Belgrave House: 700 books

Anna van Deusens father, the most honest man in London, has been arrested as a jewel thief. In an effort to prove his innocence she takes a job as governess to Lucien, whose guardian accused her father. At the Park she discovers fake diamonds, a wifes indiscretion--and Major Morrison, who is not the...

Matchmaking was a talent of Cecilia Cummings, and she was happy to assist her cousins to bring their suitors to the sticking point. But Lord Wickham had led the gentlemen astray, and she would have to charm him in order to win this battle. Unaccountably, thoughts of Wickham and her own unmarried state...

Anne Southwell and her ward Melissa sought refuge from a snowstorm at the estate of Henry Stanton, Marquess of Talford. Though Anne realized belatedly that this was Hell-Born-Harry, notorious rake, she found herself explaining her present difficulties to him. When his lordship provided a scandalous solution,...

Cecily Wolverton has been done out of her inheritance by her cousin Alfred. And Jack Henley, son of Sir Geoffrey, has been temporarily disowned by his father because of his gambling debts. Jack, forced to drive a Royal Mail Coach, has learned the error of his ways, but its the determined Miss Wolverton...

Lawyer Seymour Lipp tries to help a teenage girl who was persuaded by her father to give her baby up for adoptionand now wants to change her decision. Her father, Paul Morrissey, had arranged the adoption through a shady lawyer to a Vietnam vet and his wife. When Morrissey is murdered, Lipp investigates...

Hester Durant accepted the proposal of a stranger, the Earl of Grey Cliffs, because he promised to provide for her if she would care for his troubled son. Mostly she agreed because of his anguished eyes. But on arrival at her new home she discovered eccentric relatives and a mystery surrounding the...

Unconventional Elspeth Gordon followed the drum because her father was an officer in the Napoleonic wars. But when her carriage was attacked by ruthless Spanish bandits, it was Lieutenant Val Aston who rescued her. Though Elspeth fell in love with Val, he was a man of honor who considered his birth far...

Aurora Falkner is kissed by a darkly handsome man near the gypsy encampment. When the same man shows up claiming to be the long lost Lord Raiker, she is suspicious. But neighbors claim to recognize him, and he certainly knows his way around the village--and the village women. Is he an impostor, as...

Laura Harwood reluctantly agreed to accompany her cousin Olivia, Baroness Pilmore, to London for the season. What did she know about nabbing a husband? But Olivia caught the attention of the famous artist Lord Hyatt, who decided to paint her barefoot. And Laura came along as chaperone. When his lordships...

Because she wrote popular fiction, Honora Dillon was effectively excluded from the Regency ton. But her major concern was to provide a comfortable life for her daughter Miranda. Though his mother thought her an adventuress, Viscount Vane was more than tempted by Honoras beauty and brilliance. But Honora...

Lady Joanna Barrand had a decided tendre for her childhood companion, Tony, Lord Ashford. Oh, she knew he was a confirmed gambler, especially since his brother had died, and she knew he was courting a beautiful older widow for her fortune, but she also knew that someone had to come to his assistance....

For her entire life Sophia Featherstonaugh has followed the drum with her wild and charming father and long suffering mother. To Sophia, one dashing cavalry officer is very much like another--until Major Lord Mark Adair appears. Only Sophia understands how uncomfortable Mark is as Wellington's spy,...

Davinia Blythe had lost her young husband suddenly. So she went to his family home, Blythe Wyngate, and was originally welcomed. Until it became known that she was pregnant, with the possible heir if her child was a boy. Then she was pushed off the windmill stairs. Who could have done it but Homer, who...

At 22 Grace Farnsworth had lost her job as a governess, and had to assume a childish disguise to have enough money for a coach seat. But arriving in Wickfield hadn’t solved her problem, as her old governess was away. Lord Whewett, having heard her story, offered her a hundred pounds to act his daughter...