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The Hathaways Complete Series by Lisa Kleypas
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHere together for the first time in a convenient ebook bundle, the five books from The Hathaways series by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas: Mine Til Midnight , Seduce Me at Sunrise , Tempt Me at Twilight , Married by Morning , and Love in the Afternoon...Categorized as:
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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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Once Upon a Devastatingly Sweet Kiss by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this opposites-attract Regency romance by USA Today bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author BREE WOLF, an untamed lady and a proper duke are put to the test when they fall in love against all odds.An untamed lady.A proper duke.And a love that goes against all the rules.England 1803: LADY HARRIET BEAUMONT, daughter to the Earl of Whickerton, is a free spirit, always has been...Categorized as:
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Falling for the Marquess by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA war hero who returns to a title. A lady making her debut into Polite Society. Two people drawn together, yet others think them better apart . . . Second son August Holt is serving as a captain in the Peninsular Wars when he is gravely injured. August loses an eye and also bears a hideous scar running from his brow to his cheek from a saber wound...Categorized as:
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The Lady's Forbidden Love by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBe swept away by the romance, intrigue, unconventional heroines, and dashing heroes, by USA Today Bestselling Author Wendy Vella’s regency romance series.A lady in disguiseBetrayal is the one sin Daniel will not tolerate, so when sweet Madeline Wright the governess reveals herself to be Lady Madeline Deville sister of an Earl, he vows to never cross her path again... -
Aurora's Pride by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAurora Pettigrew has it all, a loving family, a nice home, a comfortable life. She’s waiting for the right man to offer her marriage, and the man for her is Reid Sinclair, heir to the Sinclair fortune and the love of her life. But, Reid’s mother, Julia, is against the match and her ruthlessness unearths a family secret that will tear Aurora’s world apart... -
A Matchmaker for a Marquess by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBe prepared to smile, swoon, and sigh in Christi Caldwell's latest 'Heart of a Scandal' installment where a matchmaker firmly on the shelf is about to fall head over heels for her best friend's younger brother. She lived by a strict set of rules… Meredith Durant believes those who won’t marry, matchmake, and she’s made a notable career for herself helping young women find the perfect mate...Categorized as:
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The Lady's Dangerous Love by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom two different worlds, their passion is dangerous… Determined and dashing, Benjamin Hetherington vowed that he would never give a woman the power to hurt him again. So far, he’s succeeded, but then Miss Primrose Ainsley comes stomping into his life. She has too much to say, is nothing like any debutante he’s ever met, and seems not to give a fig about proprietary...Categorized as:
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Diana by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA woman whose reputation was destroyed. A powerful earl who longs for children. Can they ignore the raging gossip and find happiness together? Lady Diana de Wolfe's curiosity about kissing led to her ruin before she ever made her come-out in London... -
The French House by Helen Fripp
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe vineyards stretched away in every direction as he plucked a perfect red grape, sparkling with dew. “Marry me,” he’d said. “We’ll run these vineyards together.” But now he is gone. There is no one to share the taste of the first fruit of the harvest... -
Mr Darcy's Persuasion by Cass Grafton, Cassandra Grafton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo of Jane Austen’s classics collide in this intriguing tale of pride, prejudice and persuasion, set in England’s beautiful West Country.In the aftermath of the Netherfield Ball, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are determined to find respite—Darcy from the allure of the lady and the feelings she evokes in him, and Elizabeth from the drama unfolding at Longbourn...Categorized as:
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Lady of Mystery by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s predictable. She’s a mystery. Can love bridge all that separates them?Raised to believe the world is open to her, Lady Phoebe Winters reads periodicals and newspapers with growing upset. Everything within her world is shaped by a man’s point of view...Categorized as:
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A Rogue in Winter by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsVicar Pietr Sorenson is preparing to endure—enjoy, rather—another solitary, frigid holiday season at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, when Miss Joy Danforth's coach lurches to a halt across the village green. Joy and her brother have nowhere to wait out the impending bout of nasty weather, while the vicarage is even emptier than usual...Categorized as:
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The Moonstone Duke by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when a steamy duke who has never lost in battle meets the innocent young lady determined to conquer his heart? When Lady Henley Killigrew’s father dies and his title of earl passes to a not so friendly cousin who wants her and her two younger sisters out of their elegant London townhouse, she takes them to Moonstone Cottage, a lovely manor house they inherited from a maiden aunt in...Categorized as:
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To Marry Her Marquess by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing to the world of Heart of the Duke...the romance between:Lady Caroline Brookfield and Wynn Masterson, the Marquess of Exmoor (formerly the Earl of Astor)With ruin bearing down on his sisters, Wynn Masterson, Marquess of Exmoor, must find a respectable wife posthaste... -
The Potential for Love: A Regency Novel by Catherine Kullmann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Arabella Malvin sees the figure of an officer silhouetted against the sun, for one interminable moment she thinks he is her brother, against all odds home from Waterloo. But it is Major Thomas Ferraunt, the rector’s son, newly returned from occupied Paris who stands in front of her.For over six years, Thomas’s thoughts have been of war... -
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... -
Hidden Hart by Emily Royal
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA lasting friendship, a dream sacrificed, a life destroyed. Major Devon Hart, the ultimate rake, had women flocking to his bed, until a street brawl four years ago left him scarred, inside and out. His once-handsome face now damaged beyond recognition, he remains hidden, except at night, when he dispenses his own brand of justice on the streets of London...Categorized as:
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A Wallflower's Guide to Becoming a Bride by Eva Devon, Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree sensual, witty, and sigh-worthy happy-ever-afters featuring Wallflowers following a guide to seducing the heart of rakes and rogues of the ton...A Wallflower’s Kiss by Eva DevonLady Ophelia is the last of her sisters to be unmarried! She knows she has to find a husband, but she's been on the shelf for three seasons... -
All Shades of a Marquess by Violet Hamers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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Far From The Tree: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jeannie Peneaux
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“My better nature was not merely placed there by the rank of my birth, Mr. Darcy! If I have faults to be attributed to Longbourn, then what virtues I possess must also be credited there. My character is not solely a copy of my blood. I am the result of the upbringing by a family and people – good people – that you have disdained... -
Why I Caught the Duke by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Agatha has always loved life. Ever since she was a small girl, and witnessed the struggles of her mother, she decided to choose joy. Most of all, she knew she was going to catch a husband she could love with all her heart. When she meets the Duke of Talbot, she knows that he is the one she has been waiting for and nothing will stand in her way. . .The Duke of Talbot only has one goal...Categorized as:
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A Secret Surrender by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Darcy Burke, your next Regency obsession: The Pretenders! Set in Burke's popular world of The Untouchables, indulge in the saga of a trio of siblings who excel at being something they're not... -
The Marquess She Loved by Jessie Clever
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Adaline Atwood is the most beautiful wallflower in London. Cursed with beauty but no dowry, she has remained on the fringes of every ball for the four seasons she’s been out. It needn’t matter though as she has loved her best friend, Ashfield Riggs, since she can remember. The problem is Ash only has eyes for another...Categorized as:
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The Baron's Dangerous Contract by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn audacious lady and an adventurous lord. Miss Penny Darlington, daughter of the famed horseman Lord Mendbridge, has spent the past two seasons happily flirting with Lord Cabot. On the night of the Tudor ball, all of her ideas are crushed. The lord showed her, in no uncertain terms, how inconsequential she really was...Categorized as:
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A Duke By Any Other Name by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre you ready to romp with The Dukes' Club? Her dance card is nearly full. The only sister of the Duke of Hunt, Lady Gemma, is finally ready to settle down. After all, she's spent too many of her days frolicking all over town. As an Eversleigh, she's ready for an excellent match. Desiring a serious, reserved, and strong husband who can handle her antics, Gemma handpicks Captain Duke... -
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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Jilted in January by Cara Maxwell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo. Absolutely not. Persephone Cuthbert would rather walk over hot coals than say one word to the man who broke her heart—let alone help him. The author of The Rake Review may have declared him the most marriageable man in London, but Persephone knows the truth. Edward Johns is the cold-hearted bastard who broke her heart...Categorized as:
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Oddity of the Ton by Emily Royal
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn unlikely pairing becomes the perfect match.Eleanor Howard has never fitted in. To her, Society is an unfathomable world where success is measured by the number of suitors’ names on her dance card. And her card is always empty. Constantly outshone by her younger sister, and continually criticized by her ambitious mother, Eleanor yearns to be loved for herself, not what others expect her to be...Categorized as:
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Dare to Be Wicked by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe stories of the Peculiar Ladies book club and their hatful of dares has become legend among their children. When the hat is rediscovered, dusty and forlorn, the remaining dares spark a series of events that will echo through all the families… and their daring daughters.Dare to be WickedTwo daring daughters…Lady Elizabeth and Lady Charlotte are the daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Bedwin...Categorized as:
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The Northern Lady: A captivating and romantic Regency drama by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe is determined to live the life she wants… Cassandra Trent does not like being told what to do. So when she is forced to leave behind her beloved Bardsley and join her aunt in London, she is furious. She wants nothing to do with polite society and useless noblemen.But Cassandra finds some comfort in the friendship she forms with her kind and gentle cousin, Susannah Berrinden... -
The Perks of Loving a Viscount by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA man who cherishes his freedom at sea. A woman who fears she will never find her place in Polite Society. Two unlikely people who come together—and find love . . . As a boy, Seth Atwell falls in love with the sea. His uncle, Lord Hopewell, arranges for Seth to become a cabin boy, and over the years, Seth works his way up to the position of captain of a trading vessel...Categorized as:
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The Lady Seals Her Fate by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBe swept away by the romance, intrigue, unconventional heroines, and dashing heroes, by USA Today Bestselling Author Wendy Vella’s regency romance series.Things were not going to plan for Miss Hannah Wooller. There was the small matter of a blackmailer to contend with, her father increasing her dowry so he could marry her off, and of course there was Alexander Heatherington...Categorized as:
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The Bookseller and the Earl by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMiss Addie Mallory is finished with the husband hunt. After six London Seasons as a wallflower, she convinces her parents that she should be allowed to use her dowry to buy a bookstore in Bath where she can live her life the way she wants.Lord Grayson, Earl of Berkshire, has never gotten over his deceased wife’s betrayal with his own brother...Categorized as:
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A Kiss for the Ages: A Regency NOVELLA by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime, tide, and temptation wait for no man--or woman! Lysander, Earl of Montmarche, really ought to re-marry, if for no other reason than that he’s completely flummoxed by his rambunctious, outspoken young daughter. He surely owes the girl and his frazzled nerves the benefit of a step-mama’s steadying presence...Categorized as:
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Duke of Luhst by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNothing could change him for the better. Save, perhaps, her.Seductive as a deadly sin, Lucien Wrenn, the Duke of Luhst, can tempt any lady into his bed. But his best friend’s little sister—bluestocking scientist Lady Chasity Perrin—is forbidden fruit. And he’s spent a lifetime aching to take a bite. Chastity has always loved Lucien but the thoughtful boy she cherished grew into a careless rogue...Categorized as:
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Awake at Widmore Manor by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA violent storm. A sleepless night. A test. Emma Widmore has longed to return to her childhood home since the day she was forced to leave it after her father’s death. Widmore Manor represents every hope Emma has ever had and every person she has ever loved...Categorized as:
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A Regency Scandal by Alice Chetwynd Ley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBehind the discreet facade of proud wealth and privilege, a London scandal is brewing...The most provocative charmer outside the demimonde gives way to forbidden passion at the Moonlight Masquerade...An embittered Earl tries to locate a missing heir and wreck the titled future of his son...An impetuous young innocent endangers her life to protect the handsome lover of a famous courtesan..Categorized as:
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Lady Hope and the Duke of Darkness by Maggi Andersen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn her first Season, Hope Baxendale attracts the interest of a powerful English duke, the husband all debutantes wish for and some will fight dirty to get. If only the handsome Frenchman Daniel Brienne, Duc du Ténèbres wasn’t distracting her from her course...Categorized as:
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Joy to the Duke by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDenied the woman of his dreams by his father’s meddling, Calder Stafford, has spent the last decade proving himself to be self-sufficient, austere, and utterly uninterested in joy. Now that he is the Duke of Hartwell, he’ll enact his revenge by abolishing the holiday traditions his father loved so well...Categorized as:
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A Fair Prospect: Darcy's Dilemma by Cassandra Grafton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, A Fair Prospect is a tale of Darcy and Elizabeth in three volumes.Darcy's Dilemma (Vol II) continues on from Disappointed Hopes (Vol I).Thrown together by circumstance in London, and with his friend, Bingley, in hot pursuit of the eldest Miss Bennet, Darcy finds his best endeavours to relieve Elizabeth of his unwelcome presence come to naught... -
The Duke's Obsession Bundle by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes delivers remarkable characters, intriguing plots, and freshly imagined Regency settings in this unforgettable trilogy about three noble brothers...Categorized as:
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A Lady's Escape by A.S. Fenichel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe perfect match may be closer than they imagine... Despite her disastrous London debut, Millicent Edgebrook has proven skilled at securing matches—for every young lady but herself. Resigned to spinsterhood, and eager to gain independence from her lovable but eccentric uncle, Millie joins the Everton Domestic Society. Her first assignment: find a bride for Preston Knowles, Duke of Middleton... -
His Mistletoe Wager by Virginia Heath
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Five berries equal the five separate kisses I challenge you to steal." Notorious rake Henry Stuart, Earl of Redbridge, is certain he'll win his Christmas bet—until he learns he'll be stealing Lady Elizabeth Wilding's kisses... -
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Promise of Redemption by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDescent into darkness… Six years after his betrothed was murdered in the foyer of his London home, Daniel Harrington, the Marquess of Ravenhall, is consumed by rage and a thirst for justice. He spends his days searching for the man who killed his love and works tirelessly to right the injustices of others. Nothing, however, seems to heal the hole left in his heart... -
A Tapestry of Lives by Jean Sims
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWitty and intelligent, Miss Elizabeth Bennet has vowed that nothing but the deepest love shall tempt her into matrimony, a tenuous prospect for a poor gentlewoman in 19th century England. She rejects an unexpected offer of marriage from wealthy Mr. Darcy, only to realize that he is just the sort of man to whom she might entrust her heart...Categorized as:
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That Bennet Chit: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jeannie Peneaux
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLizzy shot to her feet, looking directly at the man by the window now, her eyes wide. Shaking her head, she cried, “Mr. Darcy! I did not, sir!” It seemed imperative that she be exonerated. Little wonder he looked so coldly furious to be there. “I hid that letter, and I have not shown it to a single soul nor have divulged any part of it to anyone. I have not and I would not... -
THE WASTREL'S DAUGHTERS by Arabella Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA chaste, entertaining Regency novel. Left with nothing but debts after their father’s death, Anne and Polly Selby have no choice but to let the house and seek employment, bidding farewell to a genteel life.Anne becomes a governess – but is dismissed within weeks, though not before losing her heart to a debt-ridden gamester...Categorized as:
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Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan he trust her with his darkest secret? Ruthless. Dangerous. Known simply as King. No one knows his true name or where he came from. And when he learns that the man who betrayed him has returned to London, King has only one goal: vengeance. But first, he must seek out an unlikely ally to aide him in his pursuit... Adeline Archambault is as mysterious as she is beautiful...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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