The Baron's Inconvenient Bride

The Baron's Inconvenient Bride
Author: Gemma Blackwood
Publisher: Gemma Blackwood
Total Pages: 208
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In his haste to find a marriage of convenience, an arrogant baron proposes to his sworn enemy… Lady Jemima Stanhope has a secret she cannot share, even with her husband. Especially with her husband. Because that husband is the incorrigible rake, Lord Northmere. Northmere is the last man on earth Jemima wanted to marry, which is perfect. At least she knows he’ll leave her to investigate her brother’s death in peace. Now, if only she could stop thinking about him. How can a man be so unbearable, and yet still charming, generous, and perilously romantic? Ralph Morton, Baron Northmere, has secrets of his own. One of the most carefully hidden is that Lady Jemima has always entranced him. Now she is his – in name only. How can he nurture the marriage he wants when she is determined to keep him at arm’s length? And if she discovers the truth about his family, will she ever return to his side?

Inconvenient Brides Box Set: Books 1–2

Inconvenient Brides Box Set: Books 1–2
Author: Nina Jarrett
Publisher: Babooks Publishing
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2023-11-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1957185228

In this delightful box set, after an earl cheats on his betrothed a duke offers to save the young woman with a marriage of convenience, not realizing she may be the perfect woman to heal his broken heart. And, after unexpectedly losing his bride to a higher-ranking peer, can the earl find a way to redeem himself if he were to meet the right woman? Book One: The Duke Wins a Bride Her betrothed cheated on her. The duke offers to save her. Can a marriage of convenience turn into true love? In this steamy historical romance, a sheltered baron’s daughter and a celebrated duke agree on a marriage of convenience, but he has a secret that may ruin it all. She is desperate to escape … When Miss Annabel Ridley learns her betrothed has been unfaithful, she knows she must cancel the wedding. The problem is no one else seems to agree with her, least of all her father. With her wedding day approaching, she must find a way to escape her doomed marriage. She seeks out the Duke of Halmesbury to request he intercede with her rakish betrothed to break it off before the wedding day. He is ready to try again … Widower Philip Markham has decided it is time to search for a new wife. He hopes to find a bold bride to avoid the mistakes of his past. Fate seems to be favoring him when he finds a captivating young woman in his study begging for his help to disengage from a despised figure from his past. He astonishes her with a proposal of his own—a marriage of convenience to suit them both. If she accepts, he resolves to never reveal the truth of his past lest it ruin their chances of possibly finding love. Book Two: To Redeem an Earl A cynical debutante. A scandalous earl. Can they open their hearts to love or will the mistakes of his past destroy their future? In this steamy historical romance, a cynical debutante and a scandalous earl find themselves entangled in an undeniable attraction. Will they open their hearts to love or will his past destroy their future together? She has vowed she will never marry ... Miss Sophia Hayward knows all about men and their immoral behavior. She has watched her father and older brother behave like reckless fools her entire life. All she wants is to avoid marriage to a lord until she reaches her majority because she has plans which do not include a husband. Until she meets the one peer who will not take a hint. He must have her ... Lord Richard Balfour has engaged in many disgraceful activities with the women of his past. He has no regrets until he encounters a cheeky debutante who makes him want to be a better man. Only problem is, he has a lot of bad behavior to make amends for if he is ever going to persuade Sophia to take him seriously. Will he learn to be a better man before his mistakes catch up with him and ruin their chance at true love? The Duke Wins a Bride and To Redeem an Earl are the delightful first chapters in the Inconvenient Brides Regency romance series. If you like worthy heroes, fast-paced plots, and enduring connections, then you’ll adore Nina Jarrett’s charming novels. Can be read as standalone books. Buy the Inconvenient Brides Box Set for twin tales of passion today! What Readers Are Saying: ★★★★★ "Nina Jarrett is a masterpiece author who keeps you engaged and enthralled from the first word to the very last word. Excellent in every way! 10 stars." ★★★★★ "This was my first historical romance and boy was I in for a treat." - ★★★★★ "Nina Jarrett has done it! The despicable Earl from her first book, The Duke Wins a Bride, has finally met his match." ★★★★★ “Will it all work out? Bring the tissues!"

The Duke Wins a Bride

The Duke Wins a Bride
Author: Nina Jarrett
Publisher: Rogue Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2023-08-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1957185007

Her betrothed cheated on her. The duke offers to save her. Can a marriage of convenience turn into true love? In this steamy historical romance, a sheltered baron’s daughter and a celebrated duke agree on a marriage of convenience, but he has a secret that may ruin it all. She is desperate to escape … When Miss Annabel Ridley learns her betrothed has been unfaithful, she knows she must cancel the wedding. The problem is no one else seems to agree with her, least of all her father. With her wedding day approaching, she must find a way to escape her doomed marriage. She seeks out the Duke of Halmesbury to request he intercede with her rakish betrothed to break it off before the wedding day. He is ready to try again … Widower Philip Markham has decided it is time to search for a new wife. He hopes to find a bold bride to avoid the mistakes of his past. Fate seems to be favoring him when he finds a captivating young woman in his study begging for his help to disengage from a despised figure from his past. He astonishes her with a proposal of his own—a marriage of convenience to suit them both. If she accepts, he resolves to never reveal the truth of his past lest it ruin their chances of possibly finding love. The Duke Wins a Bride is the delightful first book in the Inconvenient Brides series of steamy Regency romance books. If you like worthy heroes, strong heroines, fast-paced plots, and enduring connections, then you’ll adore Nina Jarrett’s charming novel. Can be read as a standalone book. Buy The Duke Wins a Bride for a tale of passion today! What Readers Are Saying: ★★★★★ "True love sneaks up when you were least expecting it. And wreaked havoc in all the best ways. Has some twists and turns to keep you reading." - Phylis Collins. ★★★★★ "Such a delightful story that I would love to read again for the first time." - Deanna. ★★★★★ "The hero and heroine are both very likable. The story has humor, entertaining secondary characters and a few rotten people to round things out." - Sonia (MetraHarvard). ★★★★★ "This is a charming and emotional Regency romance" - Fred Jones. ★★★★★ "Wonderful story of redemption of friendship and open and honest is best." - Ceara Merkle.

Long Live the Baron

Long Live the Baron
Author: Nina Jarrett
Publisher: Rogue Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2024-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1957185198

A new baron accused of murder. A young lady who knows he is innocent. When she helps free him, they will be forced to marry. Can their mutual dislike lead to true love? A steamy historical suspense romance, about a young woman driven to do the right thing, a lord who does not quite appreciate the gesture, and a murder investigation that could end their new relationship before it begins. Her conscience drives her to act ... Miss Lily Abbott knows the new baron is innocent because she saw him entering the widow’s home next door at the time of the crime. But when the widow refuses to assist him, this young woman who hoped to marry for love cannot stand idly by when she knows the truth. Lily risks everything to provide an alibi for the glib gentleman who barely remembers her name. He can’t believe he has to marry her ... Lord Brendan Ridley stands accused of patricide to gain the title he now holds. Not even his close family connection to the powerful Duke of Halmesbury can help him. He prays his paramour will come forward to clear his name, but honor dictates he not reveal his whereabouts that night without her consent. When help comes from an unexpected quarter, he finds himself forced to marry an annoying chatterbox to save her from scandal. When these two mismatched people are forced to marry, will they find a way to work together to reveal an enduring passion before the real murderer strikes again? Long Live the Baron is the delightful first book in the Inconvenient Scandals series of steamy Regency suspense romance books. If you like worthy heroes, strong heroines, fast-paced plots, and enduring connections, then you’ll adore Nina Jarrett’s charming novel. Buy Long Live the Baron for a tale of mystery and passion today!

The Making of Baron Haversmere

The Making of Baron Haversmere
Author: Carol Arens
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488065748

A wolf in gentleman’s clothing… She might be the making of him American Joe Steton is visiting his estate in England, bringing his straight-talking attitude and rugged manners with him, much to the ton’s disapproval! Respectable widow Olivia Shaw offers to smooth his edges and make him an English gentleman, and Joe can’t resist such an intriguing instructor. He has wealth and a title—yet how can he give her his heart when his real life is an ocean away? “I liked the development of the relationship between Heath and Clementine.… the sparks between them grew hotter, and I loved seeing them finally give in to them. I was glued to the pages at the end… I laughed out loud at [Clementine’s] methods and cheered when they were successful.” —Susan’s Reading Blog on The Earl’s American Heiress “Fans will be enthralled, enchanted and enraptured.” —RT Book Reviews on A Ranch to Call Home

Runaway Countess

Runaway Countess
Author: Gemma Blackwood
Publisher: Gemma Blackwood
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2024-08-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

There are some young women who do as they’re told, and there are other young women who run away with devilishly handsome Naval officers. Miss Jennifer Cartwright is as surprised as anyone to discover that she is the second type of woman. But since her only other option is marrying the terrifying Lord Beeston, she’ll fling herself on the mercy of anyone who can smuggle her off to the safety of her sister’s country cottage. It’s just her luck that the man she flings herself upon is Captain Sebastian Whitby, who – quite apart from his rough manners and pistol-toting reputation – happens to owe Beeston his life. Sebastian takes paying his debts very seriously. He’ll do anything to persuade her to give Beeston a chance. Anything except stop kissing her, that is, because that keeps happening with alarming regularity. And, though Jennifer is certain she’s never met a ruder, more reckless, more impossible man in her life, she doesn’t want to stop kissing Sebastian, either…

Destiny's Duchess

Destiny's Duchess
Author: Gemma Blackwood
Publisher: Gemma Blackwood
Total Pages: 137
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Miss Mary Fielding has no family, no fortune, and no prospect of a good marriage. When her careless guardian finally agrees to bring her into society, she is left to form her own alliances in the opulent world of the Regency ton. Fortunately, Mary has a strange talent on her side. She has suffered vivid daydreams since she was a child. Dreams that often seem to come true… whether she wants them to or not. Life is no easier in the upper echelons of society. The Duke of Danforth has succumbed to his duty and secured the hand of the London Season’s most beautiful debutante. If only Eleanor Craig showed any sign that she actually wanted to marry him! Love, marriage, and aristocracy seem an impossible mix. Especially when Danforth secretly longs for the spirited girl whose lack of a good family means she can never become his duchess. When Mary foresees a tragic end to the duke’s engagement, she resolves to help her friend Eleanor find happiness. What she fails to predict is that she may lose her own heart in the process… This is a sweet and clean Regency romance novella with a supernatural twist!

Sword-Crossed Lovers

Sword-Crossed Lovers
Author: Gemma Blackwood
Publisher: Gemma Blackwood
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2024-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

With her family facing bankruptcy, Cassandra Whitby does the only thing a young lady of gentle birth and little beauty can do: Dress in her brother’s clothes and enter a fencing competition, of course. She just needs to persuade her sworn enemy, Viscount Kendrick, to help her do it. Hugo Kendrick is as cunning as he’s charming, scarred inside and out. Cassandra knows his help will come at a price – but the prize money could secure her sisters’ future, and that’s worth risking everything. She didn’t expect she’d be paying Hugo’s price with breathless moonlit kisses. Or that the only thing to drive her crazier than his mocking smile might be the glitter of starlight in his dark eyes. Or that he’d enter the tourney himself, just to spite her. No, wait. Perhaps she should have expected that. The treacherous cad! Swords clash, sparks fly, and before Cassandra knows it, the fencing trophy is no longer the only prize in contention. Hugo has his sights set on her. And he always fights to win.

A Duke She Can't Refuse

A Duke She Can't Refuse
Author: Gemma Blackwood
Publisher: Gemma Blackwood
Total Pages: 191
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Miss Daisy Morton must make a choice: play the fiancée to a duke she doesn’t love, or face ruin. Daisy has a very good reason for hiding underneath the Duke of Loxwell's bed. Unfortunately, she can't tell anyone what it is... even to save herself from disaster. So when the duke makes her a mysterious offer, she's in no position to refuse. He wants a fake engagement. There's only one rule: she can't fall in love with him. Simple enough. What are the chances that the true love Daisy has always dreamed of should turn out to be the strict, strait-laced, surprisingly tender duke with a devastating smile reserved especially for her? Alexander Balfour, the new Duke of Loxwell, lives for honour and duty. The dukedom weighs as heavily on his shoulders as the responsibility of setting an example for his four unruly sisters. And that honour has sealed his fate forever. A fatal mistake in his past means he cannot fall in love without betraying those he holds dearest. Even if Daisy turns his world upside down in a hundred different ways, she cannot save him from his lonely penance. Or can she?

The Last Earl Standing

The Last Earl Standing
Author: Gemma Blackwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2023-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A bluestocking with a secret nom de plume and a dashing spy compete to uncover a scandal – and their undeniable attraction puts all their secrets at risk. Lady Anthea Balfour has never had much luck with eligible gentlemen – and she’d have even less if they knew she was the infamous Lady X behind London’s most popular newspaper column. When not one but two wealthy earls suddenly insist on courting her, all her investigative instincts are on high alert. Something is amiss, and Lady X will be the first to expose the scandal. The last thing she needs is a third earl’s attention distracting her from her task. Even if he happens to be the charming, handsome and mysterious Lord Streatham… George Bonneville, Earl of Streatham, cannot afford any distractions from his secret mission for the Crown. His work as a spy is dark, dangerous, and leaves no room for romance. But when he meets the alluringly outspoken Anthea, their magnetic connection overturns all his plans. George soon finds himself locked in a deadly game between three powerful lords. The winner will take Anthea’s hand – but only George can offer her the passion she deserves. Fortunately, he is accustomed to winning. At any cost. Now, if only he could discover the identity of that pesky Lady X who’s been slandering his name in the papers… This is the second book in the series The Impossible Balfours. You do not have to read the other books to enjoy this one, but there are some connections between the books which will reward readers of the whole series.