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Love at first smile… Charmingly wicked, Johnny Winter has spent his adulthood drifting from scandal to scandal. However, inheriting the dukedom of Dearham has him considering his responsibilities, one of which is to right the wrong done to a distant cousin twenty years ago. His search takes him to Maida Pleasure Gardens, where he is distracted by an unusual and intriguing beauty.

The hauntingly beautiful second book in the gothic romance Poisoner series, where Alina Lis finds herself the prey of her vampiric ex-lover, Silas. They’re a couple deadly as sin, and as intoxicating as a sip of poison . . . Return to the world of The Poisoner... In the shadows of 1890s...

Nathaniel Ellison, the powerful Duke of Scarsdale, has sworn never to fall in love. The bitter marriage of his parents taught him one hard lesson—love makes fools of men. When the time comes, Nathan intends to marry only for duty… never for love. Then he meets Sophia Vane. Sophia is nothing like the polished ladies of London society. She's a tavern girl with fierce determination, sharp wit, and a desperate plan to escape the cruel father who controls her life—and save her young brother before it's too late.

Lady Margaret Whitcombe solved the problem of the London marriage mart with one elegant deception. She invented a Scottish fiancé—brave, devoted, and permanently absent. When an unexpected inheritance brings her a Highland castle, she seizes her freedom and announces his tragic death- little did she know this imaginary beau would actually appear in her life... Major Alasdair MacLeod never meant to fall in love through letters written to another man. Nevertheless, while enduring years of war and solitude, Margaret’s words became his anchor and his quiet hope. When the letters stop, he ...

Anne Chamberlaine is stubborn, capable, and fiercely protective of her freedom. So when her late father’s debts bind her to an unwanted marriage with a duke, she refuses to become anyone’s pawn. Instead, she proposes a daring bargain: two months of public obedience as a duchess in exchange for her independence thereafter. But what if the contract ends before her heart is ready to let go? Alistair Edwards, Duke of Calderwick, has shaped his life around duty and honour. Marriage was never meant to be anything more than a fulfilled obligation, yet a forgotten debt binds him to a woman who ...

Rescued from a French prison by a mysterious benefactor, smuggler Nathaniel “Nate” Payne returns home to Cornwall a nearly broken man. He hopes to recover at his old haunt, but The Queen’s Head Inn has a new owner. Susannah Linwood is a young widow with a dark secret fleeing a brutal past. She has made an honest success of the inn and intends to keep it that way, and not fall in with the likes of Nate.

Veronica and Stoker are practically dying for a new adventure, but when their wish is granted, they find themselves up against a secret society and a darkly seductive duo in this landmark historical mystery from beloved New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna...

The explosive final book in I.V. Ophelia’s darkly addictive Poisoner trilogy—a bestselling gothic romance series about a botanist who kills unsavory men, and the one man who's resistant to her deadly poisons while she finds herself intoxicated by his deadly charms...

A bold beauty. A brooding viscount. And two weeks that may change everything. Lady Alice Pickford is not the kind of woman who fades quietly into the background. With flaming red hair, a razor-sharp wit, and a smile that dares the world to keep up, she thrives on risk, rebellion, and romance—for others. Love, after all, is something she’ll only accept on her own impossible terms. Samuel Baldwin, Viscount Crewe, has spent years building a life of restraint and order.

After her late husband's alleged embezzlement, Marianne Calder lost everything, ultimately finding refuge with her daughter at Mrs. Langley's celebrated glasshouse. Tending the plants and her wounded heart, she tries hard to begin anew. Until one day, a handsome, brooding Duke enters the establishment, and Marianne’s life is about to change forever. Haunted by the deaths of his wife and infant son and left to care for his young daughter, Julian Montford, the Duke of Alderwick, has sworn never to love again. Yet, when he goes to Mrs. Langley's glasshouse in search of a botanical cure for ...

Widowed after years in a loveless marriage, Lady Helena Blackmore returns to London amidst whispers of her husband’s mysterious death. Determined to start fresh, she is unprepared to meet the man she left brokenhearted. Now she finds herself wondering if her childhood love can ever forgive her... Julian Carrington, Earl of Aldercombe, spends his days looking after his estate and losing himself in his love of art. He has learnt long ago that love is a risk too great to take, but when the only woman he ever loved returns and threatens to shatter the walls around his heart, will he be able ...

Lady Amelia Lovell has long hidden hardship behind grace, determined to shield her family from her father’s ruin. However, a cruel twist of fate places her reputation in jeopardy, and her name becomes the Season’s newest entertainment. When the handsome Duke of Ashford offers an unexpected solution, will Amelia dare to accept it? Edmund Ashford, the Duke of Ashford, has no interest in society’s games or in taking a bride. When Amelia’s scandal forces his hand, he offers his protection as a matter of duty, certain he can keep feelings out of it. Yet, the past has a way of resurfacing...

As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry - and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a hatpin with equal aplomb, and with her last connection to England gone, she intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.

The only novel written by Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights was originally published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and at first was thought to be the work of Emily's sister, Charlotte, the author of the classic, Jane Eyre. Wuthering Heights tells the tale of Heathcliff, a young orphaned gypsy boy, who is brought to the windswept moors of Yorkshire by Mr. Earnshaw, the master of Wuthering Heights.

London, 1868: Edith 'Etty' Redgrave has spent two years perfecting the art of quiet rebellion. But when her best friend, Princess Louise, begs her to retrieve a scandalous sketch before it destroys the royal family, Etty's carefully curated independence shatters. Enter Tristan Bankes-Fernsby, Duke of Rockingham. Cold, controlled, and the Queen's personal fixer, he has been sent to contain the same problem and has no patience for interference. Especially from a determined woman who refuses to stay in her place.

Six highly placed matrons mourn their lack of daughters until they devise a scheme to launch eligible girls in need of assistance, and so The Society of Sponsoring Ladies is born. Lady Easton had her plans well in hand before her lord suddenly decided to have ideas and opinions. Now, Lord Easton has decided who she will sponsor, and he’s decided on the daughter of a horseracing crony. Worse, Lady Easton is expected to launch the girl in Brighton, of all places.

After her father’s death leaves her family bankrupt, Lady Evelyn Harcourt agrees to marry a brooding Duke to save her family. She expects a practical marriage, but instead finds a household scarred by fire, guarded children, and unanswered questions about the past. When anonymous threats begin to appear, Evelyn realizes this union may demand far more than she bargained for… Adrian Montford, Duke of Greystone, learned long ago that love is a liability. His first marriage was cold, and betrayal has made him wary of trust. He remarries to provide stability for his daughters, but Evelyn’s...

When Aurelie Harcourt's father dies in debtor's prison, he leaves her just two things: his wealthy family, whom she has never met, and his famous pen name, Nathaniel Droll. Her new family greets her with apathy and even resentment. Only the quiet houseguest, Silas Rotherham, welcomes her company. When Aurelie decides to complete her father's unfinished serial novel, she must keep her identity as Nathaniel Droll hidden while searching for the truth about her mother's disappearance - and perhaps even her father's death.

Amelia Hartwell has always tried to balance her own desires against her family’s quiet desperation. When a sudden fainting spell leaves her compromised in a reclusive Duke’s arms, marriage becomes the only way to secure her family’s future. But as the enigmatic Ashford Hall closes its doors behind her, can a union born of scandal awaken something real in her lonely heart? Alexander Blackwood, Duke of Ashford, values his solitude above all else. Still grieving his sister’s death and caring for a mother who is slipping into instability, he never intended to marry; least of all a woman...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a lady in danger must be in need of rescue, but whether she wants to be rescued is up for debate—for fans of Evie Dunmore and Netflix's Bridgerton from the bestselling author of A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem! England, 1867: Miss Poppy...