Download or read book The Earl Escapes written by Barbara Cartland and published by Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful young Valencia Hadley lives a quietly contented life as the daughter of the Chaplin to the estate of Dolphin Priory. And she loves the Big House as much as the pretty little house by the Chapel where she and her father have lived since she was a little girl. Since Hue, the Earl of Dolphinston, spends all his time with the Beau Monde in London, Valencia enjoys the run of the big house, so when the Earl finally arrives with a retinue of Society types, she is a little dismayed. She is even more dismayed when she overhears the glamorous beauty Lady Hester Stansfield and her brother Edward Ward in the Chapel plotting to drug the Earl and to dupe her father into marrying him to Hester so that they can get their greedy hands on The Priory and the family riches. Enlisting the help of Ben, a strong estate worker, Valencia spirits away the drugged and unconscious Earl and hides him in an ancient Priest’s Hole behind the Altar of the Chapel. Next a desperate Edward tries to force the Earl to marry Hester at gunpoint – and again he is foiled by Valencia’s brave intervention. There is only one way now for the Earl to rid himself of Lady Hester for good is to marry Valencia! By now Valencia has realised that she is passionately in love with him. But how can she possibly marry him if he does not love her too?

Download or read book Escaping the Earl written by Lauren Smith and published by Lauren Smith. This book was released on 2021-09-26 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peregrine Ashby, Earl of Rutland A gentleman. A reluctant aristocrat. Desperate to avoid marriage. Peregrine Ashby, the newly and unexpectedly titled Earl of Rutland, is muddling through the affairs of becoming a suddenly wealthy and titled man of means. The last thing he wants to worry about is finding a wife. After the disaster of his parents’ loveless marriage, he’s sworn off wife-hunting. But when he stumbles quite literally into a mysterious beauty wearing a mask at a ball who begs for his help he can’t deny her. Her request? Make love to her beneath the stars and save her from a terrible marriage herself. After the magic of the night is over and the mysterious beauty has vanished, he remains haunted by her and what might have been... Sabrina Talleyrand flees her home when she learns her brother has sold her in marriage to a foul man. Knowing the one thing that will stop the marriage is no longer being a virgin, she seduces the first man at a masked ball that attracts her attention. But making love to the handsome dark-haired stranger with amber-colored eyes has left her changed in more ways than one...

Download or read book The Earl Not Taken written by A.S. Fenichel and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Left standing on the side while their contemporaries marry into society, four young ladies forge a bond to guard each other from a similar fate . . . Finishing school failed to make a proper lady of Penelope Arrington. But as a Wallflower of West Lane, Poppy has a far more vital role—she and her three best friends have made a pact to protect each other from the clutches of dangerous, disreputable men. So when one of them is about to be married off to a duke sight unseen, Poppy makes it her mission to divine the prospective husband’s true character. If only she didn’t require the aid of London’s most unsuitable rake. Rhys Draper, Earl of Marsden, has known the headstrong Poppy since she was a young girl naïve to the ways of men. To her eternal chagrin—and to his vague amusement—they have been at odds over the memory of embarrassing first encounter all these years. Now, with his services in need, Rhys sees a chance to finally clear the air between them. Instead, he is surprised by the heat of their feelings. If the two do not tread carefully, they may end up in a most agreeably compromising position . . . Visit us at www.kensingtonbooks.com

Download or read book The Earl is Mine written by Kieran Kramer and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earl is Mine Kieran Kramer Handsome, charismatic, and on the verge of becoming a successful architect, Gregory Sherwood, Lord Westdale, could have just about any woman he wants. So why rush to marry? So far there's only been one woman he's ever truly loved. But that was before she had a secret affair with his best friend...with the help of an unwitting accomplice named Lady Pippa Harrington. Pippa may not have acted in her old friend Gregory's best interests, but she's always believed that the heart sets its own rules. This is why Pippa must escape her arranged marriage—fast—by fleeing to Paris, where she hopes to pursue her artistic passions. To do so, Pippa will need all the help she can get—from Gregory, the one man she isn't sure she can trust...or resist...

Download or read book Last Night With the Earl written by Kelly Bowen and published by Forever. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Where have you been all my life, Kelly Bowen? If Julia Quinn, Sarah MacLean, and Lisa Kleypas were to extract their writing DNA, mix it in a blender, and have a love child, Kelly Bowen would be it." -- HeroesandHeartbreakers.com Earl. War hero. Notorious rake. After the Battle of Waterloo, Eli Dawes was presumed dead-and would have happily stayed that way. He's no longer the reckless young man he once was, and only half as pretty. All he wants is to hide away in his country home, where no one can see his scars. But when he tries to sneak into his old bedroom in the middle of the night, he's shocked to find someone already there. Rose Hayward remembers Eli as the arrogant lord who helped her late fiance betray her. Finding him stealing into her art studio doesn't correct her impression. Her only thought is to get him to leave immediately. Yet the tension between them is electric, and she can't help but be drawn to him. He might be back from the dead, but it's Rose who is suddenly feeling very, very much alive.

Download or read book The League of Rogues Books 1 3 written by Lauren Smith and published by Lauren Smith. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 1115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series and Johanna Lindsey Malory series will love this wild and adventurous Regency romance series full of passion and intrigue! Wicked Designs- The League of Rogues Book 1 A feisty young debutante is kidnapped by a brooding duke with bewitching green eyes and his league of roguish friends in revenge for her uncle's financial scheming against the duke. His Wicked Seduction- The League of Rogues Book 2 A young woman embraces the Christmas spirit and decides once and for all to seduce the man she's loved all her life, her brother's best friend, an infamous member of the League of Rogues. Her Wicked Proposal- The League of Rogues Book 3 An heiress desperate to escape fortune hunters after her father's death, proposes to the one man she can trust, the recently blinded golden boy of the ton, and a member of the League of Rogues.

Download or read book The Earl Who Escaped written by Tammy Andresen and published by Swift Romance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Cinderella had an attitude? Lady Ella Cartwright is a thief and proud of it. It started with food from the kitchen. Over the years, she’s grown exceptionally good at taking what her and her sister need to survive their evil stepmother’s reign. But when Ella discovers her stepmother’s plan to have her vile stepsister marry the new Earl of Sanbridge, she seizes her chance for revenge. This time, she’s not just stealing for survival, she wants to win it all. The glass slipper, the hand-beaded gown, and oh yes…the groom. Ella’s stealing him too.

Download or read book Midnight Raider written by Shelly Thacker and published by Summit Avenue Books. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their secret, sizzling partnership was supposed to be strictly business... In London's most glittering salons, she is lovely young widow Lady Elizabeth Barnes-Finchley. But by night, she rides as highwayman Blackerby Swift, seeking vengeance against the man who took from her all she once loved. Then a pistol shot on a moonlit heath brings her face-to-face with a rival highwayman: Marcus Worthington, darkly handsome, lethally dangerous-and determined to stop her. A fallen-from-grace earl with a nefarious reputation, Marcus wants vengeance against the man responsible for his father's death and his family's ruin. Elizabeth is a clever, daring, enchanting obstacle in his path. The two outlaws reluctantly agree to join forces against their mutual enemy, but the odds are against both of them surviving the dangerous partnership-and falling in love was never part of the plan. An RWA RITA Award Finalist: Best Historical Romance of the Year "Shelly Thacker has a unique and dazzling talent!" -New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas "This enthralling tale will keep you spellbound from beginning to end." -Rendezvous "A wild and wonderful ride through dark woods and moonlit roads. Midnight Raider is irresistible to readers who want their love stories laced liberally with adventure, passion and intrigue." -RT Book Reviews A full-length novel of 100,000 words Adult content: steamy love scenes Setting: England, 1742 An earlier edition of this novel was originally published by Avon Books. This Author's Preferred Edition e-book has been extensively revised from first page to last and includes new scenes never before published. The Escape with a Scoundrel Series These sexy bad boys are on the wrong side of the law-and willing to risk everything to claim a love more priceless than any gem they've ever stolen. Each book in the Escape with a Scoundrel Series is a stand-alone novel, so you can enjoy them in any order: Book 1: RUN WILD (Nicholas and Samantha) Book 2: MIDNIGHT RAIDER (Marcus and Elizabeth) Also by Shelly Thacker If you love alpha male heroes, romance edged with danger, and scorching love scenes, you won't want to miss any of Shelly's emotion-packed historical romance novels! AFTER SUNDOWN FOREVER HIS HIS FORBIDDEN TOUCH HIS CAPTIVE BRIDE

Download or read book The Earl s Revenge written by Barbara Cartland and published by Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÊRobert Lyndon, heir apparent to a dukedom and newly spurned lover is desperate to save face amongst the young dandies and court ladies of Regency London society. Handsome, wealthy and decorated for his bravery in the army fighting for King and country, Robert is recognised as one of the most eligible bachelors in Society. Yet despite his success with the ladies, it seems that he cannot find the perfect wife.Beautiful Rania Temple is living in impoverished gentility in the country. Away from the fashions and trends of the city, she is devoted to her family home and much loved horses. The only stain on her otherwise perfect landscape is a serious lack of money, without which she stands to loses all she holds dear.A chance meeting sees them join forces to enter a deception that will benefit both of their needs. But are they capable of pulling off a charade that will fool everyone from Harry, Rania's beloved brother, to the leader of the Beau Monde, the Prince Regent himself? As a tangled web of deceit is spun around the couple, it seems that Robert is not the only player in this game with a taste for revenge.If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland

Download or read book The Earl of Her Dreams written by Anne Mallory and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing the choice of flight or a wedding she cannot abide, Kate Simon has chosen to flee. Disguised as a boy, she takes refuge in a roadside inn, and finds herself rooming with intensely secretive Christian Black. Kate is breathless in the presence of this handsome, mysterious rogue whose piercing gaze seems to strip her naked. But neither suspects that a savage storm and a murder will draw them closer together still. But not the passion in their hearts Christian dares not let anyone learn of his haunted past—or that he is, in truth, the Earl of Canley—especially not a slip of a girl whose masculine attire cannot disguise the exquisite female form beneath. But now that destiny and a dastardly crime have united them, Christian can no longer contain his desire to taste the nectar of Kate's sweet kiss. Danger certainly abounds, but the gravest peril might be resisting a once-in-a-lifetime passion that can heal all wounds.

Download or read book Desire In The Desert written by Barbara Cartland and published by Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dashing Druce Pevel, the Marquis of Peverell, Lord of all he surveys, with women falling at his feet… A pair of money-grabbing, murderous cousins bent on bleeding him dry – or even dead… Shamara, an innocent, yet strangely exotic, Missionary’s daughter, plucked from an orphanage to become the Marquis’s ward… A bewildered Shamara finds herself voyaging aboard his yacht to Senegal – where it’s the Marquis’s turn to be bewildered when they’re kidnapped by a tribal chieftain and held for ransom in his kasbah… At first he is mystified… How is it that this innocent abroad knows the ways of the Africans – even speaks their language. How has she such wisdom beyond her tender years? Then, as he watches over her sleeping in their kasbah prison, Druce is suddenly smitten – and taken aback by the fierceness and passion with which he swears, “I will kill anyone who hurts her!”

Download or read book In Debt to the Earl written by Elizabeth Rolls and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Earl seeks justice for a notorious gambler—and the hand of his innocent daughter—in this dramatic Regency romance. In his quest for revenge against a disreputable card sharp, James, Earl of Cambourne, discovers the man’s innocent and beautiful daughter. While her surroundings are impoverished, her dignity and refinement are unmistakable, and James faces an unsettling question—what will be her fate if he brings her father to justice? Although yearning for love and comfort, Lucy resists the earl’s surprising offer of protection. That is until a price is made on her virginity, and James is the only man who can save her.

Download or read book The Reluctant Earl written by C. J. Chase and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alone in a gentleman's bedchamber, rummaging through his clothing--governess Leah Vance risks social ruin. Only by selling political information can she pay for her sister's care. And the letter she found in Julian DeChambelle's coat could be valuable--if the ex-sea captain himself had not just walked in. As a navy officer, Julian knew his purpose. As a new earl, he's plagued by trivialities and marriage-obsessed females. Miss Vance's independence is intriguing--and useful. In return for relaying false information, he will pay her handsomely. But trusting her, even caring for her? That would be pure folly. Yet when he sees the danger that surrounds her, it may be too late to stop himself....

Download or read book Taken by the Earl Regency Unlaced 3 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Lovely Liar written by Barbara Cartland and published by Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two fair-haired, blue-eyed beauties named Noella whose destinies are intertwined before they’re even born… One lives the high life in Europe with her mother and her rakish lover while the other leads a sheltered, quiet life… Until, alone, penniless and desperate, a beguiling stranger lures her into a web of deceit from which there’s no escape. Posing as her now-dead namesake, Noella Wakefield ingratiates herself with her estranged ‘brother’, the handsome but bitter Earl of Ravensdale. Too late, she realises that she is part of a murderous plot – and then, after saving him from a dagger-wielding assassin, she realises she’s in love. But how could the Earl ever love a liar? And how can true love be based on a lie?

Download or read book Capturing the Earl written by A.S. Fenichel and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for Fans of Bridgerton! The friendship of four young ladies has created an indestructible bond to protect one another from the perils of love and marriage . . . After the demise of her friend’s disastrous marriage, Mercedes Heath isn’t about to let the widowed Wallflower of West Lane, Lady Aurora Radcliff, undertake another perilous trip to the altar. At least, not before the bridegroom-to-be is thoroughly investigated. If only Mercy could stop her uncharacteristic daydreaming about Wesley Renshaw’s charm, his intellect, his dashing good looks. After all, the earl has already set his sights on her best friend! She must keep her wits about her and avoid giving into temptation. Wesley is both irritated and intrigued by the machinations of Mercy—he cannot let her cleverness and beauty distract him. He needs to marry her friend, Aurora, so he can reclaim his family’s ancestral home. A wrong he has hoped to right his entire life. Besides, who is penniless spinster Mercedes Heath to decide whom he can and cannot marry? Yet while he admires her unwavering loyalty to her friends, he decides it’s high time the misguided woman had a dose of her own medicine. Two can play at this spying game. But they are both embarked on a dangerous charade. And it won’t be merely Mercy’s reputation at risk—or her heart on the line—as Wesley comes to the inescapable conclusion that he has found the right woman at exactly the wrong time.

Download or read book I Love the Earl written by Caroline Linden and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A single ladyin possession of a good fortunemust be in want of a suitor Margaret de Lacey has accepted her unmarried statewith dignity, if not delight. She had no suitors when she wasyoung and starry-eyed, though regrettably poor,and it’s unlikely any man will court her now that she’s older,wiser, and still just as penniless. Until, that is,her brother unexpectedly inherits the dukedom of Durhamand settles an enormous dowry on her, making herthe most eligible heiress in town. No gentleman in London is more in need of a wealthybride than Rhys Corwen, Earl of Dowling. He contrives anintroduction to Margaret because of her dowry, but sheswiftly sets him right: no fortune hunter will win her heart orher hand. Far from put off, Rhys is intrigued. Interested.Entranced. And soon the only thing he needsmore than Margaret’s fortune . . . is her love.