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  • Petteril's Folly by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Folly by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Time to confront reality – and a worrying mystery.Lord Petteril and his new viscountess return to England to face the consequences of their unequal marriage, only to discover that Petteril’s valet, the enigmatic Stewart, has been arrested for theft...
  • The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster

    The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Betrayal, temptation and an impossible love.The final book in the Unmarriageable series...Some suspect that Lily Villin is the true heart of the Hart Inn, a lucky house where love always seems to blossom, whatever the obstacles. But Lily has another secret. She is in love with an enigmatic nobleman, and no luck in the world can make such a marriage possible...
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  • Petteril's Wife by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Wife by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Incognito in Portugal…Lord Petteril’s cousin, the newly commissioned Major Bertie Withan, has gone missing somewhere between landing in Lisbon and joining his regiment on the front line of the Peninsular War...
  • Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A merry Christmas for the Petterils?Piers wants to make their first Christmas together special, and so it proves to be - just not quite in the way he planned.His eccentric Great Aunt Prudence summons him to London with the news that she is dying and that one of her servants is stealing from her. Only one of these claims turns out to be true, though both require investigating...
  • Petteril's Corpse by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Corpse by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A murdered stranger in his home wood…The discovery of a naked corpse upsets the new Viscount Petteril’s return to his ancestral acres. The local magistrate, Robert Lindon, has no idea how to proceed with so heinous a crime...
  • Petteril's Thief by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Thief by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A missing family heirloom – and one of the family stole it.In the spring of 1812, Piers Withan is dragged from his beloved Oxford to be the new Viscount Petteril. Burdened by responsibilities he doesn’t want and the remnants of a family who don’t want him, he is saved from an irredeemable mistake by Ape, the small thief burgling his house...
  • Petteril's Ladybird by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Ladybird by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An earl’s son, shot in the home of his mistress…Lord Petteril, with his redoubtable assistant April, is called back to London to help prove the innocence of his friend, Percy Austen, who is suspected of murder.Percy was once the lover of the victim’s mistress, and his pistol was found at the scene of the crime...
  • Lady Brazen by Scarlett Scott

    Lady Brazen by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lady Philippa Shaw had it all: a husband who was madly in love with her, a sweet baby daughter, and a house in the most exclusive square in London. Until a shocking discovery after her husband’s death revealed her happy life was a lie. Now, his past crimes are returning to haunt her, bringing danger, devastation, and the one man she’s spent the past few years despising...
  • Entranced by the Earl by Jillian Eaton

    Entranced by the Earl by Jillian Eaton

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes love is hiding in the unlikeliest of earls . . . Evelyn Thorncroft wants to marry a duke, but she'll settle for an earl. The Earl of Hawkridge, to be precise. The only problem? Weston cannot stand the sight of her. At least, that's what he says. Their passionate kisses, however, tell a very different story . .
  • Sutton's Scandal by Scarlett Scott

    Sutton's Scandal by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's a battle of wits and wills between a bold East End lady and the icy shop owner she can't resist in this deliciously steamy Regency romance from USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott.Lily Sutton has been running wild for years beneath her siblings’ noses. Born and raised in the rookeries, she is not afraid of anything or anyone...
  • Seven Nights with the Duke by Alyssa Clarke

    Seven Nights with the Duke by Alyssa Clarke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Miss Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Fairbanks cannot forget a few abandoned moments with Rannulf Headley, the Duke of Ravenswood. Their romance had begun by accident until it ended when she discovered they were worlds apart.Now that her brother is the new Earl of Celdon, the very bad Fairbanks have been trying to behave themselves and fit into London society...
  • The Duke's Virgin Sister by Caroline Lee

    The Duke's Virgin Sister by Caroline Lee

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    They haven’t quite managed to tame her wild streak. It is to be The Match of the Season. At least, that’s what Lady Carlotta Merritt, sister to the cool and aloof Duke of Cashingham, has been told repeatedly by her mother. The Dowager is beyond thrilled about her daughter’s engagement to Society’s most eligible bachelor, Lord What’s-His-Face...
  • Petteril's Portrait by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Portrait by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A defaced portrait and the death of an artist – but is anything quite what it seems?To the furious disapproval of his assistant, April, Lord Petteril insists on calling in on Lady Haggard’s country house party – only to discover his hostess and her guests in uproar over a portrait of the late Sir Weston Haggard which has been deliberately damaged...
  • Lyon of the Highlands: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Emily Royal

    Lyon of the Highlands: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Emily Royal

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marriage to an Earl destroyed her—can a highland beast mend her heart?After surviving an abusive marriage to an older man, Wilhelmina Redstone retreated from society. Her stepson’s wife, Lily, once her rival, promises to find Mina the perfect husband—a man to love her as she deserves—by engaging the services of Bessie Dove-Lyon, proprietress of the Lyon’s Den, who secured Lily’s own marriage...
  • The Lost Daughter by Iris Cole

    The Lost Daughter by Iris Cole

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Clary only wanted to find her mother. She couldn’t know the terrible price she would pay.Clary’s home is the foundling hospital where she has lived since birth. When a terrible tragedy occurs, Clary is blamed and thrown to the streets with her only possession - a token, left by her birth mother...
  • One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley

    One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Meet the unforgettable men of London's most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke...
  • Duke in All But Name by Caroline Warfield

    Duke in All But Name by Caroline Warfield

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Secrets and lies threaten to pull them under, but a forced marriage may be their salvation. Gideon Kendrick grew up as the despised bastard son of the Duke of Glenmoor. Exiled to the mines by his father, he has not only survived but thrived and prospered. He lives apart, wanting nothing to do with the duke, the estate—or anything in his past, except his younger brother Phillip, the new duke...
  • It's Raining Rakes in April by Annabelle Anders

    It's Raining Rakes in April by Annabelle Anders

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An undercover duke and a clumsy, but ambitious, debutanteEveryone knows debutantes will do anything to marry a duke, which is precisely why this season, the Duke of Ridgefield is going undercover as yet another notorious rake—the mysterious Mr. Pope. As the eldest of seven sisters, Miss Julia Rigsby has one task in life—marry well. The trouble is, she’s clueless when it comes to flirting...
  • Seduced by the Scot by Jillian Eaton

    Seduced by the Scot by Jillian Eaton

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A promise made... When Lady Brynne Weston was just fourteen, she made a pact with her brother’s friend, Lord Lachlan Campbell, a charming Scottish boy with a rebellious streak that called to her own sense of adventure. If, in ten years, neither was married, they would marry each other. The promise was sealed with a stick of sugar, and then forgotten about..
  • To Dance until Dawn by Emma V. Leech

    To Dance until Dawn by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Girls who dare – Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen.Twelve girls – twelve dares in a hat...
  • The Angel and the Aristocrat by Merry Farmer

    The Angel and the Aristocrat by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You are cordially invited to the country house party of the summer...Five years ago, six exceptional ladies graduated from Twittingham Academy and successfully nabbed themselves the most sought-after matrimonial prizes in London. Actually, they didn't. Not one of them...
  • A Scandalous Christmas by Tracy Sumner, Amanda Mariel

    A Scandalous Christmas by Tracy Sumner, Amanda Mariel

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Love and scandal are the best Christmas gifts. Open up each story and fall in love with the scandalous behavior of the rogues and ladies of this anthology. Embrace the romance and discover the magic of the holiday season with all eight of these stories...
  • Lady Frederica and the Scot Who Would Not by Julie Johnstone

    Lady Frederica and the Scot Who Would Not by Julie Johnstone

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When the guarded King of the Underworld collides with a maddeningly reckless lady, the road to ruination becomes impossible not to take. Lady Frederica Darlington isn’t prim, obedient, or appropriately dispassionate as a proper lady of the aristocracy should be. Nor is she interested in securing a husband, whether rake, rogue, duke, or lord...
  • Radiance by Sydney Jane Baily

    Radiance by Sydney Jane Baily

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In this sparkling early Victorian romance by USA Today bestselling author Sydney Jane Baily, a fiery-haired Diamond daughter sets her cap at this man of science... and he doesn’t stand a chance!She’s a gifted artisan with sparkle to spare, and he’s a preoccupied man of science.At Prince Albert’s Great Exhibition, Lady Radiance Diamond falls in love..
  • The Marquess' Angel by Julia Sinclair

    The Marquess' Angel by Julia Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone knows that good missionary girls are plain and dull.  And that's just the way Blythe likes it!  . Lady Blythe Dennings has craved adventure her entire life, but due to her relation to the powerful Carrow family, there was no way she was going to get it. So... she became a missionary...
  • Highlander’s Venomous Snake: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Alisa Adams

    Highlander’s Venomous Snake: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Alisa Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    he lass that nearly killed him is now in danger.Catriona MacKay is lying in her bed, sick, writing her last letter in agony. She does not know if she will still be alive when the words reach her dear friend Kaithira…Kaithria panics and, until she can meet Catriona herself, she asks from her brother, Caden Zahrah Keith, a man with a past as dark as one can have, to run to her aid...
  • Always the Matchmaker by Emily E K Murdoch

    Always the Matchmaker by Emily E K Murdoch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Always the matchmaker and never the bride - even when she's found her perfect partner…Miss Theodosia Ashbrooke does not believe there is anything greater than matching the perfect pair - and she's become rather expert in it. Never mind that she's never found the missing half to her own soul and body. Perhaps that's not her lot in life, even at the age of eight and twenty...
  • Lost with a Scot by Lauren Smith

    Lost with a Scot by Lauren Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Aiden Kincade hasn't had it easy. As the youngest of three Scottish brothers, he's watched his two older brothers fall head over heels in love.Unlike his brothers, he is destined to be alone. Due to an old family prophecy, he knows whoever he loves will suffer a tragic death too soon. So he hides in the woods of Scotland, sharing his solitude with his animals...
  • The Blood of a Baron by K.J. Jackson

    The Blood of a Baron by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A deal with the devil never goes according to plan in this newest novel from USA Today Bestseller K.J. Jackson.Her last hope.With her brother dead and destitution looming, spinster Lady Elania has only one hope left—finding the mysterious box her brother had left her and trading it for the modest fortune that would last her the rest of her days...
  • Indecent by Darcy Burke

    Indecent by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Society’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.If Bennet St...
  • The Sin Commandments by Kathryn Le Veque

    The Sin Commandments by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Get ready for a scandalous Regency romp. Meet the Sinning Flynns!Rory Flynn, grandson of the Duke of Savernake, is embittered by his family’s reputation as a wealthy family from Irish stock. They are hated by the Ton but accepted because of their links to the duke. Rory has a list of those who have offended his family the most and he intends to do something about it...
  • Moonstone Angel by Meara Platt

    Moonstone Angel by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    He thought she was a thief, but the only thing she ever stole was his heart...
  • What a Spinster Wants by Rebecca Connolly

    What a Spinster Wants by Rebecca Connolly

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    By yon bonny Spinster... Lady Edith Leveson has lived her young widowhood in shadows and secrets, not even revealing the truth to family or friends. That, it seems, is no longer an option, and she must act quickly to avoid being ruined entirely and forevermore. A handsome but reserved rescuer comes to her aid just in time, and their paths begin to entwine more than either of them expected...
  • Discouraging the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Discouraging the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Welcome to the new world from Alexa Aston—Dukes Done Wrong.Accused of something they never did. Five boys banished from their homes in disgrace, to the place where they find the brothers of their heart—and build new family ties that will last a lifetime.A lonely army captain who suddenly finds himself a duke. A gentleman’s daughter running an estate because her father no longer can...
  • An Inconvenient Beauty by Kristi Ann Hunter

    An Inconvenient Beauty by Kristi Ann Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    Griffith, Duke of Riverton, likes order, logic, and control, so he naturally applies this rational approach to his search for a bride. While he's certain Miss Frederica St. Claire is the perfect wife for him, she is strangely elusive, and he can't seem to stop running into her stunningly beautiful cousin, Miss Isabella Breckenridge...
  • Scandalous Duke by Scarlett Scott

    Scandalous Duke by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Felix Markham, Duke of Winchelsea, has devoted his life to being the perfect statesman and raising his daughter after his beloved wife’s death. But when devastating bombings on the railway leave London in an uproar, he is determined to bring the mastermind of the attacks to justice. He will lure the fox from his den by any means...
  • Kiss Me Duke by Tamara Gill

    Kiss Me Duke by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Molly Clare is living her dream. Being a guest in a gorgeous villa while she explores Rome is everything she could’ve hoped for and more. The man who owns the villa is equally charming—and entirely too tempting. At least, that’s what he appears to be. The truth of who and what he really is…well, that’s infinitely more complicated.Lord Hugh Farley is living a nightmare...
  • A Sanctuary for Soulden by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    A Sanctuary for Soulden by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He wasn't meant for a quiet life.Philip Winthrop, Viscount Soulden, is a fop. An idle popinjay with nothing more on his mind than how to best knot his cravat. He definitely doesn’t spy against the French. Or arrange hasty weddings. Or occasionally commandeer the navy. And he certainly doesn’t seek out mortal danger in order to combat his pervasive ennui...
  • The Christmas Pauper by Iris Cole

    The Christmas Pauper by Iris Cole

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In the early hours of Christmas eve, a young girl hides in doorways seeking refuge from the icy streets. But London is not kind to orphans and paupers and survival can exact an unthinkable price.On Christmas Eve in 1881, eight year old Luella Morris is suddenly and tragically alone in the world...
  • Dare To Be Scandalous by Tamara Gill

    Dare To Be Scandalous by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After inheriting a small fortune, Willow Perry has everything she’s ever wanted. Except a husband, that is. But not just any husband will do. She’s looking for a grand love—someone who will challenge and excite her. It’s just her folly that the one man who interests her is a notorious rake. He’s as wild and passionate as Willow is sheltered and staid...
  • A Defense of Honor by Kristi Ann Hunter

    A Defense of Honor by Kristi Ann Hunter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Katherine "Kit" FitzGilbert turned her back on London society more than a decade ago, she determined never to set foot in a ballroom again. But when business takes her to London and she's forced to run for her life, she stumbles upon not only a glamorous ballroom but also Graham, Lord Wharton...
  • The Hero and the Hellion by Ava Devlin

    The Hero and the Hellion by Ava Devlin

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One Last Scandal, for Old Time's Sake ... A  Hero's HomecomingLieutenant Callum Laughlin has spent four long years at war. Finally, he has enough status and fortune to return to Yorkshire and reclaim the woman of his dreams - a girl he could never have wed when he was a mere stable boy. What awaits him at Somerton is far from the warm welcome he imagined...
  • The Buccaneer and the Bastard by Merry Farmer

    The Buccaneer and the Bastard by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    American dollar princess Melanie Pennypacker has accepted her former teacher’s invitation to join a matchmaking house party for the summer for one reason and one reason only—to find a partner. But not a marriage partner. Melanie is looking for a business partner to invest in her dream of opening a new department store of the sort that are taking London by storm...
  • The Spinster's Captain by Audrey Harrison

    The Spinster's Captain by Audrey Harrison

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Based on a true story.A journey halfway across the world. Two people determined to remain on their chosen paths. But life doesn't always go to plan...Captain Robert Crawford is proud to have achieved his first command. Despite his taciturn manner, he loves his ship, and those who serve under him are loyal and steadfast...
  • The Perfect Gentleman by Julie Cooper

    The Perfect Gentleman by Julie Cooper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Georgiana Darcy has gone missing. Lizzy Bennet knows just what to do to find her. ‘Tis no secret that Lizzy Bennet has dreams. The uniquely talented daughter of a woman with a dubious reputation, Lizzy knows she must make her own way in a world that shuns her...
  • The Love of a Libertine by Jess Michaels

    The Love of a Libertine by Jess Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Morgan Banfield wakes up in Newgate after a night of debauchery, the last thing he wants to see is his estranged brother. But in exchange for his help, Morgan must agree to take on responsibility and try to get his life together by taking on the job of Man of Affairs for a friend.The last thing Lizzie Margolis wants is some rogue coming onto her brother's staff...
  • Earl of Benton by Madeline Martin

    Earl of Benton by Madeline Martin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HIS ACTIONS COULD BE TREASON... Alistair Johnstone’s days of running whisky come to an abrupt halt when he inherits an earldom. After years of living in Scotland and denying his English heritage, he now must return despite his mother’s bitter contempt and his own lack of desire...
  • The Odd Mystery of the Cursed Duke: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel by Abby Ayles

    The Odd Mystery of the Cursed Duke: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel by Abby Ayles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel When all hope seems lost, a deal between them offers them a new life. But within his castle walls, something evil seeks to destroy their happiness... After her heart was broken, Beatrice Leeson has forsaken love. Close to spinsterhood, she is content to help with her sister’s family...
  • Crown of Dreams by Kimberly Cates

    Crown of Dreams by Kimberly Cates

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The award-winning author of Only Forever takes readers on a passionate and irresistible adventure set in 18th-century Scotland. Only weeks before she's to wed, lovely Devlin Chastain falls under the spell of a hotheaded Scottish rebel, who's willing to die for Bonnie Prince Charlie, Young Pretender to the British throne...
  • The Lady of the Lighthouse: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Abby Ayles

    The Lady of the Lighthouse: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Abby Ayles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She needs to escape. He wishes to bring truth to light. But there is love waiting for them by the Lighthouse and it is about to set them free... Diana Douglass, daughter of the Earl of Winthrop, is desperate to escape the grim future others planned for her...
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