Download or read book How to Beguile a Duke written by Ally Broadfield and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spirited Catherine Malboeuf has just arrived in England to reclaim her ancestral home, Walsley Manor, and a valuable missing heirloom. Nicholas Adair, the attractive and frustratingly inflexible Duke of Boulstridge, however, is quite unwilling to sell the estate back to Catherine. Unless, of course, she accepts a small wager... Nick will sell Walsley Manor if--and only if--Catherine secures an offer of marriage from an eligible member of the ton before the end of the London season. Of course, Nick is certain he'll win. After all, no proper gentleman would ever marry a woman who conceals a cutlass in her skirts. Yet something about Catherine's unconventional disposition seems to ignite a need deep inside him. A need that won't just cost him the wager, but the very heart he swore to never give away...

Download or read book To Beguile a Beast written by Elizabeth Hoyt and published by Forever. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAN A WOUNDED BEAST . . . Reclusive Sir Alistair Munroe has hidden in his castle ever since returning from the Colonies, scarred inside and out. But when a mysterious beauty arrives at his door, the passions he's kept suppressed for years begin to awaken. TRUST A BEAUTY WITH A PAST . . . Running from past mistakes has taken legendary beauty Helen Fitzwilliam from the luxury of the ton to a crumbling Scottish castle . . . and a job as a housekeeper. Yet Helen is determined to start a new life and she won't let dust-or a beast of a man-scare her away. TO TAME HIS MOST SECRET DESIRES? Beneath Helen's beautiful favßade, Alistair finds a courageous and sensual woman. A woman who doesn't back away from his surliness-or his scars. But just as he begins to believe in true love, Helen's secret past threatens to tear them apart. Now both Beast and Beauty must fight for the one thing neither believed they could ever find-a happy ever after.

Download or read book How To Beguile A Beauty written by Kasey Michaels and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her beloved dies in battle, Lady Lydia Daughtry assumes she'll never love again. Until a deliciously handsome duke awakens a part of her she never knew existed. But how can she have such feelings for Tanner Blake, who is a constant reminder of all she has lost? Tanner Blake, duke of Malvern, promised his dying friend he'd take care of his “dearest Lyddie.” So how dare he covet the lush, lovely young woman for himself especially since he is all but betrothed to another? His solution find Lydia a suitable husband immediately. But when both their lives become fraught with mystery and danger, Tanner's vow becomes intensely personalrenewing his desire to keep Lydia by his side forever.

Download or read book How to Beguile a Duke written by Ally Broadfield and published by Entangled: Scandalous. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spirited Catherine Malboeuf has just arrived in England to reclaim her ancestral home, Walsley Manor, and a valuable missing heirloom. Nicholas Adair, the attractive and frustratingly inflexible Duke of Boulstridge, however, is quite unwilling to sell the estate back to Catherine. Unless, of course, she accepts a small wager... Nick will sell Walsley Manor if--and only if--Catherine secures an offer of marriage from an eligible member of the ton before the end of the London season. Of course, Nick is certain he'll win. After all, no proper gentleman would ever marry a woman who conceals a cutlass in her skirts. Yet something about Catherine's unconventional disposition seems to ignite a need deep inside him. A need that won't just cost him the wager, but the very heart he swore to never give away... Each book in the How To series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 How to Beguile a Duke Book #2 How to Bewitch an Earl Book #3 How To Bewilder a Lord

Download or read book When Seducing a Duke written by Kathryn Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kathryn Smith returns to her successful historical romance roots with When Seducing a Duke, the first book in a new Victorian series featuring society’s most notorious men. When Seducing a Duke features Greyden Kane, who believes he must find a husband for his ward after they share one forbidden night. But Rose, the young beauty in his care, will not let him go . . .

Download or read book Don t Mind if I Duke written by Sue London and published by Graythorn Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reginald Shaw never expected to inherit a title at all, much less become a duke. Now he has a title, scads of responsibilities, unexpected new family relations, and one very opinionated widow on his hands. It’s little wonder he escapes into the brotherhood of the Wayward Dukes. Dorothea Sumner was a marchioness. She was a woman of consequence, with a bright future as a duchess. Was. Now she is simply a widow with a daughter to care for and no prospects. She isn’t sure if the new His Grace is a godsend… or straight from the devil.

Download or read book Her Duke to Savor written by Dawn Brower and published by Monarchal Glenn Press. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elias Stevens, the Marquess of Savorton doesn’t believe he’ll ever fall in love. He may marry one day, because the title demands it; however, that elusive emotion will not be freely given to his future wife. A house party changes everything for him though. His dearest friend makes a wager with him. He’ll fall in love by the new year. Elias takes that bet because he knows his own heart. Lady Gabriella St. Giles lives a charmed life. She has a good family and fully believes one day she’ll meet a gentleman sure to steal her heart. What she doesn’t count on is meeting an scandalously intriguing marquess at a house party. Love is on the agenda. One of them wants it and the other hopes to desperately escape it. That wager gives the marquess far more than he could ever imagined, and Gabriella may just acquire her own future duke to savor.

Download or read book The Duke and I written by Julia Quinn and published by HarperLuxe. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince--while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable...but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen. Amiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society--just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend's sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar. The plan works like a charm--at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London's elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule... This novel includes the 2nd epilogue, a peek at the story after the story.

Download or read book I Married the Duke written by Katharine Ashe and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Married the Duke begins the Prince Catchers series by Katharine Ashe, award-winning author of historical romance. Arabella Caulfield, one of three orphaned sisters, has clung to an ancient gypsy prophecy as the only way to save her family from endless heartbreak. Now she has twelve days to reach a remote French castle and fulfill her destiny: to marry a prince. Along the way, Arabella meets Lucien Westfall, decorated naval captain and the new Duke of Lycombe. She thought he was a pirate. He thought she was a governess. Two wrongs have never made such a scandalously perfect right. Readers of Regency romances and the works of Eloisa James and Lisa Kleypas will fall in love with the Prince Catchers books by Katharine Ashe.

Download or read book The duke s sweetheart written by Richard Dowling and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The lady of pleasure The royal master The duke s mistress The doubtful heir St Patrick for Ireland The constant maid The humorous courtier written by James Shirley and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Duke s Servants written by Sidney Herbert Burchell and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Raven Prince written by Elizabeth Hoyt and published by Forever. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fiery lady must tame her brooding employer in this enchanting retelling of Beauty and the Beast from the New York Times bestselling author of the Maiden Lane series. THERE COMES A TIME IN A LADY'S LIFE The Earl of Swartingham is in a quandary. Having frightened off two secretaries, Edward de Raaf needs someone who can withstand his bad temper and boorish behavior. WHEN SHE MUST DO THE UNTHINKABLE . . . When Anna becomes the earl's secretary, it would seem that both their problems are solved. But when she discovers he plans to visit the most notorious brothel in London, she sees red-and decides to assuage her desires . . .

Download or read book Swoon Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them written by Betsy Prioleau and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of "Seductress" examines the ladies' man and answers the eternal question: what do women want?

Download or read book Her Duke of Sin written by Dawn Brower and published by Monarchal Glenn Press. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Juliet Adams would be living on the streets if not for the kindness of the dowager Countess of Wyndam. Her father died leaving her penniless and without any prospects. The countess offered her a position as her companion and she leapt at the opportunity. She's content with her life, but she's also no fool. She fully realizes a day may come where she won't have the protection of the countess and then where will that leave her... Gideon Pryce, the Duke of Sinbrough has led a life filled with the most sinful activities imaginable. There's not much he hasn't done or would consider doing. He lives for all the decadence he can indulge in and as far as he is concerned there isn't enough in the world. Until one day he notices her. The one woman that looks at him like he's nothing. Women usually scramble to be with him, but not Miss Juliet Adams. He decides to make it his mission to change her view of him, and perhaps show her how much pleasure he can give her. Juliet is not prepared for the Duke of Sin himself taking an interest in her. He threatens every carefully laid plan she makes and he might just be her undoing. That is if she can't instead be his salvation...

Download or read book The Duke s Scandalous Secret written by Connie Lane and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whose secret is more scandalous -- his or hers? Sought after by all the ladies, Thomas Flander, the darkly handsome Duke of Ravensfield, is never far from the whirl of London society. All of that changes, though, when the duke discovers his fortune has been squandered away and he must devise a plan to save his legacy. The only problem is he must stay at his country estate and his absence has tongues wagging all around town. Only one woman, the beautiful, tempestuous Lynnette Overton, is bold enough to find out what's keeping the duke away. Intent on winning a bet to uncover the secret behind the duke's withdrawal, Lynnette, who has something to hide herself, concocts a plan to install herself in the duke's country estate...and lure him into her bed. But can Lynnette expose the duke's secret and still win his love?

Download or read book The Duke s Wager written by Edith Layton and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lovely Regina Berryman was pursued by two men—the two most attractive and infamous bachelors in London. One was Jason Thomas, Duke of Torquay, whose skill and success in seduction had made him a legend of lordly licentiousness. The other was St. John Basil St. Charles, Marquis of Bessacarr, the devilish Duke’s only rival as the foremost rake of the realm. These notorious gentlemen had made Regina fair game in a competition where all was considered legitimate strategy in winning her affection and capturing her virtue. And Regina’s only chance of preserving her honor and protecting her heart was to turn the tables on her titled tempters—and change the dallying way Regency London played the game of love....