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Christmas Wedding Wish by Julia Justiss
Disenchanted with empty-headed society debutantes, dashing gentleman Allen Mansfell decides that, if he must marry, he will choose a lady whose mind and heart he'll have to win over-a lady like Miss Meredyth Wellingford. But for Merry, finding true love will take a miracle....
The Rake's Secret Son by Annie Burrows
Before Carleton Tillotson left Nell, the rebellious rake broke her heart. Now he is back,...
2) Rogue's Lady
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Dangerously handsome, rakishly charming, William Tavener never planned to settle down, yet with his estate in ruins, the impoverished lord's only hope is to wed an heiress. But to his dismay, the one lady who stirs his ardor and excites his mind is a penniless musician's daughter. With her dubious lineage and humble dowry, Allegra Antinori knows Society deems her no great prize. Still, she hopes marriage to an honorable gentleman will secure her future,...
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"A fascinating Regency romance with an edge . . . With passion, politics and family issues, [it] is a thoroughly entertaining read." -Fresh Fiction
Away from society's prying eyes . . .
After suffering the loss of her beloved husband, quick-witted Lady Margaret Roberts has sworn off the pursuit of passion . . . that is, until she meets Giles Hadley.
Bitterly estranged from his family, reluctant viscount Giles knows all too well the devastation...
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After years of dangerous fighting on the Peninsula, Captain Jack Carrington has returned home to take up family duties and find himself a wife. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he views a fencing lesson unlike any other. The talented student is no student at all, but a beautiful young woman, and the most infamous courtesan in all of London - Lady Belle. Who is the mysterious Belle? A jaded cyprian seeking her next protector? A kind friend...
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He's the wealthiest nobleman
She's a risk to his reputation!
Gregory Lattimer is well aware Charis Dunnfield is not the Society bride this Baron's son needs to restore his family's tarnished reputation. She is scandalizing the ton—living mostly in Constantinople and running her father's antiquities business. Gregory must settle for her friendship instead—and her help vetting other potential brides for him—until she voyages east again. But...
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Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders and muscled Viking warriors? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection!
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THE EXPLORER BARONESS
Heirs in Waiting
by Julia Justiss
(1830s)
Charis is not the demure society bride Gregory Lattimer should marry if he’s to restore his family’s reputation. He must settle for friendship, but no other debutante seems to match up to her…
THE...
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The Earl's Inconvenient Wife
Sisters of Scandal
by Julia Justiss
(1830s)
When scandalous Temperance Lattimar is finally sponsored for a Season, MP and aristocrat Gifford Newell is appointed to "protect" her at society events-but then a marriage of convenience...
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Upon meeting the young lady who'd bedazzled his best friend, Gilen de Mowbry was surprised to find her hauntingly familiar. But surely this demure ton miss couldn't be the violet-eyed Gypsy who had danced for him in the firelight--and still taunted his dreams....
Desperate to save herself and her brother from her odious cousin's schemes, Gwennor Southford spirited him away by night--in a Gypsy caravan! Now they were in her aunt's care, and only...
10) Wicked Wager
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Lord Anthony Nelthorpe had committed many sins-not the least of which was his hare-brained attempt to seduce the well-bred Jenna Montague Fairchild into marrying him. But that was three years past, before the war magnified life's conceit; after Waterloo, he, who scoffed at honor, was nursed back to health by the very woman he'd wronged, while her husband, a man of honor, Jenna could not save.
Back in London, Tony seized the chance to shake the wealthy...
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Harlequin® Historical brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! This box set includes:
STOLEN ENCOUNTERS WITH THE DUCHESS Hadley's Hellions by Julia Justiss (1830s)
When Faith Wellingford Evers, Duchess of Ashedon, is saved by David Tanner Smith, their old friendship transforms into an explosive mix of illicit encounters and desire!
THE CINDERELLA GOVERNESS The Governess Tales by Georgie Lee(Regency)
The only person who pays...
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Imprisoned as a child by her spiteful father, Helena Lambarth vowed upon his death to never again live under a man's rule. But to honor her mother's last wish, she journeys to London to enter society-;and finds herself a reluctant houseguest of the dashing Lord Darnell.
Adam, Lord Darnell, has little time to oversee the bedraggled hoyden he's agreed to sponsor. Saddled with his father's debts, he knows his one hope is to win the hand of wealthy Priscilla...
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A serious-minded spinster makes a scandalous match with a handsome mill owner in this Victorian romance.
England, 1834. When lady's companion Sara Standish meets Cameron Fitzallen, he's mending machinery with his jacket off. He is manly and capable-though it is most improper for him to set Sara's heart aflutter! As a tradesman, it would be forbidden for her to mix with him.
Yet in Cam, Sara has finally met a man who shares her curiosity and...
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Once a rake known as "Magnificent Max," diplomat Max Ransleigh was famed for his lethal charm until a political betrayal left him exiled from government and his reputation in tatters. He seems a very unlikely savior for a well-bred young lady. Except that Miss Caroline Denby doesn't want to be saved, she wants to be ruined! To Caroline, getting married is tantamount to a death sentence, and meeting the rakish Max at a house party seems the answer...
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Hal Waterman's calling on the newly widowed Elizabeth Lowery is the caring act of a gentleman. And with her household in turmoil and a young son to support, she is certainly grateful for his help. Hal finds Elizabeth even more lovely than when they first met, but knows that she will only ever see him as a kind and often taciturn friend.
Elizabeth finds comfort and companionship in Hal's caring of her. But then a tantalizing desire starts to simmer....
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Sarah Wallingford Would Do Her Duty
Even if that meant putting herself on the Marriage Mart during a London season she could ill afford--and did not desire. Now ironic circumstance had wed her to the compelling Marquess of Englemere, a fabled gamester, who had awakened passions she was honor-bound not to express!
A marriage of convenience could be deucedly inconvenient--even for a marquess--when one was perilously close to loving his own wife! But...
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When a destitute governess faints on Sir Edward Greaves's threshold, chivalry demands that he offer her temporary shelter. However, the desire Ned feels when he catches her in his arms isn't at all gentlemanly….
With her large, troubled eyes and slender frame, Joanna Merrill calls to something deep inside this guarded man. For one who has purposely shunned the conniving beauties of London society, just how much is Ned risking by having this intriguing...
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New to the passion galloping in her veins, Lady Valeria Arnold was shocked by the wanton impulses that drew her to Teagan Fitzwilliams. The stunning rake was nothing more than a wastrel with the devil's own luck at cards--surely not the kind of man that a woman could trust her heart to.
Orphaned as a young boy, Teagan Fitzwilliams despised the role that Society had forced upon him. Yet until his stolen moments with the Lady Valeria, no woman had...
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Eran una viuda virgen y un misterioso pícaro
Nueva en el mundo de la pasión, Lady Valeria Arnold no sabía muy bien qué hacer con el deseo que la arrastraba hacia Teagan Fitzwilliams. Aquel vividor no era más que un gandul con la suerte de su lado, desde luego no era el tipo de hombre al que le podría confiar su corazón.
Huérfano desde muy pequeño, Teagan Fitzwilliams despreciaba el papel que le había sido impuesto por la sociedad. Sin embargo,...
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In this Regency romance, a woman escapes family scandal, only to fall for a man she cannot marry if she hopes to return to society's good graces.
After her mother's latest outrageous affair, innocent Prudence Lattimar has fled to Bath, knowing the family's scandal will once again keep her from having a season. With her dubious background, she must marry a man of impeccable reputation. She definitely must steer clear of Lieutenant Johnnie Trethwell....
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