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As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry - and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a hatpin with equal aplomb, and with her last connection to England gone, she intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.

A kingdom might be lost. Vessels need to be secured. Friends need to be saved and there is an uncle that needs to be reckoned with. Through it all, Magnus and Kaitlyn need to keep their family together.

Investigative duo, Dora Fitz-Pennington and Dr Jacob Sandys, have escaped London and headed north to the Lakes, both needing time away from danger after their two most recent cases. Death, unfortunately, hasn’t got the message that it isn’t welcome to join them. Now, as William Wordsworth’s opus goes missing, and disappearances and a murder follow in quick succession, Dora and Jacob are forced to abandon their holiday and use their unique skills to track down a reckless killer intent on destroying the Romantic poets and all they stand for…

A year has passed since the Sheridans fled the plague in England, but a new crisis tears Valerie and Louisa apart once again, with dire consequences. As the stranded Whitfields desperately try to return home to the 17th century, the Sheridans face a threat of a different nature. The past rarely stays in the past, and a shocking murder brings things to a head as Kit is accused of the crime, and shameful secrets are brought into the open.

An earl, a novelist, and a scandal that could ruin them both. Miss Amelia Ashworth is no aristocrat. By day, she is Lilian Hartman, a middle-class silver fork novelist who pens glittering tales about high society to make ends meet. At night, she becomes the elusive Miss Amelia Ashworth— a spinster without a traceable lineage—attending balls for research purposes. For years, she has managed this double life, but when whispers of a hidden romance between her and the handsome Earl of Westmoore ignite the ton, Lilian finds herself at the center of a social storm she never intended. At ...

Harper Brown, haunted by false accusations and hurt by a man's deceit, flees the suffocating judgment of her hometown in upstate New York. With the weight of unfounded guilt pressing upon her, she turns her gaze westward, seeking refuge amidst the towering peaks of Colorado. But fate's hand is cruel, for the sanctuary promised by her distant cousin proves elusive, leaving her with the only choice to agree to help a local rancher with his children in exchange for room and board. Can Harper keep the truth of her past hidden from her new beginnings? Burdened by grief and the weight of ...

It's December 1837, and the young adults of the Cynster clan have succeeded in having the family Christmas celebration held at snowbound Casphairn Manor, Richard and Catriona Cynster's home. Led by Sebastian, Marquess of Earith, and by Lucilla, future Lady of the Vale, and her twin brother, Marcus, the upcoming generation has its own plans for the holiday season.

Of all the dukes in all the world, why does it have to be him? Lady Alice Ancaster needs a husband, and fast, because her reckless brother is going to get himself killed, leaving the dukedom—and her future—in their repellent cousin’s clutches. The Duke of Blackwood has known Alice since childhood, and they’ve always had a special connection. But years ago he broke it, when he chose a riotous life with his two best friends instead of a reasonable one with her.

Miss Juliana Rothmond bears a scar from childhood illness—a mark society refuses to overlook. While her younger sister garners suitors, Juliana endures pity and rejection. With their father demanding Juliana marry first, she must face yet another Season where love feels impossible, until she meets the charming Lord Horatio. Lord Horatio Vincent, Earl of Dunnville, has always charmed women with ease, but marriage has never interested him—until now. With his father’s declining health, duty demands he take a wife. When he meets Juliana, he sees not only a woman of quiet strength and ...

1332 A.D. - As the premier commander for Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, when he commandeered the throne from a young Edward III, Sir Mathias de Reyne is the type of knight that all men aspire to be: fair, powerful, intelligent, and bold. Men on both sides of the Mortimer/Edward lines respect and admire de Reyne for his outstanding character, including Dragonblade himself, Tate de Lara.

From darling of the ton and soon-to-be betrothed, Lady Dorothea Blackwood’s life changes overnight when she runs into a burning house to save her sister. Dorothea is scarred forever, and now her only prospect is a shady businessman. A marriage of convenience seems to be the only way to escape him, but what if this arrangement of necessity ends up being her chance at real love? Lord Frederick Hartley, the virtuous Earl of Westhaven, has his father on his deathbed, with only one wish: to see his son wed. When he stumbles upon an alluring lady at the opera, he looks past her scars, wondering...

Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except...she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her... and more. Did he think she was mad?

Vivienne Emory runs in the first circles of London society, but there’s no telling how the ton would react if they knew she made a living as an oil painter. Her desire to follow her dreams means she must protect her secret—and her independence—at all costs.

Esther Temkin left everything behind to make a fresh start out West—but nothing goes as planned. What was meant to be a sensible marriage and a new life quickly unravels, leaving her abandoned in an unfamiliar and unforgiving land. With no one else to turn to, she sends a letter to the only person who has ever made her feel safe—a childhood friend she hasn’t seen in years, though they’ve never stopped writing. Goffredo “Freddie” Smith has never belonged anywhere. Haunted by a tragic past, he’s spent years drifting—except for the anchor of Esther’s memory. Upon receiving ...

Helen Lambert has lived several lives-a young piano virtuoso in 1890s Paris, an actress in 1930s Hollywood, a rock star in 1970s Los Angeles - only she doesn't know it. Until she meets a strange man who claims he's watched over her for centuries, bound to her from the beginning. At first, Helen doesn't believe him. Her life is as normal as any other modern career woman's. Then she begins having vivid dreams about ill-fated love and lives cut short. Caught in a curse, Helen will be forced to relive the same tragic events that ruined her previous lives.

When their South Carolina home burns to the ground, Anna Stewart’s only choice is to move with her younger brother to the wilds of a Texas ranch. Their prospects are beginning to look better, until the rancher’s son, Jacob O’Brien, shows up with his alarmingly blue eyes to put a kink in Anna’s well-controlled plans. When danger escalates in the form of a band of cattle thieves with deadly intent, can Anna learn to release control to God’s capable hands…and those of the blue-eyed cowboy who’s stolen her heart?

Several years have passed, and the Whitfields, Sheridans, and their extended family must face new challenges and make life-altering decisions. As the hands of time continue to turn, the events that unfold will either tear the family further apart or bring them closer together, closing the gap in time and space once and for all.

WHEN ELIZABETH BENNET IS INSULTED by Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy at the Meryton assembly, she is determined to despise him forever. How could she do otherwise, given what an arrogant, rude man he is? She intends to forget about what happened, but she finds it is not so easy when faced with incessant scorn from her neighbours in the weeks following.

Rushing back home from France, Eleanor Ashby finds her dying grandmother with one last wish: Eleanor must complete an impossible task before her twenty-first birthday or lose her place as the sole heir to the Ashby fortune. She only has eight weeks to succeed... After losing his wife and child, Nathaniel Pembroke, Duke of Devonshire, vowed never to love again. Yet, when his aunt invites Eleanor to stay at Pembroke Hall, Nathanie's resolve weakens as her beauty challenges him at every turn and his walls begin to crack. As they grow closer, Eleanor and Nathaniel must confront the weight of ...

Claire, once the spirited and scandalous belle of society, now lives a quiet life as a widow. At the funeral of her former lover’s father, she is shocked to see Dorian, the tempting man who shattered her heart six years ago after a passionate night in the stables. With his return, Claire must confront buried feelings and the devastating secrets that led to their separation. Will she find the strength to face the past and embrace a future filled with uncertainty? Dorian returns home as a wealthy yet melancholic Earl, burdened by his father’s death and haunted by memories of Claire. At ...