Download or read book A Lady Becomes A Governess written by Diane Gaston and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A most unlikely governess... ...with a shocking secret Part of The Governess Swap: Lady Rebecca Pierce escapes her forced betrothal when the ship she's on wrecks. Assuming the identity of a governess she believes has drowned, she enters the employ of brooding Lord Brookmore, who's selflessly caring for his orphaned nieces. Inconveniently, she's extremely attracted to the viscount, with her only chance of happiness tied to the biggest risk: revealing the truth about who she really is...

Download or read book A Lady Becomes a Governess written by Diane Gaston and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RITA Award–Winning Author: In disguise as a governess, will she reveal her secret—or let the love of a lifetime pass her by? Lady Rebecca Pierce escapes her forced betrothal when the ship she’s on wrecks. Assuming the identity of a governess she believes has drowned, she enters the employ of brooding Lord Brookmore, who’s selflessly caring for his orphaned nieces. Inconveniently, she’s extremely attracted to the viscount—and now her only chance of happiness is tied to the biggest risk: revealing the truth about who she really is . . .

Download or read book A Lady for a Duke written by Alexis Hall and published by Forever. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Husband Material comes a lush, sweeping queer historical romance where sparks fly between childhood friends after a life-changing separation—perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Evie Dunmore, and Lisa Kleypas!​ When Viola Carroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself. But freedom does not come without a price, and Viola paid for hers with the loss of her wealth, her title, and her closest companion, Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood. Only when their families reconnect, years after the war, does Viola learn how deep that loss truly was. Shattered without her, Gracewood has retreated so far into grief that Viola barely recognises her old friend in the lonely, brooding man he has become. As Viola strives to bring Gracewood back to himself, fresh desires give new names to old feelings. Feelings that would have been impossible once and may be impossible still, but which Viola cannot deny. Even if they cost her everything, all over again.

Download or read book Harlequin Historical July 2018 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Diane Gaston and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! A LADY BECOMES A GOVERNESS The Governess Swap by Diane Gaston (Regency) When the ship Lady Rebecca is on wrecks, she assumes the identity of a governess she believes has drowned. In this new life she meets handsome Lord Brookmore—dare she reveal who she is for a chance at happiness? ONE WEEK TO WED The Sommersby Brides by Laurie Benson (Regency) Meeting dashing Lord Andrew Pearce brings widowed Lady Charlotte Gregory’s solitary world back to vibrant life. Their night of secret passion leads to shock, scandal…and a sudden marriage of convenience! THE MASTER OF CALVERLEY HALL by Lucy Ashford (Regency) Once a blacksmith’s boy, now master of Calverley Hall! Yet Connor Hamilton returns to find that his old friend Isobel Blake has lost everything. The fragility beneath her brave smile makes him want to hold her close… Look for Harlequin® Historical’s July 2018 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!

Download or read book Harlequin Historical March 2019 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Sophia James and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! The Cinderella Countess Gentlemen of Honor by Sophia James (Regency) Lytton Staines, Earl of Thornton, needs a cure for his sister, and poverty-stricken healer Annabelle Smith must help him. As he thrusts her into his dazzling life of luxury, her small world comes alive! Shipwrecked with the Captain The Governess Swap by Diane Gaston (Regency) Shipwrecked governess Claire Tilson wakes in Captain Lucien Roper’s arms—with amnesia—and is mistaken for a lady! Can she trust Lucien to uncover her past and claim her future? Tempted by the Roguish Lord by Mary Brendan (Regency) When rakish Lance, Earl of Houndsmere, offers Miss Emma Waverley’s family financial support in exchange for her in his bed, she knows she must turn him down. But is he too tempting to resist? Look for Harlequin® Historical’s March 2019 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!

Download or read book Shipwrecked with the Captain written by Diane Gaston and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All she remembers...is feeling safe in his arms! Shipwrecked governess Claire Tilson wakes in Captain Lucien Roper's arms - with amnesia! Her handsome rescuer believes she's a member of the aristocracy he detests yet he risks all to see her 'home', where she learns she's betrothed to a wealthy stranger. Claire is convinced she doesn't belong here...and Lucien is the only man she trusts to uncover her past and claim her future!

Download or read book The Rags to Riches Governess written by Janice Preston and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From impoverished governess… …to wealthy heiress Governess Leah Thame learns she’s inherited a fortune the day her employer, the enigmatic Earl of Dolphinstone, returns from abroad. They share an instant connection, but in order to claim her inheritance, Leah must resign and find a husband. The guarded widower offers a convenient marriage to stop her leaving, but Leah refuses. She won’t marry the man who’s captured her heart unless there’s a chance of her love being returned… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. Lady Tregowan’s Will Book 1: The Rags-to-Riches Governess

Download or read book Scandalous written by Karen Robards and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-03 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England, 1810: When Lady Gabriella Banning receives word that her half-brother, the Earl of Wickham, has died on his tea plantation in Ceylon, she faces the reality that she and her younger sisters, Claire and Elizabeth, are suddenly penniless. The family's riches will pass to the next male heir -- a distant cousin -- and the Banning sisters are doomed unless Gabby thinks fast. Which she does. Pretending that Marcus is still alive, Gabby arranges beautiful Claire's London season. She'll keep up the pretense just long enough for Claire to marry a fabulously wealthy nobleman. But when a handsome gentleman arrives at the door and claims to be Marcus, Gabby's plan backfires. For if she exposes this mysterious stranger's deceit, she exposes her own. Bound by secrets and lies, Gabby and the roguish adventurer strike sparks off each other -- and soon London society is abuzz over the scandalous pair of "siblings" who appear to be falling in love.... With this beautifully rendered romance, bestselling author Karen Robards begins a sweeping series about three unforgettable sisters poised to take the ton by storm.

Download or read book When a Duke Loves a Governess written by Olivia Drake and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning new Regency from beloved author Olivia Drake, When a Duke Loves a Governess...! Tessa James has worked and planned tirelessly to open her own millinery shop. All she needs now is a loan from the lord who sired and abandoned her. The only problem is, she doesn’t even know his name. What’s a woman to do to find him but enter the aristocratic world by becoming a governess? Guy Whitby, the new Duke of Carlin, has returned to London after years abroad to discover that his young daughter Sophy has become a wild-child known for scaring away every governess who's crossed his doorstep. When Tessa James applies for the job, he hires her in desperation despite his misgivings that she’s too bold and beautiful–and that she might be fibbing about her qualifications. Their blooming attraction leads them on a completely unexpected path to love that neither wants to deny. But when an old enemy threatens Guy's family, their forbidden romance goes up in flames. Can they still learn to love and trust each other as forces try to tear them apart?

Download or read book Her Gallant Captain At Waterloo Mills Boon Historical Captains of Waterloo Book 1 written by Diane Gaston and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From vicar’s son To Captain of her heart!

Download or read book The Duke s Bride in Disguise written by Claudia Stone and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When poor orphan Ava Smith comes face to face with a girl who looks exactly like her, she is certain she has seen a ghost! But, Lady Emily Fairfax, is no ghost and is sure that she and Ava must be long lost twins. Despite her better judgement, Ava allows Emily to convince her to swap lives for a month, in order for Ava to scupper Emily's engagement to a cold-hearted, brute of a man.Imagine Ava's surprise when Emily's betrothed turns out to be none other than her unrequited crush, the Duke of Kilbride!Raff Alexander Hamilton, the Sixth Duke of Kilbride, knows that he must do his duty to the line by marrying and procuring an heir. Love was never in the equation in his search for a bride. All that he required was a lady who was well-bred, quiet and biddable--and he thought that he had found just what he was looking for in Lady Emily Fairfax.Imagine his surprise, when overnight, his betrothed goes from meek and compliant to outspoken, alluring, and decidedly unimpressed with him.As Raff battles to woo his bride to be, Ava must navigate the sumptuous world of Regency London, while trying desperately not to fall in love - no matter how much her heart wants it.

Download or read book False Colours written by Georgette Heyer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Queen of Regency Romance, bestselling author Georgette Heyer, charms readers with this delightful romp of mistaken identity. A missing twin Something is very wrong, and the Honourable Christopher "Kit" Fancot can sense it. Kit returns to London on leave from the diplomatic service to find that his twin brother Evelyn has disappeared and his extravagant mother's debts have mounted alarmingly. A quick-minded heiress The Fancot family's fortunes are riding on Evelyn's marriage to the self-possessed Cressy Stavely, and her formidable grandmother's approval of the match. If Evelyn fails to meet the Dowager Lady Stavely in a few days as planned, the betrothal could be off. A fortune in the balance When the incorrigible Lady Fancot persuades her son to impersonate his twin (just for one night, she promises) the masquerade sets off a tangled sequence of events that engage Kit's heart far more deeply than he'd ever anticipated with his brother's fiancée—who might know much more about what's going on than she cares to reveal... Praise for Georgette Heyer: "A writer of great wit and style... I've read her books to ragged shreds."—Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph "Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."—Publishers Weekly

Download or read book A Lady Becomes A Governess The Governess Swap Book 1 Mills Boon Historical written by Diane Gaston and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A most unlikely governess... ...with a shocking secret

Download or read book Regency Rumors written by Bethany Swafford and published by Bethany Swafford. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juliet Sinclair knows her family were not traitors to the crown-the difficulty is in proving it. Driven by a desire to save the Sinclair name from disgrace, Juliet seeks assistance from her father's old friends, the Burnhams. Unfortunately, her arrival does not go as expected, and Juliet finds herself mistakenly assuming the role of lady's maid to Mrs. Burnham and her daughter Eugenia. This unintentional appointment provides her with an opportunity to gain Mrs. Burnham's confidence and to investigate the treasonous rumors against her family as she assists Eugenia with preparations for her first London Season. But a grave threat hangs over the denizens of Burnham House, and Juliet has uncovered evidence that might prevent the family from suffering her own disastrous fate... if she can reveal the truth in time. Follow the adventures of Juliet Sinclair in "Regency Rumors," Book One of the Sinclair Society Series.

Download or read book Regency Romance Novels Book Set written by Stendhal and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 17537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of regency romance novels consists of the most loved books of all time, including Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace, The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer and many more such stories, which paved the way for modern romance books, TV series and movies: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) Emma (Jane Austen) Persuasion (Jane Austen) Powder and Patch (Georgette Heyer) The Black Moth (Georgette Heyer) These Old Shades (Georgette Heyer) Evelina (Fanny Burney) Cecilia (Fanny Burney) Camilla (Fanny Burney) The Wanderer (Fanny Burney) Mary: A Fiction (Mary Wollstonecraft) Paul and Virginia (Bernardin de Saint-Pierre) First Love (Mrs. Loudon) Dilemmas of Pride (Mrs. Loudon) The Yellow Poppy (D. K. Broster) Mr. Rowl (D. K. Broster) The Battle of the Strong (Gilbert Parker) Malcolm (George MacDonald) Lorna Doone (R.D. Blackmore) First Love (Ivan Turgenev) A Dash for a Throne (Arthur W. Marchmont) The Wild Irish Girl (Lady Sydney Morgan) Sophia (Stanley John Weyman) Belinda (Maria Edgeworth) Patronage (Maria Edgeworth) Love in Excess (Eliza Haywood) Fantomina (Eliza Haywood) The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (Eliza Haywood) The Fortunate Foundlings (Eliza Haywood) Memoirs of Emma Courtney (Mary Hays) Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos) Miss Marjoribanks (Mrs. Olifant) Phoebe, Junior (Mrs. Olifant) Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray) Pamela (Samuel Richardson) Anti-Pamela (Eliza Haywood) Shamela (Henry Fielding) Olinda's Adventures (Catharine Trotter Cockburn) The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal) The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goethe) War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)

Download or read book Alverstone written by Beatrice Knight and published by Maiden Press . This book was released on 2023-05-20 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man in possession of £12,000 a year and his own teeth is not to be sneered at. After five failed London Seasons, Charlotte Winford is past being picky. She has enraptured a gouty squire with a pig-farming empire. Admittedly, he is no Adonis and has a horror of educated women, but it’s not raining suitors in the ballrooms of 1813. Only duty would induce war-hardened Jasper Alverstone to attend an Almack’s ball. The most hunted matrimonial prize in England, he is not above skulking in dark corners to avoid ambitious mamas. Unfortunately, he is now head of his illustrious family and must honor his father’s will, even if it means marrying an insufferable heiress who loathes him. No sooner has that lady thrown his dance offer in his face when he overhears some sapskull making the world’s worst marriage proposal. Nearly flattened by its fleeing recipient, Jasper is stunned to recognize the country damsel he saved from ruin seven years ago. His life was never the same again. With old scores to settle and secrets to hide, Jasper and Charlotte form an uneasy alliance that sets the ton aghast. A demoralized wallflower has an obvious agenda, but what can a powerful marquess want with a Shropshire nobody? Alverstone is a sweeping Regency-set saga of two families bound by love and war. Review: Pam Baker, REGENCY CHRONICLE "...Welcome to Alverstone, a Regency ‘Downton Abbey’ that has it all: romance, intrigue, tragedy, and humor, set against the backdrop of glittering balls, sprawling estates, and the battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars. ... ...Knight writes like she time-traveled from 1813. As founder of the All Things Regency research blog, she brings a deep understanding and passion for the customs, language, and fashions of the era. What sets Alverstone apart is its authenticity, along with deft plotting, sharp wit and vivid characters.... ...Whether you’re a fan of Regency fiction, or just great storytelling, Alverstone is a must-read -- a sumptuous period piece. Witty. Touching. Deliciously Austen-like. Impossible to put down."

Download or read book The Sinclair Society Box Set 1 written by Bethany Swafford and published by Bethany Swafford. This book was released on 2022-09-12 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the continuing adventures of Juliet Sinclair as she searches for the truth in Regency England Juliet, A Sinclair Society Short Story: The story begins... Just returned from a few weeks in London, seventeen-year-old Juliet Sinclair is eager to convince her mother that they should have a house party. These plans are forgotten when terrible news arrives concerning her brother. Juliet is not prepared for how her life is about to change. Regency Rumors: Juliet Sinclair knows her family are not traitors to the crown-the difficulty is in proving it. Driven by a desire to save the Sinclair name from disgrace, Juliet seeks assistance from her father's old friends, the Burnhams. Unfortunately, her arrival does not go as expected, and Juliet finds herself mistakenly assuming the role of lady's maid to Mrs. Burnham and her daughter Eugenia. This unintentional appointment provides her with an opportunity to gain Mrs. Burnham's confidence and to investigate the treasonous rumors against her family as she assists Eugenia with preparations for her first London Season. But a grave threat hangs over the denizens of Burnham House, and Juliet has uncovered evidence that might prevent the family from suffering her own disastrous fate... if she can reveal the truth in time. The Debutante: Juliet Sinclair knows her brother was murdered-now if only she could understand why. Proving her family innocent of treason is taking a toll on lady-turned-maid Juliet. Her latest investigation has brought her into the service of the spoiled Miss Dunbar and her salacious older brother, who pursues Juliet despite repeated rebuffs. Complicating matters further is the reappearance of Juliet's former beau who has not yet learned to do without her, and a growing attraction between herself and her brother's witty--and handsome--best friend. Even with these distractions, Juliet begins to piece together the events surrounding her brother's final days--and his connection to a mysterious figure named only as "H." But Juliet's ruse is under threat of revelation, and her blackmailer is one who will not hesitate to burn her unless she gives him what he wants: every document related to her brother's former role as a spy for His Majesty against the French. Clarendon Estate: Juliet Sinclair must unmask a murderer before her own false identity is revealed... Clarendon Estate, the country home of Sir Horace and Lady Celia Leith, has been a refuge for Juliet Sinclair after the traumatic events of Bath. It may also be the home of a murderer. All signs point to a significant connection between Sir Horace and Juliet's brother, and the more she investigates, the stronger her belief that the man may be the mysterious H she is searching for. But revealing a murderer has consequences Juliet hadn't expected. In continuing her ruse of servitude, Juliet finds herself forming a close bond with Lady Leith as they thwart the designs of Sir Horace's domineering mother, a woman who will do all she can to keep control of the household. Can Juliet condemn her new friend to a life with such a woman as her only family? Time is running short. A house party is set to descend on Clarendon, bringing with it the threat of more than one person who may reveal Juliet's true identity and destroy her careful plans to keep her name above scandal. But the truth is closer than she realizes...