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He wants to capture a medieval French castle; she just wants to capture him.An icy knight...Sir Garit of the Ruin barricades his heart like a fortress after French raiders destroyed his family and home. His company of warriors is now his family and marrying a castle (the wife is incidental) is his goal. Garit feels nothing. He lives by iron rules. And he always, always sleeps alone.A fiery minstrel...Zhila Kurian embraces life and all its pleasures with wild abandon, for the lovely Persian performer never knows when it will be snatched from her. Her parents were murdered, her sister captured, and she is scorned as foreign minstrel muck.English ice meets Persian fire1367. After the battle of Najera, Spain, Garit rescues a damsel in distress, Zhila tries to stab him. Then she persuades him with a kiss and a dagger to take her to France. Now Zhila is faced with an impossible task: she must seduce Garit into destruction without losing her own heart or letting him marry his castle. The wild minstrel dancer must make a stony English knight break all his rules for her, or her little sister will suffer a fate worse than death.A steamy medieval romance set amidst real history.Minstrel KnightsThe Minstrel and Her KnightThe Rose and Her KnightThe Assassin and Her Knight

Twelve years ago, 21st-century librarian Gwen decided to remain in the Dark Ages with the man she loves above all else - a man around whom endless well-known tales of legend and magic have been spun. King Arthur. Over the years, she's carved a life for herself by her husband's side, gently steering him in the direction she wants him to go, but always with an awareness that he's a Dark Age king with a Dark Age view of the world.Equipped with her prior knowledge of Arthurian legend, Gwen's sole aim has long been to save her husband from the legendary fate she dreads hangs over him. But always, at the back of her mind, is the nagging doubt that whatever she does is already set in stone, and nothing she can do will change his future which is already her past.Danger lurks in the most unexpected places, and long-hidden secrets threaten to rise to the surface. After a long, cold winter in their hilltop fortress, Gwen's pleased to welcome traveling players to Din Cadan. But these players are hiding secrets of their own, and one of them has come with black deeds in mind. Gwen will have to fight harder than she's ever done to save herself and thus her husband. And all evidence points to the hand of Morgana, Arthur's wicked sister, manipulating everything from afar.Throughout all of this, simmering in the background, is young Medraut, Arthur's nephew. Unnoticed, despite still being only a boy, he's been exerting his malignant influence over those around him, in particular, Gwen and Arthur's son and heir. But even Morgana can't prevent Gwen discovering the truth behind the story of Excalibur and setting the legendary sword in her husband's hands.¿GuinevereThe Dragon RingThe Bear's HeartThe SwordWarrior QueenThe Quest for ExcaliburThe Road to Avalon

What happens when a lady loses her heart to a tortured earl with a damning secret?Lady Grace Howard and her ailing son have no choice but to move in with her sister Maude and her husband. Although welcome, she is too prideful to remain with them overly long. So when she crosses paths with a cynical war-wounded earl who needs her dowry but loathes the idea of falling in love again as much as she, Grace agrees to a marriage of convenience. Little does she know there is more to the bargain. Something she would not have liked one bit.While Charles, Lord of Newcastle, needs Grace's dowry, the business her brother-by-marriage brings to his port is the driving force behind marrying her. It's something she must not know about, lest her pride land her in the arms of the wrong suitor. Despite preferring honesty, he agrees without understanding how much hiding the truth might cost him. But then, he could not anticipate how fond of each other they would become. How much they would help heal one another's hearts. Moreover, he could have never foreseen passion-let alone love-igniting between them. Now his secret will likely become a damning truth.Will Charles and Grace be able to weather the storm when it comes? Or is their marriage doomed to be as superficial as initially intended?Second Time BridesBook 1 - Never Second Guess a LordBook 2 - The Secondhand EarlBook 3 - Second Thoughts About the Heir

Duty to his country keeps him from the arms of the woman he craves with every breath-his bride.On the day he marries the woman of his dreams, Richard Harwood, the 6th Duke of Bentley, is summoned by his wife's cousin, who has been gravely injured. The cousin, the powerful and wealthy Earl Devere, believes the attempt on his life is tied to his fledgling investigation into a potential stock fraud endorsed by men at the highest levels of government. If the stock scheme is as corrupt as the cousin suspects, it could bankrupt the kingdom. The Duke of Bentley is taxed with determining the legitimacy of the stock offering. But he must tell no one of his suspicions, not even his bride.In her first Season, lovely Emily Beresford, has the good fortune to win the heart of the kingdom's most sought-after matrimonial catch, the handsome Duke of Bentley. From the moment they met, the two have been hopelessly in love. So why does this man she adores abandon her on their wedding night?Bentley's inquiries keep stealing him away from this woman he craves with every aching breath, his wife. These same inquiries endanger him-and his adored duchess.Will he have to choose between his country or his wife?The Beresford AdventuresLady Mary's Dangerous EncounterMy Lord ProtectorWith a Little Help from my LordRescued by a RakeVindicated by the ViscountDefended by the Duke

Lady Viola Bennington, third daughter to the Earl of Westmont, has been thinking of a certain Lord Baderston all summer. She only briefly encountered him in the park last season before she was out, but he seems to have everything to recommend him.He is handsome, especially his copper-colored hair. He seems very genial and he has already told her sister Rosalind about his penchant for ham, which she adores herself. She's had an untold number of conversations in her mind regarding how their romance will unfold.All the lord need do is prove his abject loyalty, as that is a gentleman's most important quality. It is a quality she will insist on.Miss Mayton, the dear aunt who has raised all the earl's daughters, is rather buoyed by her charges' success in Town. The two eldest are married and, while the earl gives her all the credit for it, the truth is they are married despite her unhelpful help. Nevertheless, she is poised at the mark to offer that unhelpful help to Viola now.Roland Trewellian, Earl of Baderston, heard quite a lot about Lady Viola from her sister, Lady Rosalind, when they met last season. The facts he gathered were very interesting-she was fond of ham, a talented painter, and she valued loyalty. Most encouraging, it seems she actually prefers his hair color. Then, when he saw her in the park-she was marvelous! He's spent the summer eating more ham than he ever has in his life, fully prepared to report on his consumption when he sees her again.She is most pleased to hear it, but there is a bit of a sticking point-Lady Viola does not just require a speech about loyalty, she requires that it be proved.With everything going so well between them, how does a lord prove that his loyalty would remain unshaken in a crisis? As it happens, the Benningtons are particularly skilled at creating a crisis.When Lord Baderston finds himself on a green one very early morning, he ponders precisely how loyal he could be if he's no longer living.

Can love survive secrets, lies, and murder?Annabel Leonard's life takes a drastic turn when her father, a wealthy confectionary merchant, demands that she marry a bankrupt viscount to merge the family fortune with a title. Annabel soon discovers that the intended viscount is a brute who masks his sadistic proclivities behind good looks and charm. When her hard-headed father and conniving stepmother refuse to listen to reason, she takes matters into her own hands, plotting her escape and fleeing her home late one night.Since discovering a family secret that casts doubt on his paternity and title, Lord Henry Hudsyn has been on a downward spiral, causing those who love him to grow concerned about his drinking and gambling habits. Henry travels to Canterbury to appease his worried cousin and attempts to rehabilitate himself by volunteering at her ladies' college. Things look up when he meets Anne Crawford, a charming young widow. But little does Henry know the woman he is falling in love with isn't a widow named Anne Crawford. She's Annabel Leonard-the missing young heiress betrothed to Henry's nemesis-whose sudden disappearance from her father's Park Lane mansion has headlined the newspapers for weeks.This dangerous reality has dire consequences that threaten to derail blossoming love and future happiness.

Norman Lord Brand Risande, known as "The Passionate" is temptation incarnate with the power to pull and lure, and cause kingdoms to fall. But he hides a bitter secret; the betrayal that has sealed his heart. Now as this most feared warrior rides out to possess the lands he has won in war, he engages his most formidable enemy ever.Saxon Lady Brynnafar Dumont is prepared to do anything to protect her people-even seduce the savage knight who defeated her father. But instead of a cold-blooded beast, she confronts a purely sensual scoundrel who wants nothing to do with her.Innocent as she is, she must use all her wiles to defeat Lord Brand in the only battle worth fighting-the one for his passionate heart.NOTE: This story was previously published under the title Lord Of Desire. It now has newly added content for you to enjoy.

If love's a game, he's playing to win.For reasons of her own, Isabelle Devereaux isn't looking for a husband. Yet thanks to her mother here she is, in the middle of the social whirl of the Little Season. Thinking to refuse any gentleman who offers for her, Isabelle endures the lavish entertainments, saddened that she'll remain a spinster.Enter Baron MacKay, Sandy to his friends, in search of a wife to win a family wager. Dazzled by Isabelle's beauty, he's drawn to the vulnerable young lady. From the moment they meet, he charms her with his kind and generous nature until, against her will, Isabelle falls in love with him. Even though she knows marriage to him may end in disaster, she can't resist his kisses...or where they lead.Desperate to marry Sandy, Isabelle puts her misgivings aside, but circumstances spiral out of control as their wedding approaches. Isabelle must confront the demons that haunt her and make an agonizing decision: can she marry Sandy without telling him the one impediment that may shatter their happiness forever?Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Flame line, so this is a scorching-hot read with open-door steam.The Welwyn Marriage WagerUntil I'm Safe in Your ArmsThe Baron's HaloThe Siren Next DoorNo Rival for Your LoveGem of My HeartThe Captain Takes a WifePublisher's Note: This story contains elements of sexual abuse, briefly and off-page. Please be aware before purchasing or reading this novel. Thank you.

A fourth son instantly propelled into a dukedom . . .A beautiful woman trying to support herself as a governess . . .Two people who want to be accepted-and who long for love . . .Xander Hughes, London's biggest rake, suddenly finds himself in over his head, becoming the Duke of Brockbank and guardian to two nieces he has never met. He decides he must turn over a new leaf and become a sober, responsible duke and starts by hiring a governess for the girls. But Miss Fennimore is a most unique governess with her odd methods of education-and soon Xander wonders if she might make for an even better duchess.Willa Fennimore's parents were the toast of London's theatre world until Theodosia Fennimore murdered her playwright husband and then leaped to her death. Not wishing to become an actress like her mother, Willa supports herself as a companion and governess for a decade, finding her latest post is to instruct a duke's two unruly nieces.As Willa falls in love with the orphaned girls, she finds herself also tumbling into love with the Duke of Brockbank. She's been warned that the duke was a wild rogue before he inherited his title, but Willa only knows the caring man who meets his duties head on and spends an inordinate amount of time with his nieces, who aren't so terrible after all.After Brockbank offers marriage to Willa, she dreams of a new life filled with love and happiness. The only thing standing in her way is the secret of her past. If Willa shares her background, she fears she might lose Xander forever.Will Xander reject Willa when he learns of the scandal involving her parents-or will this rule-breaking duke flout the rules of Polite Society yet again and make a most inappropriate woman his duchess?Each book in the Suddenly a Duke series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.Suddenly a Duke:Book 1 - Portrait of the DukeBook 2 - Music for the DukeBook 3 - Polishing the DukeBook 4 - Designs on the DukeBook 5 - Fashioning the DukeBook 6 - Love Blooms with the DukeBook 7 - Training the DukeBook 8 - Investigating the Duke

Lady Louise, sister of the Marquis of Marlborough, has a secret.At the end of the summer, she plans to set sail for the Sandwich Islands. There she will be able to fulfill her dreams and explore the world as a travel writer. She just has to get through the Eglinton Tournament first. As one of the Queen of Beauty's ladies-in-waiting, Louise has spent the months leading up to the event pretending to be interested as dull aristocrats launch dulled lances into one another while priding themselves on upholding ancient traditions.And none are as dull as Lord Charles, Earl of Somerset. Gorgeous and popular, headstrong and exceedingly proud, he is a medieval warrior come to life in 19th century England who believes all women are damsels and should only speak when calling out in distress. To Louise, he is an aristocrat of the first order, set in his ways and comfortable with the status quo-a relic to be dismissed, not cheered from the grandstand.When fate drives the two together, sparks and tempers fly as they navigate each other's prejudices and personalities, and Louise is confronted with a difficult decision.Can she still set sail knowing that she might be leaving her greatest adventure behind, or will Louise find that knights can have their time and place ... especially in her heart?¿The Eglinton Knight SeriesBook 1 - Knight of the Jaded HeartBook 2 - Knight of the Broken HeartBook 3 - Knight of the Wicked HeartBook 4 - Knight of the Bleeding Heart

Welcome to book 2 in the fabulous new series Lords of the Masquerade by USA Today Bestselling Author Jade Lee.Lord Satyr Lord Sayres has a reputation for frivolity when what he wants is something substantial. He's looking for a business endeavor free from his past entanglements. Something fresh and completely new for a world that has seen and done everything.Lady Gwen Masquerades are not Lady Gwen's typical entertainment. She's a bluestocking with a love of botany. When her husband-hunting plans go awry, she amuses herself by analyzing the flowers with a man who looks as depressed as she feels. When they stumble upon a business idea, she's torn between clinging to the life she's always known and joining forces with a known flirt. Could their unlikely partnership solve both their problems?A Special Magic Everything hinges on presenting their product in the most intriguing way and what better plan than to make Gwen society's newest darling? Where she leads, everyone else will follow. But how can an awkward bluestocking transform into a beauty?It requires a special kind of magic from a lord who knows how to bring out the best in a woman. And all it will cost is his heart.Lords of the MasqueradeBook 1 - Lord LuciferBook 2 - Lord SatyrBook 3 - Lord AresBook 4 - Lord ScotBook 5 - Lady ScotBook 6 - Almost a Scot

Lord Loughton needs a strong wife to help him corral his wild Scottish relations. Of course, he may be the wildest of them all, or so thinks Lady Clara. The last thing she wants is to leave her beloved London for the highlands. She certainly won't do it for a man who laughs when she's trying to anger him, teases when he ought to be terrified, and kisses her when she's not at all ready to marry anyone.But a Scotsman must have his bride, so he brings her to the highlands on a ghost hunt because Lady Clara loves nothing more than a true haunting. What she finds instead of eerie doings is a family made stronger by their oddities. She has a place here if she's strong enough to claim it.And a man who will fight by her side if she's bold enough to embrace a wild Scottish ride.Lords of the MasqueradeBook 1 - Lord LuciferBook 2 - Lord SatyrBook 3 - Lord AresBook 4 - Lord ScotBook 5 - Lady ScotBook 6 - Almost a Scot

She craved his touch-and they had yet to kiss.A widowed duchess at loose ends, longing for love. A colonel with no family who unexpectedly becomes an earl. Two stubborn individuals who are drawn together by passion-and also find friendship . . .Dalinda Baker wed the Duke of Gilford after one brief meeting, escaping a cruel, unloving father before he could betroth her to a stranger. The much older duke gives her confidence, stability, and two sons before he dies of a heart attack a dozen years into their marriage. With her young boys away at school, Dalinda is at loose ends and visits her brother, where she meets a sinfully handsome stranger.Rhys Armistead toils as a working-class groom when he is plucked from obscurity by the Earl of Sheffington, whose sickly son might never live to succeed him. Rhys' mother is a distant cousin to the earl and Rhys is next in line to become Lord Sheffington if the heir apparent passes. Treating Rhys as a second son, the earl purchases a commission in the army for Rhys, who spends a dozen years fighting on the Continent until he receives word that he has inherited the earldom.Turning to Dez, his closest friend from the war who recently returned to England when he unexpectedly became an earl, Rhys visits the new Lord Torrington-and is taken with Dez's twin sister, Dalinda, a vivacious widow. The couple spends one magical night together but Rhys realizes the duchess is far superior to him socially and offers her friendship instead of marriage.Can Dalinda convince Rhys that they are a perfect match-or will his stubbornness keep them apart forever?Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston's fifth book of Soldiers and Soulmates, To Win a Widow. Each book in Soldiers and Soulmates is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.Soldiers & Soulmates:Book #1: To Heal an EarlBook #2: To Tame a RogueBook #3: To Trust a DukeBook #4: To Save a LoveBook #5: To Win a Widow

A spy with a guilty conscience. A war widow who works for the government. Both united to bring down a ring of traitors...To prevent her father from marrying her off to an elderly suitor, Lady Gemma Barton begs her childhood friend to marry her, devising a way for them to be found in a compromising position. Gemma weds Rob, who then departs to serve on Wellesley's staff in the war against Bonaparte. Gemma's new father-in-law soon has her working for the British government, deciphering enemy codes.Burke Nicholson serves in the Peninsular War as a soldier and spy, using his charisma and charm to gather intelligence. After he's rescued from being captured and tortured, Burke lives with survivor's guilt, believing he did something to compromise his latest mission which got his partner killed. He returns to London to continue his spy work, where he is partnered with Gemma and tasked to find a group of traitors within the War Office. The trouble is that Gemma is the widow of Burke's former partner. Not only did he get her husband killed, but Burke fears their dangerous assignment might also end Gemma's life.The pair fight their growing attraction to one another as they draw closer to finding the rebels trying to topple the British government.Will Gemma ever be able to forgive Burke for his role in her husband's death, and will Burke ever be able to forgive himself?Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston's second book of Soldiers and Soulmates, To Tame a Rogue.Each book in Soldiers and Soulmates is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.Soldiers and SoulmatesBook #1: To Heal an EarlBook #2: To Tame a RogueBook #3: To Trust a DukeBook #4: To Save a LoveBook #5: To Win a Widow

Both wronged by their fathers . . . two damaged souls longing for love and salvation . . .Childhood sweethearts Desmond Bretton and Anna Browning defy their powerful fathers and elope to Gretna Green when Anna is told she will marry a viscount old enough to be her grandfather. Caught before they cross the Scottish border, Dez is shipped off to the army, where he learns of Anna's suicide. Though a dozen years pass, Dez still loves the girl who always held his heart.Though everyone is told Anna died, her father places his daughter in a madhouse to punish her for her rebellious behavior. Anna retreats inside herself to a world of her own making in order to cling to her sanity. Dez, her lost love, is a huge part of that perfect world.When Dez becomes the Earl of Torrington, he discovers Anna is still alive and with her cousin's help, they free her from Gollingham Asylum. Dez knows the girl he loves still lingers within Anna and is determined to liberate her, as well as other women imprisoned at the madhouse.Can Dez save the sanity of the woman he loves-or will Anna be lost to him forever?Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston's fourth book of Soldiers and Soulmates, To Save a Love.Each book in Soldiers and Soulmates is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.Soldiers and SoulmatesBook #1: To Heal an EarlBook #2: To Tame a RogueBook #3: To Trust a DukeBook #4: To Save a LoveBook #5: To Win a Widow

A soldier returning from war. A war widow who's created a new life for herself. An attraction that brings them together . . . Forced to marry a stranger after one chaste kiss, Lady Ashlyn Clarke spends a single night with her new husband before his regiment ships off to war. She gives birth to a son and loses the boy four years later in a tragic accident, only to learn she's also a war widow. Ashlyn invests her settlement and what's left of her shattered heart in Dunwood Academy, a school for troubled boys. When a devastatingly handsome duke begs her to take on his wayward half-brothers as pupils, Ashlyn is up for the challenge-but finds herself fighting her attraction to the arrogant nobleman. Colonel Reid Baker arrives home from the Peninsular War and finds himself the Duke of Gilford, assuming his new responsibilities and placing his rebellious half-brothers at a local academy. Knowing he'll need an heir, he sets his sights on the headstrong, confident Lady Dunwood, who claims she'll never wed again. Convincing the dowager countess to marry him becomes Reid's mission, as he jumps every hurdle Ashlyn places in his way-and along that way, the cool-headed former army officer loses his heart to the intelligent beauty. Will Reid break through the walls Ashlyn has erected around her and teach her to live-and love?¿¿Soldiers and Soulmates Book #1: To Heal an Earl Book #2: To Tame a Rogue Book #3: To Trust a Duke Book #4: To Save a Love Book #5: To Win a Widow

Both wronged by their families . . . two souls alone in the world . . .Instead of making her come-out during the upcoming London Season, Lady Charlotte Nott finds herself tossed from her home after her father's untimely death by a vengeful half-brother. Penniless, she makes her way in a world new to her, first serving as a companion and then governess to the three children of Lord Crampton. When the earl dies moments after hiring her, Charlotte takes on the running of Gray Manor's household and estate until the children's new guardian arrives. Guilt weighs heavily on Major Danforth Grayson, having lost too many men under his command over the years. When he receives word of the death of the brother who wronged him, Gray returns home, bitter with the hand life has dealt him. He intends to hire competent people to manage the estate and care for his nephew and nieces and retreat to a solitary life in London-until he meets the inimitable Miss Nott.Charlotte is drawn to Gray but knows she is no longer of his world. When he suddenly becomes the new Lord Crampton, she knows it's time to leave her charges behind-for what woman would care to watch the man she loves wed another and start a family as she suffers in silence? Yet Charlotte knows Gray is a broken man and her leaving might shatter him forever.Can Charlotte walk away from a flawed man who desperately needs her, or will she leave before she loses her own soul?Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston's first book of Soldiers and Soulmates, To Heal an Earl. Each book in Soldiers and Soulmates is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.Soldiers and SoulmatesBook #1: To Heal an EarlBook #2: To Tame a RogueBook #3: To Trust a DukeBook #4: To Save a LoveBook #5: To Win a Widow

The bored and snobbish Marquess of Kingston-King to his friends-doesn't believe in witches. Granted, he was cursed by a witch when he was thirteen, but King doesn't believe in curses either. So surely it must be an aftereffect of too much drink and debauchery when, on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, the witch from his youth reappears to watch her curse on him take effect. And, whether King believes it or not, the next morning he's gone from nobleman to nobody, a man without a title or farthing to his name.It seems curses, and witches, are real after all.Violet Baker has had enough of entitled aristocrats slumming it in Seven Dials and causing trouble in her family's tavern. She has two younger brothers to support, and she can't when her establishment is destroyed by raucous young bucks. The morning after the Marquess of Kingston's brawling leaves her tavern in ruins, Violet confronts him and demands payment for the damages. But, surprisingly, King is in more trouble than she at the moment. He convinces her he'll pay if she gives him a place to hide from his creditors-only for a day or two-until he sorts out the muddle his life has become.Violet needs the money King owes and figures she can put up with anything and anyone for a couple of days. She soon realizes her mistake. King is spoiled, lazy, and reckless. His thoughtless behavior puts Vi and her brothers in danger from the neighborhood gang and its leader, Ferryman. But to her surprise, King reacts by vowing to protect her. As together they fight the mounting forces against them, Vi struggles to resist her growing feelings for King. They say a leopard can't change his spots, but can a spoiled marquess change his ways?And if he does, will it be too late to save the family and the plucky tavern owner he's come to love?Misfortunes FavoritesThe King and ViMy Fair KatieAll About Genevieve

When hope in love is lost, fate intervenes... Lady Beatrice Ashdowne-Delacourte has been devastated by the news of her mother's infidelity. Since London is abuzz with half-truths about her real father's paternity, she wants nothing more than to get away and hide, so when the opportunity arises to escort her daughter to a midsummer house party in the Wiltshire countryside, she agrees with alacrity. Perhaps she might vicariously restore her faith in romance by watching the young people.A man cannot be alone forever...Major Owen Kenton is suffering from a large case of ennui. A widower without purpose since an injury ended his military career, he wishes to recapture the magic of those glory days and be needed again, or have the time to take a nap. When his daughter decides to attend a house party in his son's stead, he accompanies in the hopes of dancing a waltz himself... if a lady can look past the scars left behind by the war, for he misses that intimate connection.Being lost in a hedge maze changes everything...When they both find themselves at the heart of the maze after a rout, the attraction simmering between them ignites into a scandalous coupling. Confessions and secrets follow that bring them closer, yet they want very different things from life that might prevent a romance. When an ill-advised horse race at the end of the party is conducted that has Owen's life in peril, everything is suddenly thrown into sharp relief with heart-stopping detail. Only they can decide what they truly want from there.¿Willful WinterbournesRomancing Miss QuillPursuing Mr. MattinglyCourting Lady YeardlyTeasing Miss Atherby - NovellaGuarding the Widow PellinghamBedeviling Major KentonCharming Miss Standish

All of Maeve's world is a stage...Maeve Meriden stays busy, between her career as a drama teacher, and acting for fun at the community theater. Her favorite playwright is Shakespeare, with his mistaken identities, enemies-to-lovers plots, and especially his themes of unrequited love. It mirrors her life because she-along with everyone else- has a crush on Mick, their Bohemian director. And then,she and Mick are approached with an improbable mission by the Ladies of the Labyrinth.And she is just a player...Maeve and Mick are tasked with the job of discovering if the rumors about Shakespeare are true, by actually going back in time. Did he collaborate with a female poet of the same era? Is the Bard, in fact, the Bard-ess? It's like a Shakespearean play come to life and the acting gig of a lifetime. Besides, the Ladies practically proved to her that in Tudor times, she'll find the love of her life.Exit 2023, enter 1592.No matter what year it is the course of true love never did run smooth.The Ladies of the LabyrinthBook 1 - The Veil Between WorldsBook 2 - The Veil of TimeBook 3 - The Season of the Veil

She tried to ruin his good name, and he never forgot it. What could possibly go wrong?Finally free of a cruel and loveless marriage, wealthy widower Lady Prudence Barrington is determined to make her own way without remarrying. What she does not expect upon arriving at her sister's castle in Scotland is crossing paths with a duke whose name she once slandered for his flirtatious ways. Or that her sister intends to make a match of them.When Jacob, the Duke of Argyll, learns coldhearted Lady Barrington will be visiting MacLauchlin Castle, he is eager to confront her and perhaps make amends. Forgive the rumors she once spread about him. Help her find her way free of whom she became when married to her late husband, then move on. Or so he thinks until he discovers an interesting, passionate woman underneath her uppity façade.Friendship eventually turns to scandalous desire, but nothing is as easy as it seems. Not when Prudence refuses marriage but succumbs to love for the first time. A love that is soon threatened when Jacob keeps something from her that could very well end all they find together.

How can a reclusive earl convince the woman that he loves to give him chance?Orphaned as a child and raised by her uncle, Rose Sutton has spent the last five years helping him with her cousins and the parish while eagerly awaiting her sweetheart's return from the army. However, when it becomes clear her beau is not coming back, and her uncle decides to marry the meddlesome village busybody, Rose is desperate to leave.Gabriel Lloyd, Earl Mottram, is more suited to shadows and secrecy than glittering ball rooms, but he steels himself to return to England to fulfill his duties-which include finding a wife. The need to provide an heir is increasingly pressing since his cousin is a rake and a blackguard. On his first day in Nottinghamshire, Gabriel sees Rose Sutton and knows she is the one for him.Unfortunately, she does not care for him. How can he convince her he is not the cold, arrogant man she believes him to be?¿Gentlemen of KnightsDuke of KnightBlack KnightKnight and DayDark of KnightShining KnightDangerous KnightLord of the KnightReturn of the Knight

Love does not advertise. Love is not proud.But when a young woman has nothing left but pride, she places an ad and hopes for a husband to treasure.Miss 'Daisy' Molyneaux is desperate. All her family is dead. Her home in Normandy, attacked by mobs. Now that the little general has abdicated, she has a chance to gain back her lands. But she needs a husband who will help her regain her rights. So she pays to post an advert for a husband.When the man who answers is not one she could ever love, but his nephew could be, can she accept his proposal?Garrick Ruxton appears to her like a golden-haired hero, a handsome creature who saves her from an imperfect marriage. Garrick vows to accompany Daisy to France and, in the bargain, solve his own problem. His shipments, meant for British forces on the Continent, constantly go missing. He knows not who or how or why the thieves steal his goods. Worse, someone has attempted to kill his uncle. Daisy, too.Garrick must find all those guilty before he is accused of treason. Before Daisy loses all hope of regaining her rights.And before they both lose the one chance they have to find happiness together.Matrimony!If I Love YouBecause of YouYou Do Something to Me

Eight titled peers who never expected to become dukes do just that-and are attracted to females whom Polite Society does not believe worthy of the title duchess, due to their desires to be more than typical ladies of the ton.But these sudden dukes choose to forge their own paths with the remarkable women who are already doing just that-and the resulting love proves that trusting one's heart is always the right choice.A career army officer who never has known love . . .The bastard daughter of an earl who owns a millinery shop . . .A growing passion that could turn Polite Society on its ear . . .Major-General Nigel Foxwell has spent his entire adult life at war. When he receives word that his much older half-brother has died, Fox inherits not only the title Duke of Abington-but he becomes the guardian to his two nieces who are on the verge of making their come-outs.Miss Delaney Colebourne lost her beloved father and suffers the wrath of his heir. The new Lord Kinnison tells members of the ton if they frequent Delaney's Designs, he and Lady Kinnison will give them the cut direct. His edict causes Delaney's business to evaporate overnight.A chance meeting at a solicitor's office has Fox pleading with Delaney to help him manage his nieces' come-outs. She agrees to design the young ladies' wardrobes and has her former employees help her in making up gowns for the pair. An attraction grows-and Fox and Delaney act upon-but she refuses to marry him.Will this newly-minted duke convince Delaney that she can maintain her independence and still love him-or will her mistrust of Polite Society prevent her from a lifetime of love?Find the answer in Alexa Aston's Fashioning the Duke, Book 5 in Suddenly a Duke.¿¿¿¿Suddenly a DukeBook 1 - Portrait of the DukeBook 2 - Music for the DukeBook 3 - Polishing the DukeBook 4 - Designs on the DukeBook 5 - Fashioning the DukeBook 6 - Love Blooms with the DukeBook 7 - Training the DukeBook 8 - Investigating the Duke

Is love strong enough to keep a young country doctor from returning to the city?Dr. James Edwards is certain Willowbrook is the perfect place to begin his practice-if only he can convince the local herbalist/midwife there's room for both of them. Surely his patients will prefer his modern medical techniques to the young woman's ancient, misguided ways.Jenny Dawson begs to differ. It's going to take more than good looks and a fancy degree to win over the people of Willowbrook. But what will it take to win the young doctor's heart from the scheming socialite bent on luring him back to the city?Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Sweet Dreams line, so this is a sweet, wholesome Historical Romance where passion beyond the bedroom door is left to the reader's imagination.The Willowbrook SeriesA Willowbrook MiracleA Page Turner BookshopA Bitter Pill to SwallowA Lesson LearnedIt's Not What it Seems

Destiny brought her. He'll fight to keep her.Christian Albury, the Earl of Huntington, prefers his inventions to people. When he discovers that someone is stealing from him, he is forced to leave the comfort of his workshop to investigate the matter. Being highly intelligent has its advantages, but not in the shark-infested waters of a London Season where his social awkwardness makes him an outcast. When he meets a beautiful woman who claims that one of his inventions brought her from the future, Christian does what any self-respecting recluse would-he ignores her request for help and avoids her. A decision he fears left a bad impression on her.Bellamy Bennett just became the new face for a famous perfume company's ad campaigns. Even though modeling isn't as fulfilling as it once was, she's hoping the work will provide the means for the next chapter of her life. But when her sister goes missing, Bellamy rushes to find her, only to end up two hundred years in the past-and in the arms of a handsome but exasperating Earl. He may be the only person who can help her get home. He's also avoiding her. But Bellamy is persistent and the more time she spends with Christian, the deeper her feelings grow for the brilliant but shy man.When Christian's time travel clock is stolen, he discovers a depth to the theft that threatens his entire estate and could keep Bellamy in the nineteenth century forever. And when an old enemy resurfaces to threaten all he holds dear, Christian will discover how much Bellamy means to him and just how far he will go to protect her.Taken by DestinyThe Earl's Timely WallflowerTempting the Reclusive EarlTouching the Hero's Heart

Perilously close to losing his inheritance, he turns his back on everything that matters to him to save her.When about to choose his bride in London, Hartley Montford, newly minted Marquess of Pembury, learns his neighbor's niece, Lady Madeline Howard, has gone missing, Hart drops everything to go in search of her. Despite Maddie being an annoyingly frank-speaking and independent young woman who he would never add to his list of possible brides.Hart's estate, Pembury, is badly in need of funds. As he and his father were at odds and the estate holds bad memories for him, he prefers his bachelor's lifestyle in London. But he suddenly finds himself in urgent need of a wife. His Uncle William, the Montford second son, has stipulated in his will that Hart must cease his rakish lifestyle, settle down, marry and deal with his obligations, by a certain date. Or he'll be cut out of the will.When consulted, Maddie's groom fears foul play. Suddenly, despite the pile of unpaid bills, the renovations needed for the estate, and the clock ticking to fulfil his obligations, Hart simply cannot give up until he finds her. But in London, the popularity he once enjoyed seems to have frayed around the edges as word spreads about his treatment of Vivian Spencer, the lady he was considering for a wife.When Maddie's parents died, her father made her Uncle Arthur Wakeham, a cold, indifferent man who rules her with an iron hand, her guardian. When he takes up with some questionable fellows, for nebulous reasons, Maddie grows afraid for her safety. She flees with her maid to her aunt's house in Bath.When Maddie and Hart meet, while endeavoring to save her from her scurrilous uncle, Hart asks Maddie to marry him. But did he take a grave misstep?How can he convince Maddie his reason for marrying her was more than that of convenience?Improper LordsBook 1 - The Duke's MasqueradeBook 2 - The Marquess Takes a MisstepBook 3 - The Earl's Brazen Bargain

Old secrets dragged into the light . . . can turn deadly.Someone wants Niall Kier's secrets exposed-even if they lead to scandal, unrest . . . and murder.Miss Kara Levett has discovered a talent for unearthing secrets and truths, but she's vowed not to turn it on her friend-and more-Mr. Niall Kier. His secrets are his own, until he chooses to share them.Unfortunately, someone else is not so patient. Niall needs to find who is digging so furiously into his past-and why they are so eager to unleash the scandal that could follow.But when a woman is murdered at the lake that Kara has dedicated to her women's club, it is discovered that the victim was connected to a woman from Niall's past-and Kara dives into the enquires. After all, she's made no promises in that direction.It soon becomes clear that the tangle of clues and conspiracies are related, and when their friend is abducted and held for the ransom that can prove Niall's past, they must work together-to save their friend, to protect Niall's secrets . . . and perhaps, even the nation.The Kier and Levett Mystery seriesBook 1 - A Killer in the Crystal PalaceBook 2 - Death from the Druid's GroveBook 3 - Murder on the Mirrored LakeBook 4 - Revenge in the Rogue's Hideaway¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Book 5 - Carnage from the Cursed Crown

Poppy receives the gift of a London Season from her distant father; he hopes she might make a suitable match. Although she would prefer to spend time with her beau, Sergeant Dyngley, Poppy's uncle will only agree if she also sees the odious Mr. Terrence Terrell.Henry Dyngley is thrilled to be promoted to Sergeant. As a favor to the judge who arranged his promotion, he agrees to escort the man's daughter for the Season. But he soon learns the judge's family has chosen him as a desirable son-in-law and will do anything to achieve this, regardless of what feelings Henry may have for another girl.In London, Poppy's new debutante friends are surrounded by scandal due to a past incident that left one man dead. Now they are stalked by suitors who want answers, and someone has decided that only death will right a past wrong.One of Poppy's new friends begs her to help find the culprit. But if Poppy is to succeed, she will have to decide: are they innocent friends or deadly debutantes?Can Poppy find the killer in time? Will she and Sergeant Dyngley ever be together, or will she be forced to marry Mr. Terrell?The Perfect Poison MurdersThe Strangled ServantThe Poisoned ClergymanThe Mistress MurdersThe Deadly Debutante