Author: Bronwyn Scott
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369758587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
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A spicy second-chance romance to warm up your winter nights! Pretend proposal under the mistletoe… Real wedding by Christmas? Newly minted viscount Julien has his desire for a peaceful Christmas thwarted by some unwelcome houseguests… Years ago, Lady Aurelia refused Julien’s marriage offer. Now she’s on his doorstep, and this time her recently impoverished father is encouraging a betrothal! But proud Julien won’t risk his heart again… Being forced to reject Julien left Aurelia stricken, and now she guards her feelings closely. Tired of being a pawn, she proposes a pretend courtship to prevent further meddling from her father. But will the terms of their festive union change when they’re reminded of their passionate connection? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Author: Carol Arens
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488066051
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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A Christmas wedding… A forever vow? Faced with losing his ward if he remains unmarried, Isaiah Maxwell must find a bride! With spinsterhood beckoning, Felicia Penneyjons is the perfect candidate for a marriage in name only. Which is all it can ever be, after Isaiah renounced love the Christmas Day his mother left him. But Felicia is getting under his skin and, as Christmas approaches, Isaiah’s usually painful memories give way to uncharted desire—for his convenient wife! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Author: Annie Burrows
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460313690
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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…To refuse him twice would be madness! Viscount Rothersthorpe can't tear his eyes from Lydia Morgan any more than he can calm the raging fury coursing through his veins. Is there no end to the irony? Come to town to find a wife, only to be taunted by the past? Furtive glances across the ballroom are not helping to ease Lydia's state of shock—the man who once uttered a marriage proposal as one might remark upon the weather has returned. But when he stuns her with a second, outrageous but now wickedly delicious proposal, it is clear that despite the rumors the rake from her past has not reformed!
Author: Carla Kelly
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488087024
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299
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Christmas festivities come with the promise of wedding bells in this anthology of three charming Regency romance novellas! In Convenient Christmas Brides, the holiday arrangements include marriage proposals that may just bring the gift of true love. In The Captain’s Christmas Journey by Carla Kelly, Captain Everard escorts Verity to her governess job—and for propriety’s sake that means a convenient engagement! In Louise Allen’s The Viscount’s Yuletide Betrothal, Eleanor advertises for a “suitable” gentleman to pose as her betrothed over Christmas. And in Laurie Benson’s novella, Juliet Sommersby’s One Night Under the Mistletoe leads to a marriage of convenience with handsome former love Lord Montague . . .
Author: Suzanne Enoch
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250060567
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 413
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A collection of four Christmas Regency romances includes Suzanne Enoch's "One hot Scot, " in which Duncan Lenox comes to the aid of an English beauty when they are stranded together during a winter storm.
Author: Cheryl Bolen
Publisher: Harper & Appleton
ISBN: 1939602165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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"THE CHRISTMAS WISH" 21,500 words (about 100 pages) Heat index: Sweet To grant her dying father his last Christmas wish, Miss Annabelle Pemberton proposes marriage to her father's former ward, the rakish viscount Lord William de Vere. How painful it will be, though, to be trapped in a marriage of convenience with the only man she has ever loved. Marriage to the wealthy heiress will help restore de Vere's decaying estates, but that is not why he accepts her bizarre proposal. He has grown to love her father as if he were his own, and if Mr. Pemberton selected him for his only child's husband, then Lord de Vere must honor the man's final wishes. Little does he suspect his father-in-law knows him better than he knows himself. "HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" 20,000 words (about 85 pages) Heat index: Sweet For six long years, Captain David St. Vincent has dreamed of returning home to Ramseyfield—and to its prettiest resident, Elizabeth Balfour. To his astonishment, though, it is not Elizabeth, but her plain younger sister, Catherine, whose company he seeks. Cathy Balfour has worshipped David for as long as she can remember. It was she who wept when he left, she who presented him with a cross to keep him safe while in service to the crown, and she who read and carefully collected the newspaper accounts of his sea battles. But how can one as plain as she ever hope to win his heart? "CHRISTMAS AT FARLEY MANOR" Best Historical Novella of 2011 (This novella was first published as an ebook in 2011.) Approximate length: 21,000 words (about 100 pages) Heat index: Sweet This is a lovely story, tender and romantic, with a dashing hero and a beautiful heroine. A very satisfying read. – Linda Sims, Top Amazon UK reviewer It wasn't to be a real marriage. . . Harry Tate is an army captain of some means who is almost certain to die when he returns to Spain on the morrow. Elizabeth Hensley is a destitute beauty he's only too happy to help. Two years later. . . When they meet again at his ancestral home, Harry is now Viscount Broxbourne, bent on showing his wife how much he wants her to be his real viscountess by Christmas.
Author: Carol Arens
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369711645
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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Shoutline options: To keep her home… She must marry! When Elizabeth Morsely’s beloved farm is sold to a genteel London family, she’s stunned to learn that she’s part and parcel…as a bride! This country girl believes she’ll have nothing in common with her city groom, William Grant, except he’s as reluctant to wed as she is. They agree to a platonic partnership, until Elizabeth glimpses the pure heart behind William’s aristocratic demeanor. Might their arranged marriage become more after all? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. The Rivenhall Weddings A brand-new trilogy from Carol Arens Book 1: Inherited as the Gentleman's Bride
Author: Carol Arens
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369730135
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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Opposites attract in this Victorian romance A fated union… An unexpected match Eirene Smythe has been promised from birth to marry the future Viscount of Warrenstoke. But when the long-lost heir Fletcher Larkin returns from America, the tough, rugged gentleman is nothing like she imagined. Tasked with teaching this fish out of water to swim in polite society, Eirene finds herself drawn to his unconventional yet charming ways… Can Eirene convince him to stay on English shores and become the husband she’s been promised? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Author: Carol Arens
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488063788
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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An unexpected proposal for the runaway heiress! After escaping to avoid an arranged marriage, American heiress Madeline Macooish stows away aboard a ship bound for England. She’s rescued by Rees Dalton and spends the night in his cabin. Knowing her reputation is compromised, she accepts Rees’s offer of a temporary marriage. Drawn to his honest heart, Madeline begins to imagine wearing his ring forever. Until she learns her new husband has a secret identity! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Author: Carol Arens
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369711335
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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From old friend… To future husband? Anna Liese Preston is caught off guard by the Christmas return of Peter Penneyjons. The childhood friend she’s always loved has grown into the even more handsome and eligible Lord Cliverton. The perfect husband for her stepsister—or so thinks her scheming stepmother! Marrying Peter herself would save him from that miserable match. Anna Liese’s dilemma? She only wants to marry for love—and Peter sees marriage as purely duty… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
