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The Marquis of Elvington, heartbroken to discover the woman he intended to marry has deceived him, decides to leave England and put as many miles as possible between them. Handsome, intelligent and a great favourite at the Court of King William IV and Queen Adelaide, the Marquis is used to the admiration of women and respect of men, so the duplicity of his intended wife strikes him a cruel blow.
However, a thick fog makes it impossible for his yacht...
62) Look With Love
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After losing her mother to a fever, then her beloved father the Earl of Darrington – and now her Godmother too, eighteen-year-old Ilita is bereft, stricken by poverty as well as grief. For a fleeting moment, she's saved when her aunt takes her in. But the Countess is, to Ilita's horror, bitter, jealous of her beauty and ashamed to be associated with her. Sent away to work for a recently blinded Marchioness under a false name and ordered never to...
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Cuando el Conde de Ardwick finalmente decide casarse, pero es rechazado por una belleza ambiciosa con su ojo en el ducado. Entonces la suerte coloca a Lady Lupita Lang en el sendero del Conde, pero Lupita teme por su joven hermanito, que está en peligro de ser un primo despiadado, hasta que el Conde se nombra a sí mismo, tutor del niño, ganando el agradecido amor de Lupita.
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Returning from finishing school in France, Louisa Hatton was full of enthusiasm for the life ahead. She was convinced it would be exciting and romantic. But her parents had already planned a very suitable marriage for her to Lord Westbridge, their new neighbour. He was a cold, hard man and he wanted Louisa despite her protests.
Her parents would not support her. Her father owed Lord Westbridge money. It seemed that for help she could only turn to...
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Amidst the exciting preparations for the grand opening of Prince Albert's prized Crystal Palace, a young orphan, Sorilda, is being forced into marriage by her recently cuckolded uncle, the Duke of Nuneaton.
Having sheltered lovely Sorilda since the tragic death of her parents, the usually fair-minded Duke has been driven to jealous retaliation by his deceitful new Duchess.
Suspecting his close neighbour, the Earl of Winsford, of ungentlemanly...
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The handsome and debonair Marquis of Raventhorpe is known throughout the Beau Monde as something of a ladies' man until he falls under the spell of Society beauty Lady Sarah Chessington.
But when he arrives at the Earl of Chessington-Crewe's house to propose, he realises that Lady Sarah wants him only for his wealth and position and he leaves in a fury, vowing that he will never marry.
By the wayside he encounters a young exquisite beauty utterly...
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El Duque de Kerncliffe, uno de los caballeros favoritos de la Reina Victoria, nunca sospechó que, a causa de un imperdonable desliz suyo en el Castillo de Windsor, la soberana inglesa le ordenaría que contrajera matrimonio. Impenitente soltero, pero abocado a perder el favor de la reina si no cumplía su mandato, buscó esposa entre las debutantes de la alta sociedad londinense. La personalidad de la novia ni siquiera le preocupaba. Pero ésta,...
68) Wish For Love
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Queen's Ford, built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and home to the noble Forde family for centuries, is crumbling into ruin.
Devastated by the reduced circumstances in which he finds himself due to the outlandish spending of his late father, the current Lord Fordcombe simply cannot afford to repair it.
With only a few loyal servants to serve the family, even the once beautiful gardens and stables are shabby and unkempt. In fact, the Forde family,...
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Although Chandra's father Professor Barnard Wardell is the world's most distinguished Sanskrit scholar, his earnings are barely enough to support him, his daughter and their faithful servant Ellen.
So, when the dashing Lord Damon Frome invites him on a highly paid expedition to Nepal it is a Godsend. But, having spent much of his advance, the Professor is struck down by a heart attack. So, to the fury of the woman-hating Lord Frome, demure young Chandra...
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Para eludir las pretenciones matrimoniales de una millonaria norte americana, el Marqués de Broxbourne fingio estar casado. Era una mentira inocente, pero acabó por convertirse en una trampa. Pronto el Marqués se vio en la obligación de presentar una esposa, o perdería la oportunidad de rehacer su fortuna y su prestigio social.
Carola Greton, su joven y soñadora vecina, estaba dispuesta a fingir ser la Marquesa de Brobourne por unos días......
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Just eighteen, beautiful and intelligent, Yola Beauharnais lives a blessed Fairy tale life at her magnificent family castle on the Loire.
Then her grandmother announces that she has been, promised in marriage by her late beloved father to the Marquis de Montereau. Yola is appalled. She has heard of the Marquis, who, although handsome and sophisticated, has a reputation in Paris as a rake, socialite and 'ladykiller'. How could she possibly marry such...
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Tras haber luchado en Francia y pasado una larga temporada en Londres, el Marqués de Melverley decidió regresar al campo. Allí encontró su Finca totalmente abandonada y pidió a Christina, una joven huérfana que había conocido en el camino que lo ayudara a poner las cosas en orden. Para lograr este objetivo tuvieron que enfrentarse a un ambicioso primo del Marqués que trataba apoderarse del título e incluso llegó a secuestrar a Christina...
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Gretna, ist ein Kind der Liebe, da ihre Eltern heimlich heirateten mussten und von der Gesellschaft verstoßen wurden. Ihre Mutter Lady Rosemary, Tochter des Earl von Ledbury heiratetet ihre Liebe in Gretna Green, um den Häschern ihres Vaters zu entkommen, der sie mit einem älteren Adeligen verheiraten wollte. Sie wurden von der Familie verstoßen und die Familie lebte in Armut auf dem Land. Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern und aus dem Haus vertrieben,...
74) El Impostor
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El asesinato de tres oficiales ingleses en la India sirvió de aviso para Vincent, heredero del Marquesado de Mawdelyn, de que su vida corría peligro a su regreso a Inglaterra, ya que los compañeros muertos habían sido confundidos por él. Mientras tanto, en el Priorato de Mawdelyn, un primo lejano de Vincent había asumido el título de Marqués, pensando que el verdadero heredero estaba muerto. Cómo regresa Vincent a Inglaterra y tiene que hacer...
75) A Call of Love
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The British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, asks Lord Kenington to travel to India to find out if growing reports about the Russian menace are really true.
The Liberal Opposition in Parliament are sceptical and are certain that Disraeli is manufacturing a scare about nothing in asserting that the prime objective of the Russians in invading Asia is to wrest India from the British.
On the P & O Liner to India, to Lord Kenington's surprise, a very...
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Cuando el fuego destruye la casa de su familia, Erlina no tiene más remedio que buscar refugio en Meldon Hall. La casa está en mal estado, por lo que se sorprende al encontrar al Marqués de Meldon, viviendo en un lugar apartado y solitário, ya que un accidente ha dejado al Marqués ciego y amargado, pero con el tiempo, Erlina cura su alma herida con la alegría del verdadero amor... y así se realizan los sueños más increíbles de imaginar......
77) Gypsy Magic
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Although beautiful young Laetitia is a Princess, she and her family lead a life more befitting paupers. Despising them for the gypsy blood that runs in their veins, the Grand Duchess, their cruel Cousin Augustina, bullies and oppresses them just as she persecutes the Romany people and banishes them from Ovenstadt's Capital.
If only Laetitia could call upon some ancient gypsy spell to make things right.
Worse still, Laetitia hears that the hateful...
78) The Love Pirate
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Arriving home from school, Bertilla is sad to find her home unprepared for her and her widowed mother is far from pleased to see her. Even worse, Lady Alvinston, a celebrated Society beauty, makes it clear that she has no intention of allowing her pretty eighteen-year-old daughter anywhere near the glittering London social scene she enjoys so much herself.
As her mother continues her scheming to snare a wealthy husband before her looks fade, the...
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Als das Gebet endete war Tara plötzlich mit Torquil, dem Herzog von Arkcraig, verheiratet. Einem Mann, den sie vorher noch nie gesehen hatte. Das furchteinflößende Clanoberhaupt, der einen Erben brauchte. Aus dem Londoner Waisenhaus gerissen, wo sie ihre ganzen achtzehn Jahre gelebt hatte, war Tara nach Schottland als Rachemittel gebracht worden. Ihr einziger Besitz war ein Medaillon. Wie Tara den Herzog vor dem sicheren Tod bewahrt, eine jahrhunderthalte...
80) El Mejor Tesoro
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Tras servir en el Ejército de Ocupación en Francia, el Conde de Monkforde regresó a Inglaterra. El panorama no podía ser más desolador, pues su casa y su Finca se hallaban empobrecidas y sus recursos eran muy escasos. Linka, una prima lejana del Conde que siempre había vivido en la Mansión también estaba muy preocupada. Como única esperanza, ambos se dedicaron a buscar en la casa, que un día fue un convento, algo que los antiguos residentes...