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Maggie Dallen
This spy is playing cat and mouse with an unsuspecting wallflower...
Bookish Miss Lydia has been mistaken for many things. A part of the draperies, for example, and once a potted fern. But she's never been mistaken for a spy.
At least, not until a former agent of the crown mistakes her reticence for deceit, and draws her into a game of espionage. It takes several stolen kisses and a midnight rendezvous
...Her brother's best friend might be a rake, but she's about to be his ruin...
Claire is the dutiful, proper Cleveland sister, and the only one who's not embroiled in a scandal. Until now. With her sister's marriage to an earl, the weight of responsibility to save her family has been lifted from her shoulders, and for the first time in her life Claire is free. A rebelliousness she's long denied has her acting out in
...Is he her kidnapper...or her hero?
Delilah always knew she'd marry someone rich and powerful, but she never imagined she'd be engaged to the man her friends call 'Lord Evil.'
She's certain they're exaggerating the danger she's in...until she slips away during her engagement party and finds herself held captive by a terrifying brute. Trembling in terror in his arms, she tells the stranger to take whatever he
...An American playboy's PR crisis leads to a fake engagement and a peculiar love triangle in Italy in this contemporary romance series debut.
Oops . . .
It started as a regular night for New York City restaurant hostess Ivy Sinclair, until a rowdy customer turned out to be world famous playboy Jack Everett. Thanks to the paparazzi, now the world thinks they're a couple—which couldn't be farther from the truth.
...When the Marquess comes to court her sister, Louisa has one job...
To stay out of trouble, and remain out of sight. She's failing spectacularly.
But Louisa never expects the irritatingly charming Marquess to find her dancing alone in the moonlight, or that he'll be the one to catch her when she falls out of a window attempting to be unseen. And the more the Marquess tries to draw her out of her sister's
...Eliza may never forgive the man who nearly ruined her sister, but that doesn't mean she can't marry him.
Eliza Beucraft is in a pickle. She'd thought she'd successfully avoided marriage altogether, but her father has other ideas. Unless she wants to be stuck with the cruel gentleman of her father's choosing, she must find her own husband. Preferably one who needs her dowry and is willing to take a risk on her admittedly ludicrous plan. There's
The bane of her existence is now her private tutor...
Miss Prudence has worked diligently to become the perfect wife for the lord she's meant to marry. There's only one flaw left—music.
But when her aunt hires the handsome lord next door to help, Prudence's quest for perfection is ruined. How is the dutiful debutante expected to survive music lessons when her tutor is the boy who'd teased her mercilessly
...A modern-day heiress learns that sometimes marriage comes before love in this charming romance from the author of The Accidental Boyfriend.
Lucia is an Italian spitfire with big dreams like her billionaire grandfather. But she wants to become a top tier fashion designer, not the heir to the family business in Italy. Now is her only chance to forge her own path. And what better place to start than in New York City? But working
...A reformed wild child aims to settle down, but she's also caught the eye—and maybe the heart—of a bad boy tech billionaire in this contemporary romance.
What do you do when Mr. Right seems oh-so-wrong?
Holly Sinclair is ready to have it all. She's even found her Mr. Right—a steady, reliable guy who just needs a little convincing. Now all the former wild child has to do is free herself of her very inconvenient
...When you're an earl's daughter and you've already set tongues wagging by calling off your engagement, you don't have much to lose.
Unless, of course, you're Miss Farthington, and you've found yourself being pursued by a man as charming as he is clever. In that case you have something very important to lose. Namely, your heart.
The School of Charm's headmistress is destined to be a spinster. Everyone knows it. Well...everyone but the Marquess of Ainsley.
This marquess isn't certain why the elegant and unflappable Miss Grayson is so determined to remain unmarried. But he means to change her mind.
How will he force the coolly implacable beauty out of her shell? It will take a mistake, obviously....of the mistletoe variety.
She's run away from her own wedding...and straight into the arms of a rake.
Eloise flees her wedding to a cruel groom in a moment of sheer panic. If she'd given it any thought at all, her plans wouldn't have entailed breaking into the home of the infamous rake, Viscount Wycliffe. And she certainly wouldn't have been caught.
But when he comes upon her in the dark of night, rifling through his desk in
...Is this pirate a villain...or the hero she's been waiting for?
Miss Minerva leads a perfectly predictable life in her quiet, seaside town. Or she did...until she came upon a pirate while exploring in a cave.
The brute takes her captive, but lets her go when he realizes she's a gently bred lady. But when Minerva goes to warn her father that there's thieves on their shores, she finds the very same pirate. In her home. Wearing
...Teaching the grumpy pirate how to read is the least she can do after he saved her life...
And so the kindhearted Miss Abigail spends countless hours teaching the gruff pirate his letters while nursing his injuries. It's a thankless task, seeing as how the rogue only seems capable of speaking in grunts and growls. And when the local children she teaches decide that they must be welcome in his home as well...
He's not
Hattie never imagined her knight in shining armor would be a pirate in disguise.
Hattie knows she shouldn't be sneaking about on ship decks in the middle of the night. But after years of reading about adventures, she's finally ready for one of her own.
A starlit rendezvous with a mysterious sailor? That'll do nicely. Kisses under the moonlight with the man of her dreams? It's practically perfect. Though,
...She's never run from anything...except love. Luckily, her soldier is up for the chase.
Practical Miss Sally has no interest in ballgowns and parties, which is why she's not exactly thrilled when she's summoned to play nursemaid to the Earl of Elwood. But the old man has made it clear—he's hosting a house party, and she's expected to attend.
If only assisting the earl didn't entail socializing
...Miss Rebecca means to cause trouble. And she might just succeed...if only a certain overprotective viscount would get out of her way.
The balls, the gowns, the gentlemen callers—a Season in London is everything Miss Rebecca has ever dreamt it would be. The only hitch in her plans? A certain grumpy Viscount who seems to think he's obligated to look after her.
But escorting her to parties is one
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