Tessa
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HarperCollins
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[2019]
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English
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From the ballrooms of London, to abandoned Scottish castles, to the snowy streets of Gilded Age New York, four bestselling authors whip up unforgettable Christmas romance.
"Meet Me in Mayfair" by Tessa Dare
Louisa Ward needs a Christmas miracle. Unless she catches a wealthy husband at the ball, the Duke of Thorndale will evict her family from their home. When Louisa finds herself waltzing with the heartless Thorndale, she's unnerved by his handsome...
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This novella was originally published in November 2011. It has been reissued with a new cover.Some wallflowers bloom at night…Violet is a quiet girl. She speaks six languages, but seldom raises her voice. The gentlemen aren't beating down her door.Until the night of the Spindle Cove Christmas ball, when a mysterious stranger crashes into the ballroom and collapses at Violet's feet. He's wet, chilled, bleeding, and speaking in an unfamiliar tongue.Only...
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HarperCollins
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[2015]
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English
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A snowstorm hath no fury like a spinster scorned. Miss Elinora Browning grew up yearning for the handsome, intelligent lord-next-door…but he left England without a word of farewell. One night, inspired by a bit too much sherry, Nora poured out her heartbreak on paper. Lord Dashwood Missed Out was a love letter to every young lady who'd been overlooked by gentlemen-and an instant bestseller. Now she's on her way to speak in Spindle Cove when snowy...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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What's a duke to do, when the girl who's perfectly wrong becomes the woman he can't live without? Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, has no desire to wed this season -- or any season -- but his diabolical mother abducts him to Spinster Cove" and insists he select a bride from the ladies in residence. Griff decides to teach her a lesson that will end the marriage debate forever. He chooses the serving girl. Overworked and struggling, Pauline Simms...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Spindle Cove, nestled in a peaceful corner of Regency Era England, has long been known as "Spinster Cove," due to its preponderance of unwed ladies of "delicate constitutions" -- and that's the fictional setting for a delightful historical romance series by USA Today bestselling author Tessa Dare. In A Lady by Midnight , a young woman searching for her family finds love unexpectedly with a handsome colonel -- but the secrets of her heritage threaten...
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Avon Impulse
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Take a trip to Spindle Cove in New York Times bestselling author Tessa Dare's gorgeous and sexy Regency romance
Beautiful and elegant, Miss Diana Highwood is destined to marry a wealthy, well-placed nobleman. At least that's what her mother has loudly declared to everyone in Spindle Cove.
But Diana's not excited by dukes and lords. The only man who makes her heart pound is the village blacksmith, Aaron Dawes. By birth and fortune, they couldn't...
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Avon
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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"An engaging love story with strong, believable characters. I can't wait to read the sequels!" -- Mary Balogh "Prepare to fall in love." -- Julia Quinn Presenting the winner of the Avon FanLit contest, the immensely talented Tessa Dare! Tessa's first Avon historical romance, A Night to Surrender, is a love story to remember -- kicking off her wonderfully inventive Spindle Cove series, set in England's Regency Era in a small seaside resort town that...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shy, pretty, and talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly awkward with gentlemen. She was certain to be a dismal failure on the London marriage mart. So Maddie did what generations of shy, awkward young ladies have done: she invented a sweetheart. A Scottish sweetheart. One who was handsome and honorable and devoted to her, but conveniently never around. Maddie poured her...
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HarperCollins
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[2019]
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English
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New York Times and USA Today Bestseller
They call him the Duke of Ruin.
To an undaunted wallflower, he's just the beast next door.
Wealthy and ruthless, Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society-and now he wants to get even.
Loyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn't take into her home and her heart.
When her imposing-and attractive-new neighbor demands...
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Avon Impulse
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Originally appeared in the e-book anthology Three Weddings and a Murder.
Miss Eliza Cade is a lady in waiting. And waiting.
Because of a foolish mistake in her youth, she's not allowed "out" in Society until her three older sisters are wed. But while she's trying to be good, she keeps bumping elbows-and, more distressingly, lips-with notorious rake Harry Wright. Every moment she spends with him, she risks complete ruin.
The sensual passions he...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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On the night of the Parkhurst ball, someone had a scandalous tryst in the library.
Was it Lord Canby, with the maid, on the divan? Or Miss Fairchild, with a rake, against the wall? Perhaps the butler did it.
All Charlotte Highwood knows is this: it wasn't her. But rumors to the contrary are buzzing. Unless she can discover the lovers' true identity, she'll be forced to marry Piers Brandon, Lord Granville-the coldest, most arrogantly handsome...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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When girl meets Duke, their marriage breaks all the rules Since his return from war, the Duke of Ashbury s to-do list has been short and anything but sweet: brooding, glowering, menacing London ne er-do-wells by night. Now there s a new item on the list. He needs an heir which means he needs a wife. When Emma Gladstone, a vicar s daughter turned seamstress, appears in his library wearing a wedding gown, he decides on the spot that she ll do. His...
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He's been a bad, bad rake-and it takes a governess to teach him a lesson
The accidental governess
After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don't need discipline. They need a loving home. Try telling that to their guardian, Chase Reynaud: duke's heir in the streets and devil in the sheets. The ladies of London...
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*This novella was originally published in Rogues Rush In: a Regency Duet (2018), by Tessa Dare and Christi Caldwell
It's the first rule of friendship among gentlemen: Don't even think about touching your best friend's sister.
Sebastian, Lord Byrne, has never been one for rules. He's thought about touching Mary Clayton-a lot-and struggled to resist temptation. But when Mary's bridegroom leaves her waiting the altar, only Sebastian can save her from...
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She's on the hunt for a hero…Luke Trenton, Viscount Merritt, returned from war a changed man. Battle stripped away his civility and brought out his inner beast. There is no charm or tenderness in him now; only dark passions and a hardened soul. He has nothing to offer the starry-eyed, innocent girl who pledged her heart to him four years ago.But Cecily Hale isn't a girl any longer. She's grown into a woman-one who won't be pushed away. She and Luke...
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Español
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Tras pasarse años sola, Kate Taylor por fin siente que tiene una familia: el pueblo de Cala Espinada. Sin embargo, nunca ha dejado de soñar con el amor, sobre todo cuando está cerca del cabo Thorne. El comandante de la milicia local es tan frío y duro como arrebatadoramente atractivo.
Cuando unos misteriosos desconocidos se presentan buscando a Kate, reclamándola como parte de su aristócrata estirpe, Thorne da un paso al frente y asegura ser...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Unexpected lovers find themselves together in Spindle Cove with A Week to be Wicked -- the second book in Tessa Dare's utterly delectable historical romance series. This Regency Era delight finds a restless British lord desperate to escape the quaint and too quiet small seaside resort he's trapped in ... and he gets much more than he expected when he eagerly agrees to escort a beautiful, brilliant, socially awkward lady scientist to Scotland. Concerning...
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Your presence is requested at romantic Twill Castle for the wedding of Miss Clio Whitmore and . . . and . . . ?After eight years of waiting for Piers Brandon, the wandering Marquess of Granville, to set a wedding date, Clio Whitmore has had enough. She's inherited a castle, scraped together some pride, and made plans to break her engagement.
Not if Rafe Brandon can help it. A ruthless prizefighter and notorious rake, Rafe is determined that Clio...
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On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shy, pretty, and talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly awkward with gentlemen. She was certain to be a dismal failure on the London marriage mart. So Maddie did what generations of shy, awkward young ladies have done: she invented a sweetheart. A Scottish sweetheart. One who was handsome and honorable and devoted to her, but conveniently never around. Maddie poured her...
20) The Duchess Deal
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When girl meets Duke, their marriage breaks all the rules… Since his return from war, the Duke of Ashbury's to-do list has been short and anything but sweet: brooding, glowering, menacing London ne'er-do-wells by night. Now there's a new item on the list. He needs an heir - which means he needs a wife. When Emma Gladstone, a vicar's daughter turned seamstress, appears in his library wearing a wedding gown, he decides on the spot that she'll do....