Her Perfect Gentleman: A Regency Romance Anthology Read online

  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Contents

  THIS LOVE OF MINE

  This Love Of Mine: Prologue

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter One

  This Love Of Mine: ChapterTwo

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Three

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Four

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Five

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Six

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Seven

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Eight

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Nine

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Ten

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Eleven

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Twelve

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Thirteen

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Fourteen

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Fifteen

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Sixteen

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Seventeen

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Eighteen

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Nineteen

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Twenty

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Twenty-One

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Twenty-Two

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Twenty-Three

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Twenty-Four

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Twenty-Five

  This Love Of Mine: Chapter Twenty-Six

  About the Author: Gina Danna

  BRIDE OF FALCON

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter One

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Two

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Three

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Four

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Five

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Six

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Seven

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Eight

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Nine

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Ten

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Eleven

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Twelve

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Thirteen

  Bride of Falcon: Chapter Fourteen

  Bride of Falcon: Epilogue

  About the Author: Collette Cameron

  IT TAKES A HERO

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter One

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Two

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Three

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Four

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Five

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Six

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Seven

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Eight

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Nine

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Ten

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Eleven

  It Takes a Hero: Chapter Twelve

  It Takes a Hero: Epilogue

  About the Author: Ella Quinn

  THE SWEETEST CHALLANGE

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter One

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Two

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Three

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Four

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Five

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Six

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Seven

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Eight

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Nine

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Ten

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Eleven

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Twelve

  The Sweetest Challenge: Chapter Thirteen

  About the Author: Marie Higgins

  HEART OF DELIGHT

  Heart of Delight: Chapter One

  Heart of Delight: Chapter Two

  Heart of Delight: Chapter Three

  Heart of Delight: Chapter Four

  Heart of Delight: Chapter Five

  Heart of Delight: Chapter Six

  Heart of Delight: Chapter Seven

  Heart of Delight: Chapter Eight

  Heart of Delight: Chapter Nine

  Heart of Delight: Chapter Ten

  About the Author: Jenna Jaxon

  STEALING MINERVA

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter One

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Two

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Three

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Four

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Five

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Six

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Seven

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Eight

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Nine

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Ten

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Eleven

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Twelve

  Stealing Minerva: Chapter Thirteen

  About the Author: Louisa Cornell

  HIS LORDSHIP'S DARKEST SECRET

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter One

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Two

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Three

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Four

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Five

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Six

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Seven

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Eight

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Nine

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Ten

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Eleven

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Twelve

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Thirteen

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Chapter Fourteen

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret: Epilogue

  About the Autho: Elf Ahearn

  TEMPTED BY A ROGUE

  Tempted by a Rogue: Chapter One

  Tempted by a Rogue: Chapter Two

  Tempted by a Rogue: Chapter Three

  Tempted by a Rogue: Chapter Four

  Tempted by a Rogue: Chapter Five

  Tempted by a Rogue: Chapter Six

  Tempted by a Rogue: Chapter Seven

  Tempted by a Rogue: Chapter Eight

  About the Author: Lauren Smith

  HER PERFECT GENTLEMAN

  Eight Historical Romances by Eight Bestselling Authors

  Gina Dana

  Collette Cameron

  Ella Quinn

  Marie Higgins

  Jenna Jaxon

  Louisa Cornell

  Elf Ahearn

  Lauren Smith

  HER PERFECT GENTLEMAN

  Copyright © 2017 by Lucky Romance Authors, LLC

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

  All texts contained within this document are a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons (living or dead), is entirely coincidental.

  THIS LOVE OF MINE by Gina Danna

  Copyright © 2017 Gina Dana

  BRIDE OF FALCON by Collette Cameron

  Copyright © 2015 Collette Cameron

  IT TAKES A HERO by Ella Quinn

  Copyright © 2016 Ella Quinn

  THE SWEETEST CHALLENGE by Marie Higgins

  Copyright © 2016 Marie Higgins

  HEART OF DELIGHT by Jenna Jaxon

  Copyright © 2016 Jenna Jaxon

  STEALING MINERVA by Louisa Cornell

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  HIS LORDSHIP'S DARKEST SECRET by Elf Ahearn

  Copyright © Elf Ahearn

  TEMPTED BY A ROGUE by Lauren Smith

  Copyright © 2015 Lauren Smith

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  For the purpose of this anthology, the following ratings apply:

  One Kiss-Stories will either not have consummated love scenes, or subtly sexy undetailed scenes behind a closed bedroom door. You’re not invited inside. Sorry.

  Two Kisses-Stories are more sensual than sweet with some love scenes that are more sensual than graphic. You might blush, but you won’t need a fan.

  Three Kisses-Stories are sexier and bolder with more explicit love scenes and the language used to describe them may be more graphic. A fan and a cool beverage might be in order, but you won’t experience everything. *Wink*

  Four Kisses–Stories have frequent, graphic love scenes with explicit language. Be prepared to blush and stand in front of the air conditioner, a tall, iced drink in hand. Clothing is optional.

  Five Kisses–Stories have frequent graphic, descriptive love scenes and/or contain subject matter some readers may find objectionable. Blushing guaranteed, and you might learn a thing or two or three. But never fear, we won’t tattle if you don’t.

  This Love of Mine by Gina Danna

  He must woo his wife to awaken her past or lose her to a pirate forever.

  Kidnapped on a trip to London, Lady Eleanor Whitemore awakes in the hold of a ship with no memory of her past or of her perfect marriage to Lord James Haddington III, Earl of Windhaven. All she knows is that a fierce and stunningly handsome pirate is yelling about women being bad luck on a voyage. Adrift at sea in both body and mind, she finds herself falling in love with the pirate captain, whose flashing eyes and muscular frame leave her breathless.

  Lord James resisted the shackles of marriage until he met Eleanor. Her beauty and charms captured his heart, and now that she's disappeared, he vows he will find her or die trying. His search becomes a chase to the Americas, a trip that could destroy him as Eleanor's bonds with a pirate captain tighten. Can James provoke her memory and win her love, or will the pirate steal her heart forever...

  About the Author: Gina Danna

  Bride of Falcon by Collette Cameron

  Faced with spinsterhood, Ivonne Wimpleton takes fate into her own hands determined to win the heart of her wholly unacceptable childhood love . . . scandal be damned.

  After five Seasons, Ivonne Wimpleton has accepted she’s a haute ton undesirable. Always a bit ungraceful, her suitors are men desperate to get their hands on her marriage settlement. Guarded and aloof, she’s resigned herself to spinsterhood. She doesn’t mind her fate, since Chancy Faulkenhurst, the man who once held her heart, left for India years ago without an explanation. When Ivonne’s father, Viscount Wimpleton, refuses Chance’s request for her hand in marriage, he transfers to the East India Troops. Chance’s dreams of making Ivonne his wife are soundly dashed. Ignoring her letters, he closes the door on his heart and Ivonne and remains in India.

  Six years later, severely injured during a battle, Chance returns to England physically and emotionally scarred. His love for Ivonne remains just as strong. When he learns due to a whim of Prinny’s she must choose one of the despots whose offered for her hand, Chance is determined that none should have her but him. Except, not only is she infuriated he made no effort to contact her in all those years, in Chance’s absence, his father arranged a marriage for him and fully expects Chance to honor the agreement.

  About the Author: Collette Cameron

  It Takes a Hero by Ella Quinn

  Even though their families demand that the youngest son of a duke, Lord Quartus Trevor, and the Duchess of Wharton remain apart, but their hearts don’t seem able to listen.

  For the former Anna Calder of Tortola, discovering she is the Duchess of Wharton is a shock, but being forced to find a husband is a greater one. To make matters worse, the only gentleman who interests her is the devastatingly handsome rogue she has been warned against. As inappropriate as he is, she can’t stop thinking about the way his blue eyes warm her or cut of his coat over his broad shoulders…

  Upon accepting his brother’s invitation to spend the Season in London, Lord Quartus Trevor quickly discovers that being the penniless younger son of a duke is not much of a recommendation to the beguiling Duchess of Wharton. It’s ridiculous to hope her attentions are serious, but where she’s concerned, his hope refuses to be swayed.

  About the Author: Ella Quinn

  The Sweetest Challenge by Marie Higgins

  Is giving her heart to a stranger worth the price?

  Melinda Stewart was far from being a debutante, but she must disguise what she really did during the day to keep food on the table. When a wealthy businessman enters her life and wants to buy her land, she’s torn between giving up her deceased father’s dream—and wanting to give her heart to this stranger..

  About the Author: Marie Higgins

  Heart of Delight by Jenna Jaxon

  He’ll do anything to be her heart’s delight—except tell the truth.

  Gabriella d’Adventure has come to England as a lady’s maid in pursuit of the Duke of Rother. So when she meets the handsome Horace Carpenter, valet to a marquess, she is delighted to enlist his aid in gaining her heart’s desire: a meeting with the duke.

  When a breathtaking young woman intrudes on the eccentric Marquess of Halford’s solitude, he is captivated and introduces himself as his valet in hopes of learning more about her. Despite his fear about the true motive behind Gabriella’s quest to meet the duke, Hal agrees to help her gain an audience, all the while hoping his deception will won’t ruin his chances of winning her love and hand in marriage.

  About the Author: Jenna Jaxon

  Stealing Minerva by Louisa Cornell

  He has a thousand reasons to steal the bride, but only one reason to steal her heart.

  Colonel Sebastian Brightworth has a reputation for seduction. He seduces money into his hands and never lets it go. He seduces women into his bed and never lets them stay. Seducing his best friend’s latest betrothed into jilting him days before the wedding seems an easy task. Especially with a thousand-pound purse in the offing. That is, until Sebastian discovers his friend is engaged to the one woman in England he cannot possibly seduce. Again.

  After seven years in a less than perfect marriage and two years as the Perfect Widow, Minerva Faircloth is engaged to the most eligible earl in England. Their amiable marriage will keep her son safe from his uncle’s cruel plans and her heart safe from disappointment. Everything goes according to plan, until her betrothed’s closest friend arrives. Sebastian Brightworth stole her heart nine years ago. What thievery is he up to now? And how will she ever survive it?

  About the Author: Louisa Cornell

  His Lordship's Darkest Secret by Elf Ahearn

  The thought of Claire Albright in the arms of another man is unbearable, but in his heart, Lord Flavian Monroe knows he mustn’t ask her to share the consequences of one terrible mistake.

  If Lady Claire Albright had one wish, it would be to forget brooding, powerful Lord Flavian Monroe. But even after two years of bewildering silence, she yearns to touch his sinuous arms and feel his calloused hands upon her cheeks. Then, on the brink of her come out, they accidently meet. His ward is ill, and he begs her to use her knowledge of healing to help the child. But this patient is sick in a way that’s far different than what Claire expected—dangerously different. And, as she struggles to find a cure, Flavian resists rekindling their love. Is it the ward’s illness that keeps him cold and distant, or a dark and terrible secret?

  About the Author: Elf Ahearn

  Tempted by a Rogue by Lauren Smith

  Gemma never planned on falling in love with her childhood sweetheart’s best friend, Jasper, when he returns home, but she can’t resist the naval officer’s brooding charm.

  Gemma plans to marry James, her
childhood sweetheart. With every letter written between them while he's been off at sea, their love has grown. Now they will be reunited with his return to England. But the man whose words she'd fallen in love with isn’t James...

  Jasper, a gentleman rogue of the first order, is trapped. Talked into a scheme by his friend, he pretended to be James for eleven years while writing to Gemma. He’s promised James he’d break it off. But when he returns home, his secret will come out – and he’ll lose the one woman he can’t live without.

  About the Author: Lauren Smith

  THIS LOVE OF MINE

  Gina Dana

  This Love Of Mine: Prologue

  England 1810

  James Haddington III, Earl of Windhaven, basked in the sunlight that poured through the church’s windows, a light that blazed a trail from the alter where he stood down the aisle to the young lady walking towards him. He couldn’t help but smile at the vision before him. Not many bachelors welcomed the loss of their freedom, mostly due to marriages contrived of family status and advancement via marital ties, but for him, he’d found the perfect match. This marriage was based on love and, for that, he relished in the morning wedding ritual, dreaming of celebrating with his lovely bride as soon as he could steal her away from the guests at their wedding breakfast.

  For he was in love with the lady who glided ever closer to him. Eleanor Whitmore stole his breath away. She was beauty and poise wrapped into one delectable package. Even now she was breathtaking, dressed in a pink and cream fashionable high-waist gown, lace lining her décolleté. Her spun sable hair was piled on her head in a mound of curls with a couple of strands coiling down her neckline, as if whispering to him to touch them. Her sapphire blue eyes danced and she had a faint smile on her rosy lips. A rush of heat spiraled down his spine to a fire in his loins, tightening his insides.