The Viscount's Valentine


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A Classic Regency Romance novella celebrating the world first introduced by Jane Austen. Viscount Blackthorne is better known as Blackheart, a notorious rogue with a reputation for seduction. Forced to flee London and a young woman’s irate father, he escapes to the wilds of Yorkshire hoping to rest, relax, and wait out the scandal. The last thing he expects to find in the country is the stunning beauty he first eyed twelve years ago, the one woman who captivated his heart and made him question his ways. The widow Honey Hockley has given up on romance and settled into the quiet simplicity of her small Yorkshire village. Before marrying her infirmed husband, she had one sparkling night of a London Season, a night she’ll hold on to forever. But Honey’s peaceful days are shattered when a handsome and mysterious stranger comes to town, forcing her to question her decision to accept a life alone. Upon meeting, attraction flares, and it’s only Honey’s fears and the Viscount’s reputation that keep them apart. So while Honey works to accept the possibility that life and love may yet hold some surprises for her, the Viscount works to clear his name and win over the one woman he believes can make him virtuous again. The Viscount’s Valentine was originally published as Wild Honey.




The Viscount's Valentine


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★★Miss Lizzie Howard is tired of waiting.★★ Miss Lizzie Howard has waited ten long years for the man of her dreams to return from the army and marry her. But when Lizzie learns that Jack is still reluctant to wed her after their long engagement, she does the only sensible thing and runs away. Viscount Cavendish, Jack to his friends and family, has known Lizzie his entire life. She has dogged his heels, bruised his ego, and an eye once for good measure. At the tender age of eighteen, Jack lost a drunken wager and was cajoled into asking for her hand in marriage. The next morning,he promptly joined the army and hasn't returned home in ten years.No longer a child, Jack knows that it's time to face up to his responsibilities. But when he goes to fetch her, he learns she has run away to escape him. Embarrassed and angry that she has once again thwarted him, Jack chases after her. Tempers clash, and hijinks ensue when you add in a pair of scapegrace cousins and a meddling inn keeper. Will Lizzie forgive Jack for running off to war and forgetting about her? Fall in love with these two in The Viscount's Valentine.




The Viscount's Valentine


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Miss Lizzie Howard is tired of waiting.Miss Lizzie Howard has waited ten long years for the man of her dreams to return from the army and marry her. But when Lizzie learns that Jack is still reluctant to wed her after their long engagement, she does the only sensible thing and runs away.Viscount Cavendish, Jack to his friends and family, has known Lizzie his entire life. She has dogged his heels, bruised his ego, and an eye once for good measure. At the tender age of eighteen, Jack lost a drunken wager and was cajoled into asking for her hand in marriage. The next morning, he promptly joined the army and hasn't returned home in ten years.No longer a child, Jack knows that it's time to face up to his responsibilities. But when he goes to fetch her, he learns she has run away to escape him. Embarrassed and angry that she has once again thwarted him, Jack chases after her.Tempers clash, and hijinks ensue when you add in a pair of scapegrace cousins and a meddling inn keeper. Will Lizzie forgive Jack for running off to war and forgetting about her?Fall in love with these two in The Viscount's Valentine.A clean and wholesome Regency novella, with no cliffhangers and a guaranteed happily ever after.




The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter


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"Matthews' tale hits all the high notes of a great romance novel...Cue the satisfied sighs of romance readers everywhere." -Kirkus Reviews A World-Weary Rake After years of unbridled debauchery, Tristan Sinclair, Viscount St. Ashton has hit proverbial rock bottom. Seeking to escape his melancholy, he takes refuge at one of Victorian society's most notorious house parties. As the Christmas season approaches, he prepares to settle in for a month of heavy drinking...until an unexpected encounter changes his plans--and threatens his heart. A Prim Vicar's Daughter Valentine March is not the drab little spinster she appears to be. When her new job as a lady's companion lands her smack in the middle of Yorkshire with England's most infamous rake, she resolves to keep her head down and her eyes fixed firmly on her future--a future which most definitely does not include a sinfully handsome viscount. A Match Made in Scandal A friendship is impossible. An affair out of the question. But when one reckless act binds them together, will two star-crossed souls discover there's more to each other than meets the eye? Or will revelations from the past end their fragile romance before it begins?




Nicola and the Viscount


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A breezy, funny Regency romance with an unforgettable heroine—from the bestselling author of The Princess Diaries series and many well-loved romances. Nicola Sparks has fallen in love, big time. The object of her dreams is the fabulously rich Lord Sebastian, he of the ice-blue eyes, golden hair, and full-on mastery of the dance floor. To Nicky, Lord S. is a god. But are gods always quite as perfect as they are meant to be? Nicola, sixteen and an orphan, always gets what she wants. She's ready to dive headlong into her first glittering London society season. She's also ready to dive headlong into the arms of handsome and debonair Lord Sebastian. Nicola's dream is a proposal from the viscount—a dream she's about to realize at last! So naturally, Nathaniel Sheridan's insinuations about her fiancé's flawed character annoy her mightily. But when Nicola's natural curiosity gets the best of her, she begins to piece together a few things for herself. To her great surprise, Nicola realizes she's had the wrong viscount all along . . . but is it too late to make things right? Nicola could feel Lord Sebastian's heart beating. It was the most delightful feeling in the world. Surely it meant that The God liked her. More than simply liked her—loved her even. It had to! It just had to!




Love's Legacy


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This work of academic scholarship, told in first person as an investigative mystery, explores Chateaubriand's secret sponsorship of the author's great-great-grandfather, Thomas Fallon, to a four-year elite education at a prestigious French Royal Academy. Chateaubriand, considered the founder of French romantic literature, likely believed he was the boy's father. The boy's mother, Mary Neale Fallon, an Irish woman who surely rescued Chateaubriand in his hour of need while in exile in London, thereby made possible the launch of his writing career. In the course of uncovering aspects of Chateaubriand's hidden life, as disguised in his memoirs and elsewhere, this genealogical investigation, rendered largely as a memoir, explores aspects of 19th century love and romance; intergenerational family oral history; and the value of inheriting, through one means or another, an enduring legacy of love.--Publisher.




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