Lady Allerton was prone to recklessness.

 But attending a ball dressed as a Cyrian and posing a wager on her virtue had pushed her behavior way beyond the pale!

Lady Allerton's Wager

"I promise that I will release you tomorrow - when the hour of the wedding is past. " 

 Nat Waterhouse must marry an heiress - and where better to find one than Fortune's Folly, where unmarried ladies are subject to a medieval law which forces them to wed or surrender half their wealth? Lady Elizabeth Scarlet vows there is just one way to save her childhood friend from a loveless marriage: kidnap him! But Nathaniel is furious. So angry that he challenges her to take their assignation to its natural conclusion and seduce him.

 When her inexperienced attempt flares into intense passion, Lizzie is ruined.and hopelessly, unexpectedly in love! Now the wild and wilful Lizzie must convince Nat that they are a perfect match - in every way.

Undoing Of A Lady

Pour sauver l'honneur de sa famille, Catherine Fenton a accepté d'épouser un scélérat, un félon qui soumet son père à un ignoble chantage afin de s'approprier son héritage. Un sacrifice auquel elle se résigne sans hésitation... Jusqu'au jour où elle rencontre le baron Benjamin Hawksmoor, un homme totalement infréquentable dont les liaisons sulfureuses et les dettes de jeu font jaser tout Londres. Subjuguée bien malgré elle par celui que tous surnomment le " prince du scandale ", Catherine n'a d'autre choix que de lui résister. Mais Benjamin semble décidé à la conquérir et met tout en oeuvre pour lui faire rompre sa promesse.

Le prince du scandale

Pour le coeur d'un lord
Angleterre, 1814.
Cela fait six ans que Sarah est secrètement amoureuse de Quentin, lord Branson, un ami de la famille. Aussi, le jour où son père lui annonce que cet homme irrésistible la chaperonnera durant sa première saison à Londres, Sarah est folle de joie. N'est-ce pas là l'occasion rêvée de se rapprocher de l'homme qu'elle aime et, surtout, de lui ouvrir enfin les yeux sur la femme qu'elle est devenue ? Une femme sûre d'elle et prête à tout pour le conquérir...
Le stratagème d'une fiancée Angleterre, 1817.
Certaine d'être promise au grand amour, lady Jane fait grise mine quand elle apprend que le duc de Delahaye veut lui faire épouser son frère cadet, Philip. Jamais, au grand jamais, elle n'unira son destin à celui de ce dandy arrogant et futile ! Avec l'aide de sa meilleure amie, Sophie, elle met alors au point un plan ingénieux pour préserver sa liberté : elle va se grimer et s'enlaidir à souhait pour décourager son soupirant...

Le bal des débutantes

Years before, he had come to Grafton Manor to be betrothed to the innocent and beautiful Lady Anne-a promise that was broken with the onset of war..

 Now Simon, Lord Greville, has returned as an enemy, besieging the manor and holding its lady hostage. Simon's devotion to his cause swayed by his desire for Anne, he will not settle for the manor house alone.

 He will have the lady-and her heart-into the bargain! Yet Anne has a secret that must be kept from him at all costs..

Lord Greville's Captive

"Rumor has it a certain notorious Princess has not a feather to fly and is looking for a gentleman to ease her financial worries. Perhaps the Earl of S. is the man she seeks.." - The Gentleman's Mercury, 1816

 Princess Isabella never imagined it could come to this. Bad enough she faces imprisonment for debts not her own. Even worse that she must make a hasty marriage of convenience with Marcus, the Earl of Stockhaven-the man she'd loved and lost so long ago. But that he now wants revenge by demanding she be his in more than name only.well, that is simply intolerable!

 As the London gossips eagerly gather to watch the fun, Isabella struggles to maintain a polite distance in her marriage. But the more Isabella challenges Marcus's iron determination, the hotter their passion burns. This time, will it consume them both-or fuel a love greater than they dare dream?

Deceived

Two glittering Regency love affairs for one low price! Includes The Larkswood Legacy and The Neglectful Guardian.

 The Larkswood Legacy

 by Nicola Cornick 

 Living with her former husband's relatives was uncomfortable for the young widow Annabella St. Auby, but then a meeting with Sir William Weston took her breath away. He made his interest in her very clear, and she was certainly drawn to him. But then Annabella began to wonder if Sir William was in pursuit of her-or her legacy.

 The Neglectful Guardian 

 by Anne Ashley 

 Miss Sarah Pennington was tired of living at the mercy of her elusive guardian, Mr. Marcus Ravenhurst. Setting off to stay with her old governess, and traveling under the name Mrs. Armstrong, Sarah became stranded at an inn. But with Marcus hot on her trail and staying at the same place, how could he know that the delicious Mrs. Armstrong was his missing ward?

Tangled Destinies - The Larkswood Legacy (Regency, Book 12) / The Neglectful Guardian

Angleterre, Régence.Depuis le décès de son mari, Laura, duchesse de Cole, est déterminée à rester libre et sans attaches, excepté ce lien fort qui l'unit à Hattie, sa fille adorée. Une décision irrévocable, croit-elle, jusqu'au jour où elle apprend l'arrivée en ville de Dexter Anstruther. Dexter, le véritable père de son enfant. Le seul homme qu'elle ait jamais aimé et avec lequel elle a passé, jadis, une scandaleuse nuit d'amour... avant de se résoudre à le quitter, dans l'espoir de l'oublier. Peine perdue : trois ans plus tard, les souvenirs de Laura sont plus vivaces que jamais, tout comme l'attirance irrépressible qu'elle éprouve pour Dexter. Pourtant, cette fois, elle devra tout faire pour l'éviter. Car non seulement Dexter n'a manifestement jamais digéré l'affront qu'elle lui a fait, mais en plus, il ignore tout de sa paternité. Et s'il venait à découvrir la vérité, nul doute qu'il s'en servirait pour se venger d'elle...

La duchesse scandaleuse (Glory Girls, #1)

The sight of Cory, Lord Newlyn, rising naked from the Midwinter river, is enough to send ripples of shock through Rachel Odell's carefully ordered life.

 He has always been a friend, although now she's aware of him as a man-an exceedingly handsome man. But she can't possibly entertain romantic ideas about this adventure seeker.and rogue.

 It does appear that Cory is waging a deliberate campaign to seduce her. What is his true intent? Can he simply wish to claim his best friend as his bride.?

Lady Allerton's Wager

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