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The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran
In a debut romance as passionate and sweeping as the British Empire, Meredith Duran paints a powerful picture of an aristocrat torn between two worlds, an heiress who dares to risk everything...and the love born in fire and darkness that nearly destroys them. From exotic sandstone palaces.. -
![Axios: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn]()
Axios: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn
I am Axios of Sparta, and I was born to kill. At age seven, I left home to train with other boys where we were taught obedience, solidarity, military strategy, and how to withstand pain. My harsh upbringing stripped me of my weaknesses and forced me to become strong. Ruthless. But, I craved something greater—a life I could never have... -
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![A Shot in the Dark by Addison Cain]()
A Shot in the Dark by Addison Cain
Matthew is determined to find his run-away sweetheart. And then he’s going to marry her. Well, that is, if he can get her to hear him out before rival gangster, Tommy Kennedy, woos her into believing that Chicago power and prestige are better than quite towns and true love. And if she won’t listen, then he’ll just have to tie her up and drag her home. Part 2 of the A Trick of the Light duet... -
![The Steel Rogue by K.J. Jackson]()
The Steel Rogue by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA scarred lady, living in the outskirts of society. A hardened rogue brought up from the worst of humanity. One seeks revenge. One seeks redemption. Neither is prepared for a love that will defy all odds.A scarred lady, living in the fringes. Lady Alton knows she doesn't fit into polite society. Her scars determined that long ago, and marrying a viscount never helped the matter... -
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![Soul's Fire by Susan Fanetti]()
Soul's Fire by Susan Fanetti
PREORDER AVAILABLE NOW RELEASE DATE: 4 FEBRUARY 2017 Astrid has been a warrior since the day she was old enough to make the choice to live and die with an axe in her hand. She is strong and stoic, powerful and brave, and she has the life she desires, free of complications and distractions. She is a shieldmaiden, and that is all she wishes to be... -
![The Devil in the Duke: A Revelry’s Tempest Novel by K.J. Jackson]()
The Devil in the Duke: A Revelry’s Tempest Novel by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA man accustomed to hiding secrets. A woman with a lost past. Love that cannot be denied. A man accustomed to hiding secrets. His dark silver eyes are haunted, and for good reason. Logan Lipinstein lost his wife years ago in the war and has been a living shell of a man ever since, attempting to atone for past sins. Until one fateful day, when she walks past him carrying a basket of bread...Categorized as:
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![A Taste of Shine by Addison Cain]()
A Taste of Shine by Addison Cain
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“Prohibition. Gangsters. Moonshine. A badass heroine and a hero who’s alpha enough to make you swoon. You won't be able to put this book down! ” He’s in love at first sight. The new girl in town is nothing but trouble. And deep in trouble in every possible way. Chicago’s reigning kingpin wants Charlotte back under his wing. Radcliff’s right-hand-man wants her in his bed... -
![Caution to the Wind by Giana Darling]()
Caution to the Wind by Giana Darling
From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Giana Darling comes an age gap, forbidden love story about a rebel soul and her best friend's dad who wants absolutely nothing to do with her... I fell in love with my best friend's dad when I was seventeen... -
![The Captive Duke by Grace Burrowes]()
The Captive Duke by Grace Burrowes
New York Times bestselling author Grace Burrowes dazzles in this sexy Regency romance, featuring:* A tortured duke desperate to find peace* A secret only his quiet young daughter knows* A fearless lady who would do anything for the ones she loves* And of course* Happily ever after!Christian Severn, Duke of Mercia, nearly lost his will to live after the brutal fighting in France... -
![Masquerade by Joel Abernathy]()
Masquerade by Joel Abernathy
An MM Phantom of the Opera Retelling We all wear masks. He came to me like a ghost singing songs of the past… An angel, promising redemption. Now I know the truth of the man behind the mask, and Erik’s soul is more broken and twisted than I ever imagined. ~ Even an angel’s wings can be broken. The moment I heard his voice, I knew he was mine. Mine to teach. Mine to mold... -
![No Choice But Surrender by Meagan McKinney]()
No Choice But Surrender by Meagan McKinney
PRISONER OF PASSION Penniless and alone, Lady Brienne had come to Osterley Park, back to the house of the father she despised. She found a stranger waiting -- an arrogant American whose sensuality set her heart beating wildly, rendering her powerless as his kiss deepened into a brand of fire, searing his mark on her tender flesh...Categorized as:
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![Lord of Wicked Intentions by Lorraine Heath]()
Lord of Wicked Intentions by Lorraine Heath
Only one woman can break through his heart of stone... Three young heirs, imprisoned by an unscrupulous uncle, escaped—to the sea, to the streets, to faraway battle—awaiting the day when they would return to reclaim their birthright... Lord Rafe Easton may be of noble blood, but survival taught him to rely only on himself and to love no one...Categorized as:
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![Suicide Note by Teresa Mummert]()
Suicide Note by Teresa Mummert
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSometimes in life it feels like everything that can go wrong does, but everything happens for a reason. A relationship crumbles so someone else can mend the pieces of your broken heart. A change of plans can lead you to something you didn't even know you were missing. We help others and discover that it was us who needed to be helped all along... -
![Stepping on Roses, Vol. 9 by Rinko Ueda, 上田 倫子]()
Stepping on Roses, Vol. 9 by Rinko Ueda, 上田 倫子
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPoor Sumi Kitamura… Her irresponsible older brother Eisuke keeps bringing home orphans for her to take care of even though they can barely afford their own basic needs! Just when Sumi's financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre proposition: he'll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if she agrees to marry him... -
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![Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey]()
Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey
CAPTIVE OF LOVE Spirited Rowena Belleme must produce an heir--or incur the dangerous wrath of a ruthless stepbrother, who stands to forfeit his ill-gotten wealth. And the magnificent Warrick deChaville is the perfect choice to sire her child--though it means imprisoning the handsome knight...and forcing him to bend to her amorous whims...Categorized as:
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![Ethan: Lord of Scandal by Grace Burrowes]()
Ethan: Lord of Scandal by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAt the age of fourteen, Ethan Grey was banished by his titled father into a hell his legitimate siblings never learned of. Now that the old earl is dead, and Ethan is a widower with two children to raise, he finds himself attracted to Alice Portman, the boys’ scholarly, reserved governess... -
![Slashed by Thalia Sanchez]()
Slashed by Thalia Sanchez
Sadie always thought she had the potential to become a Final Girl. It’s why she bought the tickets for Slashed, a haunted house attraction that provides an immersive experience of a slasher movie. The attraction promised a night of thrilling fun for her and her friends, and it would be the perfect opportunity for Sadie to prove herself.However, Slashed is more challenging than Sadie expected...Categorized as:
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![Her Wanton Wager by Grace Callaway]()
Her Wanton Wager by Grace Callaway
An Heiress on a Mission… After two failed Seasons, Persephone Fines has vowed to reform her hoydenish ways. But when her beloved brother falls into the clutches of wicked gamester Gavin Hunt, she must take action. Hunt offers her a shocking proposition: he will release her brother… if she can resist six nights of seduction... -
![The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë]()
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
The story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son. By challenging the prevailing morals of the time the novel caused a critic to pronounce it ''utterly unfit to be put into the hands of girls''. It is considered to be one of the first feminist novels...Categorized as:
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![Cinderella Is Faking It by Dilan Dyer]()
Cinderella Is Faking It by Dilan Dyer
Delilah has four problems: No job, no money, no prospects - no orgasms.The first three should be easy to solve, but all potential employers dig a little too deep into her previous boss. When a mix-up gets her swept into a charity event in place of the famously reclusive Cordelia Montgomery—heiress to the Montgomery hotel fortune—Delilah finds herself roped into a new job overnight... -
![A Rose at Midnight by Anne Stuart]()
A Rose at Midnight by Anne Stuart
Once a daughter of the aristocracy, lovely Ghislaine "Gilly" de Lorgny lives for the destruction of Nicholas Blackthorne—the notorious rake she holds responsible for the cruel loss of her virtue, family and fortune. Now that the rogue has reentered her life, she seizes the opportunity to enact a poisonous revenge—but is abducted by the dashing villain before the deed can be done... -
![The Earl on the Train by Kerrigan Byrne]()
The Earl on the Train by Kerrigan Byrne
He’s the Villain she never forgot…Sebastian Moncrieff is a villain, a traitor, and a pirate, who has recently inherited an Earldom he never wanted. As a man who’s committed every sin imaginable, he knows his only chance at redemption is the one woman who ever reached through to his soul of ice... -
![Dark Side of the Sun by Addison Cain]()
Dark Side of the Sun by Addison Cain
Arabella, the Baroness of Iliffe, knows her life is nearing its end. For years the young widow has been hunted across England, running from her past, thrust onward into desolate wastes until there is nowhere else to hide. With the little time she has left, her desperation has driven her into the arms of an extremely sinister man who desires more than just her company... -
![Veils of Silk by Mary Jo Putney]()
Veils of Silk by Mary Jo Putney
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsGaunt and wearing an eye patch, Major Ian Cameron returns to India after being freed from horrendous captivity in Central Asia. Thoughts of his beautiful fiancée helped him survive his imprisonment, but much can happen when a man has supposedly been dead for two years, and his return brings him face to face with how much he has lost...Categorized as:
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![Once in a Blue Moon by Penelope Williamson]()
Once in a Blue Moon by Penelope Williamson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThose who knew spoke of the infamous Trelawny men in hushed, shocked whispers. But to flame-haired Jessalyn Letty, wild, captivating child of the storm-tossed Cornish moors, McCady Trelawny was the most fascinating man she had ever met. Few knew of the dream that burned in McCady's secret soul - a dream destined to change the world. But Jessalyn knew and shared his passion... -
![To Love a Dark Lord by Anne Stuart]()
To Love a Dark Lord by Anne Stuart
To survive, Emma Langolet has committed a shocking crime. But, to her amazement, the notorious scoundrel, James Killoran, has agreed to accept responsibility for her desperate act—though the handsome, Irish earl professes no interest whatsoever in the enchanting miss whom he has surely rescued from the gallows...Categorized as:
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![The Portrait by Megan Chance]()
The Portrait by Megan Chance
The reigning master of the New York art world, Jonas Whitaker was brilliant and compelling, a man of dark passions and uncontrollable emotions. Terrified of his own dangerous nature, and scarred by the horror of his past, he hid behind his talent in a world of glittering emptiness--until Imogene Carter pushed her way into his life... -
![Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen]()
Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCan he trust her with his darkest secret? Ruthless. Dangerous. Known simply as King. No one knows his true name or where he came from. And when he learns that the man who betrayed him has returned to London, King has only one goal: vengeance. But first, he must seek out an unlikely ally to aide him in his pursuit... Adeline Archambault is as mysterious as she is beautiful... -
![A Gentleman Tutor by Harper Fox, Callum Hale]()
A Gentleman Tutor by Harper Fox, Callum Hale
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor Frank Harte, impoverished schoolteacher, January in London means a yearly fight to survive. A former soldier, his injuries have barred him from all but the lowest-paid posts, and the cold incapacitates him still more. The chance to work as tutor to Viscount Gracewater, son of the famous big-game hunting Earl, comes as a lifeline to Frank... -
![Breathless by Anne Stuart]()
Breathless by Anne Stuart
Ruined beyond repair and shunned by London society, lovely Miranda Rohan rebelliously embraces the freedom that comes from having nothing left to lose. However, this dangerous course throws her under the power of the darkly enigmatic Lucien de Malheur—known to many as the Scorpion... -
![Lemonade by Nina Pennacchi]()
Lemonade by Nina Pennacchi
As a young woman in Victorian England, Anna Champion knows all too well the social mores that value prettiness over sense, and etiquette over honesty. But when she stands up to the boorishness of dashing Christopher Davenport at a summertime ball, Anna unwittingly attracts his wrath—and becomes entangled in his malicious scheming... -
![The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale]()
The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale
In the late 18th century, intent on avenging her family's death at the hands of a cult leader, Lady Leigh Strachan dresses as a boy and seeks out the reclusive S.T. Maitland, nobleman and highwayman, who was once known as the Prince of Midnight...Categorized as:
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![Untouched by Anna Campbell]()
Untouched by Anna Campbell
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"I am many things," Lord Sheene said. "Kind is not one of them."Beautiful Grace Paget has no reason not to believe these words. After all, she was kidnapped, spirited away to a remote country manor, and told she is to grant this man his every desire . . . or lose her life. But Grace is no common trollop... -
![Stormfire by Christine Monson]()
Stormfire by Christine Monson
Abducted on her way to boarding school, a terrified Catherine Enderly was brought from England to the coast of Ireland, the prisoner of the angry and powerful young Sean Culhane—a man sworn to vengeance against her family. Frightened but defiant, the young countess met her captor with a strength that belied her fragile loveliness...Categorized as:
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![Ritual Sins by Anne Stuart]()
Ritual Sins by Anne Stuart
Rachel Connery is on a seek-and-destroy mission, out for revenge against the mysterious, charismatic man who enticed millions of dollars from her dying mother and cheated her out of her inheritance. She wants retribution and is willing to use every seductive trick at her disposal to obtain it...Categorized as:
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![One Summer by Karen Robards]()
One Summer by Karen Robards
High school teacher Rachel Grant believed in her student Johnny Harris's innocence even after he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend. Now, 10 years later, he's out on parole and Rachel has taken him under her wing, even finding a job for him. It isn't long before their relationship changes and Rachel and Johnny become much more intimate... -
![Barons Adore Curves by Jemma Frost]()
Barons Adore Curves by Jemma Frost
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn evil aunt intent on auctioning off her innocent niece.An obsessed baron who'll stop at nothing to claim the curvy woman for his own...Categorized as:
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![Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt]()
Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt
A LADY OF LIGHTRefined, kind, and intelligent, Lady Iris Jordan finds herself the unlikely target of a diabolical kidnapping. Her captors are the notoriously evil Lords of Chaos. When one of the masked-and nude!-Lords spirits her away to his carriage, she shoots him . . . only to find she may have been a trifle hasty...Categorized as:
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![This Other Eden by Marilyn Harris]()
This Other Eden by Marilyn Harris
"The secret of the entire world is whispered here at Eden...." — Since time out of memory, Eden Castle had ridden the storm-swept Devon cliffs like a ghostly figurehead on a ship of the damned. — He was the last Lord of Eden Castle, Thomas Eden, a man of brooding desire and sudden passion ..Categorized as:
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![Wickeds Scandal by Kathleen Ayers]()
Wickeds Scandal by Kathleen Ayers
Alexandra Dunforth, a bookish spinster from Hampshire, has no desire to marry despite her uncle holding the fate of her beloved family estate over her head. Satan Reynolds, a wealthy Marquess, is possessed of angelic beauty and a scandalous dragon tattoo...Categorized as:
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![Devil's Embrace by Catherine Coulter]()
Devil's Embrace by Catherine Coulter
The #1 New York Times bestselling author's first historical romance. Kidnapped and taken to the beautiful city of Genoa, Cassie Brougham finds love in the arms of her captor, while she is betrothed to another man. Cassie has known the Earl of Clare all her life, but she's in love with a soldier she's been secretly writing to since she was fifteen. Now he's home and they're going to be married...Categorized as:
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![Wicked Games by Zoe Blake, Will Thorne]()
Wicked Games by Zoe Blake, Will Thorne
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsShe's caught in my game... she just doesn't know it. For weeks, I've been watching her. Stalking her. Now, it's time to start playing with my beautiful little pawn. From the moment I first saw her from afar, I knew she would become my prized possession. I will gaslight her into thinking she is my obedient ward, trapped in the Victorian era... -
![Lie Down In Roses by Shannon Drake]()
Lie Down In Roses by Shannon Drake
The willful Lady Genevieve would do anything to save her beloved Edenby Castle--even if she had to share the name and the bed of her most treacherous foe, Lord Tristan. They were born to be enemies and destined to be lovers--players in a perilous game of intrigue and passion where the price was one woman's innocence and the prize was one man's heart...Categorized as:
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![Silk and Shadows by Mary Jo Putney]()
Silk and Shadows by Mary Jo Putney
He called himself Peregrine, the wanderer, and he came to London for revenge... Like the falcon he named himself for, Peregrine is wild and free, an exotic prince who fascinates 1839 London with his wealth, mystery, and dangerous allure. He emerged from his mysterious Asiatic past to exact retribution for an appalling crime. Nothing and no one can stop him—except perhaps Lady Sara St... -
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![A Pirate's Love by Johanna Lindsey]()
A Pirate's Love by Johanna Lindsey
With languid tropical breezes caressing her breathtakingly beautiful face, Bettina Verlaine stood before the mast, sailing westward to fulfill a promise her heart never made--marriage to a Count her eyes had never beheld. Then in a moment of swashbuckling courage, the pirate Tristan swept her away and the spell of his passion was cast over her heart forever...Categorized as:
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![Captive Bride by Johanna Lindsey]()
Captive Bride by Johanna Lindsey
The irresistible call of adventure brings lovely Christina Wakefield to the alluring Arabian desert. But fate imprisons her after she encounters Sheik Abu, the strikingly handsome though arrogant adventurer, whom she had known in England as Philip Caxton. Once Christina had rejected Philip's fervent offer of marriage. But now she is to be his slave -- desperate for the freedoms denied her..Categorized as:
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