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Twenty-year-old Kitty Bennet, visiting London for a season as a companion to Mrs. Gordon, is simultaneously attracted and repelled by a flirty rake. How would a girl like Kitty respond to his roughish behavior? Impossible to tell when she doesn't even understand herself. She must use their time together to practice being someone else. She's sure when she decides which of her sisters' personalities is the best fit, she'll know both who she is and what she wants. Of course, what she wants couldn't possibly be Augustus Haverford.

Lady Frances Rowley is no ordinary debutante—feisty, intelligent, and determined to forge her own destiny, she faces an unwanted marriage that threatens to bind her to a life she dreads. With her options dwindling, Frances turns to the one person she swore never to ask for help: her scandalous childhood friend, the Duke of Hargate, Johnathan Seton.

XIX-wieczny Paryż: jedni szukają bogactwa, inni – pozycji w towarzystwie, wszyscy pragną miłości. Charlotte de Foy dziedziczy po dziadku najstarszą paryską agencję matrymonialną – „Bławatek". Za elegancką fasadą biura kryją się nie tylko historie samotnych serc, ale także tajemnica, która może zniszczyć reputację firmy budowaną przez pokolenia. Charlotte postanawia tchnąć nowe życie w rodzinny interes, nie zdając sobie sprawy, że konkurencja wie o niej wszystko i jest tuż tuż. Bardzo blisko... Czy uda się jej ocalić rodzinne dziedzictwo?

James has watched his brothers find the perfect woman one after the other, but for him, he had yet to stumble across one who didn't make him want to put an ocean between them. So he did, thinking a life in New York would put his discontent out of sight. New York suffragette Primrose had more than enough men trying to control her. There was no chance she'd relent and marry again, despite her brothers' dogged "encouragement" on the matter. She wanted independence and freedom. A husband would only serve to snatch that dream away.

Living happily ever after should be easy. After all, Tristan and Isolde Gilbert, the new Duke and Duchess of Kendall, have overcome obstacles, confessed their love, married, and are eager to sail off into the sunset of their glorious future. But, of course, life rarely offers smooth sailing. After their honeymoon tour, an unexpected return to London sends the new couple reeling. Tristan struggles to balance his new Isolde-loving self with his former role as the autocratic Duke of Kendall. Upstart relatives and scurrilous accusations complicate his efforts to find a purpose.

Five years after Theo King's supposed death, he has returned to Graceling Hall, but a mystery remains. A stranger is buried in his grave, and nobody knows if the man's death was accidental… or murder. As Theo resumes his former life, the dead man’s sister shows up on his doorstep to hold him accountable. If he helps this Irish spitfire solve the mystery, will she finally leave him in peace?

They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but Fiona MacKintosh was more inclined to believe that after a long, furious journey through hell, no scorned woman was apt to be inclined to love and entrust her heart to a man so easily again. Especially not to the same man! Harry Brudenall, Marquis of Aylesbury, has devoted so much of his life to finding his long-lost sister that he's almost forgotten what it feels like to live. Fiery and passionate, Fiona is life. In her, he finds a reason to embrace the present and live for the future. If only she'll have him.

Würde man Prudence Finch nach der Anzahl ihrer London Seasons fragen, würde sie nur kühl die Augenbraue heben. Als älteste Tochter einer wohlhabenden Familie hat sie längst beschlossen, sich mit Würde aus dem absurden Heiratskarussell zu verabschieden – unverheiratet, aber einflussreich. Was sie ganz sicher nicht will: einen Ehemann, der entweder doppelt so alt, halb so klug oder so reizlos ist, dass man selbst im Schutz völliger Dunkelheit kaum seine Nähe ertrüge.

When Jack Merrill becomes Earl of Haddington, inheriting not only a title but the devastating debt that came with it, his friends convince him that there is nothing for it but to gain quick wealth the really old fashioned way . . . marry into it! On the hunt for a wealthy bride, Jack stumbles upon Kitty Hayes, the sister of his former target Evelyn. To him, Kitty is everything Eve was not to him—full of a fire and spirit that challenges him. But Kitty is a married woman! Can he wait it out until she finds her freedom?

After five years of mourning her lost love, Moira MacKenzie had finally move on with her life and seek a husband. Finding out Vincent MacKintosh was alive after all those years dealt her the greatest shock of her life. She might have loved Vin, but he had never loved her back. Vin is a man tormented by the past and, with little hope that her dreams of true love will be fulfilled, Moira instead offers him the friendship he so desperately needs as he integrates himself back into a normal life.

After spending six years to an oppressive husband, Evelyn Ashley-Cooper is free to be herself again, to live again . . . and to love again. Eve finds herself floundering under the veneer of perfection her domineering husband demanded, unable to unleash the vivacious girl she was once was. Since meeting Eve many years before, Francis MacKintosh has become a man embittered by life, by a wife who has made him a cuckold to the whole of Scotland, and by a scandalous divorce.

After the world’s most expensive diamond heist goes wrong, Jack Overton finds himself running from the man who had once been his master - England’s most powerful magistrate of the eighteenth century, Sir Robert Williams. With deep ties to one of the most violent Secret Societies in Europe, the honorable Sir Robert Williams will stop at nothing to catch him.

Lady Annabel Brooke, wychowywana przez surową i apodyktyczną matkę, jest ucieleśnieniem cnotliwości i pokory. Ubierana i czesana z przesadną skromnością bardziej przypomina mniszkę niż pannę na wydaniu. Kiedy dowiaduje się, że jej przyszłość zaplanowano u boku zadufanego w sobie, konserwatywnego pastora, postanawia po raz pierwszy sprzeciwić się rodzicielce. Jedyną osobą, która może pomóc jej wyjść cało z opresji, jest przystojny właściciel znienawidzonego przez matkę teatru, mężczyzna władczy i porywczy, nazywany przez wszystkich „bestią".

It is 1845, and in a Westmoreland village, trouble brews when a local entrepreneur wants to extend the railway through farmland. A tale of love and conflict.

Lady Seraphina Bell has been in love with one man for what has seemed like her entire life. Unfortunately for her, that man also appears determined to be the bane of her existence. Their acerbic sparring matches are notorious, and inescapable. If only he would set aside what he believes her to be, and really see her—then they might have something she only has in her dreams—a perfect love.

The only thing hotter than their animosity is their attraction. Lady Gigi Harrington has a plan: save her sleepy village from ruin and prove she's more than just a pretty debutante. The arrival of ruthless industrialist Conrad Godwin jeopardizes everything. A powerful man with a secret agenda—and identity—Conrad is flummoxed when the spirited miss dares to get in his way.

The Duke's Secret Garden: Where Scandal Blooms Amongst the Roses is a captivating historical romance novel that intertwines mystery, betrayal, and the transformative power of love. Set in the opulent yet rigid world of Victorian England, the story follows Adrian, the newly minted Duke of Wycliffe, and Evelyn Hart, a brilliant and enigmatic botanist, as they uncover the dark secrets buried within the walls of Wycliffe Manor. When Adrian inherits his family’s estate, he is confronted with a decaying mansion and an overgrown, neglected garden that holds more than just weeds and thorns.

Dans les paisibles recoins de son existence, Lady Jane Roseington s’est résignée à un avenir sans éclat, promise à une vie de vieille fille discrète, toujours en retrait, toujours oubliée. Pourtant, au creux de son cœur, une lueur d’espoir persiste—insensée, fragile, mais tenace. Cet espoir vacille le jour où un lord au charme aussi brut qu’un orage vient bouleverser sa sérénité… et précipiter sa chute dans le scandale.

Lord Alexander Pyne-ffoulkes, the younger son of the Duke of Ilvar, holds a bitter grudge against his wealthy father. The Duke intends to give his Duchess a priceless diamond parure on their wedding anniversary - so Alec hires a pair of jewel thieves to steal it. The Duke's remote castle is a difficult target, and Alec needs a way to get the thieves in. Soldier-turned-criminal Jerry Crozier has the answer: He'll pose as a Society gentleman and become Alec's new best friend.

In the sordid streets of Victorian London, unwanted desire flares between two bitter enemies brought together by a deadly secret. Crusading journalist Nathaniel Roy is determined to expose spiritualists who exploit the grief of bereaved and vulnerable people. First on his list is the so-called Seer of London, Justin Lazarus. Nathaniel expects him to be a cheap, heartless fraud.