[PDF] The Dukes Hidden Desire eBook

Author : Gemma Blackwood
Publisher : Gemma Blackwood
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,67 MB
Release : 2023-03-27
Category : Fiction
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A reckless duke meets his match in a determined young woman – and throws her future into jeopardy with one stolen kiss. Miss Anna Hawkins, the daughter of a poor country doctor, knows the mysterious stranger who kissed her at the ball cannot really be the Duke of Beaumont. Dukes are virtuous and noble, and this man is arrogant, impudent… and dangerously seductive. When she discovers he is telling the truth, it only makes matters worse. Anna has more important problems than romance – a handsome duke is the last thing she needs. Beaumont cannot forget Anna Hawkins. It’s not only her sharp mind and delicate features. It’s not only the flame-red hair he longs to caress. It’s not even that she is the only woman in England to say no to a duke. Anna is not afraid to chastise Beaumont for his lack of virtue, and he has never wanted anyone more. Before long, he has only one desire: to make her his duchess. But it takes more than a dukedom to win a woman’s heart. This is the second book in the series Scandals of Scarcliffe Hall. You do not have to read the first book to enjoy this one! However, there are some connections between the books which will reward readers of the whole series.

Author : Morgan Bryan
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,17 MB
Release : 2023-06-23
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"The characters felt so real, with their flaws and insecurities. This story beautifully captures the essence of true love." Baroness Shaina, once a saint and engaged to the crown prince, finds herself exiled and with a broken engagement due to a royal decree. Seeking a true partner, she enters into an engagement with the notorious womanizer, Duke Colby, known as the "number one playboy in the nation." Unbeknownst to the Duke, their arrangement is temporary, but his feelings deepen into love. As mutual misunderstandings and affection arise, their provisional engagement evolves into something more. Join Shaina, haunted by self-doubt and the voices in her head, and the Duke, struggling to maintain his cool facade, as fate intertwines their paths. Both flawed and insecure, they must overcome obstacles to experience true love in this heartwarming historical romance. With elements of cruelty, generational differences, and political marriages, the story delves into serious themes while offering a touch of comedy. Dive into a tale of heartache, passion, and devotion, where the characters are relatable and engaging, penned by the talented author, Sandreki Zero.

Author : Carole Mortimer
Publisher : Carole Mortimer
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 26,8 MB
Release : 2021-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1910597929

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Hidden Desire (Regency Men in Love 2) is the second book in the MM Regency series written by Carole Mortimer as C A MORTIMER Carole Mortimer is a USA Today Bestselling author, an Amazon #1 Bestselling author, and an International Bestselling author of over 260 novels in many different romance genres. Maxim Armitage, the Duke of Lancaster, has become totally smitten with Christopher Brooks since that young man came to work as a server at The Apollo Club, a gentleman’s club owned by Maxim and three of his closest friends. But their ages, Christopher is only nineteen to Maxim’s six and thirty, and the difference in their circumstances, Christopher is employed at The Apollo Club and Maxim is the powerful Duke of Lancaster, force Maxim to keep his distance. Until the night Maxim discovers Christopher being attacked by another man. Christopher Brooks was beyond grateful when he was offered employment at The Apollo Club. He enjoys his work there. The owners of the club are fair gentlemen. Most especially Maxim Armitage, the Duke of Lancaster, whom Christopher very quickly finds himself developing feelings for. His fellow workers have also become the family Christopher no longer has. All except one, and Christopher has managed to evade that man’s demands to date. Until the evening he is no longer able to do so. Being rescued and cared for by Maxim makes Christopher long for things he can’t have. Or can he? And what will become of their mutual attraction if or when Maxim learns the secret Christopher has been hiding from him?

Author : Gemma Blackwood
Publisher : Gemma Blackwood
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 31,31 MB
Release : 2024-08-16
Category : Fiction
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There are some young women who do as they’re told, and there are other young women who run away with devilishly handsome Naval officers. Miss Jennifer Cartwright is as surprised as anyone to discover that she is the second type of woman. But since her only other option is marrying the terrifying Lord Beeston, she’ll fling herself on the mercy of anyone who can smuggle her off to the safety of her sister’s country cottage. It’s just her luck that the man she flings herself upon is Captain Sebastian Whitby, who – quite apart from his rough manners and pistol-toting reputation – happens to owe Beeston his life. Sebastian takes paying his debts very seriously. He’ll do anything to persuade her to give Beeston a chance. Anything except stop kissing her, that is, because that keeps happening with alarming regularity. And, though Jennifer is certain she’s never met a ruder, more reckless, more impossible man in her life, she doesn’t want to stop kissing Sebastian, either…

Author : Gemma Blackwood
Publisher : Gemma Blackwood
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
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In his haste to find a marriage of convenience, an arrogant baron proposes to his sworn enemy… Lady Jemima Stanhope has a secret she cannot share, even with her husband. Especially with her husband. Because that husband is the incorrigible rake, Lord Northmere. Northmere is the last man on earth Jemima wanted to marry, which is perfect. At least she knows he’ll leave her to investigate her brother’s death in peace. Now, if only she could stop thinking about him. How can a man be so unbearable, and yet still charming, generous, and perilously romantic? Ralph Morton, Baron Northmere, has secrets of his own. One of the most carefully hidden is that Lady Jemima has always entranced him. Now she is his – in name only. How can he nurture the marriage he wants when she is determined to keep him at arm’s length? And if she discovers the truth about his family, will she ever return to his side?

Author : M. C. Beaton
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 1093 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 2020-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0795353308

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Seven novels by the New York Times–bestselling author,“a romance writer who deftly blends humor and adventure” (Booklist). From a bride whose scandalous secret is revealed on her wedding day by a talking mynah bird, to a duke seduced by love letters secretly written by someone else, to an ingénue and a vicar’s wife drawn unexpectedly into the whirlwind of the London season, these seven novels are set in a world of high society scheming and passions hidden behind nineteenth-century propriety. The Dukes and Desires Series includes: The Desirable Duchess; Her Grace’s Passion; Pretty Polly; The Sins of Lady Dacey; My Dear Duchess; Lady Lucy’s Lover; and The Scandalous Marriage. “The best of the Regency writers.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Gemma Blackwood
Publisher : Gemma Blackwood
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 11,87 MB
Release : 2023-03-20
Category : Fiction
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Two warring families. One forbidden love. Lady Cecily Balfour was always taught that the Hartley men are mad, bad and dangerous to know. When she meets Robert Hartley, Earl of Scarcliffe, she makes a few additions to that list: Stubborn. Infuriating. Handsome. Charming. Tempting. Society expects Cecily to make an advantageous match of her father’s choosing. What can she do now that her own choice is a man she is expressly forbidden to see? The Earl of Scarcliffe enjoys hunting, drinking, billiards, and bachelordom. Love does not feature on his list of requirements. Especially for a woman with a stubborn streak a mile wide and a penchant for riding off on his favourite stallion. And if that same woman is a Balfour? Not a chance! But Cecily just happens to have a pair of striking blue eyes, a taste for adventure and a rapier-sharp sense of humour… Robert’s heart is in as much danger as his head will be if they are caught together. When Robert and Cecily defy their powerful families for love, what will they have to sacrifice in return?

Author : Samantha Grace
Publisher : HOLO Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,50 MB
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1386189553

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In the game of espionage, love is a weakness... When Viscount Margrave joined the Regent's Consul, an elite group of spies formed during the Napoleonic Wars, he did so with the understanding he would never marry. Danger lurks around every corner in the world of intrigue, and vulnerability quickly becomes a nail in one's coffin. Unfortunately, the most alluring debutante of the Season has set her cap for him, and resisting the desire to make her his own is sweet torture. In the game of courtship, love is the prize... One magical kiss from her uncle's handsome godson under the mistletoe convinced Sophia Darlington of what she suspected all along. Lord Margrave is her soulmate. Persuading the stubborn viscount, however, is an exercise in frustration. One moment he encourages her to find a more suitable husband, then he frightens away would-be suitors with his dark glowers and menacing presence. The man is impossible, but she loves him. And she'll entice him into admitting he loves her too, even if it kills her. Join Sophia and Crispin on this exciting and romantic adventure today. Gentlemen of Intrigue: Book 1 Secrets to a Gentleman's Heart Book 2 A Secret in Her Eyes Book 3 A Lady's Secrets Book 4 Lord Margrave's Secret Desire

Author : Carole Mortimer
Publisher : Carole Mortimer
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,98 MB
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 191433616X

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HIDDEN PASSION (Regency Men in Love 3) is the third book in the quartet of MM Regency Romances, written by #1 International Bestselling Author Carole Mortimer as C A MORTIMER. Each book features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but characters from previous books in the series may make an appearance or are mentioned. Hidden Passion features Wulfram Edmund Fitzherbert, the haughty and stern Duke of Wulferston, and the cheeky and outspoken Billy Brown. When the irrepressible Billy Brown accepts a temporary position in the household of the austere Duke of Wulferston, he does so fully aware that his attraction to the much older duke will never be reciprocated. Wulf is a man of experience and sophistication, a member of parliament and a magistrate, and yet the life of respectability he has deliberately built for himself ceases to be important when it comes to the desire he feels to make the irrepressible Billy Brown his own. But all it not as it seems in the duke’s household, and it falls to Billy to expose the person responsible. Will Wulf believe him, or will he assume, given Billy’s circumstances, that Billy himself is to blame?

Author : Gemma Blackwood
Publisher : Gemma Blackwood
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,19 MB
Release : 2024-02-14
Category : Fiction
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With her family facing bankruptcy, Cassandra Whitby does the only thing a young lady of gentle birth and little beauty can do: Dress in her brother’s clothes and enter a fencing competition, of course. She just needs to persuade her sworn enemy, Viscount Kendrick, to help her do it. Hugo Kendrick is as cunning as he’s charming, scarred inside and out. Cassandra knows his help will come at a price – but the prize money could secure her sisters’ future, and that’s worth risking everything. She didn’t expect she’d be paying Hugo’s price with breathless moonlit kisses. Or that the only thing to drive her crazier than his mocking smile might be the glitter of starlight in his dark eyes. Or that he’d enter the tourney himself, just to spite her. No, wait. Perhaps she should have expected that. The treacherous cad! Swords clash, sparks fly, and before Cassandra knows it, the fencing trophy is no longer the only prize in contention. Hugo has his sights set on her. And he always fights to win.