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Lady Rosalin Chen has a secret—she isn’t as vapid as she pretends to be. In fact, she’s a computing genius and smarter than most of her peers in the ton, including her own cousin, Ansel. It’s a secret she’s kept for years, not that hiding her intelligence has done her any favors in the marriage department. In fact, after several dismal social seasons in London, she’s practically considered a spinster. With little to lose, she decides to set her sights on getting a proper education rather than finding a husband.

The Kingdom of Oryndhr has been saved by the will of the Royal Stars. But King Roshan, once Sura’s best friend and chosen love, has changed. She can sense corruption growing in him, and her own magic is being twisted by his command to dangerous ends. As dreams of her strange shadow guardian return in force, she is left unsure of her path—and of her heart.

Highlander Ronan Maclaren muss heiraten und für einen Erben sorgen. Besonders eilig hat er es damit aber nicht. Er ist glücklicher Gutsherr seines Clans, der die Maclaren-Whisky-Destillerie leitet. Die richtige Frau hat er zudem auch noch nicht gefunden. Lady Imogen Kinley hat sich seit Jahren raffiniert vor der Ehe gedrückt. Sie hat aus schmerzlicher Erfahrung gelernt, dass man Männern nicht trauen kann und ist fest entschlossen, unabhängig zu bleiben. Dabei hat sie diebische Freude daran, sich für potenzielle Verehrer so unattraktiv wie möglich zu machen.

Lady Makenna Maclaren Brodie wird fälschlicherweise für den Tod ihres tyrannischen Ehemannes verantwortlich gemacht. Sie flieht sie mit ihrer Zofe an einen sicheren Ort und damit geradewegs in die Arme des gutaussehenden französischen Lords, den sie vor einem Jahr zufällig getroffen hatte. Doch ein weiterer Mann in ihrem Leben ist das Letzte, was sie jetzt möchte. Lord Julien Leclerc ist ein Lebemann, der sich ausschließlich auf die Erweiterung seines Imperiums und die Vermehrung seines Reichtums konzentriert.

Lady Zenobia "Zia" Osborn, a duke’s daughter, is frustrated that her entire life has been predetermined. What good is skill or intelligence if one is forced to suffocate it because of one’s sex? She’d much rather make her mark on the world than bat her eyelashes for the ton. Zia only comes alive in the Lady Knights, a clandestine social club for rebellious girls. In it, she is free to compose music, fence, read controversial literature, and save orphans from destitution by any means necessary. Aside from her closest confidantes, no one knows about Zia’s indecorous other life. . . .

Der Preis der Freiheit. Lady Aisla Montgomery führt eine durchaus erträgliche Ehe - ihr Mann bleibt in Schottland und sie in Paris. Doch irgendwann reicht ihr dieses Leben nicht mehr und sie will nur noch eines: die Scheidung. Niall Stuart Maclaren, der raubeinige Laird von Tarbendale, bereut den Tag, an dem er seine schöne, widerspenstige Frau kennenlernte. Der Gedanke an sie löst bittere Wut in ihm aus. Und doch hat keine andere Frau sein Blut je so in Wallung gebracht.

When the gold-dusted court invitation arrives at Suraya Saab’s forge, she believes it’s a joke. Nobles might seek her skills as a bladesmith—one of few who can imbue her work with precious jadu, the last source of magic in the realm—but she has no qualifications as a potential bride for the crown prince. Still, the invitation is the chance at adventure, and the means to finally visit the capital city her late mother loved. But what awaits her in Kaldari is nothing she could have imagined—and fraught with danger.

Lady Evangeline Raine prefers animals to people and has no interest in marriage—much to the dismay of her flirty younger sister, Viola. Because their father has one rule: Viola may be courted, only if Effie has a suitor as well. Saddled with debt, Gage Croft, Duke of Vale, is determined to rebuild his estates. When the owner of his vowels offers him a fortune to charm the impervious Lady Evangeline for the season so Lady Viola can be courted, the game is on, even if it means pretending to seduce an unconventional wallflower.

Lady Lisbeth Medford, Countess of Waterstone and famed international spy, is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. On a covert mission, she’s determined to infiltrate a notorious smuggling ring in the West Indies as a ship’s captain…only her identity has been compromised. Leaving her pursuers in ashes, she boards her vessel to flee, but the men on her heels will stop at nothing until she’s paid the piper.

Der Marquess of Roth besitzt einen berüchtigten Club in London - das Bild eines treusorgenden Ehemannes würde dazu nicht passen. Deshalb bemüht er sich das Bild des Schürzenjägers um jeden Preis aufrechtzuerhalten, was dazu führt, dass er seine Ehefrau weit entfernt auf seinem Landsitz zurücklässt. Es war eh keine Heirat aus Liebe, sondern der Schlüssel zu seinem Erbe. Und er hat keinerlei Interesse an dieser Frau.

Born to a life of privilege, Lady Ravenna Huntley rues the day that she must marry. She's refused dozens of suitors and cried off multiple betrothals, but running away - even if brash and foolhardy - is the only option left to secure her independence.

Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But with her father an Indian maharajah and her late mother a British noblewoman, her mixed blood makes her a pariah and a target. When her father is murdered, her only hope of survival is to escape on the next ship out - captained by the man she once loved...and spurned. Captain Rhystan Huntley, the reluctant duke of Embry, has a place in the English fleet that he's loath to give up. But duty is calling him home, and this is his final voyage. Leave it to fate that the only woman he's ever loved must stow away on his ship.

Lord Winter Vance, a notorious scoundrel and the marquess of Roth, must marry to save his inheritance, but a wife is the last thing he needs. Determined to carry on his rakish ways provoking his straitlaced duke of a father and scandalizing the ton, the minute Winter ties the knot, he dumps his starry-eyed debutante of a bride at his country estate and hies back to London. But three years later, forgotten in slumbering Chelmsford while her husband gallivants in town, Lady Isobel Vance decides enough is enough, and she's ready to take matters into her own hands.

Lord Nathaniel Harte, the disagreeable duke of Beswick, spends his days smashing porcelain, antagonizing his servants, and snarling at anyone who gets too close. With a ruined face like his, it's hard to like much about the world - especially smart-mouthed harpies (with lips better suited to kissing than speaking) who brave his castle with indecent proposals. But Lady Astrid Everleigh will stop at nothing to see her younger sister safe from a notorious scoundrel, even if it means offering herself up on a silver platter to the forbidding Beast of Beswick himself.

In Seraphine Caelum’s world, gods exist. So do goddesses. Sera knows this because she is one of them. A secret long concealed by her parents, Sera is Lakshmi reborn, the human avatar of an immortal Indian goddess rumored to control all the planes of existence - Illysia (the Light Realm), Earth (the Mortal Realm), and Xibalba (the Dark Realm). Marked by the sigils of both heaven and hell, Sera’s avatar is meant to bring balance to the mortal world, but all she creates is chaos.

Lord Nathaniel Harte, Duke of Beswick, verbringt seine Tage damit, Porzellan zu zerschlagen, seine Diener zu schikanieren und jeden zu beleidigen, der ihm zu nahekommt. Zurückgezogen und allein lebt er auf seinem Anwesen, immer bemüht, sein verunstaltetes Gesicht vor der Außenwelt zu verbergen. Niemanden lässt er an sich heran, schon gar nicht die unzähligen Mitgiftjägerinnen, die es auf sein Vermögen abgesehen haben.

Darika “Rika” Lovelace is in trouble. The kind of trouble that sends her to her grandmother’s estate in Trinidad for the whole summer. But something about the island feels…different. As soon as she steps off the plane, strange things start happening! Rika meets a group of kids called Minders, who seem to have elemental powers. Even worse, she can sense jumbies lurking in the shadows. Needless to say, she wants a ticket home. But when the Minders let slip that her long-lost mom is in danger, she knows she can’t leave.

Lady Ela Dalvi knows the exact moment her life was forever changed—when her best friend, Poppy, betrayed her without qualm over a boy, Lord Keston Osborn, heir to the Duke of Harbridge. She was sent away in disgrace, her reputation ruined.

Highlander Ronan Maclaren must marry, but he's in no particular hurry. He's perfectly happy as the laird of his clan, running the Maclaren Whisky Distillery, and besides, he just hasn't found the right woman. Lady Imogen Kinley has cleverly avoided wedlock for years. Men, she has learned from painful experience, are not to be trusted. Determined to remain independent, she takes an indecent amount of pleasure in making herself as unattractive to potential suitors as possible.

Lord Graham Findlay, the shamelessly virile Viscount Northridge, has a disgraceful secret, one he'll do anything to hide. Holding his passions at bay, Gray has sworn off the fairer sex. But when temptation comes in the form of an intriguing woman he cannot easily avoid, Gray's integrity - and his most depraved desires - are put to the ultimate test.