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On leaving the Italian convent in which she was educated, Una Thoreau set out for Paris to join her father in Montmartre. She arrives to discover that her father is dead. Alone in foreign city, her father's picture dealer, Philippe Dubucheron, befriends her and takes Una to a party at the Duke of Walstanton's. Una is unaware that her presence there is, deviously planned. The Duke is to choose, between two women, Una and Yvette Joyant, a sophisticated...
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Do you really think you could work as I had to work to keep your mother from starvation? My dear child, you have lived in the lap of luxury all your life. You could no more earn a penny piece than fly over the moon!? Kasia's father laughs scornfully. This is justification for his decision to marry her off to a man she does not love ? purely to save her from fortune hunters. So Kasia runs away to prove him wrong by working as Governess to the Duke...
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Imperious, handsome and gallant in battle, the Duke of Kingswood has stolen the hearts of many society Belles - but he is 'a block of ice which nobody can melt', determined never to marry. To continue the family line, he is counting on his cousin and heir presumptive Richard to marry well and produce a son. To the Duke's horror, Richard's heart is bewitched by society siren and acclaimed beauty Lady Delyth Maulden - and disaster turns to tragedy when...
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King Maximilian of Valdastien, handsome, clever but with a well deserved reputation as a ladies man, is under pressure from his Prime Minister to leave behind his bachelor ways, get married and produce an heir as soon as possible. Despite the fact that he vowed never to marry, with political unrest in Europe and encroaching danger from the Prussians, the King reluctantly decides to visit the surrounding countries to seek a suitable Queen. Meanwhile,...
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Although Chandra's father Professor Barnard Wardell is the world's most distinguished Sanskrit scholar, his earnings are barely, enough to support him, his daughter and their faithful servant Ellen. So when, the dashing Lord Damon Frome invites him on a highly paid expedition to Nepal it is a Godsend. But, having spent much of his advance, the Professor is struck down by a heart attack. So, to the fury of the woman-hating Lord Frome, demure young...
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When the armistice between France and England came to an end in 1803 Napoleon in a rage interned ten thousand British Tourists who were in France at that time. Many, to save being arrested went into hiding, among them the wife an daughter of Sir Edward Waltham, who had died that winter. A year later Vernita was keeping her mother precariously alive on the money she obtained for making exquisitely embroidered lingerie for Napoleon's sister, Her Imperial...
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Warren Wood is handsome, loyal and devoted to Magnolia. However, the one thing he lacks is a title and Magnolia betrays him in a heartbeat for the opportunity to be engaged to the Marquis of Buckwood. For beautiful and beguiling as she is, behind her perfect exterior lies a scheming manipulative personality that is desperate for wealth and standing in Society. Distraught and vowing to eschew love for evermore, Warren seeks solace in the African jungle,...
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When Lady Circe Langstone laid her claws on a man, it was his undoing. It was even said that the glowing flame of those green eyes was not the fascination of love, but the spell of black magic. It was said, too, that there was only one man in the whole Court able to resist him; the gallant and handsome Earl of Rochester, from whom Circe was willing to do anything to win him. But unexpectedly a rival got in his way… his own stepdaughter, Ophelia...
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Dispatched on a secret mission to Paris by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, the dashing Earl of Hawkshead is, held up on the road out of Calais by an accident between a post chaise and a diligence. Stopping to assist the victims, he is accosted by a beautiful young waif called Baptista, who pleads with him to take her to Paris to escape the clutches of her cruel father the 'Preaching Peer', who aims to have her locked up...
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When her irresponsible brother rents the family home, Langston Manor, for the duration of the Royal Ascot races to Valient, Earl of Trevarnon and his wild gentleman friends, lonely and innocent young Demelza is afraid. Although married to a woman who has lost her mind and is in an asylum, Trevarnon is a well-known 'ladies' man' - and, for her own safety and modesty, Demelza agrees to hide among The Manor's maze of secret passages. As she watches,...
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All alone and penniless after the unexpected death of her much-loved father, the lovely but innocent Minella Clinton-Wood is desperate. But who can she turn to?
Her Aunt Esther has made her reluctance clear, describing the idea of Minella living with her as 'a burden'. But then, she finds a letter to her father from her slightly older friend, Connie, the local Parson's attractive daughter, thanking him for some mysterious kindness.
"Someday perhaps...
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Katie King is a girl with big dreams for the future! A dancer in the heart of London's theatre land, Katie is awaiting her big break, when her name will finally be in lights above the Gaiety Theatre. Fun-loving, cute and adoring of her charming boyfriend, the enigmatic Harry Carrington, Katie is sure that her unusual crowning glory of wild auburn curls will help catapult her out of the chorus line and into the leading roles she deserves. But Katie's...
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Following the economic ruin and death of her father, Nerita Dunbar is, left alone in London society. Fiercely proud and independent, she refuses to rely upon the charity of her relations and disguising her origins, finds herself a post as Nursery Governess in the country household of the Marquis of Wychbold. But soon, she begins to feel threatened by the dashing Marquis, a renowned lady-killer and old friend of her father's, who begins to show more...
14) Love Climbs In
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The impulsive and rakish Marquis of Troon is, due to be married to the disreputable but passionate Lady Dilys Powick in direct opposition to the wishes and advice of his closest friends.
The Marquis then goes ahead and arranges a spectacular steeplechase with large prizes for the winners in order to celebrate his nuptials. When one of the contestants dies unexpectedly of a heart attack, the Marquis is stunned to discover that he has been, named in...
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