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![The London Girls by Soraya M. Lane]()
The London Girls by Soraya M. Lane
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Last Correspondent comes a remarkable story of three young women who defy the bombs to do their bit for Britain. Will they survive the dark streets of London to see the Allies win the war?London, 1941. The Blitz... -
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![Captured by Beverly Jenkins]()
Captured by Beverly Jenkins
She was the most irresistible treasure of all . . . Dominic LeVeq, the most notorious privateer ever to command the high seas, has just captured a coveted prize: a British frigate. On a dangerous mission against the Crown, Dominic should be thinking only of his ship's safety. But the rebel captain is utterly entranced by Clare Sullivan, the stunning slave on board... -
![A Treepoint Christmas by Jamie Begley]()
A Treepoint Christmas by Jamie Begley
Choosing to return to Treepoint during the Christmas season, Megan Smith knew the small town in Kentucky like the back of her hand. While the town might be full of Christmas spirit and joy to the world, none of it would be extended to her. They may consider her a “bad penny,” but Megan isn’t going to let that prevent her from staying nor fulfilling the promises she made to herself...Categorized as:
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![Willful in Winter by Scarlett Scott]()
Willful in Winter by Scarlett Scott
Rand, Viscount Aylesford, needs a fiancée, and he needs one now. His requirements are concise: she must not embarrass him, and she must understand he has no intention of ever marrying her. Miss Grace Winter is the most stubborn of the notorious Wicked Winters. When her brother decrees she must marry well, she is every bit as determined to avoid becoming a nobleman's wife... -
![Touch Within the Abyss by Moyori Mori]()
Touch Within the Abyss by Moyori Mori
Hitman who can’t kill x Blind young manA salvation that melts loneliness awayThe tender, romantic love story of two lonely hearts, masterfully told with amazing artistic talent. The debut work of an incredibly talented newcomer!“When you’ll get to know the real me… you will be disappointed.”Chinatsu, a hitman, meets his destiny again. His name is Kasumi...Categorized as:
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![The Lure of a Rake by Christi Caldwell]()
The Lure of a Rake by Christi Caldwell
A Lady Dreaming of Love Lady Genevieve Farendale has a scandalous past. Jilted at the altar years earlier and exiled by her family, she’s now returned to London to prove she can be a proper lady. Even though she’s not given up on the hope of marrying for love, she’s wary of trusting again. Then she meets Cedric Falcot, the Marquess of St. Albans whose seductive ways set her heart aflutter...Categorized as:
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![Craving Vera: An Aces Novella (The Aces MC) by Nicole Jacquelyn]()
Craving Vera: An Aces Novella (The Aces MC) by Nicole Jacquelyn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the Aces and their families come together for Thanksgiving, new memories are made and an old story is told for the first time. This is how the king crowned his queen... -
![A Counterfeit Courtesan by Jess Michaels]()
A Counterfeit Courtesan by Jess Michaels
The final book in the popular series by 10 time USA Today bestselling author Jess Michaels The last of the Shelley triplets to remain unmarried, Juliana Shelley has never felt like she’s recognized as her own person. But now, scarred by a terrible attack, she’s never felt so alone. Or so tired of cleaning up every else’s mess. She longs for something just for herself... -
![The Wager of a Lady by Kathleen Ayers]()
The Wager of a Lady by Kathleen Ayers
A notorious bastard of a duke. Leo Murphy believes in playing the odds, as long as the house wins. As the owner of Elysium, London’s most exclusive gambling hell, Leo’s existence depends on predicting his opponent’s next move. Rarely is he surprised. Until he meets the young bride of Lord Masterson losing at cards...Categorized as:
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![A Lady's Lesson in Scandal by Meredith Duran]()
A Lady's Lesson in Scandal by Meredith Duran
In gritty, working-class London, she does what she must to survive… When Nell Whitby breaks into an earl's house on a midnight quest for revenge, she finds her pistol pointed at the wrong man—one handsome as sin and naked as the day he was born. Pity he's a lunatic. He thinks her a missing heiress, but more to the point, he'll help her escape the slums and right a grave injustice... -
![The Rogue to Ruin by Vivienne Lorret]()
The Rogue to Ruin by Vivienne Lorret
The Bourne Matrimonial Agency has one rule: Never fall in love with a client, which shouldn't be a problem when one’s faking an engagement to the rogue across the street . . . Ainsley Bourne needs the family business to succeed. But one obstacle stands in her way—Reed Sterling, the huge, handsome, former prize fighter and owner of the gaming hell across the street... -
![The Untamed Duke by April Moran]()
The Untamed Duke by April Moran
"Honeybee, I haven't a drop of honorable blood in my body. I'm cold. Selfish. Hollow. And I greatly enjoy the reputation my cruelty has gained me." They call him the Winter Wolf. Nicholas March has few morals. fewer friends, and a notorious lack of honor. And his heart? What remains of it is cold, desolate and locked away. He learned long ago the lessons of betrayal. Never trust a woman... -
![How to Fall for a Scoundrel by Kate Bateman]()
How to Fall for a Scoundrel by Kate Bateman
Two unlikely allies team up to solve a case in this novel filled with Kate Bateman's signature sparkling voice, exciting adventures, and steamy chemistry.As a founding member of King & Co., London’s most successful private investigation firm, studious Eleanor Law delights in secretly proving that women can solve crimes just as well as men...Categorized as:
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![A Rake's Vow by Stephanie Laurens]()
A Rake's Vow by Stephanie Laurens
He vowed he′d never marry. To Vane Cynster, Bellamy Hall seems like the perfect place to temporarily hide from London′s husband hunters. But when he encounters irresistible Patience Debbington, Vane realises he′s met his match ... She vowed no man would catch her. Patience isn′t about to succumb to Vane′s sensuous propositions...Categorized as:
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![This Earl is on Fire by Vivienne Lorret]()
This Earl is on Fire by Vivienne Lorret
The sheltered daughter of a country baron, Miss Adeline Pimm comes to London looking for adventure… and finds it in the form of a bloody, unconscious man slumped in the doorway of her family’s rented townhouse. Though his identity is a mystery, Adeline is inexplicably drawn to the handsome, injured man and vows to nurse him back to health... -
![A Place to Call Home by Deborah Smith]()
A Place to Call Home by Deborah Smith
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTwenty years ago, Claire Maloney was the willful, pampered, tomboyish daughter of the town's most respected family, but that didn't stop her from befriending Roan Sullivan, a fierce, motherless boy who lived in a rusted-out trailer amid junked cars. No one in Dunderry, Georgia--least of all Claire's family--could understand the bond between these two mavericks... -
![And the Widow Wore Scarlet by Adele Clee]()
And the Widow Wore Scarlet by Adele Clee
Discover a heart-warming romance, a thrilling mystery and an exciting journey for two people who never thought to find love. Meet the first Scandalous Son and the woman who tames him in this new series by Adele Clee.A chance meeting changed everything.Damian Wycliff, the illegitimate son of the Marquis of Blackbeck—and notorious rogue—loathes most people... -
![A Relentless Rake by Anna Harrington]()
A Relentless Rake by Anna Harrington
For fans of Grace Burrowes, Sarah Maclean, and Bridgerton, USA Today bestselling author Anna Harrington brings you a sexy feminist historical romance with:• An unapologetic rake attempting to cover up his past• A rule-following heroine unafraid to speak her mind• Thrilling action and mystery• Passionate attraction that overrides their deepest resistanceNotorious rake Alexander Sinclair, Earl of...Categorized as:
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![Forever a Lord by Delilah Marvelle]()
Forever a Lord by Delilah Marvelle
He's a fighter, not a lover.But that's about to change... Lady Imogene Norwood lives a sheltered life of quiet respectability and routine...until she debuts at her first Season. There among London's elite she meets the wild and broken Lord Atwood. And the very shy English rose suddenly realizes that a little chaos might just be what her heart desires...Categorized as:
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![Lady of Desire by Gaelen Foley]()
Lady of Desire by Gaelen Foley
Impetuous Lady Jacinda Knight is the daughter of a scandalous woman. Though society predicts she'll follow in her mother's footsteps, the spirited beauty stands unashamed of her passionate nature. Then one night, in flight from an arranged and loeless marriage, Jacinda finds herself alone on a dangerous street face-to-face with Billy Blade, the notorious leader of a band of thieves... -
![To Tame a Savage Heart by Emma V. Leech]()
To Tame a Savage Heart by Emma V. Leech
Lucretia ‘Crecy’ Holbrook has a secret, a secret she has kept for many years. Even her dearest confident and sister, Belle, would not understand what Crecy is prepared to do, the risks she is prepared to take, to get her heart’s desire...Categorized as:
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![Winning Miss Wakefield by Vivienne Lorret]()
Winning Miss Wakefield by Vivienne Lorret
She's got nothing left to lose… With her fiancé suddenly engaged to another and her reputation in tatters, Merribeth Wakefield needs a bold plan to reclaim her life. She must be brave. Confident. She must … kiss a rake? The suggestion is ludicrous! Yet when Merribeth finds herself alone with the dark and brooding Lord Knightswold, suddenly the plan doesn't seem so farfetched...Categorized as:
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![The Notorious Rake by Mary Balogh]()
The Notorious Rake by Mary Balogh
The Lady and the Libertine Lord Edmund Waite was everything that Lady Mary Gregg despised in a man. He was lewd, lascivious, mocking—the most notorious and successful rake in the realm. Happily, Mary had nothing to fear from this lord of libertines. A bluestocking like her could never tempt a man whose taste ran to pretty playthings for his pleasures... -
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![At the Bride Hunt Ball by Olivia Parker]()
At the Bride Hunt Ball by Olivia Parker
To Snare a Bride . . . To Gabriel Devine, Duke of Wolverest, the bonds of marriage are nothing more than shackles. But if he's to remain a lifelong bachelor, that leaves only his younger brother to carry on the family name... -
![Lord of Fire by Gaelen Foley]()
Lord of Fire by Gaelen Foley
After years of preparation, he has baited his trap well, luring the depraved members of Society into his devil’s playground so he can earn their trust and uncover their secrets. Yet no one in London suspects that Lord Lucien Knight is England’s most cunning spy, an officer who has sacrificed his soul for his country...Categorized as:
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![Devil of a Duke by Kathleen Ayers]()
Devil of a Duke by Kathleen Ayers
Reckless Jemma Manning is the richest heiress in all of Bermuda and promised to another when she sees Nick Shepherd staring down at her from his place at the Governor of Bermuda's dinner table. As handsome as he is mysterious, Jemma is entranced by Shepherd even while dismissing him as the fortune hunter he appears to be. But Nick Shepherd is no fortune hunter. He is something else entirely...Categorized as:
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![Hearts Run Wild by Shelly Thacker]()
Hearts Run Wild by Shelly Thacker
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen she awoke this morning, she certainly never expected to end the day in bed with a man…Samantha Delafield is an aristocratic lady turned devious thief. Nicholas Brogan is an ex-pirate with years of sin branded on his soul...Categorized as:
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![True Story by Jayne Fresina]()
True Story by Jayne Fresina
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOlivia Monday, an impoverished widow, has taken a position as "secretary" to an eccentric, scandalous rake - a divorced man with a brood of eight children and at least two gun-shot wounds. For one year, against the advice of her remaining family members, she agrees to live in his remote Cornish castle and put pen to paper on his behalf. Despite everything she's heard about him, she's unafraid...Categorized as:
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![The Devil's Necklace by Kat Martin]()
The Devil's Necklace by Kat Martin
Ethan Sharpe is a privateer for the British government who has been held prisoner by the French for the last year. Ethan is embittered by the cruelties he faced in prison and is bent on revenge against Harmon Jeffries, the traitor responsible for his capture... -
![The Scot's Secret by Cecelia Mecca]()
The Scot's Secret by Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA clan’s greatest warrior. An Englishwoman in disguise. Can their love survive her secret? The Scot When his brother foists an English squire upon him, Alex Kerr is completely disinterested in training the lad—until he discovers that his new recruit is not a lad at all. “Alfred” is a beautiful Englishwoman in disguise, hiding a horrible secret...Categorized as:
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![The Absolutely Positively Worst Man in England, Scotland and Wales by Anne Stuart]()
The Absolutely Positively Worst Man in England, Scotland and Wales by Anne Stuart
Kit Adderley is the worst man in England, a bored libertine who’ll do anything to entertain himself, including kidnapping the strong-minded, freckled dab of a girl promised to his partner in crime.Bryony Marton is trapped in a quiet life and looking for escape, when her awful fiancé’s best friend inadvertently offers it...Categorized as:
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![Lord Holt Takes a Bride by Vivienne Lorret]()
Lord Holt Takes a Bride by Vivienne Lorret
USA Today Bestselling Author Vivienne Lorret launches a charming new trilogy about three debutantes who get more than they bargained for when it comes to the mating habits of scoundrels . . . Heiress Winnifred Humphries refuses to marry the odious man her parents have chosen. She’ll marry for love or not at all...Categorized as:
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![Splitting Harriet by Tamara Leigh]()
Splitting Harriet by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOnce upon a time, I was a rebel. And I have the tattoo to prove it. Then there was the spiked hair–the shade of which changed monthly–“colorful” language that can’t be found in your everyday sixteen-count crayon box, a pack-a-day habit, less-than-modest wardrobe, and an obsession with guitar-trashing, drum-bashing music. Did I mention I’m also a preacher’s kid? That’s right... -
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![In Total Surrender by Anne Mallory]()
In Total Surrender by Anne Mallory
Andreas Merrick is the king of London's dark underworld, having amassed unimaginable wealth and power...and a fierce reputation that leaves even the bravest men quaking in their boots. Yet one person is maddeningly unintimidated by his fearsome presence: the persistent Miss Phoebe Pace. Equal parts honey and steel, Phoebe will stop at nothing to find her missing brother and save her family...Categorized as:
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![Twitch by Cate C. Wells]()
Twitch by Cate C. Wells
When you can't go home again, sometimes you find yourself. Shirlene Grant served her country as an Army nurse in Vietnam, and now she's finally back in her slow, quiet hometown. She's living with her parents, working at the local hospital. Nothing's changed except her, and she's slowly, quietly falling to pieces...Categorized as:
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![Secrets Of The Heart by Candace Camp]()
Secrets Of The Heart by Candace Camp
On the surface, Michael Trent, the Earl of Westhampton, seems cold, enigmatic and bookish -- particularly to his wife, Rachel, who was forced into their marriage. Yet underneath Michael's quiet facade is a man who thrives on danger and intrigue, a daring secret agent who's working on one of London's toughest cases...Categorized as:
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![Reforming a Rake by Suzanne Enoch]()
Reforming a Rake by Suzanne Enoch
Lessons In Love A governess must never be alone with a man. Her reputation mustn't have even a hint of scandal. She must never reveal personal emotions. No matter how strong the provocation by her employer. A governess never questions her employer's commands... -
![Secret Fire by Johanna Lindsey]()
Secret Fire by Johanna Lindsey
A master storyteller who spins romantic fiction like not other, Johanna Lindsey weaves together endearing characters, enthralling adventure and pulsating passion to create stories that touch the hearts of her readers. Secret FireHe'd caught only a glimpse of her from the window of his carriage, but the young prince knew he had to have her. Within minutes, Lady Katherine St... -
![To Wed a Wicked Highlander by Victoria Roberts]()
To Wed a Wicked Highlander by Victoria Roberts
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the third book of this fun, action-packed Highland trilogy, Victoria Roberts introduces her baddest bad boy yet. Laird Alexander MacDonnell must choose between his duty or losing his heart forever to the woman who betrayed him—his own wife. Lady Sybella MacKenzie is forced to search for her clan's ancient seeing stone under the roof of her father's enemy...Categorized as:
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![Harmony by Sienna Mynx]()
Harmony by Sienna Mynx
It’s the roaring 20’s and the Black Renaissance has exploded in Harlem. From Marcus Garvey, to Ethel Waters, Sugar Hill is the place to be. That’s also true for The Cotton Club’s jazz singer Harmony Jones. Her soulful voice and unique beauty draws the attention of the most ruthless Sicilian mob boss Vincenzo ‘Vinnie’ Romano... -
![Hard-Hearted Highlander by Julia London]()
Hard-Hearted Highlander by Julia London
An indomitable governess...a brooding Highlander...a forbidden affair... An ill-fated elopement cost English-born governess Bernadette Holly her reputation, her unsuitable lover and any chance of a future match. She has nothing left to fear--not even the bitter, dangerously handsome Scot due to marry her young charge... -
![The Outlaw's Bride by Jayne Castel]()
The Outlaw's Bride by Jayne Castel
A woman desperate to escape an arranged marriage. A prisoner with nothing to lose. The promise that will change their lives forever. Adaira MacLeod has just been betrothed to a brutal older man—a chieftain many believe responsible for his last wife’s death. Adaira is desperate. She’ll do anything to avoid wedding him...Categorized as:
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![The Book of the Seven Delights by Betina Krahn]()
The Book of the Seven Delights by Betina Krahn
Abigail Merchant travels to Casablanca to search for the remnants of the Great Library of Alexandria. There, her quest becomes entangled with the fate of a handsome ex-legionnaire. Arrogant, brash Apollo Smith hardly inspires trust...but he certainly inspires unladylike thoughts... -
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![Daring Masquerade by Mary Balogh]()
Daring Masquerade by Mary Balogh
Beautiful young widow Katherine Mannering vowed that no man would ever again possess her. Her brief but brutal forced marriage left her with profound distaste for what went by the name of love. But that was before she met Nicholas Seyton, a devilishly dashing highwayman who kidnapped her person and stole her heart...Categorized as:
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![An Uncommon Courtship by Kristi Ann Hunter]()
An Uncommon Courtship by Kristi Ann Hunter
"Engaging Regency romance to sweep you away."-- USA Today Happy Ever After Blog Life for Lady Adelaide Bell was easier if she hid in her older sister's shadow--which worked until her sister got married. Even with thepressure of her socially ambitious mother, the last thing she expected was a marriage of convenience to save her previously spotless reputation...Categorized as:
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![At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh]()
At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh
"Step into a world of scandal, intrigue, and enthralling passion as" New York Times "bestselling author Mary Balogh sweeps us into the lives of an extraordinary family: the Huxtables. Margaret, the eldest, embarks on the most risque adventure of her life and agrees to marry the most notorious man in London.".".Categorized as:
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![A Sense of Sin by Elizabeth Essex]()
A Sense of Sin by Elizabeth Essex
HE COULD BE HER RUIN After a shocking letter and then a mysterious warning about the dangers of unworthy men, Celia Burke is on edge. With her precarious position in society, the merest look could tear her reputation to tatters. And the roguish viscount pursuing her seems interested in far more than just a look .. -
![Escape with a Scoundrel by Shelly Thacker]()
Escape with a Scoundrel by Shelly Thacker
Why would a sensible, refined lady run away with a notorious scoundrel? Miss Samantha Delafield is a clever aristocrat who has run into a little trouble with the law. Nicholas Brogan is an ex-outlaw with years of sin branded on his soul...Categorized as:
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![My Kind of Earl by Vivienne Lorret]()
My Kind of Earl by Vivienne Lorret
USA Today bestselling author Vivienne Lorret continues her charming new trilogy with a bluestocking whose search for information on the mating habits of scoundrels has her stumbling upon the missing heir to an earldom... in the London underworld.Jane Pickerington never intended to start a brawl in a brothel. She only wanted to research her book...Categorized as:
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