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Embracing the Earl by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a rogue earl convince a stubborn bookseller their love is worth fighting for? Read Book 3 in the bestselling "The St. Clairs" series for free with Kindle Unlimited! Luke St. Clair, Earl of Mayfield, has tired of his empty, carefree life and seeks to find a spouse he can love and cherish, much as his brother and sister have done... -
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Dubious about the Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn affable army colonel who abruptly becomes a duke. A shy beauty who missed her come-out. And two mischievous boys who bring this pair together . . . A confident Colonel Winston Cutler finds himself a sudden duke when the brother he loathed perishes in a fire. Win returns to London, only to find he has two by-blow nephews to care for—and their specialty is running off their latest governess... -
![Made for the Marquess by Alexa Aston]()
Made for the Marquess by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFirst sons inherit all. Third sons are promised to the church. Second sons do their duty and serve in the military—unless fate intervenes and turns their lives upside down... -
![The Devil's Den by Irina Shapiro]()
The Devil's Den by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn 1540, newly married and pregnant Isobel Devlin vanished from a tiny island in Lancashire, never to be seen again.In 2020, leaving London for the first time since the pandemic began, Nicole Rayburn and Kyle Walsh head to a guesthouse in the Lake District for a much-needed holiday...Categorized as:
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![Heir to the Sea by Danelle Harmon]()
Heir to the Sea by Danelle Harmon
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHERO OF THE SEA:His life devastated by tragedy, privateer Captain Kieran Merrick, youngest son of a famed New England seafaring family, sets sail for his childhood home to confront bittersweet memories. When he encounters a merchant ship adrift in the Caribbean, he discovers something he never expects ... a red-haired, pistol-wielding virago hiding in its cabin... -
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Cocky Viscount by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when a lady breaks the rules?Felicity Brightley is the most genteel of ladies. Raised to marry the Earl of Westerley, she’s never failed to follow the dictates of society. Doing so, she’d been promised, ensured lifelong security and happiness. When her future is shattered, however, she decides it’s time she tests those rules—perhaps make up a few of her own...Categorized as:
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![Lyon of the Highlands by Emily Royal]()
Lyon of the Highlands by Emily Royal
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarriage to an Earl destroyed her—can a highland beast mend her heart? After surviving an abusive marriage to an older man, Wilhelmina Redstone retreated from society. Her stepson’s wife, Lily, once her rival, promises to find Mina the perfect husband—a man to love her as she deserves—by engaging the services of Bessie Dove-Lyon, proprietress of the Lyon’s Den, who secured Lily’s own marriage... -
![Detecting Danger by Wendy Vella]()
Detecting Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe could no longer deny what was inside himWhen you knew someone almost as well as you knew yourself, you tended to take them for granted. Warwickshire Sinclair had always felt that way about Lady Samantha… until he didn’t.When Samantha left for a year to study art, he was determined the ache of longing and worry that had taken up residence in his chest would ease. It hadn’t... -
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The Sin Commandments by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet ready for a scandalous Regency romp. Meet the Sinning Flynns!Rory Flynn, grandson of the Duke of Savernake, is embittered by his family’s reputation as a wealthy family from Irish stock. They are hated by the Ton but accepted because of their links to the duke. Rory has a list of those who have offended his family the most and he intends to do something about it...Categorized as:
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Daring with the Rogue by Alyssa Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Philippa's first season had not turned out as she dreamed. There had been no grand love match. Despite following all society's rules, she was almost compromised by a lecherous fortune hunter. Shy Pippa decided that bold and decisive is what she must become. On return to Town, her first aim is to settle the score with the disgusting fortune-hunting lord... -
![A Midwinter Night's Dream by Tiffany Reisz]()
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... -
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Scandalous Duke by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFelix Markham, Duke of Winchelsea, has devoted his life to being the perfect statesman and raising his daughter after his beloved wife’s death. But when devastating bombings on the railway leave London in an uproar, he is determined to bring the mastermind of the attacks to justice. He will lure the fox from his den by any means... -
![Beautiful Things by Emily Rath]()
Beautiful Things by Emily Rath
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBeautiful Things is a reverse harem romance set in the Regency era. Perfect for fans of Austen and Bridgerton…who don’t want to settle for just one handsome suitor.At twenty-two, Rosalie Harrow is unmarried and near-destitute. She has only two choices: snag a wealthy gentleman, or take work as a governess. Neither option appeals to headstrong Rosalie, who sees both futures as a kind of cage... -
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Josh Lanyon Collected Novellas #1 by Josh Lanyon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Dangerous Ground a casino robbery finds government agents Taylor and Will playing a game of cat-and-mouse with remorseless killers in the wilderness of California's High Sierras. Snowball in Hell introduces police detective Lt. Matthew Spain and reporter Nathan Doyle, men thrown together by murder. But, in post-WWII Los Angeles consequences of their attraction are serious, even for good guys... -
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![Italian Sonata: by Emmanuelle de Maupassant]()
Italian Sonata: by Emmanuelle de Maupassant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTowering above its island of wave-lashed rock is Castello di Scogliera. Look up at the narrow windows, and you might think yourself watched. Something, or someone, has been waiting for Lady McCaulay to arrive… What dark secrets lie within those walls? Madness, abduction, imprisonment... murder? The past does not lie quietly... -
![Vipers Are Forbidden by Alta Hensley]()
Vipers Are Forbidden by Alta Hensley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s impossible to enter a pit full of vipers and not get bit.Until you meet me, that is.My venom is far more toxic than the four men who have declared me their enemy.They seek vengeance and launch a twisted game of give and take.I’ll play in their dark world, because it’s where I thrive.I’ll dance with their debauchery, for I surely know the steps.But then I discover just how wrong I am... -
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Beasts by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRain, rain go away.Naive rivals I will slay.Touch what’s theirs and they will play.A shallow grave you will lay.Standing at the top of the DeAngelis empire isn’t as glamorous as it sounds.Sure, it comes with the kind of power one could only ever dream of, and having three men to lavish me with undeniable pleasure is the greatest perk of all...Categorized as:
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![Just a Little Christmas by Merry Farmer]()
Just a Little Christmas by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘Tis the season to catch up with some of your favorite couples from The Brotherhood series!Life is good in the safe and sheltered neighborhood of Darlington Gardens, where several members of The Brotherhood have made their home. Niall Cristofori and Blake Williamson are building a new life there with Blake’s daughters... -
![Kiss Her Goodbye: The Complete Series by Rebecca Royce]()
Kiss Her Goodbye: The Complete Series by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm Everly Marrs, and my life has been a whirlwind of chaos and revelation. The men who kidnapped me, known as The Letters, upended everything I believed in. They showed me a world beyond my control, one where I'm not just a victim but a player in their dangerous games. From the day they took me, my neatly outlined plans for a future in social work, for love, for a normal life, all vanished...Categorized as:
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![Keeping the Human's Heart by Lyonne Riley]()
Keeping the Human's Heart by Lyonne Riley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEsme will not be used again, certainly not as fodder in a war that has nothing to do with her. When she makes a mad dash from the field of battle, she becomes a deserter, with nowhere to go except deeper into trollkin territory.Drazak the orc and Han’zir the troll have lived a quiet, peaceful life together on their farm—until they find a human woman sleeping in their barn... -
![The Pirate's Treasure by Lisa Oliver]()
The Pirate's Treasure by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I have watched you from afar for so long. ‘Tis only fitting, as I breathe my last, that I do it in the arms I’ve longed to feel around my person for two plus years or more.”Rojan Purchanting, Pirate Captain, and half-brother to the King of Gunkermal didn’t mean to blurt out fateful words as he stumbled into Petrov after a disagreement with a knife... -
![His Grace, The Duke by Emily Rath]()
His Grace, The Duke by Emily Rath
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou’re cordially invited to the wedding of His Grace, the Duke of NorlandJames Corbin, Viscount Finchley, has two goals. First, guarantee his brother gets married. That path is made smoother now that George is finally engaged. Nothing will stand between George and the altar…not even George... -
![A Wicked Woman by Vanessa Vale]()
A Wicked Woman by Vanessa Vale
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBecause of her stepsisters, Eve Jamison is driven from her hometown in scandal with a train ticket in one hand and a proxy marriage license in the other. But when she arrives in the small Colorado mountain town, she discovers her groom recently died. Even though she never met her husband, the new widow learns she is quite wealthy... -
![Eli's Little Easter by Dakota Trace]()
Eli's Little Easter by Dakota Trace
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe youngest son of the Atheron family, Elias has been a huge disappointment to his overbearing parents, particularly his mother. He’s done everything right, including relocating to another state to head up the office in the newest addition to the family party business, but it still never seems enough. She now wants him to come home for Easter, to reunite with an old flame, which he refuses to do... -
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![Claimed By The Berserkers by Lee Savino]()
Claimed By The Berserkers by Lee Savino
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"You're ours now, lass. We're claiming ye." My mind and body are weakened by the curse of my magic. My three sisters have mated with Berserker warriors, but I am too frail to be a bride. One night, three warriors break into my home. They steal me away. Now we're on the run from the pack. These warriors tell me I belong to them, and that they'll never let me go... -
![Tegenspel by Floortje Zwigtman]()
Tegenspel by Floortje Zwigtman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHet spannende en romantische vervolg op 'Schijnbewegingen'. Dat werd bekroond met de Gouden Zoen en Gouden Uil 2006...Het voert de lezer opnieuw mee naar het opwindende en rebelse Londen van het fin de siècle... -
![Sutton's Spinster by Scarlett Scott]()
Sutton's Spinster by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJasper Sutton, London’s most dedicated scoundrel, needs a wife. He needs one quickly. He needs one yesterday, in fact. His requirements are precise. She has to be capable of mothering the wild twin daughters who have unexpectedly appeared in his life. She must also possess the patience of a saint and the understanding of an angel... -
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Anastasia by Sophie Lark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAnastasia is the princess no one needs: the fourth daughter born to an emperor without a son, and the only royal lacking a magical gift.Until she collides with a young Cossack rebel, changing both their lives forever.Damien is taken from everything he knows and raised as a ward of the Romanovs.Anastasia develops a strange kind of magic shared only by the Black Monk Rasputin... -
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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]()
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... -
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Shadows of Scandal by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe needs a champion willing to scandalize her. He doesn’t need anyone. Scandal turns into seduction when a not-quite-perfect heiress tangles with a lost son of society.An heiress with an imperfection.Spawn of the devil. Willow has suffered the gossip her entire life. She has the requisite pot of gold, but not the perfection that is necessary for an admirable ton match... -
![Loved and Found by Christi Caldwell]()
Loved and Found by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLieutenant Thaddeus Phippen has lived a lifetime away from the only love he ever knew, Lady Edith, a powerful duke's daughter. Thaddeus has now returned from fighting Boney's forces, ready to put aside tragic battlefield remembrances and the memory of past heartbreak of love lost. Lady Edith Peregrine, the Marchioness of Bourchier has never loved anyone the way she loved Thaddeus Phippen... -
![Curse of the Wicked Scoundrel by Sadie Bosque]()
Curse of the Wicked Scoundrel by Sadie Bosque
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeople call him Hades. He is like the dark prince himself: enigmatic, mysterious and dangerous. Nobody knows his real name. Nobody knows anything about him. Only that he's been cursed to lead his life in loneliness. Because everyone who's ever been close to him, very soon, died.Eloise has led a dull, practical life...Categorized as:
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![Just a Little Seduction by Merry Farmer]()
Just a Little Seduction by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid Wirth has made it his life’s work to fight for the rights of those who cannot defend themselves and to navigate England’s choppy legal waters for fellow members of The Brotherhood. Tracking down the three villainous noblemen, including a powerful duke, who have masterminded a child kidnapping ring promises to be the pinnacle of his career seeking justice for the helpless... -
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![Siren by Measha Stone]()
Siren by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy father demands I give up my dreams to follow the path he’s set for me, but I want more.And I won’t settle.In exchange for a small favor, my aunt helps get me started on a new path. My path. But I should have known life isn’t that easy. One of my father’s most trusted men catches up with me, and he’s brought a friend.I’m off limits, the boss’ daughter, but that doesn’t stop Bastian or Garrick... -
![The Enraptured Heir by Merry Farmer]()
The Enraptured Heir by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe has sworn off women. She falls in love with him at first sight. But can they fight the attraction between them? After a single, spoiled season five years before, Lady Angeline O’Shea cannot believe she has been invited to a house party where matches are certain to be made...Categorized as:
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![A Bet with a Baron by Tammy Andresen]()
A Bet with a Baron by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s hell bent on debauchery… Baron Kenneth Boxby has spent his entire life drowning in responsibility. But he’s finally ready for some fun…and by fun, he means drinking, gaming, and bedding women. His first official act as a rake? Buying an illegal gaming hell...Categorized as:
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Tortured Beasts by Mandy Muse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing is ever as easy as it seems.The longer I’m trapped in this castle, the more complicated things get between me and these beasts.Lucien and I are mated. Aeon is slowly coming around. But Zev? Well—he still wants to kill me in and out of bed.As I learn about their past and present, falling for all three of them strains the thin tie that binds us... -
![Treasure: Raised By Wolves, Volume Three by W.A. Hoffman]()
Treasure: Raised By Wolves, Volume Three by W.A. Hoffman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGay buccaneer historical adventure/romance. The third novel in a series chronicling the adventures of Will, a disenchanted English Lord, and his beloved matelot/partner, Gaston, an exiled Frenchman, set among the buccaneers of Port Royal, Jamaica, in the 1660s... -
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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... -
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Bear Triplets by J.L. Wilder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCould this single mom Wolf be the answer these Bears were waiting for?Triplet Bears:If that damn wolf woman thinks her son can get away with killing our cattle,we will make her pay.We have the most productive ranch in the county,But it’s been barren without one thing - a woman we can share.So for now, we’ll let them stay.We’ll give them protection from other shifters... -
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Rake I'd Like to F... by Sierra Simone, Joanna Shupe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe's a legend in the raking . . .The Last Crimes of Peregrine Hind - Sierra SimonePeregrine Hind, known to all as the bloodiest highwayman ever to bedevil the road, seeks only one thing—revenge against the Dartham family... -
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Love Under Two Lawmen by Cara Covington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the illegitimate daughter of a kept woman, Amanda Dupree is considered unmarriageable. So she sets her sights on building a career as a private investigator. But when a disgraced businessman threatens to get even, she decides it s a good time leave town. She even has a destination in mind: Waco Texas, the cousin she s never met and a quest for lost Confederate gold... -
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The Beast's Bet by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTom Courtney is a beast of the East End. Fighting his way up through the warrens, clubs, and halls of sins in London's darkest part of town, he has but one goal. . . To survive and ensure that the weak aren't preyed upon. When he discovers a young lady is victim of a vicious bet. . . He cannot stop himself from coming to her aid. . . Even if it might cost him everything he has ever won... -
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![The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jennifer Kay]()
The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jennifer Kay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLost in depression after Elizabeth Bennet refused his proposal, Fitzwilliam Darcy chances upon a conversation that could change everything. Elizabeth has disappeared, and all signs point towards kidnapping. Determined to save the woman he loves, Darcy convinces her father to let him assist in the search... -
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The Coveted Beta by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlexHe’s been my best friend since we were children, and I’ve admired him all that time.I’ve always known we were different, even before he matured and revealed his animalistic side.I’m a married man with a sweet, beguiling wife who never fails to rouse my ardor while holding my infinite love.Only now, when I see the two most important people in my life together, I realize something has changed... -
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A Match Made in London by Michelle Willingham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to book one in the new series The School for Spinsters by award winning author Michelle Willingham.Violet Edwards is painfully shy with a terrible stutter. Despite her mother’s threats to send her away, she has plans of her own to win a husband. She enrolls herself in the infamous School for Spinsters, where she hopes to be transformed from a wallflower into a breathtaking debutante...Categorized as:
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Claimed by Three by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrady took my heart then rejected me... for two years. Now he's back and determined to make me his.There's just one problem. I've moved on, and the sweetly wicked Byron has taken his place.Then there is Declan, Grady's brooding brother-in-arms who watches both Grady and me with the same barely tempered yearning.But I have a secret... -
![The Vanishing of Lord Vale by Chasity Bowlin, Dragonblade Publishing]()
The Vanishing of Lord Vale by Chasity Bowlin, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Two in the bestselling 'The Lost Lords' Series! Read for free in Kindle Unlimited! Elizabeth Masters has put her scandalous and painful past behind her. She’s taken a position as companion to the tragic Lady Vale and her primary duty is to dissuade the woman from believing that everyone from the butcher’s delivery boy to the ostler at an inn is her missing son... -
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Taming of the Beast by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIntrigued by the scandal of London’s Lost Lords, intrepid Faye Poplar resolves to untangle the mystery of those complicit in the disappearance of the young lords and ladies-even if it leads her to the steps of the most powerful peers. But she’ll require the help only one man can provide…the ruthless, Beast of Newgate...
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