The Ideal Wife

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.

The Abduction of Julia

Karen Hawkins · 384 pages

What can a respectable Regency miss do when kidnapped by a nobleman intent on marriage? Why, marry him, of course.Julia Frant has secretly loved Alec MacLean, the wild Viscount Hunterston from afar. So when he accidentally snatches her instead of her lovely, scheming cousin for an elopement to Gretna Green, Julia leaps at the chance to make her passionate dreams come true.Alec's in no position to

Marry in Haste

Anne Gracie · 310 pages

Major Calbourne Rutherford returns to England on the trail of an assassin, only to find hé s become Lord Ashendon, with the responsibility for vast estates and dependent relatives. Cal can command the toughest of men, but his wild half-sisters are quite another matter. They might just be his undoing.

Married in Haste

Cathy Maxwell · 384 pages

Brenn Owens, the new Earl of Merton, has come to London to choose a bride. The broad-shouldered war hero has his pick of the season's debutantes, but once he gazes upon Tess Hamlin, he knows he won't rest until he's made her his own. But behind Tess's light-hearted facade is desperation. She has no choice but to marry quickly, before news of her family's ruin becomes common gossip, so she accepts

Devil's Bride

Stephanie Laurens · 388 pages

Cynster #1 When Devil, the most infamous member of the Cynster family, is caught in a compromising position with plucky governess Honoria Wetherby, he astonishes the entire ton by offering his hand in marriage. No one had dreamed this scandalous rake would so tamely take a bride. As society's mamas swooned at the loss of England's most eligible bachelor, Devil's infamous Cynster cousins began to

Midsummer Magic

Catherine Coulter · 412 pages

Philip Hawksbury, the Earl of Rothermere, obeying his father's dying wish, hies himself to Scotland to offer for one of the daughters of Alexander Kilbracken, the Earl of Ruthven. Frances Kilbracken, informed of the earl's arrival and his mission, disguises herself as a bespectacled dowd so she won't be the one selected by the young earl. But choose her he does, and for all the wrong reasons.

Seeking Persephone

Sarah M. Eden · 267 pages

When Persephone Lancaster receives a marriage proposal from the ill-tempered Duke of Kielder, she refuses, and then reconsiders. The obscene sum of money he's offering Persephone would save her family from ruin. With her characteristic optimism, she travels to the far reaches of Northumberland to wed a greatly feared stranger. Lodged deep in a thick forest infested with wild dogs, the Duke's castl

Worth Any Price

Lisa Kleypas · 386 pages

Nick Gentry, Bowstreet Runner, is hired to seek out Miss Charlotte Howard. But when he finds a desperate woman in hiding, he offers the unthinkable -- a marriage proposal. Nick might claim her body, but it will take much more to win her heart.

The Duchess Deal

Tessa Dare · 384 pages

The Duke of Ashbury needs a wife. Emma Gladstone, a vicar's daughter turned seamstress, will do. They both have terms for the marriage, but will they be able to stop from falling in love?

Brighter Than the Sun

Julia Quinn · 383 pages

When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie Lyndon‘s feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage. But Charles must find a bride before his thirtieth birthday or he’ll lose his fortune. And Ellie needs a husband or her father’s odious fiancée will choose one for her. And so they agree to wed, e

Tender Rebel

Johanna Lindsey · 400 pages

Scottish beauty Roslynn Chadwick needs the safety of marriage to protect her from an unscrupulous cousin and the fortune-hunting scoundrels who covet her wealth. And Anthony Malory is precisely the sort of handsome rogue she's been warned against. A cunning, ruthless, yet irresistible rake, Anthony's sensual blue eyes speak of pleasures beyond her imagining—and Roslynn dearly wishes she dared to s

Ravishing in Red

Madeline Hunter · 357 pages

THE DOMINO REQUESTS THAT MR. KELMSLEY MEET HIM AT THE TWO SWORDS IN BRIGHTON TWO NIGHTS HENCE TO DISCUSS A MATTER OF MUTUAL BENEFIT. Hoping to clear her dead father's name, Audrianna Kelmsleigh decides to respond to the advertisement placed by the mysterious “Domino.” Armed with her cousin's gun, she takes a room at the Two Swords Coaching Inn. But the handsome man of commanding sensuality who

Simply Sexual

Kate Pearce · 296 pages

Sexual Satisfaction Ten years as a sex slave in a Turkish brothel left Lord Valentin Sokorvsky, 30, with an insatiable appetite for sex. Now the time has come for him to marry, but finding a woman who can satisfy his lustful desires proves a challenge…until he meets Sara and all he can think about is having her lie under his rock-hard body, begging him to taste and touch her… Sensual Seducti

Rushed to the Altar

Jane Feather · 551 pages

Jasper Sullivan, Earl of Blackwater, needs a prostitute. Not in the usual way, however. His wealthy uncle's will promises to divide his huge fortune among his nephews if each rescues a fallen woman ... by marrying her! And since Jasper's estates were already mortgaged to the hilt before he inherited them, when he catches a pretty young prostitute trying to pick his pocket, he immediately makes his

The Earl's Inconvenient Wife

Ruth Ann Nordin · 232 pages

Her Sudden Groom

Rose Gordon · 300 pages

Four Nights With the Duke

Eloisa James · 377 pages

Emilia Carrington once told the annoying future Duke of Pindar that she would never marry him. Now, because of a clause in her brother's will, Mia is forced to beg Evander to enter into a marriage of convenience with her. He sets some conditions of his own before agreeing to her offer ... and he's determined to seduce his own wife in order to win her heart.

The Stranger She Married

Donna Hatch · 464 pages

At the Bride Hunt Ball

Olivia Parker · 384 pages

To Snare a Bride...To Gabriel Devine, Duke of Wolverest, the bonds of marriage are nothing more than shackles. But if he's to remain a lifelong bachelor, that leaves only his younger brother to carry on the family name. Inviting the ton's most eligible ladies to an elegant ball, Gabriel is certain any one of them would be all too eager to become the next duchess and provide an heir—leaving Gabrie

The Weaver Takes a Wife

Sheri Cobb South · 251 pages

Haughty Lady Helen Radney is one of London's most beautiful women and the daughter of a duke, but her sharp tongue has frightened away most of her suitors. When her father gambles away his fortune, the duke's only chance for recouping his losses lies in marrying off Lady Helen to any man wealthy enough to take a bride with nothing to recommend her but a lovely face and an eight-hundred-year-old pe

Accidentally Compromising the Duke

Stacy Reid · 260 pages

In For a Penny

Rose Lerner · 310 pages

A dashing and feckless lord enters a marriage of convenience with the lovely and practical daughter of a wealthy merchant to salvage his family fortune, but they find themselves unprepared for scandal, rioting tenants, a menacing neighbor--and discovering a love that is neither convenient nor practical but entirely heartfelt and enduring.

The Heiress of Winterwood

Sarah E. Ladd · 317 pages

Darbury, England, 1814. Amelia Barrett, heiress to an estate nestled in the English moors, defies family expectations and promises to raise her dying friend's baby. She'll risk everything to keep her word -- even to the point of proposing to Graham, the child's father -- a sea captain she's never met.

Scandal Becomes Her

Shirlee Busbee · 362 pages

New York Times bestselling author Shirlee Busbee weaves the intricate, unforgettable story of a chance meeting, a forced marriage—and the surprise of a love so passionate it cannot be denied...Love Is Sweetest When It’s UnexpectedNell Anslowe and Julian, Earl of Wyndham, are an unlikely couple in every respect. Injured in a riding accident ten years ago, Nell was left with a fiance who abandoned t