Ruined through her vile brother's schemes, Eleanor Chivenham is offered rescue by marriage to a rake with an infamous French mistress. Eleanor accepts, determined to treat the arranged marriage with cool dignity.Then she meets Nicholas Delaney. Not only does he stir her senses, but the trouble and pain beneath his smooth exterior reaches her heart.Nicholas is indeed troubled. While serving his country by seducing secrets out of a French spy, he is persuaded to marry Eleanor...

"It was as if a new song entered his world, or a new taste, or a new sense -- and yet, one instantly recognized.Rob Loxsleigh turned to look around the park, striving to make the movement casual to his chattering companions, so noisy in their silks and lace, but already fading under the power of his new awareness. There.He smiled, with delight but with surprise.The woman in gray? The one strolling through the park at the side of another woman just as ordinary, weari...

". . . this whole story had me on the edge of my seat." ~Stephanie Porter, ReviewerA Case of Mistaken Identity . . . a Christmas Eve to Remember: The Wise Virgin by Jo BeverleyIt was quite daring of Edmund de Grave to rescue Lady Nicolette de Montelan before her father found out she was pregnant with an enemy family's child. Unfortunately, he kidnapped the wrong woman when Nicolette's cousin, Joan, took Nicolettes place as the Blessed Virgi...

Hailed as "captivating" (Booklist) and "exquisitely sensual" (Library Journal), Jo Beverley's Malloren novels capture the unforgettable world of Georgian England. Now her fans can discover why the book that started it all, My Lady Notorious, has been called "storytelling at its best" (Rendezvous).Desperate to help her widowed sister and baby escape a deadly pursuer, Lady Chastity Ware dresses as a highwayman and ca...

"This book certainly does NOT fit the usual romance formula, and is the better for it!" ~Suzanne G.When Galeran of Heywood returns from the Crusades, longing for his wife, Jehanne, he finds his castle under siege and his wife alone with a child that is not his own.Seeing Galeran alive was all Jehanne ever hoped for. But credible rumors of Galeran's death wrought dangerous folly that Jehanne never expected when they kissed goodbye three years prior.

A paranormal regency romance by the NYT bestselling author, and member of the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame for Regency romance.A harmless Halloween amusement turns perilous when Samhain, Lord of the Dead, comes when summoned.This short novella was published in 1992 in the collection All Hallows' Eve, and has not been available since.

From bestselling author Jo Beverley, two Regency novellas involving Valentine's Day traditions and extra items about valentines, marriages, and peerage titles.IF FANCY BE THE FOOD OF LOVE was first published in 1991 in A Regency Valentine. This version has been partially rewritten to stand alone. The Honorable Charteris Ashby thinks his duty simple -- take a day off hunting to make sure his estranged cousin Juno Rathbone is all right. But once he's entangled in her life he'll never...

From a New York Times bestselling favorite comes two beloved novels and one extraordinary novella, brought together for the first time in this special trade edition...

The people of Gaia think themselves blessed to be living on the most perfect colony world ever discovered. Now it's threatened and all the obvious heroes are dead. That leaves only an unlikely hero and the woman who loves him. But at what price? "...a moving exploration of the consequences of war and power on those who fight as well as those left behind." Romantic Times

Left penniless after her parents' death, Meg Gillingham is in dire straits. Reluctantly, she turns for help to her only legacy—a magic statue that will grant wishes, but at a price.

Lord Vandeimen returns home from Waterloo to ruined estates, his family all dead. His attempts to recreate something of his heritage leave him deep in debt, and he is ready to commit suicide when a woman bursts into his room with an extraordinary proposal.Mrs. Maria Celestin, widow of a wealthy foreign merchant, will pay him a small fortune to pretend to be her betrothed husband for six weeks. Van cannot refuse, but he is wary of this outrageous good fortune. He is...

**“Eight romance authors walk into a Regency-era ballroom and wreak fabulous, shimmering holiday mischief all over the place.”****—**Publishers WeeklyChristmas 1815. Upstairs and downstairs, Holbourne Abbey is abuzz with preparations for a grand ball to celebrate the year’s most festive—and romantic—holiday. For at the top of each guest’s wish list is a last chance to find true love before the New Year . . .“The tales are rather sentimenta...