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Meant for the Marquess by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn army major compelled to leave the military. A lady forced to earn her living. Two souls finding a new way of life . . . and each other . . . along with love. A brutal attack leaves Major Devin Hunt missing two fingers. Unable to fire a gun, he sells his commission and takes refuge with a former fellow officer who has now become a duke... -
![Love and Lavender by Josi S. Kilpack]()
Love and Lavender by Josi S. Kilpack
Hazel Stillman is a woman of rare independence and limited opportunities. Born with a clubbed foot, she was sent away as a child and, knowing her disability means a marriage is unlikely, she devoted herself to scholarship and education. Now working as a teacher in an elite private girls’ school, she is content with the way her story has unfolded... -
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![The Daring Debutante by Tracy Sumner]()
The Daring Debutante by Tracy Sumner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the next generation in the Duchess Society!Tobias Streeter’s son and Xander Macauley’s daughter fight falling in love!In the bustling streets of 1840s London, a jaded and world-weary man, Nigel Streeter, carries the scars of a tortuous past... -
![A Princess In Plaid by Amy Jarecki]()
A Princess In Plaid by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Grace MacGalloway is the most accomplished of her sisters. She attended the prestigious Northbourne Seminary for Young Ladies which elated her English mother, the Dowager Duchess of Dunscaby. Grace sings beautifully, plays the pianoforte, her embroidery is flawless, and she speaks four languages...Categorized as:
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![The Broken Heart by Mary Lancaster]()
The Broken Heart by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDanger, loyalty and loving the enemy… Book 4 in The Unmarriageable Series is now available! Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited! Shunned by society and even by her own family after the treachery of her late husband, Isabelle de Renarde has long given up any thought of love or remarriage...Categorized as:
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![The Fake February Rake by Charlie Lane]()
The Fake February Rake by Charlie Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe ton thinks Hades is a rake. He’s not.Before the Brazen Belle’s gossip column named him February’s rake, Dr. Hades Jones was the ton’s most trusted doctor, proper in every way but for his family’s scandalous past. But the rake the Belle named wasn’t him. I t was someone wearing his distinctive silk-lined coat, which was stolen from him months ago... -
![Trouble & Strife by Lara Kinsey]()
Trouble & Strife by Lara Kinsey
Sidney Chance is not an enforcer. Anymore. Or a drunk, anymore. And the Chance Brothers are not a razor gang. Except they carry razors, he smacks heads together now and again, and sure, he has the odd drink. Sid is the lieutenant of the most powerful family in Birmingham... -
![Lies like Rubies, Part Two by Poppy Jacobson]()
Lies like Rubies, Part Two by Poppy Jacobson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe deal was simple--protect my daughter in exchange for my body. But this city turned their promises into lies.My entire life, I've been nothing more than a perfect mafia princess, a pawn for men to further their ambitions. Three men whispered sweet nothings to me and swore they'd stop at nothing to keep me and my daughter safe. But when the worst happened, no one was there to save me but myself...Categorized as:
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![Making of a Scandal by Victoria Vale]()
Making of a Scandal by Victoria Vale
A gentleman should never mix business with pleasure, unless he’s a gentleman courtesan … Driven to selling his services to settle gambling debts, the Honourable Mr. Dominick Burke thoroughly enjoys satisfying the appetites of wealthy women. When Miss Calliope Barrington contracts his services, his desire for her is instant and powerful... -
![A Lady Never Surrenders by Sabrina Jeffries]()
A Lady Never Surrenders by Sabrina Jeffries
New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries delights readers with the final novel in her sexy Regency Hellions of Hallstead Hall romance series, featuring Lady Celia Sharpe and the upstanding Bow Street runner, Pinter. Lady Celia Sharpe has always been wary of marriage but now her future depends on it... -
![Kiss or Dare by Charlie Lane]()
Kiss or Dare by Charlie Lane
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis enemies-to-lovers Regency romance by Charlie Lane, shows what happens when sparks fly between a flirty second son of a duke and an inventor’s daughter. She’s risen like a Cinderella.He’s more charming than any prince.They shouldn’t be together, but fate can’t resist.A new year and a new Season means a new Lillian Clarke. She’s transformed herself from wallflower to incomparable... -
![Her Celtic Masters by Ashe Barker]()
Her Celtic Masters by Ashe Barker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLeft penniless and without a home by a sudden, tragic turn of events, twenty-year-old Kristin Lofnsdottir plans to start a new life as a seafaring trader. If she is going to have any chance at surviving, however, let alone succeeding, she'll need money and capable men to protect her... -
![Behind These Doors by Jude Lucens]()
Behind These Doors by Jude Lucens
Lucien Saxby is a journalist, writing for the society pages. The Honourable Aubrey Fanshawe, second son of an earl, is Society. They have nothing in common, until a casual encounter leads to a crisis. Aubrey isn’t looking for love. He already has it, in his long-term clandestine relationship with Lord and Lady Hernedale. And Lucien is the last man Aubrey should want...Categorized as:
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![Miss Milton Speaks Her Mind by Carla Kelly]()
Miss Milton Speaks Her Mind by Carla Kelly
A lovely young woman is the guardian of her cousin's son, whom she has cared for since his parents's death, and loved as her own. Her wealthy relatives question the true parentage of the boy, placing his inheritance and their future in jeopardy. Then a handsome mill owner offered to tutor the young boy, catching the eye of his guardian, as well... -
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![Games of Rome by J.P. Kenwood]()
Games of Rome by J.P. Kenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecond Place in the 2016 Rainbow Awards, Best Gay Historical.In this sequel to Dominus, Gaius Fabius Rufus, the victorious general of Rome’s brutal Dacian Wars, finds his loyalties and his affections pulled in different directions... -
![For Love And Honor by Kathryn Le Veque]()
For Love And Honor by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratings1469 A.D. Brogan d’Aurilliac is a master sergeant in the infantry of Edward IV. The son of a Germanic knight, he came to England at his father’s death and worked his way up through the ranks of the infantry to become the king’s highest ranking soldier. Brogan is a very large man with power and skill, but uneducated due to his family's immigrant social standing... -
![Shared by the Pilots by Cassie Cole]()
Shared by the Pilots by Cassie Cole
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m the pickiest dater in the world.So I made a deal with my say ‘yes’ to the first three guys who asked me out. But I never thought I’d be saying yes to these three hunks. Luke Hendricks is a calm, confident, and dry-witted former Air Force Captain who now pilots commercial aircraft...Categorized as:
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![Her Noble Lords by Ashe Barker]()
Her Noble Lords by Ashe Barker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter eighteen-year-old Linnet Routh is kidnapped from her home in Wellesworth castle by Ralf, the powerful, handsome Earl of Egremont, and his identical twin brother Piers, it quickly becomes clear to her that the seasoned warriors have mistaken her for someone else... -
![The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley]()
The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn the court of Henry VIII, there are many secrets—and some people will kill to keep them hidden.Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is murdered, Susanna is suddenly left with a household to provide for and nothing to her name... -
![The Blacksmith's Borrowed Bride by Ginny B. Moore]()
The Blacksmith's Borrowed Bride by Ginny B. Moore
The road to love is full of unexpected curves…Adelaide Kimball is ready to get married. Bookish, headstrong, and with a knack for causing trouble, the American heiress agreed to marry an aristocrat to escape her overbearing mother and have her voice heard in English politics... -
![No True Gentleman by Liz Carlyle]()
No True Gentleman by Liz Carlyle
In this powerful and passionate novel from Liz Carlyle, one of romance fiction's brightest new stars, a high-society murder brings scandal to the lords and ladies of the ton -- and unexpected desire to a pair of unlikely lovers... -
![Banished Love by Ramona Flightner]()
Banished Love by Ramona Flightner
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFree-Spirited… Clarissa Sullivan dreams for more from life than sipping tepid tea in stifling parlors in Victorian Boston. She defies her family’s wishes, continuing to teach poor immigrant children in Boston’s West End, finding a much-needed purpose to her life. Radical… As a suffragette, Clarissa is considered a firebrand radical no man would desire...Categorized as:
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![One Golden Ring by Cheryl Bolen]()
One Golden Ring by Cheryl Bolen
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA desperate woman makes a most unusual offer to the only man who can help her in this spirited Regency romance hailed as “an irresistible pleasure” (Eloisa James, New York Times–bestselling author). WINNER OF THE HOLT MEDALLION FOR BEST SHORT HISTORICAL NOVEL Lady Fiona Hollingsworth will do anything to save her brother from the Spanish bandits who hold him captive... -
![It Takes a Rake by Anna Bennett]()
It Takes a Rake by Anna Bennett
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s about to face her biggest challenge yet…Since she was a girl, Miss Kitty Beckett has been adept at finding trouble: sneaking brandy, running away, and getting under the skin of the boy who, like her, was an apprentice to an architect. Now Kitty’s a talented heiress who can take a dry building plan and breathe life into it with her pencils and paints... -
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![In Your Arms Again by Kathryn Smith]()
In Your Arms Again by Kathryn Smith
Their passion was stronger than ever... Try as she might, Lady Octavia Vaux-Daventry cannot make herself fall in love with her groom-to-be. But a marriage to one of society's wealthiest noblemen will provide her a life so unlike her impoverished London childhood, and fulfill the promise she made to her grandfather so long ago... -
![Yule Be Mine by Lori Foster]()
Yule Be Mine by Lori Foster
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHe Sees You When You're Sleeping Booker Dean knows exactly what he wants for Christmas: his next-door neighbor, Frances Kennedy. And he's got a gift planned for her that involves lots of delicious unwrapping. White Knight Christmas Officer Parker Ross hates Christmas, while Lily Donaldson lives for it. But he's willing to be converted, especially when Lily is the one doing the persuading... -
![A Most Unsuitable Man by Jo Beverley]()
A Most Unsuitable Man by Jo Beverley
Damaris Myddleton never expected to inherit a vast fortune, but she's ready to use it to buy the most eligible title in England. When disappointed by a marquess, she simply sets her sights higher --- on a duke. But then there's plain Mr. Fitzroger, the dashing but penniless adventurer who first saves her from social disaster and then saves her life... -
![The Dueling Duchess by Minerva Spencer]()
The Dueling Duchess by Minerva Spencer
Regency-era England may be a man’s world, but a lady boss is about to show them how it’s done . . .In the newest of her witty, Regency-set, feminist romances exploring the roles of women in a rigidly patriarchal society, acclaimed author Minerva Spencer hits the mark with expert sharpshooter, London circus attraction, and French expat Cecile Tremblay... -
![The Sergeant's Lady by Susanna Fraser]()
The Sergeant's Lady by Susanna Fraser
Highborn Anna Arrington has been "following the drum," obeying the wishes of her cold, controlling cavalry officer husband. When he dies, all she wants is to leave life with Wellington's army in Spain behind her and go home to her family's castle in Scotland. Sergeant Will Atkins ran away from home to join the army in a fit of boyish enthusiasm...Categorized as:
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![Courting Claudia by Robyn DeHart]()
Courting Claudia by Robyn DeHart
A dutiful woman, a desirable man ... An artist with a keen eye for the beauty surrounding her -- yet none for her own -- duty-bound Claudia is resigned to marrying the man of her domineering father's choosing. First, though, she must resign the job she has held in secret as society illustrator "C. J. Prattley...Categorized as:
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![A Wife for the Duke by Kathy Leigh]()
A Wife for the Duke by Kathy Leigh
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA widowed duke, still in love with his first wife, a young woman longing for her first love…Sebastian, Duke of Broadwell, has no intention of remarrying, but an unexpected discovery of a codicil in his grandfather’s will disrupts his pleasant life. He must be married on his forthcoming birthday or forfeit his inheritance... -
![The Temple of Persephone by Isabella Kamal]()
The Temple of Persephone by Isabella Kamal
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBridgerton meets Greek mythology in Isabella Kamal’s delightful historical romance debut, The Temple of Persephone.Persephone Honeyfield is witty, intelligent, and very aware that the only way to escape the monotony of the life she shares with her father and sister in the English countryside—and the wagging, ever-critical tongues of the people around her—is through marriage... -
![Mistress of Marymoor by Anna Jacobs]()
Mistress of Marymoor by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratings1759: Deborah Jannvier and her widowed mother are at the mercy of her cruel uncle. When a stranger brings a message from a dying relative, offering to leave her everything if she does as he asks, she doesn’t hesitate. A midnight ride with a stranger takes her to Marymoor and unexpected danger... -
![The Famous Heroine / The Plumed Bonnet by Mary Balogh]()
The Famous Heroine / The Plumed Bonnet by Mary Balogh
Beloved New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh spins two classic stories of Regency England—splendid novels of mistaken identity and unmistakable passion, where marriage is only the beginning of true love. THE FAMOUS HEROINE Cora Downes has beauty, spirit, and money, but no breeding. Yet when she gains renown for a daring rescue, she finds herself thrust into high society... -
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![The Seduction of Lady X by Julia London]()
The Seduction of Lady X by Julia London
The would-be Earl of Ashwood sets his romantic sights on a forbidden prize in the enchanting third novel from Julia London’s addictively sexy new series. The surprising news that dashing steward Harrison Tolly, illegitimate son of the Earl of Ashwood, is the rightful heir to his father’s estate comes at a most inopportune time... -
![A Scandal to Remember by Elizabeth Essex]()
A Scandal to Remember by Elizabeth Essex
For too long, Miss Jane Burke’s father has taken advantage of her painstaking research... -
![Guarding the Countess by Jess Michaels]()
Guarding the Countess by Jess Michaels
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA new scandal sheet from USA Today Bestseller Jess Michaels!!! Naomi Barnaby's husband, the Earl of Walridge, just died under mysterious circumstances. Her third husband to do so in just a handful of years. She wants to know if the men in her life were murdered and hires investigators Captain Marcus Ridgeway and Everett Bryant, Marquis of Glenmarrow to look into the matter... -
![A Degree of Temptation by Verika Sloane]()
A Degree of Temptation by Verika Sloane
Never write out your secret, spicy fanfiction about your professors when:1) The stars of your fanfic are men you see every day.2) There's even the tiniest possibility they'll get a hold of it.Because if they do, be prepared, they just might respond...Hot. Brilliant. Mysterious. Untouchable... -
![Three Times the Scandal by Madelynne Ellis]()
Three Times the Scandal by Madelynne Ellis
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen you’re a dutiful, dependable and desperate woman… sometimes falling into the arms of a gorgeously sinful rakehell really is the only way out. Better yet, make that three gorgeously sinful rakehells… Fortuna Allenthorpe is so repulsed by the man to whom her parents have engaged her that she takes the only available way out, and flees into the night with notorious rakehell, Giles Dovecote... -
![A Dangerous Love by Sabrina Jeffries]()
A Dangerous Love by Sabrina Jeffries
Griff Knighton's found the perfect way to avoid being trapped into marriage with one of the Earl of Swanlea's daughters: he'll swap identities with his man of affairs during their next visit to Swan Park, and be free to pursue his own desires. But Griff didn't reckon on the brazen, voluptuous Rosalind, who could tempt even a saint into sinning, and Griff is no saint... -
![Their Bride by Jess Michaels]()
Their Bride by Jess Michaels
The fourth book in the Theirs series by 10-Time USA Today Bestselling Author Jess Michaels.Old friends and sometimes secret lovers, Benedict Norfolk and Darrius Warwick have a fraught relationship. Benedict wants more, Darrius always resists. But they are thrown together when Darrius’s brother, the Viscount Warwick, abandons his intended bride, Vanessa Gardner, not an hour before their wedding... -
![Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath]()
Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath
The wildest passion comes under the cover of night in Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel, the fourth installment in New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath’s thrilling Scoundrels of St. James romance series. Eleanor Watkins is on a quest to avenge her sister’s death, and no one can stop her—no one but the strong, compassionate, and utterly irresistible inspector James Swidler . .Categorized as:
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![Sweetwood Bride by Pamela Morsi]()
Sweetwood Bride by Pamela Morsi
IT WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST CONNIVING, LOWLIFE TRICK EVER PLAYED ON A MAN. BUT IT WAS FOR A GOOD CAUSE.... Eulie Toby didn't like playing tricks, but the only way she could keep her younger orphaned siblings together was to get married--and Moss Collier was the perfect choice. Handsome and kind, he seemed so lonely living with his hermit uncle on that pretty sweep of Tennessee mountaintop... -
![Seduced at Midnight by Jacquie D'Alessandro]()
Seduced at Midnight by Jacquie D'Alessandro
The Ladies Literary Society of London gathers again for a ghost story... Lady Julianne Bradley has always longed for wild adventure. Unfortunately, the man with whom she wishes to share her fervor can never be hers...Categorized as:
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![Written in my Heart by Caroline Linden]()
Written in my Heart by Caroline Linden
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFor three years Jane Barton has written a letter every week to Sgt. Ethan Campbell, her dearest childhood friend…and the man she’s secretly loved for ages. For three years, Ethan has relied on Jane’s letters to keep him sane through the war... -
![All About Seduction by Katy Madison]()
All About Seduction by Katy Madison
She had never known passion like this . . . Caroline Broadhurst is about to take a lover—at her husband's command. For fifteen years, Caroline has done everything her much older husband has desired—except provide an heir. Now he has given her an ultimatum: seduce a suitable gentleman and bear a son. Caroline would never think of bowing to such a shameful order, but then she meets Jack Applegate... -
![Lucy and the Doctors by Ava Sinclair]()
Lucy and the Doctors by Ava Sinclair
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsConfined to an institution and incorrectly diagnosed with acute nymphomania after being falsely accused of promiscuity by a powerful judge, eighteen-year-old Lucy Priven has no idea what to expect when she is removed from the asylum by two handsome doctors. After she is informed that she is now their legal ward, she soon finds herself being prepared for a thorough, intimate medical examination... -
![An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverley]()
An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverley
After leaving the army and falling out with his family, Catesby Burgoyne is drowning his sorrows when he comes across a woman being attacked by thugs. A fight is just what he needs, but little does he realize that the lady he rescues will change his life. Prudence Youlgrave is not just the victim of ruffians. Her life has been made a shambles by her selfish brother and her brutish fiance... -
![Forever and a Day by Delilah Marvelle]()
Forever and a Day by Delilah Marvelle
Roderick Gideon Tremayne, the recently appointed Duke of Wentworth, never expected to find himself in New York City, tracking down a mysterious map important to his late mother. And he certainly never expected to be injured, only to wake up with no memory of who he is... -
![In the Arms of the Heiress by Maggie Robinson]()
In the Arms of the Heiress by Maggie Robinson
It's all fun and games until someone falls in love... Independent heiress Louisa Stratton is going home to Rosemont for the holidays, and, at the family's request, she's bringing her new husband, Maximillian Norwich, art connoisseur and artful lover, the man she's written of so glowingly. There's one hitch—he doesn't exist. Louisa needs a fake husband, and fast, to make the proper impression...
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