When her father gambles away his fortune, the duke's only chance for recouping his losses lies in marrying off Lady Helen to any man wealthy enough to take a bride with nothing to recommend her but a lovely face and an eight-hundred-year-old pedigree. Enter Mr. Ethan Brundy, once an illegitimate workhouse orphan, now owner of a Lancashire textile mill and one of England's richest men. When he glimpses Lady Helen at Covent Garden Theatre, he is instantly smitten and vows to marry her. But this commonest of commoners will have his work cut out for him if he hopes to win the heart of his aristocratic bride.

    Before it is too late." Those were the half-naked stranger's only words as he opened his eyes, looked into her soul, then lost consciousness in the shallow tidal pool. Annaleah Fairchilde, heiress and noblewoman, soon learned the identity of the man she saved: Emory Althorpe, adventurer, accused traitor, and Napoleon's spy. Even as she bound the dangerous scoundrel's wounds, she fell deeper under the spell of a man handsome as the devil, sent to her by fate.He remembered nothing. Only the need to escape. Emory Althorpe was wanted for treason, yet his only hope was a shadowy memory hovering just beyond his grasp, and beautiful Anna, who aroused unexpected passions. He had no choice but to abduct her, needing her to gain access to London's ballrooms, where he could prove his innocence. Together they raced into the face of danger, determined to find the key to his past and live--or die--together, as destiny decreed....

    But, despite the intrigues of war, the mystery of the lovely young woman washed ashore near his Cornwall estate is one he cannot resist. With the ragged remains of a treasure map concealed in her chemise and no memory of who she is and how she got there, the dark beauty is an alluring puzzle he must solve.Fighting her powerful desire for the man who has sheltered her, Jewel Bona struggles both to remember her past and imagine what her future might hold. But when a British officer claiming that he is her uncle threatens to expose her to terrifying danger, she turns to Adam for protection ... and passion.Fleeing to America aboard Adam’s ship, the two cannot deny all that they feel in each other’s embrace. But the shadow of war and a scandalous connection to an infamous pirate loom like a powder keg over their dreams of love--a love each will risk everything to keep alive...

    The last thing Dominic expects is to be entranced by a silent sprite whose ethereal beauty is as intoxicating as the flowers and trees that surround her. For much of her life Meriel has lived outside normal society, finding joy and peace in her garden, safe from the nightmare that nearly destroyed her as a child. She is content with solitude until the handsome intruder begins to inspire dreams of life beyond her sanctuary. Despite his longing, Dominic's sense of duty keeps him away from his brother's future bride, but Meriel's untamed spirit proves more powerful than Dominic can resist . . .

    A classic and newly translated account of the Peninsular War and the 1812 invasion of Russia.

    Intrigued, Stonehill follows the feline Felix, and finds the puss has a young family—and a new friend, the lovely Miss Margaret Whitmore, an avowed bluestocking. Stonehill thought London held no new pleasures … until Felix introduced the jaded peer to this special young lady.Rescuing Rosebud by Judith A. LansdowneHaving lost his water, his intended bride, and his favorite horse, Lord Carrington is in no mood to be enchanted by the sweet kitten that tumbles down his chimney. Rosebud’s mistress, Miss Winifred Bittle, finds Carrington’s coldness a great puzzle. Why should such a handsome gentleman rebuff all company? She’s not even certain she wishes to further the acquaintance. But Rosebud soon has them both under the cat’s paw …The Four-Penny Cat by Jeanne SaveryThe reclusive Lord Manningford is delighted when the widowed author Carolyn Weston replies to his gift of a kitten—worth only a penny—with charm and wit. Alas, their hopes of a friendship are threatened by Manningford’s knowledge of a betrayal in Carolyn’s past. Can the one-penny kitten who brought them together inspire romance in two troubled people and prove himself a four-penny cat?

    Now she must endure another. This time, though, her lifelong neighbor and country friend--the astonishingly handsome and accomplished Duke of Derrinham, known to the ton as The Diamond--was determined to make the young bucks perceive her charms. Even if it meant his own return to a London house filled with haunting memories. Enlivened by The Diamond's company at every modish affair, Bella was soon piercing gentlemen's hearts by the score. But, in his zeal to find her a husband, the Duke had overlooked something: the fact that her merry chocolate eyes and sweet smile had long owned his heart. And that it required only one kiss to possess hers...

    The explorer Matthew Flinders was shortly to set sail for Terra Australius. Could he possibly win the heart of Ann Chappelle before he departed? She was sweet-natured, clever and dignified and came from a modest though genteel home. Having lost her father at a tender age, Ann wanted no attachment to a navel man. He was personable, stedfast and ambitious and was making his mark as a navagator in the Pacific. He was torn between his love for the sea and his love for her.They married. Three months later Matthew left for Australia, where he surveyed the southern coast and circumnavigated the continent. It was a time of hostility between France and England. En route home, he was detained by the French - for 6 years.During almost 10 years of separation, infrequent letters - sometimes twelve months in the sending - sustained their relationship. Matthew returned but his healh was broken. On his tragic early death, Ann wrote of her beloved, "he was the idol of my heart, the cenTre of my earthly happiness." and mourned him until the end of her days.How did their love survive? With its interweaving of letters and diary entries, Letters to Ann will give you a rare insight into the finer feelings of one of history's most remarkable couples.