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What Cannot Be Said by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost... -
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A Lady's Mishap by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was the last man she ever wanted to turn to. Now, he’s the only one she can’t live without. Lady Elodie Lockwood is content with being a wallflower, but fate has other plans. Declared the diamond of the Season by the queen herself, she finds herself the unwilling focus of Society’s relentless gaze—a situation that feels more like a curse than a blessing... -
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![Love in a Mist by Sarah M. Eden]()
Love in a Mist by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrance, 1789. An unexpected letter arrives for Lord Aldric Benick on the day of his father’s funeral, seemingly from beyond the grave, informing him of a mysterious inheritance waiting for him in France. Always ready for an adventure, his closest friends, the Gents, embark with him across the Channel to solve the intriguing riddle... -
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The Scandalous Vixen: The Duchess Society Book 2 by Tracy Sumner
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratings“Sumner adds another fast-paced, sizzling chapter to this series. A must-read. ”. —Aubrey Wynne, USA TODAY bestselling author. The scandalous heart of the Duchess Society begins here. A wicked wager, a fake engagement, a duke with nothing to lose, and a woman determined never to belong to any man. Add forbidden passion, razor-sharp banter, and a delicious amount of steam—and prepare to melt... -
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![A Reckless Courtship by Martha Keyes]()
A Reckless Courtship by Martha Keyes
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe already lost his good name. Can he afford to lose his heart as well? Silas Yorke is in hiding. After being falsely accused of murder by one of the most powerful peers in England, he has no other choice. But he itches for freedom. Concealment in the countryside was difficult enough, but to clear his name, he must assume a new identity and go to London... -
![The Last House in Lambton by Grace Gibson, Debbie Styne]()
The Last House in Lambton by Grace Gibson, Debbie Styne
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDoes it ever stop raining in Lambton? Darcy and Bingley depart Netherfield Park, leaving Elizabeth Bennet acutely aware of the monotony of her life. Seeking a reprieve, she volunteers to serve as temporary companion to Mrs. Gardiner’s elderly aunt who lives in Lambton... -
![Gwendolyn Grows Up: A Regency Romance by GL Robinson]()
Gwendolyn Grows Up: A Regency Romance by GL Robinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in Regency London, where honest employment possibilities for all women were few, and for gentlewomen fewer still, this is the story of a gentleman's daughter who expects her future to be like her looked after by someone who loves her. But when Gwendolyn's parents die and leave her unprovided for, she is forced to earn her own living... -
![A Match of Misfortune (Bachelors of Blackstone's) by Jess Heileman]()
A Match of Misfortune (Bachelors of Blackstone's) by Jess Heileman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFortune brought him back to England. Misfortune brought them together. Cecily Bradshaw has despised Nash Markham since before they met. His captivating smile and overdone charms might blind others from the insufferable tease he is, but not Cecily. Only once, in the naïveté of youth, did her resolve momentarily falter, and she is determined it will never happen again... -
![A Tartan Love by Nichole Van]()
A Tartan Love by Nichole Van
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo ancient rivers, twin brothers, and a Scottish king who divided them. Welcome to life in the shadow of Cairnfell. Lady Isla Kinsey knows that the animosity between her family, the Dukedom of Grayburn, and their distant kinsmen, the Earldom of Northcairn, is the stuff of legends—six generations of duels fought, ladies ruined, and gentlemen betrayed... -
![Moments Frozen in Time: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melissa Anne]()
Moments Frozen in Time: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melissa Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe meant to push her away. Instead, fate drew them closer. Before the insult that could have shattered everything, something—an echo from the past—halts Fitzwilliam Darcy’s tongue. In that moment, the course of his life changes. In this Pride and Prejudice reimagining, delicately threaded with the supernatural, Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet form an unlikely friendship during his stay at Netherfield... -
![The Derbyshire Dance by Rosanne E. Lortz]()
The Derbyshire Dance by Rosanne E. Lortz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn aimless life. An unsettled conscience. Can the gentlewoman next door bring a new sense of purpose to this duke run aground in Derbyshire? Nigel Lymington, the new Duke of Warrenton, always played second fiddle to his elder brother’s wild exploits... -
![To Love a Baron by Laura Beers]()
To Love a Baron by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe returned from war hailed as a hero, but a stranger to himself—and to the wife he never knew he had. Dominic Stevens, Baron Warwicke, comes home bearing the physical and emotional scars of battle. Haunted by fragmented memories and burdened by duty, he’s stunned to learn he has a wife—a woman he does not remember marrying... -
![Best Served Cold: Seven Pride and Prejudice Revenge Stories by Wade H. Mann]()
Best Served Cold: Seven Pride and Prejudice Revenge Stories by Wade H. Mann
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRevenge is a dish best served cold, meaning it’s better to think carefully and enact a calculated revenge at a time and place of your choosing than to act precipitately in the heat of the moment. Of course, Marcus Arelius says, ‘The best revenge is living well,’ and Confucius says, ‘Before you set out on a course of revenge, first dig two graves. ’... -
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Faith by Beverley Watts
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen Faith Shackleford found herself in the unenviable position of having to accompany her irascible father to convalesce in the genteel seaside town of Torquay, she envisioned three months of wearying monotony... -
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![A Shadowed Charade by Laura Beers]()
A Shadowed Charade by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProtecting her was his duty. Falling for her was a risk he couldn’t afford—but couldn’t resist. Lady Melody Lockwood deciphers enemy codes from the safety of her home. It is safe and predictable, allowing her to feel as though she is doing more than what is expected of a lady in High Society... -
![More Than You Know by Jennifer Altman]()
More Than You Know by Jennifer Altman
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFitzwilliam Darcy has spent years guarding a secret—one that could cost him everything. Resigned to a solitary existence, Darcy has long accepted that love and marriage are luxuries beyond his reach. But when a chance encounter on the Yorkshire moors proves impossible to forget, the life he has so carefully constructed slowly begins to unravel... -
![Done for the Best: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Amy D'Orazio]()
Done for the Best: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Amy D'Orazio
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerhaps this concealment, this disguise, was beneath me… It is done, however, and it was done for the best. Elizabeth Bennet, walking in Kent the day after Mr Darcy’s proposal meets with an unfortunate mishap. A meeting with an adder has disastrous consequences for her and when she wakes from a period of unconsciousness, she has no memory at all of the last ten months of her life... -
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The Best-Kept Secrets by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWith her ever-ready smile, Eve O’Doyle faces life’s challenges with boundless optimism. However, even she finds it difficult to see the silver lining in her parents’ news: disaster has struck, leaving their genteel family in dire financial straits. But all is not lost. In the name of economizing, Eve will skip the London Season—even if it means dooming herself to spinsterhood... -
![Crash Landing on the Duke by Meara Platt]()
Crash Landing on the Duke by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes love crashes down on you. Trajan Aubrey, Duke of Weymouth, never expected a simple walk along his seacoast estate on a pleasant summer morning to turn into a debacle. But he should have known there would be trouble when beautiful bluestocking, Florence Newton, fell out of a tree and crash landed atop him... -
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The French House by Helen Fripp
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe vineyards stretched away in every direction as he plucked a perfect red grape, sparkling with dew. “Marry me,” he’d said. “We’ll run these vineyards together. ” But now he is gone. There is no one to share the taste of the first fruit of the harvest. And her troubles are hers alone…... -
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Murder in St. Giles by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLondon, 1819: When Brewster, my bodyguard, comes to me about a murder of a pugilist—and what’s more, says his wife has summoned me—I must hasten to St. Giles to find a killer before Brewster is arrested for the crime. This is made difficult because Donata's late husband’s odious cousin has materialized to try to wrest her son into his care... -
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The Thames River Murders by Ashley Gardner
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCaptain Lacey is asked by Peter Thompson of the Thames River Police to help him investigate a cold case–the murder of a woman found near the docks Thompson patrols. The investigation was sidelined, considered unsolvable, but Thompson has long wished to find her killer. Captain Lacey joins him in the hunt, entering a part of society that is closed to outsiders... -
![Her Duke of Secrets by Christi Caldwell]()
Her Duke of Secrets by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling author Christi Caldwell revisits the dark, gritty side of Regency England in her Brethren of the Lords series! Death was preferable…. Since his wife was killed in an accident that stole his happiness and left him injured, William Helling, Duke of Aubrey, is a broken man... -
![A Mystery at Carlton House by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley]()
A Mystery at Carlton House by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratings1818: Captain Lacey is drawn into affairs of the highest in the land when his friend Grenville is asked by the Prince Regent to look into odd happenings in his lavish abode of Carlton House. Objects of value have gone missing, paintings and sculpture have been moved, and some of the staff have reported strange sounds and movements in the shadows... -
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![The Custom House Murders by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley]()
The Custom House Murders by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCaptain Lacey encounters an old army friend just returned from Antigua, who is being accused of smuggling and possibly murder. Lacey decides to help the man, whom he considers honorable, to clear his name. Meanwhile James Denis has given Lacey a task, to deliver a mysterious package to a man with an office near the Custom House on the bank of the Thames... -
![The Moonstone Pirate: A Regency Historical Romance by Meara Platt]()
The Moonstone Pirate: A Regency Historical Romance by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWelcome to Moonstone Landing, where moonstones shimmer beneath the sea and a pirate’s heart is about to be captured with true love’s kiss. Lady Imogen Stockwell is convinced her handsome new neighbor, Draco Waring, Earl of Woodley is a pirate... -
![A Darkness in Seven Dials by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley]()
A Darkness in Seven Dials by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMarch 1820. When James Denis is arrested for murder and lands himself in Newgate, it falls to me to prove his innocence. I have nowhere to start but in a dark street in Seven Dials and the name of the unknown man Denis is supposed to have killed. I soon find myself beleaguered by enemies from Denis’s past, secret societies, and a host of people who want Denis to hang... -
![The Bachelor Mr Darcy by Julie Cooper]()
The Bachelor Mr Darcy by Julie Cooper
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHere I am, surrounded by heiresses without so much as a murmur from my heart. MR FITZWILLIAM DARCY'S FAMILY has decided it is time for him to select a wife and marry. To that end, Pemberley is suddenly inundated with eligible young ladies vying for his time and attention. Disinterested in the notion, Mr Darcy’s attention is on his myriad other troubles... -
![What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris]()
What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious killer had been brought to justice until a shocking series of gruesome new murders stuns the city in this thrilling historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Speaks for the Damned. It's October 1814. The war with France is finally over and Europe's diplomats are convening in Vienna for a conference that will put their world back together... -
![Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris]()
Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebastian St. Cyr’s past combine to put C. S. Harris’s “troubled but compelling antihero” (Booklist) to the ultimate test in this taut, thrilling mystery. London, 1813. The vicious decapitation of Stanley Preston, a wealthy, socially ambitious plantation owner, at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St... -
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Moonlight and the Duke by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHandsome widower. Shy spinster. Will he be the one to give her a first kiss? Connor Fieldstone, the Duke of Lynton, renowned as a Silver Duke, has no intention of ever marrying again... -
![The Zephyr: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Grace Gibson]()
The Zephyr: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Grace Gibson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou are looking at the last man on earth who should ever find himself making love to a lady behind an old hay wain and offering her a clandestine promise upon some nameless day. And yet here I am. WHEN MR FITZWILLIAM DARCY RETURNS to Hertfordshire a year after last seeing Elizabeth Bennet, he is surprised to find that she has taken up careering around the countryside in a brand new curricle... -
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Enamoured by Jessie Lewis
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou are as handsome as any of them, Mr Bingley might like you the best of the party. ELIZABETH BENNET THINKS HER FATHER is worrying over nothing when he sends her from Longbourn to London to keep an eye on her mother, who has been staying with a friend. But Mrs Bennet proves to be uncommonly elusive. Everywhere Elizabeth looks, she finds Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley instead... -
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When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAyleswick-on-Teme, England, 1813. Sebastian has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and to learn more about his own ancestry. But when the body of a lovely widow is found on the banks of the River Teme, a bottle of laudanum at her side, the village’s inexperienced new magistrate turns to St. Cyr for help... -
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![The Luxury of Silence: A Variation of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice by Susan Adriani]()
The Luxury of Silence: A Variation of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice by Susan Adriani
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 11 ratings"No woman of my acquaintance has ever inspired a fraction of the admiration that I feel for you…You are the only woman to ever touch my heart. ". FITZWILLIAM DARCY HAS HAD ENOUGH—enough of the ton and their speculations, enough of matchmaking mamas and their eager daughters, and enough of his family’s expectations that he will eventually marry his cousin, Anne... -
![Derriford: Confirmed Bachelors Book 5 by Jenny Hambly]()
Derriford: Confirmed Bachelors Book 5 by Jenny Hambly
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsViscount Derriford likes to keep a low profile. He avoids ton parties and the ladies who frequent them whenever possible, preferring to spend time with his fellow bachelors. A predictable, undemanding existence suits him perfectly. Marriage has never been part of his plans; he is convinced he could never make any woman happy... -
![The Heart of a Vicar by Sarah M. Eden]()
The Heart of a Vicar by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYoung love is all too fleeting, as Harold Jonquil painfully discovered years ago when Sarah Sarvol, the niece of a neighboring landowner, captured his heart. After an idyllic few weeks in the throes of blossoming love, reality intervened. They could have no future. Following their disastrous parting, Harold attempted to push aside thoughts of love and regret, but Sarah has never left his heart... -
![Valued by the Viscount by Alexa Aston]()
Valued by the Viscount by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA reformed rogue who yearns for a love match. A widow who’s been tossed from her home. A house party meant to bring lovers together . . . Reed Davenport is a womanizer enjoying a carefree life until his beloved father dies. Now Viscount Boxling, Reed takes his responsibilities seriously, including providing an heir... -
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The Duke of Defiance by Darcy Burke
Difficult and defiant as a child, Bran Crowther, Earl of Knighton left England as a young man to pursue independence and adventure. He never expected to inherit the title and when duty calls him home, he still finds Society’s codes constricting and others’ expectations oppressive... -
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Ormsley by Jenny Hambly
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe wants a respectable bride who will not ask for more than he can give – love. She has no need or desire to marry, and love is the only thing that might change her mind. Hugh Brandforth, the seventh Earl of Ormsley, returns to his estate after wasting several weeks searching for a bride. He is looking forward to some much-needed rest and recreation... -
![Delighting the Duke by Alexa Aston]()
Delighting the Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn army major whose soul is stained by war. A lonely bluestocking who failed miserably during her first Season. Two strangers who bond over an injured kitten . . . Aaron Hartfield is forced to leave the army and return to England to claim a title he never wanted when his brother is killed in a scandalous duel... -
![Murder in the Eternal City by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley]()
Murder in the Eternal City by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen I agree to take my family to visit Grenville in his villa near Rome, I hardly imagine that I immediately will become embroiled in mystery and mayhem. James Denis has requested that I purchase an antique from a collector, one Conte de Luca... -
![Duke of Honor by Alexa Aston]()
Duke of Honor by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA woman who falls in love with a man she’s never seen . . . A duke harboring a secret he can never reveal . . . Sebastian Cooper, Marquess of Marbury, chooses to leave England and fight in the Napoleonic Wars for a decade. He comes home to find his father has died and assumes his role as the new Duke of Hardwick... -
![Never Doubt I Love by Dana LeCheminant]()
Never Doubt I Love by Dana LeCheminant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThough Olivia Calloway has long anticipated the London Season, her first foray into the Marriage Mart is tinged with apprehension. As the sister of a baron, she is well aware that fortune hunters might find her—and her substantial dowry—irresistible... -
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![A Gentleman's Reckoning (Bachelors of Blackstone's) by Jennie Goutet]()
A Gentleman's Reckoning (Bachelors of Blackstone's) by Jennie Goutet
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Scandalous Past. A Secret Identity. A Love That Could Ruin Everything. Once the most charming rake in London, John Aubin lost everything when he overheard a powerful earl’s fraudulent dealings. Branded a liar and cast out of society, he now lives under an assumed name, working in the very orphanage the earl owns. But Aubin’s purpose isn’t charity—it’s revenge... -
![An Improbable Scheme by Laura Beers]()
An Improbable Scheme by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome secrets are worth stealing. Some hearts are harder to escape. Lady Elsbeth Caldwell has long suspected that her stepfather is hiding something far more sinister behind his polished façade. Determined to uncover the truth, she embarks on an investigation that leads her to take desperate measures, including robbing a passing coach under the cover of night... -
![A Spinster's Folly by Laura Beers]()
A Spinster's Folly by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was determined to remain a spinster—until love gave her a new reason to dream. Lady Eugenie Drayton is tired of being told what she can and cannot do. Bold, clever, and entirely too curious for Society’s liking, she decides to take matters into her own hands by sneaking into an Oxford lecture disguised as a man... -
![The Red Cottage by Hannah Linder]()
The Red Cottage by Hannah Linder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe forgot she loved him. He would die to make her remember. Meg Foxcroft has never minded the tattling village gossip or her uncle’s ill-tempered rebukes. After all, she has Tom McGwen—and one day, they will build their own cottage, paint it red, and live a wonderful life. But then the unthinkable happens... -
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Death at Brighton Pavilion by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen Captain Gabriel Lacey finds himself standing over a dead body in Brighton Pavilion, bloody sword in hand and no memory of how he got there, he immediately fears he is a murderer. The dead man is Colonel Hamilton Isherwood, a man Lacey clashed with after the battle of Salamanca in Spain seven years before... -
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Miss Davis and the Spare by C.N. Jarrett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA spirited young woman. A roguish gentleman. When hearts collide, can opposites find common ground? In this clean Regency romance, a clever young woman from the countryside reluctantly accepts a transformation under the guidance of an aristocratic gentleman from the city...
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