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A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Miss Fanny Winterton has only one wish in her romantic heart — to surrender to overwhelming love. She will accept nothing less than to be struck by the thunderbolt of everlasting passion. Real life isn't quite so obliging, however, so while she waits for the fires of love to ignite, she is content to ply her needle as a lowly seamstress for her noble patroness.
The Honourable
...A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Lord Reginald Marford needs a wealthy heiress to support his indulgent lifestyle. Spirited Miss Robinia Chamberlain looks perfect, but when he sets out to court her, he finds that his title and family connections aren't nearly enough to entice the lady, and he has to become a little bit creative to attract her attention.
Robinia's recently inherited large fortune brings
...3) The Widow
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Nell Caldicott awaits the return of her violent sailor husband with trepidation, but for once her fears are not realised. Her husband's ship, the Brig Minerva, has sunk off the Cornish coast. Nell is free, but her husband has left her with little money and many questions about his past. Gradually, as his secrets are laid bare, she realises she didn't know her husband at all.
...4) Lord Gilbert
The dramatic conclusion to the series! A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Lord Gilbert Marford is in disgrace. He joined the Hussars to stay out of trouble. Instead, he quarrelled with half his fellow officers, seduced the wives of three of them, got himself shot in a duel and sustained an injury that might end his career. Now he's being sent home like a naughty schoolboy, and he's not happy about it. So when
...5) Dulcie
A spoilt young lady and a scornful schoolmaster, but can they overcome their fiery tempers to find love?
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Dulcie's sharp tongue has got her into trouble many times, and set her at odds even with her own sisters, but when she falls out with a neighbour, he challenges her to swap places with his ailing sister — she will go to Allamont Hall to recover in
...A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Lord Augustus Marford has only one interest in life - horses. It's an expensive hobby. When his brother, the Marquess of Carrbridge, finds himself in financial trouble after his agent disappears with much of his fortune, Gus is happy to help the family finances by finding work with horse auctioneers Tattersalls. His first job takes him to the wild Northumberland coast to assess
...7) Grace
An adventurous young lady and a bored young man find a bit more excitement than they bargained for. Can they find love too?
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Grace's four older sisters have married and moved away, and life is very quiet and boring. It's so stifling being female, occupying herself with her tapestry or painting, when she'd much rather have been a soldier, galloping about
...A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Lord Montague Marford is looking forward to a quiet life as clergyman of a rural parish where he can hope to do some good. But sometimes his compassionate nature gets him into trouble, and when a bedraggled young woman turns up on the doorstep to call in a long-forgotten debt, Monty's sense of honour compels him to offer to marry her. But he soon begins to wonder if he's made
...An estranged brother is forced to return to his home and face up to his past.
Malcolm Gage walked out of his brother's life sixteen years ago when they both wanted to marry the same woman. Malcolm lost that battle, and he's never forgiven his brother for it, preferring to live in poverty as a schoolmaster rather than swallow his pride and go home. But now an unusual condition in a will pushes him back into the family fold.
...10) The Lacemaker
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Caroline Milburn and her younger sisters live in two cramped rooms, struggling to survive by their skills in lace making and weaving. When their previously unknown grandfather drowns on the Brig Minerva and bequeaths them a cottage in the country, their lives seem set to improve. But where will the daughters of a linen draper fit into rural life, now that they are better off?
...11) Belle
A practical young lady and a shy curate, united by books - but he's in love with the wrong sister!
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Belle is the plain one of the six Allamont sisters, happy with her books. When their father dies suddenly, his will leaves large dowries for his six daughters, but only if they marry in the proper order, the eldest first. With Amy betrothed, now Belle must
...12) Connie
A romantic young lady and a dithering marquess - can they untangle the web of misunderstandings to find happiness?
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Connie's older sisters have managed to find husbands, but now it's her turn and she is not sure she wants to marry at all. Having only just escaped her late father's restrictive regime, she's reluctant to surrender her freedom to another man
...13) Hope
A lonely young lady and an ambitious young man - what will they do to save the house they love? And will it bring them happiness?
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Hope has no wish to marry, but it's almost five years since her father died, and the final peculiar clause of his will is about to come into effect: if Hope's brothers can't be found, then the whole estate will be bequeathed
...The newly discovered heir to the barony arrives to claim his inheritance.
Cameron Saxby is contented in his life as a bank clerk in Edinburgh, knowing that if he works hard, he has a good career in front of him. But fate has a different plan for him - as heir to the late Lord Saxby. Inheriting the title drags Cameron away from his unassuming Scottish roots and drops him into the wealthy estate of Maeswood Hall, surrounded
...15) The Painter
The sinking of the Brig Minerva results in many deaths, while for others, the future is suddenly brighter. But it's not always easy to leave the past behind...
Felicia Oakes is the illegitimate daughter of... well, someone or other. A pirate, perhaps, or a spy, or a royal prince... who knows? Her vivid imagination conjures a myriad possibilities, all more exciting than her position as governess to two motherless children. But when their father
...A new physician arrives in the village, but is he all he seems?
Susannah Winslade is twenty-six, and drifting into perpetual spinsterhood as she tries to care for her sick stepmother, look after her young brothers and sisters, and keep her father sober and solvent. Her brother Henry isn't much help, either. She doesn't mind. Once upon a time, she met the perfect man and until someone like him comes into her life again, she's
...17) The Governess
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
When Mr Edmund Winterton of Woodside dies, his daughters find themselves penniless and homeless. What can they do? Unless they wish to live on charity, they will have to find genteel employment for themselves.
Annabelle becomes governess to the daughters of the recently bereaved Earl of Brackenwood. She has no idea how to teach, but her pupils can learn all they need from
...An out-of-work governess tries to start a school in the village.
Deborah Hollingsworth, grand-daughter of a baron, has come down in the world, reduced to acting as unpaid governess for her relations. When even that option closes, what is she to do? She has a secret plan, but until she can achieve her heart's desire, she'll start a modest village school to make ends meet, and bring a little happiness to the local children.
...19) Amy
A shy young lady and a determined suitor, but will the shadow of her dead father keep them apart?
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Amy is a shy, timid soul, browbeaten by her domineering father until she's terrified to do or say anything without his approval. When he dies suddenly, his will leaves large dowries for his six daughters, but only if they marry in the proper order, the eldest first. Amy must
...20) The Apothecary
The sinking of the Brig Minerva results in many deaths, while for others, the future is suddenly brighter. But it's not always easy to leave the past behind...
Annie Dresden is twenty-six years old, with no fortune, and nothing but a quick, practical mind to recommend her. Taken in by her apothecary uncle after her father's death, she's happy to be his assistant but there's no future for her as an apothecary. The only proper career for a
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