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When Lady Theodora Neale’s papa dies, a volume guarded by her family for generations comes into her possession - and with it, a sacred duty. Lady Theo is determined to honor her papa’s deathbed request to carry out missions directed by the esteemed Lord Archbroke. But when Archbroke suggests they enter into a feigned courtship, Lady Theo is blindsided. She’s willing to put her life on the line for the Crown, but no one said anything about risking her heart!

A man willing to sacrifice all. Andrew Penton, the marquis of Drake, is a man used to getting all he desires for nothing in return. But when a mysterious woman catches his eye, he's helpless to do anything but offer her all he is. A woman determined to take everything. Lady Lorelei de La Valette, daughter of the French Comte of Epernon, is new to London society and not the lady she appears to be. Her life has been controlled since birth, yet she'll have to decide if her destiny lies with her country or her heart.

MURDER IN MIDDLEWYCH is Book 5 in MARILYN CLAY's Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series. A carriage accident on the way up to London dictates that Miss Abbott, her maid Tilda, along with Juliette's gentleman friend, Mr. Sheridan, who offered to escort the ladies up to Town are forced to stay the night at an inn in the Cotswold village of Middlewych. Tilda objects since "Ever'one knows Middlewych is full of witches!" When Mr. Sheridan makes the grim discovery of a village lass beaten to death, the authorities rush to judgment and charge the handsome stranger with the crime! While their ...

England 1819. Thomas Shield, a master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the child’s sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant’s beautiful, unhappy mother, Shield becomes entwined in their family’s affairs. When a brutal murder takes place in London’s seedy backstreets, all clues lead to the Frant family, and Shield is tangled in a web of lies, money, sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart. Soon, it emerges that at the heart of these macabre events lies the strange American boy.

Lizzy and her family arrive at Pemberley to allow Fitzwilliam a chance to court her. Things are off to a splendid start until Lady Catherine invites herself, and Caroline Bingley is clearly intent on causing trouble between ODC. Someone is targeting Fitzwilliam and Pemberley for harassment, but is it the same person who murders the stablemaster during Lizzy’s stay? She and Darcy find themselves at odds over theories of the crime, but will that disagreement keep them from building a future together?

Lizzy arrives at Hunsford to visit Charlotte, having mixed feelings to discover Darcy is in the vicinity to see his aunt, the formidable Lady Catherine. They are inevitably thrown together, and she starts to see a different side to him. When Miss Anne becomes the victim of an extortion scheme, Lizzy volunteers to help identify the blackmailer. She is surprised when Mr. Darcy volunteers his assistance, seemingly accepting the situation and his cousin’s actions.

Abigail Foster no quiere acabar siendo una solterona, pero sabe que su minúscula dote no le va a servir para incrementar sus encantos, y el único hombre que ella creía que le pediría su mano, un amigo de toda la vida, resulta que se ha enamorado de su hermana pequeña, más bonita que ella. Cuando los problemas financieros fuerzan a su familia a vender su casa de Londres, un extraño abogado aparece con una oferta increíble: pueden irse a vivir a una lejana casa señorial que lleva dieciocho años abandonada.

Lady Grace’s bargain with the devil guaranteed the life of the man she will always love, but the price was giving him up forever. Now Matthew has returned to England, and she finds it impossible to let him go. Freed from a hellish prison on the Continent, Matthew Stanford, Marquess of Harrington, retreats to his country manor. His days obsessed with thoughts of exacting revenge upon the man responsible for his captivity.

In 1808, after six years behind enemy lines, only four members of the British elite spy group "Viper", Patrick, Gregory, Anthony, and Theron, were finally heading home. William, the fifth, lost his life in the line of duty. His father gave away his precious daughter Katherine to London's rogue, Quinton Bennett. Before his death, William promised to unearth his father's decision to throw his sister's life away. Patrick swore to keep his friend's promise. Upon returning to England, he immediately delved into the mystery, and soon found that Katherine was caught in a deadly conspiracy.

The Duke of Dunmore is a friend, confidante, and highly respected nobleman...and he's keeping a secret that could endanger the woman he loves and the family he's held dear for so many years. Lady Lilianne Lambourne was once the talk of the ton, but after mourning her fallen fiance for so long feels love has passed her by. Behind her warm and caring facade is the struggling strong woman who had been scarred by so many volatile moments of her past. Will the Duke's secrets forever change their futures, or will this be her moment to stand and let her strength guide them both to happiness?

MURDER IN MARTINDALE by MARILYN CLAY is book nine in the popular JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES. When clever young sleuth Miss Juliette Abbott is invited to spend a fortnight at Martindale Manor as companion to a young blind girl whose father suddenly passed away, she believes she has been offered the perfect respite from murder and mayhem in the tiny hamlet of Martindale in England’s North Country. Told that the girl’s brother and heir, Sir James Martindale, is even now on his way home, Miss Abbott and her trusted maid Tilda set out in high spirits for their four-day journey ...

MURDER IN MAIDSTONE is Book 6 in best-selling author Marilyn Clay's popular Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series. Upon arriving at Maidstone Manor to begin her next assignment as curator of artifacts and precious collectibles, Miss Abbott and her maid Tilda are stunned to find that a gentleman on the estate has only just been found face down in the knot garden, and that the killer absconded with the dead man's clothing! When Miss Abbott learns that another suitor to one of the Wentworth daughters of Maidstone Manor disappeared a few days earlier, as did the former owners of the manor ...

MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL is Book 7 in Marilyn Clay's Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series. A pair of mysteries collide in this intricately-plotted tale set against the glamorous backdrop of the London theater in the 1820s. What can possibly go wrong when a group of former actors and actresses, all of whom once appeared to great acclaim on the London stage, all gather for a lovely winter house party at the country home of Lord and Lady Montford? How about the vicious murder of one of their group on her way to Montford Hall, the poor lady found dead in her carriage before she even arrives at...

Beatrice Steele has none of the accomplishments of a true lady: she is terrible at needlework, has no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people. Little does anyone know that Beatrice also harbours a dark secret: an obsession with the true crime cases she reads about in the newspaper. For her family's sake, she's vowed to put this most unladylike obsession behind her. Eligible bachelor Edmund Croaksworth is set to attend the autumnal ball, and the Steele family hopes that Louisa will steal his heart.

Montague has devoted his life to managing the wealth of London's elite, but at a huge cost: a family of his own. Then the enticing Miss Violet Matcham seeks his help, and in the puzzle she presents him, he finds an intriguing new challenge professionally...and personally. Violet, devoted lady-companion to the aging Lady Halstead, turns to Montague to reassure her ladyship that her affairs are in order.

Miraculously spared from death, Malcolm Sinclair erases the notorious man he once was. Reinventing himself as Thomas Glendower, he strives to make amends for his past, yet he never imagines penance might come via a secretive lady he discovers living in his secluded manor. Rose has a plausible explanation for why she and her children are residing in Thomas' house, but she quickly realizes he's far too intelligent to fool. Revealing the truth is impossibly dangerous, yet day by day he wins her trust, and then her heart.

Paris in 1816 is reeling from the Battle of Waterloo, and relations between the British and French are uneasy at best. So it’s hardly a surprise to British attach and Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch when he and his wife Suzanne, soon to give birth to their second child, become the target of violent threats. Malcolm is certain that the secrets of his past have caught up with him - but he’s unaware that Suzanne has more than a few secrets of her own…

Adam has accidentally stumbled upon an important period in history: Vienna in 1814. Mostly, he'd just like to continue to enjoy the local pubs, but that becomes impossible when he meets Anna, an intriguing woman with an unreasonable number of secrets and sharp objects.

Nicoletta, the countess Vilandry, is on a dangerous mission - to lure fellow spy Gabriel D'Arcy into bed and into revealing his true loyalties. With such sensual games at play and such strong sensations awakened, suddenly Nicky's dangerously close to exposing her real identity. Gabe knows that the countess has been sent to seduce him. The only question is, to what end? He's never met such a captivating woman - and he's determined to enjoy every seductive second she spends as his very willing captive!

The holiday seasons was always something special for the Armstrong Family. But the unexpected death of their patriarch, the Eighth Duke of Ashby, had changed everything. Now, the family was ready to return to their traditional celebration for the sake of the children. This year, Owen Kennedy and Rose O’Mara were to join the family and their friends at the great estate of Ashby Abbey, along with the late duke’s brother and sister-in-law, Lord and Lady Lanningham. The festive atmosphere is spoiled by the thief of a huge diamond given to Lady Lanningham by her husband. The entire family is...