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Well-bred orphan Cristabel Swann tolerates her thankless teaching job - until her uncle dies unexpectedly. Arriving in London to claim her inheritance, Cristabel encounters something else entirely - a loutish naval captain who won all of the old man's property in an evening's gambling, leaving his niece nothing but debt! To his credit, Captain Chase recognizes her desperation and offers her a position as landlady of a "boarding house" in Kensington....
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A shy country miss, Harriet Rowe is sure she has little to offer her step-cousin, the dashing Lord Richard Standen. The most handsome gentleman in London, he can have whatever he wants-except for a racehorse that's just out of his monetary reach. Eager to stay close to the man who has won her heart, even if he doesn't know it, Harriet offers to lend Richard the money for the racehorse, making them partners on the racecourse. But if Harriet wants to...
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She takes a desperate gamble:Barbara Cribbage has been sold into marriage by her common-born father, in a bid to attain social status.
The Earl of Chatworth is forced to wed Babs, in exchange for the outstanding mortgages and his debts of honor which Mr. Cribbage has fraudulently acquired.
Babs is not willing to be used as a pawn any longer. Despite her iron-willed father and her powerfully attractive husband, Babs fights to come into her own.
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15) A precious jewel
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A family tragedy has left well-bred Priscilla Wentworth in poverty and she has turned to a life of prostitution. She is grateful when Sir Gerald Stapleton chooses her to be his mistress and, tries not to expect anything more.
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Signet Regency romance volume 8157
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A bluestocking. A cynical lord.
Miss Verity Worth lived a life of privilege. Then her family fell on hard times. She takes a genteel position to manage a spoiled heiress. Needing an heir and a spare, Lord Rathbone comes to court the heiress. He finds the paid companion far more interesting.
Lord Rathbone knows all too well how to turn a woman's head and win her heart. He's a rogue to set Miss Worth up as his flirt. The rakish buck's attentions have...
18) Father Christmas
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A war hero's widow, Graceanne still has her adorable three-year-old twin boys to love–until she receives a letter from her late husband's demanding cousin, Leland Warrington, the Duke of Ware. It seems that the duke–thirty-two years old, twice widowed, and with no forseeable plans to marry again–is in desperate need of an heir. And seeing that Graceanne has two boys, she could easily spare one. Well, couldn't she? Graceanne is too strong a woman...