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The Last Show (Book Two) by lilafairchild
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*Book Two in the Gentleman's Proposal Series* Josephine's life has always been controlled by those around her. After her new husband leaves her bereft and alone, she decides to finally do something about her suffocating existence. On impulse, she flees to America and starts a new life, one filled with adventure and danger. When her sorry excuse of a husband shows up again, intending to take her back to England, she puts her foot down; she absolutely, unequivocally will not return. When Reginald Browning, Earl of Whitehall, goes to obtain his estranged wife from America, he does not find the young woman who left him years ago. Instead, he finds a new Josephine: the gunslinging star of a Wild West traveling show. He knows that he wrecked their marriage the first time around. But how can he hope to fix things when he can't even get his wife back onto English soil? Content Warning: Pregnancy Loss and Descriptions of Physical and Sexual Assault Against Women, Infidelity
Of The Mind (Book One) by lilafairchild
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*Book One in the Gentleman's Proposal Series* In Victorian England, Miss Augusta Browning has few marriage prospects. Thankfully, she has a thriving career - one that absolutely no one can know about. Sebastian has just inherited his father's estate. Or, rather, his many debts. Nearly penniless, Sebastian must marry and quickly turn his new wife's dowry into another fortune to save his family name. And he knows one woman who is available and unlikely to cause scandal.
To A Flame (Book Three) by lilafairchild
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*Book Three in the Gentleman's Proposal Series* Ginny Greene is only one London season away from spinsterhood. Having spent all of her seasons thus far pining after the wildly uninterested (and emotionally stunted) William Bancroft, it is now time to focus on marrying a man who might reasonably have her. There is only one problem - William Bancroft has suddenly taken notice of her. William Bancroft has known that he would marry Ginny Greene from the moment he set eyes on her. Now, finally ready for the chase, he finds himself in the unique position of courting a woman for the first time in his life. But Ginny does not merely want courting. No, she wants love. Affection. Easy intimacy. All things that Bancroft knows he cannot offer her. But, bastard that he is, it does not keep him from trying. Content Warnings: This book contains themes of religious trauma, CSA, scenes containing self-harm, and some violence. Note that while Books One and Two in this series can be read separately, this book requires having read both of the others (unless you don't mind being a little confused).
Improper Exposure (Book Four) by lilafairchild
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*Book Four In The Gentleman's Proposal Series* When illicit photos of Georgie Brightwater hit London society, it is not only her reputation that is ruined. Her whole life is upended - her courtship finished, her trust in her beloved shattered, and her person shipped off to Ireland in shame. It is not long before her family is begging her to return home, but Georgie is as stubborn as they come. If her family wanted her to disappear, then disappear she shall. Until a job offer arrives that she simply cannot turn down. A job that sends her back to London, and into the presence of the man who broke her heart. Gregory Bancroft is a very good person, except for the one time that he isn't. But that one time is all it takes to ruin the life of the woman he loves. For two years he's tried to go on without her, eeking out an existence that is merely tolerable, but never happy. But Georgie is back in London now, and he will not let her slip away so easily this time. Trigger Warnings: Family abandonment and a scene of attempted sexual assault. Though this book is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone.
Not Us 3: Odette & Ford by EJKnight90
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What do you do when the man you were in a relationship two years ago, randomly reappears in your life? Oh yeah. And you also had his baby, and are now caring for your mutual friend's kids when they died, but you didn't know they were mutual friends. Now he's back and claiming he's going to take care of them with you. And as things go, he wants you back. He also wants to beat up the deadbeat baby daddy. What's a girl to do? Forgive? Move on? Read Odette's story on wattpad to find out!
Not Us 4: Graham and Haven by EJKnight90
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Picture this. Your husband comes home one night and tells you, that his ex-wife, the mother of his child, your stepson, is moving in with you for six months. And you don't have a say in the matter. What do you do? Stay and try to tough it out after she's been openly hostile towards you throughout your relationship? Or do you leave and find someone who really, genuinely cares for you? Read on and find out.
This Is Love by CharlieWhoWrites
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Love is a beautiful thing. It takes commitment for it work. Alicia and Harrison are newly weds and building a beautiful life together. A chance meeting at a charity ball involving an expensive suit and a glass of champagne changed the course of their lives. It put them on the path to true love and a beautiful life. What happens when that love and life is threatened? Can the lovebirds work it out and stay together? Or does the past sometimes creep up and destroy the present? Can love find a way or are some betrayals beyond the reach of love? Disclaimers: ℹ️I don't own the images shown anywhere in the book. Shout out to the amazing creatives. ©️All Rights Reserved. Completed: 19 November 2022
Yesterday's Whispers by kivey39
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Finding out we were going to be parents was supposed to be the happiest time of our lives. Instead, I feel my husband, Ethan, drifting away from me a little more every day. He's late coming home from work, he disappears for long periods of time, he's irritable and closed off, and nothing I say or do seems to reach him. As tensions between us mount, I'm discovering parts of my husband's past that I never knew existed. And when everything comes tumbling down, I'm forced to ask myself: how well do I really know the man I love?
Saints of Retribution MC: Priest by EmptyNestWriter
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He lives by rules. She breaks them just by existing. Atlas "Priest" Adams is the president of the Saints of Retribution MC-a brotherhood of former soldiers who hunt the worst monsters hiding in plain sight. He believes in control, silence, and distance. No titles. No promises. No babies. Attachments get people killed. Dr. Indigo "Blue" Thorne isn't looking for danger. After a brutal night in the ER, she finds solace in a bar-and in a man who promises nothing beyond one night. She agrees to his rules because she doesn't want forever. Neither of them is telling the truth. What starts as a no-strings arrangement turns into something deeper, even as Priest insists Blue is temporary. Then the past comes roaring back. When his brother's widow arrives at the clubhouse pregnant and desperate, Priest's silence and half-truths destroy everything Blue thought she understood. So she disappears. Months later, fate drags them back together in an ER bay-where Priest sees the woman he lost... and the child she's carrying. Now Priest must face the consequences of the rules he hid behind, the words he never said, and the woman he never claimed. As secrets unravel and danger closes in, he'll have to decide whether love is a weakness- -or the one thing worth bleeding for. PRIEST is a dark, emotional MC romance about control, miscommunication, and the cost of loving halfway-featuring a hardened hero, a strong heroine, betrayal, redemption, and a hard-won happily ever after.