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One Night Of Scandal

Teresa Medeiros · 359 pages

Proper decorum has never come easily to Carlotta Anne Fairleigh -- not even tonight, when the lovely, impetuous miss is finally making her debut. As she waits to make her entrance, she can't help wondering about the darkened house next door, the supposedly abandoned home of Hayden St. Clair, the man society has dubbed the "Murderous Marquess." Certainly one small peek through his window before the

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Wicked Widow

Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz · 344 pages

Madeline Deveridge is all too aware of the whispers behind her back, the rumors that she dispatched her husband to the next world and concealed her crime. But Madeline has a far more pressing problem than being called the Wicked Widow. She fears that she and her beloved aunt are being haunted!

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A Notorious Countess Confesses

Julie Anne Long · 384 pages

She rose to spectacular heights . . . From Covent Garden to courtesan to countess, beautiful, fearless, shamelessly ambitious Evie Duggan has riveted London in every role she plays. But the ton never could forgive her scandalous—if shockingly short—marriage, and when her star plummets amid gleefully vicious gossip, the countess escapes to the only legacy left to her: a manor house in Pennyroyal

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The Taming of the Duke

Eloisa James · 400 pages

Extra 1: Chapter 3 Imogen, Lady Maitland, has decided to dance on the wild side. After all, she's in the delicious position of being able to take a lover. A discreet male who knows just when to leave in the morning.But Lady Maitland is still under the watchful eye of her former guardian, the wildly untamed Rafe, the Duke of Holbrook. He believes she is still in need of a "watchdog." She laughs a

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Why Earls Fall in Love

Manda Collins

Society often makes strange bedfellows--and even more surprising betrothals... IS IT A REASON FOR ROMANCE? Young widowed Georgina Mowbray is settling into her role as Lady Russell's companion quite well--until the lady's nephew Dominic, the Earl of Coniston, arrives in Bath for a visit. Georgie's always found him shallow and too smooth, and trusts him as much as she trusts most men...which is

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Seducing an Angel

Mary Balogh · 392 pages

In a time unlike any other, a family you'll never forget . . . Meet the Huxtables--three headstrong sisters and their dashing brother--each searching for love that's always a shocking indiscretion away. . . . In her magnificent new novel, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh sweeps us into a world of scandal and intrigue--glittering Regency England--and introduces the youngest Huxtable: S

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Tempting Mr. Townsend

Anna Campbell

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The Countess

Lynsay Sands · 459 pages

The fairy tale courtship did not turn into a happily ever after… Not until her husband dropped dead, that is. He had been horrible enough to Christiana during their short marriage, and she was not going to allow the traditional period of mourning to ruin her sisters’ debuts as well. So Christiana decides to put him on ice and go on as if nothing’s happened… Until the real earl appears. Richa

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All Through the Night

Connie Brockway · 400 pages

A woman compelled. . . In the glittering world of Regency England, Anne Wilder played a dangerous game. A widowed lady by day, by night she became a masked thief preying on society's elite. She roved high above London's black rooftops, compelled by phantoms from her past to take ever greater risks. Until her restless spirit led her into Colonel Jack Seward's trap. . . where seduction was her on

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The Confessions of a Duchess

Nicola Cornick · 384 pages

ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND MATRIMONY ... When an ancient tax law is invoked requiring all unmarried ladies to either wed or surrender half their wealth, it's not long before the quiet village of Fortune's Folly is overrun by a swarm of fortune-hunting bachelors. Marry again? Never! Not after what Laura, the dowager duchess, was forced to endure. Even if the arrival of her onetime paramour, Dexte

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Seducing the Spy

Celeste Bradley · 352 pages

Lady Alicia Lawrence was cast out of polite society and branded a liar for a youthful mistake. When she overhears details of a conspiracy that could affect her county's fate, she turns to the one person who might believe her- Stanton Horne, Lord Wyndham, Posing as Wyndham's mistress in order to root out the enemy. Alicia is drawn into an uneasy partnership... and a wildly seductive liaison. Lord

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Not Wicked Enough

Carolyn Jewel · 308 pages

When Lily Wellston heads to the Bitterward Estate to comfort her widowed friend Eugenia she certainly does not have romance in mind. In fact the playful but level-headed Lily is amused to no end when, en route, a gypsy gifts her with a beautiful medallion, claiming it will ensnare the romantic desires of a stranger. But Fate has other plans in the form of Eugenia's ruggedly handsome brother, th

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A Duke's Temptation

Jillian Hunter · 342 pages

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.

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Married to the Viscount

Sabrina Jeffries · 377 pages

Abigail Mercer was breathless with anticipation at being reunited with Spencer Law, whom she met once and later married by proxy. But now the dashing Viscount Ravenswood denies all knowledge of their union! Far too many witnesses have made it impossible for the secretive Spencer to reject his "bride" without causing a scandal. So he has proposed a marriage in-name-only until they can locate his my

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Lady Fortescue Steps Out

Marion Chesney · 209 pages

Elderly widow Lady Fortescue and her friends hatch up a scheme to escape from genteel poverty. If each of them can relieve a rich relative of an expensive trifle, they can gain funds to turn her townhouse into a hotel for the ton! Lady Fortescue's nephew, the devilishly handsome and haughty Duke of Rowcester, is horrified. There must be something wrong with his aunt's wits, to stoop to trade! He i

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The Inconvenient Duchess

Christine Merrill · 292 pages

Lady Miranda has been raised in poverty. Through the machinations of her stepmother and father, she is sent to be the bride of an embittered duke, a widower who has been persuaded by his dying mother that he needs to marry again. Miranda does her best to be a good wife, even as the duke’s younger brother plots against the new couple.

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Our Wicked Mistake

Emma Wildes · 320 pages

When blackmail turns to murder, widow Madeline May turns to Luke Daudet, the notorious Viscount Altea, whom she greatly despises, for help in dealing with men of ill repute.

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Loving Lord Ash

Sally MacKenzie

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Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke

Suzanne Enoch

SHE BREAKS ALL THE RULES… Sophia White knows she will never marry into polite society. The illegitimate daughter of a nobleman, she works at the Tantalus Club, a discreet establishment for gentlemen—and her only suitor is a pastor who wants to save her soul. So when Sophia is invited to spend the holidays at the estate of Adam Baswich, the devilishly handsome Duke of Greaves, she is delighted—a

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Confessions of a Scoundrel

Karen Hawkins · 370 pages

Legend says that whomever possesses the St. John talisman ring will find their one true love. Now that the ring rests in the pocket of renowned scoundrel Brandon St. John, the dashing rake must decide whether it is a blessing ... or a curse.Never has the irresistible rogue, Brandon St. John, pursued a woman with more fervor -- but his ardent suit of Lady Verena Westforth has a different purpose. T

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In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster

Stephanie Laurens · 440 pages

Arguably Regency England's most scandalous family of misbehaving rogues and ladies, the Cynsters are back! New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens continues her delectable new historical romance series with In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster, focusing on the first of three Cynster sisters, each on a determined quest to find a hero who's her match in every way possible. When Eliza is kidnapped

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A Woman Entangled

Cecilia Grant

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Diary of an Accidental Wallflower

Jennifer McQuiston · 370 pages

Pretty and popular, Miss Clare Westmore knows exactly what (or rather, who) she wants: the next Duke of Harrington. But when she twists her ankle on the eve of the Season’s most touted event, Clare is left standing in the wallflower line watching her best friend dance away with her duke. Dr. Daniel Merial is tempted to deliver more than a diagnosis to London's most unlikely wallflower, but he d

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The Virtuoso

Grace Burrowes · 416 pages

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