DISINHERITED! Marianna sat stunned. It was impossible! Beautiful, aristocratic, the only child of the Duke of Worthington, she had always believed herself to be her father's only heir. Now the duke was dead. And suddenly, brutally, Maria...
EMERALD EYES... ... a lovely face and a lively intelligence were all young Catharine Marlow brought when her gambling father deposited her with her wealthy and selfish aunt, Lady Harriet. Lady Harriet cared only for her frivolous daughter and m...
AT ODDS WITH LOVE... Although lovely Susan Eaton privately longed for something more than neighborliness from young Lord Woodstone, she gave no hint of these yearnings. Indeed, people were wont to call her "that nice, sensible Miss Eaton,"...
"Twin Jewels. Not a Shade of Difference in the Hair. Spun Gold for Both of Them. Eyes Matching Brown. Same Tilt of the Nose. Charming. Alike as Two Peas in a Pod:" They were twins. Susan and Penelope. But they had been brought up apart. No...
Alone in the dusky library, Olivia was torn by conflicting emotions. The man had frightened her and the memory of her fear infuriated her. At the same time she was outraged with herself for having allowed herself to be put in a situation in which he ...
When lovely country belle Margaret Leighton is sent by her family to London for a season, she find the arrogance and petty conventions of society unbearable. What is particularly unbearable is the plight of her new companion, Angela, who is working f...
"SOMETHING IS WRONG, KATE. I KNOW IT. YOU WENT EVER SO PALE WHEN PAPA SPOKE OF LORD GILCREST." Something was wrong. For when Kate realized that the man of her dreams, Lord Gilcrest, was being tricked into a betrothal with her cousin Belinda, her ...
From the moment Judith laid eyes on her uncle's friend, Lord Harrow, she knew he was trouble. Things were already bad enough since she had involved herself in her uncle's sticky marriage arrangements She certainly did not need Lord Harrow's caustic a...
TOO GOOD FOR HER OWN GOOD? She was the very model of ladylike propriety. But when lovely, dark-curled Amelia realized that her role as the "sensible" elder daughter was part of her widowed mother's plan to keep her as spinster and companion for a ...
"I don't believe you. Sir Lawrence has shown me no sign of admiration. Indeed. I might say it's quite the contrary. It appears he finds me interfering and clumsy, and a good many other things. None of them complimentary." Thus spok...
Caroline had been left a tidy fortune by her father. Enough to attract a husband. But Caroline was not interested in being married for her wealth. Furthermore, her guardian uncle was 'investing' her money in some ridiculous scheme involving mechanica...
DOWRY OR NO DOWRY JENNY DECIDED IT WAS HIGH TIME TO HAVE HER COMING OUT Tired of living with her highstrung, hypochondriac aunt and her equally eccentric uncle, Jenny decides to do something about changing things. When she meets the smug young ...
THEY LOOKED LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER WITH THEIR GOLDEN GOOD LOOKS AND CHARMING MANNERS. But they were not. In fact, they were adversaries. Evelina had caught the eye of David's uncle -- a dashing old roue--and David was certain that the young woman...