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She hides a shocking secret Ramon Velaquez, heir to the Velaquez winery, clearly stated his cardinal rule to Lauren Maitland-he can't promise her more than a red&-hot affair. While she heard the words, her heart wasn't listening, and she left with more than the memory of their blissful night together... Two years later, Ramon finds Lauren again. She's independent, strong, and mother to a little boy. One look at the child and Ramon knows he's his....

A man with a Future, the Honorable George Sinclair would rather poke his eye out than take his place beside his brother and learn how to be an earl. But when an earl orders, a brother obeys. And when an earl tries to make his brother steady and responsible and old and gray, well ... it just might kill them both. A woman with a Past, Lady Haywood is a scandalous distraction that no honorable gentleman can ignore. Especially one who's just been told...

New York Times bestselling author, CHERYL HOLT, delights readers once again with the first sizzling story in her new "Reluctant Brides" trilogy… Rose Ralston has spent her life at Miss Peabody's School for Girls-first as a student, then as a teacher. But with Miss Peabody's passing, the school has been closed, the students sent away, and Rose is facing an uncertain future. As Miss Peabody's will is read, Rose had been told to expect a small bequest,...

Cassandrea is a beautiful young model and engaged to a baseball star. She seems to have it all.Cassandrea Latavia was blessed with beauty and brains, but when it came to deciding her future in the form of marriage, her brain refused to see the stark truth of the deceitfulness of her highly successful fiancé.Leaving your fiancé at the altar on your wedding day is something one would never have heard of, especially when the groom is the baseball star...

In need of a bride, wealthy Simon Sebastian has no use for love. But he can't get Olivia Naismith-the stranger whose diary his dog unearthed on his family's grounds-out of his mind. Once ensnared in a difficult marriage to an alcoholic, might Olivia be amenable to a modern marriage of convenience? Seems a workable plan, until he stumbles upon the beautiful Olivia searching for her lost diary. Now, nothing but a true marriage will do.

As Phaedra's husband nears death, Iain Trebanian--the man she's always loved--returns to Cornwall believing Phaedra is a self-serving "gold-digger. "But every choice Phaedra made she made for Iain. Now Iain must choose: Turn his back on Phaedra's love, or continue to believe her choices were more self-serving than self-sacrificing.

London's loveliest and wealthiest social pariah, Thea Garrett guards her wounded heart by refusing to give love a second thought. Then she encounters the cynical and handsome Patrick Blackburne, who's protecting wounds of his own. The moment Blackburne lays eyes on the remarkable Miss Garrett, he instantly forswears his famously wicked ways. But when a gossamer web of dangerous blackmail spins around them, Thea and Blackburne must face the truth:...

After five years away, Lady Eliza Cartwick isn't relishing returning to the whirl of the London season. But the young widow knows to ensure the best future for herself and her young daughter, Rosa, she must remarry. If only Lord Evanston, the dashing rogue who has haunted her dreams since she was sixteen, didn't insist on distracting her with his searing looks and lingering touches at the most inconvenient times . . . Thomas, Lord Evanston, has wanted...

Come back to a time when manners are everything and rules are made to never be broken. Come back to a time when men are in charge and women do what they are told... Yeah, that never happened. Welcome to Megan Bryce's Regencyland, where ladies with backbone get what they want. Where a woman can thumb her nose at rules and care little for convention, and yet somehow, unexpectedly and most reluctantly, find love. To Wed The Widow A man with a Future,...

Come back to a time when manners are everything and rules are made to never be broken. Come back to a time when men are in charge and women do what they are told... Yeah, that never happened. Welcome to Megan Bryce's Regencyland, where ladies with backbone get what they want. Where a woman can thumb her nose at rules and care little for convention, and yet somehow, unexpectedly and most reluctantly, find love. To Catch A Spinster Olivia Blakesley,...