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To tame an Earl (four hoydens #2)  by ashmita1321
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Lord Ralph Orford, the Earl of Morley is the ideal gentleman, well liked, a definite catch on the marriage mart...but as is usually the case, there was more to him than met the eye. Lady Alice Woodbury, beautiful and dazzling, has secrets too. But while Ralph has been sworn to secrecy for the nation, Alice's subterfuge is due to a more personal reason-heartbreak. Read "To tame an Earl" to find out what happens when sparks fly between these two. Will those sparks ignite into a full blown fire or will it burn out because of all their secrets? Completed. Cover by @00Athena00
The Duke who caught my eye by ashmita1321
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Leonard Fox, the Duke of Montrose-handsome as the very devil and a physician by profession was very content with his less than normal life. But then his best friend dies, leaving his four year old daughter under Leo's guardianship. Leo loves the girl, no doubt. But that didn't mean he knew how to raise her. So he ends up in London in search of a wife. Meanwhile, Lady Clara Fethuerington is busy flitting from one ball to another desperately looking for the right man and reluctant to put herself out there at the same time. Unbeknownst to anyone, Clara is a famous novelist and has made fun of almost every single obnoxious member of the ton. If her secret got out, she'd be ruined. Will any man in his right man want her as his wife? Clara has no idea of what's in store for her. Let's find out.. Completed. Cover by @00Athena00
The Foreign Bride by JessSanders1213
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First Book Of The Bride Series; Annalisa Albrite, the German Princess, came to medieval England looking for an adventure to distract her. After losing her parents as a child and going through her traumatic experience, she was looking for something new to start her life with when she suddenly met the famous Edward Parks. Somehow, after meeting him, she ends up in a wedding dress staring at the altar in front of her. And Edward is the one waiting to take her.
Regency Romance: An Unexpected Duke's Invitation (A Historical Romance Book) by Eleanormeyers
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( COMPLETED STORY) What happens when the rakish Lord in the whole of London is truly falling in love with a simple, plain, and most ordinary girl, something he has been avoiding- his innermost fear. True love? Miss Amy Ott is London's newest riddle. . . She's the mysterious niece of one of England's wealthiest dukes, and is about to encounter her first season. Knowing nothing about the workings of corsets and country dances, she's looking for any help she can find... even when it comes from the most unlikely source... London's infamous rogue-an older Duke. Duke Wardington's face transformed into something... dark . "Don't fear, Miss Ott. I have no desire of you. What if I told you that I could make you the belle of the ball? In every ball. The entire season." Amy chuckled. "Me? The belle of the ball? Impossible!" ... Or was it? This catches the attention from the most unlikely, most alluring man in all of London. Lord Nathaniel Dawnton knows what he wants. Amy Ott. And... this is definitely not in a way that he could speak of in public. The scoundrel, who blackened his own soul, had met all sorts of women throughout his years, but none like Amy. He's intrigued and won't stop until he has her. When Nathaniel's pursuits meet the walls of Amy's strength, the young lord is ready to jump those walls blindly... But... he doesn't realize that a jump toward Amy might mean a fall toward love... something he has been avoiding-his innermost fear ... true love. Find out NOW!
An Unexpected Seduction by browney23
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Isabella Bradford is the only daughter of the impoverished Lord Bradford of Hertfordshire. She believes she is destined to marry a man of her fathers choosing until circumstances cause her life to be set on a different path. Meanwhile a stranger enters her life unexpectedly. He turns out to be the Duke of Rothbury and is a known rake within society. Isabella is drawn to his charm and enraged by his arrogance before fate throws them together in a series of events....
The Lady and the Duke by TudorPrincess
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1544: Lady Mary Norton has just lost her husband and their newborn son to the sweating sickness, when the powerful and charismatic Duke of Lincoln offers her a place in his household as wetnurse to his own newborn son.
Love For Her Lord by RobertHelliger
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Kansas, 1821. Emma Dempsey is a young Lady who dreams of a better future. But, when she meets other Ladies who are of High Society, she is forgotten by them until she meets Lord Robert Marksforth, a rake whose desires for women is renowned all over America. But can she win his love despite the scandals that have plagued his life in town? The new historical romance novel by Robert Helliger. Warning: For readers 13 years and over for sex scenes, adult themes.
Trail of Deceptions by j1mshort
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Sam (only her mother is allowed to call her Samantha) Roberts returns home to the Rocking R Ranch she dearly loves after four years in the east. She is more then ready to help relieve some of the burdens of running the ranch from her father's shoulders and must maybe find a man equal to her father to settle down with. Just as her life seems to be heading in all the right directions her father is murdered leaving Sam the sole owner of the Rocking R Ranch. Sam soon sets out to find her father's killer or killers. As the trail twists and turns she begins to wonder who she can trust to help her find the answers she seeks and along the trail she discovers a startling deception she was not prepared for.
The Duke's Unusual Proposal by j1mshort
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Stockton Ranch, Texas, 1891 Business woman Regina Stockton-Davenport is visited by an old friend, David Moreland, along with two other men introduced to her as Simon Trent, the Duke of Sutherworth and Jordan Cavanaugh,the Earl of Ravensly. Regina and the duke take an instant dislike to each other. The three have come to inform Reggie that a man employed by her English company, Davenport Limited, whom she though had died an accidental death was in fact murdered. The young man was the duke's cousin and his reason for being here. Reggie wonders why she'd been told a lie. The duke's proposal is marriage to him so he can claim the company as his own to investigate the murder of his cousin. Later he informs here they would be divorded. Simon thinks the dirty and dusty trouser clad Regina Stockton-Davenport is anything but a lady and cannot see how she could be transformed into a duchess. Reggie thinks the duke is a pompous ass and declines his marriage proposal after an attempt on her life. Reggie is not sure if the attempt is because of some recent cattle rustling on the ranch or the visitors from England. Reggie packs up her younger sister Annabel and her Aunt Sophia to leave for England to learn the truth about the young man's death. Taking her private railroad car to New York with the three men tagging along, Reggie, Annabel and Aunt Sophia discuss their plans for their stay in England. When Simon see's the exquisitely clad females that board the ship to England he has to rethink is original opinion about Regina and wonders how he will set things right between them. With another attempt on her life onboard the ship her sister and aunt want her to reconsider the duke's proposal and leave the investigating to the men. As things heat up between them, Simon wonders if there is a way to keep this unusual woman forever.
The Settling of Scores by j1mshort
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October 1886 Captain Avery Murphy finds his live unfulfilling and lacking any sort of challenge. He feels as if the world is passing him by. Having purchased his niece's house after she returned to England, he finds that the house place only reminds him of what's missing in his life. Wife and children Having lived for years haunted by the deaths of his wife and child and having his fortieth birthday, Captain Murphy decides it's time to move on and find a wife never suspecting that said wife might already be under his roof. Newly widowed Priscilla Brightmore is desperate for employment and down to a very few precious coins, she seeks a housekeeper's position at Captain Murphy's house in Bridgeport. Without references, Priscilla convinces the present housekeeper to give her a two weeks trial, hoping that once her foot in in the door, so to speak, she can prove herself to the woman and keep the position. After saving his life, Avery takes notice for the first time of his new housekeeper and finds under the disguise of drab clothes and hairstyle a betwitching woman. A woman he finds very much he is attracted to. With a whirlwind courship and marriage life settles into all that Avery and Priscilla hoped it would be for them until Avery's past changes everything between them.