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From a New York Times bestselling author: Secrets and scandal abound when two delightful, strong-willed opposites are snowbound together in this laugh-out-loud, feel-good romance As the daughter of a duke, Lady Isabelle's pristine reputation is paramount. Her high status is how she'll attract the titled suitor her mother insists she wed. When Belle's chaperone falls ill en route to a party, she must pose as an independent widow to avoid gossip. Why not have a wee innocent flirtation with a handsome tailor staying at the same inn? She'll be gone in the morning...A sudden blizzard upends Calvin McAlistair's plans when he's snowbound at a posting-house. He has no time to play lady's maid to the helpless beauty next door, no matter how much he enjoys unbuttoning the straitlaced widow. His future depends on impressing an important investor... who will ruin them both once they realize Calvin has spent a scandalous fortnight with Lady Isabelle The 12 Dukes of Christmas is a series of heartwarming Regency romps nestled in a picturesque snow-covered village. Twelve delightful romances... and plenty of delicious dukes THE 12 DUKES OF CHRISTMAS: 1. Once Upon a Duke2. Kiss of a Duke3. Wish Upon a Duke4. Never Say Duke5. Dukes, Actually6. The Duke's Bride7. The Duke's Embrace8. The Duke's Desire9. Dawn with a Duke10. One Night with a Duke11. Ten Days with a Duke12. Forever Your Duke
An exciting prequel to THE DUKE HEIST.Meet the Wild Wynchesters: This fun-loving, caper-committing family of tight-knit siblings can't help but find love and adventure Years ago, Chloe Wynchester and five other uniquely talented orphans were adopted by a wealthy baron with a secret mission: The motley Wynchester family fights for justice from the margins of high society. And the handsome, clever duke Chloe has long admired proves to be her worst enemy...An unscrupulous boarding school is exploiting orphans in a secret workhouse. Baron Vanderbean plots a daring rescue. When illness befalls him, Chloe must take the reins. But how can a lifelong wallflower lead the charge to save the children? "I want to be a Wynchester "- Eloisa James
Il celebre frustino Giles Langford stupito nell'apprendere che il suo fabbro una ragazza, sconvolto nel rendersi conto che si tratta dell'inaccessibile sorella di un duca, e inorridito nello scoprire di essere comunque innamorato di questa donna indomabile. Privo di ricchezze e di titoli, Giles non ha altro da offrire che il suo cuore...Felicity Sutton ha conosciuto da vicino la povert e non intende sperimentarla di nuovo. Sente la mancanza della vecchia fucina, ma non di certo quella della disperazione incessante di chi non possiede una casa e ha la pancia vuota. Ed logico che sia disposta ad accettare la stabilit offerta da un ricco corteggiatore del ton. Per quanto riguarda lo spiantato scavezzacollo che ama, beh... Potranno condividere una notte da ricordare.Ecco a voi gli indimenticabili frequentatori della pi famosa taverna di Londra, Il Duca Malandrino. Belli e seducenti, con fascino e arguzia da vendere, una notte con questi libertini e farabutti non baster mai...
Quando il Duca Malandrino sfida il duca di Colehaven a trovare un corteggiatore per una pupilla improponibile, Cole accetta immediatamente. Lui vince sempre, e in fondo, quanto pu essere davvero improponibile una bella giovane? Cole assume i ruoli di guardia del corpo e dama di compagnia, solo per scoprire che i suoi desideri potrebbero essere il pericolo pi grande.Diana Middleton vive una doppia vita, consegnando alla giustizia commercianti disonesti. Scrollarsi di dosso le attenzioni di un duca impiccione dovrebbe essere un gioco da ragazzi. E tuttavia, pi loro due fanno a testate, pi lei vorrebbe fare altro. I suoi segreti scandalosi rovinerebbero la carriera politica del duca. Ma di certo non pu esserci nulla di male in un po' di seduzione...Ecco a voi gli indimenticabili frequentatori della pi famosa taverna di Londra, Il Duca Malandrino. Belli e seducenti, con fascino e arguzia da vendere, una notte con questi libertini e farabutti non baster mai...
L'inguaribile romantico Thaddeus Middleton sta cercando moglie. Spera di trovare una donna attratta pi da lui che dal denaro. Invece, si ritrova accattivato da una ragazza tutta pepe che non prova il minimo interesse nei suoi confronti O almeno, questo ci che dice lei quando non lo sta baciando sotto le stelle...La signorina Priscilla Weatherby destinata a ereditare una fortuna... purch rimanga nubile e libera da scandali. Il che abbastanza facile, fino a quando Priscilla non conosce un uomo pi pericoloso dei lord sprezzanti e dei libertini senza cuore. Thad una gioia sexy e dolce, i cui abbracci appassionati rovineranno tutto... lei compresa Priscilla disposta a sacrificare ogni cosa per l'indipendenza. Anche l'amore...Ecco a voi gli indimenticabili frequentatori della pi famosa taverna di Londra, Il Duca Malandrino. Belli e seducenti, con fascino e arguzia da vendere, una notte con questi libertini e farabutti non baster mai...
A fun, fast-paced interracial romance full of banter, scandal, and devastating secrets, from a New York Times bestselling author: Entrepreneur Miss Unity Thorne helped two different men amass their fortunes-only to end up on the street. She's scraping by at the theatre, but this isn't the show she plans to star in. The next fortune Unity builds will be hers alone. Her masquerade-themed assembly rooms will rival the ton, but to do so, she'll have to apprentice the most dangerous rake of all.The arrogant, sexy-and-he-knows-it Duke of Lambley's weekly masquerade parties are decadent odes to excess: unlimited food, drink, dancing, romantic gardens, and private pleasure rooms upstairs. Everyone loves his balls, and he likes it that way. He'll take a wife someday, but it certainly won't be the pretty termagant who challenges him in the ballroom and the bedroom...In the Rogues to Riches historical romance series, Cinderella stories aren't just for princesses
From a New York Times bestselling author: Sparks fly in this definitely-not-falling-in-love workplace romance between a handsome drifter chasing adventure, and a small-town jeweler who would never leave her home behind...Dashing Scot Jonathan MacLean never returns to the same town twice. The happy-go-lucky philanthropist seeks constant adventure... and is desperate to outrun his past. When a blizzard traps him in a tiny mountaintop village, he meets a woman who tempts him with dreams he'd long since abandoned: Home. Community. Love. But other people's livelihoods depend on him leaving for good as soon as the snow melts.No-nonsense jeweler Angelica Parker has spent her life fighting for recognition. She's Black, she's a woman, and she will prove her creations are the equal to any artisan in England. With the project of a lifetime on the line, there's no room for error-or distractions. Especially not the handsome charmer whose unquenchable cheer and melting kisses have become more precious than jewels...The 12 Dukes of Christmas is a series of heartwarming Regency romps nestled in a picturesque snow-covered village. Twelve delightful romances... and plenty of delicious dukes THE 12 DUKES OF CHRISTMAS: 1. Once Upon a Duke2. Kiss of a Duke3. Wish Upon a Duke4. Never Say Duke5. Dukes, Actually6. The Duke's Bride7. The Duke's Embrace8. The Duke's Desire9. Dawn with a Duke10. One Night with a Duke11. Ten Days with a Duke12. Forever Your Duke
A teenager stares at his reflection and sees the Milky Way. A motorbike prowls and growls like a wild animal. A whale sings a song to end loneliness.Philip Ridley's collection of short stories - like his two earlier adult novels, Crocodilia and In the Eyes of Mr Fury - became an instant cult classic when first published in 1990. Magical, poetic, heartbreaking and humorous, the sequence explores childhood, family life, romantic love in all its aspects - lost, unrequited, obsessional - and does so with a haunting mixture of both the barbaric and the beautiful that has become Ridley's trademark. In particular, these tales deal with the experience of growing up gay in a world still bristling with prejudice, and they sing and howl with the need for equality and freedom.This edition includes two new stories, 'Alien Heart' and 'Wonderful Insect', and finally completes a seminal and compelling collection first begun over thirty years ago. 'Ridley sets off a deliberate quiet and matter-of-fact prose against touches of glowing passion ...The stories achieve a startling variety. The power of the book as a whole, however, derives from the way in which these different voices blend in a single cry of frustration and regret.' - Times Literary Supplement'Menace lurks in the shady corners of family life ... Chilling.' - Time Out'Ridley is a visionary.' - Rolling Stone
A teenager stares at his reflection and sees the Milky Way. A motorbike prowls and growls like a wild animal. A whale sings a song to end loneliness.Philip Ridley's collection of short stories - like his two adult novels, Crocodilia and In the Eyes of Mr Fury - became an instant cult classic when first published in 1990. Magical, poetic, heartbreaking and humorous, the sequence explores childhood, family life, romantic love in all its aspects - lost, unrequited, obsessional - and does so with a haunting mixture of both the barbaric and the beautiful that has become Ridley's trademark. In particular, these tales deal with the experience of growing up gay in a world still bristling with prejudice, and they sing and howl with the need for equality and freedom.This edition includes two new stories, "Alien Heart" and "Wonderful Insect," and finally completes a seminal and compelling collection first begun over thirty years ago. 'Ridley sets off a deliberate quiet and matter-of-fact prose against touches of glowing passion ...The stories achieve a startling variety. The power of the book as a whole, however, derives from the way in which these different voices blend in a single cry of frustration and regret.' - Times Literary Supplement.'Menace lurks in the shady corners of family life ... Chilling.' - Time Out'Ridley is a visionary.' - Rolling Stone
When eighteen-year-old Dominic meets his new neighbour, the sexy, green-haired, tattooed punk Billy Crow, it's lust at first sight. And judging from their smouldering first encounter, Billy seems to feel the same way. But when Billy mentions a previous lover, Dominic demands to know all about him. And so a story starts to be told. A strange, fantastic story that begins to obsess Dominic more and more, until he finds himself wondering where that story ends . . . and his story begins.Set in London's East End in 1982, Philip Ridley's novel is a masterwork of LGBTQ fiction with a glittering, labyrinthine narrative and a firework display of images - a house full of crocodiles, Elvis Presley in a gold Cadillac, a cinema bathed in green neon - not to mention sex scenes of such dizzying eroticism that they take the breath away.In the years since its first publication in 1988, Crocodilia has become a cult classic, and for this new edition the author has expanded and developed the novel further, presenting it now - for the first time - as it was always intended. Already known as a visionary film director and one of the most original playwrights of his generation, with this new release Ridley confirms his place as one of our most innovative, distinctive, and dazzling novelists.'Startling . . . a beautifully conceived flight of the imagination.' - Time Out'Philip Ridley's stories compel attention.' - The Times (London)'Ridley is a visionary.' - Rolling Stone
Enjoy a fiery, passionate enemies-to-lovers revenge romance from a New York Times bestselling author All her life, Miss Gladys Bell was a wallflower whose parents despaired of her ever attracting a suitor. Then she met the man of her dreams, who said she was the woman of his. One passionate night later, Gladys awaits a marriage proposal that never comes. Reuben Medford, the ton's most notorious rake, doesn't even remember her name. Thanks to his cold-hearted callousness, Gladys lost her reputation, her dowry, and her chance at love. But now she's back, and bent on revenge. He's trifled with the wrong woman: This wallflower has thorns. Once Gladys holds that damnable rake's arrogant, fickle heart in her hands... She'll crush it, just as he did to her. This time, he'll remember her name.
Enjoy a fun, flirty, guardian-and-ward, beauty and the beast romp from a New York Times bestselling author Miss Matilda Dodd refuses to be any man's property. She's a month shy of her majority, and cannot wait to live life on her own terms. Rather than meet her unwanted new guardian as instructed, she attends a ball and comes kiss-to-kiss with an adorably befuddled handsome lord instead. But the grumpy, sexy stranger turns out to be the new guardian, hell-bent on marrying her to someone else Titus Noble, the Earl of Gilbourne, is an emotionless, rigid automaton who lives for predictability and order. There is no room in his exacting schedule for a ridiculous matchmaking festival, and there is no room in his peaceful life for an unexpected ward. The only solution is to marry the chit to the first fool willing to take the beautiful hoyden off the earl's hands. That is, if Titus can keep his hands off his maddening, kissable ward...
In this fast-paced, feel-good romp from a New York Times bestselling author, forbidden love blooms between a runaway bride and the man sent to find her...Lady Tabitha Kerr was promised at birth to be the Viscount Oldfield's bride. Their families had warred for generations, and this union will heal the longstanding rift. But Tabitha doesn't want to be a pawn-or a consolation prize. She dreams of a love match, and failing that, at least one night of true love. Even if she has to run away to find it As Viscount Oldfield's trusted man of business, Mr. Hudson Frampton is his lordship's right-hand man, attack dog, and fixer. When a nervous bride jilts the viscount at the altar, Hudson is to find and return her to his employer posthaste. He is not supposed to fall in love. Or kiss his employer's bride. Or say yes when Tabitha makes an indecent proposal that will ruin them both...
Two weeks notice...When the notoriously buttoned-up Duke of Southbury is forced to attend a matchmaking festival, he knows it will end in solitude-just like every soiree and ball. The duke doesn't want a bride. He wants his charming French valet, Vachon. An untenable situation the duke refuses to admit, even to Vachon. The only way to avoid scandal-and the pull of temptation-is to dismiss his handsome valet before Southbury says or does something that cannot be taken back.But Vachon has pined for his taciturn employer since the moment they met. When the duke announces his impending dismissal, Vachon has only a fortnight to change his mind... and convince the ton's model of propriety love is worth breaking all the rules
In her debut story collection, Julia Ridley Smith navigates the currents and eddies of desire, sex, love, and relationships.These twelve highly accomplished stories are witty and accessible, intelligent and thought-provoking. A girls' week at the beach prompts hot tub drinking, awkward confessions, and a poignant reconsideration of friendship. A caregiver extracts a small repayment from her elderly patient for his long-forgotten role in the demise of her family. A young woman, new to New York City, finds herself in a complex but tacky love affair and reckons with the unfolding plot of her life. In the title story, a woman plots to conceive a second child while at a convention hotel with her husband and teenage daughter, both of whom have other plans. Smith's stories will beguile and delight readers while at the same time exploring the deep and often difficult ties of family, marriage, and romantic love in modern life.
In this LARGE PRINT Victorian dual timeline set in The Lake District Amelia Wise inherits a derelict house from her father, and finds a beautiful perfume bottle in the overgrown garden. Who had it belonged to and how did it come to be buried there? Investigations lead to the discovery of a family tragedy linked to the mysterious bottle.
In this picture book for tots, when Cal the caveboy has the good idea of climbing onto a giant tortoise so he can climb a tree, he does not think of the consequence.
In this second picture book for younger children Cal the caveboy is scared when he tries to find his sister's necklace, and he finds a snake - with Aggy behind it. What should he do?