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Now that her beloved father has passed away and the family estate sold off to provide for her future, beautiful young, Zelina Tiverton is somewhat bewildered to find herself living in amid the glamour of London's Social World with her guardian, her Aunt Kathleen. Now her aunt has a greater shock in store, announcing that she is sending Zelina to Russia to stay as Governess with Prince and Princess Volkonsky. Clearly Aunt Kathleen simply wants Zelina...
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It is 1887 and the beautiful Yolisa Warren lives in the English country side with her father, her mother having died five years ago. Her diplomat uncle, Lord Langford, arrives unexpectedly and says that he would like Yolisa to come with him to Kavalla, a small independent country in the Balkans, where he is to travel on behalf of Queen Victoria and the prime minister. Yolisa is thrilled, but on the way her uncle tells her that the visit won't be what...
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The Duke of Rockcliffe returns home to England from the British Army of Occupation, which after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 is located at Cambrai.
He had left England seven years ago when he was merely a young Lieutenant who intended to spend his life in the Army.
Owing to the death of several Heir Presumptives to the Dukedom, he finds himself unexpectedly and to his great surprise the new Duke.
He also discovers that he has a Ward called Nelita,...
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All alone and penniless after the unexpected death of her much-loved father, the lovely but innocent Minella Clinton-Wood is desperate.
But who can she turn to?
Her Aunt Esther has made her reluctance clear, describing the idea of Minella living with her as 'a burden'. But then she finds a letter to her father from her slightly older friend, Connie, the local Parson's attractive daughter, thanking him for some mysterious kindness.
"Someday perhaps...
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Bereaved of her beloved father at sixteen, and now her mother, Belinda Wyncombe’s only comfort is that she still has the family’s home. Until she finds her irresponsible stepfather, Captain D’Arcy Rowland, has squandered their money and fraudulently mortgaged the house.
This means he faces jail while Belinda faces penury, unless she complies with her stepfather’s shameful scheme to gain and ruthlessly exploit the trust of the famed adventurer?...
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Robert Lyndon, heir apparent to a dukedom and newly spurned lover is desperate to save face amongst the young dandies and court ladies of Regency London society. Handsome, wealthy and decorated for his bravery in the army fighting for King and country, Robert is recognized as one of the most eligible bachelors in Society. Yet despite his success with the ladies, it seems that he cannot find the perfect wife.Beautiful Rania Temple is living in impoverished...
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When Lord Rupert Brooke and his wife are killed in an accident, their only child, Titania, was forced to live with her uncle, the Duke of Starbrooke, who had never approved of her father's marriage and did not consider her grand enough to be a member of the Starbrooke family.
Titania is forced to serve her cousin Sophie as no more than a lady's maid.
Sophie is to marry Prince Frederick of Velidos, a small country in the Balkans and Titania is taken...
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Can money buy you happiness? Impoverished Lady Viola and her twin brother David Northcombe find that their fortunes change dramatically, when their entrepreneurial father dies unexpectedly, leaving them a vast fortune that will, change their lives forever.
Returning home to England, still reeling from their dramatic change in circumstances, fate seems to have smiled on them when the handsome, but impoverished, Duke of Glentorran dramatically, rescues...
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Devastated by the treachery of the woman he loves, the Marquis of Kenworth leaves London and the Prince Regent's intimate circle of pleasure loving friends, to join the Duke of Wellington's army as plain Captain Ivan Worth. Facing hardship and the grim reality of battle he is convinced that no woman can ever be trusted to love him for himself, rather than his title, and turns his back on romance forever. Now, wounded by a shell from a French gun,...
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Cuando la bella lady Gwendolyn Sherbrooke, se encuentra por primera vez con sir Philip Chadleigh, un miembro del parlamento devastadoramente guapo, hay algo que extrañamente le es familiar, algo estremece entre ellos, pero ella está segura de que nunca lo había visto antes, y es advertida, que él estaba irremediablemente poseído por el recuerdo de un amor perdido, una hermosa joven que había muerto por él, hace algunos años atrás. Ninguna...
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El Conde no era un hombre cruel, y cuando, al viajar en el bosque de país, se enconTró con una dama en apuros y le tocó el corazón. La señora fue Sabrina Melto, una joven, inocente com una belleza etérea y profunda a la vez. Los tiempos difíciles habían caído sobre su familia y ella se vio obligada a renunciar a sus posesiones más preciadas. Por bondad y la compasión, el Conde llevó Sabrina a Londres para comenzar una nueva vida, pero...
12) Jamás Te Amaré
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Shakira Bartlett se esconde en un yate privado donde viaja el Marqués de Linwood. Ella está huyendo de un matrimonio no deseado, arreglado por su tio, pero es descubierta por el Marqués, Ella lo convence en dejarla viajar a Egipto para reunirse con su padre. Por su vez, él también está huyendo de una amante no deseada, por lo que decide dejarla viajar y van juntos! Francis Marshall, retratista y pintor, pinta un cuadro interesante de esta extraña...
13) Signpost to Love
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Dispatched on a secret mission to Paris by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, the dashing Earl of Hawkshead is, held up on the road out of Calais by an accident between a post chaise and a diligence. Stopping to assist the victims, he is accosted by a beautiful young waif called Baptista, who pleads with him to take her to Paris to escape the clutches of her cruel father the 'Preaching Peer', who aims to have her locked up...
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Imperious, handsome and gallant in battle, the Duke of Kingswood has stolen the hearts of many society Belles - but he is 'a block of ice which nobody can melt', determined never to marry. To continue the family line, he is counting on his cousin and heir presumptive Richard to marry well and produce a son. To the Duke's horror, Richard's heart is bewitched by society siren and acclaimed beauty Lady Delyth Maulden - and disaster turns to tragedy when...
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Cuando la bella Lorinda escogió su traje de noche, con la clara idea de quedarse maravillosa, empezó el reto de planear con gran cuidado la estrategia que iría seguir, para conquistar un novio al que pudiera dominar. Ella quería salirse con la suya de nuevo y esclavizar su voluntarioso y joven esposo, como había esclavizado a los demás admiradores, tendría primero que cautivarlo, hacerlo enamorase perdidamente por ella, obligándose a sí misma...
16) Love Climbs In
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The impulsive and rakish Marquis of Troon is, due to be married to the disreputable but passionate Lady Dilys Powick in direct opposition to the wishes and advice of his closest friends.
The Marquis then goes ahead and arranges a spectacular steeplechase with large prizes for the winners in order to celebrate his nuptials. When one of the contestants dies unexpectedly of a heart attack, the Marquis is stunned to discover that he has been, named in...
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When Lady Circe Langstone laid her claws on a man, it was his undoing. It was even said that the glowing flame of those green eyes was not the fascination of love, but the spell of black magic. It was said, too, that there was only one man in the whole Court able to resist him; the gallant and handsome Earl of Rochester, from whom Circe was willing to do anything to win him. But unexpectedly a rival got in his way… his own stepdaughter, Ophelia...
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Zena, es Marie Thérese, de Wiedenstein, una joven y bella Princesa, de un pequeño principado independiente entre Francia y Alemania. Su hermano, el Príncipe Kendrick es su hermano gemelo, el heredero del trono. Entonces la bella Zena, está alarmada cuando su padre le dice que se tiene de casarse con un Duque inglés, pero ella cree que los ingleses son fríos, arrogantes e insensibles. Cuando su hermano, el Príncipe Kendrick, también escucha...
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La joven Gisela Musgrave, tenía un sorprendente parecido, con la bella Emperatriz de Austria, Elizabeth. Al conocerla, llevó a cabo un pedido muy curioso. Pidió una extraña asignación, a la señorita Gisela Musgrave, para que ella se hiciera pasar por la Emperatriz de Austria, para una visita prometida, al señor del Castillo de Hawke, Hugo Quenby, para que no tuviera que interrumpir su caza en el campo Inglés que tanto la complacía. Pero había...
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Do you really think you could work as I had to work to keep your mother from starvation? My dear child, you have lived in the lap of luxury all your life. You could no more earn a penny piece than fly over the moon!? Kasia's father laughs scornfully. This is justification for his decision to marry her off to a man she does not love ? purely to save her from fortune hunters. So Kasia runs away to prove him wrong by working as Governess to the Duke...
