Belgrave House: 700 books

Miss Meribe Prestwich was not actually a widow. She was engaged twice to men who each died shortly before he was to wed her, and courted by two more men who went to early graves. Only Lord Thorverton is determined to discover who is behind these supposed accidents. His motives for helping Meribe are,...

Redheaded Jericho, a bondslave, was gambled away to Lord Dove, that skilled swordsman and lover of ladies. When he claimed her indenture, her life changed. As she turned from a ragamuffin into a beauty, she moved from the wild streets of colonial America to the landed mansions of Restoration England....

Lady Faith Mordains fiancé is castigated in Guy Delamars Harbinger newspaper as a thief. She believes the social climbing editor must be wrong--though Lord Thomas apparently did take flight with the companys funds. The race to retrieve the funds or the peers reputation is on--with Faiths chaperoning...

Sir Edmund said: “I think it is a mistake for a man of unstable temperament to marry, dont you?” Lizzie replied: “To marry a timid lady, yes. Good gracious, is this the reason you espouse misogamy? Dont be such a gudgeon, Edmund. Find someone who is not afraid of your blustering, arm her with...

Sir Ludwig called her “Rose Trelawney” because she had no memory of who she was. Awaking in a ditch in a snowstorm, “Rose” had eventually found safe haven at Sir Ludwigs home as his sisters governess. But she found herself not unfamiliar with ordering servants about—or the physical desire...

Sensible, impecunious Isabella Clinton is companion to her beautiful cousin Georgiana Sharman. When Georgiana is sent home to Sussex, Isabella believes Lord Fordington's many visits indicate he is taken with lovely Georgiana--not herself. She has two unwanted suitors, Georgiana's brother William and...

Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox, off-duty and watching a Polo match, is vexed when expected to help when local celebrity Sir Noah Kimberley hasn’t turned up to present the trophies. A missing husband isn’t a police matter! But her reluctant enquiries turn into a complex double-murder investigation....

When Zoie Barrons painting studio is being readied, a stolen necklace is discovered. She decides to return it on the sly, but Lord Weylin is suspicious, especially when the necklace is found to be fake. Seldom trusting each other, Zoie and Lord Weylin set out to solve this mystery that involves her...

Frisco Styers father has desperately mismanaged the family business. And Lucas MacCanna decides to takeover the company—and Frisco. Struck by a flaming desire, he proposes to offer her a partnership in the business only if she becomes his partner in bed. Frisco finds him arrogant as well as arousing,...

The Marquis of Claymore had been rejected by the Beauty of the Season and he was determined to marry the first beautiful woman he could find to assuage his pride. There were the Wanderley twins, with Wanda as gorgeous as could be, and her twin, Ellie, obviously not in the same class. But Wanda was almost engaged… Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett

Elinor Bennett inherited a coaching inn, The LadyShip, when her father died. Her twin Ned should have been the one to run it, but he was fighting Bonaparte. Elinors favorite patron was Marcus Allingham, but, feeling he must carry on the family name, he got engaged to the flighty Clarissa Dudley. Clarissas...

In 1789 Nathan Henry imitated his neighbor Benjamin Franklin by creating a will not to be read for over two hundred years. In 2001 Millie Kirchner, struggling single-mother, received an invitation to the reading of that will. A trip to historic Philadelphia to meet unknown relatives is almost as alluring...

Trudie Barten, bored by her restricted life in London with her brother gone to Newmarket, offered Latin tutoring to his friends. Misunderstanding her intent, the arrogant Lord Luten accused her of being a lightskirt determined to capture his wealthy, naïve young nephew. So Trudie and her aunt joined...