What happens when a governess’s first love comes back from the dead? Find out in this Gothic second-chance romance.
To claim their future
They must rewrite their past…
Eighteen years ago, Juliana Myles fled her home and built a new life as a governess, believing her childhood sweetheart had been sentenced to death! Now Sebastian Lloyd is back from the dead and wants Juliana’s help in proving his innocence…
Sebastian has spent a lifetime running from an unjust verdict. But he’s tired of being haunted by his past. Yet working with Juliana to capture the true culprit also means being confronted by searing memories of their passionate history. And the temptation to bring their love story back to life…
From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
A simple twist of fate brings a second chance at love.
HIS ONLY DESIRE Lady Sophie Winter and Shay Douglass fell in love the moment they met. But she had been contracted for marriage to his older brother John, and, as a second son, Shay had been destined for a soldier's life. Their love could never be...until a tragic fire changed everything. Cursed by the events of that night and accusations he murdered his own brother to claim the dukedom—and his brother's fiancée—for himself, Shay retreated to his isolated estate a scarred and broken man, determined to live out the rest of his days in self-exile and never see Sophie again.
IS THE WOMAN HE CAN NEVER HAVE Yet fate has other plans. Ten years later, on the night that Sophie plans to announce her engagement, Shay returns to enforce the old marriage contract that weds her to the Duke of Malvern...to him. Forced unwillingly into a marriage to the man who irreparably shattered her heart, Sophie must find a way to finally exorcise the ghosts of their pasts and heal the scars that still torture both of them, or forever end all hope for love.
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The Dukes of Darkness
Book 1 - The Duke and the Darkness Book 2 - The Duke of Deceit Book 3 - The Duke's Only Desire Book 4 - The Devil’s Own Duke
The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord...1743.
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire—and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams.
But Fiona's life is shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything-and everyone-she holds dear. Fearing her own death, she is forced to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit propels her rise from a modest West Side shop-front to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. But Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, and to silence them, she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly confrontation with her past becomes the key to her future.
The Academy always comes first . . . which makes marriage to its most formidable adversary an exceedingly inconvenient arrangement.
Well removed from London’s more curious eyes, the Benevolent Academy for the Betterment of Young Ladies strives toward one clandestine to distract, disrupt, and discredit men in power who would seek to harm the advancement of women—by appropriate means, of course.
When intrepid newspaper editor Miles Quincy starts to question the school’s intentions, the Academy appoints Penelope “Nell” Trewlove, one of their brightest graduates, to put this nuisance to rest. An easy enough mission, she supposes. Or it would be, if Miles wasn’t so fascinating—too fascinating to resist—and if Nell’s visit to London didn’t perfectly coincide with the murder of one of Miles’s reporters.
When the inexorable claws of fate trap Nell and Miles in a compromising situation, they agree to an arrangement that will save their reputations while enabling them to investigate the story that led to a man’s death, as well as the surprising chemistry between them . . .
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During the summer of 1941 the Metanov family are living a hard life in Leningrad. As the German armies advance their future looks bleak. For Tatiana, love arrives in the guise of Alexander, who harbours a deadly and extraordinary secret.
She’s betrothed, but fate tempts her with another.. .
As a child, Regina’s father traded her identity for the extraordinary opportunity to make her a Baroness. Now, after 4 dead fiancés Regina is ready to marry a horse as long as it gets her down the aisle. At the very least it would distract her from Leo Kingston, the gorgeous, charismatic PI she keeps running into. Every moment in his presence tests her resolve to commit to the marriage designed to protect her mother and sister from the continued slights of the British ton.
Leo Kingston has built his life and career with skill, blood and sweat. But his careful life is upended when a family secret threatens to rewrite his very identity. He isn’t interested in a legacy of pain and entitlement especially when it paints a target on his back. The only thing that could make him think twice is Regina Mason, the brave, cunning beauty who caught his interest at first sight. His choice is clear; stay safe in the shadows or follow his heart into the light and the crosshairs of danger.
A twist of fate is about to offer them everything they want, for a price too deadly to ignore. What’s on offer? Wealth, privilege, and a passionate love that will shake the foundations of the ton itself.
What’s at risk? Life and limb. Will the fear of danger prove too much, or will these two warriors fight and win
… with a little help from their friends?
This series is part of Dragonblade's Flame line, so this is a scorching-hot read with open-door steam.
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The Troublemakers Trilogy
Book 1 - Miss Thornfield's Daring Bargain Book 2 - Miss Mason's Secret Baron Book 3 - Miss Hawthorne's Unlikely Husband
No good deed goes unpunished…and no blackguard unloved.
Lucien Grenier, Duke of Crewe, prides himself on his reputation – selfish, black, and wicked. Or, at least, that’s what he wants everyone to believe. What better way to keep society from discovering his secrets? But when rumors arise that he is doing good deeds for charities, children, reformers—even nuns—he has far more to lose than his wicked reputation; he might just lose his dukedom.
Jessamyn St Claire is determined to hit Lucien where it hurts most—his black reputation. Eight months ago, he ruined her sister, and now Jess wants retribution. Her plan? To take Lucien from rakehell to respected peer unless he marries her sister. But as Jess works to rehabilitate his character, she discovers that Lucien’s bad reputation is mere pretense. The more she uncovers, the more she learns of his goodness…and the more he captures her heart. Soon, it isn’t Amanda whom Lucien wants to marry but Jess.
Little does she know that there’s one remaining secret with the power to destroy them both…
From USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell comes a dark tale of betrayal, jealousy, and the dangerous passion ignited between a vengeful captain and the young woman who loves him.
Miss Linnie McQuoid-Smith has spent a lifetime dreaming of love, but the man she’s always longed for is no longer the one she remembers. Captain Jeremy Tremaine, once a devoted family friend, is now consumed by vengeance, his heart hardened by betrayal at sea.
Lord Culross, with his quiet devotion, offers Linnie the kind of future she ought to want. Yet his steadfast affection pales in comparison to the intoxicating and undeniable pull she feels toward Tremaine.
But Tremaine’s thirst for power threatens to eclipse their desire for one another, and the demons he carries may destroy them both. As shadows close in, Linnie must the safe path of a love freely given, or the reckless passion that could cost her everything.
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