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The day Quinten Marvell became the Duke of Somerset should have been the most exhilarating day of his life. Instead, it was the day he inherited nothing but a pile of outstanding debts. Yet, there was one thing he was certain his father couldn't squander, a place gifted to his mother, and then to him. Determined to recover the entire Somerset legacy, Quinn flees to the only home left to him, Lindenwood Manor, and discovers it to be the crowning loss in his father's long list of failures. Now the most direct path to recovery lies in the heart of his beautiful and wealthy neighbor, Miss Alice Moore. Knowing that marriage would sentence this lovely, scarred woman to a lifetime of being snubbed as a commoner, will he sacrifice her to save himself from a life of poverty?

From London's gilded halls to the gutters of darkest Whitechapel, Lily McGregor could hold her own. All it took was the right disguise. But when the devilishly handsome, thoroughly honorable Jackson Broadmoore sought to win her hand, Lily knew the only thing she dared reveal to him was the sordid truth.

Starvation, filth, and killing poverty were the vile realities of his childhood until Liam McGregor escaped London's Whitechapel hell for good. His success in the real world had only begun to erase his nightmare when his heart discovered the beautiful Lady Millicent. He would do anything for this woman he was swiftly learning to love, except the one thing she asked of him. He would go anywhere she wished him to, except the one place she begged him to go. Because no one could be so lucky to escape Whitechapel twice and live to tell about it.

The descendant of a legendary knight and a beautiful woman...brought together by a voice from beyond. Ginny Wattersfield was going mad, just like her mother had. For days now she'd been hearing a voice. A voice from a grave. A voice that couldn't possibly be speaking to her. Begging her. Crying for her to find the man who had taken the young woman's life. Before he killed again. Inspector William de Wolfe wanted to believe the beautiful young woman who said she'd heard a voice in the graveyard. Because for the first time in a year it might give him a clue that could breathe life into a trail that had gone cold. But what should he trust...his head or his heart?

10th Anniversary EditionLady Lydia Landwell has given her heart to the only man she will ever love. But when Gabriel Talbot destroys that love, she vows she will never make such a mistake again - until he returns from the Crimean War more dead than alive. In a cruel twist, Liddy realizes she's the only person who can pull him back from the grave - even though allowing him back into her life might be the greatest mistake she could make.Gabe and Liddy's emotion-filled journey of danger and intrigue tests their love and reveals to them the only truth they will ever need to know. That Love Is Enough.

Attraction. Conflict. Resisistance. Surrender.Each of the four books in Laura Landon's 2020 Victorian series are collected here in one great read. Together they joyfully prove that love can thrive in any season.Book One: Winter's Cold HeartOnly a poisonous rumor stands between them. Can Lydia McDowell ignore an entire village and trust the shamed Doctor Jarvis? Or will doing so come at the cost of her brother's life...and her own frozen heart?Book Two: Spring's Tender HeartShe sought escape. He sought seclusion. But an ill-timed near tragedy brings them together. Jonah Mason, Earl of Glassborough, thought he had closed his heart to love. It would have worked, had a beautiful woman not fallen-literally-into his arms.Book Three: Summer's Distant HeartTwo wary souls, one tyrannical father, and no way to avoid a deadly clash. Amelia Halloway has lost her sister and gained an infant nephew. She knows she can keep him safe, as long as the child's grandfather never hears of his existence. And it's working, until the babe's uncle, Hunter Montclaire, the new Lord Atherton, arrives on her doorstep-a handsome devil whose father wishes the child dead. He says he's there to save the child. But can she trust him?Book Four: Autumn's Wild HeartShe was invisible to him, until her loving betrayal opened his eyes...and his heart. Now can a forced marriage destined for loneliness become a match made in heaven? The tension mounts between Nella and James as the plus-sized wallflower tries to save her dashing bachelor and ends up ruining them both.

A built-in family is not what Lady Cassandra Worth intended to take on, especially after having sworn never to marry again. But that is what the reckless, destitute special agent for the crown Colonel Quinten Beckham offers.When he inherited the title Earl of Rosemont, he was left not only a rundown estate and a mountain of debts, but his brother's two young children. Now he must find a way to raise his two nieces, keep his estate afloat, and continue his dangerous undercover work.The only way he can see to manage it is for Lady Cassandra to accept his proposal. But can he keep her from falling in love with him, so her heart doesn't break when he leaves her a widow?Men of ValorA Love For All TimeA Love that Knows no BoundsA Love that's Worth the Risk

Will choosing love mean losing everything?When Captain Theodore Dunworthy goes on a dangerous assignment for the Crown, the last person he expects to meet is the women he loved and lost. But seeing her again reminds him of how desperately he loved her, and still does.Olivia Matthews has a secret Theo can never discover, the son he doesn't know she had. Even though her heart longs for him, she knows she can't trust that he won't leave her again.With this second chance at happiness, will choosing love mean betraying their country?Men of ValorA Love For All TimeA Love that Knows no BoundsA Love that's Worth the Risk

What happens when the only thing a man needs and wants is the one thing the woman he loves can't give him?Jonah Reynolds owes his brother a favor. It's the one thing Jonah cannot refuse-give the family an heir and save the Darbringth title. But finding a willing wife seems impossible when the one woman who steals his heart refuses to marry him.Lady Mariah yearns for nothing more than to have a home of her own and a loving man to share it with. So when Jonah Reynolds sets her heart soaring, she discovers for the first time what true love feels like. But once she learns the noble reason for his proposal of marriage, she has only one answer.Now, no matter how often he asks, Mariah can never say yes.Men of ValorA Love For All TimeA Love that Knows no BoundsA Love that's Worth the RiskA Love That Heals the Heart

Hunter Melbourne thought when he came home from the war, he would finally be safe. But the opposite was true.When Hunter Melbourne, heir apparent to the Duke of Willowbrook is shot on his way home from the war in Crimea, Hunter realizes someone wants him dead. Probably the same man who killed his brother. If only he can discover who is behind the attempts on his life before they kill everyone he cares for, including the woman he loves.The Willowbrook SeriesA Willowbrook MiracleA Page Turner MiracleA Bitter Pill to SwallowA Lesson LearnedIt's Not What it Seems

Will the queen's assassin ultimately obey her, or listen to the earnest plea of his own heart?ETHAN ESSEX is Queen Victoria's most discreet assassin. Before he will be allowed to leave her employ and retire to the bookshop he's built in Willowbrook, he must complete one more assignment for her-eliminate the man who is stealing from the Crown's treasury.When LADY PAULINE DEARBOURNE befriends Ethan, their common love of books swiftly grows more intimate, until her father forbids her to pursue this relationship with a commoner. But it's too late, and Polly is now caught in the middle between the father she loves and her sweetheart who has been tasked with killing him.Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Sweet Dreams line, so this is a sweet, wholesome Historical Romance where passion beyond the bedroom door is left to the reader's imagination.The Willowbrook SeriesA Willowbrook MiracleA Page Turner BookshopA Bitter Pill to SwallowA Lesson LearnedIt's Not What it Seems

Is love strong enough to keep a young country doctor from returning to the city?Dr. James Edwards is certain Willowbrook is the perfect place to begin his practice-if only he can convince the local herbalist/midwife there's room for both of them. Surely his patients will prefer his modern medical techniques to the young woman's ancient, misguided ways.Jenny Dawson begs to differ. It's going to take more than good looks and a fancy degree to win over the people of Willowbrook. But what will it take to win the young doctor's heart from the scheming socialite bent on luring him back to the city?Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Sweet Dreams line, so this is a sweet, wholesome Historical Romance where passion beyond the bedroom door is left to the reader's imagination.The Willowbrook SeriesA Willowbrook MiracleA Page Turner BookshopA Bitter Pill to SwallowA Lesson LearnedIt's Not What it Seems

Is love strong enough to erase the mistakes of the past? Even murder?Emma Sullivan flees a bloody scene, certain she's killed an earl's son. Using every coin she has only carries her and the maid whose life she had saved as far as Willowbrook. Is it far enough to evade the charge of murder?When the Earl of Carnhaven takes her in, Emma is drawn to the man, but his tortured soul keeps her at an arm's length. She cannot tell him her secret, and he will not share his own. How can he reveal to her the horrible nightmare that still haunts him? Even he can't understand how he could have let his wife drown by choosing to save his child.And then love opens both hearts.But just as a future seems possible, the man Emma thought she murdered tracks her down to exact his vengeance.Will he take his revenge on Emma? Or the man she has come to love?The Willowbrook SeriesA Willowbrook MiracleA Page Turner BookshopA Bitter Pill to SwallowA Lesson LearnedIt's Not What it Seems