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Deception is still deception no matter what form it takes …
She deceived him for vengeance. He wanted to protect her from harm. Can they overcome their lies and deceit to trust in their love?
Raina LeClair's life ended when her family was murdered. Her only mission was to seek revenge against the evil pirate responsible for their deaths. Through many disguises she sets a path of destruction, putting her own life at risk. Raina's newest masquerade...
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With the arrival of a letter from his father's man of business, the path of Mr. Julian Ashford's life was altered. It also frees him to pursue the one woman he'd desired for months. Miss Caitlin Doyle, teacher and spinster, never expected to fall in love. That is, until the spy visiting next door captured her heart. However, when she learns that he is betrothed to another, she sets aside foolish ideas of happily ever after and returns to her students....
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To Snare a Bride . . .
To Gabriel Devine, Duke of Wolverest, the bonds of marriage are nothing more than shackles. But if he's to remain a lifelong bachelor, that leaves only his younger brother to carry on the family name. Inviting the ton's most eligible ladies to an elegant ball, Gabriel is certain any one of them would be all too eager to become the next duchess and provide an heir-leaving Gabriel to continue his ecstatic pursuit of pleasure.
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She thought she had lost everyone during an early attack by Napoleon's forces. Then upon returning to England she loses even more…
He lost his new wife in a brutal attack six months ago during one of the first battle surges by Le Grande Armée. Left with an injury to remind him of that time he reluctantly takes up his mantle as a Peer of the Realm and uses his skills with numbers and letters to help the War Office as a code specialist.
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Lady Clarissa Blackerby enjoyed the peaceful life she and her father lived among the ton. That is until he remarried. Clarissa does not trust her new step-mother nor her step-mother's brother, but being an only child she has no one to look to for help. When her father disappears and she is attacked, she turns in desperation to her aunt.
When Lord Justin Southerby receives a plea from his godmother he dreads what he will walk into. Expecting to have...
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The first three books in Award-Winning Australian author Cassandra Dean's beloved Silk Series are gathered into one volume where people who adore the law find intense passion and all-consuming love in Victorian England.Silk & ScandalSeparated by fate, childhood friends reunite and discover the affection they have always held has become a passionate love. But will scandal keep them apart?Silk & ScornChildhood enemies discover there is a fine line between...
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Lady Roslyn Barrett's launch into society was delayed by her foolish brother's untimely demise. It makes a lady wish she'd been born an only child… All right, she did love the nitwit, and didn't wish him to die; however, that doesn't negate her irritation. Now she is at a disadvantage and the ton won't let her forget her family's scandalous past. She has a secret though, one that she won't confess under any circumstances: Roslyn has already met...
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Why would an English lord want to have part ownership in a New Mexico cattle ranch? And why did it have to be her father's ranch? Kara Jonston has grown up thinking she will someday inherit the family ranch. She has worked the ranch as hard as any man-ask any of the cowboys. Finding out her father sold half ownership in the ranch-and to a soft Englishman, no less-without even talking to her hurts her pride and stirs her anger. To make matters worse,...
9) Silk & Scars
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From Award Winning Author Cassandra Dean comes the third in her Silk Series and a finalist in the coveted Romance Writers of Australia Ruby Award where a mistake in correspondence between a commoner and a duke leads to an all-consuming love...For over a year, Miss Gwendolyn Parkes and the Duke of Sowrith have corresponded. At first an error, the letters quickly became something much more, a friendship forged on like minds and perhaps the hope of something...
10) No Ordinary Lady
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She's nothing but a common thief…and her next target is the Earl of Scarsdale's heart. Orphaned as a child and left in her uncle's care, Marian Trill has known only a life of crime. Criss-crossing the countryside, she aids her uncle and his small troupe of thieves in conning well-to-do travelers…until one handsome mark catches her eye. Marian has no business betraying her only family for this gentleman's safety…just as she has no business following...
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The wallflower who was never loved...Lady Carol was supposed to marry the Duke of Augustine. Then, shortly before the wedding, the duke committed suicide, citing her for the reason he couldn't go on living anymore. While there was no love lost between them, her situation is not any better when her guardian threatens to send her off to a convent unless she finds someone else to marry. Marriage to a gentleman she barely knows is a risky venture, but...
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This boxed set features The Reluctant Lords Trilogy. Regency historical romances about three men who are forced into titles there were not supposed to inherit and the women that love them in spite of everything. In each of these books, you will find intrigue and romance.
In A Traitorous Heart, Tessa thought she had lost everyone during an early attack by Napoleon's forces. Then upon returning to England she loses even more…
He lost his new wife...
13) Silk & Scholar
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From Award Winning Author Cassandra Dean comes the fourth in her Silk Series and winner of the coveted Romance Writers of Australia Ruby Award where a passionate firebrand and a lackadaisical lord clash in a battle of the sexes...Most ladies dream of finding a husband, but Etta Wilding-Marsh dreams of the law. Establishing a law school for women is the determined firebrand's dearest ambition and she has no time for distraction-and certainly no time...
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Lady Portia North is in love with her brother's friend. She fell in love with him when she first met him years earlier and hasn't been able to set those feelings aside. He's always been kind to her, but nothing remotely amorous. She's already had three seasons, and turned down several proposals. If she doesn't let go of her dream of the Earl of Lyonsdale, she'll end up a spinster.Harrison Brooks, the Earl of Lyonsdale is tired. He no longer wants...
15) The El
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A historic novel set in 1936 Brooklyn. It was an era when the Navy Yard sang, when Coney Island was bright lights and pure enchantment, and Wednesdays held the promise of Dish Night at the Loews 46th Street Theater. The elevated train, or El, was the lifeline that coursed through it all. In the El's shadow, an earthy, ebullient Italian-American family resides: Poppa, the beneficent patriarch; Bridget, his devoted wife and mother of their six grown...
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France is embroiled in war with Austria as Napoleon races from victory at Castiglione into the ragged peaks of the Tyrol. His aim: defeat the cunning General Würmser and conquer the fortress stronghold of Mantua. But even while Napoleon pursues Würmser down the Brenta River Valley, Austrian forces are secretly gathering under General Alvinczy. They plan a daring offensive to drive the outnumbered French from Italy entirely.
So begins a thrilling...
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1889, Iolani Palace, O'ahu: The majestic Hawaiian Kingdom teeters on the brink of oblivion. At its heart stands Victoria Ward, a woman of royal Hawaiian blood, bound by her lineage and duty. Armed with vast lands, ancient cultural rituals, and the unwavering loyalty of her villagers, she becomes the beacon of hope for a nation under threat.But as the sands of time flow, will Victoria's efforts prove enough to salvage the once-glorious realm she cherishes?...
18) The Yellow Rose
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The Texas Frontier provides for riveting adventure and inspiring characters as this historical fiction series draws readers into the struggle for freedom.
19) In Hugger Mugger
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In Hugger Mugger tells the story of two women, one a member of the nobility and one a commoner who are both constrained by their sex and position to live the lives they want. They are forced to hide, to lie and to suffer in order to survive under the English laws.Mary Sidney, a noblewoman, vows to write the greatest works in the English language, to fulfil the ambition of her deceased brother, but she must use trickery and deceit to have her writings...
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About the Book The Guitarist Association is a story about three friends who live in one of the most exciting times in American History: the 1960s. It's about their perspective toward music, politics, and the changing times through the television program they have. It's about music people love and still relate to even today. This vivid, engaging tale brings the reader back to one of the greatest eras in music. About the Author T.M. Greene was born...
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