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Scandalous Desires

Elizabeth Hoyt · 383 pages

Can a pirate learn that the only true treasure lies in a woman's heart? Widowed Silence Hollingbrook is impoverished, lovely, and kind--and nine months ago she made a horrible mistake. She went to a river pirate for help in saving her husband and in the process made a bargain that cost her her marriage. That night wounded her so terribly that she hides in the foundling home she helps run with h

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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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The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie

Jennifer Ashley · 321 pages

(Highland Pleasures #1) The year is 1881. Meet the Mackenzie family--rich, powerful, dangerous, eccentric. A lady couldn't be seen with them without ruin. Rumors surround them--of tragic violence, of their mistresses, of their dark appetites, of scandals that set England and Scotland abuzz. The youngest brother, Ian, known as the Mad Mackenzie, spent most of his young life in an asylum, an

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Breathless

Anne Stuart · 379 pages

A damaged beauty. The cruelest heart. Ruined beyond repair and shunned by London society, lovely Caroline Rohan rebelliously embraces the freedom that comes from having nothing left to lose. However, this dangerous course throws her under the power of the darkly enigmatic Lucien de Malheur -- known to many as the Scorpion. Seeking to destroy the Rohans, Lucien traps Caroline in a marriage sh

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Ride the Fire

Pamela Clare · 356 pages

Pregnant and alone on the wild frontier, a woman must decide whether to allow a wounded, buckskin-clad stranger into her cabin--and eventually into her heart.

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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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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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When He Was Wicked

Julia Quinn · 448 pages

In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one’s life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London’s most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton. After a lifetime of chasing women, of smiling slyly as they chased him, of allowing himself to be caught but never permitting his he

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Where Dreams Begin

Lisa Kleypas · 373 pages

Zachary Bronson has built an empire of wealth and power -- now he needed a wife to help secure his position in society...and warm his bed in private.But not just any woman will do for a man whom all of London knows is not a gentleman. Then he unexpectedly swept Lady Holly Taylor into his arms for an unasked for -- but very alluring -- kiss, and suddenly he knew he had found a woman whose fierce p

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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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Between the Devil and Desire

Lorraine Heath · 375 pages

London's most notorious rogue — decadent, depraved, forbiddenThe ladies of the ton won't stop whispering about deliciously wicked Jack Dodger — once a thieving street urchin, now the wealthy owner of London's most exclusive gentleman's club. There's no pleasure he hasn't enjoyed, no debauchery the handsome scoundrel won't provide for the lords who flock to his house of carnal intrigue.London's mos

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Almost Heaven

Judith McNaught · 530 pages

Almost Heaven (Sequels, #3) In this classic novel of two willful lovers caught in a breathless adventure of deception and betrayal, #1 New York Times bestselling author Judith McNaught has created a powerful and unforgettable masterpiece. ELIZABETH CAMERON The Countess of Havenhurst possessed a rare gentleness and fierce courage to match her exquisite beauty. But her reputation is shattered

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Passion

Lisa Valdez · 330 pages

Passion Quartet #1 In her second year of mourning, lovely, young widow Passion Elizabeth Dare never dreamed she would be with a man again—and certainly not a complete stranger. But amidst the crowds of London's Crystal Palace, Passion finds herself discreetly, yet insistently, pursued by a sensual gentleman who awakens her long-supressed desires. After a loveless marriage of restrained propriety,

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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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Dark Side of the Sun

Addison Cain · 319 pages

Arabella, the Baroness of Iliffe, knows her life is nearing its end. For years the young widow has been hunted across England, running from her past, thrust onward into desolate wastes until there is nowhere else to hide. With the little time she has left, her desperation has driven her into the arms of an extremely sinister man who desires more than just her company. Gregory Harrow, bastard bo

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Lord Perfect

Loretta Chase · 304 pages

IDEAL The heir to the Earl of Hargate, Benedict Carsington, Viscount Rathbourne, is the perfect aristocrat. Tall, dark, and handsome, he is known for his impeccable manners and good breeding. Benedict knows all the rules and has no trouble following them—until she enters his life. INFAMOUS Bathsheba Wingate belongs to the rotten branch of the DeLucey family: a notorious lot of liars, frauds, an

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Sunset Embrace

Sandra Brown · 372 pages

They were two untamed outcasts on a Texas-bound wagon train. Two passionate travelers, united by need, threatened by pasts they could not outrun... Lydia Bryant--voluptuous and russet-haired, fleeing from a secret shame, vowing that never again would a man, any man, overpower her... Ross Coleman--dark, brooding and iron-willed, with the shadow of a lawless past in his piercing eyes, sworn to

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The Highwayman

Kerrigan Byrne · 369 pages

Victorian Rebels #1 "Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of Victorian London's wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who've wronged him ... and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception-and soon Dorian

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To Love and to Cherish

Patricia Gaffney · 388 pages

Anne Verlaine's four year marriage to Geoffrey, Lord D'Aubrey, was a living hell. Her only comfort was her lovely new home--the village of Wyckerley in the heart of Devonshire. And even more irresistible was her attraction to Christian Morrell, "Christy," the vicar of All Saints Church. He looked like an archangel, his strength something palpable, his golden-haired handsomeness a source of light i

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Savage Thunder

Johanna Lindsey · 409 pages

Newly widowed after a shockingly brief marriage to an elderly British lord, Jocelyn Fleming, 22, still aches with the pain of unexplored desire. And now her restless heart is leading her far from the protective bosom of polite London society to the perilous beauty of the American West . . . and to 22 year old Colt Thunder. Breathlessly exciting but dangerously unpredictable, Colt is a loner whose

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A Scandalous Countess

Jo Beverley · 420 pages

Georgia, Countess of Maybury has it all, but then her husband is killed in a duel and she loses her homes, most of her possessions, and her reputation as well. Innocent of all charges, she returns to the beau monde determined to regain all through a second brilliant marriage, but a scarred ex-naval officer threatens to tempt her in a different direction.

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Whirlwind

Cathy Marie Hake · 375 pages

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Loving Evangeline

Linda Howard · 319 pages

UNDER SUSPICIONThere was no doubt that the woman who called herself Evie Shaw was the key to the high-tech conspiracy that threatened Robert Cannon's computer company--and he meant to take her down personally. But as he trailed her into the heart of a long, hot Southern summer, he found himself questioning everything he believed. For he was face-to-face with a breathtaking passion--for a woman who

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Beloved

Corinne Michaels · 357 pages

Catherine Pope has never been enough. Every man she has ever loved abandoned her--from her father to her fiancé. She finally accepted the fact she would never be enough to hold any man's heart and soul. Then Catherine met Jackson Cole. When her world literally collided with the sexy former Navy SEAL, everything she always believed is turned upside down and left scattered. He made her feel al

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