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Lady Adeline Carwyn has one wish for Christmastide: to experience love. Her yearning is answered in the form of Devon Hayes, the earl of Winchester. He’s handsome as sin and as roguish as they come. Their encounter is magical and she’s happy to spend Christmas Eve in his arms. She has doubts that come morning he will still profess to love her and considers his words of endearment nothing but empty promises, even when she wants to believe him.

Percival Wright has led a charmed life. At least the residents of Kismet Bay believe that. It is a carefully crafted facade that hides the real truth. He's completely miserable, and the one woman he has always wanted fails to really see him. Valentine's Day is one of the busiest days of the year at Blooms of Destiny, and Amadea Strange can't wait to have it behind her.

Miss Juliet Adams would be living on the streets if not for the kindness of the dowager Countess of Wyndam. Her father died leaving her penniless and without any prospects. The countess offered her a position as her companion and she leapt at the opportunity. She's content with her life, but she's also no fool. She fully realizes a day may come where she won't have the protection of the countess and then where will that leave her? So she's made plans, concessions, none of which includes love or marriage. Until a certain duke makes her question everything...

Elias Stevens, the Marquess of Savorton doesn’t believe he’ll ever fall in love. He may marry one day, because the title demands it; however, that elusive emotion will not be freely given to his future wife. A house party changes everything for him though. His dearest friend makes a wager with him. He’ll fall in love by the new year. Elias takes that bet because he knows his own heart.

Dr. Ashlyn Penn has lived a rigid life. It's how she deals with her special gifts. Any deviation and her life turns to chaos. So when Harrison Thoreau enters her life, it is no surprise she doesn't handle it well and pushes him away. Harrison falls hard for Ashlyn, but respects her wishes and moves on. He is offered a spot on the Sparkle City Fireflies as their new goalie and throws himself into the game, but he never forgets about her. When Harrison's best friend marries Ashlyn's sister, everything changes once again and they are thrown together again.

Lady Pearyn Treedale has been affianced to Cameron Spencer, the Duke of Partridgdon, since she was eight years old. An archaic practice, but a situation she’s come to enjoy. At her formal introduction to society, she wasn’t like the other debutantes. While they all searched for husbands, she made friends, had titillating conversations, and did whatever pleased her. Her fiancé had the good grace to be absent most of her life. Then, the duke went on his world tour, and decided never to return to England, allowing Lady Pear a freedom most ladies never experience.

Collin Evans, the Earl of Frossly is forced to return to his ancestral estate after years of avoiding the responsibility. His estate manager quit and it’s up to him to ensure his servants and tenants don’t suffer from his neglect. He never expected to find a beguiling woman that tempts him beyond reason nearby. After a scandal erupts, Lady Charlotte Rossington is sent to the country to stay with a spinster aunt. What her father fails to realize is that was her goal all along. She hates London society and wants to write a novel and the season would prevent that endeavor.

As the royal heir of Zelnon, Princess Elodie should be living a charmed life. It is enchanting in a diabolical way that could destroy not only her existence but those she cares about as well. Her coronation is set for her eighteenth birthday, but an evil force is determined to destroy any chance she has of becoming queen. A week before her birthday a curse is enacted sending her to the nightmare realm of Malediction—sweeping her, a trusted guard, and the prince of a neighboring kingdom into its dark clutches.

When Lady Francesca Kendall finds herself in a delicate condition, she has a decision to make, and nothing seems quite right. Instead of discerning what she should do on her own, she pays Matthew Grant, the Duke of Lindsey, a call and unburdens her troubles on him, hoping he will do the gentlemanly thing and take responsibility for the dilemma he helped create.

Miss Amelia Halsey is firmly on the shelf. In her first season, she'd had one offer. One she found repulsive, and thankfully, her brother had refused. Now 10 years later, she decides it's time to give in to her one desire. She fell in love with the Duke of Darling, but he didn't notice her. At the yearly masquerade, Amelia decides she's going to try her hand at seduction, and the Duke of Darling is her gentleman of choice. If a lady is going to have one affair, it might as well be with the man of her dreams after all.

Andrew Marsden has no desire to marry, at least not anytime soon. He's having too much fun to tie himself down to home and hearth, and he doesn't give any woman a second glance. He has wicked charm, and a devilish sense of humor that appeals to the ladies of the ton, and many are more than willing to join him in his bed. So he sees no reason to make a change. Until Sofia Leone comes to London for a visit. She is much more alluring than he recalls, and apparently not susceptible to his charismatic demeanor. She's a siren, and he is willing to answer her call, if only she'd let him....

Lady Wilhelmina Neverhartt se encuentra en una situación desesperada, y sólo hay una solución: un matrimonio de conveniencia con un viejo duque. Cuando éste muere, y su heredero toma posesión, la situación da un giro, que puede ser bueno o malo según la reacción de ambos. ¿Qué hace una dama cuando la muerte de sus padres deja a su familia en la indigencia? Para Lady Wilhelmina Neverhartt eso significa casarse con un hombre mucho mayor.

Con la Navidad a la vuelta de la esquina, Lady Pearyn recibe regalos de un admirador secreto, y comienza a creer que tal vez debería prestarle atención a este nuevo caballero, porque su duque ciertamente no la quiere. Lady Pearyn Treedale ha estado ligada a Cameron Spencer, el Duque de Partridgdon desde que tenía ocho años. Una práctica arcaica, pero una situación que ha llegado a disfrutar. En su introducción formal a la sociedad ella no era como las otras jóvenes.

Lady Carolina Neverhartt has one wish...to attend a school devoted to the study of music. The newly opened Pembroke Academy of Music offers everything she hopes to learn. One man stands in her way...Wesley Cox, the Earl of Sheffield. He alone will determine if she's as talented as she claims, and he has no problem lying to her if he believes it's necessary. After her audition he denies her admittance and claims her talent is too mediocre. Carolina is furious and decides to investigate if he's telling the truth.

Du bist eingeladen … Fortuna’s Parlor veranstaltet eine Weihnachtsfeier. Alle Mitglieder sind mitsamt ihren besonderen Gästen eingeladen. Nur für eine Nacht sind Männer in den heiligen Wänden der Spielhölle erlaubt. Alles ist möglich, wenn Magie in der Luft und Liebe die stärkste Verlockung von allen ist. Komm in den Salon und entdecke das Wunder der Weihnacht und stiehl vielleicht einen Kuss unter dem Mistelzweig oder der Stechpalme …

Was geschieht, wenn sich ein Herzog in ein Mauerblümchen verliebt? Lady Lenora St. Martin ist schüchtern und ein Mauerblümchen. Sie hat keine Ahnung, wie sie Umgang in der Gesellschaft pflegen soll. Als also Julian Everleigh, der Duke of Ashley, sie bei einem Ball um einen Tanz bittet, verliebt sie sich vollkommen in ihn. Nach diesem einen Tanz scheint er sie nicht wieder zu bemerken und Lenora muss einen Weg entdecken, um selbst aus ihrer Hülle zu brechen, und schwört, dass sie nie wieder lieben wird.

Amethyst Keane führt ein einsames Leben. Sie wuchs mit einer Mutter auf, die so oft umzog, dass sie es aufgab, ein normales Leben mit Freunden zu führen. Sie widmete sich intensiv ihren schulischen Leistungen und mit siebzehn fing sie an, eine Zeitschrift herauszugeben. Fast drei Jahre später ist sie völlig selbstständig und nach wie vor einsam. Im Zuge eines Auftrags für ihre Zeitschrift fährt sie in eine kleine Küstenstadt.

Lady Christiana Neverhartt is accustomed to getting her own way. Some days she fully believes she should have been born a princess. When her spoiled behavior lands her in trouble, she has to rely on the one man she cannot abide to save her...Sutton Brooks, the Marquess of Foxworth. The last thing Sutton wants is to rescue a strong-willed lady from her own mistakes, but he steps in to protect her. Unfortunately, the only way to properly do so is to marry her. Something the lady is adamantly against so he does the one thing sure to gain her acquiesce...he dares her.

Katherine und Bennets Wege kreuzen sich immer wieder, und auch ihre Worte. Funken fliegen und binnen Kurzem beginnt Leidenschaft zwischen ihnen zu kochen. Es könnte sie dazu führen Liebe zu finden, oder es könnte als ihr Untergang enden. Lady Katherine Wilson hat nie erwartet eine Pferdefarm zu erben, aber sie nimmt das Geschenk, und die Gelegenheit das Vermächtnis ihrer Großmutter weiterzuführen, an. Sie entschließt sich mit den Stuten der Farm zu züchten und nur ein Zuchthengst kommt dafür in Frage.

Lady Theodora Neverhartt has no desire to find love, and ensures no one ever really notices her. She is never asked to dance, which she considers a blessing. Being a wallflower is a goal she actively tries to achieve and besides, it gives her many opportunities to watch the members of the town without interruption. So of course that would lead her to trouble, and his name is Ezra Halsey, the Viscount of Carrolton.