Posts Tagged ‘marriage’
A Rogue’s Proposal (Cynster Family)
Demon Cynster has seen love bring his brethren to their knees, and he′s vowed that he will not share their fate … until he spies Felicity Parteger sneaking about his racing stable. Demon remembers Felicity as a mere chit of a girl, but now she stands before him, all lush curves and sparkling eyes…
Felicity knows Demon was one of the town′s most eligible bachelors and a rogue of the worst sort, but he was the only one capable of getting her friend out of trouble. She knows Demon will never yield her the love she desperately seeks, but could a marriage of passion alone be enough?
A Lady Never Surrenders (The Hellions of Halstead Hall)
When the youngest Sharpe sister hatches a plan to gain marriage offers, the straight-laced Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter knows he’ll do whatever it takes to ruin her scheme…
Lady Celia Sharpe hopes that if she can garner offers of marriage from several eligible gentlemen and show her grandmother she is capable of gaining a husband, she can convince Gran to rescind the marriage ultimatum for her. And if that plan doesn’t work, at least she’ll have a husband lined up. But Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter seems determined to ruin her plans by disapproving of every suitor she asks him to investigate. It’s only when she and Jackson work together to solve her parents’ murders, plunging them both into danger, that she realizes why–because the only man he wants her to marry is himself!
April Lady
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What seems a marriage of convenience…
When young newlywed Lady Nell Cardross begins to fill her days with fashion and frivolity, the earl has to wonder whether she really did marry him for his money, as his family so helpfully suggests. And now Nell doesn’t dare tell him the truth …
Is getting trickier all the time…
He thought he was marrying for love, but between his concern over his wife’s spending sprees, rescuing her impulsive brother from one scrape after another, and attempting to prevent his own half sister from a disastrous elopement, it’s no wonder the much-tried earl can’t see where he’s gone wrong …
“Georgette Heyer has done it again … It’s the sheer fun of reading on a high entertainment level. For such an experience, April Lady is tops. It’s downright delicious.”
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GEORGETTE HEYER wrote over fifty novels, including Regency romances, mysteries, and historical fiction. She was known as the Queen of Regency romance, and was legendary for her research, historical accuracy, and her extraordinary plots and characterizations.
An Illicit Engagement (The Gentlemen Next Door #2 – Historical
Lord Lucas Willoughby earned his moniker as the Matchmaking Baron after his six engagements ended with each lady happily wed – to someone else. He swears off marriage proposals, until his headstrong neighbor proposes something else entirely.
Chastity Drummond has her sights set on a man who barely sees her as a woman much less a potential wife. She can’t seem to get him on bended knee, but knows an engagement to the Matchmaking Baron will turn his head.
Lucas and Chastity’s charade takes on a life of its. As feigned attraction becomes real, they wonder if they might already be perfectly matched.
Their illicit engagement will inevitably end in marriage – but to whom?
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The Gentlemen Next Door Series are historical regency romance novellas of approximately 15,000-words (60-75 printed mass paperback pages).
An Illicit Engagement (The Gentlemen Next Door #2 – Historical Regency Romance Novellas)
The Diabolical Baron
Caroline Hanscome, who dreams of music more than men, is offered marriage by a jaded lord, Jason Kincaid. Jason had drawn her name from among those his friend had offered. Though Caroline’s parents are thrilled, she herself finds her fiancé alarming. And when Jason meets up with his first love, he questions whether he should have been more sober before choosing a bride. Regency Romance by Mary Jo Putney; originally published by Signet