Beauregard "Beau" Cortland has no use for the whims of society and even less for aristocratic titles. As a younger son, he travels the world in search of adventure with no plans to settle down. Even when the title of Viscount Rainsleigh is suddenly forced upon him, he will not bend to duty or decorum. Not until an alluring young woman appears on the deck of his houseboat, determined to teach him propriety in all things and tempting him with every forbidden touch...Lady Emmaline Crumbley has had a wretched year. Her elderly husband dropped dead without naming her in his will and she's been relegated to the life of a dowager duchess at the age of 23. She has no wish to instruct a renegade viscount in respectability, but desperate to escape her greedy stepson, Beau's family makes her an offer she cannot refuse: teach the new lord to behave like a gentleman, and they'll help her earn the new, self-sufficient life of her dreams. Emmaline agrees, only to discover that... Views: 33
A Duke Determined to be Perfect:
George Cornwall, Duke of Harley, is a perfect duke in almost every way. . . Just as he promised his father he would be. There’s only one problem. He doesn’t have an heir. When he encounters his childhood friend, Lady Eglantine, again he immediately knows she will be the perfect duchess and mother of his children. There’s only one thing. She refuses to marry him without love. He desires her, admires her, and longs to make her his, but George knows that something so wild as love might lead him from his path of perfection. Will he be able to let himself lose his heart or will his quest to be the perfect duke be his undoing?
A Lady Who Will Marry for Love:
Lady Eglantine Trewstowe is interested in only one thing when it comes to matrimony. Love. Having the good fortune to be an heiress, educated, and part of a loving family she’s in no rush to throw herself onto the mart. No, Eglantine is quite happy to wait for an unremarkable match to a marvelous second son who loves his library as much as he loves her. But when the Duke of Harley decides she’s the lady for him, even if he doesn’t love her one little bit, she rejects his cold proposal. . . Even if she finds her dashed heart has been lost to him. Will her merry manner crack the duke’s quest for perfection or will her chance at love vanish? Views: 33
When Katie Rogers returns to Dundee, Idaho, it's not because she wants to. It's because she's disillusioned, broke-and pregnant. She was going to make something of her life in the big city. Instead, she's paying a high price for trusting the wrong man.Booker Robinson is the man she didn't trust, the man she'd left behind in Dundee...and the first person she sees when she comes back. But despite Booker's notorious past, he now has a successful business and a home of his own.He's also spent two years getting over Katie. She's the last person he wants to see. But when her parents refuse to take her in, she doesn't have anywhere else to go, and Booker soon finds himself with a roommate-one who needs a father for her baby....Katie's vowed she'll never trust the wrong man again. But sometimes a man isn't everything he seems. And sometimes he's more.... Views: 33
Hope: Bride of New Jersey is 3rd in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series.Hope Middleton was all but thrown away by the family that was supposed to care for her. Now on her own, she loses her job when the factory where she worked burned to the ground. With no other alternatives, she answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride and travels to Newark, New Jersey, expecting a simple life in a quiet community. Instead, she is thrown into the middle of the dark mystery that surrounds her enigmatic fiancé, with only the chance of falling in love as her saving grace.This retelling brings the drama of a Bronte classic together with the romance of a mail-order bride novella. Views: 33
After one uncharacteristically wicked night, the once-reckless Eleanor Bracewell-Lowen now leads a safe and prudent life.On his return to London's high society, Lord Cristo Wellingham looks different from the man she knew so briefly in Paris, but he is still as magnetic….In his cold amber eyes Eleanor detects something she has seen mirrored in her own—longing. His touch invites passion, but this is a man who could destroy her good name with just one glance…. Views: 33
Angelina’s arrival at Wrey House forces her mother, the countess, to accept a daughter she didn’t know existed. But her sister, the exotic Rosabelle, may not be her twin at all. And who is the Highwayman—an enigmatic second son or the bastard half-brother imprisoned for the crime? Angelina knows but refuses to betray, though it ruins her chances for happiness. Historical Romance by Janet Woods; originally published by Robert Hale [UK] Views: 33
Having survived nine years as a Kiowa captive, Cassandra Morgan is traded back to the whites. Tattooed and emotionally scarred, Cassandra faces a life she hardly remembers.Two men attempt to understand her pain: the half-Indian scout Lone Hunter Jalbert, and her childhood sweetheart cavalry Captain Drew Reynolds who was left for dead in the attack that killed both their families and who has sworn retribution.Torn between two worlds and two men, Cassie must learn anew the true meaning of love, courage and forgiveness.AWARDS:Winner, Romance Communication Reviewers AwardFirst Place, Wisconsin Romance Writers "Right Touch" Readers' Award.REVIEWS:"Ms. Grayson creates an emotional powerhouse...Superb!" ~Rendezvous"...a compelling novel chock-full of western detail." ~Margot Mifflin, author of the non-fiction book The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman, on whom the main character of So Wide the Sky is based... Views: 33
Masquerade Secrets (Scandals & Secrets - Book 2)A novella of 36,000 words (about 130 pages).A confirmed wallflower, Lady Aubrey Langston didn’t have high hopes for the new season. After a masquerade was announced, a modiste promised Aubrey that she would add some magic to her gown, enough to have men eating out of the palm of her hand. Little did Aubrey know that she would fall for the Duke of Wathersby, her best friend’s almost fiancé. With a shared history of tepid friendship, Aubrey struggles to trust the man who so completely stole her heart. Bradford, the Duke of Wathersby, wanted to find a bride, and quickly. Preferably one that didn’t drive him mad. Frustrated with the social scene, he longs escape to the country. At least he did until he met the beyond incomparable masquerade woman. Driven with a force he had never felt, he wants to make her his forever.While Aubrey tries to reconcile her fears, an outside force is working to tear them apart. As another woman plots against them, Bradford must do everything in his power to convince Aubrey that she is the woman he wants. Will Aubrey be able to overcome her fears and be able to trust the man she loves, or will their relationship only be another masquerade secret?Includes an excerpt from Secrets in Mourning, the third book in the Scandals & Secrets series. Views: 32
Is the love of your life worth risking everything for?
The most important thing in Emily’s life was her passion for writing stories and painting the beauty around her. She could spend hours in the garden, devoted to her art.
But her parents had other ideas about what her priorities should be. At nearly twenty years old, it’s crucial that she begin planning for her future by finding a suitable gentleman to marry. If Emily was not concerned about it, her parents would be concerned enough for them all. They would find her a wealthy man and rush them into an engagement, even if it is entirely the wrong match. Anything to make their youngest daughter secure.
After the engagement, Emily tries to make the relationship work, but it gets difficult when a dashing gentleman saves her life one day. She cannot get him out of her mind. When they meet again, by chance, she no longer wants to try to fight it.
Emily has to decide between what her parents want for her and what she needs to make herself happy. She has to choose between her fiance and her obsession, while trying to avoid a scandal, or even worse, losing it all. Views: 32
It's the fall of 1917, and the people in Canela, Texas are shocked when Carolyn Wentworth, believed to be nothing more than a beautiful social butterfly, volunteers to go to France as a nurse's aid. She'll be back in a month, they predict. But there's more to Carolyn than anyone realizes. Though she's appalled by the conditions in the hospital, she will not admit that her impulsive decision may have been the biggest mistake of her life. Instead, she sets out to prove that humor can heal. To the patients' amusement, she even resorts to wearing a clothespin on her nose when she empties bedpans, and she sees nothing wrong with dancing in the rain.Clothespin Carolyn, as she's soon named, is a hit with the soldiers, much to the annoyance of Dwight Hollins, a brilliant physician who the nurses are convinced has never learned to smile. Doesn't Carolyn understand that war is serious? Someone needs to tell her that, and that someone is Dwight.Carolyn and Dwight's sparring soon becomes the talk of the hospital - causing the patients to accuse them of being like an old married couple. They're wrong, of course. "Love" is not a word that applies to them until the day Carolyn impulsively promises that she and Dwight will dance on Christmas Day to entertain the patients. Though it's the last thing either of them intends, soon they're learning much more than the latest dance steps.From BooklistDetermined to prove that there is more to her than her pretty appearance, Carolyn Wentworth leaves her small Texas hometown to volunteer as a nurse's aid in France, where she discovers the terrible costs of World War I. Determined to do her own small part to cheer her patients up, Carolyn begins sharing bits of her "grandmother's" wisdom, and her attempts at humor are appreciated by everyone except Dwight Hollins, a gifted but emotionless physician. Even if she is the best nurse he has ever worked with, Dwight has little time for quirky, impulsive Carolyn, but their spirited "discussions" gradually blossom into a friendship. They each have someone waiting for them at home, but they are soon tempted by the idea that they could be something more than just friends and coworkers. With its delicately romantic love story and intriguing WWI setting, the first in Harte's new trilogy is an excellent choice for libraries where sweet historicals are popular. John CharlesCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reservedReview"A great read with memorable, realistic characters." -- Affaire de Coeur "The story of Carolyn and Dwight is sweet and tender, and they, too, come alive within the first few pages. Their inner conflicts are well developed and explored with the brutal war as their backdrop, making for a highly entertaining read. Dancing in the Rain is a touching, heartwarming story that could not be any better. I highly recommend this novel." - Astrid Kinn -- Romance Reviews Today "Two thumbs up! Dancing in the Rain is required reading for those end of summer blues." - Brenda Ramsbacher -- Scribblers Views: 32
