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Virginia Heath · A Very Village Scandal #2
A scruffy self-made man gets an unwanted makeover from his childhood friend — and unexpected feelings.
Sparks fly in this witty Regency romance They say opposites attract... But do they wed? Ned Parker has spent years restoring his family's fortunes, leaving no time for courting. Now childhood friend and self-appointed matchmaker Isobel has decided to transform this "scruffy brute" into an eligible gentleman. Though he has no interest in rejoining society, Ned senses Izzy needs the distraction and reluctantly goes along with her plans. Despite their differing views, a surprising new attraction grows...but Ned's doing his best to avoid it! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. A Very Village Scandal Book 1: The Earl's Inconvenient Houseguest Book 2: His Maddening Matchmaker

Virginia Heath · The Merriwell Sisters #1
A penniless engraver agrees to pose as an earl's fake fiancée — until pretending starts to feel all too real.
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Virginia Heath · Miss Prentice's Protegees #1
A rule-obsessed naval captain hires a joy-first governess — and she upends his ordered world completely.
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Julia Quinn · Bridgertons #1
A fake courtship between a too-honest lady and a duke determined never to marry turns scandalously real.
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Julia Quinn · Rokesbys #1
Lifelong adversaries Billie and George discover the one person they can't stand is the one they can't live without.
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Sophie Irwin · A Lady's Guide #1
A broke, scheming heroine hunts for a rich husband in the London Season — until the one man who sees through her gets in
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Anne Gracie · The Merridew Sisters #1
A plain but witty eldest sister cons a notorious rake into a fake engagement to free her beautiful sisters.
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Julia Quinn · Smythe-Smith Quartet #1
A bad violinist and her brother's best friend fall desperately in love while surviving fevers and terrible music.
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Ten summers, two best friends, and one truth that ruined everything — can one last trip fix them?
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Beverley Watts · The Shackleford Sisters #1
A chaotic, unruly clergyman's daughter is unexpectedly offered marriage by a brooding, battle-scarred duke.
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Olivia Atwater · Regency Faerie Tales #1
A half-souled wallflower and a rude lord sorcerer stumble into faerie danger — and reluctant love — in Regency London.
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A cynical gamester sets out to buy off his cousin's fiancée — and meets the one woman he can't outmanoeuvre.
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Tessa Dare · Spindle Cove #1
A battle-hardened earl invades a women's coastal haven — and promptly wars with its fierce, enchanting protector.
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A capable spinster in Bath loses her heart to the roguish black sheep she's determined to disapprove of.
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A shy girl agrees to a fake engagement to escape her guardian — and falls for the wrong cousin.
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Dumped by the same couple, two exes become roommates — then accidentally fall for each other.
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A spirited, unstoppable Sophy arrives to fix her cousins' lives — but butts heads with the infuriating heir who disappro
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A Yorkshire major plays the uncouth yokel to tease the snobbish family he's been ordered to marry into.
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Sarah MacLean · Love By Numbers #1
A forgotten wallflower decides to break every rule — starting with seducing London's most scandalous rake.
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Julianne Donaldson · Edenbrooke #1
A spirited young woman escapes to a country estate and falls for the charming heir her sister had claimed first.
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Anne Gracie · Chance Sisters #1
A desperate governess poses as a lord's niece — until the arrogant lord himself comes home.
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