Claudia Martin is headmistress of a girls' school, and she has resigned herself to a life of spinsterhood. But then comes along Joseph Fawcitt - tall, dark and exquisitely sensual. Joseph is determined to make Claudia his at any cost. And the cost could be high, for he is heir to a dukedom and is expected to honour the family's legacy.

"In a time unlike any other, a family you ll never forget . . . "Meet the Huxtables three headstrong sisters and their dashing brother each searching for love that s always a shocking indiscretion away. . . . In her magnificent new novel, "New York Times" bestselling author Mary Balogh sweeps us into a world of scandal and intrigue glittering Regency England and introduces the youngest Huxtable: Stephen, the only son. Here Stephen will risk his reputation and his heart as he enters a scandalous liaison with the infamous beauty intent on seduction. But when passion turns the tables on them...

The arrival of Elliott Wallace, the irresistibly eligible Viscount Lyngate, has thrown Throckbridge into a tizzy. It soon becomes clear that Elliot seeks a convenient marriage to a suitable bride, and desperate to rescue her eldest sister Margaret from a loveless union, Vanessa Huxtable offers herself up instead.

Born a commoner, Hannah Reid has been Duchess of Dunbarton since she was nineteen years old. Now her husband is dead and, more beautiful than ever at thirty, Hannah has her freedom at last. To the shock of a conventional friend, she announces her intention to take a lover--and not just any lover, but the most dangerous and delicious man in all of upper-class England: Constantine Huxtable. Constantine's illegitimacy has denied him the title of earl, so now he denies himself nothing. Rumored to be living the easy life of a sensualist on his country estate, he always chooses recent widows for...

Hannah Reid, born a commoner, has been Duchess of Dunbarton since she was 19 years old, the wife of an elderly royal to whom she is consistently and flagrantly unfaithful. Now the old Duke is dead and, more womanly and beautiful than ever at 30, Hannah has her freedom at last. And she knows just what she wants to do with it.

From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes the third novel in the Horsemen Trilogy, in which a proper English lady discovers how desirable she really is after one very improper night...

Sophia Armitage does not consider herself attractive. Even her late husband treated her more as a companion than a lover when she accompanied him to war. But Sophia hopes to enjoy a Season in London as her niece makes her social debut--until, that is, her hopes are dashed when she is faced with a threat she can reveal to no one. Then she meets Sir Nathaniel...

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While Lady Angeline Dudley's pedigree dictates that she must land a titled gentleman, the irrepressible beauty longs for a simple, ordinary suitor. So when Edward Ailsbury, the new Earl of Heyward, defends her honor with unmatched civility, Angeline thinks that she has found true love. Persuading the earl is another matter entirely. From her unconventional fashion sense to her hoydenish antics, Angeline is the last woman on earth for Edward. And yet a stolen kiss awakens something primal within him. Naturally, being a gentleman, he does the right...

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A mesmerizing story of passionate awakening and redemption, Mary Balogh's new novel unites a war hero consigned to darkness with a remarkable woman who finds her own salvation by showing him the light of love.

Desperate to escape his mother's matchmaking, Vincent Hunt, Viscount Darleigh, flees to a remote country village. But even there, another marital trap is sprung. So when Miss Sophia Fry's intervention on his behalf finds her unceremoniously booted from her guardian's home, Vincent is compelled to act. He may have been blinded...

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Gwendoline, Lady Muir, has seen her share of tragedy. Content in a quiet life with friends and family, the young widow has no desire to marry again. But when Hugo, Lord Trentham, scoops her up in his arms after a fall, she feels a sensation that both shocks and emboldens her. Hugo is a gentleman in name only: a war hero whose bravery earned him a title, a merchant s son who inherited his wealth. He is happiest when working the land, but duty and title now demand that he finds a wife. Hugo...

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In this poignant novel of longing and salvation, a hopeful widow and a resilient war hero discover the promise of love s magic and new beginnings.

After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering death of her husband, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws until she plots an escape to distant Wales to...