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Mrs. Bertrice Martin--a widow, some seventy-three years young--has kept her youthful-ish appearance with the most powerful of home remedies: daily doses of spite, regular baths in man-tears, and refusing to give so much as a single damn about her Terrible Nephew.Then proper, correct Miss Violetta Beauchamps, a sprightly young thing of nine and sixty, crashes into her life. The Terrible Nephew is living in her rooming house, and Violetta wants him...
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The only thing more inconvenient than Camilla's marriage at gunpoint is falling in love with her unwilling groom...Adrian Hunter, the son of a duke's daughter and a black abolitionist, is determined to do whatever his family needs-even posing as a valet to gather information. But his mission spirals out of control when he's accused of dastardly intentions and is forced to marry a woman he's barely had time to flirt with.Camilla Worth has always dreamed...
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The last man Judith Worth wants to see again is Charles Trent, the Marquess of Ashford-the man who spent summers at her family home, who kissed her one magical night…and then heartlessly ruined her father. But when a tricky business matter arises, he's the only one she can ask for help. She expects that he'll engage a servant to take care of the matter, and she won't even have to talk with him.But Ashford has never forgotten Judith. He knows she...
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Crash has never let the circumstances of his birth, or his lack of a last name, bother him. His associations may be unsavory, but money, friends, and infamy open far more interesting doors than respect ever could. His sole regret? Once lovely, sweet Daisy Whitlaw learned the truth about how he made his fortune, she cut him off.Daisy's father is dead, her mother is in ill health, and her available funds have dwindled to a memory. When the local parish...
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Miss Chloe Fong has plans for her life, lists for her days, and absolutely no time for nonsense. Three years ago, she told her childhood sweetheart that he could talk to her once he planned to be serious. He disappeared that very night.Except now he's back. Jeremy Wentworth, the Duke of Lansing, has returned to the tiny village he once visited with the hope of wooing Chloe. In his defense, it took him years of attempting to be serious to realize that...
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Four previously published novellas…available now at one low price.The Governess AffairThree months ago, governess Serena Barton was sacked. Now she's demanding compensation from the man responsible: a petty, selfish duke.But it's not the duke she fears. Hugo Marshall handles all the duke's dirty business, and he's been ordered to get rid of her by fair means or foul. If only he didn't find her so compelling...A Kiss for MidwinterMiss Lydia Charingford...
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A perpetual wallflower destined for spinsterhood, Lady Elaine Warren is resigned to her position in society. So when Evan Carlton, the powerful, popular Earl of Westfeld, singles her out upon his return to England, she knows what it means. Her former tormenter is up to his old tricks, and she's his intended victim. This time, though, the earl is going to discover that wallflowers can fight back.Evan has come to regret his cruel, callow past. At first,...
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When John Mason discovers that his fiancée's father has embezzled thousands of pounds from their mutual business, he's furious. When his betrothed, Miss Mary Chartley, flees, taking the money and all the evidence with her, he's outraged. He plans to bring the woman he once loved to account--and he'll shed no tears when he does.But when he finds Mary, she's not living a life of luxury. Instead, she's serving as a companion in exchange for a pittance....
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Four award-winning novellas… over 130,000 words… in one collection. All the novellas in this collection have been previously published.UnlockedA perpetual wallflower destined for spinsterhood, Lady Elaine knows what it means when her former tormenter returns. He's up to his old tricks, and she's his intended victim. This time, though, she'll show him that wallflowers can fight back. Talk Sweetly to MeMiss Rose Sweetly is a shy, mathematically-minded...
11) The Duchess War
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Miss Minerva Lane is a quiet, bespectacled wallflower, and she wants to keep it that way. After all, the last time she was the center of attention, it ended badly--so badly that she changed her name to escape her scandalous past. Wallflowers may not be the prettiest of blooms, but at least they don't get trampled. So when a handsome duke comes to town, the last thing she wants is his attention.But that is precisely what she gets.Because Robert Blaisdell,...
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Zij geeft niet op...Drie maanden geleden is Serena Barton haar baan als gouvernante kwijtgeraakt. Aangezien ze geen kans heeft op een nieuwe positie, eist ze compensatie van de man die haar heeft ontslagen: een verachtelijke egoïstische hertog zonder scrupules. Maar voor die hertog is ze niet bang. Wel voor zijn genadeloze zaakwaarnemer, de man die bekend staat als Clermonts wolf. Deze formidabele vuistvechter met zijn inktzwarte reputatie knapt...
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An idealistic suffragette...Miss Frederica "Free" Marshall has put her heart and soul into her newspaper, known for its outspoken support of women's rights. Naturally, her enemies are intent on destroying her business and silencing her for good. Free refuses to be at the end of her rope...but she needs more rope, and she needs it now....a jaded scoundrel...Edward Clark's aristocratic family abandoned him to die in a war-torn land, so he survived the...
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Nobody knows who Miss Rose Sweetly is, and she prefers it that way. She's a shy, mathematically-minded shopkeeper's daughter who dreams of the stars. Women like her only ever come to attention through scandal. She'll take obscurity, thank you very much.All of England knows who Stephen Shaughnessy is. He's an infamous advice columnist and a known rake. When he moves into the house next door to Rose, she discovers that he's also wickedly funny, devilishly...
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This is the first half of Courtney Milan's Worth Saga-the half set in the West. Five books and novellas, plus one short story, together comprising 300,000 words. Once Upon a Marquess The last man Judith Worth wants to see again is Christian Trent, the Marquess of Ashford-the man who spent summers at her family home, who kissed her one magical night…and then heartlessly destroyed her family. But when a tricky business matter arises, he's the only...
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Railway financier Simon Davenant has waited seven years for a second chance with his childhood sweetheart and best friend. He's not about to let his impending financial ruin destroy the opportunity.This time, he'll do anything he can to secure her hand in marriage--even if it means losing her heart for good.The Lady Always Wins is a short story of 18,500 words (about 60 print pages). It was previously published in the anthology "Three Weddings and...
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Captain Grayson Hunter knows the battle to complete the first worldwide telegraphic network will be fierce, and he intends to win it by any means necessary. When he hears about a reclusive genius who has figured out how to slash the cost of telegraphic transmissions, he vows to do whatever it takes to get the man in his employ.Except the reclusive genius is not a man, and she's not looking for employment.Amelia Smith was taken in by English missionaries...
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The start of a critically acclaimed historical romance series by New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan...Hugo Marshall earned the nickname "the Wolf of Clermont" for his ruthless ambition--a characteristic that has served him well, elevating the coal miner's son to the right hand man of a duke. When he's ordered to get rid of a pestering governess by fair means or foul, it's just another day at work.But after everything Miss Serena Barton...
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Sebastian Malheur is the most dangerous sort of rake: an educated one. When he's not scandalizing ladies in the bedchamber, he's outraging proper society with his scientific theories. He's desired, reviled, acclaimed, and despised-and he laughs through it all.Violet Waterfield, the widowed Countess of Cambury, on the other hand, is entirely respectable, and she'd like to stay that way. But Violet has a secret that is beyond ruinous, one that ties...
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Miss Lydia Charingford is always cheerful, and never more so than at Christmas time. But no matter how hard she smiles, she can't forget the youthful mistake that could have ruined her reputation. Even though the worst of her indiscretion was kept secret, one other person knows the truth of those dark days: the sarcastic Doctor Jonas Grantham. She wants nothing to do with him...or the butterflies that take flight in her stomach every time he looks...