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Bath Tangle

Georgette Heyer · 327 pages

The Earl of Spenborough has always been noted for his eccentricity. Leaving Fanny, a widow younger than his own daughter Serena is one thing, but quite another is leaving his daugther's fortune to the trusteeship of Ivo Barrasford, marquis of Rotherham -- a man whom Serena once jilted and who now has the power to give or withhold his consent to any marriage she might contemplate. Lady Serena Carlo

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The Accidental Duchess

Madeline Hunter · 425 pages

When Lady Lydia Alfreton is blackmailed over the shocking contents of a manuscript she once wrote, she must go to the most desperate of measures to raise the money to buy back the ill-considered prose: agreeing to an old wager posed by the arrogant, dangerous Duke of Penthurst. At least Penthurst is a man she wouldn't mind fleecing—and she's confident she'll win. Penthurst long ago concluded Ly

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Twice Tempted by a Rogue

Tessa Dare · 370 pages

"Luck is a double-edged sword for brooding war hero Rhys St. Maur. His death wish went unanswered on the battlefield, while fate allowed the murder of his good friend in the elite gentleman's society known as the Stud Club. Out of options, Rhys returns to his ancestral home on the moors of Devonshire, expecting anything but a chance at redemption in the arms of a beautiful innkeeper who dares him

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Blame It on Bath

Caroline Linden

A marriage of convenience . . . or of destiny? Gerard de Lacey is determined to find the man who is blackmailing his family, but with his inheritance and status at risk, a hasty marriage to a wealthy bride also seems in order—just in case things take a turn for the worse. Charismatic and capable, Gerard knows he can win the hand of any lady he chooses. Still, he's not expecting a rich widow to

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Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal

Grace Burrowes · 384 pages

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The Scandals of an Innocent

Nicola Cornick · 384 pages

Miss Alice Lister feels anything but respectable. Bad enough that she is a maid-turned-heiress. Now the insufferably attractive Lord Miles Vickery is certain he can gain her fortune by blackmailing her into marriage, even though it was his deceitful charm that broke her heart once before. But she's positive the terms of her inheritance will prove an impossible task. After all, what rake could be c

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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 Taste of Desire

Beverley Kendall · 340 pages

"She challenged his pride...He challenged her willpower...Lady Amelia Bertram may have a reputation as the most brazen beauty of ton, but she shocks even herself when she accidentally--and loudly--derides one of society's most eligible bachelors in the middle of a crowded ballroom...But when Thomas Armstrong overhears the so-called 'Lady' Amelia slandering his sexual prowess in public, he cannot h

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The Scottish Bride

Catherine Coulter · 358 pages

In this final book in Catherine Coulter's "Bride" series, the youngest Sherbrooke brother Tysen, a widower with three children, becomes a new Baron in Scotland. He visits his new castle, but the locals would as willingly slit his English throat as look at him. But the Local Bastard, Mary Rose Fordyce, a woman with a soft heart, comes unexpectedly into his life, in need of his protection.

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In the Thrill of the Night

Candice Hern · 304 pages

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Pursuing Lord Pascal

Anna Campbell

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The Kiss

Sophia Nash · 377 pages

He had once been her cherished childhood companion, and then the man she lusted for in secret, but Georgiana Wilde hasn't seen recently widowed Quinn Fortesque since the day he married another woman and shattered her heart. Then fate intervenes and brings the man she dreams about each night back to her ....Returning to the estate on family business, Quinn would like nothing more than to turn the l

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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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Three Weeks With Lady X

Eloisa James · 388 pages

When Thorn Dautry, the bastard son of a duke, decides that he needs a wife, he enlists Lady Xenobia India to give him some society gloss, but when passion builds between them, they are tempted to risk everything for love.

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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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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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No Choice But Seduction

Johanna Lindsey · 384 pages

(The ninth book in the Malory Family series) ON A WHIRLWIND ADVENTURE, SHOULD SHE SURRENDER TO HIS BOLD CHARMS? When Sir Anthony Malory's young daughter is abducted from London's Hyde Park, her kidnapper's ransom note mistakenly falls into the hands of a Malory relative, the sea captain Boyd Anderson. Searching for the girl with Anthony, Boyd fully intends to make the foolhardy villain pay.

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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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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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No Good Duke Goes Unpunished

Sarah MacLean · 483 pages

A rogue ruined...He is the Killer Duke, accused of murdering Mara Lowe on the eve of her wedding. With no memory of that fateful night, Temple has reigned over the darkest of London's corners for twelve years, wealthy and powerful, but beyond redemption. Until one night, Mara resurfaces, offering the one thing he's dreamed of...absolution. A lady returned...Mara planned never to return to the worl

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A Lady Awakened

Cecilia Grant · 368 pages

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A Beginner's Guide to Rakes

Suzanne Enoch · 349 pages

All of London is abuzz with the return of the utterly alluring, recently widowed Diane Benchley. Will she remarry? What will she do with her late husband’s fortune? Society is shocked by her announcement—at the Grand Ball, of all places!—that she plans to open an exclusive gentleman’s gaming club in the family mansion. But no one is more stunned than the Marquis of Haybury, Oliver Warren. Years

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Then Came You

Lisa Kleypas · 420 pages

(The Gamblers of Craven's, #1) She thought her heart was safe, but...Reckless, wild, and beautiful, Lily Lawson delights in shocking proper London society -- and now she is determined to rescue her sister from an unwanted impending marriage to the notorious Alex, Lord Raiford, by fair means or foul. But while she succeeds outrageously, Alex is a master gamesman who is not to be undone.Alex has lo

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The Wild Marquis

Miranda Neville

The Marquis of Chase is not a reputable man.He is notorious for his wretched morals and is never received in respectable houses. The ladies of the ton would never allow him in their drawing rooms . . . though they were more than willing to welcome him into their bedchambers. Ejected from his father's house at the age of sixteen, he now lives a life of wanton pleasure. So what could the Marquis of

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