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  The Courtship Wars: Book 1

  To Pleasure a Lady

  by Nicole Jordan

  New York Times best-selling author Nicole Jordan spins a delectable tale of wit and sensuality in this delicious Regency romance, the captivating first in a dazzling new trilogy, The Courtship Wars. Marcus Pierce, a strikingly handsome aristocrat with a wicked reputation, inherits guardianship of spirited Arabella Loring and her two younger sisters - and immediately declares his intention to marry them off.... (more)
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  The Knight Miscellany: Book 3

  Lord of Ice

  by Gaelen Foley

  Celebrated as an extraordinary new talent in romance, Gaelen Foley astounds readers with her vibrant stories of passion and adventure. Now, hot on the heels of her daring Lord of Fire , she spins the powerful tale of a hero tempted by the one woman he is forbidden to love. . . . Damien Knight, the earl of Winterley, is proud, aloof, and tormented by memories of war. Though living in seclusion, he is named... (more)
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  The Splendid Trilogy: Book 3

  Minx

  by Julia Quinn

  It takes a minx to tempt a rogue . . . Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. She manages her elderly guardian's remote Cornwall estate, wears breeches instead of frocks, 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... (more)
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  Once an Angel

  by Teresa Medeiros

  The last thing Justin Connor expected to find washed, up on the wild shores of New. Zealand was a young woman asleep on the sand, curled like a child beneath thee moonlight. Though fiercely protective of the haven he had found on this island paradise., Justin was compelled to rescue this mysterious refugee, little realizing she would shatter his peace forever with her defiant courage, her vivid beauty, and the... (more)
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  Effington Family: Book 3

  The Marriage Lesson

  by Victoria Alexander

  Lesson #1: Never Tempt a Lady. Become a bride? Never! Lady Marianne Shelton has come to London to experience life, and marriage is not part of her plan. To finance her independent future, the pretty country miss pens a series of anonymous stories. Soon they are the talk of the ton-and only she knows that her wicked hero is based on none other than bold, brash Thomas Effington, the future Duke of Roxborough. ... (more)
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  Regency (Laurens): Book 2

  Four in Hand

  by Stephanie Laurens

  She was unquestionably a lady. Still, that had never stopped him before. He could see that she was not, he thought, that young. Even better. Another twinge of pain from behind his eyes lent a harshness to his voice. "Who the devil are you?" In no way discomposed, she answered, "My name is Caroline Twinning. And if you really are the Duke of Twyford, then I'm very much afraid I'm your ward . . . " Max... (more)
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  Harlequin Presents: Book 900

  Leaving Home

  by Leigh Michaels

  Brodie McKenzie has grown up, and she no longer needs her guardian interfering with her plans for marriage and career. The fact that Drew Hammond is nearly always right certainly doesn't make it any less painful for Brodie when her plans start to go awry. Leigh Michaels is the author of more than 90 books, including 80 contemporary romance novels and non-fiction books including On Writing Romance. She also writes... (more)
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  O'Byrne Family Series: Book 1

  Wild Angel

  by Miriam Minger

  Ronan was a legend among men . . . and the last thing he needed was a troublesome woman. Yet this fierce Irish warrior took a deathbed oath to protect a chieftain's rebellious daughter.Triona was a hellion of a woman . . . who would let no man rule her. Raised in the ways of a warrior, she defied Ronan's every command. So he planned to marry her off, to be rid of the wild lass forever. But in the heat of... (more)
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  Love's Guardian

  by Dawn Ireland

  Declan Deveraux, the Earl of Worthington, is a man who knows one thing for certain - he will never marry for love. With that aim, he pursues only the most vain, and spoiled, women of the Ton. Fate has other plans for him, however, and he’s made guardian to Alex Kendrick, a female he likes – God forbid. Now Declan has to get her suitably married, before he succumbs to the temptation to make this fiery temptress his... (more)
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  Secret Valentine

  by Katy Madison

  The darling of the ton and women everywhere, Devin Nash, Lord Beauchamp, decides the best way to provide for his penniless, bluestocking ward is to marry her himself. She refuses. Stunned that any woman—but especially a woman with so few matrimonial prospects—could turn him down, he begins a campaign to woo her with valentines and gifts. Unbeknownst to her guardian, who is too used to having his way and surely... (more)
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  Sweet Deception Regency: Book 5

  The Virtuous Ward (Sweet Deception Regency #5)

  by Karla Darcy

  This is book #5 in the Sweet Deception Regency series that brings you the adventures of the gentlemen of the ton who are members of Sweet’s Racing Club and the women they love. Lord Maxwell Kampford has kept his ward in seclusion but now must sponsor her in society in order to marry her off. Unsophisticated and trusting, Amity is set up by Max's jealous fiancée to fail. Max is confounded by the loyalties of the... (more)
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  Her Lord and Protector

  by Pam Roller

  Formerly titled On Silent Wings. Destitute and voiceless, a jilted bride living under the guardianship of an aloof man who may have murdered his wife wonders if it’s her heart, or her life, that hangs in the balance. His is a heart of iron... Embittered lord Alexander Fletcher must shelter a penniless mute in his ancestral home, Drayton castle. Although he makes no pretense he resents the intrusion, the woman... (more)
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  The MacAllisters/Brotherhood of the Sword: Book 1

  Master of Desire

  by Kinley MacGregor

  All her life, Emily has had one dream--to be a wife and mother. Unfortunately, her father has other plans for her future. But when her father crosses one of the most powerful men in England, King Henry II decides the best way to keep peace is to hand her over as a political hostage to Draven, Earl of Ravenswood. Knowing this is her only chance to catch a husband, she immediately sets her cap for the most eligible... (more)
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  Jane Feather's V series: Book 3

  Vixen

  by Jane Feather

  Chloe Gresham wasn't expecting a warm welcome -- after all, her new guardian was a total stranger. But when Sir Hugo Lattimer strode into Denholm Manor after a night of carousing and discovered he'd been saddled with an irrepressible and beautiful young ward, the handsome bachelor made it perfectly clear he wanted nothing to do with her. Chloe, however, had ideas of her own....Driven by dark memories to... (more)
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  Company of Rogues: Book 5

  Dangerous Joy

  by Jo Beverley

  Miles Cavanagh just wants to be in the Shires hunting, but instead he is unwilling guardian to a twenty-year-old heiress. He hopes this will be merely a symbolic position, but that's before he discovers that Felicity Monahan is hell-bent on marrying a fortune-hunting wretch. And before he begins to fall in love with her.Despite her own growing love for Miles, Felicity has excellent reasons for her... (more)
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  Devil in Spurs

  by Norah Hess

  Raised in a bawdy house, Jonty Rand has posed as a boy all her life to escape notice of the rowdy cowboys who frequent the place. When her granny's dying wish makes womanizer Cord McBain her guardian, Jonty finds herself in the hands of the man who promises to change her from a "sissy" into a rawhide-tough wrangler. Until the stormy night Cord discovers that Jonty would never be a man--only the wildest woman he'd... (more)