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  Her Master and Commander

  Karen Hawkins

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  Just ask Reeves!Dying without legitimate issue, the late Earl of Rochester sent his butler extraordinaire, Reeves, to find his wild, illegitimate children and "civilize" them. Reeves must seek out the first of the earl's arrogant sons, Captain Tristan Llevanth, a one-time pirate, and teach him to be a gentleman.A will of steel...Tristan Llevanth gave up his free-wheeling life as a pirate to fight at Admiral Nelson's side. Wounded, Tristan will never again sail the seas he loves. Life has no more challenges. Or so he thinks, until Reeves brings a certain outspoken lady into the captain's uncultured househol...An iron-clad spirit...Reeves believes Tristan needs a spark to relight the fires of his soul. And who better than lovely Prudence Thistlewaite, the bane of the captain's existence? Prudence wants nothing to do with her wickedly handsome, ill-tempered neighbor. Still, she cannot refuse  the outlandish sum Reeves offers to smooth Tristan's rough edges.Can Prudence tame the rakish captain? Or will Tristan gain what he most wishes, to become...

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  The Devil in Love

  Barbara Cartland

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  Travelling alone to France to take up her position as governess to the Duc de Valmont’s grandson, beautiful young Larisa Stanton receives dire warnings about the child’s father. ‘Keep away from Comte Raoul de Valmonte’, they say. For Monsieur le Diable, (the devil), is handsome, wickedly charming, and utterly irresistible to women. Sure enough, at Château Valmont Larisa finds herself in a seething cauldron of violent passions, wickedness, and murderous intent. Is it possible to fall in love with a man known as ‘the devil’, she asks herself? With Comte Raoul’s life at stake, Larisa, and Monsieur le Diable are about to find out…

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  The wrong duchess

  Barbara Cartland

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  The illegitimate child of runaway lovers, lovely young Areta is condemned after her parents’ to life in the shadow of her beloved and equally beautiful cousin Lady Millicent… Despised by her aunt and uncle as a “bastard child”, she’s fated never to be a débutante like Millicent, never to attend glamorous Society balls… and never to marry…
   
  Unless it’s as part of her plan to save Millicent from a cynically arranged marriage to the Duke of Kerncliffe! After all, the two girls have always looked so very much alike – how hard can it be? But even she weaves her web of deceit, Areta dreads what will happen when the Duke discovers he’s married the Wrong Duchess.

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  Captured by Love

  Barbara Cartland

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  The beautiful golden-haired Orlina Runford is the daughter of the renowned author, Sir Nicholas Runford .
  	She lives very quietly in the country helping her dedicated father translate ancient manuscripts from all over the world and, as she is so intelligent, she learns many languages including Ancient Greek.
  	To her surprise her great friend, Lady Sarah Lonslow, arrives unexpectedly, She is the daughter of the Marquis of Avingforde, whose nearby house was burnt down and Sarah had then gone to London after her husband dies and was acclaimed a great beauty.
  	Sarah has come to ask Orlina for a very great favour.
  	Because Orlina has been such a success in the plays they arranged as children, Sarah asks her to pretend to be her chaperone at a party given by the Earl of Kentallan on his superb yacht.
  	Sarah has made up her mind to marry the Earl who was, however, determined to avoid marriage.  Because he was so rich and handsome women pursued him relentlessly and Sarah has little chance of succeeding where so many others have failed.
  	At the same time she is determined to have her own way, but the Earl refuses to let her join his party unless she provides herself with a chaperone.
  	The only person she can trust to do it is Orlina, who finally succumbs to Sarah’s blandishments and is dressed in elaborate gowns and hats to conceal her glorious golden hair, 
  	Made up as an elderly woman, she goes with Sarah to the Earl’s yacht to find a party of two attractive men and two dancers from the London stage.
  	It is only when they hurry on the Earl’s insistence to the Mediterranean and on to the Aegean Sea that Orlina is convinced that he is on a secret mission on behalf of the British Government.
  	How Orlina dramatically saves the Earl’s life, how he discovers her secret and how Sarah as well as she find unexpected happiness is all told in this exciting romance by BARBARA CARTLAND.

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  The Notorious Duke

  Deborah Simmons

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  This historical regency novella is “an entertaining yarn starring . . . a notorious rake who is challenged to find a woman immune to his charms” (Publishers Weekly). 
   
  Pagan Penhurst finds himself at a loose end in Brighton, until a friend wagers he can find a woman who can’t be swayed by Pagan’s notorious charms. 
   
  The duke accepts—only to find that his quarry is to be Scholastica Hornsby, a young innocent who wants nothing to do with the infamous rake! She’s far too inexperienced for his usual methods of seduction, but Pagan is determined to win his wager . . .

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  A Magical Moment

  Barbara Cartland

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  The beautiful Lencia is the image of her dear departed Mama – and so is still the apple of the eye of the widowed Earl of Armeron. Knowing how profoundly Lencia and younger sister Alice are missing their mother, their father promises to take them to see the fabulous historic Châteaux of the Loire Valley in France – of which the most exciting and impressive of all is Chaumont.
   
  But to their chagrin, their hopes are dashed when the Earl returns from a trip to the South of France with a new wife on his arm – a stepmother who sees Lencia’s beauty as competition for her husband’s attention.
   
  Nevertheless, the sisters have their hearts set on their French adventure and set off in secret, Lencia disguised in her late mother’s clothes and make-up to look like an older Society lady. 
   
  By chance, they happen to meet along the way the dashingly handsome Duc de Montrichard, owner of Chaumont, who invites them there to stay! And soon, while Alice’s heart is fit to burst with excitement as they explore his fairy-tale world, Lencia’s if filled with love for the dashing Duc.
   
  But, tragically, it seems that love is doomed since it is based on deceit!

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