Author: Christina Dodd
Title: A Well Pleasured Lady
Series: Well Pleasured - BOOK I
Description:
A PROPER SPINSTER
Prim, plain, desperately virtuous Lady Mary Fairchild stared at the seductive gentleman and wondered--did he remember the elements of the night they met? Surely not. In the ten years since, she had abandoned her youthful impetuousness and transformed herself into a housekeeper--disguising her beauty beneath a servant's dour clothing determined to conquer the passions of the past.
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A DANGEROUS NOBLEMAN
But Sebastian Durant, Viscount Whitfield, did recognize her as a Fairchild, one of his family's bitter enemies. When he demanded her help recovering a stolen diary, she dared not refuse him. When he proposed they masquerade as a betrothed couple, loyalty forced her to agree. And when the restraint between them shattered and pleasure became an obsession, Mary had to trust a powerful man who could send her to the gallows... or love her through eternity.
Author: Christina Dodd
Title: Candle In The Window
Series: My First - BOOK I
Description:
Two lovers ignite a world of darkness with their wild, breathless passion.
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Raven-haired Lady Saura of Roget was the love lest maiden in all Christendom, unrivalled in face and figure. Yet her fortune and her day-to-day existence were controlled by her unscrupulous stepfather. She lived a life of lonely servitude until she was summoned to the castle of Sir William of Miraval, the magnificent knight sworn to live--or perish--by the sword. But that was before his world exploded in agonizing darkness.
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Bound by their need, they came together in a blaze of passion --Saura, the proud Norman beauty, and William, the golden warrior who laid siege to her heart. Yet blackest danger awaited them just beyond the castle walls, and Saura and her beloved soon found themselves fighting for their lives against a treacherous enemy, even as they surrendered to a love that would consume them in its brilliant flame.
Author: Christina Dodd
Title: The Runaway Princess
Series: Princess - BOOK I
Description:
MASQUERADE
English orphan Miss Evangeline Scoffield has spent her life contenting herself with dreams. But with an unforeseen inheritance, she can afford one perfect summer--a summer she will spend the rest of her life remembering. She buys herself expensive clothes, travels abroad, and presents herself as a lady of mystery.
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MARRIAGE
But she quickly discovers her mistake, for a darkly handsome man appears at her bedroom door, claiming to be a Crown Prince--and her fiance.
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OR THE EVER AFTER OF HER DREAMS?
One look into her eyes, and the prince recognizes her. She is his betrothed, the runaway Princess of Serephina. All her denials cannot change that, or alter the passion that burgeons between them. To fulfill their destinies, the prince will do anything--abduct her, coerce her, or, best of all, seduce his reluctant bride into his royal world of peril, promise and passion.
Author: Christina Dodd
Title: Some Enchanted Evening
Series: Lost Princesses - BOOK I
Description:
Once upon a time, high in the Pyrenees Mountains, there were two happy and prosperous kingdoms. In one kingdom, a son was born and declared the crown prince. In the other kingdom, three daughters were raised in royal splendor.
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This is the story of one lost princess, Princess Clarice, who flees with her younger sister to Scotland, where they survive by their wits and daring.
But just when Clarice begins to believe she's safe at last, she attracts the attention of one of Scotland's most powerful and dangerous men.
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Robert MacKenzie, the earl of Hepburn, is enchanted by Clarice's dazzling beauty -- and wary of her talent for disguise. For years justice had been his only desire. A war hero, he knows the cruelness of the world and he cares too much for the people of his village to let them be victimized and exploited. But the moment Robert sees Clarice riding into town -- her lush, smiling lips, her copper-colored curls, her warm amber eyes -- he is overcome with emotions that have been deeply buried for far too long. Feeling he must have her at any cost, he invites her to stay with him at his manor house and won't take no for an answer.
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Now, he has the chance to uncover the nature of her mysterious business in town, and possibly the chance to satisfy his burning desire for her as well.
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Soon Roberts knows all of Clarice's most guarded secrets, and he uses this knowledge to blackmail her into giving her unwilling aid to his own perilous plan. Caught between her need to protect her sister and the dangerous man who mixes dark emotions with passionate kisses, Clarice plunges into Robert's glamorous world. Her days are filled with colorful gowns, elaborate parties, and swirling waltzes. And her nights are marked by secret assignations and one all-consuming passion.
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As Clarice's golden beauty draws Robert from the shadows and her bright wit teaches him to live again, the treachery around them deepens. He swears to keep her safe, never suspecting that he will face an even greater hazard: losing his heart to the mysterious princess who just might make him believe in happily-ever-after ...
Author: Christina Dodd
Title: Rules of Surrender
Title: Governess Brides - BOOK I
Description:
The Rules of Employment
for The Distinguished Academy of Governesses Always remember your station; after all, you are higher than the house servants but certainly not a member of the family. Be sure to maintain a disciplined schoolroom and to take your meals on a tray. And never become too familiar with the master of the house...
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Rules of Behavior
Lady Charlotte Dalrumple is known as England's most proper governess, a woman who has never taken a misstep socially--or romantically. So, on the surface, she seems perfectly suited to accept the challenge of reforming English-born Lord Wynter Ruskin, sadly uncivilized by his travels abroad.
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Rules of Seduction
But the ruggedly handsome man has no desire to be taught manners. He has glimpsed an uninhibited beauty hiding beneath her prim exterior, and he'd much rather spend his days--and nights--instructing her in the ways of love.
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And when ardor erupts between them, Charlotte learns the pleasures of desire and Wynter the passions of the heart, but before they can love both must first master the... Rules of Surrender
Author: Christina Dodd
Title: Once A Knight
Series: Knight - BOOK I
Description:
A LADY'S CHAMPION
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Only a threat to her life could have made strong-willed Lady Alisoun hire Sir David of Radcliffe to protect her castle. Although he had once been a hero and master swordsman, the good life had been a little too good to the lord, and his warrior skills had become as rusty as an old suit of armor. But he needed the money to support his motherless daughter, and Alisoun was in no position to haggle.
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At Alisoun's grand estate, Sir David did indeed discover mischief-makers afoot. But what surprised him most was how quickly his own well-protected heart was in danger of falling to the fiery damsel who brought him to his knees.
Author: Cheryl Bolen
Title: The Bride Wore Blue
Series: Brides of Bath - BOOK I
Description:
A Bargain Isn't A Bargain...Until It Is Sealed With A Kiss
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Lacking the funds for a London season--yet determined to see her headstrong younger siblings suitably matched--lovely widow Felicity Harrison establishes herself in Bath, a grand dame at the tender age of twenty-four. However, her brother's gambling debts soon force her to accept a most unusual proposal from elegant nabob Thomas Moreland. He agrees to repay all markers provided she helps him gain social standing in Bath society. Though there is something oddly familiar about this gentleman, Felicity casts uncertainty aside and agrees to the arrangement.
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Having made a fortune in India, Thomas has returned home to win the heart of the woman who captured his own six years ago. Like an angel of mercy, Felicity came to his aid after a band of highwaymen left him for dead. Now, he's determined to convince this beauty still wearing widow's weeds that there's more to life than assembly rooms, matrons, and matchmaking. Showering her with ribbons of glorious colors, he'll awaken in her a desire to shed those weeds. But what Felicity doesn't know yet is that her greatest desire of all is to spend the rest of her life in Thomas' arms...
Author: Celeste Bradley
Title: Devil In My Bed
Series: Runaway Brides - BOOK I
Description:
COULD A DISGRACEFUL LIE
The three-year-old girl sitting on the steps of Brown's Club for Distinguished Gentlemen insists that one of its members is her papa. Aidan de Quincy feels obligated to help the wee thing, even though she certainly isn't his--or is she? To find answers, Aidan must first track down the lovely widow he swore to forget when their passionate affair came to a painful end. It doesn't help that Madeleine Chandler is as sensual and enticing as ever...
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LEAD TO A HEAVENLY REUNION?
For three years, Madeleine had dreamed of seeing Aidan on her doorstep. The secret that once forced her to leave him now compels her to pretend that this sweet child is hers--a lie Aidan will surely never forgive. Yet the contented days and exquisite nights that follow are worth the heartbreak she knows must come. The truth will out--and when it does, there will be the devil to pay...
Author: Celeste Bradley
Title: To Wed A Scandalous Spy
Series: Royal Four Club - BOOK I
Description:
Lovely, high born Willa Trent was an orphan, raised by a local, somewhat odd family in the country, who want nothing but the best for their girl.
So when she drags the unconscious man she accidentally hit with a slingshot home, they arrange a hasty marriage and pack the couple off with best wishes. Armed with a groggy husband and a new future, Willa's pie-eyed optimism has no limits...until she discovers the secret, dangerous world of Nathaniel Stonewell, Earl of Reardon, a.k.a. "Lord Treason."
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Though Nathaniel is reviled by most of England for his devious plot against the Crown, he is, in reality, a member of an elite cadre of secret royal defenders on a daring undercover mission.
He must keep his secrets at all cost, especially from Willa. And yet, he is enchanted...though he stubbornly refuses to surrender to his passion. Far better, he tells himself, to turn his back on love than risk everything for it. Luckily, his bride has other plans...
Author: Celeste Bradley
Title: The Pretender
Series: Liar's Club - BOOK I
Description:
RULE #1: NEVER FALL IN LOVE
THE PRETENDER, the first book in the wildly fun, exciting, and sexy new Liar's Club series featuring irresistible heroes who are out to steal their leading ladies' hearts!
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SHE HAD A SECRET SHE'D DO ANYTHING TO HIDE.
Agatha Cunnington, a headstrong beauty from the country, has come to London in search of her missing brother James. The only clue she has i a cryptic letter signed "the Griffin." Agatha decides to disguise herself a respectable married woman so that she can go about the cit3 unnoticed. But for her charade to work she needs a suitable "husband,' preferably someone tall, elegant, and rakish--someone like Simor Montague Rain.
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HE HAD A SECRET HE'D DO ANYTHING TO HIDE.
Simon Montague Rain is a member of the Liar's Club, a renegade grout of rogues and thieves in the service of the Crown. When someone begin! murdering members of the undercover cabal one by one, Simon is giver the mission to bring in the Griffin, one of his comrades who is suspected of betraying his brothers. Simon goes undercover and infiltrates the home of "Mrs." Agatha Applequist who he believes is the Griffin's mistress Before Simon knows what's happened, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to Agatha's soft, feminine charms--and he is tempted beyond reason to break the first rule of the Liar's Club: Never fall in love.
Author: Celeste Bradley
Title: Desperately Seeking a Duke
Series: Heiress Brides - BOOK I
Description:
ONLY A DUKE WILL DO
The only way for vicar's daughter Phoebe Millbury to inherit a family fortune is to find herself a duke-just as her late grandfather demanded in his will. But Phoebe, who's stilltrying to make good after a romantic scandal, also has her two cousins to contend with. They're all competing for the same money, maybe even the same men. ..until Phoebe meets her match in the terribly handsome and charming Rafe Marbrook.
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BUT WILL IT BE "I DO" -- OR ADIEU?
When she receives a marriage proposal from the Marquis of Brookhaven, Phoebe is thrilled to learn that Rafe is headed for dukedom...and accepts his offer. There's only one problem: It's from Rafe's older, less captivating brother, Calder. Now Phoebe finds herself on the verge of yet another scandal as she faces a desperate choice: Marry Calder for his money-or follow her own heart? Each way can only lead to trouble...
Author: Cathy Maxwell
Title: A Seduction at Christmas
Series: Scandals and Seductions - BOOK I
Description:
SHE NEVER EXPECTED IT WOULD COME TO THIS
Desperation and an empty stomach forced Fiona Lachlan to agree to a plan that ended up luring the wickedly notorious Duke of Holburn into trouble. Everything went terribly wrong, and now she has found herself posing as his ward! And while she swore nothing could make her desire a scoundrel, even if he was a duke, she is now drawing ever closer to the one man she cannot have . . .
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"BEWARE OF INNOCENCE!"
The Duke of Holburn had spent years heeding this warning, and in doing so, managed to avoid the virginal young ladies who had been put in his path. But now his wild ways have gotten him into real danger. There are killers at the door and a temptingly beautiful woman in his arms. He is about to find himself seduced . . . and he isn't quite sure he wants to resist this time.
Author: Cathy Maxwell
Title: Married in Haste
Series: Marriage Series - BOOK I
Description:
Every young woman dreams of making her London debut...attending the most exclusive balls, wearing a beautiful gown, adorned with sparkling jewels.
What could be more exciting than dancing the night away with the ton's handsomest men...dreaming of secret kisses and passionate words. Because a debutante may flirt outrageously before agreeing to bestow her hand in marriage to just one.
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TO MARRY A STRANGER
Brenn Owens, the new Earl of Merton, has come to London to choose a bride. The broad-shouldered war hero has his pick of the season's debutantes, but once he gazes upon Tess Hamlin, he knows he won't rest until he's made her his own.
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But behind Tess's light-hearted facade is desperation. She has no choice but to marry quickly, before news of her family's ruin becomes common gossip, so she accepts Brenn's sudden proposal--without letting him know the truth. He offers her days and nights of unforgettable passion and love, but how can she marry him without feeling she's betrayed him?
Author: Cathy Maxwell
Title: Temptation of a Proper Governess
Series: Cameron Sisters - BOOK I
Description:
Society dictates that a governess should be modest, quiet, and keep to herself.
She should never contradict her employer.
And, above all, she must not attract the attention of any male in the household.
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But Michael Severson doesn't see Isabel Halloran as a governess -- he sees her as a woman, one whose lush curves cannot be hidden behind a dowdy gown ... and whose efforts at hiding her sparkling intelligence are betrayed by her wit.
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Years before, Michael had left Regency England, falsely accused of a crime. Now he is back, dedicated to seeking retribution -- but not to taking a bride. But when his scandalous actions compromise Isabel's reputation, he does the unthinkable and offers her his hand -- a marriage in name only.
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But although his bride's passions are untried, Isabel's sensuality clearly matches his own. And with each day, and night, that passes, Michael becomes determined that every kiss, every caress, will be made with one goal: to seduce his proper wife into tender submission.
Author: Catherine Coulter
Title: Season of the Sun
Series: Viking Era - BOOK I
Description:
Zarabeth, with hair as red as an Irish sunset, is chosen by Magnus Haraldsson, a Viking on a trading visit to York, to be his wife.
She is both stunned and fascinated by his bluntness, but is soon won over by this man who makes her laugh, brings her desire, and ultimately makes her trust him with her future and that of her little sister, Lotti. But her stepfather, Olav the Vain, has no intention of setting a bride price on Zarabeth.
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Zarabeth does eventually return with Magnus to his farmstead in Norway, but as his slave, not as his wife. She wears the slave collar around her neck for all to see, but bears his distrust of her and her own pain deep within her.
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It is the season of the sun in Norway, the clear midnight light of summer. It is a season of growth and flowering, of treachery and malice, of love and learning....
Author: Catherine Coulter
Title: Evening Star (aka Sweet Surrender)
Series: Star Quartet - BOOK I
Description:
HIS DARK DESIRES CLAIMED HER
He was the highest bidder for her beauty. And now Giana was the property of the handsome, hot-blooded American who had paid heavily to possess her exquisite body, who hungered to initiate her innocent flesh into the flames of his lust ....
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HIS ALL-CONSUMING LOVE TANTALIZED HER
When Alex's tongue lightly caressed her lips, Giana parted them willingly. There was no way she could fight any longer against his brutal strength and power. Giana wanted him to touch her, taste her, adore her. She yearned for his iron-hard embrace, she begged to be released from her fierce desire...
Author: Catherine Coulter
Title: The Sherbrooke Bride
Series: Sherbrooke Family Saga - BOOK I
Description:
Douglas Sherbrooke, Earl of Northcliffe, is a man besieged.He must have an heir. Thus, he must first provide himself with the requisite bride.
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Alexandra Chambers, youngest daughter of the Duke of Beresford, has loved Douglas Sherbrooke since she was fifteen. Unfortunately, it is her sister, the incomparable Melissande, he wishes to wed.
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But life never ladles out what one expects, and Douglas finds himself wed to the wrong sister. If having an unwanted wife isn't enough, he is also plagued by The Virgin Bride, a ghost that is reputedly seen in the countess's bedchamber. Does the willowy phantom really appear to Douglas? Does she speak to him?
Author: Catherine Coulter
Title: Night Fire
Series: Night Trilogy - BOOK I
Description:
ONLY HIS BURNING LOVE COULD SAVE HER
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Trapped into a loveless marriage, Arielle Leslie knew a life of shame and degradation. Even after the death of her brutal husband, she was unable to free herself from the shackles of humiliation.
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Only Burke Drummond's love could save her... if she let it. But as his passion blazed, his patience wore thin... and Arielle risked a future as terrifying as her past...
Author: Catherine Coulter
Title: Warrior's Song
Series: Song Series - BOOK I
Description:
Dear Reader:
Chandra first appeared in 1984. I've rewritten it extensively and changed the title to Warrior's Song, as this book rightfully belongs in the Song series.
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Chandra de Avenell might look like a golden princess, but she fights like a warrior, dreams a warrior's dreams, and wears a warrior's pride like a suit of armor. She wants to be strong, independent, and free. She has no use at all for a husband.
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Enter the man her father has selected for her. Jerval de Vernon takes one look at Chandra, and he wants her. After he saves her from a very bad situation, he sets himself to wooing her - not an easy task.
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How does a man convince a woman he coerces into marriage to become a wife? To give him her loyalty and her trust? Love is something he would like her to consider as well. But what if the wife has no intention of cooperating? Does he break her or finally give up on her?
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Warrior's Song introduces Graelam de Moreton, a real bad boy, who has his mate thrust upon him in the second book of this series, Fire Song.
Author: Catherine Coulter
Title: Midsummer Magic
Series: The Magic Trilogy - BOOK I
Description:
Philip Hawksbury, the Earl of Rothermere, obeying his father's dying wish, hies himself to Scotland to offer for one of the daughters of Alexander Kilbracken, the Earl of Ruthven.
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Frances Kilbracken, informed of the earl's arrival and his mission, disguises herself as a bespectacled dowd so she won't be the one selected by the young earl. But choose her he does, and for all the wrong reasons. The newly married couple return to England, together but now at all happy.
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Philip dumps Frances at Desborough Hall, his ancestral estate, and heads back to his old life in London. Ah, but Desborough has a stud farm and racing stable, and Frances is magic with horses. When the earl returns to his home, driven by guilt, he discovers the woman he married has grossly deceived him. What follows is a battle of the sexes that will have you chuckling, maybe even howling with laughter...
Author: Catherine Coulter
Title: The Wyndham Legacy
Series: The Legacy Trilogy - BOOK I
Description:
Marcus Wyndham never asked to become the Earl of Chase. The Duchess never asked to be illegitimate. And neither of these two asked that their fates become so entwined.
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Marcus is passionate, quick to rage, just as quick to laughter. He's tough, opinionated, domineering, known as the devil's own son. The Duchess is serene and aloof--she has silence down to a fine art. She is always in control, her smiles as rare as bawdy jests in the pulpit. She is self-reliant once she realizes that a very special talent can make her so, a talent no one suspects.
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Surrounding this unlikely pair are three servants cast in the Shakespearean mold: Spears, Badger, and Maggie--all cocky, smart, good plotters and better friends, who don't know the meaning of subservient.
Author: Catherine Coulter
Title: Devil's Embrace
Series: Devil's Duology - BOOK I
Description:
CITY OF SIN
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For beautiful young Cassandra Brougham, the seething city of Genoa, Italy, seemed a world away from the great 18th-century English estate where she was raised--and the closest she had ever come to purgatory.
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Cassie was no longer an innocent when she arrived there with Lord Anthony Welles, the brutally handsome aristocrat who had seduced and stolen her from her intended, Edward Lyndhurst. Still, she was not prepared for what awaited her in this foreign place where she was being held captive by a lover who swore he would conquer her heart as he had conquered her body.
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Thus Cassie's trial by the fire of passion began--as the man she detested made her a slave of desire...as an unknown enemy wreaked revenge upon her...and as she desperately plotted a way to cross the seas to a man she no longer could be sure she loved...
Author: Catherine Coulter
Title: The Wild Baron
Series: Baron - BOOK I
Description:
Rohan Carrington, Baron Mountvale, proud scion of a family renowned for its philandering and charm, is bewildered.
He has received a letter stating that his late, younger brother, George, ruined a young lady. But how could this be possible? George was a scholar, a serious young man; without mincing words, he was a prude and a stick. whereas Rohan enjoys the reputation of being a womanizer. George had the reputation of cold porridge.
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Enter the ruined young lady, Susannah, who claims she wasn't ruined. She claims she's a Carington, but George didn't leave her in fine fettle.
She has a three-yer-old daughter, very little money, a younger brother, and a wastrel father. In short, she's not in very fine fettle. She and her daughter are also in danger. When Rohan and Susannah team up, they find themselves on the trail of a legendary treasure somehow connected to MacBeth, eleventh-century king of Scotland--a fantastic legacy of ancient good and evil.
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There are also cats to be trained for the races, limericks to be sung to the horses, a murder to be solved, a vicar with more secrets than a wizard's wand, and a man and a woman who are linked by magic as old as time....
Author: Catherine Anderson
Title: Keegan's Lady
Series: Keegan-Paxton Family - BOOK I
Description:
WOUNDED BY VENGEANCE
Caitlin O'Shannessy survived years of abuse at the hands of her alcoholic father. Now he is dead---leaving the strong, courageous miss with a Colorado ranch, an unwavering devotion to her brother, a lasting mistrust of men...and an adversary.
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HEALED BY LOVE
A man of honor, Ace Keegan returned to No Name intending to avenge his stepfather's murder. But when his calculated anger damages the good name of his dead enemy's daughter, Ace vows to make amends by marrying the flame-haired Caitlin. For secret pain, insecurity and cruel innuendo cannot dim the proud spirit of the woman they wrongly call "Keegan's whore." And Ace is determined to nurture with patience and love the light his lady Caitlin guards in her damaged heart...until it blazes with the power of a thousand suns.
Author: Catherine Anderson
Title: Comanche Moon
Series: Comanche - BOOK I
Description:
They called him Hunter, the fierce Comanche warrior chosen by his people to journey across the western wilderness in search of the elusive maiden who would fulfill their sacred prophecy:
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For the sake of the Comanche, find the honey-haired woman; bring her among us, and honor her as you never will another.
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Loretta Simpson came to him as in a vision, a proud, golden-haired beauty. Loretta had lived in terror of the Comanche since the brutal murder of her parents at their hands. Now she was a Comanche prisoner and nothing could ease the fear and hate she felt. What she did not know was that she and Hunter were bound by more than the bonds that held her--they were bound by destiny. She swore to defy her captor, but could she defy her heart?
Author: Carolyn Davidson
Title: A Marriage by Chance
Series: Davidson's Texas - BOOK I
Description:
Chloe Biddleton was in big trouble!
Her fool brother had gone and lost his half of the family ranch in a game of cards, leaving her to live with her brother's mistakes, and handsome cowboy Mr. J. T. Flannery. Then trouble struck the ranch, and Chloe had no choice but to accept J.T.'s offer of marriage -- no matter how inconvenient!
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The only thing the stubborn beauty wanted less than a business partner was a husband, but it looked as if she was about to be saddled with both! But as the battle of wills between the two began to heat up, so did their mutual passion....
Author: Carolyn Davidson
Title: The Bachelor Tax
Series: Edgewood Texas - BOOK I
Description:
The last thing he wanted was a home on the range!
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Rancher Gabe Tanner was content to ride herd on bachelorhood forever. And it if hadn't been for that blasted bachelor tax, he would have. Even if every glimpse he had of Rosemary Gibson, the preacher's daughter, warned him he didn't have a prayer of remaining single...!
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Life's usual dreams -- love, home, children -- would always elude Rosemary Gibson, or so she thought. Until the day Providence mixed the devilish Gabriel Tanner, two angelic kids and one prim yet passionate parson's daughter into a most unusual ready-made family...!
Author: Caroline Linden
Title: I Love The Earl
Series: The Truth About the Duke - BOOK I
Description:
A single lady in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a suitor...
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Margaret de Lacey has accepted her unmarried state with dignity, if not delight. She had no suitors when she was young and starry-eyed, though regrettably poor, and it’s unlikely any man will court her now that she’s older, wiser, and still just as penniless. Until, that is, her brother unexpectedly inherits the dukedom of Durham and settles an enormous dowry on her, making her the most eligible heiress in town.
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No gentleman in London is more in need of a wealthy bride than Rhys Corwen, Earl of Dowling. He contrives an introduction to Margaret because of her dowry, but she swiftly sets him right: no fortune hunter will win her heart or her hand. Far from put off, Rhys is intrigued. Interested. Entranced. And soon the only thing he needs more than Margaret’s fortune . . . is her love.
Author: Caroline Linden
Title: What a Gentleman Wants
Series: Reece Family - BOOK I
Description:
Marcus Reese, Duke of Essex, has spent most of his life pulling his twin brother out of trouble.
An occasional thank you would suffice; instead, his resentful sibling forges his name to a marriage license and presents him with an unwanted wife. She's a vicar's widow with a mind of her own who may be the first person in Marcus's well-ordered life to make him feel...completely out of control.
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Hannah can't help but curse her own idiocy.
Dire straits have led her to the altar with a gentleman she hardly knows. Played for a fool, she's embarrassed, furious, and worse, married to an equally outraged stranger--an exasperating man who unleashes all manner of emotions in Hannah, not to mention unwanted desire. Reluctantly, she agrees to play the wife until he can sort out the mess. But the nearness of the undeniably attractive Duke and the passion in his black eyes unsettles her well-guarded heart--making her want to do so much more than "act" the role of blissful bride...
Author: Caroline Linden
Title: A View to a Kiss
Series: Bow St. Agents: Spies in Love - BOOK I
Description:
Mystifying kisses . . .
It was a most coveted invitation--a glittering ball attended by all the important people of the ton. But Mariah, a ravishing beauty thought by all to be the catch of the season, never expected to find true love amid the shadows. The mysterious man she meets there ignites a passion within her she never thought possible. When he starts a clandestine midnight courtship in her bedroom, Mariah is scandalized--and enthralled.
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From a man who knows just what he desires . . .
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Harry Sinclair is a man of secrets who would do anything to protect those in his charge. But when he lays eyes on the stunning Mariah, duty and desire collide. Though every man in London lusts for her, he knows the fiery attraction between them is unparalleled. But in a world where trust can turn to treason and scandal can topple the throne, Harry and Mariah will fight a perilous fight for their precious love--and their lives.
Author: Carol Finch
Title: Apache Wind
Series: Apache - BOOK I
Description:
He is a half-breed Apache, framed for murder and on the run.
She is a bold lady lawyer, honor-bound by an old family debt to clear his name.
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When he takes her as his hostage on a perilous journey through the rugged Guadeloupe Mountains, their world's collide in a searing blaze of unforgettable desire as untamed as the wild Apache wind!
Author: Carla Kelly
Title: Marrying The Captain
Series: Channel Fleet - BOOK I
Description:
THE CAPTAIN AND THE COMMONER
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Ever since her father tried to sell her as a mistress to the highest bidder, Eleanor Massie has chosen to live in poverty. Her world changes overnight when Captain Oliver Worthy shows up at her struggling inn. Despite herself, Nana is drawn to her handsome guest....
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Oliver planned to stay in Plymouth only long enough to report back to Lord Ratliffe--about Nana. But he soon senses that Lord Ratliffe is up to something, and Oliver will do anything to keep this courageous, beautiful woman safe--even marry her!
Author: Candice Hern
Title: A Proper Companion
Series: Proper Companion - BOOK I
Description:
Anyone can arrange a marriage-but only the heavens can decree true love!
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Her grandson, the Earl of Bradleigh, had just announced his engagement to a thoroughly unlikeable chit -- and Lady Bradleigh was determined to do something about it. Why, just about anyone would make a more suitable match...even her own paid companion, Emily Townsend! But if her dear, practical-minded Robert were to back out of the betrothal, the tongues of the ton would never stop wagging...
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At the very least, the dowager decides, she will extract a promise from her grandson to find Emily a husband. But when the handsome, rakish earl comes to know the charms of Emily Townsend, he suddenly regrets his hasty engagement-and is sorely tempted to win her hand for himself.
Author: Candice Hern
Title: In The Thrill of the Night
Series: Merry Widows - BOOK I
Description:
Meet the Merry Widows, a secret society of respectable ladies...
With some scandalous ideas...
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Assured of both money and position, none of the five friends who form the Merry Widows need ever marry again. But they have no intention of forsaking physical passion for the rest of their lives. So they make a daring pact-- each will consider taking a lover for the pure pleasure of it.
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Marianne Nesbitt adored her late husband David, but the racy reminiscences of the Merry Widows make her wonder if she missed something special. Might she find it now through a love affair? Uncertain how to go about it, she asks Adam Cazenove, an old friend and notorious rake, to tutor her in the arts of seduction.
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The brazen request turns Adam's world upside down. He never imagined his best friend's very proper and exceedingly attractive widow would seek out a lover. If not for his recent betrothal, he would jump at the chance to warm her bed. Since he cannot bear the thought of another man doing so, he foils her every attempt at seduction. Until one night of unintended passion changes everything...
Author: Candice Hern
Title: Once a Dreamer
Series: Ladies Fashionable Cabinet Trilogy - BOOK I
Description:
"The Busybody" counseled Eleanor Tennant's headstrong niece to "follow her heart" -- sending the impressionable girl racing into the arms of a notorious rake.
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And Eleanor is furious!
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The fiery Miss Tennant wants satisfaction from the popular lady columnist who ruined young Belinda's life. But imagine Eleanor's surprise when she discovers the anonymous author of the odious advice is a disarmingly attractive man named Simon Westover! Well, the handsome cad is responsible for this outrage and he will set things right! As for Simon, he must protect his "Busybody" identity at all costs -- and therefore agrees to help Eleanor scour the English countryside for missing Belinda and her paramour. But the intoxicating nearness of the exquisite lady -- not to mention her dazzling emerald eyes and lush, kissable lips -- is almost too much for a hopeless romantic like Simon to bear. Yet how can he convince Eleanor that he is no mere meddler but a passionate male with intense desires ... and prove to the stubborn, straightforward miss that dreams of love can come true?
Author: Candice Hern
Title: A Garden Folly
Series: Garden Folly - BOOK I
Description:
The Fortune Huntress
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It was a stroke of luck that lovely Catherine Forsythe and her stunning sister, Susannah, were invited to a month-long house party on the estate of the Duke of Carlisle. It was their golden chance to snare spouses who would rescue them from poverty, and Catherine meant to make the most of it.
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At first the estate seemed the happiest of hunting grounds, abounding with titles and wealth. But Catherine's plans began to go awry when Susannah fell under the romantic spell of the most unsuitable of suitors, a gentleman with only love to give. Then Catherine's designs threatened to come completely undone in the arms of a man who was everything except a gentleman. For the handsome, hot-blooded Stephen Archibald claimed neither riches nor rank, as he offered Catherine nothing but scandal--and joy beyond her wildest dreams .... .
Author: Candace Camp
Title: An Independent Woman
Series: Women and Men - BOOK I
Description:
Only one person ever treated Juliana Holcott with anything other than disdain -- Nicholas Barre, the orphaned heir to the estate where she spent her childhood.
And when wild, rebellious Nick left home, Juliana was left to fend for herself.
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Forced to seek employment as a lady's companion, Juliana has resigned herself to a life of lonely independence...until Nick's innocent attentions at a ball cause her to lose her position, and he offers her the only recompense he can -- a marriage of convenience.
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It now falls to Juliana to prove to Nick that he is capable of the love they both so richly deserve. But when a guest at their wedding turns up dead, they must pursue a more urgent quarry -- a murderer.
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Will one man's greed and bloodlust ruin their chance at happiness...or will love conquer all?
Author: Candace Camp
Title: A Lady Never Tells
Series: Willowmere - BOOK I
Description:
Meet three noble bachelors and a quartet of American girls of questionable manners!
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When Mary Bascombe’s stepfather tries to sell her and her sisters to the highest bidder after their mother’s death, she resolves to take drastic action. Although their British mother was estranged from her family, Mary decides the four will flee to London and take their place in society as granddaughters of the Earl of Stewkesbury.
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Dashing Sir Royce Winslow doubts the honesty of the young women’s claim--despite their charms, they seem to be hiding something. His attraction to feisty Mary, however, is no ruse, so when the sisters are shipped off to Willowmere, the earl’s country estate, to acquire some polish, Royce is quick to join them. When an unknown villain attempts a kidnapping, Royce and Mary are thrown together as they confront the danger . . . and Royce learns that while high society may sing the praises of proper behavior, it is a most improper American who is winning his heart.
Author: Candace Camp
Title: Rain Lily
Series: Tyrell's Lilies - BOOK I
Description:
HEAT LIGHTNING
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Like a stalwart lily, her roots plunged deep in the Arkansas soil farmer's wife Maggie Tyrrell Whitcomb had endured drought, survived deluge. But the Civil War had proved crueler still: dividing her beloved brothers, changing her precious boy leaving her big blond husband only half a man...making Maggie thirst for Southern comforts now gone with the wind.
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Then a mysterious drifter arrived and Maggie felt her body quake and her soul tremble. For she tasted temptation in Reid Prescott's arms. And the battle of her life between duty and desire was just beginning. Could she survive the turbulent storm and blossom in its wake like the ephemeral rain lily?
Author: Candace Camp
Title: A Stolen Heart
Series: Montford Heirs - BOOK I
Description:
Lord Thorpe's new business partner is not at all what he'd expected. Beautiful and outspoken, Alexandra Ward is also the perfect image of a woman long thought dead.
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Straight from America, Alexandra finds London a strange new world, one fraught with danger. Her appearance on Thorpe's arm sends shock rippling through society, arouses hushed whispers in the night. Is she a schemer in search of a dead woman's fortune, or an innocent caught up in circumstances she doesn't understand?
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Someone knows the truth, someone who doesn't want Alexandra to learn too much. Only Lord Thorpe can help her -- if he can overcome his own suspicions. But even if he does, at what price?
Author: Candace Camp
Title: Mesmerized
Series: Moreland Family - BOOK I
Description:
All her life, Olivia Moreland has denied her clairvoyant abilities, working instead to disprove the mediums that flock to London.
But when Stephen, Lord St. Leger, requests her help in investigating an alleged psychic, she can't ignore the ominous presence she feels within the walls of his ancient estate. Nor can she ignore the intimate connection she feels to Stephen, as if she has somehow known him before....
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The last time he'd lived in Blackhope Hall, Stephen had watched as his elder brother claimed both the family title and the woman he loved. Now, following his brother's death, Stephen reluctantly returns home and finds his family ensconced in scandal. Who is behind his brother's murder -- a dark spirit or the psychic who claims to have channeled it? And what is it about psychic investigator Olivia Moreland that awakens his long-dormant passion?
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As they search for answers, Stephen and Olivia discover that the only way to fight a powerful evil is with a powerful love....
Author: Candace Camp
Title: The Marriage Wager
Series: The Matchmakers - BOOK I
Description:
In a world where love was always a gamble, they meant to beat the odds.
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No longer in the first blush of youth and without a marriage portion, Miss Constance Woodley could scarcely imagine why one of the leading lights of London society should take an interest in the likes of her. But under her benefactor's guiding hand she was transformed into a captivating creature who caught the eye of the handsome, charming and ever-so-slightly notorious Lord Dominic Leighton. And before the shocked eyes of the entire Ton, the "nobody" and the rakish viscount showed that even in the heartless world of the marriage mart, when love was at stake, all bets were off . . .
Author: Candace Camp
Title: So Wild a Heart
Series: Aincourt - BOOK I
Description:
Generations ago, the Aincourt family was given a title and land for their loyalty to the king.
But the former abbey they received came with a price -- a curse that no family member would ever know happiness.
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Devin Aincourt, Earl of Ravenscar, makes no apologies for who he is -- a drinker, a womanizer, a gambler. Having been cast aside by his disapproving father years before, Dev is content to live out his cursed life in this hedonistic manner. Until his mother asks him to make a bold move to restore the family name and fortune: marry a rich American heiress.
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Believing it will be a marriage in name only, Dev agrees to marry Miranda. But he never imagined that this feisty, unconventional foreigner would have plans of her own: to restore Blackwater, the old abbey, to its former glory, to extricate Dev from the clutches of a devious mistress and to win his heart for her own. All while risking her own life to an unknown enemy.
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For Dev and Miranda, love may be the most lasting curse of all.
Author: Bronwyn Scott
Title: Notorious Rake, Innocent Lady
Series: Ramsden Brothers - BOOK I
Description:
THE GOING PRICE FOR JULIA PRENTISS'S VIRGINITY WAS FIFTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS!
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Determined not to enter into a forced marriage, Julia could see no way out--unless she were to become a ruined woman! Notorious rake Paine Ramsden was reputed to have no qualms about seducing innocents, so maybe he would help with her...predicament.
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Certainly, Paine deserved his rakish reputation, yet Julia was so achingly pure, one night with her might just ruin him! Awakening Julia's sensuality aroused unfamiliar feelings in him--was it too late to make them both respectable?
Author: Brenda Joyce
Title: Beyond Scandal
Series: Saint Georges - BOOK I
Description:
Adoring and innocent, Anne Stewart was seduced by Dominick Saint Georges, Viscount Lyons, then brazenly abandoned on their wedding night.
Now four years have passed, and England's most mysterious lord has returned to Waverly Hall.
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Anne can never forgive Dominick for the shame he caused her. She is determined to resist his advances and ignore the gossip and speculations surrounding them, but shocking revelations and deadly intrigues are drawing her ever closer to her enigmatic husband, to whom she dares not surrender again - his secretive stranger who holds the key to her survival and her heart.
Author: Brenda Joyce
Title: The Conqueror
Series: de Warenne Dynasty - BOOK I
Description:
HE WAS A GOLDEN, BARBAROUS INVADER
Like a pagan god, Rolfe the relentless rode into Castle Aelfgar to claim it and the Lady Alice as his prize. Lauded for his bravery in France, in England he was the hated enemy. Once ensconced in his new domain, Rolfe became determined to tame the Saxon beauty Ceirdre, Alice's illegitimate sister, whose spirit and sensuality made him risk treason to have this woman of fire - and not Lady Alice - in his bed...
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SHE WAS MORE A PRIZE THAN HE'D BARGAINED FOR
With her bronze hair and silken skin, Ceirdre seemed a wood nymph eluding the wickedly handsome knight who pursued her. Mysterious and seductive, she was no lady but a spy for the rebel cause of her noble half rothers. Refusing to bow to this arrogant warrior who ignited her forbidden passion, Ceirdre was swept into a dangerous liaison tied to the fate of England and the fate of kings....Yet with his kisses on her lips, his skillful hands on her body, she would have to struggle not to surrender to...The Conqueror.
Author: Brenda Joyce
Title: Secrets
Series: Delanzas - BOOK I
Description:
Injured during a train robbery; Regina Shelton awakens with no memory of who she is--and in the arms of the most handsome man she has ever seen.
The dangerous stranger calls her "Elizabeth," and his touch sets her blood racing--impelling her toward a romantic destiny not rightfully her own.
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Slade Delanza has finally found the missing heiress who came west to wed his brother James. But now James is dead--and the rugged loner is expected to marry wealthy "Elizabeth Sinclair" himself, in order to rescue his family's California ranch from ruin. Though he aches to possess his innocent young bride, Slade's honor demands that he deny his own desires. And he vows to resist temptation, never dreaming of the stunning secrets that could seal their love--or tear them apart forever.
Author: Brenda Joyce
Title: Innocent Fire
Series: The Braggs - BOOK I
Description:
FIRE AND ICE
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Wrenched from a sheltered life in a French convent, Miranda was on her wary to the New World, betrothed by her English father to a Texas rancher she had never met. It seemed worse than a sentence of death! Shaking with fear, she arrived in America to be greeted by her fiance's friend, Derek Bragg, a ruggedly handsome, half-Apache Texas Ranger, whose coarse manners and frank appreciation of her young beauty enraged her.
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Although Bragg fought to deny his feelings for his charge, he knew he was falling hopelessly in love. Miranda, too, was struggling with new dad m, and as they made their wary across the treacherous wilderness, she was drawn to her protector -- captivated by his raw masculine virility -- so bold, so shocking... so sinfully irresistible.
Author: Betina Krahn
Title: Caught in the Act
Series: Tudor - BOOK I
Description:
SECRET PLACES...
A shocking liaison accidentally observed opens floodgates of deception... and desire.
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HIDDEN COSTS...
A rogue's game of passionate betrayal takes an audacious, unexpected turn when emotional debts come due.
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SWEET REWARDS...
In a Tudor England teeming with intrigues and absurdities--in a hotbed of scheming scoundrels and bumbling knaves--a daring thief of hearts and an innocent, yet ingenious, young beauty will be undone by the most delectable treachery of all: rapturous, irresistible love.
Author: Betina Krahn
Title: The Last Bachelor
Series: Mistress - BOOK I
Description:
SHE CREATED A STIR
Some found her ingenious, others diabolical. But no one could argue with the success of Lady Antonia Paxton's technique. For the beautiful young widow had made a career out of helping destitute women marry well -- by trapping London's richest young bachelors in compromising positions with her willing ladies, then forcing them to marry.
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HE CREATED A SCANDAL
The darkly handsome Remington Carr, ninth Earl of Landon, was as controversial for his radical views on women's rights as he was for his decadent way of life. If the rakish earl had his way, all women would work for a living and marriage would be abolished. He was the ultimate London bachelor and the answer to the prayers of a select group of gentlemen -- Antonia's matrimonial victims -- all too eager to put a stop to the widow's schemes....
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THE LAST BACHELOR
When the pair meet in the halls of Parliament, the sparks fly -- and a wager is made: If Remington will subject himself to two weeks of "women's work," Antonia will put in two weeks of "men's work." And then they will see who has the harder lot in life. The battle is on. And the stakes are nothing less than their hearts....
