Wild and willful Victoria Colton had only one desire: to go to Africa and travel the world in search of adventure. Disrupting her plans comes an ultimatum from her guardians, weary of Victoria's hoydenish ways. By the end of the London Season, Victoria must find a husband or her inheritance will be withheld. Finding himself in the same boat as Victoria, Gabriel Sinclair must find a wife or the Hawthorne title is passed to incapable relatives. Having spent half their lives detesting each other, they are now suddenly united with one common goal in mind: to remain unwed, even to each other.

(ON HIATUS/PAUSE) + REWRITING Qing Xuhui doesn't want to be involved with those in the palace, let alone be favoured by the Emperor, but fate likes to play games. Like Xuhui's past and her present.

Born to a middle class family in New York City, Alice's life changes forever when she and her family are kidnapped and sold into slavery. She is torn away from everything she loves and only allowed to keep her name. She is forced to work long hours on a plantation with only the singing of the whip in the sky and the distant dream of a life she once had. That is, until opportunity arises, and she is given the chance to escape. Will she find freedom? Or will the chains drag her back to where she has been told she belongs?

The Duke of Marlborough, a wealthy rake with the reputation of the Devil, wins an unusual prize in a game of cards, the prickly and thorny Cordelia Rivers.

***The Girl Underground, Book 1 *** "Loving him was a mistake, I knew that. It was the most beautifully evil thing I have ever done." In the case of forbidden love in the English countryside, the shrewd and powerful Magistrate, John Quincy, found one that would change his life forever. Spellbound by the young and beautiful servant, Malia, he watches her silently from afar, tormented by the want of her. Malia doesn't know the effect she's had on the imposing Magistrate, merely seeing him as one of her many superiors. But soon looks turn to touch, and touch soon turns into a very dangerous love story. http://8tracks.com/milaaaa94/the-girl-underground

Venus was a common house slave, she did as she was told, listened to no one except her master and knew the consequences of disobedience. But when her master tries to take her virtue she, for the first time in her life, tells him no and runs only to land into the arms of the masters son, James. James is a much kinder man than his father, after having studied abroad for many years he knows more of the world than his father. But When Venus literally falls into his arms, why does he feel an unfamiliar electricity course his veins? Will they be together? Or will fate and unfair circumstance ruin their chance at forever? Highest Ranking #109

Li Hua enters The Palace as a concubine and she'll leave as the Empress

Olivia Knight and Lord Gregory Willington have never liked each other. They make it very clear to each other that they want nothing to do with the other. So what happens when their respective parents decide that its time for their children to get married? What do they do when the people their parents want them to marry is each other?

Imogen O'Boyle is the daughter of a poor, Irish shoemaker. Upon her father's death, she learns that he had made a deal with the current Duke of Suffolk to deal with his debts. Imogen is to marry the next in line, Derek Goddard, the Duke's son in order for her future father-in-law to pay off the dead man's debts. Derek Goddard wants anything but marriage. He is a loyal soldier to the crown, devoted son, and heir to his father's title. The day he learns that he is to marry an Irishwoman, without a dowry, he is up in arms. He wants nothing to do with the Godforsaken woman. Then he meets her, and is completely taken by her, although he would never admit it. All Rights Reserved Jane Dugan 2014

A toss of the dice, doomed Evangeline to an uncertain future. Her father gambled away their families fortune leaving her in the hands of a ruthless man determined to have her at any cost to repay their debt. She escapes him, and a series of unfortunate events lands her in the company of two pickpockets and two goons that teach her how to survive the London slums. A change of fate lands her in the home of Adrian St. James, a wealthy Earl. She's caught stealing from him. But, when he learns of her predicament he swears to protect her and in doing so in his care, this defiant street urchin turns into an elegant beauty before his eyes. The daring beautiful thief not only took his breath away but in the process stole his heart.