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81) The kindred
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Joy Abara knows her place. A commoner from the lowly planet Hali, she lives a simple life--apart from the notoriety that being Kindred to the nobility's most infamous playboy brings. Duke Felix Hamdi has a plan. He will exasperate his noble family to the point that they agree to let him choose his own future and finally meet his Kindred face-to-face. Then the royal family is assassinated, putting Felix next in line for the throne...and accused of...
Author
Publisher
Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
''Governess Miss Viola Winslow is quite familiar with the rules of society, and her place in it. Still, it hasn’t stopped her from being horribly in love with the Duke of Huntington for years. But while the duke knows little of her foolish passions, the same cannot be said of Viola’s charge—a precocious fourteen-year-old obsessed with her governess’s secret romance. As a confirmed bachelor with no interest in marriage, the Duke of Huntington...
85) Under your spell
Author
Series
Witches of Mayfair volume 1
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
To London Society, they were a group of well-educated ladies who gather to discuss literature, exchange needlework techniques, and gossip about the bachelors of the ton. But, behind closed doors at the Lavender House, these ladies are so much more Ella St. James is worried about her friend who has been having clandestine meetings with a stranger. Then the woman turns up dead, and Ella is determined to discover the truth. But, Sir Thomas Drake seems...
Author
Publisher
Avon/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"London society is harsh for a young woman with no family connections who has to work for a living. But when Daisy Merrick is sacked from yet another job, the feisty and outspoken miss comes up with a plan that could give her a future beyond her wildest dreams. There's only one problem. Her success depends on a man, the most infuriating, impossible, immovable man she's ever met..."--p.[4] of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter Vanessa. When she comes of age William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the mold of a proper young lady. Still, she agrees to re-enter fashionable society, determined to end the vendetta against her...
88) Friends & foes
Author
Series
Jonquil brothers volume 1
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After five years of tracking and capturing spies on English soil, Philip Jonquil, Earl of Lampton, is in pursuit of his last quarry--a dangerous French spy. But when Sorrel Kendrick inadvertently stumbles upon a crucial piece of the puzzle (making her indispensable to the mission), can these two proud hearts negotiate a ceasefire when cooperation matters most?
Author
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Bookish 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. The Duke of Whittsley has an ungentlemanly tendency to disregard the rules. Unfortunately,...
Author
Series
Rakes of Cavendish Square trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"When Lady Esme Byron happens upon a gorgeous naked man sleeping beside a secluded country lake, she can't resist the impulse to sketch him. But when her highly improper drawing is mistakenly revealed at a party, she finds her once-pristine reputation in tatters. Gabriel, Lord Northcote, may be a notorious rakehell, but he is still stunned to find himself accused of despoiling a duke's sister-- especially since he's never set eyes on her. When Esme's...
Author
Series
The little season volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Gabriel Sinclair has returned from battle as reluctant heir to a dukedom. As if his new responsibilities weren't enough, Gabriel's aunt enlists him to sponsor a young heiress through London's Little Season. Yet Miss Thea Neville is hardly the tedious obligation he expected. She's exotic and enchanting--and utterly unaware of the secret poised to destroy her family's reputation"--Page 4 of cover.
92) Married in haste
Author
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Brenn Owen, the new but impoverished Earl of Merton, is looking for a bride--one rich enough to finance his estate. When he meets Tess Hamlin, he sees a woman who is not only wealthy, but a dazzling beauty as well. To his surprise, Tess quickly accepts his proposal. But behind her eagerness lurks a secret she will do anything to hide from him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Select Book
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Duke of Gravenhurst, the notorious author of dark romances, is accused of corrupting the morals of the public. But among his most devoted fans is the well-born Lily Boscastle, who seeks employment as the duke's personal housekeeper. Only then does she discover scandalous secrets about the man that she never could have imagined.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
A behind-the-scenes look into the life of Meghan Markle and her romance with Prince Harrya dishy, delightful must-read filled with exclusive insights for anyone obsessed with the Royal Family. Leslie Carrolls books on royalty are “an irresistible combination of People Magazine and the History Channel.” Chicago Tribune When Prince Harry of Wales took his American girlfriend, Meghan Markle, to have tea with his grandmother the queen, avid royal...
95) The red queen
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Married to a man twice her age, quickly widowed, and a mother at only fourteen, Margaret Beaufort is determined to turn her lonley life into a triumph. She sets her heart on putting her son on the throne of England regardless of the cost to herself, England, and even her son. Disregarding rival heirs and the overwhelming power of the York dynasty, she names him Henry, like the king; sends him into exile; and pledges him in marriage to her enemy Elizabeth...
96) Duke of my heart
Author
Series
Season for scandal volume 1
Publisher
Forever/Hachette Book Group, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When he finds a naked--and very much dead--earl tied to his missing sister's bed, Captain Maximus Harcourt turns to Miss Ivory Moore, who is known throughout London for smoothing over scandals, for help and is drawn to this fearless woman who takes charge of the situation--and his heart.
Author
Series
Rogues and remarkable women volume 1
Language
English
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Description
1814: "When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband's mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune--and her freedom. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her life to be near her child--until The Widow's Grace gets her hired as her own son's nanny. But working for his unsuspecting new guardian, Busick Strathmore, Duke of Repington, has perils of its own. Especially when Patience discovers...
98) Court of swans
Author
Series
Dericott tale volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, after her seven brothers are falsely accused of murder and treason, eighteen-year-old Delia flees their cruel stepmother and becomes a seamstress at Westminster Palace, hoping to gain their release, with Sir Geoffrey's assistance.
99) Captive
Author
Series
Captive hearts (Joan Johnston) volume 1
Publisher
Dell Pub
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Lionel Morgan, Earl of Denbigh, had been betrayed once at the altar and vowed that no female would ensnare him again. Then Charlotte Edgerton burst into his life. He was to be her guardian. Her protector. But Denbigh wasn't prepared for this headstrong American -- or the passions she inspired on first sight.
100) Enchanted April
Publisher
Miramax Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
London, the 1920s. Lottie and Rose are two married women who share the misery of empty marriages and decide to rent an Italian castle for the spring to get away. In order to save money, they advertise for two other women to join them. Mrs. Fisher is an elderly widow is struggling with a lonely and regimented existence. She jumps at the chance to join the vacation. Lady Caroline Dester is a gorgeous flapper who has been grabbed one too many times and...
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