Her suddenly impoverished state made her as vulnerable as her beauty made her tempting to men with more money than morals. Lord Marshall Whitcomb, who held her purse strings in his pawing hands, was intent on luring her into his bed. But even more dangerous was Lord Winn, who owned the dwelling where she sought refuge. The dashing lord reminded the widow that the lure of sharing a warm bed on a winter's night might indeed be worth the risks.Lord Winn had trusted one woman and been betrayed. That disastrous marriage had endowed him with a wariness of females in general, and prospective wives in particular. But when the door to the dower house on one of his estates was opened by a woman with a cautious smile and memorable brown eyes, he knew here was danger to avoid at all costs -- if he really wanted to...

    The number of lords in London's marriage mart is sorrowfully short, so when Miss Whittier meets the perfect match, it's only a matter of checking off her list to find an eternal love.

    The volume includes recent essays from Alastair Duckworth, Marilyn Butler, D.A. Miller, Isobel Armstrong and Karen Newman.

    Promised admittance to Heaven only if she can save another from Hell, Lucinda returns to the earth to set Lord Stanford, a shameless libertine, on the road to goodness and morality.

    Ruthless and mocking, tender and virile, the notorious pirate awakened all Lucy's passionate longings, then abandoned her with nothing but a kiss...A Pirate's PrizeNow safely at home, the alluring waif is tormented by treacherous memories—and by the presence of Gerard Claremont, her mysterious new bodyguard. Everything about him, from his forbidding size to his impertinent manner, sparks her defiance. And even when Gerard's smile turns seductive, no one can make her forget Doom. Yet only when Lucy's path crosses the captain's once more, will she learn who is on a voyage of retribution, and who is out to steal her heart...

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    Now she fears she may lose her home as well, as the new heir arrives. A rough-hewn American whose rugged masculinity seems out of place in an English drawing room, Evan awakened Diana's fears and, quite disturbingly, awakened emotions she never expected to feel for another man.But when the ghostly figure of her beloved John appears to her, Diana receives a precious gift: the chance to mend her broken heart. The evidence of her own eyes teaches Diana to believe in ghosts. And the visiting spirit will teach her to believe in love again.

    Eva quickly set her sights on Mr. Holton, the season's most debonair and dangerous dandy. But Holton's admiring glances fell upon the elder sister, whose icy heart began to thaw in streams of genuine affection. Regency romance.

    But she was practical enough to know that her idle daydreams could never come true...until the fateful day Lord Ranleigh himself called on her--to request her hand in marriage! Darkly handsome with piercing blue eyes, Ranleigh was the most eligible bachelor in all Suffolk. He was also arrogant to the core. Wed him she might, but a union of convenience was not what Cassandra had in mind. For when two people vow to love and honor forever, they should live up to their promises!When Lord Ranleigh chose Cassandra from all the others at the orphanage, he was seeking an obedient young lady who would know her place, apply herself to her household duties, and care for his motherless son. But Cassandra Edwards was a surprise in every way. Her far-too-agreeable looks--golden hair and smoky grey eyes, combined with her all-too-disagreeable beliefs about a well-made match--were not what he expected. Still, she was lovely--and while she was hardly the kind of wife he had in mind, she was the woman who was rabidly stealing his heart...

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    An avid fan of Gothic novels, she fears she has stepped into a plot straight out of The Captive Bride. Whether her plight is real or imagined, it takes a genuine hero to save her.

    Driving through the sultry southern night with an ancient diary beside her, she thinks it's her eyes playing tricks when a bolt of lightning suddenly explodes in the road before her. One minute, the car is spinning wildly out of control; the next, Tori awakens in a horse-drawn carriage, gazing up at the handsomest man she'd ever seen.A MAN WHO HOLDS THE KEY TO HER FUTUREHe calls her his wife - but Guy Rouchard's gray eyes blaze with savage fury. Fate had swept Tori back more than a hundred years to put her in another woman's place...Now she must race against time itself to change the tragic past and claim her future with the man she will love all eternity.

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