An alternate title/cover for this ASIN can be found here. Miss Heather Everly desperately needs to get married, but not just any suitor will do. Her family is on the brink of ruin, and only the Duke of Ablehill can save her. When he agrees to meet her, it's the duke's steward who arrives in his place. Heather must convince him that she would be the perfect duchess, but her attraction to him is clouding her mind. Her heart is pulling her away from what she must do, and toward the man she truly wants. Fallon Calder cannot believe that the beautiful and vibrant Miss Everly wishes to marry a malicious old man like the Duke of Ablehill. He is determined to find out all he can about her, but what he doesn't anticipate is his own heart getting involved. The more he learns about her, the more certain he becomes that the only man Heather should belong to, is him.

Alternate cover edition can be found here Lady Anabelle Darling plans to find a respectable husband who will love her. From the moment she meets Viscount Draven, she knows there’s something dangerous about him. Draven offers nothing but sinful dalliance and forbidden pleasure. Draven relishes the role of scoundrel. But Lady Anabelle tempts him to reform like no other. She’s lovely when she’s furious, and he can’t resist luring her into his sensual game—consequences be damned. A single kiss wields the power to change everything between them and turn Anabelle’s carefully crafted plan inside out. When Draven is confronted with losing Annabelle to another, he realizes it was never a game at all. Can he redeem himself and prove even scoundrels can love?

Hot Historical Romance! Follow Ella J. Quince and never miss a new release! Sign up for new release announcements at the back of this book and get free books exclusive to subscribers! Just one kiss… It began like a dream. A moment stolen, a kiss given. Lady Hazel finds herself walking down the aisle towards a man she barely knows. Or does she? She knew she wanted to give her heart to him. She just knew it. But her wedding day is where the dream ends and the nightmare begins… A short novel. 46,042 words ~\*~ Ella J. Quince has been in love with romance since she was a little girl. She spent her high school years and the years of her husband’s deployments escaping into the novels of her favorite bestselling authors; Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, Mary Balogh, Lisa Kleypas, and Julie Anne Long. She strives to reach their level of success and stand beside them in achievement.

Never give up… Lucy is used to getting everything she wants, but for the first time, the one thing she wants above all else, is the love of the Earl of Winchester. But, he refuses to see her as anything more than an over privileged innocent girl. Never surrender… She is bored, she is beautiful, and she is determined to ruin herself. It wouldn’t be with him. He may want her, but he did not intend to have her. She had everyone wrapped around her finger, except him. He must show her that there can be nothing between them. That he is the wrong man for her in every way. But the closer he gets—the harder he pushes her away—the deeper he falls under her spell.

Miss Dorothea Manton is standing on a metaphorical crossroad. One takes her to Major Henry Felton, a man she hardly knows, but feels strongly for. Deciphering these feelings terrify her, but she can’t ignore them or the way she wants to indulge them, and her newly discovered desires. The other leads to a man that is safe and familiar. What she feels for Lord Jonathan Rigsby, her best friends affable and handsome brother, is comfortable and affectionate, but not romantic. He is determined to convince her otherwise. He’s known to be a rake, but she’s always been safe from his tricks…until now. They both want to save her, but Thea wants to save herself. Should she choose the safer course or follow her heart into the unknown?

Time is running out for Miss Madeline Prescott. Her father has given her an ultimatum, marry the suitor of his choice, a man thrice her age, or find her own by months end. She will have to resort to extreme measures. Men are not lining up to court the girl known as Mad Maddie. There is only one man she could possibly convince to marry her, a rake so disillusioned with love that he might consider her strange offer of marriage to relieve the burden of having to marry at all. All she had to do was ask… If Lord Jonathan Rigsby, future Earl of Heath, considered her proposal for even one second, he would prove himself to be as mad as Mad Maddie. Questionable sanity aside, after some consideration he agrees to court her and see if her plan holds water. What he finds is that Maddie is more than mad. She is brave, intelligent, and kind. If he isn’t going to marry for love, marrying Maddie is the next best thing. They embark on a whirlwind courtship to convince both their families of the match, but neither anticipated the intense passion that would spark between them, or the powerful emotions involved when pretending to fall in love...

Adventure awaits… Left destitute by her father’s death, Rose finds shelter and security as a companion to the eccentric Lady Belfrost. Rose once dreamed of getting married and having a family of her own, but now she knows she will likely live the rest of her life a spinster. But then Lady Belfrost’s great nephew arrives. Though she tries to resist it, she is drawn to him. The handsome rogue stirs to life emotions and secrets she’s desperate to forget. Gabriel Connor travels the world, discovering new treasures and adventures, ignoring his great aunt’s urgings to settle down in England. But when he meets Miss Owens, his restless soul is stirred anew. There is more to Miss Owens than she wants to reveal, and being trapped with her in a hunting lodge on the verge of being washed away may be his greatest adventure yet.

No more dreaming like a girl... Dear Rose, I must confess. I’ve been dreaming of Thor, the God of Thunder. I’ve been praying he will rescue me from Lord Shelding and his son Edward. I only agreed to marry Edward to comfort my father in his final hours, but now that my father’s suffering is done, I fear that mine shall last a lifetime if I marry Edward. However, all that may have changed today when I met a man. If Thor is real, his true name is Christopher Thorn. He is an American brewer who has come to Faversham to do business with Lord Shelding. I could not tell him my real name. If he knew who I was, and that I was engaged to Edward, he’d never speak to me again. He’d never look at me with those glowing blue eyes, and he’d certainly never touch me. I want those things. I want him more than I’ve ever wanted anything. Charlotte Letter unsent.

She’s been waiting five years to see him again… After a fateful meeting in Hyde Park, Violet fears she’s lost her heart to a man who’s disappeared from society. But now he’s returned, and the rumors are he’s grossly disfigured and fit for Bedlam. The papers have dubbed him The Undesirable Duke, but Violet will not be persuaded to forget him until she sees the man he’s become for herself. As destiny would have it, she is one of the few debutants invited to Selbourne Castle to be considered for the role of Duchess of Selbourne. A bride for the beast? Rumor abounds, but it isn’t Weirick who needs a wife. If he means to leave England once and for all, he must see his brother married and settled beforehand. Not just any bride will do. Only a few are invited to Selbourne Castle for his brother to choose from, wallflowers all of them…except one. She’s haunted his dreams for five years, but Weirick never thought he’d set eyes on Violet Everly again. He will not see her wed to his brother, but he dare not keep her for himself