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Bridgerton series volume 1
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince--while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood....
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Lords of the Armory volume 2
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English
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Twelve years ago, brigadier Brandon Pearce, had to give up the girl he loved, Amelia Howard. Now he's the Earl of Sandhurst, but committed to stopping a criminal group that's threatening the lives of innocent people - including blackmailing Amelia's brother Frederick. Amelia is a grown woman with a past she desperately needs to keep hidden in order to save her brother Frederick's reputation. In an effort to avoid blackmail, Frederick needs to place...
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Last chance scoundrels volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Society favorite Celeste Kilburn decides to explore life on the wild side of 1818 London, England, believing that all will be well with the scoundrel Kieran Ransome by her side as escort, but their experiences together lead to consequences that affect the possibility of their future together.
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HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Working with Marek Brendan, the heir to the Weslorian throne, to stop a coup involving her sister and her husband, the crown prince of Alucia, reporter Hollis Honeycutt, as things take a romantic turn, must choose between duty and love.
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An enterprising sleuth, Marguerite Townsend, going undercover to obtain proof of a wife's infidelity, secures a position in the household of the women's lover who unexpectedly needs her help in proving his innocence in murder, drawing them both into a dangerous game of betrayal and seduction.
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"1899. Risings, George Hazleton's family estate in Hampshire, is a perfect choice for the wedding of Lily, sister of Frances, the widowed Countess of Harleigh. But the bucolic setting harbors a menace. Above and below stairs, mysterious accidents befall guests and staff alike. Before long, Frances suspects these 'accidents' are deliberate, and fears that the intended victim is Lily's fiance, Leo. As Frances and George search for the culprit, more...
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Mischief and matchmaking volume 1
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A...queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other"--
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Once upon a dukedom volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Lady Kathryn Lambert must marry a titled gentleman to claim her inheritance and has finally gained the attention of a duke. Yet she is unable to forget the scandalous second son who aided in her achievement, or his betrayal. Lord Griffith Stanwick is tormented by the bitter truth that as a 'spare,' he will never be able to give Kathryn what she yearns to possess. But when his father is found guilty of treason, Griff detours into the dark and dangerous...
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Ruined debutante Prudence Thorogood lost everything when she was ousted from polite society, including her inheritance. Now she'll do anything to take back what's hers... even if she has to steal it. Accepting a scandalous offer from Lord Savage seems like the perfect solution to disguise her criminal intentions from the ton. Until she discovers that there's more to this scoundrel than meets the eye. Leo Ramsgate, Marquess of Savage, has everything...
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Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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"It's the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau realizes her only means of escape is to advertise her services as a domestic servant in England. Fate brings her ad to the attention of Christopher Rivers, handsome scion of the aristocratic Rivers family and master of Tyneford. An anxious Elise arrives at Tyneford and immediately falls under its spell. When Christopher's young son, Kit, returns home,...
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Royal wedding (Julia London) volume 2
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Every dashing young man in London's ton is vying for Lady Caroline Hawke's hand--except one. Handsome, delectable roué Prince Leopold of Alucia can't quite remember who Caroline is and the insult is not to be tolerated. So Caroline does what any clever, resourceful lady of means would do to make sure a prince remembers her: sees that amusingly risqué morsels about Leo's reputation are printed in a ladies' gossip gazette... all the while secretly...
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Royal match volume 4
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Countess of Dearborn, keeping her no-good husband's family believing he's alive and well so they don't kick her out, is stunned when the Weslorian Earl of Marlaine arrives from Egypt, duty bound to return her deceased husband's precious pocket watch, and draws him into her ruse.
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"It's never too late to fall in love in this enchanting new story, a novella set in the Westcott series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. Matilda Westcott has spent her life tending to the needs of her mother, the Dowager Countess of Riverdale, never questioning the life of solitude she has spun for herself. To Matilda, who considers herself the aging spinster daughter, marriage is laughable--love is a game for the young, after all....
14) The duchess hunt
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Once upon a dukedom volume 2
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland, is in need of a duchess. However, restoring the dukedom--left in ruins by his father--to its former glory demands all his time, with little room for sentiment. He places an advert encouraging the single ladies of the ton to write why they should be the one chosen, and leaves it to his efficient secretary to select his future wife. If there exists a more unpleasant task in the world than deciding who is...
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Nine years ago, Richard Allen fled England and his controlling father. When he slips back into England, Richard becomes infatuated with a married woman, Georgina Malory. His reckless attempt to see Georgina at a masked ball brings him face to face with another beautiful woman, Julia Miller. Julia is thrilled to have come up with a way to be free from her betrothal contract to another man, until her pursuit of the masked stranger leads to a shocking...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"For Frances Wynn, widow to the late Earl of Harleigh, life has a cosmopolitan flavor of late. No sooner has she sent her mother and daughter off on a shopping trip to Paris than she and her fiance, George Hazelton, are socializing with visiting members of the Russian royal family. Yet amid this whirlwind, scandal also comes calling when Inspector Delaney turns up outside Frances's house with a young French woman with a shocking claim: she is Mrs....
17) A duke for Diana
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Series
Designing debutantes volume 1
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Self-made civil engineer Geoffrey Brookhouse has unexpectedly inherited the dukedom of Greenwood. With the London Season imminent, Geoffrey hires Elegant Occasions to orchestrate his timid sister's debut. Lady Diana Harper, spirited fashion expert, proves more than he bargained for. Suddenly, Geoffrey's sister is emerging from her shell, and he is beleaguered with social invitations and gossip. Worse, Diana is attempting to transform him into a presentable...
18) The bachelor
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English
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"Lady Gwyn Drake has long protected her family's reputation by hiding an imprudent affair from her youth. But when her former suitor appears at Armitage Hall, manhandling the heiress and threatening to go public with her secrets, it's Gwyn who needs protecting. Her twin brother, Thorn, hires Joshua Wolfe, the estate's gamekeeper, to keep her safe in London during her debut. As a war hero, Joshua feels obligated to fulfill the assignment he has accepted....
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"Rosalind is pleased when she's invited to Cassel House to help her friend, Louisa, prepare for her upcoming wedding. But that's not the only event on her agenda. The trip will also afford Rosalind the chance to see Devon Winterbourne, the newly minted Duke of Casselmaine. Devon and Rosalind were on the verge of betrothal before the infamous Thorne family scandal derailed their courtship. Now Rosalind wonders if there's a chance their love might reignite....
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Would-be wallflowers volume 2
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Giles Renwick, Earl of Lilford, has never made a fool of himself over a woman, until he meets Lady Yasmin Regnier. Yasmin is ineligible for his attentions in every way: not as a wife, certainly not as a mistress (she is a lady!), nor even as a friend, since they vehemently dislike each other. Her gowns are too low, and her skirts are dampened to cling to admittedly lovely thighs. She loves to gossip and giggle. She isn't dignified, or polite, or even...
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