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Harlequin historicals volume 1025
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A witty tale of passions and practicalities in Regency England from the "powerful and wonderfully perceptive" RITA Award–winning author (Mary Jo Putney, New York Times–bestselling author of Lady of Fortune).
Sally Paul is down to her last penny. As she spends it on a cup of tea—to stave off being at the mercy of the workhouse—the last thing she expects is an offer of marriage . . . from a complete stranger!
Admiral...
Sally Paul is down to her last penny. As she spends it on a cup of tea—to stave off being at the mercy of the workhouse—the last thing she expects is an offer of marriage . . . from a complete stranger!
Admiral...
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"Love and the erratic heart are at the center of Hardy's "woodland story." Set in the beautiful Blackmoor Vale, The Woodlanders concerns the fortunes of Giles Winterborne, whose love for the well-to-do Grace Melbury is challenged by the arrival of the dashing and dissolute doctor, Edred Fitzpiers. When the mysterious Felice Charmond further complicates the romantic entanglements, marital choice and class mobility become inextricably linked. Hardy's...
3) Lady be bad
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The Duke's daughters volume 1
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English
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"Once upon a time, a duke had five daughters who never made a stir. They practised their French, their pianoforte, and their dancing until one ran off with the dancing instructor, and the rest were left to face the scandal"--Publisher.
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Spinster heiresses volume 2
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English
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A bluestocking heiress is wooed for her dowry by a man from a family that her father ruined.
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2015.
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Honoring an arranged marriage to keep his estate afloat, the new Duke of Gage weds Lady Isabella, a beautiful woman who longs for independence, and discovers that none of his previous exploits were half as pleasurable as wooing his own wife.
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Hell hath no fury . . . Damian, Earl of Windermere, rues the day he drunkenly gambled away his family's estate and was forced into marriage to reclaim it. Now, after hiding out from his new bride for a year, Damian is finally called home, only to discover that his modest bride has become an alluring beauty-and rumor has it that she's taken a lover. Damian vows to keep his wife from straying again, but to do so he must seduce her-and protect his heart...
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All for Love (Karen Ranney) volume 2
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English
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"Rebellion drove Mercy Rutherford to Scotland to escape the possessive grip of her fianc©♭. But it's fate that lands her in the crumbling highlands castle of Lennox Caitheart. A dreamer with visions of inventing airships, he's most certainly mad. Handsome beyond words, he's also causing an irresistible flutter in her stomach beyond reason. When Gregory arrives to see their arranged marriage to its bitter end, Mercy desperately turns to Ross with...
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Brianna Munro escapes to Scotland in the dead of night, desperate to avoid an arranged marriage. She finds shelter at the imposing Castle Glenloch, intending to stay for just one night, but then encounters Hugh Christie, Laird Glenloch, and all her best-laid plans vanish into the Highland air.
11) Texas Glory
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Cordelia McQueen is little more than a prisoner in her father's house until he barters her off to a stranger in exchange for land and water rights. Now in a new place and married to a man as big and bold as untamed Texas, Cordelia prepares to live within her husband's shadow and help him achieve his goals. Dallas has one driving ambition: to put West Texas on the map. Convinced he's too harsh a man to be loved, he expects nothing except a son from...
12) Forced to marry
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When her grandfather dies, Gytha Sullivan discovers she will inherit a huge fortune, but attempts to find a way out of marrying one of her detestable cousins.
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Love's grace trilogy volume 03
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English
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Lucinda Cardington doesn't care that she is close to being "on the shelf." She has more serious pursuits in mind and is perfectly content to leave dreams of romance to silly young ladies like her sister. Yet when her sister places herself in a compromising situation with London's most scandalous bachelor, the entire family's reputation comes perilously close to ruin. Suddenly Lucinda is in the limelight and in need of a husband. James Simpson's rakish...
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"The charismatic and vivacious Katherine Delafield should be married by now. Her father arranged an engagement to the much sought-after tycoon Preston Clarke ages ago. The only problem is Preston refuses to acknowledge it. But this isn't going to stop Katherine from living life to the fullest as she ditches all silly notions of love and marriage and sets out to sample all the excitement New York City has to offer . . . the more scandalous the better....
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"At a Lightworld royal gala, Queene Ayla announces the betrothal of her daughter, Cerridwen, to a high-ranking councilor. Though strategically brilliant, the engagement comes as a shock--to Cerridwen especially. Infuriated by her mother's high-handedness, ignorant of her own true origins, she flees the court--leaving herself vulnerable to those who would see the Lightworld destroyed. Amid burgeoning unrest, desperate desires become divided loyalties...
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"Will you take this man?" "No, I will not." Moments away from becoming a viscountess, Marietta Harrington realizes that she cannot marry the man her father has chosen for her. Wedding guest Edmund Fitzroy whisks her away from the churchand as she gets to know this virtual stranger, she's drawn into a delicious courtship. When Edmund mysteriously disappears, Marietta faces a terrible choice. Should she trust the man she loves or submit to another arranged...
18) The duchess hunt
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Once upon a dukedom volume 2
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English
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"Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland, is in need of a duchess. However, restoring the dukedom--left in ruins by his father--to its former glory demands all his time, with little room for sentiment. He places an advert encouraging the single ladies of the ton to write why they should be the one chosen, and leaves it to his efficient secretary to select his future wife. If there exists a more unpleasant task in the world than deciding who is...
19) Marry Christmas
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A Christmas wedding to the Duke of Bellingham. Any other socialite in Newport, Rhode Island, would be overjoyed at the prospect, but Elizabeth Cummings finds her mother's announcement as appealing as a prison sentence. Elizabeth has not the slightest desire to meet Randall Blackmore, let alone be bartered for an English title. Her heart belongs to another, and the duke's prestige, arrogance, and rugged charm will make no difference to her plans of...
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"To keep her home...she must marry! When Elizabeth Morsely's beloved farm is sold to a genteel London family, she's stunned to learn that she's part and parcel...as a bride! This country girl believes she'll have nothing in common with her city groom, William Grant, except he's as reluctant to wed as she is. They agree to a platonic partnership, until Elizabeth glimpses the pure heart behind William's aristocratic demeanor. Might their arranged marriage...
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