"With his rakish reputation and reluctance to wed, Lord Luke Clarendon is now in need of a make-believe wife. And he's charming enough to convince the beautiful runaway actress Roxanne to play his leading lady. Roxanne's head cautions her against becoming involved with Luke, but it's an offer she can't refust. As well as offering her financial security, Luke promises to help Roxanne's quest to discover her true identity."--Page 4 of cover.

There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In this second of the Bridgerton Prequel series, following Because of Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn. While you were sleeping... With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He's unconscious and in desperate need of her care, and Cecilia vows that she will save this soldier's life, even if staying by his side means telling one little lie... I told everyone I was your wife When Edward comes to, he's more than a little confused. The blow to his head knocked out three months of his memory, but surely he would recall getting married. He knows who Cecilia Harcourt is—even if he does not recall her face—and with everyone calling her his wife, he decides it must be true, even though he'd always assumed he'd marry his neighbor back in England. If only it were true... Cecilia risks her entire future by giving herself—completely—to the man she loves. But when the truth comes out, Edward may have a few surprises of his own for the new Mrs. Rokesby.

With his rakish reputation and reluctance to wed, Lord Luke Clarendon is now in need of a make-believe wife. And he's charming enough to convince the talented and beautiful runaway actress Roxanne to play his leading lady. Roxanne's head cautions her against becoming involved with Luke, but it's an offer she can't refuse. As well as offering her financial security, Luke promises to help Roxanne's quest to discover her true identity. Maybe if she's revealed to be highborn, her Lord will claim her as his Lady for real!

Make-Believe Wife Cathy Miles Brody Nichols wanted the fifty acres owned by Calvin Schneider. It sat in the center of Brody's west boundary. Theresa “Terri” Riley slipped past Brody’s defenses and bought the place out from under him and the battle was on. But when Brody got a good look at Terri and over being furious he tried a different approach. Terri’s family decided to give her a boost in Brody’s direction and to matrimony. Talked them into a marriage that was a ruse, complete with a trip to Las Vegas for the marriage, honeymoon and return to home. Then strange things began to happen, dangerous things. Given Terri’s distrust of men, Terri decided she needed to stop the bad things. Could she trust Brody, her feelings and could they make this pretend marriage into a real one?

Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Mrs. Rochambeaux’s Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lucky coin for each of their weddings . . . “Something Old” Julia Quinn’s prologue introduces her heroine, Beatrice Heywood, and the premise for Four Weddings and a Sixpence. “Something New” In Stefanie Sloane’s unforgettable story, an ever-vigilant guardian decrees that Anne Brabourne must marry by her twenty-first birthday. But love finds her in the most unexpected of ways. “Something Borrowed” Elizabeth Boyle tells the tale of Cordelia Padley, who has invented a betrothed to keep her family from pestering her to wed. Now she’ll need to borrow one to convince them she’s found her true love. “Something Blue” In Laura Lee Guhrke’s story, unlucky Lady Elinor Daventry has her sixpence stolen from her and must convince the rake who pilfered the coin to return it in time for her own wedding. “ . . . and a Sixpence in Her Shoe”

Recovering from a long illness, Boston businessman Carl Stanton is unable to accompany his fiancée Cornelia on a mid-winter trip to warm and sunny Jacksonville. Lonely, bored, and disappointed in Cornelia's lack of affection, Carl decides to answer an advertisement from the Serial-Letter Company, which promises real letters, delivering comfort and entertainment, from imaginary persons. Carl signs up for their love letter program, thinking he might have a bit of fun, and teach his fiancée a lesson in the process.

Faith Lewis has a life most women would envy--married to her true love, living in her dream home and surrounded by loving friends and family. When she and her husband, Jamison, learn they're going to be the parents of triplets, Faith is ecstatic! All her dreams have come true and she couldn't be happier. But, just like the Garden of Eden, the fall comes fast and furious! Her former employer, Evan, despite trying to reconcile with his wife, is still in Faith's life and Jamison isn't pleased. Evan's daughters dote on Faith because she was their caretaker and the only constant in their lives, which fuels jealously in Evan's wife and causes more friction, making Faith's life very uncomfortable. As Faith navigates pregnancy, her BFF's move to Georgia, Jamison's trust issues with Faith's and Evan's friendship, and discord with her in-laws, she wonders if she's cut out for "married with children!" The premature birth of the triplets is a harbinger of events that quickly sends Faith's life spinning out of control. Faith, could never, ever have imagined her fairytale would turn into a nightmare from which she might never awake. THE MAKE-BELIEVE FAMILY is the unforgettable story of a woman whose desire for a warm, loving family leads her to take a chance on love and risk her heart in the trials and tribulations of life while struggling to keep her faith through it all.