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She chose the wrong night to go graverobbing. Rafael Villar, interim Lord Vampire of London, has an avalanche of problems. First, the vampire hunter he’d caught in the cemetery was no vampire hunter. It was Lady Cassandra Burton, the vexing countess who’d pestered him at social events. She’d only meant to steal a cadaver for her relentless quest to become a doctor. In a stroke of bad luck, Rafe is unable to erase Cassandra’s memory of their encounter. He has no choice but to take her prisoner, under vampire law. The Elders give him thirty nights to decide whether to kill her or Change her.

What would you sacrifice for a love that shouldn't exist? SADE: I'm not supposed to be here. One minute I'm in my Bath hotel room in 2025, the next I'm crashing through time into 1815 England with nothing but a laptop bag and a racing heart. No way home. No plan. And absolutely no idea how to explain to Regency society why a Black American woman just appeared out of nowhere speaking like she's from another world. Because I am. Then HE finds me. Sebastian Ashworth, Duke of Thornwood. Cold grey eyes. Devastating smile. The kind of dangerous that makes smart women do stupid things.

In Vera’s defense, the man certainly looked like an intruder… Miss Vera Ashbury has always done precisely what her mother says…until now. When she absconds to the countryside to support her dearest friend, Vera can’t possibly expect the repercussions that follow. Newly alone and penniless, she throws herself on the mercy of others, only to find herself house-mates with the most boorish man of her acquaintance.

When Sofia Brotherton's father dies, she and her sisters are left facing ruin. They can't believe their good luck when Sofia finds a position in fashionable Bath. It seems the perfect solution. But Sofia's carefully laid plans are thrown into disarray with the appearance of the formidable Earl...

Elizabeth Bennet has no intention of marrying the proud, disagreeable Mr Darcy—the man who declared her barely tolerable. But when she wakes to find him in her bed at Netherfield Park, her choices vanish. Within days, she is married to a stranger.

Young Elizabeth is living a life of quiet insignificance—content, clever, and unconcerned with ambition—until the sudden death of her parents places her under royal guardianship and draws her into the glittering, dangerous orbit of Carlton House. Her only comfort is her dear 'aunt', Princess Caroline of Brunswick, and her Bennet relations, with whom she spends part of every year. When it comes time to marry, she draws more earnest attention from the Prince Regent.

She has loved him for years. In his darkest hour, she is determined to save him by uncovering the real killer. In this steamy historical romance an heir stands to lose everything unless he can find the truth, and the girl next door is the only one standing by his side while danger lurks in the shadows. He could lose his title and his life ... Simon Scott is set to inherit a title and a fortune until powerful lords accuse him of murder. Now his betrothed has broken ties with him and he could be arrested at any moment.

The Trumpet-Major is the seventh published novel by English author Thomas Hardy published in 1880, and his only historical novel. When Anne Garland wakes up one morning, she little realises the significance of the sight from her window; of soldiers setting up camp for the summer on the hills...

A lady promised to a lord. A pugilist with a secret identity. A love neither of them is allowed to want. This is a steamy romance that includes the death of a parent, the murder of the villain, and adult themes. Juliet Coldpepper has spent her life preparing to marry an aristocrat, until one night in a London alley changes everything. Not only does the mysterious Knight Roamer rescue her from danger, but he also treats her with a sincere respect that no society gentleman has ever shown her. And then he kisses her. Eric Stone has bruised knuckles and a battered soul.

From USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell comes a lush, sin-laced Regency romance set deep in London's criminal underworld—where desire is a weapon, and falling in love might be the most reckless act of all. Seven Deadly Sins: Greed She was never meant to tempt him. He was never meant...

Darcy is visiting his friend Bingley in Hertfordshire and decides to bring his sister for a time. While escaping the attentions of Miss Bingley, Miss Darcy meets Elizabeth Bennet and the two form a fast friendship. Friendship leads to a steady correspondence which leads to an invitation to visit Miss Darcy in London that winter. Elizabeth accepts—unbeknownst to Mr. Darcy.

Overbezorgde rokkenjager. Dappere blauwkous. Een verstandshuwelijk tussen tegenpolen... die hopeloos verliefd worden. Trouwen? "Nee dank je!" is altijd Lady Calliope Seaton's antwoord geweest. Maar ze moet bij marinedocumenten komen om haar broer Spencer te redden. En daarvoor doet ze alles—zelfs trouwen met de beruchte marineofficier Nathaniel Fitzgerald, Hertog van Kelford. Nathaniel is geobsedeerd door de dappere blauwkous sinds ze zijn kantoor is binnengedrongen. En om zijn erfenis op te eisen heeft hij een vrouw en erfgenaam nodig.

"Ik ben je schurk, niet je held." Gebroken en verwoest keert de voormalige Hertog van Grandhampton, Lord Spencer Seaton, terug uit de oorlog om te ontdekken dat hij alles kwijt is. Zijn enige doel: wraak nemen op de man die hem alles afpakte. Niets houdt Spencer tegen... behalve miss Joanna Digby—slim, doortrapt en mysterieus. Een muurbloem die haar ware zelf verbergt achter een masker, totdat diezelfde man die Spencer ruïneerde haar familie bedreigt. Maar het lot wil dat Lord Seaton haar in de weg staat, en zij hem.

Dit is het eerste deel in de serie 'De verboden Hertogen'. Preston Seaton, de hertog van Grandhampton, heeft maar één doel: de man vernietigen die de dood van zijn broer op zijn geweten heeft. Wanneer lord Beckett de hand van zijn dochter inzet om zijn schulden af te lossen, brengt Preston het winnende bod uit: het bewijs van moord. Penelope droomt van vrijheid en een leven als kunstenares. Maar om haar vader te beschermen moet ze trouwen met een man die haar haat.

This is a world built by men. Some women would rather renovate. The Ladies' Revenge Club isn't an organization—it's a circle of friends who choose one another when society would prefer they simply disappear. They meddle enthusiastically in one another's lives, challenge every rule they can find, and fall in love with men who have to earn it.

Dit is het tweede deel in de serie 'De verbogen hertogen'. Lord Richard Seaton doet alles om zijn vermiste broer te vinden—zelfs de criminele lord Thorne Blackmore confronteren. Thorne's prijs voor informatie? Iets wat Richard's gewonde hart nooit meer wilde betalen: een huwelijk. En niet met een van de prachtige debutantes die hem achterna zitten, maar met Thorne's zus, blauwkous Jane. Door haar schandelijke broer gemeden door de society, runt miss Jane Grant een school die kinderen uit Whitechapel van de galg redt.

What if Elizabeth Bennet’s seemingly perfect elder sister, Jane, hid a heart of selfishness and narcissism beneath her angelic exterior? Elizabeth Bennet has spent her life in the shadow of her elder sister, Jane. Praised across Hertfordshire for her beauty and kindness, Jane has always seemed the embodiment of perfection.

From a country girl to a countess. From a wife to a widow. From grief to love. Well-read, observant, and spirited, a young Elizabeth Bennet draws the attention of a widowed earl. Now wealthy and titled, when she finally meets Mr. Darcy, she outranks him. Of course that doesn’t stop him from insulting her. His propensity to give offense shows no respect for rank.

Caroline Halperston is used to the residents of Penarth talking badly about her. How could they fail to, when her own mama spends her days endlessly telling tales of her daughter’s cruelty and wickedness? She has long since been resigned to her fate as neighborhood pariah until an unexpected incident sends her fleeing into arms of Gervaise Langdon, Earl of Atherton, who carries her off to London with him. Gervaise is very far from being a knight in shining armor, and Caroline absolutely should not trust him, however charming and affable he may appear.

She never followed the rules. He never broke them. Until now. Millicent Wainwright’s sisters sacrificed to give her a chance on the Marriage Mart, but she would rather be notorious than leg-shackled...especially if she must marry the infuriatingly attractive Lord Neville. His lectures enrage...