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The handsome and debonair Marquis of Raventhorpe is known throughout the Beau Monde as something of a ladies' man until he falls under the spell of Society beauty Lady Sarah Chessington.
But when he arrives at the Earl of Chessington-Crewe's house to propose, he realises that Lady Sarah wants him only for his wealth and position and he leaves in a fury, vowing that he will never marry.
By the wayside he encounters a young exquisite beauty utterly...
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Amidst the exciting preparations for the grand opening of Prince Albert's prized Crystal Palace, a young orphan, Sorilda, is being forced into marriage by her recently cuckolded uncle, the Duke of Nuneaton.
Having sheltered lovely Sorilda since the tragic death of her parents, the usually fair-minded Duke has been driven to jealous retaliation by his deceitful new Duchess.
Suspecting his close neighbour, the Earl of Winsford, of ungentlemanly...
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Returning from finishing school in France, Louisa Hatton was full of enthusiasm for the life ahead. She was convinced it would be exciting and romantic. But her parents had already planned a very suitable marriage for her to Lord Westbridge, their new neighbour. He was a cold, hard man and he wanted Louisa despite her protests.
Her parents would not support her. Her father owed Lord Westbridge money. It seemed that for help she could only turn to...
44) Look With Love
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After losing her mother to a fever, then her beloved father the Earl of Darrington – and now her Godmother too, eighteen-year-old Ilita is bereft, stricken by poverty as well as grief. For a fleeting moment, she's saved when her aunt takes her in. But the Countess is, to Ilita's horror, bitter, jealous of her beauty and ashamed to be associated with her. Sent away to work for a recently blinded Marchioness under a false name and ordered never to...
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Cuando el Conde de Ardwick finalmente decide casarse, pero es rechazado por una belleza ambiciosa con su ojo en el ducado. Entonces la suerte coloca a Lady Lupita Lang en el sendero del Conde, pero Lupita teme por su joven hermanito, que está en peligro de ser un primo despiadado, hasta que el Conde se nombra a sí mismo, tutor del niño, ganando el agradecido amor de Lupita.
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The Marquis of Elvington, heartbroken to discover the woman he intended to marry has deceived him, decides to leave England and put as many miles as possible between them. Handsome, intelligent and a great favourite at the Court of King William IV and Queen Adelaide, the Marquis is used to the admiration of women and respect of men, so the duplicity of his intended wife strikes him a cruel blow.
However, a thick fog makes it impossible for his yacht...
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Ravella Shane ist das sehr junge und sehr hübsche Mündel des Herzogs von Melcombe und lebt in einer Schule auf dem Land. Der Lebensstil des reichen und attraktiven Herzogs ist nicht bei allen gut angesehen ist, da er die Feste, Frauen und Wettkämpfe liebt. Er wird der Herzbube genannt, da ihm alle Frauenherzen zu fliegen. Ravella erbt das Vermögen eines entfernten Verwandten und zieht deswegen viele Mitgiftjäger an, da ihr das Erbe entweder am...
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El bisabuelo de Minerva Linwood gastó todo su dinero en la construcción de un Castillo que el padre de esta, al heredarlo, no pudo mantener. Cuando Minerva y sus hermanos se enteraron de que el nuevo dueño del Castillo había muerto y se lo había dejado a Wogan, Conde de Corleston, un hombre que sentía una fatal debilidad por las mujeres. Entonces, su padre decidió que no era conveniente que la joven se dejara ver por él. Sin embargo, el destino...
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Lady Athena Wade eine junge und reiche Engländerin und Tochter des vierten Marquis von Wadebridge findet sich in Griechenland im Palast des Prinz Yiorgos von Pamassus wieder. Ihre aus Griechenland stammende Großmutter hatte ihr nicht nur ihre Liebe für Griechenland, die griechische Kultur und Mythologie vererbt, sondern hat auch eine Heirat mit dem griechischen Prinzen Yiorgos von Pamassus arrangiert. Der Prinz regiert eine verarmte Provinz und...
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The Duke of Ravenstock is the most, attractive and elusive bachelor in London, and the most notorious.
His exploits and romantic escapades keep the salons of the Social world buzzing, but never more so than, when he announces that he will marry. His friends soon realize that what has, captured the Duke's heart is the purity and innocence of his intended bride.
The wedding date has been, fixed when the Duke, discovers by accident that his fiancé...
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Innocent young Candida is almost destitute after the death of her beloved father.
Resolving to keep up the family's modest Elizabethan manor house in Hertfordshire and support Ned, the family's faithful servant, she sees no alternative but to sell her beloved pitch-black stallion, Pegasus.
So, when the worldly Major Hooper offers to take her and her mount to Hyde Park, where she will undoubtedly find a high price, she agrees, though with a heavy heart.
Little...
52) Rivals For Love
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Two attractive, intelligent people with one thing in common both of them have sworn never to marry, unless it is for true love. Beautiful and headstrong, Lady Elva Chartham shocks her family when she denounces the debutante balls and festivities of London as a waste of her time. Determined not to bow to the pressure of polite society into an early marriage, she returns home to the pleasures of the country and to dream of travel and adventure. Little...
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Beautiful eighteen-year-old Norina is dismayed when her widowed father Lord Sedgewyn quickly remarries to society beauty Violet – and even more so when she discovers her new stepmother's wicked plot to poison her and inherit a fortune held in trust for Norina.
In fear for her life, she flees in disguise, securing a position as secretary to a temporarily blinded French Nobleman who whisks her away to Paris and then to his opulent South of France...
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The dashing and raffish Justin, Marquis of Veryan, awakes from a drunken sleep to the appalling realization that in the throes of passion he has proposed marriage to renowned Society beauty Lady Rose Caterham.
Worse, still, she accepted and will soon be spreading word of their 'engagement' like wildfire throughout the Beau Monde. Fleeing to his country house on the South coast with his close friend Sir Anthony Derville, he plans to enjoy some peace...
55) La Espia
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Ivana Sherard estaba horrorizada! Su derrochador Guardián planeaba venderla a un malvado y depravado señor, y con solo unas horas antes que sus perseguidores, Ivana huyó a Londres, donde el destino la llevó al Conde de Lorimer. El atractivo Conde, estaba trabajando en la Oficina de la Guerra, por la derrota de Napoleón, y Ivana fue enviada por el cielo, pues sería divino si ella aceptaba arriesgar su vida ¡ Una espía para Inglaterra! Su indomable...
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Esmé Blanc se las había ingeniado para casarse interesadamente con Lord Seabrooke; pero no le sirvió de nada porque, a su muerte, el aristócrata legó cuanto tenía a su única hija, Daniela. Sin embargo, Esmé no estaba dispuesta a resignarse y convirtió a Daniela prácticamente en su cautiva, exigiéndole además continuas y cuantiosas sumas de dinero. En tal angustiosa situación, Daniela hubo de recurrir al Marqués de Crowle, quien, pese...
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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,...
58) Count The Stars
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The Duke of Brockenhurst, bored by Society and cynical about the beautiful women who cast themselves before him in a desperate bid to become his Duchess, accepts a wager to ride from London to York alone and incognito.
Outraged by the suggestion that he has lost his verve and the command he once had whilst distinguishing himself in the Army, he decides to reflect on his future, whilst setting himself the challenge to move amongst ordinary people...
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Gretna, ist ein Kind der Liebe, da ihre Eltern heimlich heirateten mussten und von der Gesellschaft verstoßen wurden. Ihre Mutter Lady Rosemary, Tochter des Earl von Ledbury heiratetet ihre Liebe in Gretna Green, um den Häschern ihres Vaters zu entkommen, der sie mit einem älteren Adeligen verheiraten wollte. Sie wurden von der Familie verstoßen und die Familie lebte in Armut auf dem Land. Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern und aus dem Haus vertrieben,...
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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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