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Hugh Dunne, the Earl of Briarly, needs a wife - so his sister hands him a list of the very best young ladies on the market. And then, because he refuses to tear himself away from the stables where he trains Arabian racehorses, she invites all those ladies to a house party, along with some other bachelors, of course. So who will Hugh choose? The Botticelli-esque, enchanting Gwendolyn? The outspoken, delightful Katherine? If he doesn't work fast, he'll lose those ladies to his closest friends, and then where will he look for a wife?

Desperate after her Season comes to a spectacularly disastrous end, the Honourable Miss Clara Vetry jumps into a carriage hired to take a housekeeper to Scotland. The laird of Castle CaerLaven has no interest in a wife, especially a love match - but when Caelan sees his new housekeeper, he changes his mind. Marriage to a delectable bookworm strikes him as a perfect arrangement. To his surprise, Clara refuses his proposal once . . . and again . . . yet again.

Suddenly guardian to twins, Viscount Dominic Kelbourne is luckily betrothed to a suitable lady - until she elopes. With no time to woo, Dominic decides to marry his fiancée's unconventional sister. Torie isn't perfect, but their kisses are so passionate that society thinks he's actually chosen her. She doubts Dominic is capable of love, let alone respect, but as their heated debates turn into something more, Torie begins to imagine a life as a wife, not a nanny.

Gina was forced into marriage with Camden, the Duke of Girton, at an age when she'd have been better off in a schoolroom than a ballroom. Directly after the ceremony, her spouse promptly fled to the continent, leaving the marriage unconsummated and Gina quite indignant. Now she is one of the most well-known ladies in London and living on the edge of scandal....

Miss Beatrice Valentine is having a horrible first Season, shamed for her curves by Lady Regina Haywood. Despite Regina's attempts to make Bea a wallflower, Bea finds herself torn between Regina's fiancé, the rakish, quick-tempered Lord Peregrine, and Regina's brother, the war-hero, the Duke of Lennox. Bea is determined to marry a kindly man, and certainly no one attached to Regina. But both of these gentlemen are determined to seduce her...and one will succeed.

During their annual Christmas pilgrimage to Scotland to visit their aged uncle in his decrepit castle, the Comte de Rocheforte and his cousin, the Earl of Oakley, are presented with unique gifts: their uncle has raided an English lord's Christmas party and kidnapped four lovely would-be brides for his heirs to choose from...as well as one very angry duke, Lord Bretton. As snow isolates the castle, and as hours grow into days, the most honourable intentions give away to temptations as surprising as they are irresistible.

Miss Daisy Wharton had grown accustomed to thinking of Lord Miles Devin as a man who can solve any problem, so when her half-sister Belle is left in a basket at her door, she turns to Miles, hoping he can save Belle from an orphanage. Miles has decided to marry, but impetuous Daisy is out of question-until he is forced to propose. After her lie unravels, Daisy promises to be an honourable, virtuous, and perfect wife in every way. When she isn't, their marriage breaks down.

Eloisa James' dazzling new Georgian-set series continues...The richest bachelor in England plays matchmaker...for an heiress he wants for himself! For beautiful, witty Lavinia Gray, there's only one thing worse than having to ask the appalling Parth Sterling to marry her: being turned down by him. Now the richest bachelor in England, Parth is not about to marry a woman as reckless and fashion-obsessed as Lavinia; he's chosen a far more suitable bride. But when he learns of Lavinia's desperate circumstances, he offers to find her a husband. Even better, he'll find her a prince....

The first book in Eloisa James's dazzling new series set in the Georgian period glows with her trademark wit and charm. Things are about to get Wilde.... Lord Alaric Wilde, son of the Duke of Lindow, is the most celebrated man in England, revered for his dangerous adventures and rakish good looks. Arriving home from years abroad, he has no idea of his own celebrity until his boat is met by mobs of screaming ladies. Alaric escapes to his father's castle, but just as he grasps that he's not only famous but notorious, he encounters the very private, very witty Miss Willa Ffynche.

Lady Henrietta Maclellan longs for the romantic swirl of a London season. But as a rusticating country maiden, she has always kept her passionate nature firmly under wraps - until she meets Simon Darby. Simon makes her want to whisper promises late at night, exchange kisses on a balcony and receive love notes. So Henrietta lets her imagination soar and writes a letter...a very risqué love letter that somehow becomes shockingly public.

After years of her husband's cheating and scandals, Helene, the Countess Godwin, decides it's time for a change. She puts on a shockingly transparent gown and goes to a ball like Cinderella, hoping to find a Prince Charming to sweep her off her feet...and into his bed. But instead she finds only her own volatile, infuriatingly handsome husband, Rees, the Earl Godwin. Rees now makes her a brazen offer, and Helene decides to be very, very wicked indeed.

Miss Ella St. Trevelyon lives in the attic of her former home, working as an unpaid housekeeper to her usurping uncle, her only companions a pet squirrel and a three-legged cat. When Ella accompanies her cousin Fulvia to the theatre, she meets a man of princelike wealth, with forceful features and insolent manners. Unfortunately, Lord Peregrine is engaged to marry Fulvia. Fiennes is not a man who would chase after a woman, waving a shoe. But he is a man used to getting what he wants. And he wants Ella.

Miss Viola Astley is so painfully shy that she's horrified by the mere idea of dancing with a stranger; her upcoming London debut feels like a nightmare. So she's overjoyed to meet handsome, quiet vicar with no interest in polite society - but just when she catches his attention, her reputation is compromised by a duke. Devin Lucas Augustus Elstan, Duke of Wynter, will stop at nothing to marry Viola, including marrying a woman whom he believes to be in love with another man.

It is a scandal whispered around London that follows willfully wild Lady Beatrix Lennox. However, Beatrix sees no reason not to go after what - and whom - she wishes. And she wants Stephen Fairfax-Lacy, the handsome Earl of Spade. Beatrix couldn't be more different from the Earl's ideal future bride, but she brings out the wildness in him. She may be used to being on top in affairs of the heart, but that will soon change....

Eloisa James's dazzling new Georgian-set series continues with the Wildest hero them of all.... The handsome, rakish heir to a dukedom, Lord Roland Northbridge Wilde - known to his friends as North - left England two years ago, after being jilted by Miss Diana Belgrave. He returns from war to find that he's notorious: polite society has ruled him 'too wild to wed'. Diana never meant to tarnish North's reputation, or his heart, but in her rush to save a helpless child, there was no time to consider the consequences of working as a governess in Lindow Castle.

Lady Betsy Wilde's first season was triumphant by any measure, and a duke has proposed - but before marriage, she longs for one last adventure. No gentleman would agree to her scandalous plan - but Lord Jeremy Roden is no gentleman. He offers a wager. If she wins a billiards game, he'll provide the breeches. If he wins...she is his, for one wild night. But what happens after Jeremy realises that one night will never be enough? He'll have to convince Betsy to say no to the duke.

Livie never worried much about the world's opinion of her - until the world despised her. One minute she is happily dancing through her first Season, and the next her family is plunged into scandal and exiled from society. Stealing into a masquerade ball, she meets the handsome, honourable Major FitzRoy, son of an earl. Yet if she removes her mask and tells Joshua her name, the scandal might engulf him as well. Could he possibly love her enough to give up his career - and his honour?

Charlotte Daichest staat op het punt om haar debuut te maken in de bruisende high society van Londen. Maar alles verandert wanneer zij zich laat verleiden door een knappe vreemdeling op een gemaskerd bal. Een lichtzinnige daad waar niemand ooit van mag weten. Jaren gaan voorbij totdat Charlotte de vreemdeling plots weer tegen komt. Hoewel zij hem nooit vergeten is, lijkt hij haar niet eens te herkennen. Bovendien blijkt deze vreemdeling geen gewone lakei, maar een rijke graaf met een twijfelachtige reputatie.

De gravin van Berrow, Harriet, is haar rijke maar saaie leven helemaal zat. Haar vriendin Isidore is van plan om de aandacht van haar man terug te winnen door deel te nemen aan een gigantisch schandaal: een avond doorbrengen in het optrekje van Lord Justinian Strange. Zijn feesten worden druk bezocht door fameuze acteurs, actrices en passionele minnaars in gewaagde kledij. Harriet gaat mee maar om haar reputatie te beschermen vermomd zij zich als 'James'.

De bloedmooie Annabel Essex stelt heel wat eisen aan haar toekomstige man. Het belangrijkste is dat hij rijk is. Héél rijk. En daarnaast moet hij ook van Engelse bodem zijn. Dus wanneer Annabel Ewan Poley ontmoet - een arme graaf uit Schotland - is ze niet meteen onder de indruk. Maar hij is wel ontzettend knap… En dan plots bevindt Annabel zich in een koets op weg naar Schotland, samen met Ewan. Een schrikbarend schandaal maakt dat de hele wereld denkt dat ze man en vrouw zijn. Een rijke Engelsman kan Annabel nu wel vergeten.