Download or read book The Governess Was Wanton written by Julia Kelly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow three best friends who navigate love and independence as governesses in Regency England in this delightfully charming installment in the Governesses series. Mary Woodward, a young veteran governess, has one job: guiding a young debutante through her first season in high society. And up until now, keeping her fous and avoiding temptation has been easy. But never before has the father of her young charge been as devilishly handsome as the single, wealthy Earl of Asten.... Convinced to risk it all, Mary let's herself enjoy one night of magic at a masked ball in Asten's arms, but will they both regret everything when the Earl learns her true identity?

Download or read book The Wanton Governess written by Barbara Monajem and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sussex, 1801 Governess Pompeia Grant thinks pretending to be Sir James Carling's wife as a favor to his sister will be harmless. She is haunted by his rejection of her youthful advances, but she's desperate for a place to stay after losing her last post. When James unexpectedly returns home from America, she assumes the game is up—until James encourages her to stay, and enjoy the pleasurable consequences of their charade.

Download or read book The Governess Was Wicked written by Julia Kelly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This delightfully charming and saucy Regency era romance, is first in the Governess series in which three best friends are employed as governesses for different families, and all find themselves wanting something they can’t have. Elizabeth Porter is quite happy with her position as the governess for two sneaky-yet-sweet girls when she notices that they have a penchant for falling ill and needing the doctor. As the visits from the dashing and handsome Doctor Edward Fellows become more frequent, Elizabeth quickly sees through the lovesick girls’ ruse. Yet even Elizabeth can’t help but notice Edward’s bewitching bedside manner even as she tries to convince herself that someone of her station would not make a suitable wife for a doctor. But one little kiss won’t hurt...

Download or read book The Governess Was Wild written by Julia Kelly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel through the English countryside in this third delightful historical Regency romance in the Governesses series by award-winning author Julia Kelly! When Lady Margaret Rawson is caught trying to elope with the thoroughly unsuitable James Lawrence, Lord and Lady Rawson decide it's time to send their daughter away from the temptations of London. The job of delivering the headstrong girl to the family’s isolated Yorkshire estate naturally falls to her governess, Jane Ephram. It should be an easy task, but with the wild Lady Margaret, nothing ever goes according to plan. To make matters worse, Lord Rawson has made it clear that if anything happens to his daughter along the way, Jane will be dismissed without a letter of reference. When Jane finds Lady Margaret’s inn room empty and the charming Lord Nicholas Hollings’s horse missing one morning, she must embark on an adventure of her own with the devilishly handsome baron. Will Jane and Nicholas find Lady Margaret, the scheming Mr. Lawrence, and the missing horse, or will they discover something else entirely?

Download or read book The Governess s Guide to Marriage written by Liz Tyner and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prim and proper governess... Locked in with a duke! Believing her grandmother is gravely ill, governess Miranda Manwaring takes leave to care for her, but instead finds herself captive in a rundown cottage with a powerful stranger. Shock number one—the man is the eligible Duke of Chalgrove. Shock number two—their captor is Miranda’s eccentric grandmother, looking to guide Miranda to a titled husband! Miranda refuses to trick him into marriage, but her grandmother’s meddling can’t possibly work…can it? “What I love about Ms Tyner’s work [is that] she takes what is a very basic trope and storyline and gives it a twist and it ends up being fresh and new… A lovely and original romance … Imaginative and complex.” —Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on To Win a Wallflower “This is a wonderfully, entertaining and original story… This is definitely a page-turner.” —Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on Saying I Do to the Scoundrel

Download or read book The Notorious Widow written by Allison Lane and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widow Catherine Parrish knows that redeeming her reputation is impossible, since a powerful neighbor is depicting her as the greatest sinner of all time. But her brother insists the Earl of Rockhurst investigate the rumors swirling around his sister, and the earl doesn’t realize she is the same woman he insulted only the day before. [1st book of the Seabrook trilogy] Regency Romance by Allison Lane; originally published by Signet

Download or read book Surrender of a Siren written by Tessa Dare and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New author Tessa Dare takes passion to the high seas in this steamy tale of a runaway bride and a devilishly disarming privateer. Desperate to escape a loveless marriage and society’s constraints, pampered heiress Sophia Hathaway jilts her groom, packs up her paints and sketchbook, and assumes a new identity, posing as a governess to secure passage on the Aphrodite. She wants a life of her own: unsheltered, unconventional, uninhibited. But it’s one thing to sketch her most wanton fantasies, and quite another to face the dangerously handsome libertine who would steal both her virtue and her gold. To any well-bred lady, Benedict “Gray” Grayson is trouble in snug-fitting boots. A conscienceless scoundrel who sails the seas for pleasure and profit, Gray lives for conquest–until Sophia’s perception and artistry stir his heart. Suddenly he’ll brave sharks, fire, storm, and sea just to keep her at his side. She’s beautiful, refined, and ripe for seduction. Could this counterfeit governess be a rogue’s redemption? Or will the runaway heiress’s secrets destroy their only chance at love?

Download or read book The Governess s Scandalous Marriage written by Helen Dickson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ruined governess And a marriage born of scandal! When penniless Linnet Osborne takes a job as a governess, she’s shocked to discover her new employer is none other than Christian, Lord Blakely! They’d once shared a passionate embrace that almost forced them to marry. Christian is no less compelling now—so much so that Linnet is tempted to explore beyond those fleeting kisses… But that would mean they’d have to wed! “Helen did an excellent job with this ... Just the right mix of mystery and intrigue” — Goodreads on A Vow for an Heiress

Download or read book Too Wanton to Wed written by Erica Ridley and published by WebMotion. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sensual, emotional historical romance from a New York Times bestselling author: TRAPPED IN DARKNESS Violet Whitechapel committed an unspeakable crime to save a child. To escape the hangman’s noose, she takes refuge in a crumbling abbey with secrets darker than her own. When its master offers her a temporary post, Violet cannot say no. Just as she begins to see him in a new light, her past catches up to her and endangers them all… THEIR PASSION BURNS BRIGHT Alistair Waldegrave keeps his daughter imprisoned in the black heart of his Gothic abbey. As he searches for a cure to the disease the villagers call demonic, his new governess brings much needed light into their lives. But how can the passion between them survive the darkness encroaching from outside their sheltered walls? A prior edition was published as Dark Surrender.

Download or read book Harlequin Historical September 2020 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Marguerite Kaye and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders and muscled Viking warriors? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! This box set includes: A FORBIDDEN LIAISON WITH MISS GRANT By Marguerite Kaye (Regency) An impulsive, forbidden sensual encounter with lady’s companion Constance Grant reminds widower Grayson Maddox of happiness long forgotten, but their new future can’t begin until they confront their pasts! THE GOVERNESS’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE By Liz Tyner (Regency) Held captive in a cottage with a stranger, governess Miranda is shocked to discover that he’s the Duke of Chalgrove—and their captor is her meddling grandmother, vying for a match! THE FLAPPER’S SCANDALOUS ELOPEMENT Sisters of the Roaring Twenties By Lauri Robinson (1920s) Heiress Jane Dryer craves independence. Railroad owner David needs a temporary wife. The plan is to marry then walk away. Only soon, their fake marriage feels seductively real! Look for Harlequin® Historical’s September 2020 Box Set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!

Download or read book A Midsummer Night s Dream written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as the complete and unabridged text, each play in this series has an extensive range of student's notes. These include detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters. Also included is a wide range of questions and activities for work in class, together with the historical background to Shakespeare's England, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays. For this new edition, the text of the play, the notes, and the introductory matter have all been revised so as to make them clearer and more accessible. In addition, the entire text of the book has been redesigned and reset to make it easier to read. The illustrations have been completely redrawn, photographs of recent stage production have been included and there is a new, attractive cover design.

Download or read book Goddess of the Hunt written by Tessa Dare and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lush and seductive novel, exciting new author Tessa Dare takes desire to brazen heights. Ever the bold adventuress, Lucy Waltham has decided to go hunting for a husband. But first she needs some target practice. So she turns to her brother’ s best friend, Jeremy Trescott, the Earl of Kendall, to hone her seductive wiles on him before setting her sights on another man. But her practice kisses spark a smoldering passion–one that could send all her plans up in smoke. Jeremy has an influential title, a vast fortune, and a painful past full of long-buried secrets. He keeps a safe distance from his own emotions, but to distract Lucy from her reckless scheming, he must give his passions free rein. Their sensual battle of wills is as maddening as it is delicious, but the longer he succeeds in managing the headstrong temptress, the closer Jeremy comes to losing control. When scandal breaks, can he bring himself to abandon Lucy to her ruin? Or will he risk his heart and claim her for his own?

Download or read book Wicked in Winter written by Scarlett Scott and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devereaux Winter is one of the wealthiest men in England, but he hails from a notorious family. The Wicked Winters are as reviled as they are renowned. He is desperate to find a wife of good breeding so he can begin the Herculean task of seeing his siblings settled. Fortunately for him, the duke next door's wits are addled. Even more fortunate? The duke's only daughter is a beautiful spinster.Lady Emilia King has sworn off love and vowed to remain unwed. When the brutish Mr. Winter wins her ailing father's unentailed assets in a game of chance, she is aghast. Upon hearing his requirement for forgiving her father's debt, she is outraged. She has no intention of marrying the villain and sponsoring his wild sisters in their seasons.But Dev always gets what he wants, and Lady Emilia is about to discover what he wants more than anything is her. Far more astonishing, she just may want him too...Wicked in Winter is the first in a new steamy Regency series about the Wicked Winter family!Length: NovellaHeat Level: Scorching Hot

Download or read book Sylvie and Bruno written by Lewis Carroll and published by London ; New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1889 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1889, this novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fictional world of Fairyland.

Download or read book The Heartbreaker written by Rexanne Becnel and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2003-11-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The London Tattler - February 6 An ugly rumor has arisen, only to be proven no rumor at all, but rather, the unadulterated truth. It seems the proper Lord Farley has behaved in a decidedly improper manner... James Lindford, Viscount Farley, has returned from the Orient, feted and celebrated ...until his past catches up with him. It seems his lordship's randy ways have resulted in the juiciest scandal of the season, producing endless fodder for the gossip mill. Now, his beleaguered lordship has shut himself up in his country estate, with more than a handful of trouble to cope with. Worse, the most tempting woman on earth is right next door... Phoebe Churchill's peaceful country life, tending her cottage and rearing her abandoned niece is disrupted when Viscount Farley becomes her new neighbor. Undoubtedly, his powerful build and sensual charm have lured countless women to abandon all reason...except for Phoebe-she's far too wise to be seduced by a heartbreaker. But when she agrees to help James manage a household growing more riotous daily, she finds herself drawn to the man whose lingering kisses leave her yearning for so much more. And before she knows it, a stunning twist of events will lead her toward an impossible task: teaching a notorious heartbreaker the true meaning of love...

Download or read book The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dramatic Works and Poems written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 1208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: