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From the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Only a Kiss and Only a Promise comes the final book in the rapturous Survivor’s Club series—as the future of one man lies within the heart of a lost but never-forgotten love...For the first time since the death of his wife, the Duke of Stanbrook is considering remarrying and finally embracing happiness for himself. With that thought comes the treasured image of a woman he met briefly a year ago and never saw again.Dora Debbins relinquished all hope to marry when a family scandal left her in charge of her younger sister. Earning a modest living as a music teacher, she’s left with only an unfulfilled dream. Then one afternoon, an unexpected visitor makes it come true.For both George and Dora that brief first encounter was as fleeting as it was unforgettable. Now is the time for a second chance. And while even true love comes with a risk, who are two dreamers to argue with destiny?

In Regency England, the eccentric Colebrook sisters are amateur detectives who use their wits and invisibility as “old maids” to fight injustice in this delightful and fiercely feminist novel of mystery and adventure from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman.To most of Regency high society, forty-two-year-old Lady Augusta Colebrook, or Gus, and her twin sister, Julia, are just unmarried ladies of a certain age. But the Colebrook twins are far from useless old maids. They are secretly protecting women and children ignored by society and the law.When Lord Evan—a charming escaped convict who has won Gus’s heart—needs to hide his sister, Hester, from their vindictive brother, Gus and Julia take Hester and her lover into their home. But Lord Evan’s complicated past puts them all in danger. Gus knows they must clear his name of murder if he is to survive the thieftakers who hunt him. No easy task—the fatal duel was twenty years ago and a key witness is nowhere to be found.In a deadly cat-and-mouse game, Gus, Julia, and Lord Evan must dodge their pursuers and investigate Lord Evan’s past. They will be thrust into the ugly underworld of Georgian gentlemen’s clubs, spies, and ruthless bounty hunters, not to mention the everyday threat of narrow-minded brothers. Will the truth be found in time, or will dangerous secrets from the past destroy family bonds and rip new love and lives apart?

Scotland, 1505After tumultuous times, Lady Maude MacIntyre's beloved son is laird and happily wed. Now, the widowed healer and soothsayer yearns to forget her cruel duty marriage and find true love herself. Yet no vision prepares her for a plea to tend Keir Wright: the fierce, stubborn, seasoned warrior once at the heart of her lustiest imaginings.Years ago banished from the clan, Keir cannot believe the one woman forbidden to him-an ethereal, highborn beauty he's always craved-would come to his remote dwelling and save his life. But alone together, as they surrender to tenderness and wicked pleasures long denied, he dares to dream of a future where love conquers all...even a chasm in wealth and position.However, a bitter enemy stalks Keir and Maude, one who won't rest until old vengeances are complete. Can two world-weary souls find their joyous forever, or will evil snatch their chance at love? Her Wicked Highlander contains explicit sex scenes, strong language, violence, and mention of past family deaths. Series reading order: 1. Wicked Passions2. Her Wicked Highlander

In When Christ and His Saints Slept, acclaimed historical novelist Sharon Kay Penman portrayed all the deceit, danger, and drama of Henry II’s ascension to the throne. Now, in Time and Chance, she continues the ever-more-captivating tale.It was medieval England’s immortal marriage—Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II, bound by passion and ambition, certain to leave a legacy of greatness. But while lust would divide them, it was friendship—and ultimately faith—that brought bloodshed into their midst. It began with Thomas Becket, Henry’s closest confidant, and his elevation to be Archbishop of Canterbury. It ended with a perceived betrayal that made a royal murder seem inevitable. Along the way were enough scheming, seductions, and scandals to topple any kingdom but their own. . . .Only Sharon Kay Penman can re-create this truly tumultuous time—and capture the couple who loved power as much as each other . . . and a man who loved God most of all.

Weeping from the wild splendor of the moors to the battlefields of a land divided, Marsha Canham weaves an unforgettable novel of Jacobite Scotland — of a man bound by honor — and of the woman fated to both desire and defy him. Powerful, brave, irresistibly seductive, Angus Moy, chief of Clan Chattan, was everything Lady Anne could desire in a husband and a lover. But that was before the winds of war tore through her homeland. While Angus was pledged to fight for the English, Anne embarked on a course no ordinary woman would dare. Fiercely loyal to the Jacobite cause, she led her clan in battle — with the dangerously attractive Captain John MacGillivray at her side. Angus knew only too well the price of waging war. But something else made him play the traitor — a secret he was bound to keep from Anne at all costs. How could he know Anne would risk her life — or that his own actions would drive her into the arms of another man? As the tides of battle turned, and Anne was captured by the enemy, Angus had but one last chance to rescue her — and redeem himself in the eyes of the woman he had vowed to honor and protect forever....

Reina seethes with rage over her fate: taken captive by the knight Ranulf -- a golden giant of a man -- who has pledged to deliver her to the nuptial bed of the despised Lord Rothwell. She will never accept such bondage -- and Reina offers herself to her kidnapped instead, offering to make Ranulf a great lord...if he agrees to wed her.But the brave knight desires much more than a marriage of convenience from this proud, headstrong lady who treats him with scorn yet makes his blood run hotter than liquid fire. She must come to him of her own free will -- or Ranulf will take her. For the passion that consumes them both cannot long be denied -- even though gravest peril surely awaits them on the heart's trail to a destines and turbulent love.

Three complete novels set in Regency England follow the love entanglements of the three Lester siblings. In "The Reasons for Marriage", despite having no desire for marriage, Miss Lenore is pursued by a charming duke. In "A Lady of Expectations", Jack is having a difficult time finding a suitable debutante. In "An Unwilling Conquest", Harry's resistance to marriage doesn't stop him from desiring a beautiful widow.

Sir Godfrey Tallboys had come home from the Crusades. Home to Knight's Acre. But the years had brought many changes - and not only to his estate. His wife Sybilla, exhausted with struggling to keep poverty at bay, had grown old before her time. And with Sir Godfrey's return, there was further change. With him was the Moorish slave girl who had saved his life in Spain...Tana, beautiful and beguiling, his mistress - and now she was expecting his child. Aflame with all the jealous passions of the East, Tana saw Sybilla as the obstacle to her desire. Her arrival was to alter the fortunes of the quiet Suffolk house. And in a way none of them could have possibly foreseen...

A Lancashire saga ... In 1858 Annie Hallam has at last found happiness, with her three healthy children and husband Frederick. Annie knows she deserves to sit back and enjoy her life, but the first faint clouds of worry are on the horizon. Frederick has been looking pale and ill recently, her brother Tom hasn't moved on after the death of his wife and William, her son, isn't happy at university. In spite of Frederick's gentle urging not to take the entire burden of the Gibson family on her shoulders, Annie can't help feeling concerned - and something much more dangerous is looming ...

A handsome politician determined to stamp out corruption.A beautiful wife with a sinful past.And a burgeoning love threatened by more than a past liaison.Three years after her dutifully contracted marriage, Adelaide, Lady Leeson, has fallen in love with her husband.Desperately, unequivocally, and madly in love with the good, honest man who rescued her when she was at her lowest ebb.The problem is that Tristan, Lord Leeson, thinks she is indeed a little mad-though he cares deeply for her.And Adelaide's mother will do whatever she can to enforce the fiction that her daughter has led a blameless past and that her psychological distress is based on events far more innocent than the truth.However, when Adelaide's past lover returns to England, now a celebrity due to his salacious poems, all of society wants to discover the identity of his muse.Now Adelaide must double down on her mother's lies.For if Tristan were to learn the truth, how could he love her?A passionate, tender, second-chance romance of mistakes, regrets, and ultimate redemption.Here's what the readers say: "My goodness, this was an intense and highly emotional book!" Kindle Reader"I think this was possibly the most gripping second chances story I have read this year!What happens in Tristan and Addy's romance had me going through a whole range of emotions as I read deep into the night and again today until I finished."Wonderful characters and a really fabulous story which I just have to recommend!" Kindle Reader