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Three full-length sensual Victorian romances make up this boxed set about six heirs. They all require wives, but not every young woman wants a husband. THE ANGEL OF AN ASTRONOMER. When a neighbor appears to be spying on her from his backyard observatory, an incensed Lady Angelica is determined to give him a piece of her mind. Will Sir Benjamin end up with her heart as well? Mistletoe and moonlight work their magic in The Angel of an Astronomer.

Ewan Mostyn thinks a job as a duke's daughter's bodyguard will be easy—but Lady Lorraine has a few tricks up her sleeve that spark an undeniable passion. "I know we aren't suited. You are silent, and I speak all the time. You're a younger son with no fortune or title, and I'm the daughter of a...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a lady can do anything a man can do: backwards and in high-heeled dancing slippers. Lady Juliana, daughter of the Earl of St. Maur, needs all the help she can get. She's running a ramshackle orphanage, London's worst slumlord has illicit designs on her...

Zwei Frauen, die heiraten müssen. Zwei Dukes, die glauben, eine Ehe kontrollieren zu können. Manche Männer glauben, eine Ehe sei ein Vertrag. Eine Unterschrift. Ein Versprechen. Eine Frau, die sich fügt. Sie haben Calliope und Modesty noch nicht kennengelernt. In diesen zwei vollständigen Regency-Romanen mit einer Laufzeit von über 20 Stunden treffen stolze Dukes auf Frauen, die keine Zeit für romantische Illusionen haben.

Catherine Brooks ist eine Lady, wie sie im Buche steht, an Tugendhaftigkeit kaum zu überbieten. Jonathan Blake, Viscount Hayes, ist ein sorgloser Lebemann, der nur sein Vergnügen kennt und seine Zeit lieber an den Spieltischen der Stadt verbringt, als auf Brautschau zu gehen. Als das Schicksal sie auf immer aneinanderkettet, müssen beide erkennen, dass nicht alles ist, wie es scheint und manch einer ein gefährliches Geheimnis verbirgt.

A devastated bride. A broken-hearted groom. A marriage of convenience that changes everything. When the Duke of Harbury swept sweet, mild-mannered Cassandra Wainwright into a scandalous waltz at Almack’s, he only wished to mask a much older heartbreak from the ton’s prying eyes. But his rash...

A fan-favorite story from New YorkTimes bestselling author Candace Camp, originally published in print in 2003. Rachel Aincourt fears that she's trapped in a loveless marriage. Her husband, Michael Trent, the Earl of Westhampton, is cold, enigmatic, and completely unreadable, and Rachel herself...

Margaret held high hopes of a successful London season—until scandal found her. Years of isolation made the scrutiny of the ton unbearable. To navigate the season, Margaret finds refuge in her childhood friend, Adam. But sharp tongues and gossip soon cause her to flee London in humiliation. A summer day, reminiscent of their youth, leaves Adam and Margaret in a compromising situation. When Adam offers a marriage out of honor, Margaret insists they go their separate ways. Infuriated by her refusal, Adam does not give up so easily.

In the early 1800s the penal colony of Botany Bay was an unforgiving and harsh place. Isabella O'Shea is transported to New South Wales for wounding a member of the British aristocracy who raped her, so it is understandable that she loathes members of the upper class and the system that punished her; sentenced her to seven years transportation. Tiger Carstairs is rich, ambitious and English-so is it any wonder she is determined to hate her new master. Tiger dreams of making a new life beyond the aptly named Blue Mountains, so called because of the perpetual haze of blue surrounding them.

Eine Wette. Ein Maskenball. Ein Kuss, der alles verändert. Lady Helena Fairfax trägt seit zwei Jahren Trauer—nicht um den Ehemann, den sie verloren hat, sondern um das Leben, das sie nie führen durfte. Als sie unerwartet eine Einladung zu einem Maskenball um Mitternacht erhält, ergreift sie die Gelegenheit, aus dem Schatten zu treten und in eine Welt voller Geheimnisse einzutauchen. Als verführerische Unbekannte verkleidet, ist sie entschlossen, sich eine einzige Nacht der Freiheit zu nehmen und die Fesseln ihres streng geregelten Lebens hinter sich zu lassen.

O símbolo da devassidão londrina foi convocado para proteger a imaculada aristocracia. Qual lado influenciará o outro primeiro? Olivia Stanford, a duquesa de Lovingdon, foi criada para colocar o dever acima de tudo. Após a morte de seu ma­rido e anos abrindo mão dos próprios desejos, a...

The Earl of Stratton is the heir to a dukedom, for heaven's sake. He could have his pick of young ladies. And yet, here he is, fawning over the debutante the ton has not-so-affectionately dubbed "Cast-Off Clarissa." Is it out of the goodness of his heart? No. Of course not. Lady Clarissa Whitfield might be clumsy and incurably talkative, but she is not naive enough to believe the great and charming Earl is truly smitten with her.

If there’s one thing about Rafe Lennox that the women of London know… it’s that his heart cannot be tamed, except perhaps by the little Scottish orphan he has claimed as a daughter. That doesn’t stop every eligible woman in London from trying to convince the outrageous flirt to put a ring on their finger after they tumble into his bed. But Rafe has never been tempted by love to marry, until he robs a coach one night and he steals a necklace from a brave and beautiful woman.

Charlotte’s Kisses is a steamy regency novel introducing the Rake’s Rogues, & Scoundrels series. After Bow Street Runner Hugh Fletcher’s temper gets him into trouble with the magistrate, he accepts a job searching for a marquess’s by-blows so that he can stay close to the beautiful woman who has stolen his heart. If only Charlotte Beckett could find the confidence to stand up to her evil stepmother and confront her preoccupied father. As if answering her prayers, an injured stranger shows up at her family’s masquerade ball, helping her discover her internal strength.

Bluestocking Lady Elise Smith is a very content spinster. She holds intellectual gatherings and attends poetry readings, mind-improving lectures, and art shows. She runs her father’s household with quiet and determine efficiency, which is why she is absolutely stunned when Papa informs his three daughters that until Lady Elise is happily settled with—gasp—a husband, he will not consider offers for his two younger daughters.

Miss Cecily Higgins, come ogni fanciulla che si rispetti, è alla ricerca di un marito. Dotata di un'intelligenza vivace e di un certo pragmatismo, si prepara alla stagione mondana con piglio scientifico, riempiendo pagine e pagine di quaderni con le strategie più sofisticate per affrontare la caccia all'uomo. Sfortunatamente, la ragazza non ha fatto i conti con la sfacciataggine del duca di Wessex, il gentiluomo più ambito dell'alta società, che una sera la invita a danzare per scommessa.

Coral de Petras is on the hunt for the perfect husband, and she doesn’t care who knows it. In her third Season and with the shock of her father’s shipping business collapsing in disaster, Coral makes the hard decision to forgo a love match and fall back on the plan she had as a child. Marry for money. But if Coral’s giving up a love match, she doesn’t just want to settle for any gentleman: she has a list. A list of all the qualities she will demand from her future husband—and publishes it in all the newspapers.

Free to follow her heart…just not to her husband! Deborah needs a husband to protect her from the scandal breaking over her head; Christopher Halland, a radical and ambitious member of parliament, needs a wife to get at his fortune and Gosmere Hall. It is the perfect marriage of convenience. Or is it? She should have been warned off by the fury in his eyes on their first encounter when he almost rode over her. And by the whispered rumors of his women and loose living.

London, 1813. Lord Spencer Seaton kehrt gebrochen und verletzt aus dem Krieg zurück. Er hat alles verloren: seinen Titel, seine Liebe und sich selbst. Sein einziges Ziel ist Rache. Nichts kann ihn aufhalten. Nicht einmal die hinreißende Nichte seines Feindes, Miss Joanna Digby. Er will nichts für das kurvige Mauerblümchen fühlen, sein Herz nicht mehr öffnen, niemanden an sich heranlassen. Doch mit ihr fühlt er sich lebendig, stark. Akzeptiert.

Will the storm that brought them together be the scandal that tears them apart? Captain John Calder has finally secured the means and standing to propose to the woman he has dreamed of since the day they met—and a house party offers the perfect opportunity to become reacquainted with her. But...