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After years of fighting with the Duke of Wellington against Napoleon, the Marquis of Melverley has neglected his family seat, preferring his dalliances with London's Beau Monde beauties.
Now, betrayed by his latest mistress, he returns to Melverley Hall to lick his wounds, but nearing home he is halted by an accident and meets the beautiful young Christina Churston, heartbroken at the death of her old but very beloved pony.
Soon, he is appalled...
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When her father, Colonel Alister McCarron, asks her to accompany him to a family Wedding in the North of Scotland, the beautiful young Sona jumps at the chance, not just to meet her relatives in the venerable McCarron Clan but also to see the dashingly handsome Marquis of Inver, for it is he who is to be wed.
Thrilled by the Fairytale grandeur of Invercarron Castle and her heart fluttering at the Marquis's considerable charms, Sona is bemused to...
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After their family mansion burns to the ground, the lovely Erlina Sherwood and her little brother, the sixth Baronet of Sherwood, go to the neighbouring estate to ask if they can stay at Meldon Hall as they now have nowhere to else go.
It is just about the only habitable residence in the village left after the Marquis of Meldon on inheriting the family seat disavowed his house and estate and everyone in or near it.
Because of his neglect, Meldon...
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The beautiful Cassandra Sherburn has, everything a young lady, could possibly desire.
Slender, flame-haired and alabaster-skinned and the heiress to her father's immense fortune, her father has promised her hand in marriage to the dashing young Marquis of Charlbury, heir to the ancestral home and estates of the Duke of Alchester and she believes that she is in love with him. And, over the years she has collected newspaper cuttings about him and pasted...
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Beautiful young Charisa Templeton always loved her father's old friend the Marquis of Mawdelyn – and as a child she roamed Mawdelyn Priory with his nephew Vincent, whom she adored. Saddened to hear that the Marquis has died – she's glad his heir, Vincent, will be coming home from his army posting in India to claim his title. But then Fate strikes another blow with the news that Vincent has been killed! Reluctantly, Charisa and her father prepare...
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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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Bereaved of her beloved father at sixteen, and now her mother, Belinda Wyncombe’s only comfort is that she still has the family’s home. Until she finds her irresponsible stepfather, Captain D’Arcy Rowland, has squandered their money and fraudulently mortgaged the house.
This means he faces jail while Belinda faces penury, unless she complies with her stepfather’s shameful scheme to gain and ruthlessly exploit the trust of the famed adventurer?...
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The demure but beautiful Alecia Stambrook sorely misses her late mother, Lady Sophie. And now that her uncle, the Earl of Langhaven, has also died, there will be no more of the generous stipend that Alecia's father had relied on to survive as the books that he writes bring in very little money..
When her much-loved cousin Charis arrives unexpectedly at her home, Alecia is heartened although taken aback by her strange request.
Charis asks her to pretend...
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When the Balkan Prince Stanislaus demanded an English bride, Queen Victoria decided to send him Lady Lavina, whose family had a slight connection with royalty.
Determined to avoid this fate, Lavina threw herself on the mercy of the Marquis of Elswick, a disagreeable man who had turned his back on the world following betrayal by the woman he had loved. Surprisingly, he agreed to help by pretending to be engaged to Lavina, and, with her father,
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Davita, die sehr schöne und junge Tochter von Sir Iain Kilcraig of Kilcraig Castle, muss nach dem Tod ihres Vaters das Familienschloss in Schottland verlassen, da ihr Vater nur Schulden hinterließ. Sie versucht von ihrer Stiefschwester Violet, einem Gaiety-Girl, Unterstützung in London zu bekommen, um eine Arbeitsstelle zu finden. Die Theaterwelt ist Davita sehr fremd, vor allem als Lord Mundesley sie zu seiner Mätresse machen will. Davita wird...
12) Nur aus Liebe
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Viola Herne, die einzige Tochter von General Herne, erfährt, dass Lord Stoneham, um ihre Hand angehalten hat und sie schnellstmöglich heiraten will, da sein Sohn im Krieg gefallen ist. Viola ist sich nicht schlüssig, läuft von zu Hause weg und findet bei ihrer ehemaligen Nanny Unterschlupf, um deren Rat entgegenzunehmen, da seit dem Tod ihrer Mutter nur ihre Tante im Hause wohnt. Miss Dawes oder auch Nanny genannt, hatte Viola in ihrer Kindheit...
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Lady Georgina Lang returns to The Castle from her father's funeral to wonder what the future holds for her.
Because her father had always longed for a son to succeed him, he had brought her up and educated her exactly as if she was a boy. She dressed as a boy and, although she had been christened Georgina, he liked calling her George.
She was completely alone in the huge castle, which was now inherited by the new Earl of Langfield, a distant cousin...
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Gudula Hayward, eine junge und sehr hübsche Pfarrerstochter findet sich nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern allein in dieser Welt. Sie fällt auf die Lügen Lord Julius Westry herein, der sie nach London lockt mit Aussicht auf eine Anstellung, sie aber an ein Bordell verkaufen möchte. Sein sehr gut aussehender älterer Bruder, der Herzog von Oswestry, ein umschwärmter Herzensbrecher und Junggeselle findet sich in einer misslichen Lage, als Lady Marlene Kelston,...
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Lady Lynda, einziges Kind des Duke of Marlowe kommt nach ihrer Schulzeit in Frankreich zurück auf das Schloss ihres Vaters. Dort fällt sie am ersten Morgen - während eines Spaziergangs zu ihrem geliebten Wald - in einen reißenden Fluss und wird von dem Duke of Buckington aus den Fluten gerettet. Er gehört zu einer Jagdgesellschaft, die gerade bei ihrem Vater weilt. Der Duke of Buckington ist sehr attraktiv und wohlhabend und hat einen Ruf als...
16) A Magical Moment
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The beautiful Lencia is the image of her dear departed Mama — and so is still the apple of the eye of the widowed Earl of Armeron. Knowing how profoundly Lencia and younger sister Alice are missing their mother, their father promises to take them to see the fabulous historic Châteaux of the Loire Valley in France — of which the most exciting and impressive of all is Chaumont.
But, to their chagrin, their hopes are dashed when the Earl returns...
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Wie konnte sie einen Mann lieben, den sie vor diesem Nachmittag noch niemals gesehen hatte, fragte sich Athena. Ein Mann, dessen schlanker, athletischer Körper Feuer in ihrer Brust entfachte - sie wusste, es war das Schicksal, das sie zusammen geführt hatte. Und Lady Mary Emmeline Athena, die reiche englische Erbin, war eigentlich nach Griechenland gekommen um den Prinzen von Parnassos zu heiraten. Doch entsetzt vom Palastgeschwätz war sie nach...
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Stürmisch, gut aussehend und elegant selbst in der Schlacht, hat der Herzog von Kingswood schon viele Herzen der Schönen der Gesellschaft gestohlen. Aber er selbst ist ein Eiszapfen, den niemand schmelzen kann und entschlossen, niemals zu heiraten. Um das Familienerbe zu erhalten zählt er auf seinen Vetter Richard, der heiraten und Söhne haben soll. Zum Schrecken des Herzogs jedoch lässt sich Richard von der Sirene der Society und bekannten Schönheit...
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Taryna, die bezaubernde Tochter eines armen englischen Vikars, posiert als kanadische Erbin um ihrer einsamen Schulfreundin Kit zu helfen. Es war eine unschuldige Verkleidung um die versnobte Stiefmutter von Kit zu besänftigen. So also wurde Taryna in die glitzernde Welt der Reichen und Schönen hineingezogen. Aber es war nicht alles so leicht und fröhlich, wie es zuerst den Anschein nahm. Warum hatte Kit's Vater Taryna eine geheime Mission aufgetragen?...
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Lady Margaret, die Tochter des vierten Herzogs von Nevondale hatte die für sie arrangierte vorteilhafte Heirat mit dem Prinzen Friedrich von Luzenhoff, abgelehnt da sie sich in den Glücksspieler Captain D'Arcy Marsh verliebt hatte und war mit ihm davongelaufen. Die beiden hatten eine Tochter Josina und durchlebten gute und schlechte Zeiten aber waren glücklich, da sie sich sehr liebten. D'Arcy fiel in einem Duell und Lady Margaret starb nach schwerer...
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