Category: Historical Romance

By Katharine Ashe, Caroline Linden, Miranda Neville, Maya Rodale

"As society gathers at Kingstag fortress for the marriage of the yr, matrimony is within the air. yet who often is the bride? With swoonworthy lords, witty girls, eccentric kin, and a bunch of free-spirited girls—not to say the world’s most sensible excessive perch phaeton—it’s a recipe for mayhem … and romance. Award profitable, best-selling authors Katharine Ashe, Caroline Linden, Miranda Neville and Maya Rodale serve up delectable Regency enjoyable and a pretty modern twist during this anthology of unique novellas. 4 authors, 4 undefined, 4 deliciously romantic surprises. in terms of love, whatever can happen… That Rogue Jack via Maya Rodale Jack, Lord Willoughby is fascinating, good-looking, and completely irresponsible. In different phrases, he’s the worst individual to entrust with the ducal marriage ceremony ring. leave out Henrietta Black is prim, right and the appropriate individual to assist locate the invaluable kin heirloom that’s long gone lacking … so long as she isn’t distracted by way of Jack’s wonderful smile and tantalizing makes an attempt at seduction. they have to locate the hoop sooner than the marriage … in the event that they aren’t too busy falling in love. playstation . i like You through Miranda Neville good-looking, inarticulate Frank Newnham asks for his cousin Christian's support whilst he woos Rosanne Lacy by means of letter. Rosanne falls for Frank's scrumptious prose, but if they meet in individual on the duke's marriage ceremony social gathering, Rosanne can't comprehend why Frank turns out so ... boring. And why is she attracted to the darkish brooding Earl of Bruton, together with his scarred face and air of depression? whilst I Met My Duchess by way of Caroline Linden Gareth Cavendish, Duke of Wessex, believes he’s selected the appropriate bride … till he meets her sister and lightning strikes—literally! Now he’s the one member of society dreading the marriage of the season. Or is he? Cleo Barrows can’t fathom why her knees weaken each time the good-looking duke ways, or why her sister isn’t within the clouds on the prospect of marrying him. however the extra frequently marriage ceremony plans throw Cleo and Gareth in detail jointly, the speedier time is working out to show the party of the summer time into the scandal of the yr. How Angela acquired Her Rogue again by way of Katharine Ashe whilst wonderful Lord Trenton Ascot beckons to historical past grad scholar Angela Cowdrey from the pages of a comic, she thinks she’s going loopy. while Trent rescues her from a lake and he or she claims she’s from the long run, he is familiar with he's. yet a blackmailer is threatening Trent’s family members and Angela is set to assist. whereas unraveling the secret of her time-travel journey to the duke’s marriage ceremony, this contemporary lady and Regency lord simply could find a ardour that defies centuries.

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By Lisa Kleypas

"*New York occasions* bestselling writer Lisa Kleypas promises the unforgettable, horny story of a brash rogue who meets his equivalent in a lady who understands precisely what she desires . . .

Zachary Bronson has outfitted an empire of wealth and tool. Now he's looking a spouse to aid safe his place within the ton . . . in addition to hot his mattress in deepest. yet not only any girl will do for certainly one of London's such a lot infamous rakes. whilst he meets woman Holly Taylor, he surrenders to the temptation to take her in his palms and kiss her. but he's pleasantly stunned to find her fierce passions fit his own.

Lady Holly Taylor is destined to spend her lifestyles enjoying via society's principles even if they move opposed to her bolder instincts. yet Zachary's kiss arouses her, and even though his stunning supply doesn't contain marriage, she is pressured to hazard every thing for the main forbidden passion.

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By Gerri Russell

The artifacts have been legendary—the sword of Charlemagne and the Holy Grail. And now they have been long gone, stolen through those that was hoping to exploit their mystical powers to spoil Scotland.

Sensuous as sin and wild because the Highlands, Sir Simon Lockhart needs to reclaim the treasure whereas maintaining his fellow Templars opposed to a madman who desires to wipe out the order and guarding his middle opposed to a red-haired good looks whose maximum want is to run headlong into danger.

Brianna St. Clair had proficient approximately her entire lifestyles to be a knight and is haunted through premonitions of a negative conflict. It’s those very visions that Simon hopes will make them the treasure and the traitor. yet whereas Brianna can wield a sword in addition to any guy, she has no security opposed to the seductive pull of… A Knight to wish

By Julia Quinn

"Jack Audley has been a highwayman.

A soldier. And he has ""always"" been a rogue. What he's not, and not desired to be, is a peer of the area, chargeable for an historical historical past and the livelihood of 1000's. but if he's famous because the long-lost son of the home of Wyndham, his carefree existence is over. And if his delivery proves to be valid, then he'll locate himself with the only name he by no means sought after: Duke of Wyndham.

Grace Eversleigh has spent the final 5 years toiling because the spouse to the dowager Duchess of Wyndham. it's a thankless task, with little or no holiday from the regimen . . . until eventually Jack Audley lands in her lifestyles, all rakish smiles and debonair allure. he isn't a guy who takes no for a solution, and while she is in his palms, she's now not a girl who desires to say no. but when he's the genuine duke, then he's the single guy she will by no means have . . .
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By Mia Marlowe

"When Captain Gabriel Drake earns a royal pardon and is derived domestic to Cornwall, he discovers the daddy with whom he was hoping to reconcile has died, with his older brother. Gabriel abruptly reveals himself increased to lord of the manor with the extra hardship of being liable for his five orphaned nieces.

He's additionally obliged to wed, mattress and breed an inheritor on a well-born girl once attainable to safe the barony or it is going to be devolved to the Crown. considering the fact that Gabriel's pardon for piracy calls for him by no means to go into the town of London back, he can't pursue a bride in general marriage mart model. And the truth that he merely wishes Jacquelyn Wren, the bastard daughter of a courtesan who couldn't probably fulfill the King's requisites to develop into his baroness, skill he'll have her any method he can.

To guard the orphans in her cost, Jacquelyn has to determine the hot baron certainly wed to a woman of caliber. a couple of classes in dating should still do the trick properly. yet she forgot something.

What a pirate wishes, a pirate takes…

THIS ebook was once formerly released AS PLEASURING THE PIRATE.

PRAISE for the way to thrill A PIRATE …

""A pleasant, witty romance. The discussion among Jacquelyn and Gabriel is shrewdpermanent and entire of such sly enjoyable that the pages particularly flew by."" ~ All approximately Romance

""Loved each minute. the youngsters will make you snigger; Gabe and Jacquelyn's courting will make you sizzle, and Jacquelyn's own limitation will make you cry. an ideal 10! ~ Romance reports this day
“A feel-good, enjoyable old romance with lots of sexual sizzle! seems like one other winner!” ~ Romance Reader at center

""This nice Georgian romance is full of bawdy humor, aware of Fielding's vintage Tom Jones."" ~ Harriet Klausner

By Sophie Barnes

"**Welcome to Thorncliff Manor, the place London's elite combine, mingle, and will even locate their heart's desire...**

There are millions of items Christopher, Viscount Spencer, may relatively do than hunt for a bride, particularly for the reason that adventure has taught him that girls usually are not to be depended on. Then he unearths the exciting girl Sarah scrambling round in Thorncliff's conservatory and he's immediately charmed via her passionate nature. yet why is she so rationale on keeping off him?

Lady Sarah could make definitely the right bride for a peer—if now not for a tarnished earlier that she's hiding from the ton. A remain at Thorncliff Manor used to be intended to aid her plan for her destiny, no longer fall in love. but Christopher's kisses are impossible to resist, his gallantry engaging. while her mystery stands to be printed, will the reality wreck their desires of happiness?
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By Anna Casanovas

Una preciosa historia de amor entre Nueva York e Irlanda a principios del siglo XX.

En l. a. dura y febril Nueva York de principios del siglo XX, Bradshaw Verlen ha logrado convertirse en un importante ingeniero e inversor. Los que le han visto crecer en el barrio pobre del que proviene, lo temen y envidian, y l. a. clase social en los angeles que ha irrumpido reniega de él.

Pero a Bradshaw todo eso lo tiene sin cuidado, porque sus inventos para mejorar los angeles productividad y seguridad de las fábricas lo están haciendo rico. Le basta con eso… hasta que un día tropieza con una joven irlandesa por los angeles calle y empieza a desear algo más.

Sin embargo, l. a. vida de Kate, al igual que los planos de Bradshaw, tiene líneas y trazos enrevesados, y ella sencillamente no puede enamorarse de un desconocido.

Anna Casanovas es l. a. autora de Doce años y un instante, entre otras novelas, y una de las escritoras españolas más populares del género.

By Jeannie Lin

National bestselling writer Jeannie Lin’s Gunpowder Chronicles proceed as a girl left adrift by means of the autumn of a Dynasty makes an attempt to reclaim her family’s honor…

As a doctor, Jin Soling can see that the Emperor is cracking, counting on Opium to drown his problems. The Ch’ing Empire is failing, and warfare with the British is drawing close, however the guy to whom Soling used to be engaged has a daring inspiration to avoid wasting it.

A chief in the Ministry of Engineering, Chang-wei indicates an alliance with Japan, whose scientists declare to have technical developments that may flip the tide of the conflict. yet Japan has stored itself in isolation for the final 2 hundred years, slicing all diplomatic ties with the Ch'ing Empire. Chang-wei needs to input the island kingdom in hide to hunt an alliance—an alliance forbidden through the japanese shogunate.

Seeking to flee the politics of the imperial court docket, Soling arranges her personal passage at the airship to Japan. yet when they land, Chang-wei and Soling develop into objectives of the shogunate's armored assassins. stuck among empires, in a land distrustful of foreigners, the lethal battle machines are the least in their worries…

By Joan Wolf

"A woman in hide …

Valentine Ardsley disguised herself as a teenage boy to take a task as groom at the incredible Yorkshire property of the arrogantly confident, imperiously good-looking Lord Diccon Leyburn, yet her bold get away from the slender confines of younger ladyhood didn't final lengthy.

Valentine used to be unmasked via Lord Leyburn with shameful ease. Even worse, whilst Leyburn made her a suggestion of marriage, he made it insultingly transparent that this used to be an issue of responsibility on his half, and definitely now not hope.

Never could Valentine settle for such an odious provide. as an alternative she might visit London to discover a gentleman who would truly love her – whether this intended pretending she may love any guy however the infuriatingly impossible to resist Lord Leyburn in go back …

Reviews for different Joan Wolf Regency Regency novels ...

The mother or father ...
The Belles and Beaux of Romance
“Joan Wolf continually supplies a stellar analyzing adventure. … the newest treasure by means of Joan Wolf is The dad or mum. Set in Regency England it's a story approximately a rare lady and the way she bargains with kin secrets and techniques, deceit, and the nice love of her existence.

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Another winner…wonderfully written….Whether your favourite Joan Wolf tale gains Regency heroes, robust heroines, or superb Regency period settings, you'll locate all of it right here within the association.
Sherry Crane – Compu-Serve Romance reports

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What with the resurgence of curiosity in Jane Austen, Regency romances are having fun with a renewed reputation. Veteran novelist Wolf (best recognized for her prehistoric The Reindeer Hunters), turns in her personal pleasant addition, one who combines sensuality and keenness with a lively first-person narrative. while Kate Fitzgerald's horse-trader father is killed, she's put together with her malicious uncle, who spitefully maneuvers her into marriage with Adrian, Earl of Greystone. Waterloo hero Greystone accepts the unlucky scenario, yet Kate falls deeply in love. opposed to the colourful racetrack historical past of the working of the Guineas at Newmarket, she schemes to entrap the aristocrat who murdered her father.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Joan Wolf is a united states at the present time bestselling writer, whose acclaimed Regency romances have earned her nationwide acceptance as a grasp of the style. Her many ancient and modern romances were hugely praised by way of reviewers and authors alike. Publisher's Weekly reviewed one among her novels as ""historical fiction at its finest."" Joan used to be born in big apple urban yet has lived so much of her lifestyles in Connecticut together with her husband, little ones and diverse pets. An avid rider and horse proprietor, she enjoys that includes horses in her novels.

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By Julia Quinn

Penelope Featherington has secretly cherished her top friend's brother for . . . good, it seems like endlessly. After part a life of staring at Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she is aware every little thing approximately him, until eventually she stumbles throughout his inner most mystery . . . and fears she doesn't be aware of him at all.Colin Bridgerton is uninterested in being inspiration not anything yet an empty-headed charmer, uninterested in everyone's preoccupation with the infamous gossip columnist woman Whistledown, who can't appear to submit an version with no declaring him within the first paragraph. but if Colin returns to London from a trop aboard he discovers notyhing in his lifestyles is kind of the same—especially Penelope Featherington! the lady haunting his desires. but if he discovers that Penelope has secrets and techniques of her personal, this elusive bachelor needs to come to a decision . . . is she his greatest threat—or his promise of a cheerful ending?