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Lady Charlotte St Maur is a spinster. Invited to dances as a chaperone rather than a dance partner, it's all she can do to keep back tears as match after match is made - with her help. But a lady over thirty, no matter the title, doesn't find true love. William Lennox, Duke of Mercia, never expected to come to fame and fortune, and never thought anything could be more tiring than soldiering - except the marriage market. He needs to make a good match, but no matter how many young chits he's introduced to, it's always the chaperone who catches his eye.

Miss Emma Tilbury is notorious, and that's just the way she likes it. As mistress to the rich and famous, she's never short of cash or invitations—but after reaching thirty, a shock rejection makes her think again. Perhaps it's time to look for another protector. Abraham Fitzclarence—Fitz to his friends—believes in love and has had his eye for years on Miss Emma Tilbury. Forbidden fruit, delectable and sweet, he’s astonished when she takes a shine to him—and his heart is quickly lost despite all his attempts to remain aloof.

Lord George Northmere está cansado de su solitaria existencia y toma la decisión radical de ir en contra de la sociedad y las reglas de la sociedad, y buscar consuelo en los brazos de una cortesana. Pero en sus treinta años, nunca ha conocido a nadie como la ardiente señorita italiana Florence Capria.

Alexander, el Duque de Caershire, no esperaba atrapar a una mujer medio ahogada en el Támesis, pero parece que hay poco que hacer salvo ayudar a la desañalida mujer a volver a casa. Teresa Metcalfe, cortesana de los ricos y famosos, sabe reconocer a un tonto cuando lo ve, pero sus instintos de robarle se desvanecen cuando descubre por qué él estaba caminando por los muelles esa noche.

Pierre d'Épiluçon nunca esperó dejar Francia, y mucho menos huir para salvar su vida. Tras perder el control de su embarcación, el noble de veintiocho años es rescatado por la hija de un pescador. Helena, desesperada por escapar de su propia versión de la lamentable prisión de las expectativas familiares, trata de ayudar a Pierre a recuperar la salud mientras que su clase social opuesta, y sus opiniones políticas, chocan. La creciente atracción entre ellos, por supuesto, parece tener una sola cura...

Sir Edmund Northmere doesn't have a family. Not after they disowned him and stripped him of his earldom, leaving him miserable, alone, and without the protection of his name. But when celebrating his five and 20th birthday, he's in for a shock: a woman who plays the cards as well as he does. Which might have been useful, if their mutual kidnappers cared about cards. Locked in a bedroom with no way out and nothing to do but talk, Miss Molly Kimble is determined to ignore him. There's nothing Edmund likes more than a challenge.

Catastrophe with a Count: A man with nothing to lose, and a woman with everything to gain - and neither trusts the other an inch…. Emigrating with an Earl: A man accused of murder, and a woman desperate for protection - and neither is sure who is being rescued by whom…. Peril with a Prince: A prince hiding his identity, and a woman hiding hers – and sparks will fly when they have only each other to rely on….

James, Viscount of Paendly, has had enough of women. Bored with his traditional, constrained life as a Viscount, he is on his way home with nothing but 27 years of life experience to his credit. The one thing he could never have predicted was the entrance of Miss Rowena - known to him as Rebecca - entering the carriage, raging about an elopement gone wrong and desperate to save her reputation.

A man fleeing from rebellion, and a woman trapped in convention -- and neither knew the other existed until tonight. Pierre d'Épiluçon never expected to leave France, let alone flee for his life. After losing control of his vessel, the twenty-eight-year-old nobleman is rescued by a fisherman's daughter. Helena, desperate to escape her own version of entrapment of dreary familial expectation, tries to nurse Pierre back to health and their opposing status - and political views – collide. The growing attraction between them, of course, seems to have just one cure.

Jonathan Brodie ist der einzige Sohn von Sir Roger Brodie und seiner Frau. Sein ganzes Leben hat er in dem Dorf Maplebridge verbracht. Penelope Baldwin ist die Tochter des Blumenhändlers von Maplebridge, der sie als Baby adoptierte. Die beiden könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein, doch eines fröstelnd kalten Januarmorgens kreuzen sich ihre Wege – ein zufälliges Treffen, das ihr Schicksal für immer verändert. Bald erfährt Jonathan, dass Penelope nicht das stille Mauerblümchen ist, für das er sie gehalten hat, sondern eine schöne Rose, die nur darauf wartet, aufzublühen. Sie verbringen immer mehr Zeit miteinander und ihre Gefühle tragen schon bald Blüten. Doch als Jonathan nach Penelopes Vergangenheit forscht, um ihre biologischen Eltern zu finden, droht sein großherziges Valentinsgeschenk den Traum von der gemeinsamen Zukunft zu zerstören. Penelope zweifelt an Jonathans edlen Motiven. Warum ist ihm ihre Herkunft so wichtig? Wird Jonathans Valentinsgeheimnis trotz aller guten Vorsätze ihr Glück zunichtemachen? Und können zwei Menschen aus unterschiedlichen Ständen jemals zusammenfinden?

Seit dreißig Jahren veranstaltet Lord Robert, Viscount von Marchwood, einen Weihnachtsball. Doch dieses Jahr ist der Ball besonders wichtig, denn seine Tochter, Lady Audrey, soll bei dieser Gelegenheit in die Gesellschaft eingeführt werden. Es ist ihre erste, beste und vermutlich auch einzige Chance einen passenden Ehemann zu finden.

Jonathan Brodie, the only son of Sir Roger and Lady Brodie, has lived in the village of Maplebridge his whole life. Penelope, the daughter of the local florist, was adopted by the Baldwins when she was just a baby. They could not be more different and yet, one blustery January morning, their paths collide in a chance encounter that is destined to change their lives forever. Jonathan soon discovers that Penelope is far from the quiet wallflower that she first seems, but rather a beautiful rose just waiting for its chance to bloom.

A Christmas Surprise: Lord Robert, the Viscount of Marchwood, throws a Christmas Ball every year, and this year his daughter, Lady Audrey, has just turned 18. With the Marchwood family fortune all but gone, Lord Robert is keen to secure her a prosperous match. But when a handsome, masked stranger threatens to steal Audrey's heart, will it prove to be a good or bad Christmas surprise?

Every year for 30 years Lord Robert, the Viscount of Marchwood, throws a Christmas ball. But this year the Marchwood Christmas Ball holds extra importance. His daughter, Lady Audrey, has just turned 18, and it is time for her to be introduced into society. It is Audrey's first, best, and potentially only chance of securing a husband. Especially seeing as there are rumors that the Marchwood money is running dry.

Lady Catheryn, an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, is taken against her will to Normandy after the invasion. She arrives, a prisoner, at the castle of Lord Geffrei, a ruthless invader who hopes to gain a ransom for her. Her husband Selwyn is dead, slain in the Conquest, and her daughter Annis has been left behind in England at the mercy of the invaders. Catheryn is treated like an animal, and left in a cell, until she begins to despair.

When teacher Leo Tyndale moves to the small English town of Sandercombe after five years in India, he does not expect that his time at the local school will be a long one. But a brief encounter with the beautiful, and fiercely independent Hestia Royce, soon has him changing his mind. His feelings for her grow, though she is reluctant, and soon the rumours about their supposed relationship swirl around Sandercombe.

Anglo-Saxon England. Having built a rich empire and keen to win the favor of the royal court, Hilda and AEligard have little time for their daughter, Catheryn. But one man, Selwyn, is intrigued by the intelligent and high-spirited girl.

Victoria Walsingham is head over heels in love with Isaac Quinn, the son of the Duke of Daventry, and she can't imagine spending the rest of her life with anyone else. But when Isaac admits that, despite his feelings for her, he cannot possibly marry the daughter of a country doctor, Victoria is left heartbroken.

England, 1069. The nation is still recovering from the Norman invasion three years earlier - and adjusting to life under its sometimes brutal new rulers. A young girl trembles in the shadows of what was once her home. Avis is homeless and penniless, and with no family left alive she is forced to become a ward of Richard, the Norman lord who has taken her home.

Always the widow and never again the bride—her one chance of happiness lost… Mrs. Elizabeth Howard had believed her marriage to be a love match; she was wrong. So when a stranger offers her something she simply cannot refuse, she consoles herself with the knowledge that no one will ever know. Until nine months later. Because after her husband dies and leaves her a widow, Elizabeth does have some perks. She's well-respected, of course, and no one questions whether the child is a Howard or not…