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"Miss Lillian Harwood has lived much of her life alone in a gilded cage, longing for love and companionship. When an artist offers her pretty promises and begs her to pose for a scandalous portrait, Lily doesn't hesitate... until the lying libertine leaves her in disgrace. With the painting now public, Lily has no choice but to turn to the one man who might save her from ruin. The Duke of Warnick loathes all things English, none more so than the aristocracy....
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The spirited and independent Miss Annis Wychwood is twenty-nine and well past the age for falling in love. But when Annis embroils herself in the affairs of a pretty runaway heiress, Miss Lucilla Carleton, she is destined to see a great deal of her fugitive's uncivil and high-handed guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton. Befriending the wayward girl brings unexpected consequences, among them the conflicting emotions aroused by her guardian ...
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Becomes her volume 3
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"Reliability. Trustworthiness. Dignity. These are only a few of the characteristics supporting Marcus Sherbrook's reputation as the perfect gentleman. Or almost perfect, as there is one significant smirch on his record: the rebellion of one Miss Isabel Denham who, at the age of seventeen, defied Marcus's guardianship, eloped, and fled to India. The widowed Isabel returned to England ten years ago, and has been making Marcus's cool gray eyes flash...
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As stubborn as she is beautiful, Phadra Abbott will not be deterred when she sets her mind on something. And now that the reckless heiress has decided to track down her spendthrift explorer father, nothing is going to stand in her way -- not even her handsome, long-suffering guardian Grant Morgan. Though strong and level-headed, Grant has watched his own life go disastrously awry since he first tried to arrange the irrepressible Miss Abbott's future....
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Secret life of scoundrels volume 1
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2015.
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"Battlefields and bar rooms hold much more interest for Edward Westover, Duke of Strathmore, than some little girl's dolls and lace. But when he takes control of his enemy's estate, everything that man held dear, including his daughter, now belongs to Edward. Arrange for a governess, a dowry, give a few reassurances and be off on his way -- that's Edward's plan. But he's in for the shock of his life. For his new ward is a beautiful, impetuous, and...
7) Four in hand
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Infamous rogue Max Rotherbridge unexpectedly inherits a dukedom--and four lovely young wards along with it. Suddenly he has to protect the four ladies from other rakes like him. But it's the eldest sister, Caroline, who is giving him real trouble. Because she's the one he wants for his own... Caroline Twinning's beauty is matched only by her intelligence and shrewdness. She's determined to see her sisters--and herself--well married before the season...
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Raised as a pirate's daughter, Amanda Carre has not been tutored in the finer social graces. Alone in the world, she has never depended on anyone, until fate intervenes when Cliff de Warenne rescues her from a mob at her father's hanging. Now she must set sail for England to find the mother she never knew, and her chaperone is an infamous ladies' man.... The greatest gentleman privateer of his era, Cliff knows honor demands that he see this beautiful...
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Her unattainable guardian. The man she secretly yearns for! This season, Eleanor Jennings must find a husband. Her guardian, Hugh, the autocratic and devastatingly alluring Duke of Kendal, has made that abundantly clear. The only flaw in his plan? Eleanor's scandalous longing for him! Hugh might consider her off-limits and dangerously innocent, but Eleanor can see the pain and secrets he hides. Can Eleanor also be brave enough to make Hugh see the...
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Miss Bonnie Hodges, governess to the Darrow family, is desperately trying to hold it together. Tragedy has struck, and she is the sole person left to be strong for the two little boys in her care. When the new guardian arrives, she hopes that things will get better. She wasn't expecting her new employer to be the most frustrating, overbearing, and... handsome man she's ever seen. Sir Stephen Montgomery is utterly distracted. He should be trying to...
11) Minx
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Rebelling against all societal conventions by wearing breeches and managing her elderly guardian's estate, feisty Henrietta Barrett is left at the mercy of distant cousin William Dunford when her guardian passes away.
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