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Julia Livia Rufa is horrified when barbarians invade Rome and steal everything in sight.But she doesn't expect to be among the taken! As Wulfric's woman, she's ordered to keep house for the uncivilized marauders. Soon, though, Julia realizes that she's more free as a slave than she ever was as a sheltered Roman virgin.It would be all too easy to succumb to Wulfric's quiet strength, and Julia wants him more than she's ever wanted anything. But Wulfric could one day be king, and Julia is a Roman slave. What future can there be for two people from such different worlds?

“I AM OFF TO LONDON, TO SEEK MY FORTUNE! ” Impoverished husband-hunter Kitty Wythenshawe knows what she must achieve by the end of her London Season—marriage to a wealthy gentleman will save her mother from a life of drudgery. After all, love doesn’t pay the bills.Wealthy landowner Daniel Blackwood is proud to be an industrialist, even if it means he’s not quite what the ton expects. And as for young ladies like Kitty, who care only for a man’s fortune, well, they just ought not to feel so temptingly irresistible when you kiss them. . . .

Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesA woman worth fighting for… Santa Anna’s army marches relentlessly through Texas, forcing Victoria Ruiz to go on the run. Only Victoria is a lady of aristocratic descent. And this is no place for a lady.Jake Dumont is a rebel. A loner. A crack shot. He’s never stayed in one place for long. Never let anyone close – until now… When Jake lays eyes on stunning Victoria he’s rocked to the core.Finally he’s found a woman worth fighting for. But can a rebel gunslinger claim an aristocratic lady as his bride?

A MARRIAGE MOST INCONVENIENT! Agreeing to a fake betrothal should suit both society dressmaker Belle Marchmain and landowner Adam Davenant fittingly – clearing Belle’s debts and keeping Adam’s husband-hunters at bay. Even if blue-blooded Belle, with her extravagant clothes and razor-sharp tongue, despises the very air that nouveau riche Adam breathes!If Adam wants a wife who’s agreeable he has his work cut out. Yet when his demanding mouth caresses Belle’s for the first time ever she’s lost for words. Maybe Adam’s found the one way to tame the only woman who’s ever stood up to him and make her say, ‘I do…’

Iron-willed Groom…Sir Roger de Montmorency demanded obedience. And the last person he expected to defy him was his very own wife! But the rebellious Mina challenged his authority as surely and swiftly as she fired his Norman blood. Headstrong Bride…Lady Mina Chilcott knew she wasn't the most beautiful of women, but she demanded respect… especially from her husband. And she would have it before he claimed his husbandly rights. Though her vow soon seemed impossible to keep, as the handsome Roger had laid siege to her maidenly heart.

THE REGENCY UNDERWORLD–SEX, SCANDAL AND REDEEMING LOVE!The Mysterious Miss M is a living male fantasy–alluring, sensual, masked. But when Lord Devlin Steele finds himself responsible for her–and her child–he comes to know the real Maddy: the loving, passionate woman who drives away the nightmares of the Waterloo battlefield.But the aristocratic soldier can't support his new family. He will inherit his fortune only on marriage to a suitable lady–and Maddy is far from suitable. With the dangers of London's underworld closing in, how can he protect the woman he has come to love?

WILLING CAPTIVE? When Miss Jane Lanchester is mistakenly abducted her captors soon realise they have underestimated this feisty young woman. Brave Jane makes a daring break, only to be assisted by one of her kidnappers – the mysterious and well-bred George who offers her his exclusive protection.Fleeing for their lives, Jane and Lord George Marlowe form a deep attachment! Jane can’t bear the thought of losing him once the danger is past. All she can hope is that George turns her from willing captive to his willing wife…

Found out!Heloise Edwina Marchant longs for the beauty and comfort of her former life, before she was forced to flee her family home. Coming to London in the guise of a boy, she has learned the hard way how to survive among the hovels and alleyways of St. Giles. There is shame in having to pick the pockets of unsuspecting passersby, and the inevitable happens–she is caught!The gentleman who seizes hold of her is not angry for long. In fact, his firm kindness is almost her undoing. For he has come to St. Giles with a purpose–and she will help him if she doesn't want to be reported to the authorities. But how can she agree, when at any moment this good-looking man could find out that he is a she?

Morgan Calhoun Was A Wanted Man Morgan knew he would someday prove his innocence, but for now Sarah Challoner needed his protection, and he was determined to guard her with his life… even if it meant loosing both his freedom… and his heart!Sarah's lofty title had proven to be of little use in the rugged lawlessness of the American West, and when exrancher Morgan Calhoun offered her his help, she could only hope that her faith in the desperate man was not a mistake she would later regret!

‘I have a proposal for you…’The last place respectable governess Ianthe Holt ever expected to be proposed to is in a train carriage…by a stranger…who has just accused her of trying to trap another man into marriage!Shipping magnate Robert Felstone may be dashing but he’s also insufferable, impertinent—and Ianthe’s only possible saviour from her uncertain fate. She’s hesitant to play the perfect Felstone wife, but Robert soon shows Ianthe there’s more to him than meets the eye, and more to marriage than vows…

A PROPOSAL OF NECESSITYBadly scarred Captain Caine Morleigh must marry to inherit. Who better than the homeliest young woman left over at the end of the London season? After all, she will require little attention to keep her happy… Lady Grace Renfair leaps at the only chance to escape her emotionally abusive uncle and accepts Caine’s proposal.Soon she blooms with confidence and beauty, causing her husband’s forbidding exterior to crumble. If she could only reach beyond his scars to the gentleman beneath…