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Jilted by the woman he loved, Tom, Viscount Sidmouth, has decided he will happily remain a bachelor for the rest of his life. He wants nothing to do with affairs of the heart. And he most certainly wants nothing to do with the wild widow next door. After spending years trapped in a loveless...

Miss Jane Quayle excels at invention. How else could the sheltered daughter of an English gentleman create lurid Gothic novels so infamous someone wants their author silenced forever? Fortunately, Jane has taken steps to protect herself: first, by assuming a pen name, and second, by taking up residence at remote Dunnock Castle, surrounded by rugged scenery that might have been ripped from the pages of one of her books. Her true identity remains a secret...until one dark and stormy night.

Masks of Decorum A proposal refused. Two spirits torn asunder. In the silence that follows the disastrous proposal in Kent, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy take their leave of one another upon roads that lead them far apart—each wounded, each resolved to forget that moment. Yet, in the bitterness of spirit, each is more deeply hurt than imagined, and each binds themselves to promises that cannot be broken. Darcy, his pride stung beyond endurance, is not merely wounded by Elizabeth’s refusal but inflamed by a resentment he has never known before. In that hour of weakness, he is ...

In 1067, William the Conqueror was changing the course of England’s history forever. As the sister of a Saxon baron, Lady Elisande knew life would never again be the same, but she wasn’t prepared for this one knight. Sir Henry de Vere was under orders to conquer and secure Rosewyn Manor by any means necessary—including marrying the baron’s daughter, who was rumored to be a rare beauty. Prepared to do his duty, the last thing he expected was to find a white flag of surrender, ordered by the courageous Saxon lady left behind.

Older than her newly married sister, curvier than society deems fashionable, and perfectly aware that no one expects her to do much beyond fade quietly into spinsterhood, Millie decides to try something new.

Charlotte Davidson has a dream – to publish her novel and share her stories with the world. Her parents however are dead set against such ambitions – they only want her to marry. Defiant and determined, Charlotte vows to refuse any man they choose, but her resolve is tested when she meets Jacob Kirk, the Earl of Swadlincote, in a disastrously awkward first encounter. As they get to know each other, she wonders if there might be more to this arranged marriage than she initially thought. Can she navigate this unexpected twist in her life's story without breaking her heart? Jacob Kirk, the...

Hazel is ruined. With no money, no near family, and the stagecoach to her old governess’s home vanishing into the distance, she is forced to accept the help of the one man she never wished to set eyes on again. To Hazel, the handsome and respected diplomat Sir Joseph Sayle is an infamous rake who took advantage of the princess she served. She hates his arrogance as much as his inexplicable effect on her senses. Under normal circumstances she would never have dreamed of setting foot in his curricle, least of all when he was, by his own admission, “not entirely sober” after a night’s carousing.

AFTER THEIR UNEXPECTED MEETING AT PEMBERLEY, Elizabeth Bennet believes that she and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy have been afforded a second chance at love. Even with the news of Lydia Bennet's elopement with George Wickham could surely only delay their happily ever after. After his visit to Longbourn in the autumn, Mr. Darcy must go to London but promises to return within a fortnight. Elizabeth does not doubt an engagement will result then once he returns.

When Elizabeth Bennet first knew Mr. Darcy, she despised him and was sure he felt the same. Angered by his pride and reserve, influenced by the lies of the charming Mr. Wickham, she never troubled herself to believe he was anything other than the worst of men—until, one day, he unexpectedly proposed. Mr. Darcy's passionate avowal of love causes Elizabeth to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about him.

'A wonderfully satisfying read: love, passion, drama, violence, menace and peril, and characters you fall in love with' – Santa Montefiore An Island full of secrets . . . Summer, 1929. Mhairi MacKinnon is in need of a husband. As the eldest girl among nine children, her father has made it...

Ross Poldark is a heartwarming, gripping, and utterly entertaining saga that brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters and one of the greatest love stories of our age. Ross Poldark returns to Cornwall from war, looking forward to a joyful homecoming with his family and his beloved...

In 1837, Juniper Collins and her sisters are shocked by their father's final request in his will for a special set of beads to be returned to a Piegan Blackfoot woman he credits with saving his life during his travels west. Together, the sisters set out for the trapper rendezvous to find the woman, but their mission turns more daunting when they come upon the mass of men and lodges spread out in the Green River Valley.

Philippa Cranwell has lost everything, yet she refuses to lose hope. When the man she loves mysteriously vanishes, she follows the faintest trail to Vienna and accepts a dangerous bargain with the Secret Police. Disguised as a palace maid, she is meant to uncover answers, not lose her heart.

Cordelia Fletcher awakens in a stranger’s home with no memory of who she is or how she came to be lying alone on the prairie. What she does know is that the quiet strength of the widowed rancher who rescued her stirs something deep within her, something that feels both dangerous and safe all at once. Micah Redmond has lived three years in the shadow of grief, his heart buried alongside the wife he lost. Devoted only to his daughter and his ranch, he never imagined fate would place a mysterious young woman in his care, one whose presence unsettles his resolve to remain alone forever. As ...

A.D. 1291: Keir St. Hever is a powerful garrison commander for Lord Coverdale on the border of the Cumbrian vales. Whilst attending battle, he receives word that his own castle is under attack. Keir returns to Pendragon Castle to discover that his wife and daughter have been murdered, and his young son is missing. So begins Keir's descent into hell and despair. Three years later, Keir is still searching for his son as he is called upon to rescue the family of an ally whose castle is under siege.

In this Pride & Prejudice variation, the story begins in 1808 when Mr. Darcy does not arrive at Ramsgate until two days after Georgiana’s elopement with George Wickham. The servants sell their story to the newspapers, the couple vanish, and when the gossip columns run rampant with the news, Darcy’s relatives demand that Darcy disown his sister. When Wickham learns he cannot gain his wife’s dowry until she is thirty years, he deserts Georgiana and Darcy takes her back into their London home. With society turned against them, Darcy takes his sister to Pemberley but she dies during the ...

Lady Nicola Aubrey-Thorne is the widow of a great Edwardian supporter. When Kenton conquers her home of Babylon Castle, she offers him nothing but resistance and hatred. Kenton sees a beautiful, spoiled woman who fights him on every turn, yet the spark of attraction is there. As Kenton comes to learn the darker secrets of Babylon, he comes to understand Lady Thorne and her sorrows. And his attraction toward her grows beyond his control.

Salento, 1959. Lorenzo y Agnese lo han perdido todo. Y lo comprenden cuando su padre, con esos ojos tristes que lo han acompañado toda su vida, anuncia que ha vendido la fábrica de jabones de la familia, una herencia que él siempre ha vivido como una condena. Para Lorenzo y Agnese, en cambio, esa fábrica que su abuelo creó desde la nada, que huele a talco, a flores y a aceites vegetales, era la seguridad de un presente tranquilo y la promesa de un futuro por construir juntos, unidos.

To save her family from ruin, Lady Isolde Greene accepts a bargain she never wanted. Marked by scandal and certain her father did not take his own life, she refuses society’s verdict and her brother’s refusal to act. Turning to the Duke of Blackmoor for answers means facing the last man to see her father alive, and risking far more than just her pride... Dorian Knightley, Duke of Blackmoor, has no intention of marrying for love. Cool, composed, and untouched by sentiment, he proposes a false courtship to free himself from society’s demands. Little did he know a Viscount’s daughter ...

Clara Hensley carries the grief of her brother’s untimely death, a loss that has hardened her heart and shaped her view of the Cheyenne people. Traveling the perilous wagon trail west, she hopes the journey will bring her to safety and a fresh start but when a ruthless outlaw gang strikes, her only hope lies in the mercy of God and the aid of a man she was taught to fear. Eli has lived his life between two worlds, the mixed-heritage son of a Cheyenne father and a white mother, never fully accepted by either. A skilled tracker with a guarded heart, he hunts the man responsible for two ...