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A CONVENIENT HUSBANDRescuing Lavinia Renshaw from a Venetian canal was one thing. Accepting her surprising proposition of marriage was quite another. Maxim Purnell thrived on taking risks. However, his situation was complicated enough without taking on a wife.But there was no denying Lavinia had succeeded in piquing his curiosity—and desire. To come in to her considerable legacy she needed a husband, and she intended their arrangement to be a marriage of conv...

Kidnap, deception…and forbidden desireTobias Searle's ship is no place for a lady—especially one as wilful and spirited as Miss Rowena Golding. Tobias is chasing pirates, she her kidnapped sister—and the price to board his ship is one night in his bed! Rowena despises Tobias's arrogance, is immune to his lethal charm, and certainly doesn't quiver at his touch…her stubbornness wouldn't allow it! But she's boarding that ship come what may. Masquerading as a cabin boy, she's prepared f...

Eligible, attractive Alex Montgomery, Earl of Arlington, has always done just as he pleases. Society ladies adore him, and a string of mistresses warm his bed. He's yet to meet the woman who could refuse him….Then he's introduced to the strikingly unconventional Miss Angelina Hamilton. Their animated altercations and her dark, passionate eyes affect him more deeply than he cares to admit. So Alex makes up his mind to tame this headstrong girl.But the beautiful Miss Hamilton h...

Her life changed overnightWhen Anna Preston was introduced to her estranged family at their Belhaven estate, London's glamorous set became her new milieu, with never-before-dreamt-of trips to Paris and the French Riviera. There was now even the chance of a place at Oxford University.Thrown headlong into this exciting new world, she needed a solid rock to cling to, and this she found in Alex Kent. Having escaped the revolution in Russia as a boy, Alex was an i...

MARRIAGE IN MINDWith the restoration of King Charles II to the throne, his exiled supporters were jubilantly returning home, wealthy landowner Lucas Fox among them. Once a notorious pleasure seeker, Lord Fox now found himself ready to settle down to a quiet life on his estate. All that was missing was a wife….Proud and impulsive Prudence Fairworthy captured his interest—and made his blood run hot. Pru was suspicious of his true motives and the mystery surroun...

For fans of the witty and evocative writing of Anne Helen Petersen and Amanda Montell, a sharply clever exploration of what it means to be a “bad mom” by delving into the world of momfluencers, stage moms, trad wives, and more.We all have an idea what it means to be a good mom: little screen time, kids hitting their milestones, endless patience and understanding, and self-sacrifice on behalf of one’s children. But what does it mean to be a “bad mom” in modern socie...

Mistress for a night…Lord Dunstan found Miss Louisa Fraser captivating, though she was another man's mistress. He couldn&##39;t have been more startled—or pleased—when she offered herself for one night of passion if he would save her and her misguided brother from financial ruin. So, on the appointed night, Lord Dunstan received the shock of his life. His bewitching miss was a virgin!Beloved wife for eternity…What started out as an innocent propositio...

William Lampard, distinguished military captain, kept London abuzz with scandal. Against his better judgment, he made a wager to seduce Miss Cassandra Greenwood. But despite her provocative ways, and the impudent sway of her skirts, he quickly realized that her innocence and goodness put her above a mere dalliance.Should Cassandra believe the gossip? She knew she had spiked William's interest, but to get to know the infamous captain properly would be dangerous— and exciting. And the...

The United States is in crisis.All the major US ports have been rendered inoperable by the simultaneous sinking of large vessels in their choke points, thus halting the bulk of global trade. At first, the president thinks he has been given a gift. He always thought the United States got the raw end of the deal in international trade because of the spineless behavior of his predecessors. But with the resulting shortages of everything, he soon realizes that people in...

An arrogant English lord and an innocent young woman have a battle of wills on the Yorkshire moors in this Regency romance.Few defy Lord Rockford and come away unscathedVictoria Lewis has grown up in the long, dark shadows cast by Stonegrave Hall. Yet when the master takes her sick mother into his care, she must finally confront the man whose presence is as brooding as his windswept Yorkshire lands.Men quake at Lord Rockford's mere command, y...

He's obtained his freedom. Now he wants his wife back—and revenge against the schemer who stole her . . .Held at gunpoint by a highwayman near the Cornish coast, Laura Mawgan is shocked to discover that the charming masked stranger is none other than her husband—believed to have been killed by pirates two years ago, only days after their wedding.Languishing in a French prison amid that country's violent unrest, Lucas Mawgan has dreamed of returning home to hi...

"[A] beautifully written" account of the Bard's global influence "is at once travelogue, history, literary analysis and love song . . . wonderfully atmospheric"( Wall Street Journal ).Ranging ambitiously across four continents and four hundred years, Worlds Elsewhere is an eye-opening account of how Shakespeare went global. Seizing inspiration from the playwright's own fascination with travel, foreignness, and dis...