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Fight by BriannaDGilmore
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Two stubborn-headed royals. One enemy bent on slowly destroying them. The only solution? Marriage, of course. But the moment James and Liliana meet, each hold grudges against the other, and they do not realize that their own attitudes are being used against them. Draken is determined to end the royalty in every painful way possible. When a long-expected war finally rages, things get much more dangerous. Riding on their final hope, it appears that the kingdoms are destined for destruction. Will Liliana's skills in combat and James' fiery heart be enough to withstand Draken's menacing grip? 1st book in The Crowns of Crecidia series. Watty Awards 2012 runner up in Historical Fiction.
The Corinthians Series: Somebody To Love by ZafArielZul
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Lady Callie was a woman on a mission. She traveled to London alone on a quest to liberate herself from her estranged fiance Lord Thorbrooke, who, according to her is a womanizing, unfeeling, egotistical scoundrel. However, the arrival of her parents soon complicates the situation. After reasonable arguments from her father and lots of tears from her mother, Callie found herself staring at the end of a bargain: she was to spend four months with her fiance - four, whole months - before she could walk away, free from Thorbrooke.
The Corinthians Series: Rules of Masquerade by ZafArielZul
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What will you get if you pair a reckless, impulsive, dramatic young lady and London's corinthian and master conspirator in an obscure engagement? Simple: the bride to be will try to flee and the groom to be will do what he does best, to seduce and conspire!
Lying Lips by starrylemonade
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It is the year 1904. Sixteen year old Anna Belle Lewis has always dreamed of love. Unfortunately for her, her father doesn't believe in such a thing, and she's accepted that her dream might be nothing more than a fantasy. But one night, she runs into her family's new servant, Benjamin Odell, and sparks fly. It's a typical love story-- rich girl falls for poor boy-- and Anna thinks that he's her knight in not-so-shining armor. But Benjamin has a secret, and a somewhat dark past.. Oh, what are two lovestruck teenagers to do?
The Lost Princess by PS_Love
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In the balmy seaside kingdom of Astolat, Princess Gwenifver led a peaceful and content existence, training to claim the throne and unite her kingdom with Camelot's through marriage -- until Uther Pendragon swept in and killed her father and slaughtered her people for her father's supposed treachery. Gwen flees her fallen kingdom with little more than her life. Seven years later, Gwen's true identity is discovered as she resides amongst thieves and savages. She is taken to Camelot to live out her days as a slave under the cruel rule of King Uther. In a tale of betrayal, magic, blood, and love - a beloved old legend is carefully crafted and twisted anew, where adventure awaits at every corner.
Kingdom Flaws by egapgs
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Nemesis always wanted to be a Knight where she would be a hero one day. Yet, because she's a girl she got stuck being a guard for one of the seven princesses of the seven kingdoms, Julis from the third Kingdom. When something comes up where the all seven princess from the seven kingdoms are sent away to the forbidden kingdom to meet the prince. Julis is already head over in heels in love with another guy who she met in the village. Stuck on the idea of not going she asks Nemesis for help. To switch bodies with a black potion a witch gave her on her birthday. The potion lasts for exactly a year. Nemesis at first is doubtful, but soon Julis convinces her and they do it. As Nemesis goes to the forbidden kingdom she first is nervous, but soon regrets it when she realizes she's not going back the next day. Actually, never. The forbidden king wants to play a game... A game much more dangerous than she ever thought it would be. As Nemesis struggles to keep the secret of her being a guard and not an actual princess. Things get interesting with the other princesses and a spiteful prince... Who she realizes all have major flaws that play a key role in the near future...
Blackmailing a Marquess by Owl_3030
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Lady Elizabeth Kincaid is tired of her same expected routine. With her first season quickly approaching and the stress her mother is putting on her for finding a husband, Elizabeth wants nothing more than an escape. Dreaming of an adventure that she knows she will never have, she continues on as always. That is until her "breaking point". When she comes into possession of a very important item belonging to the temperamental Marquess of Queensberry, Nicholas Ravenhurst. Knowing Nicholas must deliver this item, Elizabeth takes her chances and uses it to her advantage. Refusing to give it back unless he takes her along with him, Nicholas has no choice but to drag the Lady along. But the journey isn’t as easy as it seems, with dangers ahead of them neither one would imagine. The possibility of both of them retuning home is becoming slimmer and slimmer.
Sweet Love of Mine by Ashful
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Emily Weatherly was no gently-bred London debutante. In fact, she had thrived on the streets of London, a pickpocket and urchin, until Fate threw her lot in with the Weatherly's, a prestigious family who unselfishly raised her as their own and protect her from a heinous secret that could destroy her life. Despite this, she is never truly accepted as a proper lady, always scorned and ridiculed, and she vows to do her adopted family proud by making a respectable match with a gentleman of some rank and notoriety. Sebastian Weatherly harbors a secret that could thwart his carefully constructed bachelorhood. Indiscriminate rake, scoundrel and downright rogue, he has had to endure Emily Weatherly's presence for as long as he could remember. Now that she intends to make a respectable match, which he knows cannot ever be him as he is not respectable, he can hardly ignore the bitter jealousy residing in his heart as he is forced to watch Emily courted by various beaus.
Lord Beast by Ashful
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An adaptation to the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast", Rhys Ashcroft is vain and arrogant until a near-fatal accident brutally maims his features. Presumed dead, Rhys resides alone in Falmouth Castle, away from society which was just the way he preferred. Enter Danielle Carmichael: a curious country miss who is drawn to the hostile, cloaked stranger for reasons unknown to her.