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Miss Jane Black enjoys a comfortable position in society. As the daughter of a respected genteel farmer and former agent for the War Office, Jane has had the pleasure of planning a future filled with domesticity and quiet reflection. But when her dying grandfather swears her to a dangerous promise, Jane’s expectations are shattered.

Nathan and Alec Black weren’t always spies for the War Office. But when a simple mission goes dangerously wrong, they must prove themselves and show they have what it takes to be an operative.

Miss Addie Mallory is finished with the husband hunt. After six London Seasons as a wallflower, she convinces her parents that she should be allowed to use her dowry to buy a bookstore in Bath where she can live her life the way she wants.

After more than a decade separated from his home and family, the Earl of Heathbrook returns to his London townhouse to face a new test: reclaiming guardianship of his younger brothers. His reputation as a rakehell, it seems, has followed him from detention inside Napoleon’s France and caused his own father to block Heathbrook’s rightful custody in his will. However, the clever rogue concocts a plan to restore respectability and rescue his siblings . . . by finding a “fiancée” with no strings attached.

In der glitzernden Welt der viktorianischen Gesellschaft, in der der Ruf alles bedeutet und Liebe oft ein Luxus ist, ist Valentina Sinclair eine Frau, die ihrer Zeit voraus ist—lebhaft, unabhängig und entschlossen, ihr Leben nach ihren eigenen Vorstellungen zu leben.

Charlotte Robbins accepts the position as governess to the Earl of Brookhaven despite rumors of the earl's severe and mysterious demeanor. As a lowly governess, Charlotte entertains thoughts of possible romance with an eligible servant until she does fall unexpectedly in love—with the pensive earl himself.

Madeline Oxley has been ruined by a scandal through no fault of her own, and her future looks bleak. When a gentleman from her past requests that she set sail for the New World to become his wife, she jumps at the chance to become a mail order bride and marry the man she has loved since she was a girl.

If Lady Charlotte Fitzgerald does not wed this season, she risks being declared a spinster—or worse, being forced into a betrothal with the most unpleasant cad in the ton. Unfortunately, the only man she wishes to marry—the surly but kind-hearted Duke of Arundel—only sees her as a younger sister. When she, the duke, and her closest friends are invited to the same house party, it's the perfect opportunity to win him over—if only he weren't so skilled at avoiding her.

Gypsy fortune-teller Mademoiselle Magda has taken London by storm with her uncanny predictions—and only Lord Kerrigan suspects that she is not what she claims to be. And he is right, for poverty has led seamstress Magda Beaumont, the child of a French physician and a Russian gypsy princess, to pass herself off as a tarot reader to the ton. But lacking her mother's powers, Magda drew the wrong card and made an enemy of the earl, who causes her pulse to race whenever he's near. He sets out to expose her, only to find himself captivated by the beautiful young woman.

Frederica Stanford has loved Hawthorne Stiles for as long as she can remember. But a merchant’s daughter can never hope to secure the notice of an earl’s son. She doesn’t know that Hawthorne, a man with a passion for justice, has always been captivated by the spirited young woman who grew up near his father’s estate.

Sie ist ein wandelnder Skandal Clare Handleton wurde vor Jahren in den Ruin getrieben und hat seitdem unter den Folgen zu leiden. Von den Mitgliedern der feinen Gesellschaft als „Scandalton“ gebrandmarkt, hat sie schon lange aufgehört, sich um deren wankelmütige Regeln zu scheren. Jetzt, mit neunundzwanzig Jahren, beherrscht sie die Kunst, sich den Blicken ihrer Mutter zu entziehen und unbeeindruckt von allem zu erscheinen. Doch als der gefährlich gutaussehende Marquess of Trentham ihren Weg kreuzt, weckt er etwas in ihr, das sie längst begraben glaubte.

Reverend Augustus Shackleford hat nur ein Ziel: für jede seiner acht eigensinnigen Töchter einen wohlhabenden Ehemann mit Adelstitel zu finden. Ein beinahe unmögliches Unterfangen, da die jungen Damen nach seiner eigenen Einschätzung nicht den Hauch einer damenhaften Ader in ihren acht Leibern besitzen. Wo er Gentlemen finden wird, die willig–oder töricht–genug sind, sich dieser Aufgabe zu stellen, bleibt ein Rätsel, das selbst göttliches Eingreifen auf die Probe stellen könnte.

Miss Sophia Hayward had carefully planned a future free of marriage, managing her reputation and dowry with precision. But when she overhears a scheme to force her into a hasty elopement, she realizes she must reconsider the earl's offer of courtship. He may not be the man she dreamed of—but he may be the only one willing to protect her from a most dangerous match.

Sie geht das Wagnis ein. Lady Gemma Brooks befindet sich noch in ihrer unbeholfenen Phase, als eine boshafte junge Frau sie auffordert, den unerreichbaren Duke of Grovemont um einen Tanz zu bitten. Gemma stimmt zu, nicht um ihrer selbst willen, sondern um die anderen Mauerblümchen vor bösartigem Klatsch und Tratsch zu schützen. Doch was als harmlose Mutprobe beginnt, entwickelt sich bald zu einem Skandal, und Gemma sieht sich gezwungen, völlig unerwartet einen Mann zu heiraten, den sie kaum kennt.

Fitzwilliam Darcy has always relied on his wealth, status, and careful reserve to navigate society's treacherous waters. But Elizabeth Bennet threatens to disarm him completely. She is everything his heart finds captivating—witty, spirited, utterly bewitching—but everything his head tells him he cannot have. When a storm forces an unwelcome encounter with someone he deems entirely beneath his notice, Darcy discovers that his most carefully guarded secrets are no match for the unexpected perceptiveness of his companion—someone who sees through his defences with startling clarity.

Mage Fitzwilliam Darcy is finally back at Pemberley and reunited with his beloved Elizabeth, only to find his formerly tranquil estate full of dragons and under attack by the terrifying High King of Faerie. With Napoleon's invasion looming, Darcy must not only protect his family and his home, but also keep the truth about his time in France hidden from his wife, Elizabeth. But Elizabeth has secrets of her own. Despite her joy over Darcy's safe return and the birth of their daughter, her dragon, the Seer Cerridwen, warns that their future depends on Elizabeth's dangerous Forbidden Talent.

When Lady Celeste Pembroke’s experiments spark scandal, the impeccably steady Duke of Wynthorne offers his observatory to save her reputation and prove a daring discovery. Late-night spectra turn into stolen inches and a love worth risking before the Royal Society. A witty, clean Victorian romance with a brilliant heroine, a steadfast duke, and plenty of stars.

Lady Rosella Prescott liebt seit sie denken kann nur einen einzigen Mann. Zu ihrem Verdruss hat er sie jedoch stets nur als Freundin gesehen–oder schlimmer noch: als kleine Schwester. So sehr sie sich auch bemüht, seine Aufmerksamkeit zu gewinnen, nichts scheint sich zu ändern. Es frustriert sie maßlos, und bisweilen fragt sie sich, ob ihre Kühnheit sie nicht zu einer Ungezähmten macht. Doch tief in ihrem Herzen weiß sie: Sie ist seine Ungezähmte. Wenn er sie nur ansehen und es endlich erkennen würde.

Rebecca, Lady Cornish, is lonely. She comes to Maida Pleasure Gardens, masked and alone, just to feel part of a world that still dances and laughs. But she repels all company – until the mysterious Ludovic Dunne refuses to be dismissed. Intrigued and unwillingly attracted, Rebecca begins to wonder if he might become a friend.

When 17-year-old Richie Jackson finds an old man nearly dead in the snow, he drags him to the Half Moon pub near Skidby Mill. Richie won't make it back home to North Burton in this blizzard and Nana won't get the supplies he's carrying for Christmas Day neither. He'll get a right earful.