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1) Duke of sin
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 10
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Devastatingly handsome. Vain. Unscrupulous. Valentine Napier, the Duke of Montgomery, is the man London whispers about in boudoirs and back alleys. A notorious rake and blackmailer, Montgomery has returned from exile, intent on seeking revenge on those who have wronged him. But what he finds in his own bedroom may lay waste to all his plans"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 3
Language
English
Description
Successful and charming river pirate Mickey O'Connor is a man who gets what he wants, but his pursuit of widowed Silence Hollingbrook is complicated by a threat from a merciless enemy.
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 11
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Alf, who disguises herself as a boy and deals out noctural justice as the vigilante Ghost of St. Giles, saves the life of the Duke of Kyle, he hires her to investigate the notorious Lords of Chaos, threatening her deception.
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 9
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"SHE'S TAKING CHARGE. Prim, proper, and thrifty, Eve Dinwoody is all business when it comes to protecting her brother's investment. But when she agrees to control the purse strings of London's premier pleasure garden, Harte's Folly, she finds herself butting heads with an infuriating scoundrel who can't be controlled. HE'S RUNNING THE SHOW. Bawdy and bold, Asa Makepeace doesn't have time for a penny-pinching prude like Eve. As the garden's larger-than-life...
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 6
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The conservative Duke of Wakefield has a secret life fighting crime in the darkest parts of London, and the last thing he needs is the mousey Miss Artemis Greaves showing up at his townhouse jeopardizing his cover.
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 5
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"He lives in the shadows. As the mysterious masked avenger known as the Ghost of St. Giles, Godric St. John's only goal is to protect the innocent of London. Until the night he confronts a fearless young lady pointing a pistol at his head--and realizes she is his wife . . . Lady Margaret Reading has vowed to kill the Ghost of St. Giles--the man who murdered her one true love. Returning to London, and to the man she hasn't seen since their wedding...
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 12
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A lady of light. Refined, kind, and intelligent, Lady Iris Jordan finds herself the unlikely target of a diabolical kidnapping. Her captors are the notoriously evil Lords of Chaos. When one of the masked - and nude! - Lords spirits her away to his carriage, she shoots him ... only to find she may have been a trifle hasty. A duke in deepest darkness. Cynical, scarred, and brooding, Raphael de Chartres, the Duke of Dyemore, has made it his personal...
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 4
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When a dragoon captain begins hunting the masked avenger the Ghost of St. Giles, schoolmaster Winter Makepeace--the Ghost himself--must decide whether or not he can trust Lady Isabel Beckinhall with his secret.
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Series
Language
English
Description
The ton loves nothing more than a good scandal, and they're giddy with the appearance of wealthy Samuel Hartley. Not only is he self-made, American, and in the habit of wearing moccasins, but he is also notorious for fleeing a battle in which several English gentlemen lost their lives. What the ton doesn't know is that Samuel is in London because of this massacre. He believes his regiment was given up to the enemy, and won't rest until he finds the...
10) Dearest rogue
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 8
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When she is targeted by kidnappers, Lady Phoebe Batten, who is going blind, is surprised to discover an unexpected tenderness beneath the tough exterior of her bodyguard, Captain James Trevillion, as he tries to protect her.
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 2
Language
English
Description
When she meets her fiance's brother, Griffin Remmington, Lady Hero Batten, the lovely sister of the Duke of Wakefield, engages in a battle of wits with this notorious rakehell, which sparks a forbidden passion between them.
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Infamous for his wild, sensual needs, Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire, is searching for a savage killer in St. Giles, London's most notorious slum. Widowed Temperance Dews knows the area like the back of her hand--she cares for its children at the foundling home her family established. Now that home is at risk ... Caire makes a simple offer--in return for Temperance's help navigating the perilous alleys of St. Giles, he will introduce her to high...
14) Darling beast
Author
Series
Maiden Lane romances volume 7
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Apollo Greaves, Viscount Kilbourne, who has been falsely accused of murder, escapes from Bedlam and hides out in the ruins of an old theater until actress Lily Stump moves in and passion sparks between them.
"Falsely accused of murder and mute from a near-fatal beating, Apollo Greaves, Viscount Kilbourne has escaped from Bedlam. With the Crown's soldiers at his heels, he finds refuge in the ruins of a pleasure garden, toiling as a simple gardener....
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Series
Language
English
Description
Reynaud St. Aubyn escapes after seven hellish years as a captive of the Wyandot Indians in the Colonies and now has one purpose: to take revenge on the traitor who put him there. Beatrice Corning manages her uncle's various homes and attends boring dances and none of the callow youths available engage her interest. At least not like the painting of the mysterious Reynaud St. Aubyn, who was tragically killed seven years ago. Imagine her shock when...
Author
Series
Legend of the four soldiers volume 2
Language
English
Description
For years, Melisande Fleming has loved Lord Vale from afar... watching him seduce a succession of lovers, and once catching a glimpse of heartbreaking depths beneath his roguish veneer. When's jilted on his wedding day, she boldly offers to be his. Vale gladly weds Melisande, if only to produce an heir. But he's pleasantly surprised: A shy and proper Lady by day, she's a wanton at night...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Sir Alistair Munroe, horribly maimed during his service in the French and Indian War, lives a near solitary existence in a crumbling Scottish castle until Helen Fitzwilliam, former mistress of the Duke of Lister, and her two children arrive one night and change his life forever. When the Duke steals his children away from Helen, forcing her to reveal her true past to Alistair, and a friend from Alistair's army past is back from the dead--and quite...
Author
Series
Princes trilogy volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Country bred Lucy Craddock-Hayes is content with her quiet life. Until the day she trips over an unconscious man - a naked unconscious man - and loses her innocence forever. Viscount Simon Iddesleigh was nearly beaten to death by his enemies. Now he's hell-bent on vengeance. But as Lucy nurses him back to health, her honesty startles his jaded sensibilities - even as it ignites a desire that threatens to consume them both. Charmed by Simon's sly wit,...
Author
Series
Greycourt novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
510 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ambitious, sly, and lethally intelligent, Gideon Hawthorne has spent his life clawing his way up from the gutter. For the last ten years, he's acted as the Duke of Windemere's fixer, performing the duke's dirty work without question. Now Gideon's ready to quit the duke's service and work solely for himself. But Windermere tempts Gideon with an irresistible offer: one last task for Messalina Greycourt's hand in marriage. Witty, vivacious Messalina...
Author
Series
Maiden Lane volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When river pirate "Charming" Mickey O'Connor's past comes back to torment him, he must keep Silence Hollingbrook safe from a merciless enemy, while dealing with the hold the widow has on his heart. And in the face of danger, both will have to surrender to something more terrifying-- true love.
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