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Not many detectives stumble across a crime in the midst of a late-night tryst. But that's exactly what happens to Lavinia Lake and Tobias March. Their weekend getaway at a posh country house turns into a full-fledged manhunt for a killer who targes wealthy older men who are about to wed young beauties.

"In 1815, a painter's daughter on the north Devon coast agrees to marry a stranger to avoid scandal, but her choice is complicated by the return of a former lover and a growing affection for the husband she barely knows"-- Provided by publisher.

When Miss Annis Wychwood offers sanctuary to the very young runaway heiress Miss Lucilla Carleton, no one at all thinks this is a good idea. With the exception of Miss Carleton's overbearing guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton, whose reputation as the rudest man in London precedes him. Outrageous as he is, the charming Annis ends up finding him absolutely irresistible.

Historical fiction. Love stories. What do you do if you are of noble stock-but impoverished, and living in London with a certain style to maintain? One has to work ...but One's relatives will be appalled when One turns One's hand to trade-and opens a hotel, The Poor Relation, offering employment to others of the same social standing and in the same awkward situation.

From the national bestselling author, a Regency "filled with the strong spirituality that has become a hallmark of Ms. Kingsley's romances" (Romantic Times). Louisa Merriem is in danger of losing her farm after her husband dies in the war at Waterloo. When she places an ad looking for help, she never expects someone as handsome and mysterious as Will Cutter to arrive on her doorstep. Unsure of whether this stranger is trustworthy, Louisa is left with...

Set against the seductive backdrop of Regency England, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh's latest novel sweeps us into the sensual, enthralling world of an elite academy for young ladies. Here, amid music lessons and garden parties, whispered confessions and secret yearnings, one of the school's teachers -- headmistress Claudia Martin -- will find her well-ordered world jolted by love when she meets a man who would make the perfect husband...

"A proper English wife, or the freedom of the sea? Lord James Gresham is the fifth son of the Duke of Langford, a captain in the Royal Navy, and at a loss for what to do next. He's made his fortune; perhaps now he should find a proper wife and set up his nursery. But the sea calls to him, while his search for a wife leaves him uninspired. And then, a dark beauty with a heart for revenge is swept into his life. He can't have both, but he won't give...

The novel follows a humbled Darcy on a journey of self-discovery, after Elizabeth Bennet's rejection of his marriage proposal, in which he endeavors to grow into the kind of gentleman he desires to become. Happily, a chance meeting with Elizabeth during a tour of his Derbyshire estate offers Darcy a new opportunity to press his suit, but his newfound strengths are put to the test by an old nemesis, George Wickham.