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"THEY CALL HIM THE DUKE OF MURDER...The gossips whisper that the new Duke of Murdoch is a brute, a murderer, and even worse--a Scot. They say he should never be trusted alone with a woman. But Megan Windham sees in Hamish something different, someone different. No one was fiercer at war than Hamish MacHugh, though now the soldier faces a whole new battlefield: a London Season. To make his sisters happy, he'll take on any challenge--even letting their...
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""Virginia Heath's fun characters and situations will have you laughing out loud! Don't miss this wonderful read!" - Sabrina Jeffries,New York Times bestselling author The first in a new historical rom-com series, a handsome earl hires a fake fiancée to keep his matchmaking mother at bay, but hilarity ensues when love threatens to complicate everything. The last thing Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, ever wants is a wife. Unfortunately for him, his...
3) My fake rake
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"Feast of female empowerment, positive friendships, feel-good moments, and social satire." -- NPR In the first book in Eva Leigh's new Union of the Rakes series, a bluestocking enlists a faux suitor to help her land an ideal husband only to be blindsided by real desire... Lady Grace Wyatt is content as a wallflower, focusing on scientific pursuits rather than the complications of society matches. But when a handsome, celebrated naturalist returns...
4) Send for me
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"From the author of the highly praised Days of Awe: a sweeping, achingly beautiful new novel that moves between Germany on the eve of World War II and present day Wisconsin, unspooling a story of love, longing, and the ceaseless push and pull of motherhood. Annelise is a dreamer: imagining her future while working at her parents' popular bakery in Feldenheim, Germany, anticipating all the delicious possibilities yet to come. There are rumors that...
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Looking for adventure in her life, Harriet, the Duchess of Berrow, dresses as a man and accompanies other nobles to the estate of Lord Justinian Strange, where he hosts a rollicking fete that would mean scandal to any proper lady. When the two finally meet, they fall in love, but can he see past all her disguises?
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"From New York Times bestselling author and "remarkable reading phenomenon" (Lancashire Post) Lucinda Riley, The Moon Sister transports you to the grandeur of the remote Scottish Highlands and the gypsy caves of Granada, just as Spain descends into civil war, interweaving the stories of two women searching for their destinies, at the risk of potentially losing their chance at love. Tiggy D'Apliese spends her days experiencing the raw beauty of the...
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He is the bastard son of a duke, arrogant, handsome, a little bit dangerous, and, of course, one of the most sought-after bachelors in London. He is also about to be publicly jilted by some chit of a girl! Blake Stephens refuses to be humiliated, so he charges after his bride to the wilds of Scotland. He is promised to the woman, but discovers his soul stirred by... the chit's sister! Lady Aileen's reputation was ruined ages ago, but her fiery spirit...
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Heath Rayne, a dashing Southerner, has been waiting for his chance to meet Lucinda Caldwell, but he never expects to find the spirited beauty in such a desperate dilemma, as he rescues her from an icy New England river. When Lucinda opens her eyes, she is stunned to find herself in the arms of a handsome stranger with a dangerous reputation - a man forbidden to her by the rules of society and by her own guarded heart. But the chance encounter kindles...
10) Mastered by love
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The Men of the Bastion Club proved their bravery secretly fighting for their country. Now their leader faces that most dangerous mission of all: finding a bride. Royce Varisey, tenth Duke of Wolverstone, finds the young ladies that the grand dames would have him consider predictably boring. Far more tempting is his castle's willful and determinedly aloof chatelaine, Minerva Chesterton ... (Bestseller)
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Widely known as the lord of the privateers, Royd Frobisher expects to execute the final stage of the rescue mission his brothers have begun. What he does not expect is to be pressured into taking Isobel Carmichael-- his childhood sweetheart, former handfasted bride and current business partner-- with him.
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"Feisty orphan Pippa de Lacey lives by wit and skill as a London street performer. But when her sharp tongue gets her into serious trouble, she throws herself upon the mercy of Irish chieftan Aidan O'Donoghue. Pippa provides a welcome diversion for Aidan as he awaits an audience with the queen, who holds his people's fate in her hands. Amused at first, he becomes obsessed with the audacious waif who claims his patronage. Rash and impetuous, their...
13) Lucky penny
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To support her orphaned niece, Brianna O'Keefe accepts work with a Colorado rancher, resorting to a harmless little lie to avoid unwanted attention: that she's married to a Denver gold miner named David Paxton. When her boss forces her to write her "husband," hoping he'll take Brianna off his hands, she can only pray there's no real David Paxton to expose her. But as soon as Colorado marshal David Paxton receives the letter, he dutifully sets out...
14) Bath tangle
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Lady Serena Carlow's eccentric father has left her guardianship to the Marquis of Rotherham, who has complete control over her. She is displeased to say the least, but when she spends time with the Marquis, she can't help but wonder if her feelings are those of sheer aggravation or if they are of a more tender nature.
15) Will's true wish
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Will Dorning, as an earl's spare, has accepted the thankless duty of managing his rambunctious younger siblings, though Will's only true companions are the dogs he's treasured since boyhood. When aristocratic London is plagued with a series of dognappings, Will's brothers are convinced that he's the only person who can save the stolen canines from an awful fate. Shy, bookish Lady Susannah Haddonfield has no patience with loud, smelly beasts of any...
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Hannah Howell's new series features the MacEnroys, seven strong, seductive Scottish brothers who have come to America. A brutal attack on her family left Emily Stanton for dead. Iain MacEnroy found her, and vowed to protect her. With her noble English background, Emily shouldn't keep company with such a man. Do the divisions of the old world apply in the new?
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In the first novel of Maya Rodale's enthralling new series, an English duke vows to make an American seamstress his duchess... In Gilded Age Manhattan, anything can happen... Seeking a wealthy American bride who can save his family's estate, Brandon Fiennes, the duke of Kingston, is a rogue determined to do the right thing. But his search for an heiress goes deliciously awry when an enchanting seamstress tumbles into his arms instead. ...and true...
18) A touch of frost
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After his train is robbed at gunpoint, Remington Frost awakens from a blow to find the bandits gone... along with the woman he was shadowing for protection. No stranger to risk, Remington will do what it takes to bring Phoebe Apple to safety and her kidnappers to justice. But ransoming Phoebe is just the start of trouble... Phoebe is shocked to learn that her mysterious rescuer is none other than Remington Frost, the son of her sister's new husband....
19) Dangerous
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"Lady Euphemia Marlington hasn't been free in seventeen years--since she was captured by Corsairs and sold into a harem. Now the sultan is dead and Mia is back in London facing relentless newspapermen, an insatiably curious public, and her first season. Worst of all is her ashamed father's ultimatum: marry a man of his choosing or live out her life in seclusion. No doubt her potential groom is a demented octogenarian. Fortunately, Mia is no longer...
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Roguishly handsome Oliver de Lacey has always lived lustily: wine, weapons and women are his bywords. Even salvation from the noose by a shadowy society provides no epiphany to mend his debauched ways. Mistress Lark's sole passion is her secret work with a group of Protestant dissidents thwarting the queen's executions. She needs no other excitement until Oliver de Lacey drops through the hangman's door and into her life. As their fates become inextricably...