Penelope Featherington has been secretly in love with her best friend's brother Colin Bridgerton since she was sixteen years old but she has accepted that her love for the elusive bachelor is destined to remain unrequited until he returns to London from a trip abroad and finds himself inexplicably drawn to Penelope when the two join forces to deflect his mother's matchmaking efforts.

A beautiful new stand-alone historical romance from New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James The arrogant Duke of Trent intends to marry a well-bred Englishwoman. The last woman he would ever consider marrying is the adventuresome Merry Pelford-an American heiress who has infamously jilted two fiances.But after one provocative encounter with the captivating Merry, Trent desires her more than any woman he has ever met. He is determined to have...

When she is reconciled with the man who betrayed her, who will go to any lengths to win her back, fiercely independent Grace Condry, who has spent a lifetime running from her past, vows to take revenge on this man she once loved.

Lady Arabella Blydon has beauty and a brain, and she's tired of men who can see only one without the other.

When a suitor tells Arabella he's willing to overlook her appalling bluestocking tendencies on account of her looks and fortune, she decides to take a break from the Marriage Mart. During an extended stay in the country, she never expects to meet Lord John Blackwood, a wounded war hero who intrigues her like no other man.

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Lady Evina Maclean needs help for her ailing father, so she attempts to kidnap renowned healer Rory Buchanan by knocking him unconscious, but discovers that she has captured his brother Conran instead.

"We asked readers what story they would most like to see from four bestselling authors. They responded-- A handsome hero returns from war, battle-scarred and world-weary. But family duty calls and he must find a bride. A young lady facing yet another season without a suitor never expects to find herself the object of his affections."--P. [4] of cover.

High-powered businessman Cameron Shaw doesn't believe in love-until he falls head over heels for beautiful, passionate, and intensely private Martina. She's perfect in so many ways, immediately bonding with his little girl. Martina could be his future bride and a delightful stepmother … if only Cameron weren't blinded by his belief that Shelly, the gold-digging woman he's promised to marry, is pregnant with his child. No matter how much his friends...

"Adam Chamberlin was the third son of a duke, known for gambling binges and drunken nights. No one expected anything of him... until tragedy strikes. Now Adam is the new Duke of Rothford, determined to right the wrongs he's done. Except a secret in his past means helping the one woman who doesn't want his help at all... It's not every day that a duke introduces himself to a woman sitting by herself in Hyde Park. Faith Cooper is even more surprised...

Sir Richard Kenworthy has less than a month to find a bride. He knows he can't be too picky, but when he sees Iris Smythe-Smith hiding behind her cello at her family's infamous musicale, he thinks he might have struck gold. She's the type of girl you don't notice until the second--or third--look, but there's something about her, something simmering under the surface, and he knows she's the one. Iris Smythe-Smith is used to being underestimated. With...

After Gowan Stoughton, Duke of Kinross, woos and marries Lady Edith Gilchrist, he must try to convince her of his love when she locks herself in a tower to teach him a lesson.