Beverley Oakley
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Marriage was not the intended outcome when loyal and determined Miss Rose Chesterfield made a wager with London's most eligible rake not to call in a debt that would ruin her family.Ashley Delacroix, Viscount Rampton is practised at resisting the lures of scheming debutantes to get him to the altar, which is why he only consorts with beautiful widows and willing matrons.When irresistible Lady Chesterfield indicates she's prepared to barter her wares...
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1878 ~ Consorts to nobles and princes, the girls at Madame Chambon's House of ill Repute have wit, beauty, and cunning - and a determination to find love on their terms. Enjoy three wonderfully romantic second-chance Victorian Romances, with a touch of suspense! WEDDING VIOLET When Max, Lord Belvedere, is abandoned at the altar, he believes his dreams have come true! All that's needed to secure his freedom is to reassure his ailing Aunt Euphemia that...
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As the most dazzling debutante of 1811, beautiful and reckless Miss Olivia Templestowe scandalised society when she eloped with notorious rake, Lucien, Lord Farquhar. Five years later, she's paid the highest price for her impetuosity. Lucien is dead, branding his widow a whore and unfit mother, and willing the care of their child to a relative. Now Olivia is about to orchestrate a grand charade to reclaim everything she has lost. AFTER YEARS ABROAD,...
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Reluctant courtesan, Charity, has found true love with Hugo, her first and only client.As they prepare for their marriage, poet and artist, Hugo, is tricked into gambling away his impending inheritance; and Charity finds herself at the mercy of Madame Chambon and her infamous house of ill-repute as Hugo is sent away to work in the family business in India. Can Hugo and Charity find the ingenuity to thwart the conspiracy between Hugo's social-climbing...
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"Pretty Woman" meets "Romeo and Juliet" as a ruined governess and illegitimate nobleman's daughter navigate love, suspense, and redemption in this delightful, steamy duo of romances set in the infamous London Pleasure House, Madame Chambon's.In Wedding Violet, Max, Lord Belvedere, finds himself unexpectedly abandoned at the altar. Seizing the opportunity to secure his freedom, he devises a plan to reassure his ailing Aunt Euphemia of his commitment...
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A Season in DisgraceTwo Errant WardsA wholly Inappropriate AttractionWhen her unruly ward, Araminta Partington lands herself in a compromising situation withthe eligible Mr. Durham, widow Charlotte Wendover comes to the rescue.Durham and Wendover have reason to be allies.They both understand the significance of decorum.They both have wayward charges, hellbent on mesalliance.They both recognize the enthralling fascination burgeoning between them.But...
7) Loving Lily
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Lies brought them together.Truth drove them apart.Love made them whole. When beautiful Lily, Lady Bradden, is abducted and forced to 'summon the spirits' of a nobleman's deceased daughter whom she closely resembles, enigmatic newspaper editor Hamish McTavish vows to expose her as a fraud. But as he unravels the mystery shrouding the new sensation gripping London, an incendiary passion ignites between them. As shadowy dangers close in, Hamish must...
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1878 ~ Consorts to nobles and princes, the girls at Madame Chambon's House of ill Repute have wit, beauty, and cunning - and the determination to find love on their terms. SAVING GRACE'Pretty Woman' set in a Victorian House of Assignation.Grace Fortune is one of Madame Chambon's most sought-after escorts.But as Grace prepares for her next job as the special initiation 'gift' procured by a mother in fashionable Mayfair for her son's twenty-first birthday,...
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Spencer 'Ted' Nettelton grew up in Botswana during the 1930s and 40s when herds of wildebeest stretched across the horizon and locally shot game was part of the staple diet.In Volume I of his memoirs, Ted describes the daily life of an adventurous boy living in the bush, and the impact on his family when caught in the spotlight of international events.From the banishment of Botswana's King Seretse Khama - later elected Botswana's first president -...