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Lady Loretta's father, the well-respected Lord Lieutenant of the County, is doing his best to force her into marriage with the Marquis of Sauerdun, the son of a good friend. Whilst her father thinks he is making a good match for his beloved daughter, she is aghast at the thought of an arranged marriage and vows she will only marry for love.
Searching her mind for a way to stay free to pursue the kind of love she has always dreamt of, she happens upon...
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Lady Georgina Lang returns to The Castle from her father's funeral to wonder what the future holds for her.
Because her father had always longed for a son to succeed him, he had brought her up and educated her exactly as if she was a boy. She dressed as a boy and, although she had been christened Georgina, he liked calling her George.
She was completely alone in the huge castle, which was now inherited by the new Earl of Langfield, a distant cousin...
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Now that her beloved father has passed away and the family estate sold off to provide for her future, beautiful young, Zelina Tiverton is somewhat bewildered to find herself living in amid the glamour of London's Social World with her guardian, her Aunt Kathleen. Now her aunt has a greater shock in store, announcing that she is sending Zelina to Russia to stay as Governess with Prince and Princess Volkonsky. Clearly Aunt Kathleen simply wants Zelina...
4) White Lilac
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When fog leaves the Duke of Marazion stranded at a bleak inn, he soothes his restless soul with a brandy, a book and a roaring fire. A glittering figure amongst London Society, the rich and handsome Duke has everything he could ever want, apart from true love. As he sits, determined to continue his journey as soon as possible, he cannot foresee the consequences of answering a late night knock at his door.
Astonished to find a young woman alone and...
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Two attractive, intelligent people with one thing in common both of them have sworn never to marry, unless it is for true love. Beautiful and headstrong, Lady Elva Chartham shocks her family when she denounces the debutante balls and festivities of London as a waste of her time. Determined not to bow to the pressure of polite society into an early marriage, she returns home to the pleasures of the country and to dream of travel and adventure. Little...
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Major Michael Moore has been playing a very dangerous part in the Great Game in India where he foils a plot to kill the Viceroy who tells Michael he is now a marked man and that he must return to England immediately. To his astonishment on his way home, he reads in a newspaper that following the death of his grandfather he has become the Duke of Grangemoore. When he reaches England, he decides he will not announce his arrival to the family Solicitors...
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When Angus McKeith knocks on the door, the lives of Fiona Windham and her niece and ward Mary-Rose are, changed forever.
Following the recent death of Fiona's father, Lord Ian Rannock, and sister, Rosemary, the child has become heir-presumptive to her Scottish uncle, the Duke of Strathrannock, who has summoned Mary-Rose to his castle in Scotland.
Reluctantly complying, but insisting that she accompany Mary-Rose, Fiona finds the Duke handsome, yet...
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After the death of the kindly old Earl of Yardecombe, Oscar the brash and pleasure-seeking new Earl seems to care little for the people of the Parish, let alone for the plight of young Dorina Stanfield, her widowed father and their impoverished family at the rundown Vicarage.
Dorina's opinion of this raffish gentleman is, lower still, when she hears of lewd goings-on with his flamboyant friends at the 'Big House'. Confronting his Lordship, Dorina...
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When the Armistice between France and England, came to an end in 1803, Napoleon interned ten thousand British tourists who were in France at that time. Most of these tourists had committed no crime and had simply been travelling when captured.
Many, to save being arrested went into hiding, among them the widow and daughter of Sir Edward Waltham, who had died that winter.
A year later, plunged into poverty and the seedier side of Paris life, beautiful...
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The handsome and debonair Marquis of Raventhorpe is known throughout the Beau Monde as something of a ladies' man until he falls under the spell of Society beauty Lady Sarah Chessington.
But when he arrives at the Earl of Chessington-Crewe's house to propose, he realises that Lady Sarah wants him only for his wealth and position and he leaves in a fury, vowing that he will never marry.
By the wayside he encounters a young exquisite beauty utterly...
11) Look With Love
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After losing her mother to a fever, then her beloved father the Earl of Darrington – and now her Godmother too, eighteen-year-old Ilita is bereft, stricken by poverty as well as grief. For a fleeting moment, she's saved when her aunt takes her in. But the Countess is, to Ilita's horror, bitter, jealous of her beauty and ashamed to be associated with her. Sent away to work for a recently blinded Marchioness under a false name and ordered never to...
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Cuando el Conde de Ardwick finalmente decide casarse, pero es rechazado por una belleza ambiciosa con su ojo en el ducado. Entonces la suerte coloca a Lady Lupita Lang en el sendero del Conde, pero Lupita teme por su joven hermanito, que está en peligro de ser un primo despiadado, hasta que el Conde se nombra a sí mismo, tutor del niño, ganando el agradecido amor de Lupita.
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Returning from finishing school in France, Louisa Hatton was full of enthusiasm for the life ahead. She was convinced it would be exciting and romantic. But her parents had already planned a very suitable marriage for her to Lord Westbridge, their new neighbour. He was a cold, hard man and he wanted Louisa despite her protests.
Her parents would not support her. Her father owed Lord Westbridge money. It seemed that for help she could only turn to...
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The Marquis of Elvington, heartbroken to discover the woman he intended to marry has deceived him, decides to leave England and put as many miles as possible between them. Handsome, intelligent and a great favourite at the Court of King William IV and Queen Adelaide, the Marquis is used to the admiration of women and respect of men, so the duplicity of his intended wife strikes him a cruel blow.
However, a thick fog makes it impossible for his yacht...
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Amidst the exciting preparations for the grand opening of Prince Albert's prized Crystal Palace, a young orphan, Sorilda, is being forced into marriage by her recently cuckolded uncle, the Duke of Nuneaton.
Having sheltered lovely Sorilda since the tragic death of her parents, the usually fair-minded Duke has been driven to jealous retaliation by his deceitful new Duchess.
Suspecting his close neighbour, the Earl of Winsford, of ungentlemanly...
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The dashing and raffish Justin, Marquis of Veryan, awakes from a drunken sleep to the appalling realization that in the throes of passion he has proposed marriage to renowned Society beauty Lady Rose Caterham.
Worse, still, she accepted and will soon be spreading word of their 'engagement' like wildfire throughout the Beau Monde. Fleeing to his country house on the South coast with his close friend Sir Anthony Derville, he plans to enjoy some peace...
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Gretna, ist ein Kind der Liebe, da ihre Eltern heimlich heirateten mussten und von der Gesellschaft verstoßen wurden. Ihre Mutter Lady Rosemary, Tochter des Earl von Ledbury heiratetet ihre Liebe in Gretna Green, um den Häschern ihres Vaters zu entkommen, der sie mit einem älteren Adeligen verheiraten wollte. Sie wurden von der Familie verstoßen und die Familie lebte in Armut auf dem Land. Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern und aus dem Haus vertrieben,...
18) El Impostor
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El asesinato de tres oficiales ingleses en la India sirvió de aviso para Vincent, heredero del Marquesado de Mawdelyn, de que su vida corría peligro a su regreso a Inglaterra, ya que los compañeros muertos habían sido confundidos por él. Mientras tanto, en el Priorato de Mawdelyn, un primo lejano de Vincent había asumido el título de Marqués, pensando que el verdadero heredero estaba muerto. Cómo regresa Vincent a Inglaterra y tiene que hacer...
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Lady Margaret, die Tochter des vierten Herzogs von Nevondale hatte die für sie arrangierte vorteilhafte Heirat mit dem Prinzen Friedrich von Luzenhoff, abgelehnt da sie sich in den Glücksspieler Captain D'Arcy Marsh verliebt hatte und war mit ihm davongelaufen. Die beiden hatten eine Tochter Josina und durchlebten gute und schlechte Zeiten aber waren glücklich, da sie sich sehr liebten. D'Arcy fiel in einem Duell und Lady Margaret starb nach schwerer...
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Tras haber luchado en Francia y pasado una larga temporada en Londres, el Marqués de Melverley decidió regresar al campo. Allí encontró su Finca totalmente abandonada y pidió a Christina, una joven huérfana que había conocido en el camino que lo ayudara a poner las cosas en orden. Para lograr este objetivo tuvieron que enfrentarse a un ambicioso primo del Marqués que trataba apoderarse del título e incluso llegó a secuestrar a Christina...
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