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The Lady's Revenge by ArabellaSheraton1
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Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. Miss Letitia DeVere adopts this tactic when she returns to London after a two-year absence to find her former admirer Lord Charles Blackwood on the verge of proposing to Miss Patience Cherwell. Lord Blackwood's Valentine Ball proved to be the turning point in his fledgling romance with Patience. Letitia is not the kind of woman that gives up easily, as Patience and Charles soon find out. She stoops at nothing to achieve her aims. However, Letitia has a dark past, with secrets that threaten to return and destroy her newfound social success. When Charles proves less malleable than in the past, Letitia resorts to subterfuge, seduction, blackmail, and even violence to force him to propose. Will he see through her tricks and remain true to Patience, or will Letitia's seductive wiles lure him back? (This is the sequel to Lord Blackwood's Valentine ball)
Charlotte True by Julia4Tune
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Inspired by the non-fictional, historical lives of Sir Joseph Banks, Nicolas Baudin, Captain William Bligh, Matthew Flinders and John Macarthur, this 'coming of age' story is set at the dawn of the nineteenth century. It describes Charlotte, an English orphan, being saved from unimaginable misery by a young Irish Catholic priest, Reverend Sean Simmons. Charlotte cannot dream that she is about to embark on a fantastic journey that will take her from the manored estates of gentrified England to the brutal convict settlement on Terra Australis. Navigating the mire of desperate circumstances and characters she encounters along the way will test her mettle and spirit. Yet, meeting the strange and enigmatic Charlotte will also test every person who encounters her on the journey in unpredictable and uniquely different ways. Charlotte, it appears, brings change; nothing is the same again - least of all, the future Australian colony she longs to call home.
Love and Liquor by swickflick
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Its New York, 1924, and Prohibition is in full swing, which means so is the Mafia. Grace Hanson is a seventeen year old that's just graduated from high school, waiting for her life to begin. In the meantime, she lives with her father, Dr. George Hanson. Unfortunately, her father has gotten himself into a bit of a tough situation. To get him out of it, Grace makes an agreement with some dangerous men: Her marriage for her father's life. Now Grace has been thrust deep into the world of the underground mafia. Trying to catch her bearings, and cope with her new husband, Luca, and his family of criminals may prove to be too much for her.
Rebellious Angel by Angie8177
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It all began with a promise While his good friend lay in his arms dying, the last words that came from his lips were "Please find Brienna and take care of her." He was entrusted with his friends' young daughter. With that promise, Gavin has come to realize that he agreed to more than he bargained for. He never imagined this young child could grow into a such a defiant beauty bent on avenging her fathers death. She fought with him, disobeyed his every command , had a rebellious nature that unnerved him but, with it all conquered his heart. The day Brienna's father died she swore the man responsible, Lord Alrec Defoe would pay. She vowed no one stand between her one desire. Until her heart betrayed her and became an ally to Gavin. Between ardent battles of wits and fiery words. Her defiance angered him. But, her beauty and passion melted his heart. Slowly but surely she was going to lose this battle of the heart to him.
Taming the beastly Duke by MissChris21
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Cassandra knew her life was over the moment her parents told her she was to marry the Duke of Thornton. She had heard horrible stories about him that made ice cold fear run down her spine. He's a gorgeous man, but rude and insulting at every turn. Cassandra tries to make the best of her marriage but it's quite hard to do when you are married to a beast of a man.
Shattered (Watty Awards 2011!) by LizzyLouLou
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Peter's life is perfect - he's rich, young, talented, and maybe even handsome. And then suddenly his joy-ride in "one of those new-fangled horseless carriages" goes all wrong, proving fatal, but mercifully crippling him. Now he's disgusted with himself and dreadfully lonely, living on the third floor of his gilt townhouse with some dusty books and too much money. And then there was Emma...
The Debt (Now on Radish) by JaneKiley713
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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
Secret Desires of A Marquess (Secret Desires #1) ON HIATUS by leyla4forever
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HE WILL STOP AT NOTHING... She, Miss Dionysia Merton is the second daughter of the Viscount Goodwin. A plain beauty, she set her heart out to the exclusive Duke of Hartwell, and become his duchess, but her heart had other plans, as she did not come think that she would find herself falling for someone else... TO MAKE HER HIS... He, David Phillips, Marquess of Rothsbey, heir to the Dukedom of Cravern has loved the plain Jane, Dionysia Merton, but only to him, she is beautiful. So when he sees her pin for the Duke of Hartwell, David is determined to have her into his arms, even if it means giving what he has never given before: his heart
The Restless Viscountess by littleLo
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Lady Imogen Wilde has lived her life in a body that does not work as it should. As she was born not breathing, Imogen has spent her life as the small and weak daughter of the Duke of Ascot. Nobody could ever understand, could they? Colonel Simon Spencer is a highly decorated, recently retired, soldier, who has made his fortune through various gallant and successful military campaigns. But the military has altered him, both mentally and physically, leaving him a changed man from the one his brother remembers, one who carries many burdens. But what if they met? Could it be, that after years of indifference, Imogen and Simon might finally find someone who understands? Or could there be other obstacles in their way, secrets that threaten to boil over?
Like No Other by missphipps
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WHEN AN UNLIKELY SUITOR.... The Earl of Stokeford is hardly a man of amiable disposition and social graces. He scowls whenever he pleases, becomes rude at any time convenient for him, and worse, has a regrettable tendency to scare ladies out of their wits. Therefore, it is a most astonishing thing indeed when, upon laying eyes on the beautiful Miss Sophie Winscott, he decides to embark on a courtship... Except, of course, the hapless peer knows nothing in the matters of romance...until he receives help from an unlikely quarter. MEETS AN EAGER MATCHMAKER Then enter Miss Winscott's cousin, the vivacious Caroline Davis, who oddly gets along well with the slightly waspish Earl. Determined to help, Caroline endeavours to make a match of the two. But for all her enthusiasm, she can't help but be drawn to the troubled lord... and things start to get a little tangled from there.