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Despite the arranged marriages of her two sisters having ended in tears and misery, the Duke of Cumberworth insists that his beautiful daughter, Lady Lavinia, or Ila for short, marries the rich and aristocratic Marquis of Rakemoore, his most serious rival at Race MeetingsIla is appalled. Not only is she determined not to marry anyone she does not love, but she hears that he is only asking for her hand to avoid an arranged marriage to a German Princess...
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Lord Rowley, known as Roue Rowley is the most attractive raffish eccentric of his time. Alone exiled from England by the strictly converted society around Queen Victoria, he is worried that his reputation will hurt his daughter. He arranges for Darcia to be chaperoned by the widow of the French Ambassador to the Court of St James and for his daughter to be legally the Countess de Sauze.
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For demure young and beautiful Daniela Brooke it had been bad enough to find out that her much-loved late father, Lord Seabrooke, had been tricked into marriage by the use of drugs by a disreputable Parisian courtesan called Esmé Blanc. It was even worse to discover just four weeks after her father's death that her scheming stepmother is trying to arrange a marriage in the German spa resort of Baden-Baden between Daniela and her penniless lover...
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With her flaming red hair and emerald green eyes, Xenia's unusual beauty makes her stand out in any crowd, that is, until she unexpectedly meets her long lost cousin, Johanna, amidst the wreckage of a railway accident.
Incredulous at finding her mirror image and desperate for a friend, Xenia's initial joy is soon, replaced by misgivings when Johanna suggests an outrageous plan to swap lives for two weeks. However, these are soon, swept aside by her...
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The beautiful Alvita who had lost both her parents, was living quietly in her family home in Southern Russia. Her father had been Russian and her mother had been English.
Alvita was pleased to receive a visit from her brother, Ivor, but shocked when he told her that they must leave Russia immediately, as a Revolution was inevitable and would start very soon.
He had brought with him his friend, Nicholas, who said that he would help them pack up as...
7) Gypsy Magic
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Although beautiful young Laetitia is a Princess, she and her family lead a life more befitting paupers. Despising them for the gypsy blood that runs in their veins, the Grand Duchess, their cruel Cousin Augustina, bullies and oppresses them just as she persecutes the Romany people and banishes them from Ovenstadt's Capital.
If only Laetitia could call upon some ancient gypsy spell to make things right.
Worse still, Laetitia hears that the hateful...
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"Golden haired, intelligent and beautiful, Della the much-loved niece of Lord Lainden leads a seemingly golden life in the English countryside. In tune with nature and a skilled horsewoman Della is happy and looking forward to her future. But an arranged marriage proposal to a man she neither trusts nor loves quickly shatters her rural idyll, seemingly forever.
Frightened, confused and caught between her belief in true love and family duty, Della...
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Famed for his horse-racing successes and worshipped by Society Beauties, the dashingly handsome Marquis of Broome is unjustly renowned as heartless and cruel. So, when on the nighttime journey from London to his Surrey estate he discovers a young stowaway hidden in his carriage he appears angry — but when the 'boy' is revealed to be a feisty but very beautiful young girl he quickly softens. Cara, as she reveals is her name, is running away. From...
10) Love Climbs In
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The impulsive and rakish Marquis of Troon is, due to be married to the disreputable but passionate Lady Dilys Powick in direct opposition to the wishes and advice of his closest friends.
The Marquis then goes ahead and arranges a spectacular steeplechase with large prizes for the winners in order to celebrate his nuptials. When one of the contestants dies unexpectedly of a heart attack, the Marquis is stunned to discover that he has been, named in...
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Handsome, athletic and pursued by women wherever he goes, it's hardly surprising that the Marquis of Kyneston succumbs to the temptation of a married beauty called Daphne Burton. Finding that she intends to entrap and blackmail him, he decides he must escape London Society — heading in his yacht for The Hague in search of great Dutch art to complete his picture gallery.
In the meantime, someone else is also destined for the Dutch city. Beautiful...
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Reluctant to accept her arranged marriage to an English Duke she has never met, beautiful young American oil heiress, Emmeline Nevada Holtz, nicknamed 'Vada' after the State, travels to Paris to buy her trousseau before meeting her husband-to-be.
When her travelling companion, Nancy Sparling, has an accident and hurts her leg, Vada assumes her name to avoid unwelcome attention and travels on with just her elderly maid, determined to make the most...
13) The Love Trap
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Hugo, the Duke of Wynchester enjoys many affaires de coeur and his latest lover, the beautiful but scheming and spoilt Olive Lady Brandon, is trying to blackmail him into marriage by forcing her husband to divorce her.
Storming angrily from her house, Hugo finds a strange stowaway aboard his carriage. It transpires that this frail elfin beauty is none other that Janeta Brandon, Olive's stepdaughter, and that she is fleeing the marriage her stepmother...
14) Lost Laughter
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Renowned for his lavish lifestyle and a roving eye, Valient, Viscount Ockley, is completely bowled over by heiress, Niobe Barrington. But, it's not just for her dazzling beauty that he pursues he with such ardor, for although he lives like a King, it's all on credit. In reality he's all but, bankrupt and only, by marrying into money can he hope to restore his ruined house to its former glory.
But, Niobe's father, Sir Aylmer, won't hear of it and arranges...
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"Justina Mansell, the youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Mansell is told that her sister has been invited to visit India, but cannot accept. So Justina jumps at the chance to go in her place.
Her aunt arranges for her to be chaperoned on board ship by the stately Mrs. Arbuthnot, who is travelling with her two daughters and her little terrier, Muffin.
Justina is quickly attracted to the good-looking Sir Thomas Watson who is most attentive and much...
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"Simona Bell, the lovely daughter of Lord Belgrave, has been invited by her friend, Karoline von Honentaal to stay with her family in Berlin. Simona finds that Karoline's father, the Baron, owns an amazing collection of art, which interests her greatly. Alone for a moment, she finds her way into the Baron's private Sanctuary, where she admires an unusual Sedan Chair. Hearing voices and frightened she might be discovered, she slips into the Sedan Chair...
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When Queen Victoria is called upon to arrange a marriage for the dashing King Alexius of Vultarnia to save him and his country from the predatory Russians, the adventurous and beautiful Pythia takes the place of her cousin, Princess Erina, and heads for the small Balkan country in a British Battleship.
Princess Erina has just fallen in love with a good-looking Peruvian and Pythia could not allow her happiness to be torn from her for cold political...
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Prince Metternich of Austria is growing weary of the political machinations of the European nations arguing over the spoils of Napoleon's Empire, especially those of the duplicitous Czar of all the Russias, Alexander I. They are all gathered for the Congress of Vienna in 1815
Presented with an exquisitely beautiful young girl with eyes as piercingly blue as his own Prince Metternich is powerfully, reminded of a siren he once loved in his past and...
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The beautiful redheaded Tiana Weston sets out to visit her inheritance in Dorset with high hopes.
It had been her parents' dream to restore Castle Rose to its former glory as it is now a dilapidated ruin and only a small part is fit to live in.
But, Tiana soon discovers that enthusiasm and determination alone do not pay the workmen or keep property developers at bay and soon she is faced with a dreadful dilemma.
Her handsome and aristocratic next...
20) Winged Magic
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Aged just sixteen and still at school, Christine Lydford is, appalled, when she is ordered by her stepmother to leave school to live with the Marquis of Ventnor on his grand estate where he is to oversee her continued education.
As if that was not bad enough, the Marquis is a notorious rake and even worse, her lady's maid lets slip that secretly Christine's hated stepmother has arranged for her to marry the Marquis.
And once, Christine is safely married...