terrible scrape, courtesy of London's most notorious blackguard. One thing is certain: her name cannot appear in the gossip rags... again... -
All Shades of a Marquess by Violet Hamers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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Secrets Between Lovers by Charlie Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUncovering secrets can be dangerous. She has no other choice. Lady Maggie’s dowry is gone, her family’s estate is in disrepair, and each new work of art her parents purchase lead them closer to bankruptcy. They’re all headed for ruination unless she can use the yearly house party her parents host to discover secrets and spin them into gold...Categorized as:
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The Colonists by Jack Cavanaugh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the years before America became a nation, new generations were born to the Puritans, men and women historians have called the Colonists. The untimely death of Benjamin Morgan, great-grandson of Drew Morgan, has splintered his Boston family into feuding factions... -
For Letter or Worse by Esther Hatch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery word in his letter spells mortification.There was only one reason young Harrison Chase moved away from his idyllic country upbringing to the long dark hours of working in a London factory—he was bound and determined to make his fortune and deserve a chance to court Christine Stone...Categorized as:
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Surprised by Love by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShy and unattractive as a child, Megan McClare has always been teased by her classmates. But when she returns home from her senior year in Paris, the wallflower has suddenly blossomed into a beauty...Categorized as:
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Courting Poppy Tidemore by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer name preceded her...Lady Poppy Tidemore’s notorious family scandals assure her place in not-so-polite society. Of course, she didn’t help matters...with an infamous art lesson that left her name ruined. Now, Poppy’s only hope is to accept her sister’s invitation to live at the Paradise, the illustrious hotel owned by her brother-in-law... -
Songbird by Karen Heenan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBess has the voice of an angel, or so Henry VIII declares when he buys her from her father. As a member of the Music, the royal company of minstrels, Bess grows up within the decadent Tudor court, navigating the ever-changing tide of royals and courtiers. Friends come and go as cracked voices, politics, heartbreak, and death loom over even the lowliest of musicians...Categorized as:
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The Daring Duke by Jess Michaels
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe wild and charismatic Duke of Abernathe is the kind of friend anyone would wish to have. He even formed the 1797 Club, consisting of ten men who would all be dukes. But he has full-throatedly declared he will never marry and no one understands why. But Miss Emma Liston doesn’t care why. A longtime wallflower with an absentee father who is a scandal waiting to happen, she needs to marry. Now... -
Consuming Fire by Kathleen Morgan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the Scottish Highlands in 1694, this epic novel tells the gripping story of one woman's struggle to find true freedom and love. Deceived by her father and betrayed by the man she loved, Maggie Robertson must turn to God for refuge...Categorized as:
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Love in a Mist by Patricia Grasso
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeely Glendower, a homeless pagan priestess, and England's wealthiest earl, Richard Deveraux, discover a passion and a secret that could destroy them both in sixteenth-century Wales and England...Categorized as:
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Natalia’s Secret Spinster’s Society by Charlotte Stone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNatalia Hext-- or rather Leah Wells-- has a secret that the Men of Nashwood would kill for. . Page Count: around 450 pagesCircumstances have forced her to keep her true identity hidden. It is unfortunate that the boy she once knew, now a very handsome man, is eager to expose her secrets in the most cruel and sensual of ways... -
Lady in Waiting by Melody Tyden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs princess of a small, wealthy, medieval kingdom, Cordelia always knew her marriage would be a political matter. She doesn't expect love. All she wants is a husband who will let her continue to pursue her own interests rather than trapping her in an endless cycle of domesticity, but even these small hopes seem dashed when she meets the prince she's expected to marry...Categorized as:
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Bid for a Bride by Ruth Ann Nordin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter Loving Eliza, John and Eliza adopt a blind boy named Brian who was abandoned by his father. Bid for a Bride is Brian’s romance. The story begins in the quiet South Dakota town where Brian lives.Lucy finds out the man she just married already has a wife, and what’s worse is that he’s trying to sell her to the highest bidder... -
Angelique and the Ghosts by Sergeanne Golon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's one of the most ravished and ravishing heroines in the history of fiction. Her stormy adventures have taken her from the gutters of Paris to the harems of Africa to the silken prison of a king. Angelique has loved, intrigued, hated and fought her way into the hearts of millions of readers all over the world...Categorized as:
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Intolerable by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSociety’s most exclusive invitation...Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London’s most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances.Every three years, like clockwork, Ruark Hannigan, Earl of Wexford loses his heart. Alas, he promised his father he wouldn’t marry until the age of thirty so that he’d be certain in his choice...Categorized as:
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Circle Of Pearls by Rosalind Laker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA family saga set in Sussex and spanning the turbulent period of history from the Civil War to the Restoration and the Great Fire of London. The author's previous books include "This Shining Land", "The Silver Touch" and "To Dance with Kings"...Categorized as:
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A Love to Remember by Bronwen Evans
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA fiercely independent duchess and a brooding, reclusive earl are tested by the demands of desire in this unforgettable romance from the USA Today bestselling author of A Kiss of Lies and A Night of Forever.For Rose Deverill, one husband was enough. As the wealthy widow of the Duke of Roxborough, she has cultivated an unsavory reputation meant to discourage wife hunters...Categorized as:
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The Spinster: Prequel to the Forbidden Love Novella Series by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA wild lady. A wicked curse. And a love torn apart by tragedy. MISS JOHANNA GREY's wild youth ends abruptly when her best friend−and betrothed−falls to his death upon climbing the tree outside her window. Heartbroken and unable to forgive herself, she retreats to Miss Bell's Finishing School for Young Ladies...Categorized as:
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Genie’s Scandalous Spinster’s Society by Charlotte Stone
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Genevieve 'Genie' Toft's heart has always beat for one gentleman in particular. . The Duke of Valdeston. . Determined to finally win his love, she and her Spinster Sisters set out to trap the elusive duke.A scheme that might involve the occasional ax and willingness do whatever it takes to woo him...Categorized as:
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Forsaking All Other by Catherine Meyrick
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove is no game for women; the price is far too high. England 1585. Bess Stoughton, waiting woman to the well-connected Lady Allingbourne, has discovered that her father is arranging for her to marry an elderly neighbour. Normally obedient Bess rebels and wrests from her father a year to find a husband more to her liking... -
To All the Earls I've Loved Before by Fenna Edgewood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet the Gardner Girls:Four devoted sisters must face pride, peril, and adventure before each finds a love that conquers all.Sometimes love is an accidentAs Angel and Gwendolen are about to discover, love can be found in the strangest places—such as in the dead of night, on a bridge, when a drunk duke stumbles across a knife-wielding woman... -
The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1501: Henry VIII Paul, great-grandson of Elanor Morland, has inherited the Morland estates, and his own Amyas is set to be his heir. But Paul fathers a beloved illigitimate son, and bitter jealousy causes a destructive rift between the two half-brothers which will lead to death... -
Reason to Wed by Heather Boyd
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRichard Hill, the Earl of Windermere, might desperately require a wife and heir, but thoughts of duty fly from his mind when he rescues Esme, Lady Heathcote, from the embarrassment of a failed affair. They usually never agree about anything. He’s never even kissed the vexing widow...Categorized as:
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A Duke She Can't Refuse by Gemma Blackwood
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHeadstrong Miss Daisy Morton must make a choice: play the fiancée to a duke she doesn’t love, or face ruin. Daisy’s loyalty to her friends is always getting her into awkward places. Unfortunately, those places include the bedroom of the stern young Duke of Loxwell, where she is caught hiding by one of society’s most notorious gossips...Categorized as:
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The Tokaido Road by Lucia St. Clair Robson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter the execution of her father, the young and beautiful Lady Asano is in grave danger from the powerful Lord Kira. In order to save herself Asano must find Oishi, the leader of the fighting men of her clan. She believes he is three hundred miles to the southwest in the imperial city of Kyoto...Categorized as:
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Blaze Wyndham by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling "resigning queen of romance" (Literary Times), comes a love story on a grand scale, featuring an innocent country girl who catches the eye of the most powerful man in England-and filled with all the sensuality, drama, and thrilling intrigues of Henry Tudor's glittering sixteenth century court..Categorized as:
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Never Deny Your Heart by Maureen Driscoll
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWilliam (Liam) Kellington, the Duke of Lynwood, loves Rosalind Carson, the sister of an impoverished viscount. But while Lynwood was still coming to terms with his feelings -- dukes can be particularly dim-witted when it comes to love -- Rosalind's brother sold her into a lucrative betrothal to another nobleman...Categorized as:
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Rosamund by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRosamund Bolton is the heiress to the manor of Friarsgate in the wild Cumbrian border between England and Scotland. More than a splendid inheritance, Friarsgate will chart the fate of the orphaned beauty widowed at a precious young age... -
Almost A Scoundrel by Tanya Wilde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if the biggest scoundrel in town has been by your side all along? Phaedra Sharp is an heiress with a mind of her own—and her mind is dead set on becoming a cat-loving spinster and avoiding the scheming entanglements of men. But her plan goes awry when she is suddenly thrust into a whirlwind of wagers, fortune-hunters, and indecent encounters with the earl-next-door...Categorized as:
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The Duke's Only Desire by Anna Harrington
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA simple twist of fate brings a second chance at love. HIS ONLY DESIRELady Sophie Winter and Shay Douglass fell in love the moment they met. But she had been contracted for marriage to his older brother John, and, as a second son, Shay had been destined for a soldier's life. Their love could never be...until a tragic fire changed everything...Categorized as:
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Courtesan by Diane Haeger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmid the disapproving gossip of the Court, a royal romance defies all obstacles. The Court of François I is full of lust, intrigue, and bawdy bon tempsâ��a different world from the quiet country life Diane de Poitiers led with her elderly husband...Categorized as:
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The Words in My Hand by Guinevere Glasfurd
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Words in My Hand is the re-imagined true story of Helena Jans, a Dutch maid in 17th-century Amsterdam, who works for Mr. Sergeant, the English bookseller. When a mysterious and reclusive lodger arrives - the Monsieur - Mr Sergeant insists everything must be just so. It transpires that the Monsieur is René Descartes...Categorized as:
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Offer From a Gentleman & Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Bridgerton Collector's Edition by Julia Quinn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA stunning collectible edition containing the third and fourth novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Bridgerton series... -
The Duke's Temptation by Addie Jo Ryleigh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Duke. A Runner. An Earl. Three men, each born into different circumstances. Each fighting to overcome their own adversity. All striving to change their past. Gabriel St. James, Duke of Wesbrook, desires any birthright other than being the son of a hideous man. Unfortunately, Gabe knows the exact moment he became like his father—a night that has haunted him for seven years...Categorized as:
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The Last Offer by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiss Olivia Dunne was the darling of society until a thwarted abduction and elopement scheme by an unscrupulous man left her reputation in tatters. But having moved from paragon to pariah, Olivia realizes that there is no reason for her to continue abiding by society’s mandates. In fact, she decides to embrace her scandalous nature and do the very thing she’s been accused of… take a lover...Categorized as:
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Runabout by Pamela Morsi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Prattville (formerly called Dead Dog), Oklahoma, in 1916, Tulsa May Bruder has given up on love. Her first and only suitor -- Doctor Odysseus P. Foote, better known as Doc Odie -- has jilted her at their very public engagement party. The whole town is talking and Tulsa May feels like the local wallflower...Categorized as:
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Angelique and the Demon by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAngélique is denied the peace of mind she has longed for when the beautiful but unsettling Ambrosine, Duchess de Maudriborg, and her entourage of King's girls are shipwrecked on the shores of Goldsboro.She is threatened by strange forces and by a mysterious band of pale strangers creating discord and mayhem in the region...Categorized as:
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Queen Jezebel by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe ageing Catherine de' Medici has arranged the marriage of her beautiful Catholic daughter Margot to the uncouth Huguenot King Henry of Navarre. Margot, still desperately in love with Henry de Guise, refuses to utter her vows. But even Catherine is unable to anticipate the carnage that this unholy union is to bring about.. -
One Moonlit Night by Gaelen Foley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPresenting the wildly romantic new Regency series from New York Times bestselling author, Gaelen Foley… WELCOME TO MOONLIGHT SQUARE ~ REGENCY LONDON’S MOST EXCLUSIVE ADDRESS! At the ripe old age of two-and-twenty, Lady Katrina Glendon just can’t seem to snare a husband...Categorized as:
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The Wedding Wager by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll Lady Victoria Kirby wants is to dig in the dirt, take notations, and record history, thank you very much. Bumbling through ballrooms and getting disdained by the ton for her less than ideal looks, on the other hand, is the last thing she wants. But her reckless father has a different idea for her future when he puts up the ultimate ante—her hand in marriage—and loses. Over her dead body...Categorized as:
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Good Earls Don't Lie by Michelle Willingham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLady Rose Thornton never expected to find a half-naked man in her garden. The handsome Irishman claims to be the Earl of Ashton, but was Iain Donovan truly robbed by thieves? Or is he merely an impoverished stranger lying to her? After losing everything in the potato famine, Iain is searching for a wife whose dowry will save his estate...Categorized as:
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Lady Lorena's Spinster's Society ( The Spinster's Society) (A Regency Romance Book) by Charlotte Stone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLady Lorena Cullip is the definition in Mr. Samuel Johnson's English Dictionary for the word: curious. . One might also find her name under 1- scandalous2- disastrous,3- slightly mad. . But the latest rumors about the lady have all of London holding their breaths. She's begun a Spinster's Society. . Who'd have ever thought the daughter of a duke could have so much fun?...Categorized as:
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The Marriage Mart by Teresa DesJardien
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFiddlesticks, thought Lady Mary Wagnall, finding a husband couldn’t be that difficult. She knew she was no great beauty, and at the ancient age of 28 she was prepared to settle for an older gentleman, one happy to settle down and start a family of his own. Yet, one glimpse of the incomparably handsome Marquess of Rothayne put every practical plan to rout...Categorized as:
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The Enemies of Versailles by Sally Christie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the final installment of Sally Christie’s “tantalizing” (New York Daily News) Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer...Categorized as:
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My Virtuous Duke by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDashing Arthur Winter, Duke Beaufort needs an heir, but the path to marriage is as tricky as a waltz. Lucky for him, the witty Lady Deandra Coleridge, his best friend and confidante, steps in to help him win the heart of a debutante. Yet, a simple kiss unravels unexpected desires between them...
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