A roguish earl with a mysterious past may be the perfect match for a sharp-tongued lady in this New York Times–bestselling author’s Regency romance. Lady Irene Wyngate swore she’d never marry, keeping suitors at bay with her caustic tongue. But there’s one man she can’t scare: Gideon, long-lost heir to the Earl of Radbourne. Kidnapped as a child, Gideon grew up tough on the London streets. And though he’s been restored to his family, he’s still more at home in gambling dens than stately ballrooms. When matchmaker Francesca Haughston asks Irene to help civilize Gideon for marriage, she agrees—but only reluctantly. After all, he is a true rogue with a dubious past. A handsome rogue, she has to admit, but as she begins to yield to love, wicked family secrets come to light . . . with devastating consequences for the reluctant lovers.

Lady Irene Wyngate swore she'd never marry, keeping suitors at bay with her caustic tongue. But there was one man she couldn't scare: Gideon, long-lost heir to the Earl of Radbourne. He had been kidnapped as a child and grew up tough on the London streets. And though he had been restored to his family, he was still more at home in gambling dens than stately ballrooms. Irene isn't attracted to Gideon, or so she says when matchmaker Francesca Haughston asks for her help to civilize him for marriage. After all, he is a true rogue with a dubious past. A handsome rogue, she has to admit, but as she reluctantly begins to yield to love, wicked family secrets come to light…with devastating consequences for the reluctant lovers.

The New Nanny: Stunning, secretive Jessica Walker The Lonely Lawman: Handsome, devoted widower Sam Dawson The Mini-Matchmakers: Sam's darling daughters. They were determined their daddy marry again, and their new nanny was the ideal choice! Giving up a mansion was easy for runaway heiress Jessica Walker when it meant taking care of two adorable little girls and their gorgeous daddy. Tender and seductive, Sam Dawson was everything Jessica could ask for in a husband, yet he guarded his fragile heart as fiercely as he protected his girls. Jessica just hoped that the heat of their passion could melt his defenses…before her past caught up with them! Triplet sisters separated at birth—and reunited by love!

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The New Nanny: Stunning, secretive Jessica Walker The Lonely Lawman: Handsome, devoted widower Sam Dawson

This book presents the first collection of the earliest West Germanic bridal-quest narratives together with a comparative study of them. In contrast to earlier studies, the author locates the origin of this narrative tradition in the oral and written Germanic literary tradition, a result that leads to a re-assessment of the genesis of vernacular German and Scandinavian literature. The chapters deal in chronological order with the Latin chronicles of the Germanic peoples and with the early Latin and vernacular literature in Germany and Scandinavia.