Best of
Regency

1980

Her Man of Affairs


Elizabeth Mansfield - 1980
    A taste for magnificent clothes and extravagant parties has led beautiful Lady Theodora Fairchild to the brink of financial disaster. Only handsome bookkeeper David MacKenzie knows the depths of her money woes--and the despair of a love she thinks can never be fulfilled.

No Impediment


Mira Stables - 1980
    Except, as the Dowager Marchioness didn’t hesitate to point out, ‘marquesses do not marry village maidens…’Pippa was hardly a village maiden. Hut although her background was impeccable, and her wealth sufficient, it had to be admitted that she was only the niece of the village doctor. Quentin could most certainly do better for himself…But Quentin had other ideas, and when the Dowager Marchioness began to meddle she found she had precipitated a most unwelcome situation…

Petronella's Waterloo


Sally James - 1980
    She does not wish to go with them to Paris, now Napoleon is safely imprisoned on Elba, but her employer's husband, a Frenchman, unexpectedly takes them there, where she finds herself embroiled in intrigue, thrown into Lord Claverton's company. Regency Romance by Sally James; originally published by Robert Hale [UK]

The Cassandra Knot


Rebecca Baldwin - 1980
    Now, in a desperate move to escape the greedy and vicious relatives bent on her destruction, she begged Edward to marry her. A marriage of convenience only. This way she would have his protection and he would have her fortune. It seemed the ideal solution.If only she could keep Edward from discovering how much she loved him....

Amelia


Megan Daniel - 1980
    But Amelia faced a gamble of her own as she came ever closer to being cornered by the two front-runners of her pack of swarming suitors. There was the iron-willed, compellingly ruthless Sir Julian Denventer, a battering ram of an aristocrat who was breaking down her resistance. And there was the insufferably arrogant Marquis of Tyrone, who had the infuriating impudence to pretend he did not want her. Amelia feared that one of them was a thief, the other a murderer--and if she made the wrong choice, her worst fears would come true...

Jessica


Sandra Heath - 1980
    After Philip died, she has returned because he had willed tiny Applegate to her. Only she and Philip’s mother mourned his passing, and Jessica would soon learn why. But Sir Nicholas, Philip’s older brother, was intent on finding out how Philip had financed his lifestyle… British Historical Romance by Sandra Heath writing as Sandra Wilson; originally published by Fawcett Coventry

The Mismatched Lovers


Anne Hillary - 1980
    They had only a month to find husbands or husbands would be found for them! Julia and her sister Phoebe had Ben whisked from school into the last of the London season. Sir Giles and Lady Ffoulkes, their new guardians, had delivered the ultimatum. And if Mr. Hazelton- Smythe was any indication of their preferences, there was no time to lose. Julia vowed they would marry for love. There was dashing Sir Tristan, shy Mr. Muffin - and her old friend Marcus Cotsworthy. Julie had turned Marc down again and again. Suddenly, she saw him as if for the first time. Had she already sacrificed her last chance for happiness? Was it already too late for love?

The Ardent Suitor


Marian Lorraine - 1980
    "Witch!" he replied.Andrea's blood ran hot. Her eyes sparked fire. The cheek of David Newbury, Duke of Kensington. He began by inspecting Chloe as if she were a piece of goods, and ended by proposing - to Andrea!Her own father, Lord Wycliff, had been a womanizer. Her twin brother was making a name as a rake. Andrea's mind was set on seeing her naive young stepsister married to the man who truly loved her. Now, as the Duke redoubled his efforts to win Chloe's affections, the girl was succumbing to his compelling charm. But Andrea was determined to outwit David Newbury. Who knew better than she that marriage was a trap for the unwary, that love was dangerous - and blind!