Although Chandra's father Professor Barnard Wardell is the world's most distinguished Sanskrit scholar, his earnings are barely enough to support him, his daughter and their faithful servant Ellen. So, when the dashing Lord Damon Frome invites him on a highly paid expedition to Nepal it is a Godsend. But, having spent much of his advance, the Professor is struck down by a heart attack. So, to the fury of the woman-hating Lord Frome, demure young Chandra...

Waif-like and half-starved the beautiful eighteen-year-old Tara has no second name and no family. Orphaned when her mother died tragically in a carriage crash, she was raised in the appalling 'Orphanage of the Nameless' in London and has no knowledge at all of the world outside. The drunken Matron of the Orphanage, Mrs. Barrowfield, relies on Tara to control, feed and look after the many orphans while she spends most of the money intended for their...

The Duke of Ravenstock is the most, attractive and elusive bachelor in London, and the most notorious. His exploits and romantic escapades keep the salons of the Social world buzzing, but never more so than, when he announces that he will marry. His friends soon realize that what has, captured the Duke's heart is the purity and innocence of his intended bride. The wedding date has been, fixed when the Duke, discovers by accident that his fiancé...

After her young nephew and two nieces' parents are, drowned in a tragic sailing accident off the coast of Cornwall, the beautiful redheaded Tamara is devastated by their loss and realizes almost at once that she is the only person who can look after the three children, as she loves them so much. She speaks to the local Solicitor, who tells her that there is no money left in her brother-in-law's estate and so she has no choice but to take the three...

On receipt of a desperate letter, demure young beauty Romara Shaldon rushes to the aid of her distressed sister Caryl, who has run away with the disreputable and cruel Sir Harvey Wychbold, who not only mistreats her, but also refuses to marry her when he finds she is with child. After a violent confrontation that leaves her bloodied and bruised, Romara is 'rescued' and taken to the next door home of Lord Ravenscar where, in her concussed, semi-conscious...

Multiple Hugo Award winner Elizabeth Bear enthralls fans with this compelling first book in the Eternal Sky series. In a world where wizards are unable to procreate, Temur, heir to his empire's throne, flees to avoid assassination. Once-Princess Samarkar, formerly heir to her own empire's throne, gives up everything to seek the wizards' magical power. Drawn together by fate, Temur and the Once-Princess must stand against a cult inciting strife and...

"Two weary strangers rest their burdens and find love in Eternity Springs, a small town in the Colorado Rockies"--

When her grandmother dies, Paola, the beautiful young daughter of the Earl and Countess of Berisforde is dismayed to find that the family's customary six months' mourning means that she will miss her debut in the London Season. Instead her mother sends her to stay in the ancient and historic Italian town of Lucca with her aunt, the Contessa Raulo, who is to be her chaperone.Paola's adventurer cousin Hugo arrives just before she leaves and asks

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Beautiful eighteen-year-old Norina is dismayed when her widowed father Lord Sedgewyn quickly remarries to society beauty Violet – and even more so when she discovers her new stepmother's wicked plot to poison her and inherit a fortune held in trust for Norina. In fear for her life, she flees in disguise, securing a position as secretary to a temporarily blinded French Nobleman who whisks her away to Paris and then to his opulent South of France...

After her stagecoach collides with the Marquis of Stade's speeding curricle on the road to Blackwater, slender, golden haired beauty Gretna is somewhat at the mercy of this cynical-lipped yet handsome nobleman. Knowing this, and concerned for Gretna's reputation, her companion, the rotund Mrs. Merryweather passes her off as her niece when they arrive at his magnificent nearby estate. Sadly, the Marquis seems to take her lowly status as an excuse to...