The Disappearance of Lady Edith by Christina McKnight

The Disappearance of Lady Edith
by Christina McKnight
The Undaunted Debutantes Book One
One tragic night changed sensible, proper Lady Edith Pelton’s life: when her best friend fell to her death, pushed down a flight of stairs by a nefarious lord. Now, Edith dedicates her time to watching the man she thinks is responsible, while gathering information to expose other scoundrels posing as gentlemen of honor about London. When her spying is noticed by a perfect stranger, Edith finds herself with two mysteries—what happened to her friend, and how to win the heart of this brilliantly handsome lord.

Triston Neville, Viscount Torrington, has been tasked with two duties for the upcoming Season: see that his sisters make the most of their debut, and avoid embroiling himself in another scandal. What he does not expect is the captivating, fair-haired beauty that literally falls into his path. When the mysterious Lady Edith suddenly disappears without a trace, Triston fears his past misdeeds may have returned to destroy his life once more.

Can Triston piece together the puzzle in time to save Edith and prove that his love is nothing less than honorable?

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Mystery, Suspense
Release Date: May 23, 2017
Publisher: La Loma Elite Publishing

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A Brazen Bargain by Laura Trentham

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A Brazen Bargain by Laura Trentham
Spies and Lovers Book Two
Love soothes the deepest of scars.

Minerva Bellingham is at her wits’ end. Her younger brother, Simon, will have them penniless and on the streets if his extravagant gambling habit isn’t curtailed. An enormous debt to Lord Rafe Drummond is the final indignity.

Signing over her dowry is their only choice. Until Lord Drummond suggests something much more scandalous. She can keep her dowry—in exchange for the Bellinghams working three months as a housemaid and stable boy.

Scarred from his service to the Crown, Rafe recognizes the young Simon Bellingham has the makings of a good duke. Minerva is a different story. Her pure, delicate beauty only underscores Rafe’s tarnished, bleak soul.

Yet he delights in cracking Minerva’s icy reserve to reveal a fiery, stubborn woman. And Minerva discovers the gruff master of Wintermarsh has the heart of a poet. But before they can find a future safe in each other’s arms, a menace from Simon’s licentious past slithers back into their lives, forcing Rafe to plan the most important rescue mission of his life.

Warning: Contains a paragon of the beau monde who gets the hang of polishing silver, and a master of the house who’d like her to make his bed—preferably with him in it. Also passion unleashed with the mere touch of a finger. Readers are encouraged to swoon.

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Spies, PTSD
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Publisher: Samhain Publishing

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Susana and the Scot by Sabrina York

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Susana and the Scot by Sabrina York
Untamed Highlanders Book Two
In the wild Scottish Highlands, where the bravest of men surrender to no one—except the boldest of women...

Scotland, 1813

A Scandalous Temptation…
Andrew Lochlannach is famous for his conquests, on and off the battlefield. When a fellow warrior challenges him to a kissing contest, he wastes no time in planting his lips on ninety-nine lovely lasses—an impressive feat of seduction that gets him banished to the farmlands. Still, Andrew has no regrets about his exploits—especially his embrace with the most beguiling woman he's ever met...

An Undeniable Passion…
With flaming red hair and a temper to match, Susana is not the kind of innocent farmgirl who gives herself over easily to a man, even one as ruggedly handsome as Andrew. The wicked Scot may have won a kiss from the headstrong beauty in a moment of mutual desire, but Susana refuses to be just another one of his conquests. Andrew must convince the fiery lass that even though he is not playing a game, losing her is not an option…

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Highlanders
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Publisher: Macmillan/St. Martin's Press

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What the Marquess Sees by Amy Quinton

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What the Marquess Sees by Amy Quinton
Agents of Change Book Two
What happens when you throw together a charming Marquess and a lady who lies? Anything!

The Marquess of Dansbury is a charismatic spy who has taken on many difficult tasks for the crown, but none so difficult as protecting Lady Beatryce Beckett. She lies, she cheats, she steals, and she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Right now, what Lady Beatryce wants is the marquess. But, when you’re on the run from a mad assassin, it’s hard to find the time to profess your love!

England 1814: He is a marquess with a woman to protect and an assassin to thwart. She is…not nice.

The Marquess of Dansbury is a strong, charismatic man living a charmed life as an agent for the crown. His past isn’t without tragedy, but he is too amiable to allow misfortune to mar his positive outlook on life. Until now…when he finds himself tasked with protecting the one woman in the world he actively disdains, Lady Beatryce Beckett.

Lady Beatryce Beckett is mean. She ruins other women on purpose. She lies. She cheats. She even steals. And she takes particular pleasure in provoking a certain marquess. In short, she’ll do anything to get what she wants: freedom from her abusive father. But she is strong (she’s had to be), worthy (who’d have thought it), and in love… Wait, what?

It will take a special man to see the true woman beneath the surface…and a strong woman to allow him that glimpse. Is the Marquess of Dansbury up to the task?

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Spies, Humor, Mystery, Suspense
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books

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An Indecent Invitation by Laura Trentham

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An Indecent Invitation by Laura Trentham
Spies and Lovers Book One
Keeping her safe is difficult, keeping a proper distance from her is downright impossible.

Lady Lily Drummond understands only too well the danger of spy work. Her father, a preeminent master spy, has been missing for months, and her brother barely survived his final mission for the Crown. Lily is still determined to help find her father, no matter how hard her brother and his best friend try to keep her in the dark.

Busy trying to untangle the web of deceit surrounding the Earl of Windor’s disappearance, Crown spy Gray Masterson also has to ensure Lily Drummond, the gangly, awkward child who was his constant shadow growing up, doesn’t get herself ruined at her London debut. But the girl with scraped knees and elbows has evolved into a lush, sensual beauty surrounded by a bevy of suitors.

Realizing Lily is going to investigate on her own if he doesn’t let her join the hunt for her missing father, Gray assumes he can give Lily a few minor tasks to pacify her, but he quickly learns she is a valuable asset. Moreover, she fairly crackles with life and warmth—things he craves after his dark years in service.

Warning: This book contains spies, scandals, naughty liaisons in houses of ill repute, men who think they know everything and women who know they do not.

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Spies
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Publisher: Samhain Publishing

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Deception by A.S. Fenichel

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Deception by A.S. Fenichel
The Demon Hunters Book Two
When Demons threaten Regency London, only a Lady can stop them.

Lillian Dellacourt is beautiful, refined and absolutely lethal. She’s also the most feared and merciless demon hunter in The Company. She’s come a long way from the penniless seamstress’s daughter sold to the highest bidder, and it wasn’t by trusting a man, let alone an exiled Marquis with more on his mind than slaying the hellspawn . . .

For Dorian Lambert, Marquis de Montalembert, being sent to keep track of Lillian is no mean task. He’s wanted the fiery vixen since he first heard of her five years ago. But wooing the lady while fighting the demon uprising is no easy feat, especially when the lady’s tongue is as sharp as the Japanese sai blades she favors for eviscerating the spawn of hell.

These two will have to learn to trust each other fast, because the demon master is back, and he’s planning to turn Edinburgh into a living hell…

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Content/Theme(s): Historical, Demons, Regency, Urban Fantasy
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Publisher: Kensington Publishing/Lyrical Press

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Bridging the Storm by Meredith Bond

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Bridging the Storm by Meredith Bond
Storm series Book Two
Can a twenty year-old woman make life worth living for a man nearly a thousand years old?

Kate Cherington is certainly trying her best. The handsome and amusing Sir Arthur Dagonet does exactly what Kate has always dreamed of doing—travel the world, exploring new lands. He also may be her only path away from an aunt determined to keep Kate from having a life of her own. Kate knows that her only hope for the adventure she craves is to escape with Sir Arthur.

Sir Arthur has already lived through several lifetimes, thanks to the gift of immortality from the great Merlin. After centuries of adventure, he’s eager to rid himself of this gift, and to finally die. But meeting the brave and beautiful Kate brings back memories of his happy exploits with the Children of Avalon, the first of the magical Vallen. Though he decides he really doesn’t want to get distracted from his goal, he is bound by a promise to help, Tatiana Vallentyn, the current high priestess of the Vallen.

From the mists of legend to the estates of the Regency, Kate and Sir Arthur tussle with a force unanticipated by either, and stronger than any desire for life or death—love.

Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Medieval Knight, Magic, Sweet
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Publisher: Anessa Books

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To Tame the Wind by Regan Walker

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To Tame the Wind by Regan Walker
Agents of the Crown Book 0 (prequel)
Donet Trilogy Book One

Paris 1782…An Innocent Is Taken

All Claire Donet knew was the world inside the convent walls in Saint-Denis. She had no idea her beloved papa was a pirate.

But when he seized Simon Powell's schooner, the English privateer decided to take the one thing his enemy held most dear...her.

A Battle Is Joined

The waters between France and England roil with the clashes of Claire's father and her captor as the last year of the American Revolution rages on the sea, spies lurk in Paris and Claire’s passion for the English captain rises.

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Georgian, Pirates, Spies, High seas adventure, 18th century, American Revolution
Release Date: May 9, 2015
Publisher: Indie

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What the Duke Wants by Amy Quinton

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What the Duke Wants
by Amy Quinton
Agents of Change Book One
What happens when a staid duke with a tragic past meets an accident-prone young lady just waiting for the day when she comes into her inheritance? Anything!

England 1814
Upstanding duke desperately seeks accident-prone wife from trade…

She is from trade. He is a duke and an agent for the crown with a name to restore and a mystery to solve.

Miss Grace (ha!) Radclyffe is an oftentimes hilariously clumsy, 20-year-old orphan biding her time living with her uncle until she is old enough to come into her small inheritance. Much to her aunt’s chagrin.

She isn’t:

• Reserved – not with her shocking! tendency to befriend the servants…
• Sophisticated – highly overrated if one cannot run around barefoot outside…
• Graceful – she once flung her dinner into a duke’s face… on accident, of course.

But she is:

• Practical – owning a fashion house is in her future; unless someone foils her plans…
• In love…maybe…perhaps…possibly…

The Duke of Stonebridge is a man with a tragic past. His father died mysteriously when he was 12 years old amid speculation that the old duke was ‘involved’ with another man. He must restore his family name, but on the eve of his engagement to the perfect debutante, he meets his betrothed’s cousin, and his world is turned inside out… No matter.

He is always:

• Logical – men who follow their hearts and not their heads are foolish…
• Reserved – his private life is nobody’s business but his own…

And he isn’t:

• Impulsive – it always leads to trouble…
• Charming – that’s his best friend, the Marquess of Dansbury’s, area of expertise…
• In love…maybe…perhaps…possibly…

Can he have what he wants and remain respectable? Can she trust him to be the man she needs?

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Spies, Suspense
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books

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Beauty and the Rake by Erica Monroe

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Beauty & the Rake
by Erica Monroe
Rookery Rogues Book Three
Once she was beautiful…
Abigail Vautille grew up in the heart of the London rookeries, toiling as a factory worker until one tragic night leaves her disfigured and unable to weave. Faced with starvation or prostitution, she strikes a deal with the rogue who owns her father’s gambling debts—if he excuses the debt, for two weeks, she’ll give him her body, but not her heart.

Once he was charming…
Inspector Michael Strickland of the Metropolitan Police has always had a way with women. Success comes easily to him, and he glides through life on his good looks and family name. But Abigail lights a passion within him he never knew existed. As he gets to know her, he realizes two weeks with her won’t be enough. He sees the beauty within her, not the beast she believes herself to be.

Together, their love is beyond a fairy tale…
Yet Abigail’s scars run more than skin deep. With the end of their agreement so close, can Michael convince Abigail she’s exactly who he wants?

Genre: Historical Romantic Suspense
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Detective, Mystery, Beauty and the Beast
Release Date: April 21, 2015 Special 99¢ Pre-order price
Publisher: Quillfire Publishing

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Scenting Scandal by Suzi Love
Scandalous Siblings Book Two
…heroines whose scientific knowledge and intellect are an affront to early Victorian's increasingly staid society. The family's second sister uses her extraordinary olfactory senses to sniff out her perfect match, a husband who fits all her scientific criteria.

Lady Laura Jamison has a gift and she’s not afraid to use it. She’s after a husband, but not just any husband. She wants a man who meets her logical and scientific criteria. Her extraordinary olfactory senses lead her to Richard, the Earl of Winchester. He might not know it-yet-but he’s her perfect match.

Richard has no time for family friend, Laura, the mad scientist. He’s been pursued by many a female, but never on the premise that one sniff can decide your soul mate. Besides, he wants to marry a sweet and docile woman, a socially acceptable young lady, the exact opposite of Laura. (continued...)

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Cover Reveal - Wind Raven by Regan Walker

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Wind Raven by Regan Walker
Agents of the Crown Book Three
Her love was a tide she couldn’t hold back.

Ordered by the Prince Regent into the Caribbean, English sea captain and former privateer Jean Nicholas Powell has no time for women onboard the Wind Raven, especially not Tara McConnell. The impudent American forced herself aboard, and so she’ll get more than she bargained for: Instead of a direct sail to Baltimore, she’ll join their quest to investigate a rampaging pirate, the infamous Roberto Cofresi.

But the hoyden thinks she can crew with his men, and though he bans her from the rigging, Nick is captivated watching her lithe, luscious movements on deck. Facing high seas, storms, cutthroats and the endless unknown, he must protect his ship, his passenger, his crew. But on this voyage, with this woman, there is a greater danger: to his heart.

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Pirates, Sea adventure
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group

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Cover Reveal - The Earl’s Christmas Colt by Rebecca Thomas

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The Earl’s Christmas Colt
by Rebecca Thomas
Lady Arabella Sutton is stunned to learn her brother has betrothed her to a stranger despite his promises for a season in London. Although she is the first to admit no man would suit, since she’s more interested in horses than marriage, the last thing she wants is to become a brood mare to a stuffy old earl. Facing a future she cannot abide, she takes an impetuous ride to clear her head and ends up tending her injured mare instead.

Oliver Westwyck, the Earl of Marsdale, can’t believe his luck when he stops at an inn the night before he’s to meet his fiancée. In the stable, while tending the colt he intends to give to his future wife, he happens upon her—rain-drenched but beautiful. She assumes he’s a stable hand, a fine joke he means to end...until Lady Arabella declares all noblemen are egotistical, conceited, and arrogant. How can he reveal his true identity before he’s managed to change her mind and win her heart?

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Publisher: Entangled Flirt

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Cover Reveal - A Holiday Anthology Vol 1 by Exquisite Quills

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A Holiday Anthology Vol. 1 by Exquisite Quills

A collection of short Christmas stories from the international author group Exquisite Quills and a few friends written for adults who love romance stories but is family friendly. Each holiday-themed short story is unique. From contemporary to historical, the Exquisite Quills authors and friends wish you a happy holiday filled with wonderful books.

Stories include:
Christmas Knight by Victoria Adams
Star of Wonder by Rose Anderson
The Kissing Ball by E. Ayers
The Christmas Risk by Beverley Bateman
Fallen In Love by Helena Fairfax
Snow Job by J.D. Faver
Christmas Miracle by Jennifer Garcia
Highland Hogmanay by Romy Gemmell
Almost Christmas by Vonnie Hughes
The Unexpected Gift by Susan Jaymes
Shooting Star Holiday Express by Gemma Juliana
The Christmas Gift by Jean Lamb
A Faery's Wish by Jane Leopold Quinn
Joyeux Noel by Zanna Mackenzie
Gifts To Treasure by Kaye Spencer

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Cover Reveal - The Twelfth Night Wager by Regan Walker

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The Twelfth Night Wager by Regan Walker
The Redheaded Rake...

It was a dull day at White’s, the day he agreed to the wager: seduce bed and walk away from the lovely Lady Leisterfield, all by Twelfth Night. This holiday season, Christopher St. Ives, Viscount Eustace, planned to give himself a gift.

The Innocent Widow...

She was too proper by half—or so was the accusation of her friends, which was why her father had to find her a husband. But Lord Leisterfield was now gone a year, and Grace was at last shedding the drab colors of mourning.

The house felt empty, more so during the coming Christmastide, and so tonight her coming out would begin with a scandalous piece of theater. The play would attract rogues, or so promised her friend the dowager countess. It would indeed. The night would bring about the greatest danger—and the greatest happiness—that Grace had ever known.

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency, Christmas
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group

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Cover Reveal - Learning to Waltz by Kerryn Reid

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Learning to Waltz
by Kerryn Reid
Deborah Moore has learned her lessons well–feel nothing, reveal less, and trust no one. Now widowed with a child of her own, she leads a lonely, cloistered existence, counting her farthings and thinking she is safe. When five-year-old Julian is lost one bitter December day, she discovers how tenuous that safety is.

Evan Haverfield has lived thirty carefree years, hunting, laughing, and dancing among London’s high society. His biggest problem has been finding excuses not to marry. But his life changes when he finds Julian Moore half-frozen under a hedge and carries him home to his mother. The young widow hides behind a mask, hard and reserved, but Evan sees glimpses of another woman, wistful, intelligent, and passionate. She’s vulnerable, desirable—and completely unsuitable for the heir to Northridge.

Alone in the earliest hours of a new year, Evan teaches Deborah to waltz. Can he teach her joy and laughter? Will love sweep away the shadows of her past and reveal the luminous woman she could be?

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Regency
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Publisher: Taliesin Publishing

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Cover Reveal - The Westerfield Affair by Renee Rose

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The Westerfield Affair by Renee Rose
Reserved to the point of being asocial, Lord Westerfield never attended balls or even considered taking a wife until he met Miss Kitty Stanley and his ordered world turned on end. Determined to have the beautiful and animated sister of his friend from the gambling hall, but doubting his ability to effectively court her, Westerfield strikes a bargain with her brother for her hand.

When the gentlemen present Kitty with the dealing, she is furious with them both for neglecting to consult her, but her brother insists he will withdraw his support if she does not comply. Angry, she acts out at a ball, causing a scandal that mushrooms further when Lord Westerfield drags her away to his home unescorted for a spanking.

Baring her for the discipline, Westerfield is swept away by desire, taking her innocence and completing the ruin of her reputation. He offers to release her from the betrothal contract, but her brother insists instead on a hasty marriage. As they attempt to recover from the scandal that becomes known as “the Westerfield Affair,” their marriage is clouded by his shame and her insecurities. Will they have the courage to move past their rough beginning to create the loving marriage they both crave?

Genre: Regency Romance
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications

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Cover Reveal - Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare

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Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare

Spindle Cove Book Four

Today Pauline is just a serving girl in Spindle Cove but tomorrow... she'll be a Duchess?! It's a Spindle Cove Pygmalion story as only New York Times Bestselling author Tessa Dare can tell it.

What's a duke to do, when the girl who's perfectly wrong becomes the woman he can't live without?

Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, has no desire to wed this season-or any season-but his diabolical mother abducts him to "Spinster Cove" and insists he select a bride from the ladies in residence. Griff decides to teach her a lesson that will end the marriage debate forever. He chooses the serving girl.

Overworked and struggling, Pauline Simms doesn't dream about dukes. All she wants is to hang up her barmaid apron and open a bookshop. That dream becomes a possibility when an arrogant, sinfully attractive duke offers her a small fortune for a week's employment. Her duties are simple: submit to his mother's "duchess training"… and fail miserably.

But in London, Pauline isn't a miserable failure. She's a brave, quick-witted, beguiling failure-a woman who ignites Griff's desire and soothes the darkness in his soul. Keeping Pauline by his side won't be easy. Even if Society could accept a serving girl duchess-can a roguish duke convince a serving girl to trust him with her heart?

Genre: Regency Historical Romance Release Date: May 28, 2013 Publisher: Avon Books

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Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare

Spindle Cove Book 3.5

Take a trip to Spindle Cove in New York Times bestselling author Tessa Dare’s gorgeous and sexy Regency romance.

Beautiful and elegant, Miss Diana Highwood is destined to marry a wealthy, well-placed nobleman. At least that’s what her mother has loudly declared to everyone in Spindle Cove.

But Diana’s not excited by dukes and lords. The only man who makes her heart pound is the village blacksmith, Aaron Dawes. By birth and fortune, they couldn’t be more wrong for each other ... but during stolen, steamy moments in the smithy, his strong hands feel so right.

Is their love forged strong enough to last, or are they just playing with fire?

Genre: Regency Historical Romance Release Date: April 30, 2013 Publisher: Avon Books

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Cover Reveal - Dark Fancy by Sabrina York

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Dark Fancy by Sabrina York
When Lady Helena Simpson flees an unwanted marriage to a revolting lord, she finds refuge in a humble gardener’s cottage. Cocooned and safe with James, a charming, handsome man unlike any she was ever known, Helena concocts the perfect solution to her problem. She asks—begs—James to ruin her.

Surely her betrothed will repudiate her if she is no longer pure. And if all her efforts fail and she still ends up married to a horrid man until the end of her days—she will, at least once, have known true passion.

But James is not all he seems. He is, in fact, a wicked lord with a dark fancy. When Helena awakens his desire, he becomes determined to take everything she has to offer, and more. No matter the cost.

Genre: Erotic Regency Historical Romance
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Publisher: Ellora's Cave

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