The Knight's Substitute Bride


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Drama abounds in this Medieval bride-swap story Could the wrong bride… Be right for him after all? For the sake of his family name, Lord Robert must marry to seal an alliance with an Irish clan. Only, the woman at the altar isn’t who he was promised! Instead, it’s her sister, Lady Mairenn! The sharp-tongued Irish beauty is as reluctant to wed as Robert, but as friction turns to fire between them, she’s further derailing Robert’s plans for this purely pragmatic arrangement… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. Brothers and Rivals Book 1: Her Warrior's Surprise Return by Ella Matthews Book 2: The Knight's Substitute Bride by Melissa Oliver




Stranded with Her Forbidden Knight


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Experience the drama unfolding in this medieval forbidden romance set around the wild Cornish coast Caught between duty… And forbidden desire! Lady Elowen is traveling to her loveless arranged betrothal when she’s rescued from a storm by Lord Simon Trebarr—the enigmatic knight whose family has long been enemies of her own. She should hate him, yet an unwanted attraction has always simmered whenever he’s near… Within the walls of Simon’s Cornish castle, can Elowen resist experiencing passion before condemning herself to a life without it…even if it’s with the man who should be her enemy? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.




Harlequin Historical December 2023 - Box Set 1 of 2


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Step back in time and experience the grandeur and romance of a previous era as Harlequin® Historical brings you two new full-length titles and three Christmas novellas in one collection! This boxset includes: REGENCY REUNIONS AT CHRISTMAS by Diane Gaston, Laura Martin, Helen Dickson (Regency) In The Major’s Christmas Return, Caroline is reunited with the major who jilted her! In Proposal for the Penniless Lady, is this Isobel’s second chance with the man she was forced to reject? In Her Duke Under the Mistletoe, Sophie is stunned by the return of her convenient husband… THEIR INCONVENIENT YULETIDE WEDDING by Joanna Johnson (Regency) Samuel’s daring rescue of Julia compromises them into marriage! But when she’s hesitant to trust anyone from her childhood, can he prove he’s no longer the boy she once knew? THE KNIGHT'S SUBSTITUTE BRIDE Brothers and Rivals by Melissa Oliver (Medieval) Lord Robert must marry to seal an alliance. Only, the woman at the altar isn’t who he was promised! And she’s as reluctant to wed as Robert. But friction soon turns to fire…




The Substitute Bride


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Fleeing an arranged marriage, debutante Elizabeth Manning exchanges places with a mail-order bride bound for New Harmony, Iowa. Life on the frontier can't be worse than forced wedlock to pay her father's gambling debts. But Ted Logan's rustic lifestyle and rambunctious children prove to be more of a challenge than Elizabeth expects. She doesn't know how to be a mother or a wife. She doesn't even know how to tell Ted the truth about her past—especially as her feelings for him grow. Little does she know, Ted's hiding secrets of his own, and when their pasts collide, there's more than one heart at stake.




His Substitute Bride


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Dashing but cynical Quint Seavers lives for danger. A past betrayal has made him wary of love, and he has no idea that independent, practical Annie Gustavson holds a secret longtime passion for him. Nor does he realize that the only reason Annie has traveled to San Francisco is to win his love—or walk away forever. When disaster strikes the city, Annie's courage and determination match his own—and suddenly Quint knows that she is exactly what has been missing from his life all along….




His Substitute Bride


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Dashing but cynical Quint Seavers lives for danger. A past betrayal has made him wary of love, and he has no idea that independent, practical Annie Gustavson holds a secret long time passion for him. Nor does he realize that the only reason Annie has travelled to San Francisco is to win his love or walk away forever. When disaster strikes the city, Annie's courage and determination match his own and suddenly Quint knows that she is exactly what has been missing from his life all along .




The Substitute Bride


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This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.




Masculinity, Militarism and Eighteenth-Century Culture, 1689-1815


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This book discusses the nature of masculinity in eighteenth-century literature and culture through the figure of the military man.




An Unlikely Match for the Governess


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The American West meets Victorian England in this transatlantic romance The most unlikely match… might be the best fit! After the young twins she cares for are orphaned, their governess, Aislinn, will do anything to stay with them. So when their maverick uncle—aristocrat turned rancher—Luke returns to England determined to gain guardianship, she proposes a convenient marriage! As an unexpected connection develops between them, Aislinn begins to long for a real future with Luke. But his home is in Montana… Could it be hers, too? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.




Storyworlds of Robin Hood


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Robin Hood is one of the most enduring and well-known figures of English folklore. Yet who was he really? In this intriguing book, Lesley Coote reexamines the early tales about Robin in light of the stories, both English and French, that have grown up around them—stories with which they shared many elements of form and meaning. In the process, she returns to questions such as where did Robin come from, and what did these stories mean? The Robin who reveals himself is as spiritual as he is secular, and as much an insider as he is an outlaw. And in the context of current debates about national identity and Britain’s relationship with the wider world, Robin emerges to be as European as he is English—or perhaps, as Coote suggests, that is precisely the quality which made him fundamentally English all along.