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61) Not quite a wife
Author
Series
Lost lords volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
James, Lord Kirkland, owns a shipping fleet, half a London gaming house, and is a ruthlessly effective spymaster. Laurel Herbert gave James her heart as an innocent young girl, until she saw him perform an act of shocking violence. That night she left the husband who is far more than the fashionable lord he seems, and he let her go without a word of protest. Now, ten years later, a chance encounter turns passionate, with consequences that cannot be...
62) Only a kiss
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Series
Language
English
Description
Since witnessing the death of her husband during the wars, Imogen, Lady Barclay, has secluded herself in the confines of Hardford Hall, their home in Cornwall. The new owner has failed to take up his inheritance, and Imogen desperately hopes he will never come to disturb her fragile peace.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Lord Randolph Gresham has an up and coming career in the Church, and has come to London for the season to find a wife. A feisty and dangerously attractive young woman who insists she'd never marry a clergyman keeps distracting him. This shouldn't be a problem--they'll just avoid each other. When they're forced to sing together, though, the duet is a deeply sensual experience. Verity Sinclair, daughter of the Dean of Chester Cathedral, hasn't changed...
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Language
English
Description
Something sinister is afoot at Totleigh Hall, the showcase of the sleepy English village of Nether Monkslip. Lord and Lady Baaden-Boomethistle have been in residence for some weeks now, and the villagers are hoping for a return to the days when the lord of the manor sprinkled benefits across the village like fairy dust. But a sudden grisly death intervenes, and Max Tudor's talent for sorting through clues is once again called into play.
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"He should have thrown her out. But when club owner Alexander Lavoie catches a mysterious blonde counting cards at his vingt-et-un table, he's more intrigued than angry. He has to see more of this beauty-in his club, in his office, in his bed. But first he'll have to devise a proposition she can't turn down. Gossip said he was an assassin. Common sense told her to stay away. But Angelique Archer was desperate, and Lavoie's club offered a surefire...
67) Dangerous
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Spencer is my new auto-buy!" 'New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt What sort of lady doesn't make her debut until the age of thirty-two' A timeless beauty with a mysterious past'and a future she intends to take into her own hands... Lady Euphemia Marlington hasn't been free in seventeen years'since she was captured by Corsairs and sold into a harem. Now the sultan is dead and Mia is back in London facing relentless newspapermen, an insatiably...
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Series
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Lord Philippe Lavay once took to the high seas armed with charm as lethal as his sword, and a stone-cold conviction: he'll restore his family's fortune and honor, no matter the cost. Victory is at last within reach when a brutal attack snatches it from his grasp and lands him in Pennyroyal Green. An afternoon of bliss brings a cascade of consequences for Elise Fountain. She is shunned by her family and ousted from a job she loves, and her survival...
70) The scapegoat
Author
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1957.
Language
English
Description
Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's...
71) Someone to honor
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Abigail Westcott's dreams for her future were lost when her father died and she discovered her parents were not legally married. But now, six years later, she enjoys the independence a life without expectation provides a wealthy single woman. Indeed, she's grown confident enough to scold the careless servant chopping wood outside without his shirt on in the proximity of ladies. But the man is not a servant. He is Gilbert Bennington, the lieutenant...
Author
Series
Cavendon Hall volume 3
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating epic saga of courage and honor, following the aristocratic Inghams and the loyal Swann family who have served them for centuries. It is 1938 in England, and Miles and Cecily Ingham have lead the family in bringing the Cavendon estate back from the brink of disaster. But now, with the arrival of World War II, Cavendon Hall will face its biggest challenge yet. It is a challenge that...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Veronica Speedwell returns in an adventure filled with betrayal and deception from Deanna Raybourn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey Mysteries. London, 1888. When archeological photographer John de Morgan mysteriously vanishes with a priceless artifact, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian colleague, Stoker Templeton-Vane, are pulled into a dangerous world of conspiracies and ancient threats....
74) Spring snow
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Description
An aristocratic young man is in love with a woman who is engaged to a prince in the Imperial family.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
A Beatriz Calanda, gran dama de la jetset madrileño, la conocen todos, pero nadie, ni siquiera sus cuatro maridos, mucho menos sus hijas, saben quién es en realidad. Para descubrir qué se oculta tras esta deslumbrante fachada hay que viajar al pasado, a su adolescencia en el Madrid de la Transición y a la juventud de su madre durante los oscuros años de la posguerra.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Olivier is the traumatized child of aristocratic survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English printer. They are born on different sides of history, but their lives will be connected in the United States by an enigmatic one-armed marquis.
Author
Series
Simply Quartet Books volume 1
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
En route to Bath, England, to teach at Miss Martin's School for Girls, Frances Allard seeks refuge from a snowstorm at a nearby inn and finds unexpected passion with Robert Marshall, unaware that Robert is the heir to the Earl of Edgecombe.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After her mother's death, Gabrielle Brooks sets sail to the Caribbean in search of her father, discovers he has become a pirate, and spends three happy years sailing with him. His decision that she should return to London to find a proper husband leads to intrigue, scandal, and Gabrielle's passionate quest for revenge.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Lady Clara Fairfax, who is looking for a man who can see past her beauty, meets her match in arrogant barrister Oliver Radford, who reluctantly agrees to help her find a missing boy who has gotten involved in a London street gang.