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Lady Lavinia Gillingham prefers rocks and dirt to marriage. Her passion is science, and she's determined to marry if--and only if--she finds a man who supports her interests and intellect. So far, she's managed to avoid attention on the Marriage Mart, but when the Duke of Seduction pens anonymous letters singing her praises, she suddenly become the toast of the ton and matrimony seems imminent.William Beckett, Marquess of Northam possesses the reputation of a rake but is secretly a romantic. Spurned at sixteen and knowing his sister was victimized by Society, he uses music and poetry to fill the void in his soul. As the Duke of Seduction, he uses his skill to help Lavinia, never anticipating she has no desire for assistance or that she could be the balm he needs. But when she's on the verge of becoming engaged, can Beck beat back the shadows of the past and open his heart again?
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Untouchables series comes your next Regency obsession: The Spitfire Society... Meet the smart, independent women who've decided they don't need Society's rules, their families' expectations, or, most importantly, a husband. But just because they don't need a man doesn't mean they might not want one.Notorious rake Marcus Raleigh, Marquess of Ripley, is gracing the gossip pages for a new reason: the rumors he may have murdered his swindling cousin. His quest for answers regarding his cousin's death leads him to an incomparable self-declared spinster, and he is--for the first time--beguiled beyond reason. Neither is what the other wants, and yet their intense mutual infatuation is inescapable.After abandoning her philandering betrothed at the altar, Phoebe Lennox fled from London only to return an heiress who refuses to follow the ton's rules. She won't risk a relationship of any kind--until she meets the scandalous Marquess of Ripley. Swept into his seductive embrace, her resolve falters in the face of a pleasure she never anticipated. But when the truth about Marcus and the murder come to light, Phoebe could lose everything she holds dear, including a love for all time.
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Untouchables series comes your next Regency obsession: The Spitfire Society... Meet the smart, independent women who've decided they don't need Society's rules, their families' expectations, or, most importantly, a husband. But just because they don't need a man doesn't mean they might not want one.After failing on the Marriage Mart, Jane Pemberton has two choices: submit to her parents' edict to marry their boring neighbor or become a self-declared spinster and take up residence in the official headquarters of the Spitfire Society. It's really no choice at all, and Jane is eager to embrace her newfound independence. She soon finds an unconscious viscount on her doorstep and nurses him back to health. When he offers to compensate her, she requests payment in the form of private instruction of a scandalous and intimate kind.Having spiraled into a self-destructive abyss following the murder of his parents, Anthony, Viscount Colton, physically recovers under the care of an alluring spitfire. But it is her charm and flirtatiousness that soothes his soul and arouses his desire-until an extortion scheme forces him to face the sins of his past. Now, to save the woman who's given him everything he lost and more, he'll have to pay the ultimate price: his heart.
Could a scholarly bluestocking ever win the heart of a duke?Ambrose Thorne, Duke of Huntsford, is intrigued when Miss Adela Swift, bluestocking and amateur archeologist, barrels over him while chasing the thief who stole her research papers. What starts out as a harmless diversion to assist her in reclaiming her stolen papers manages to embroil them in scandal, and Ambrose realizes he must do the honorable thing and marry Adela. But she's stubborn and not so quick to accept him. Can he convince her that she might love something beyond her ancient skulls and bones, namely him?Adela Swift's debut Season was an utter disaster and her second is no better until she accidentally knocks over Ambrose Thorne, the Duke of Huntsford. The man is magnificent in every way and London's most sought-after bachelor. He only meant to help her retrieve her stolen notes, but now he is insisting on marrying her. She is madly in love with him, but how can she ever compete with the ton diamonds who swarm around him? Adela wants a love match, not someone who will lose interest in her within a month of their marriage. Is it possible for a scholarly bluestocking like her to ever win the heart of this duke?Enjoy the entire series: My Fair LilyThe Duke I'm Going To MarryRules for Reforming a RakeA Midsummer's KissThe Viscount's RoseEarl of HeartsThe Viscount and the Vicar's DaughterA Duke for AdelaCapturing the Heart of a Cameron
DUKE OF YORK represents an accurately vivid depiction of American slavery. It presents detailed first-hand accounts-Stories-of slaves' suffering. The Stories, derived from slave narratives of the mid-1800s, enable slaves and former slaves to speak in their own words directly to you today. Abolitionists supplemented the Stories. The Stories portray slave's daily lives and the slave society's sadism. The society callously mutilated slaves and branded them as farm animals. More than half a century after the Declaration of Independence, the society burned slaves alive and chopped off rebellious slaves' heads for posting along roads. The slave society destroyed slaves' families, as slave traders routinely forced a million victims-women, men, children-in rags, often shoeless, to march chained 1,000 miles from Washington to New Orleans auctions, openly from town to town in a massive migration to the cotton South. Beginning in the 1660s, King Charles II, and his brother, the Duke of York, aggressively promoted the brutal form of American slavery and incentivized slave purchases. They sought governmental profit-taxes on slave commodities and slave-trading revenues for their governmental monopoly, the Royal African Company. The Duke shipped more than 100,000 captives under appalling conditions, branding many with his initials, "DY.
***LARGE PRINT EDITION***The final chapter in this celebrated series by 10 time USA Today Bestselling Author Jess MichaelsAfter she found out her husband was a bigamist with three wives, Abigail Montgomery's world fell apart. She was still reeling when she found out he was courting yet another woman, the sister of the Duke of Gilmore. She intervened anonymously and Gilmore's reaction brought her world down around her. She has seen him as an enemy ever since. An arrogant, interesting, very handsome enemy.No one can push Gilmore's buttons more than the fascinating Abigail Montgomery. They constantly butt heads and yet he can't get her off his mind. But now that her year of mourning for the husband who betrayed them all is over, she is showing up in his life a lot more. When a series of playful wagers leads to a passionate moment, everything changes.Now forced to marry after being caught together, the two must navigate a tangled past and a cloudy future. Could these enemies ever be more than lovers? Or will their stubborn hesitation to get closer keep them from being truly happy together?Heat Level: Ohhhhhh my.This is the third book in The Three Mrs series, but can be read as a stand-alone novel.***LARGE PRINT EDITION***
Das siebte mit Spannung erwartete Buch aus der Serie "Der 1797 Club" der USA Today-Bestsellerautorin Jess MichaelsMatthew Cornwallis, Duke of Tyndale, liebte einst eine Frau, die jedoch bei einem tragischen Unfall ums Leben kam, f r den er sich verantwortlich f hlt. Seitdem gibt er vor, nicht innerlich gebrochen zu sein, gilt er doch als Londons begehrtester Junggeselle. Er beschlie t, seine Sorgen auf dem ber chtigten Maskenball von Donville, Donville Masquerade genannt, zu ertr nken, wo er einer verf hrerischen Fremden begegnet, mit der er die Nacht verbringt.Mrs. Isabel Hayes war einst mit einem Mann verheiratet, der keine Leidenschaft in ihr entfachen konnte. Seitdem ist sie neugierig. Sie hegt nicht die Absicht, sich beim Donville Masquerade einen Liebhaber zu nehmen. Nein, sie m chte lediglich das bunte Treiben dort beobachten, so wie sie es schon seit Wochen tut. Doch als dieser maskierte Fremde sie umgarnt, wird sie mitgerissen.Schon bald erkennt Isabel ihren Liebhaber jedoch als das, was er wirklich ist, und wird sich einer schrecklichen Wahrheit bewusst. Sie ist die Cousine der Frau, die er einst liebte und verlor, und ihre Familie gibt ihm die Schuld an dem, was passiert ist. Angetrieben von der Leidenschaft, die sie miteinander teilen, aber auch abgesto en von den Geschichten, die sie ber ihn geh rt hat, setzt Isabel die Aff re fort und versucht, die Wahrheit herauszufinden. Doch wenn Matthew ihre wahre Identit t herausfindet, wird er sie dann aufgrund der Beziehung lieben, die sie gemeinsam aufgebaut haben, oder nur, weil sie ihn an das erinnert, was er verloren hat? Und wird er berhaupt die sich anbahnenden Schwierigkeiten berleben, um sein Leben mit ihr verbringen zu k nnen?Hitzestufe: Ungez gelte Leidenschaft - jede Menge davon
“The Duke is a harrowing tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, and a gripping read. Don’t miss it.”—T. J. English, New York Times bestselling author of Havana NocturneAn American Gothic… In the early 1990s, Tommy Morrison, a young roughneck from Jay, Oklahoma, burst onto the boxing scene to become one of the most controversial fighters of his era. Handsome, eloquent, and dynamic, Morrison parlayed destructive knockout power and a homespun personality into celebrity status throughout middle America, where boxing rarely prospered. But it was his starring role in Rocky V alongside Sylvester Stallone that propelled him to stardom–and ultimately led to his tragic downfall. His brush with Hollywood fame triggered a limitless appetite for parties, liquor, and sex. When Morrison was shockingly diagnosed with HIV in 1996, his life imploded, and his subsequent descent into drugs, prison, bigamy, and conspiracy theories made Morrison notorious long after his glory days had ended.In The Duke, Carlos Acevedo chronicles Morrison’s tumultuous life from his days as a teenaged Toughman contestant, to his victory over George Foreman, to his struggles with HIV and depression, to his death at forty-four, when his delusions finally overtook him.Morrison himself was a divisive figure but critics and readers are unanimous about Acevedo’s The Duke.“This is a big American saga writ large, just the sort of tortured tale Carlos Acevedo tells so well.”—Don Stradley, author of The War: Hagler–Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages“I love how Carlos Acevedo writes. He's detached and immersive, observant and detailed, unsparing and fair. He brings to life what I love—and what I don't love—about boxing. That's clear in The Duke, which examines not just Tommy Morrison, but Morrison's place in boxing, celebrity culture, and the greater sports consciousness. It's the perfect marriage of writer and subject, written sharply, broadly and expertly—and hard to put down.”—Greg Bishop senior writer, Sports Illustrated
Duke Donovan was born into rock royalty. Front man for the popular Goth band 3-D, Duke's had everything handed to him his entire life--fame, fortune, flesh. The problem is he wants none of it. After staging an unforgettable concert performance meant to give him an exit from the spotlight, Duke skyrockets 3-D's rising star past the stratosphere, making the band more popular than ever and Duke ready to crack from all the unwanted attention and pressure.Seamus Whyler is tall, handsome, and passionate about music. Seamus has had none of Duke's lucky breaks and dreams of a rock star's life while living out of his car between gigs. Meeting Duke is like looking into a mirror--and long last being given a shot at true stardom when the pop prince offers to switch places with the pauper. But as Duke and Seamus soon discover, leaving their real identities behind isn't so easy a thing to accomplish while being dogged by their pasts and a ruthless celebrity music blogger who smells a ringer, and when the opportunity for true love forces them both to face the music.
As the third son of the Duke of Fordham, Alex never thought he'd become a duke. But he's suddenly catapulted to the lofty title after his slightly older brother dies in his sleep. Now Alex has the onerous task of announcing the death to the woman his brother was to wed.Ever pragmatic, Lady Georgiana Fenton insists on seeing the late duke's body, and when she does, she's convinced he was smothered as he slept. She and the new duke decide to secretly work together to uncover the murderer. But the longer they're together, the harder it becomes to resist the duke's scorching kisses--and even harder to dismiss him from the list of suspects. No one had more to gain by her fianc 's death. . .
Even those who govern time can run out After the Demon Wars, Fenlara, a devout cleric to the god of time, Ozmodius, returns home a hero. Due in large part to her efforts during the war, her arrival is short lived. She's been selected as a candidate to join Ozmodius' elite group of warriors and protectors of time, The Duke Tarset.Dressed in her armor with her trusty sword at her side, nothing could go wrong. Fenlara dives headlong into a new world full of excitement and adventure.Science and magic blend to create artifacts she could never have imagined. Partaking in the many luxuries the modern world has to offer, such as baseball games, pizza, and Chinese food, she rapidly learns things aren't always sunshine and rainbows.What was supposed to have been just another minor abnormality, turns into a fight for the literal ages as Fenlara finds herself at the center of a deadly trap. One that could potentially destroy not only her life, but the lives of everything and everyone she's ever known.Can she escape this deadly plot and set things right again? Or will her mistakes erase her from history and tear the world asunder?Find out in this exciting new installment to the Eldarlands Saga
A duke with a broken heart discovers he has one last chance to win back the woman he loves on Christmas Eve... Nathan Powell, the Duke of Hastings broke the heart of the only woman he ever loved when he ended their engagement in order to save her family. He demanded one promise of her...that she marry another man and live a happy life. Now he's desperate to avoid marriage to someone else at all costs. When his younger brother tricks him into attending a Christmas Ball, he discovers his beloved Thea will be there.Thea Swann has plenty of problems, with six unmarried younger sisters to keep in line, she doesn't worry that she'll run into the reclusive duke that stole her heart eight years ago. But when she comes face to face with Nathan, and he begs her for just one dance...she wonders, will he steal one last dance, one last kiss before walking away forever and taking her broken heart with him?