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Spontaneous and serious. Young and old. Opposites clash and attract, but they can’t ignore each other for long. Seventeen-year-old Octavia Shelford tries to live up to her mother’s expectations and dazzle the beau monde and her suitors. Trying to please everyone has her muddled and exhausted, but the one person whose opinion matters the most never seems to approve. She’s spent a year traveling through Europe, trying to avoid him. Twenty-nine-year-old Guy Claybury, the Duke of Woodford, knows precisely how he feels about everything and isn’t worried about anyone’s opinion of him. ...

Lady Juniper Amberton is content to live in the shadows of high society, much preferring the company of a good Gothic novel to the endless parade of suitors. Her creative spirit and quiet charm make her unusual among the ton, but Juniper knows the rules of her world: daughters of earls marry well, not for love. That is, until the son of an earl—once the humble servant to a duke—steps back into her life.

American heiress Sophia Wilson leaves Old New York for a Season in London. Her goal: to marry into the English aristocracy and help improve her family's social standing in America. Sophia knows her marriage will be a business transaction - her father will provide a generous financial settlement in exchange for a title - but secretly, what she desires most of all is to marry for love.

Millicent understands the terms of her arranged marriage all too well. She gets to be a Countess by marrying an impoverished Earl. And in return, the Earl Fitzhugh receives the benefit of her vast wealth, saving his family from bankruptcy. Because of her youth, they have agreed to wait eight years before consummating the marriage--and then, only to beget an heir. After which, they will lead separate lives. It is a most sensible arrangement. Except for one little thing.

Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth, is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to be and all women want to possess. Even Felix himself almost believes this golden image. But underneath is a damaged soul soothed only by public adulation.Louisa Cantwell needs to marry well to support her sisters. She does not, however, want Lord Wrenworth-though he seems inexplicably interested in her. She mistrusts his outward perfection, and the praise he garners everywhere he goes.

"Using wit and romance with a master's skill, Kasey Michaels aims for the heart and never misses." -- #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Nora Roberts Someone to Love, Book Two in the Love in the Regency series: Abigail Backworth Maldon is no fan of marriage, having buried her late husband after his embarrassing demise (he toppled headfirst out of a bedroom window in an attempt to avoid an angry husband). But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t see its advantages — just not for her. The part she likes best is the idea of marrying off her niece to a suitable husband. To Abigail, “suitable...

"Using wit and romance with a master's skill, Kasey Michaels aims for the heart and never misses." -- #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Nora Roberts The Kissing Game, Book Four in the Love in the Regency series: Lady Allegra has made handling unpredictable situations and people an art form, particularly since her father, Oxie Nesbitt, is one of the greatest practical jokers in all of England. For the sinfully handsome and wickedly witty Armand, who loves to observe the world around him, Ally and her outrageous father prove to be too irresistible. He forms a fast friendship with them, ...

Cuando una misteriosa mujer se aparece en el Fortune Club, desafiándolo a una partida de whist, John Wellesley no pudo decir que no. Intrigado por descubrir qué le pediría si ganaba, se dejó vencer con facilidad, para luego escuchar la petición de tan atractiva dama. Sin embargo, decir que se había sorprendido con las palabras de la joven, era insignificante en comparación a la conmoción que sintió cuando se desnudó frente a él. John no era ningún santo, y sus demonios habían aullado como nunca antes, cuando la contempló como Dios la trajo al mundo. ¿Y quién era él para ...

Dashing and elegant, Baron Christian St. Clair is the toast of the ton... and a man with a closely guarded secret. For his dazzling looks and celebrated charm mask his late-night escapades as the elusive Peacock, enemy of the rich and benefactor of the poor. Now Gabrielle Laurence, the destitute beauty who loathes St. Clair's rakish ways and power over her social standing, is close to discovering the truth. But can he convince her to trust a rogue—and take a chance on the passion that flares between them?

How to Woo a Spinster—a Daughtry family prequel Still unmarried at twenty-eight, Lady Emmaline Daughtry has resigned herself to spinsterhood. Then Captain John Alistair arrives at her door—the very image of the perfect lover of her most private dreams. But can a man with a secret and a woman who’s never known love find happiness when they least expect to?

Lady Helena Wellesley siempre supo que su destino estaba enlazado al matrimonio. Enamorada desde pequeña del mejor amigo de sus hermanos, no pensó en otro candidato más adecuado para marido que en el primogénito de los condes de Essex. Sin embargo, su plan para convencer al susodicho de que ella era la joven más conveniente para esposa, se ve saboteado por la intrusión del insufrible amigo de su cuñado. Lord Alexander Gordon maldijo el día en que heredó un título en ruinas, porque en su intención de salvar lo poco que le quedaba, se encuentra con una situación que lo arrastra ...

Bad never looked so good Lady Seraphina is facing scandal and ruination if the secret of her father’s debt gets exposed. She’s run out of options. Except him. Him being the evil one. The debt holder. One night pleading for his mercy may very well change her mind—and her heart—toward him though. All it takes is one kiss. Sebastian, Duke of Ravenshire, has always paid his own debts, ever since he learned his lesson as a boy. So when Seraphina sneaks into his house one night with a proposition to eliminate her father’s debt, he’s not the least bit interested. That is, until she ...

Lady Brooke Linwood konnte nicht ahnen, was passieren würde, nachdem sie gegen den Herzog von Grafton stolperte. Seit ihrer schicksalhaften Begegnung lässt der teuflisch gutaussehende Graf sie nicht mehr in Ruhe und jede Sekunde, die sie gemeinsam verbringen, löst Brookes Widerstand weiter auf.

Un soplo de viento en contra fue suficiente para que el seguro mundo de Grace desapareciera bajos sus pies. Desamparada y a merced de unos hombres sin escrúpulos que buscan beneficiarse de su inocencia, todo parece perdido. Lord Liam McAlister es un hombre enigmático y parco en palabras, con un sentido del honor que condiciona sus decisiones. Tiene un propósito de vida marcado del que jamás se desvía. Grace supone un desafío para él, no se comporta como debería y, aunque todo en su interior le dice que se mantenga lejos, hay una fuerza que lo arrastra hacia ella. Quizá el orgullo ...

Seventeen year old Jane Waterford quits her step-mother’s house in Ireland after the sudden death of her father and takes a ship to England to get away from the threat of an arranged marriage. A friendly widow takes Jane under her wing, but their carriage overturns on the road and after that things never go quite as Jane intended. Unwittingly she takes a job as secretary to the grandmother of the Duke of Grantley, the mysterious stranger who rescued them after the accident. When Jane at last realises who he is she clashes with him over a number of things, since they are poles apart ...

Hace dos años que Iara dejó todo atrás, incluso su apellido. No le quedó más remedio; sin embargo, ha aprendido a sobrevivir y a manejarse en un mundo difícil y cruel para las mujeres. Por azar del destino, el conde de Richmond aparece en su vida. Un encuentro fortuito e inesperado que desatará una marea de acontecimientos. Lord Ramsey Blackwood es un hombre diferente, atípico en sus costumbres, un ermitaño para la alta sociedad; pero no le importa lo que piensen de él. Vive volcado en sus obligaciones familiares y en sus negocios… hasta que aparece ella. La atracción es ...

Lady Susan Wellesley era digna hija de su padre: obstinada, apasionada e irreverente, no solo compartía las afamadas «virtudes» del duque, sino también, aquel carácter indómito que la llevó a rehusarse rotundamente a un matrimonio arreglado. Henry Hervey, reciente marqués de Bristol, se sentía acorralado con el ultimátum de su familia en relación al matrimonio. Ya le habían escogido prometida y, con su nuevo e imprevisto título nobiliario, no tenía otra opción más que acceder a conocer a la dama en cuestión. Pensando que ya nada podía agravar su situación, el destino lo ...

Thomas Cromwell, conde de Essex, no tenía en mente a otra candidata para esposa más que a lady Susan Wellesley, hermana de su mejor amigo. Sin embargo, el terrible accidente que acabó con la vida de la dama, y la revelación de los sentimientos que ella le guardaba a otro caballero, lo hicieron tomar la decisión de alejarse de Inglaterra para sanar su corazón roto y olvidar aquel desafortunado incidente. Instalado en Boston, su vida pareció tomar al fin rumbo y el dolor de su pasado se mitigó al comprender que el resentimiento solo lo estancaría en una vida llena de amarguras. No ...

Clara may be the woman Adam wants, but there's one problem: She's far more interested in publishing her women's journal than getting married - especially to a man said to be dead-set on vengeance. Though with her nose for a story, Clara wonders if his desire for justice is sincere - along with his incredibly unnerving intention to be her husband. If her weak-kneed response to his kiss is any indication, falling for Adam clearly comes with a cost. But who knew courting danger could be such exhilarating fun?

They call him the Demon Highlander. The fearsome Lieutenant Colonel Liam MacKenzie is known for his superhuman strength, towering presence, and fiery passion in the heat of battle. As laird to the MacKenzie clan, the undefeated marquess has vanquished his foes with all the rage and wrath of his barbaric Highland ancestors. But when an English governess arrives to care for his children, the master of war finds himself up against his greatest opponent...in the game of love.