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The Lyon Whisperer by Kimberly Keyes
In this high stakes game of love and marriage, when love equals surrender, who will be the victor? Lady Amelia Duval is used to being indulged. The reckless daughter of an earl has evaded each and every suitor her father has put before her...Categorized as:
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![A Debt of Honor by M.A. Nichols]()
A Debt of Honor by M.A. Nichols
Can a marriage based on obligation become something meaningful? Benjamin Leigh is at a crossroads. Having reached his majority, his parents expect him to do his duty and break the entail that keeps them from selling off bits of the family’s estate. Doing so would destroy his family’s legacy, but to deny his parents would bring their wrath down upon his head... -
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![The Stolen Hours by Karen Swan]()
The Stolen Hours by Karen Swan
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratings‘A gripping new series . . . beautifully told by one of our most prolific and talented writers’ - Santa Montefiore on The Last Summer. A reluctant bride. A forbidden romance. An island full of secrets . . . It’s the summer of 1929 and Mhairi MacKinnon is in need of a husband. As the eldest girl among nine children, her father has made it clear he can’t support her past the coming winter...Categorized as:
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![Mad Duke March by Sadie Bosque, The Rake Review]()
Mad Duke March by Sadie Bosque, The Rake Review
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhisky. Plenty of it. Keep it coming… That’s all that Alexander Blackwood, the notorious “Mad Duke” of London, desires. Determined to waste his life away, he manages to offend even his closest friends. But when he carelessly ruins Miss Emily Fitzwilliam while in a drunken stupor, he finds himself chained to the only woman in England who refuses to fear or fawn over him... -
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![If You’ll Have Me by Esther Hatch]()
If You’ll Have Me by Esther Hatch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lady desperately seeking freedom. A prosperous younger man. An unexpected connection. Anna Atwood returns to Breckenridge, where she spent one blissful summer as a young woman. This time, though, she comes to the quaint town as a penniless spinster with a single hope: to build a life free from the constraints her father’s death put on her and free from the persistent suitor Mr... -
![Match Me, I'm Falling by Michelle Willingham]()
Match Me, I'm Falling by Michelle Willingham
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo the London ton, Cameron MacNeill is an awkward, wallflower of a man with no hope of finding a wife. But the Highland chief holds deadly secrets, and he uses his beggar-like appearance to remain unnoticed... -
![Amending the Shades of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary by Regina Jeffers]()
Amending the Shades of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary by Regina Jeffers
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“You have willfully misunderstood me, Miss Bennet. You have no worry of my releasing you, for I do not wish you to perform as a governess to my daughter, but rather as my wife and the mistress of my hereditary estate. ” Elizabeth Bennet had thought the stranger quite handsome; yet, she had ignored those first tendrils of interest, for she was in no position for the gentleman to pursue her... -
![Torn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lory Lilian]()
Torn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lory Lilian
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWarning - Author's Note! This is the second edition of this book! The first edition was published two years ago and although it had some fabulous reviews, there were flaws reported by the readers which have been remedied in this second edition. This new version brings significant changes:. The addition of approx... -
![A Marriage is Arranged by GL Robinson]()
A Marriage is Arranged by GL Robinson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan An Arranged Marriage Be Arranged ? When the two plainest people in London enter into an arranged marriage the ton isn't so much surprised as counting the days to an arranged separation. Louise is too short, too dull and too dowdy and the Earl is positively frightening, with his frowning demeanor and massive shoulders... -
![Netherworld by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Netherworld by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratings1197 A. D. - Smarting from the loss of his betrothed, Sir Keller de Poyer has learned not to trust women. A bear of a man with a brilliant mind, Keller is socially awkward but an accomplished knight. He is so accomplished in fact that his liege, William Marshal, gifts the man with lands in Wales for his meritorious service... -
![A Suitable Arrangement by Martha Keyes]()
A Suitable Arrangement by Martha Keyes
The arrangement may well be suitable, but is it bearable? As the new Earl of Lismore, it is Sandy Duncan’s duty to save both his family and Lochlarren Castle from impending ruin. He has always known he must marry well, but his father’s deathbed revelation of a slew of other debts creates an unexpected urgency to the situation... -
![Compromised for Christmas by Lizzie C. Koz]()
Compromised for Christmas by Lizzie C. Koz
This year for Christmas you are. .. Marrying a stranger. Miss Georgiana Hartley is beautiful and bold, but what everyone mistakes for confidence is really a mask hiding a deep-seated loneliness, one only daring adventures can temporarily alleviate. When her recklessness lands her in scandal and a forced marriage, she’s determined to view it as a chance for a fresh start and a sense of belonging... -
![Wedded to the Broken Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Ava MacAdams]()
Wedded to the Broken Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Ava MacAdams
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“This shall never be a love match, I married you to fulfill my duty. ”. Having lived as a pariah in her own home, Lady Margaret is finally happy to be married off to the first man her father finds for her. But her hopes of finding love in her marriage are soon crushed. After the terrible accident that cost him his wife and his leg, the Duke of Haddington has lost his will to live... -
![The Prizefighter's Hart by Emily Royal]()
The Prizefighter's Hart by Emily Royal
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA spinster. A prizefighter. A marriage of convenience. This bout can’t end well. Plain, prim, and beyond marriageable age, Dorothea Hart is resigned to the life of a spinster aunt. But she yearns for a family of her own, and is hopelessly attracted to the ‘Mighty Oak’—a prizefighter renowned for his prowess—who stirs previously unknown passions in her... -
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![The Bachelor's Bargain by Catherine Palmer]()
The Bachelor's Bargain by Catherine Palmer
Best-selling author Catherine Palmer brings readers another stand-alone Regency-period romance in the vein of Jane Austen. When Ruel Chouteau returns home after his supposed death, he shocks everyone. They are even more surprised when he mock-proposes to a common housemaid as proof that no woman in her right mind would marry him... -
![Never Marry a Scandalous Duke by Renee Ann Miller]()
Never Marry a Scandalous Duke by Renee Ann Miller
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA thoroughly roguish nobleman and a devoted lady entomologist have absolutely nothing in common—or do they? Love is far from scientific when it truly blooms. .. In the eyes of the ton, Lady Sara Elsmere is so firmly on the shelf, she might as well be nailed in place. Not that Sara minds. She is far more concerned about her study of butterflies than society’s gossip... -
![His Scarred Duchess: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Patricia Haverton]()
His Scarred Duchess: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Patricia Haverton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You are the only person I could ever love…”. Unable to remember the accident that caused it, Miss Rose has lived her life with a hideous scar across her face. Even the man she has loved since childhood will not look at her, and she knows she must make peace with the truth: She will never be loved. Leonard, the Duke of Colburn, does not want a love match... -
![The Prince's Bride by Charis Michaels]()
The Prince's Bride by Charis Michaels
USA Today bestselling author Charis Michaels continues her delicious Hidden Royals series with a rugged prince living in exile and his long-lost bride-to-be, who comes to find him. Lady Marrianne “Ryan” Daventry was betrothed to an obscure French prince when she was just a baby. Years later, the young prince entered exile and was never heard from again... -
![Of One Heart by Cynthia Wright]()
Of One Heart by Cynthia Wright
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA BATTLE FOR POSSESSION. . .. in which the beautiful young French widow Michelene Tevoulere becomes the pawn in a royal scheme involving England's King Henry VIII and the court of France's Francois I. A BATTLE FOR POWER. . .Categorized as:
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![A Covenant of Marriage by C.P. Odom]()
A Covenant of Marriage by C.P. Odom
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA covenant of marriage - legally binding, even for an unwilling bride! Defined as a formal, solemn, and binding agreement or compact, a covenant is commonly used with regard to relations among nations or as part of a contract. But it can also apply to a marriage as Elizabeth Bennet learns when her father binds her in marriage to a man she dislikes...Categorized as:
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![A Proposal of Marriage by Cheryl Bolen]()
A Proposal of Marriage by Cheryl Bolen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe bespectacled, very bookish Miss Rebecca Peabody, who pens enlightening essays under the name P. Corpus, simply must marry. Since she abhors that disgusting “bedchamber business,” she decides Lord Aynsley is the perfect man to become her husband. At the advanced age of three and forty, he surely has gotten that repellant bedchamber business out of his system... -
![Love, The Duke by Amelia Grey]()
Love, The Duke by Amelia Grey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the Duke of Hurstbourne receives a letter from his childhood friend asking him to marry his sister Ophelia, Hurst declines. He’s not adverse to taking a bride, but he believes in love at first sight that stirs his desire―not marriage sight-unseen...Categorized as:
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![The Viscount's Vow by Collette Cameron]()
The Viscount's Vow by Collette Cameron
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAmidst murder and betrayal, destiny and hearts collide when scandal forces a nobleman and a gypsy to marry in this Regency Romance. Half Romani, half English noblewoman, Evangeline Caruthers is the last woman in England Ian Hamilton, the Viscount Warrick, could ever love—an immoral wanton responsible for his brother’s and father’s deaths... -
![Just Married by Debbie Macomber]()
Just Married by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Marriage of Convenience. Former mercenary Zane Ackerman wants a family. In particular, he wants a child who'll be his legacy-and his heir. That's because his upcoming mission might be his last, and it's made him all too aware of his own mortality. Architect Lesley Walker wants a family, too. She craves a baby of her own... -
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![Ten Rules for Marrying a Duke by Michelle McLean]()
Ten Rules for Marrying a Duke by Michelle McLean
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBookish Arabella Bromley never gave a fig for society’s rules—until her sister ran off with a man below her station. Now Arabella is desperate to restore her family’s ruined reputation to favor amongst the ton. She’ll have to marry quickly and well. But in order to carry off her plan, Arabella needs a duke… and she has just the rakish fellow in mind... -
![His Bride by Gayle Callen]()
His Bride by Gayle Callen
Though the story line is similar to some others I have read. I did enjoy this one. Written during Elizabethian times- the widower Sir Edmund Blackwell is having to accept an offer made by his ex-father-in-law to get the castle and lands back into shape and it will take a large sum of money. A bride and large dowry has been offered to Edmund with strings attached... -
![The Nomad Harp by Laura Matthews, Elizabeth Neff Walker]()
The Nomad Harp by Laura Matthews, Elizabeth Neff Walker
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsREISSUE. Glenna Forbes played the harp exquisitely. Which was the major reason Philip Hobart had asked her to marry him. And reassuring her aging father was Glenna's real reason for accepting. Everything changed when the naval captain became a viscount--who expected a different kind of wife than independent Miss Forbes.Categorized as:
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![A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer]()
A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsCan the wrong bride become the perfect wife? Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton, is madly in love with the beautiful Julia Oversley. But he has returned from the Peninsular War to find his family on the brink of ruin and his ancestral home mortgaged to the hilt. He has little choice when he is introduced to Mr... -
![An Arranged Marriage by Jan Hahn]()
An Arranged Marriage by Jan Hahn
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsCan a marriage of convenience ever lead to true love? Immediately after Elizabeth Bennet refuses Mr. Darcy's proposal at Hunsford, her father dies, leaving Longbourn entailed away and little fortune to sustain his widow and daughters. Six months later, the Bennet family receives a visitor with a most unusual offer that promises to save the family from financial and social ruin...Categorized as:
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![A Rogue's Downfall by Mary Balogh]()
A Rogue's Downfall by Mary Balogh
A ROGUE'S DOWNFALL. The Anniversary. After the Earl of Reardon, one of London's most notorious rakes, ruined the virtue and reputation of a young lady at a masquerade ball on Valentine's Day, he did the honorable thing and married her before settling her at his country estate and abandoning her there...Categorized as:
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![Secrets of the Heart by Candace Camp]()
Secrets of the Heart by Candace Camp
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA fan-favorite story from New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp, originally published in 2003. Rachel Aincourt fears that she’s trapped in a loveless marriage. Her husband, Michael Trent, the Earl of Westhampton, is cold, enigmatic, and completely unreadable, and Rachel herself is miserable... -
![Wager for a Wife by Karen Tuft]()
Wager for a Wife by Karen Tuft
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWilliam Barlow's life has been forever altered: his estranged father is dead, and William has inherited the title of Viscount Farleigh. Along with the title comes a neglected estate, an enormous amount of gambling debt, and one astounding acquisition that will turn William's world upside down . . . It is her first London Season, and Lady Louisa Hargreaves could not be more pleased... -
![Elizabeth’s Rush to the Altar: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Bella Breen]()
Elizabeth’s Rush to the Altar: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Bella Breen
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a shocking turn of events for the Bennet family, their previously tranquil life is thrown into a state of glorious confusion. They discover a loophole in the entailment that could save Longbourn, their beloved home, from falling into the clutches of their odious cousin, Mr. Collins. The only hitch in this perfect plan? One of the Bennet sisters must wed a man of substantial fortune... -
![A Nun for the Viking Warrior by Lucy Morris]()
A Nun for the Viking Warrior by Lucy Morris
Forced to wed the warrior. Falling for the man…. Noblewoman Amée Évreux had pledged her life to God, until her father promised her in marriage to thundering Norseman Jorund Jötunnson. After escaping her overbearing father, Amée vows never to fall under another man’s thumb, but her resistance to being Jorund’s wife turns to desire as she gets to know her intriguing new husband... -
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![Christmas Angel by Jo Beverley]()
Christmas Angel by Jo Beverley
HE HAD NO INTEREST IN LOVE. Leander Knollis, Earl of Charrington, was tired of gadding about the Continent on diplomatic missions. It was time he settled down in his family home with a wife at his side and enjoyed a proper English Christmas. But his search for an intelligent woman without fanciful notions of romance was a frustrating one indeed. .. until he met the very sensible Judith Rossiter...Categorized as:
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![A Bachelor Still by Rebecca Hagan Lee]()
A Bachelor Still by Rebecca Hagan Lee
What’s a sworn bachelor to do when forced to wed the woman of his dreams? Liana McElreath is in need of a hero. After her father bargains away her innocence to settle a gambling debt, she stands at the altar, about to be wed to the worst sort of villain...Categorized as:
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![Under The Kissing Bough by Shannon Donnelly]()
Under The Kissing Bough by Shannon Donnelly
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEleanor Glover never thought to marry. But when wickedly handsome Geoffrey Westerley, Lord Staines, agrees to an arranged marriage with her, she knows her duty. Geoffrey makes it plain that he wants nothing more than a sensible wife and a Christmas Eve wedding to please his dying father... -
![The Marquess Meets His Match by Maggi Andersen, Dragonblade Publishing]()
The Marquess Meets His Match by Maggi Andersen, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sexy Georgian Romance as only bestselling author Maggi Andersen can deliver! A country-bred girl, Kate Bancroft always intended to marry for love, like her parents. She wanted a husband who adored her, who would be her knight in shining armor... -
![The Highland Wife by Lyn Stone]()
The Highland Wife by Lyn Stone
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Highland air was heavy with revenge, and Mairi MacInnes wanted to breathe deeply of it. Until an arranged marriage with Robert MacBain, an enigmatic lowland lord, whisked her away to a life of adventure, passion—and unspoken love. Generous of spirit. Mighty in battle. Indeed, though he lived in a world of silence, Robert MacBain had gifts any would envy... -
![Margarita and the Earl by Joan Wolf]()
Margarita and the Earl by Joan Wolf
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Most Maddening Mate. Nicholas Beauchamp, the Earl of Winslow, was baffled by Margarita's infernally inconvenient anger. True, he still visited his mistress, Catherine Alnwick, whenever his fancy dictated. True, he still availed himself of the fabled favors of the ravishing Lady Eleanor Rushton, who certainly never let her marriage vows interfere with her pleasures... -
![The Earl's Mistaken Bride by Abby Gaines]()
The Earl's Mistaken Bride by Abby Gaines
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs soon as Marcus Brookstone lifts his bride's veil, he sees he's been tricked. He made a bargain with God—to marry a good, Christian girl if his mother recovered from illness. But Marcus intended to marry pretty Amanda, not stubborn Constance. His next plan, to ignore his new wife, fails as well when Constance makes it clear that she wants a true union... -
![Lord Havelock's List by Annie Burrows]()
Lord Havelock's List by Annie Burrows
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBe careful what you wish for…. Lord Havelock is in need of a wife. But with no time for a society wedding and no stomach for girlish fripperies, his options are limited. So with help from his friends, he draws up a list of qualities he does desire in a wife…. When orphaned Mary Carpenter discovers her handsome new husband's list, she's hurt—and incensed... -
![Marriage Deal with the Devilish Duke by Millie Adams]()
Marriage Deal with the Devilish Duke by Millie Adams
Risking her reputation…. To reclaim her life! Lady Beatrice finally has a plan to escape her controlling brother by compromising herself with a gentleman friend so they are forced to wed. But things go awry when she accidentally throws herself at the wrong man! Now she is honor bound to marry the Duke of Brigham, her brother’s outrageous best friend... -
![Lord Deverill's Heir by Catherine Coulter]()
Lord Deverill's Heir by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAN UTTERLY SHOCKING HUSBAND…. The first time that captivating, quick-tempered Arabella Deverill saw Justin, she thought this arrogantly handsome stranger to be a vagabond adventurer trespassing on her family lands...Categorized as:
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![The Bargain Bride by Barbara Cartland]()
The Bargain Bride by Barbara Cartland
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe young Earl of Blakeney is bankrupt. Back in England after serving bravely in the Duke of Wellington's army, he has lost everything at the gaming tables. At Blake Hall, the family house, he warns his sister Lady Aleda of the disastrous turn of events. Already the house has been stripped of paintings, silver and most of the furnishings... -
![All Things Beautiful by Cathy Maxwell]()
All Things Beautiful by Cathy Maxwell
Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLady Julia Markham was the toast of London Society -- until an ill-advised attempted elopement ended in betrayal and left her good name in tatters. Now ruined, penniless, and desperate, she has agreed to wed the magnetic and possibly dangerous Brader Wolf...Categorized as:
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![Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right by Kieran Kramer]()
Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right by Kieran Kramer
Most women would not be pleased to be labeled a spinster. But Lady Poppy Smith-Barnes isn’t most women. In fact, Poppy has invented an imaginary fiancé, the Duke of Drummond, to deter unwanted suitors. A very useful fellow, this duke, until the real Drummond turns up and uses Poppy’s ploy to trap her in a betrothal. A good spy flies below the radar... -
![Confessions from an Arranged Marriage by Miranda Neville]()
Confessions from an Arranged Marriage by Miranda Neville
They couldn't be more different—but there's one thing they agree on. .. In London after a two-year exile, Lord Blakeney plans to cut a swathe through the bedchambers of the demimonde. Marriage is not on his agenda, especially to an annoying chit like Minerva Montrose, with her superior attitude and a tendency to get into trouble... -
![You May Kiss the Bride by Lisa Berne]()
You May Kiss the Bride by Lisa Berne
In an unforgettable debut, Lisa Berne introduces you to the Penhallow Dynasty—men destined to marry, but hesitant to love. Wealthy and arrogant, Gabriel Penhallow knows it’s time to fulfill his dynastic duty. All he must do is follow “The Penhallow way”—find a biddable bride, produce an heir and a spare, and then live separate lives... -
![Bride for a Night by Rosemary Rogers]()
Bride for a Night by Rosemary Rogers
After Talia Dobson is jilted at the altar, she endures another humiliation: a substitute groom! The elder brother of her runaway betrothed has taken matters into his own hands. Shy Talia has long held a secret attraction for Gabriel Richardson, the handsome Earl of Ashcombe...
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