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Life for Victoria Lacey should be perfect. And it is - perfectly boring. Agree to marry a lord who has yet to inspire a single, solitary tingle? Why, of course. Smile as though this is not the thousandth time he's mentioned hounds and hunting? It's all in a day's work for the oh-so-proper sister of the Duke of Blackmore. Surely no one would suspect her secret longing for heart-racing, head-spinning passion. Except, perhaps, a dark stranger...on a terrace...at a ball where she should definitely not be kissing a man she has only just met.

Dr. Ainsley Graham is cultivating a reputation as an eccentric. Two years ago, he catastrophically ended his academic career by publicly claiming to talk to ghosts. When Joachim Cockburn, a WWI veteran studying the power of delusional thinking, arrives at his door, Ainsley quickly catalogs him as yet another tiresome Englishman determined to mock his life's work. But Joachim is tenacious and openhearted, and Ainsley's intrigued despite himself.

Phoebe Tunstall has lived her entire life in the shadow of her outgoing twin sister and in service to her maiden aunt. When she suddenly finds herself alone, she decides to heed the challenge thrown out by the man she has long admired. Frederick Ingram is reeling from the shock of learning that his first love has married someone else. Unable to watch his friend's little sister, Phoebe, living meekly and waiting for happiness to come, he tells her to live more boldly. What he does not expect is for her to take it to heart and travel to Brussels as Napoleon begins his march northward.

Since the day Lord Dillon earned his spurs, rumors of his savagery on the battlefield have preceded him into every room, stilling tongues and sparking fear. Weary of battle, he wishes only to find a woman he can wed who will approach him not with fear but with the tenderness that has been absent from his life for so long. Yet only the wisewoman seems invariably at ease in his presence.

Rory MacLeod is a bold and powerful Highland Chief with only one allegiance-to his clan. He vows revenge against the rival MacDonald clan, though duty demands a handfast marriage to Isabel MacDonald-a bride he does not want and has no intention of keeping. But Rory couldn't have anticipated the captivating woman who challenges his steely control and unleashes the untamed passion simmering beneath his fierce exterior.

It had been a decade since Victor Cale, first cousin to the Duke of Lyons, had seen his wife. After some royal jewelry went missing from the jeweler's shop where they worked, Isabel Mertens disappeared. When Victor gets word of a woman who fits his wife's description, he sets out to confront her. But he discovers that nothing is as it seems-and revenge is never as sweet as true love.

When Fitzwilliam Darcy's sister lies dying from a magical ailment, the only person who can help is Elizabeth Bennet, the powerful Librarian of the Great Library – the same woman he abandoned five years earlier. Elizabeth can't forget Darcy's refusal to believe in her magical ability, even now that she has a griffin familiar. However, as the Librarian, duty compels her to help him. Together, they undertake a quest to the Faerie Realm to find a cure, encountering dangerous magical creatures along the way. An even greater danger lurks in their own hearts.

Set against the colorful tumult of events that gave rise to our fledgling nation, this novel of romance and adventure introduces Phillipe Charboneau. The illegitimate son of an English nobleman, Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the men who set our course for freedom. The Bastard is the first volume in the Kent Family Chronicles, a series of novels that details one family's journey in the early years of the American nation.

Eliza Budley is a beautiful widow whose husband gambled away his fortune. Lady Fortescue reminds the others that, to be fair, Mrs. Budley has no relatives on whom she can call. Gentle Mrs. Budley thinks she has escaped her fate until Sir Philip comes up with a plan: He has heard that the elderly Marquess of Peterhouse is senile, a widower, extremely rich, and unlikely to remember whether Mrs. Budley is a relative or not. So off Mrs. Budley goes. But the marquess turns out to be not so old, hardly senile, and, in fact, quite handsome.

Young. Ravishing. Exquisitely marriageable. From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the glittering ballroom, Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. But wedlock is not on the mind of the continent's most notorious rake. Nor is it of interest to the fiercely independent Lady Morgan herself...until one night of shocking intimacy erupts in a scandal that could make Gervase's vengeance all the sweeter.

Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she’s inherited—one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she’s never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe—just maybe—this “Winter Cottage” will answer the endless questions about her mother’s past...including the identity of her birth father.

After nine lonely years as her father's prisoner, Dorie McCurdy is forced to marry the new war chief of clan MacKinlay. Terrified and unwilling to speak, she imagines the worst of her handsome, imposing new husband.

One romance fostered in freedom, another shackled by slavery—both tormented by one common foe… Cheapside Auction Block, 1859 Lexington, Kentucky With America's slave trade at an all-time high, itinerant preacher Timothy Locker makes it his mission to help fugitive slaves escape to freedom. When he's not transporting runaways on the Underground Railroad, he's busy saving souls. He has no time for romance. But after a pretty nurse assists him with an injured slave who escaped during an auction, all bets are off. He’s hopelessly smitten by Haven Haywood’s beauty and compassion. The ...

Raised in the comfort of the East, Lila Bennett never imagined the West would be so wild—until her family’s wagon is ambushed by outlaws. Just when all seems lost, a rugged stranger comes to their rescue, stirring something unexpected in her heart. As they continue their journey, Lila finds herself drawn to Rhett Morgan, whose quiet strength and repeated acts of bravery hint at a bond deeper than chance. Rhett has buried his heart beneath years of pain, scarred by the loss of his mother and sister. As the son of a seasoned wagon train leader, he’s learned not to trust—especially not...

Francis Parkes led a charmed life on the Peninsula, but it is not until he returns to England that his life is really threatened. For Francis is now the heir to the Earldom of Frey and a century-old curse. Matrimony is something best avoided. Then fate intervenes, giving him the opportunity to right a wrong and to ease his family’s burden. Isabel Coulter dreads the prospect of marriage; unsurprising, given the man her father chose for her. She determines to escape but her plans go awry. Now this gallant couple are faced with a very real threat, and a very real hope, that they never imagined.

Two captains. One heart. And a map no man ever dared chart. What happens when the pirate isn’t the villain, the rescue isn’t the ending, and the woman at the center of it all refuses to be anyone’s prize? Beneath The Black Flag is a sweeping romantic adventure set on the high seas — and in the space between expectation and choice. When Lady Isobel Hawthorne is taken from a ship bound for marriage and station, she doesn’t just survive. She transforms. Caught between two men — one a decorated naval officer, the other a rogue captain with salt in his scars — she must navigate not...

Shiloh Kearns spent six years running from the law, his past, and the brother who died saving him. Given a badge instead of a noose, he's sent to Ghost Valley—a dying town choking on blood and greed. Now he must decide: is he here to serve justice… or to chase the men who left him for dead? Halona has lived between two worlds, orphaned in war and raised by white settlers. Now a voice for her Navajo people, she returns home only to watch it burn at the hands of her own kin. When her estranged brother leads a massacre, she must choose between loyalty and justice. When Shiloh and Halona ...

When her sheriff husband is murdered, Emma Blackwell must flee with her young son, taking with them a mysterious map hidden in her husband’s coat. Keeping her true identity secret to survive, she never expected a rugged rancher to awaken the love she thought she’d lost forever… Cole Dawson is a widowed rancher struggling to manage his land and care for his spirited daughter, who keeps driving away every governess that crosses their doorstep. Reluctantly, he hires Emma, hoping she can bring some order to his chaotic home—but what he doesn’t expect is how quickly she’ll capture ...

When orphaned Lady Angelica Loxley discovers her inheritance has vanished, a marriage of convenience is her only hope. Haunted by whispers of her French past, will she learn to trust when she meets a charming lord who seems unlike any other? Lord Christopher Fenwick has always put duty above everything else. A decorated military man, he is tasked with recovering Angelica's missing fortune at any cost, even if it means deceiving the Lady who stirs feelings he thought long buried. Yet, how long can he deny the truth in his heart? As deadly conspiracies close in and long-buried truths come to ...

Lady Miriam Everly is a spirited young woman and the oldest of the Everly children. As her younger sister falls in love, Miriam must put her own desires aside and marry first. When a mysterious duke proposes an unconventional solution, can Miriam ignore the sparks in her heart? Dorian Blackwood, the masked Duke of Ravenshire, is left scared and detached after trying to save his mother from the fire that claimed her life. During a masquerade ball though, he bumps into a charming lady and his life changes forever. Will he allow this fiery beauty’s love to take him out of the shadows? As ...