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A wedding they can't escape--A Christmas they'll never forget! The last person that Samuel Beresford expected to fish out of a freezing, perilous river was Julia Livingston. The girl who was once an outcast in his village is now a woman and the talk of the ton for her beauty. When his daring rescue compromises them into marriage, but Julia is hesitant to trust anyone from her childhood, can Samuel prove he's no longer the boy she knew?

One passionate night. A seven-year-old secret. Widowed Lady Eliza Varden must endure one more ball before she can politely return to the country. Only her last dance brings her face-to-face with Nathaniel, the new Marquess of Hale. It's been years since their steamy encounter, but the spark between them is as alive as ever. Yet Eliza knows it's not just their mutual attraction that binds them now. But is she ready to risk her independence with the...

"Lady Helene Barnes travels to Brussels to bring her battle-seeking younger brother home, only to collide with Rhys Landon, her ex-fiancé! Gone is the penniless vicar's son, now transformed into a combat-hardened captain. The spark still burns between them, but Rhys has a new love now--the army. Until, on the eve of battle, with Napoleon's troops advancing, the emotional turmoil of their past explodes into a night of passion!" --Amazon.com

Fleeing scandal, stage sensation Savannah Reed swaps sparkles and satin for calico and wool to be Morrow Creek's telegraph operator. Through the wires, she finds her new leading man, but when he arrives - shot and left for dead on her doorstep - Savannah suspects she's jumped out of the limelight and into the fire. Detective Adam Corwin awakens to Savannah's bewitching smile, but she's mistaken him for her mail-order groom! Now Adam must tell Savannah...

Two festive romances set in the glamorous Gilded Age. Celebrate a Gilded Age Christmas! In Amanda McCabe's A Convenient Winter Wedding: marrying Connor O'Neill is about survival for penniless heiress May Van Der Berg. The distant self-made millionaire is far from the passionate husband she'd once dreamed of...except for that scorching kiss! In Lauri Robinson's The Railroad Baron's Mistletoe Bride: after years of estrangement, romance blooms when Kurt...

"Sword dancer Li Feng is used to living life on the edge of the law--a woman alone in the dangerous world of the Tang Dynasty has only her whirlwind reflexes to trust. She will discover the truth about her past, even if that means outwitting the most feared thief-catcher of them all ... Relentless, handsome and determined, Han sees life--and love--as black and white. Until he finally captures the spirited, courageous Li Feng, who makes him question...

Enter this 1830s London season full of fun and flirtation Has the reluctant wallflower finally met her match? When impoverished vicar's daughter Eliza Hasterling helps an older viscount after he falls at a ball, his son Lord Giles Stratham is suspicious she's out to wed his widowed father! This season might be Eliza s last chance to find a husband and have the family she longs for, but she's no fortune hunter! In fact, it s the brusque but handsome...

An unexpected end to the Wincanton—Stuart feud...? Scandal broke last night when Lady Constance Stuart was discovered in the arms of Aaron Wincanton, the son of her family's greatest enemy! But now we can reveal an even more shocking development. Our sources say a special license was obtained and the two were married before sunrise! It's been confirmed that Aaron has stolen his new bride away to the country to begin their unexpected marriage. We'll...

"What do I want? Satisfaction. Reparation. Revenge..." Though Gerald Wiscombe left for war a naive boy, he returns a man determined to claim what's rightfully his! But when Gerry suspects that his wife has been less than faithful in his absence, he intends to seek the truth. Lillian has endured all she can to protect her beloved son, until the arrival of her war-hero husband. Now, not only is Lily faced with revealing terrible secrets she has hidden...

SPRING WEDDING FEVER IN THE WILD WILD WEST! THE CITY GIRL AND THE RANCHER by Lynna Banning Penniless, Clarissa Seaforth leaps at gruff rancher Graydon Harris's offer to become his cook. She's never cared for a man before, but surely it can't be hard to learn... HIS SPRINGTIME BRIDE by Kathryn Albright Spring is in the air... Can rancher Gabe Coulter and Riley Rawlins, the boss's daughter, find forgiveness and renew the lovers' vows they made so...