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2) Splendid
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Based on the phenomenal growth of Quinn's popularity, and her four-week stint on the New York Times bestseller list with Romancing Mr Bridgerton, it's the perfect time to revisit Ms Quinn's 'splendid' storytelling.
American heiress Emma Dunster has always been fun-loving and independent with no wish to settle into marriage. She plans to enjoy her Season in London in more unconventional ways than husband-hunting. But this time Emma's high-jinks...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pretty, flighty Daisy Devreaux can either go to jail or marry the mystery man her father has chosen for her. Arranged marriages don't happen in the modern world, so how did the irrepressible Daisy find herself in this fix? Alex Markov, however, has no intention of playing a loving bridegroom to a spoiled brat, and sets out to tame the irrepressible Daisy.
5) Minx
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
It takes a minx to tempt a rogue...Beautiful and feisty Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. She manages her elderly guardian′s estate, prefers to wear breeches rather than dresses, and answers to the unlikely name of Henry. But when her guardian passes away, her beloved home falls into the hands of a distant cousin. And it takes a rogue to tame her...William Dunford, London′s most elusive bachelor, is stunned to learn...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Prim, plain, desperately virtuous Lady Mary Fairchild stared at the seductive gentleman and wondered -- did he remember the elements of the night they met? Surely not. In the ten years since, she had abandoned her youthful impetuousness and transformed herself into a housekeeper -- disguising her beauty beneath a servant's dour clothing determined to conquer the passions of the past. But Sebastian Durant, Viscount Whitfield, did recognize her as a...
8) Texas glory
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cordelia McQueen is little more than a prisoner in her father's house until he barters her off to a stranger in exchange for land and water rights. Now in a new place and married to a man as big and bold as untamed Texas, Cordelia prepares to live within her husband's shadow and help him achieve his goals. Dallas has one driving ambition: to put West Texas on the map. Convinced he's too harsh a man to be loved, he expects nothing except a son from...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Masquerade. English orphan Miss Evangeline Scoffield has spent her life contenting herself with dreams. But with an unforeseen inheritance, she can afford one perfect summer-a summer she will spend the rest of her life remembering. She buys herself expensive clothes, travels abroad, and presents herself as a lady of mystery. Marriage. But she quickly discovers her mistake, for a darkly handsome man appears at her bedroom door, claiming to be a Crown...
11) Scottish brides
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents tales of hearts won and weddings to be, in four short stories about heroines who are about to discover the rapture of love in a world as untamed as the men they will one day marry.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Princess Must MarryPrincess Laurentia leads a fairy-tale life, attending glittering balls and wearing beautiful gowns. But after the ball is over, Laurentia finds herself getting into bed... alone. She dutifully agrees to choose a husband, but when she casts her eyes over her sea of suitors, she doesn't see a single man worthy enough to claim her. But Who Will She Choose? Then suddenly, she is swept off her feet by Prince Dominick, soldier of...
13) Texas splendor
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Series
Language
English
Description
"After five grueling years in a Texas prison, Austin Leigh is finally a free man. He can't wait to go home and be reunited with his sweetheart. But when he discovers she didn't wait for him and is now married, he becomes more determined to clear his name of the crime he never committed. En route to the state capital, he meets a young woman, Loree Grant, and her dog. When he learns that they have survived a mysterious tragedy, he is moved--and curious....
14) The heir
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The grandson of a Scottish clan laird, Duncan MacTavish is shocked to learn that his other grandfather was an English marquis whose title and London estate he is now required to take on. Worse still, he's engaged to a stranger who has mocked him in public. But his bride-to-be, Ophelia, has been guiding a lovely and witty, if dreadfully inexperienced, country girl named Sabrina through the latter's all-important first coming-out season. The enchanting...
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Language
English
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Description
The Rules of Employment for The Distinguished Academy of Governesses: Always remember your station. Be sure to maintain a disciplined schoolroom. And never, ever become too familiar with the master of the house . . .Lady Charlotte Dalrumple is known as England's most proper governess, a woman who has never taken a misstep socially-or romantically. On the surface, she seems perfectly suited to accept the challenge of reforming Lord Wynter Ruskin, sadly...
16) Someday soon
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Language
English
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Description
"Cain McClellan had chosen his lifestyle. He thrived on the challenge, the rush that came with putting his life in incredible danger. No woman, he told himself, could make him feel the way he did after a successful mission--no matter how beautiful she was. So why was he standing on a cold pier like a lovelorn teenager, hoping for a glimpse of Linette Collins? But then he saw her, and the sight of her took his breath away. The wind whipped her lustrous...
17) One man's love
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Alec Landers fell in love with Leitis McRae on the Scottish Highlands as a boy. The now-grown Earl of Sherbourne returns to Scotland as a British colonel, and an enemy to Leitis. She agrees to be his prisoner in her uncle's place, but is confused by the passion she feels for her captor. And Alec dares not reveal who he is--or his dangerous secret identity as Raven, outlaw defender of the Scots, even if protecting his lady costs him her love.
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Innocent Angela Bainbridge knows her dreams of a fairy-tale wedding and finding passion in a man's embrace can never come true. So when she's swept into the arms of-and kidnapped by-notorious Lee Raven she's both righteously angry...and curiously captivated. There's something about this brazen outlaw that awakens Angela's desires. She knows any crimes he's committed are for the protection of his family, but Angela realizes that a lifetime together...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Rules of Enticement:
A woman should never surrender to a man without knowing his intentions.
A man should never seduce a woman for the purposes of revenge.
Rules of Society
After nine years, Hannah Setterington has decided to sell the Distinguished Academy of Governesses and explore the secrets of her past. To that end she has agreed to be a companion to the elderly aunt of Lord Raeburn, a man enshrouded by dark mystery and haunted by the rumor...
20) Suddenly you
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
She was unmarried, untouched and almost thirty, but novelist Amanda Briars wasn′t about to greet her next birthday without making love to a man. When he appeared at her door, she believed he was her gift to herself, hired for one night of passion. Unforgettably handsome, irresistibly virile, he tempted her in ways she never thought possible...but something stopped him from completely fulfilling her dream. Jack Delvin′s determination to possess...