They proved their bravery fighting for His Majesty's Secret Service and were rewarded with brides of great beauty and breeding. But one member of the Bastion Club has remained a bachelor--until now. Original.
Rakish Gyles Rawlings, Earl of Chillingworth, decides to settle down and take a wife. He weds docile, rich country girl Francesca Rawlings (a cousin distant enough to ensure that any child born to the couple will have two eyes of the same color), only to discover that his wife is actually a brazen, headstrong creature.
In this latest tale featuring the bold and daring Cynster family, a gentleman who is restless and bored with the careless pleasures of London society seeks out a new diversion. And if that diversion is a beautiful woman, so much the better.
When her guardian's will commands that Lady Catriona Hennessy and Richard Cynster marry within a week, a battle of wits ensues between the independent young lady and the arrogant rake with a scandalous reputation.
In Regency London, a veiled woman seeks out well-known cynic, womanizer, and detective Gabriel Cynster and makes a strange bargain: each step he takes toward solving the case will earn him a kiss. Will the mysterious temptress break down Gabriel's reserve, and teach him the truth about love and passion?
The fourth book in the Bar Cynster series features Felicity Parteger, a young woman with angelic beauty, and Demon Cynster, a dark, passionate horsebreeder. As a girl, Felicity dreamed of marrying Demon, who is a few years her senior. But time has passed, and when the handsome pair is unexpectedly thrown together to uncover a race-fixing ...
With both of her parents gone, Patience Debbington is accustomed to managing her own affairs, and those of her teenage brother Gerrard. To her love is dangerous, men uninteresting and faithless. Gerrard needs a suitable mentor, but when tall, elegant Vane Cynster rides into her life, Patience sees nothing but an arrogant, presumptuous dandy--a man ...
In a moment of recklessness, Gervase Tregarth, 6th Earl of Crowhurst, swears he'll marry the next eligible lady to cross his path. Cloistered at his ancestral castle in Cornwall, with nary a suitable woman for miles, he never expects he'll have to fulfill his pledge, at least not until the London Season begins. But then he meets his neighbor, the ...
In her Cynster novels, "New York Times"-bestselling author Laurens captures the foibles, passions, conventions, and machinations of 19th-century England's glittering aristocracy. In this latest entry, Barnaby Adair returns to face the biggest challenge of his unconventional life--love.
Kit Cranmer has fled proper London for her grandfather's home in Norfolk, but her defiant streak tempts her to masquerade as a lad and explore the countryside in search of excitement. When she joins a band of renegade smugglers, Kit is revealed to Captain Jack, who is actually a nobleman on an undercover mission to catch local thieves. Now the ...
Aristocrat Michael Anstruther-Wetherby is seeking the perfect bride, a pretty young thing who will complement his role as a rising member of Parliament. When Michael finally settles on a lovely, and seemingly quite malleable, young woman, he believes he will have no trouble convincing her to become his wife. However, he didn't count on dealing ...
This beautifully repackaged classic - featuring four "New York Times" bestselling authors - delivers four romantic tales about bewitching lasses bound for the altar in a land of strong passions and wild beauty.
"New York Times"-bestselling authors Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D'Alessandro, and Candice Hern contribute to this delicious anthology of four amazing tales of romance set in the English countryside. Original.
From a spectacular trio of bestselling authors comes this follow-up to the enormously successful "Where's My Hero?" anthology, containing tales starring the secondary heroes from some of their most popular novels. Original.
Dillon Caxton, protege of Demon Cynster, is disillusioned with love. Blessed with wealth, status, and stunning good looks, he has no time for marriage-hungry misses. As a guardian of the "Sport of Kings" he has a daring criminal scheme to thwart-one that threatens to wreak havoc on the thoroughbred racing world. Enter ravishingly beautiful Lady ...
Three up-and-coming romance writers present three stories which all take place on New Year's Eve, where three young women each attend a New Year's Eve ball, and each finds out what happens when the morning comes.
Christina Dodd, The Lady And The Tiger. Laura Haver will stop at nothing to find out who killed her brother - even if it means posing as the wife of notorious rogue Keefe Leighton, the Earl of Hamilton. But things go too far when Keefe engages Laura in an artful game of seduction. Stephanie Laurens, Meling The Ice. Once, Dyan St. Laurent Dare, ...
In this romance novel set in 19th-century England the love affair between Simon Frederick Cynster and Portia Ashford is complicated by the fact that Portia might be marked for death by a killer who has already struck within their elite social circle.
This entry in the Cynster saga is actually a prequel to previous books in the series and tells of how Helena and Sebastian first met and fell in love. Here Helena, a virginal student at a convent school, is overcome when a handsome stranger surprises her with a sensual kiss. Many years later Helena meets the stranger again and is shocked to ...
Alisdair Cynster goes to visit his mentor, Horatio Waltham, and finds that old Waltham has been murdered. He investigates with the aid of the magistrate's daughter, Phyllida Talent--who is next on the killer's list. Romance blooms.
Seeing his brother happily accept marriage, Harry Lester is a little more cautious, after being burned by love once before. His chance meeting with Lucinda Babbacombe brings him yet another situation for potential love. And who wouldn't fall for a smart, business-savvy beauty? It doesn't take long before Lucinda falls in love with Harry and wants ...
In her latest installment of the Bastion Club series, Laurens reveals the latest about the men of the club and introduces readers to a tantalizing mystery that connects the worlds of the Bastions with that of her bestselling series featuring the Cynsters. Original.
A beloved "New York Times" bestselling author pens a scintillating new tale that returns to the territory of one of her most enduring Cynster novels. In this entry, Charles Morwellan meets his match in an exciting and utterly sensuous story.
When her father dies, a lovely orphan named Georgiana Hartley is forced to rely on the hospitality of a dislikable male cousin--a bore who promptly tries to take advantage of her. With no where else to turn, Georgiana flees to the estate of a wealthy neighbor, Viscount Dominic Ridgely and asks him to hire her as a lady's companion. Knowing that ...
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