Desperation drives quiet schoolteacher Clare Morgan to ask the Demon Earl to help save her village. Unwilling to involve himself in the problems of others, Nicholas agrees --- only if Clare will live with him for three months.

    UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S DEAD.Add the unflappable Julian Kestrel to the ranks of great sleuths of ages past. He's the very model of a proper Beau Brummell--except for his unusual willingness to plunge headlong into murder investigations. And an investigation's hard to avoid when, luring an elegant weekend at a friend's country estate, a murder victim turns up in his bed. With the help of his Cockney manservant, Dipper, Kestrel sets out to find the killer among the glittering denizens of 1820s London's social stratosphere.

    Chess has been the ruination of her life ending her engagement, filching her fortune and reducing her to poor relation. But when she finds herself falling in love with chessmaster David Rutherford, the new Lord Donhill, Sylvia stakes her heart, her future and her reputation on the riskiest gambit of all.

    But she is no romantic herself-- she will never love again. Then Payton Wilder requests a customized Valentine poem for the girl of his dreams... and Maddy realizes that she has dreams of her own for the dashing captain! Award-winning Regency author Alicia Rasley sends a valentine of a book for those who think love might be sweeter the second time around. Rasley's women's fiction book, The Year She Fell, was a best-selling Kindle romance.Note: First appeared in the anthology A Valentine's Day Tangle, Zebra 1993

    At five-and-twenty, she was an acknowledged antidote, and she felt certain that her reputation as the Hampshire Hoyden would permit her happily unwed status to continue.Lord Blake, however, found Miss Glyn quite intriguing since she all but ignored him. This in itself was extraordinary, for he had been ardently pursued by every title-hunting female in England these last five years. Clearly Miss Glyn bore further investigation -- if only to excise her from his thoughts.

    Her carefree days of family fun and fishing must come to an end. It is her duty to assure the future prosperity of her large and close-knit family by making a good marriage. To add to her gloom, she is chased from her favorite spot on the river by the handsome and high-handed Nicholas Seymour, who apparently thinks he can buy the beautiful Bel Shaw as well as property. The outrageous bargain he proposes is a dozen kisses for the fish the Shaws have "stolen" from his land.But claiming the first kiss has staggering consequences--for Nick, who cannot resist another--and for Bel, whose passionate response will lead to discovery, scandal, ruin ... and the sweetest bargain of all.

    But Valentine's Day takes on a special glow when she finally meets her match in the dashing Earl of Sayer. Nina Porter, A Valentine Tangle: Ariadne, dowager countess of Ferndyn, never expected her peaceful existence to be overset by the arrival of several unsigned valentines. Will her secret admirer reveal himself at the Valentine Ball? Emily Maxwell, The Second Proposal: Once before Sir Richard bad proposed to Melinda Cuthbert and been refused. He bad sworn to cast the chit aside forever, but a very special Valentine's Day will bring them together again... Dawn Aldridge Poore, Game of Hearts: Winnifred Roberts is too determined to become a mathematician to be bothered with the likes of a madcap gamester known as Harry the Hellion. But Valentine's Day can have a bewitching effect on even the most practical of people! Alicia Rasley, The Wilder Heart: Writing Valentine verses for sailors' sweethearts bad always been a pleasure for Madeleine Gray... until she found herself falling in love with one of be; customers. But bow will she convince the dashing captain that she is his one true love? Cynthia Richey, A Most Fortunate Lady: Saved from a raging storm by the man of her dreams, Diana Montgomery resists his advances for she fears her uncle will never allow her to marry the handsome viscount. But few people are able to resist romance on Valentine's Day...

    Falsely accused of scandalous behavior, Joanna Warwick has created a life for herself in the country away from the bon ton. It’s a peaceful life until her new neighbor, the extraordinarily arrogant and handsome Viscount Perth, accuses her of luring his wide-eyed young nephew, Toby, into matrimony.Trying to bribe her out of her scheme, he finds that she’s as stubborn as she’s lovely. Joanna has no intention of marrying Toby, but the earl’s high-handed ways infuriate her, and sparks fly! Not only those of anger, but something deeper. The despicable man who has offended her to the core, has also captured her heart.

    The book traces the evolution of men's, women's and children's clothes throughout the 19th century, during which sweeping social changes were reflected in contemporary fashions.

    That much was clear to Charles Shadwell, Viscount Halstead, who, after losing his memory, found himself employed as a stableboy by Nell Tallboys, Countess Malplaquet. Nor was that his only problem. Before his accident, Charles had wagered that the countess was no more virtuous than his faithless first wife. A bet he might win if the countess had her way!

    Robert is active in politics in Regency London, while Eliza remains on their estate in Devon with their children. But when Eliza unexpectedly becomes pregnant, cracks appear in their marriage. It takes a major crisis before Robert and Eliza learn to give Gifts of the Heart.Originally published in A Mother's Love, by Mary Kingsley.

    But the only way to unravel the shroud of secrets surrounding her brother was to gain the upper hand over the domineering, roguish Duke of Gretton. Regency Romance.

    Feylands, a distant relative she once nicknamed The Beast. Original.

    Includes works by Sara Blayne, Teresa DesJardien, Melissa Jones, Valerie King, Mary Kingsley, and Nina Porter.