Forgetting the Scot

Forgetting the Scot

Jennifer Trethewey

Romance / Historical Romance

Virginia Whitebridge is trapped in a loveless, abusive marriage. The law says her husband can have whatever he wants from her—so he's taken her inheritance. And he tried to kill her. After a close escape, Virginia feels protected for the first time in forever, thanks to the Scottish Highlands and the Highlander Magnus Sinclair. But she must go back to England, regardless of the danger, to reclaim what's hers. Even if it means leaving her heart in Scotland.It's just Magnus's luck that he's fallen for a woman he can't have. Virginia is rich and titled... and English. To keep her safe, he must follow her to the one place he loathes—England. Where the bowing, preening London Society has a secret language of manners unknown to him. Where he is too large, too uncivilized, too everything. Despite omens that death awaits him there, Magnus vows to help Virginia go to London and restore her fortune. Get in. Get out. Or die trying.Each book in The...
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Three Times Tempted

Three Times Tempted

Anna Campbell

Romance / Historical Romance / Regency Romance

A secret rebel...Beautiful, spirited Lady Imogen Ridley is the toast of London's glamorous season. Her blue-blooded admirers would be shocked to know that beneath her glittering veneer, she loathes society's shallow snobberies. All she wants is to return to her gardening projects in the country.Her reckless attempt to spark a scandal that will result in a quick trip home goes awry when she meets a handsome stranger in a dark gazebo. A string of forbidden trysts follow that fateful encounter, as immediate attraction soon turns to blazing passion. But Imogen has been promised to another, and her father is powerful and ruthless. He won't tolerate any challenge to his ambitions for his daughter.A man from a different world...American Caleb Black finds himself at odds with England's hidebound rules. Despite his wealth and brilliance as a landscape designer, he's considered little better than a servant in status-obsessed Mayfair. So when he sets his sights...
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Buried Treasure

Buried Treasure

Suzy Stewart Dubot

Romance / Historical Romance

The hobby of using a metal detector to find buried metal objects of value can be expensive and time comsuming. Two young men have been tempted to invest in a tool that has had good reviews on an internet site. Now the problem is, where to begin using it without complaints about the holes they dig?The story follows five children, Pandora, Inara, Ryel, Matu and Egyn. Aged between sixteen and thirteen. They live in villages on the land known as the PrimeLands. A vast landscape of forests, lakes and mountains. They are the sons and daughters of the clan leaders. The plot is set over several generations and begins with a story, The Legend of Aloris, who they later discover to be one of their ancestors. The five meet for the first time at the gathering, where they learn they are the last of the Shadow fighters; mythical protectors they thought only existed in stories. They become drawn into another world, a mirror of their own but controlled by the Shadows lords. Making new allies on their journey and battling shadow demons the first book ends with the life of one hanging in the balance.Book II Henyk The Witch; will hopefully be available by mid December.
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