A Most Improper Duchess: A Duke and Courtesan Historical Romance
Title | A Most Improper Duchess: A Duke and Courtesan Historical Romance PDF eBook |
Author | Alivia Fleur |
Publisher | Spencer & Co Publishing |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2024-01-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0645632295 |
Vivianne Chevalier is done with dukes. After another broken promise for a starring role on the Paris stage, the dancer and courtesan vows to walk away from it all. The viperous competition from the other dancers. The manipulations of the European nobility who only care for their own pleasures. Greedy, heartless people who want nothing more than to get ahead, no matter the cost to others. After years of failure, she craves a simple life, like the one she foolishly turned her back on when she was young. His Grace Arley West is familiar with the traps and trappings of a dukedom. After all, he was not even six when he became the Duke of Osborne. The constant demands, requests for favours, false friends wanting money, and never really being sure if people respect him, or his title, all are a regular part of his life. Is it any wonder he has become a grumpy recluse, only leaving his villa to attend to his parliamentary duties?That is, until he finds himself travelling to Paris incognito on a research trip for Spencer and Co Travel. Disguised as a merchant, he meets the vibrant and beautiful Vivianne, and for the first time in his life, he feels as if someone might truly love him for himself. A whirlwind romance and a proposal follow, and Arley takes his dancer fiancé back to London. He can't wait to tell her who he really is. She is going to be so surprised. After all, doesn't every woman want to be a duchess? A Most Improper Duchess is the second book in the Tales from Honeysuckle Street series. All books in the series are standalone reads. With a guaranteed HEA, A Most Improper Duchess features HOT open-door intimacy. It includes some strong language and sexy times. This novel also contains themes of parental death, prostitution and poverty that some audiences may find confronting.
A Beginner's Guide to Scandal: A Friends to Lovers Historical Romance
Title | A Beginner's Guide to Scandal: A Friends to Lovers Historical Romance PDF eBook |
Author | Alivia Fleur |
Publisher | Spencer & Co Publishing |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2023-04-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0645632201 |
After twelve years in the country, Hamish, Lord Dalton, heir to Earl Caplin, has returned to London to find a rich and titled wife. That’s his story, and he’s sticking to it. But Hamish has his own plans: to create a scandal and embarrass his critical, condescending father. If only he knew how. Iris Abberton wasn’t always confined by expectation and obligation. As a young girl, she ran wild through the streets of London, causing chaos and playing tricks on the ton with her best friend, Hamish. Now, as the secret accountant for her father’s company, she spends her days juggling ledgers and maintaining appearances. Her wild years are behind her. And she cannot afford a hint of scandal if she is to realise her dreams for the business. But what harm could there be in one tiny adventure? Just one evening of fun with her mischievous—and incredibly handsome—old friend. It’s not as if their friendship has turned into something more. Iris’s heart does not tremble with unsaid things when Hamish is around. And nothing will sway Hamish from his mission. Yes, Iris is now all grown up, with sensual curves, kissable lips, and the same twinkle in her eyes, but he does not think about her in that way. They’re just friends. Understand? Friends. A Beginner’s Guide to Scandal is the first book in the Tales from Honeysuckle Street series. It's main tropes are friends to lovers, class difference, surprise heir hero and blue-stocking heroine. All books in the series are standalone reads. With a guaranteed HEA, A Beginner’s Guide to Scandal is a slow burn historical romance that goes from smouldering to HOT at just the right moment. It includes some strong language and sexy times. This novel also contains themes of parental death, parental illness and misogyny that some audiences may find confronting.
The Courtesan Duchess
Title | The Courtesan Duchess PDF eBook |
Author | Joanna Shupe |
Publisher | Zebra Books |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2015-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1420135538 |
In this wickedly sexy Regency romance series debut, a Duchess plays seductress in a cunning scheme that leads to love. Julia, Duchess of Colton, has a cunning plan to banish her debts. All she has to do is seduce her estranged husband—an undertaking that proves to be as wickedly pleasurable as it is improper. After learning the secrets of Juliet Leighton, London's leading courtesan, she travels to Venice in disguise as Juliet. Now all she has to do is locate her husband, conceive an heir, and voila, her future is secure! It’s a foolproof plan. After all, Julia’s husband has not bothered to lay eyes on her in eight years, since their hasty wedding day when she was only sixteen. But what begins as a tempestuous flirtation escalates into full-blown passion—and the feeling is mutual! Could the man she married actually turn out to be the love of her life?
A Most Improper Duchess
Title | A Most Improper Duchess PDF eBook |
Author | Alanna Lucas |
Publisher | Three Graces |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-07-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781960184801 |
Secret salons and forbidden tendres. The Season promises to be scandalous. After their parents' deaths, the three Grace sisters must leave their family home for their first season in London. But how will Alexandra, the eldest Miss Grace, fare in the ton's infamous marriage mart? She's determined to marry for love. If only she could find a husband like her childhood friend, Niall, Duke of Blackburn, but with added passion. Caught up in Society's whirlwind, Alexandra soon realizes eligible gentlemen may want to make suitable matches, but once wed, their true desires will be reserved for their mistresses. Enlisting her sisters' support, she sets up secret salons with trusted female acquaintances at which they can discuss the conundrum of men's true nature versus finding a happy marriage. However, the salons raise more questions than answers, and realizing she will only gain the knowledge the ladies seek by talking with a man, Alexandra approaches Niall. But discussing matters of an intimate nature proves very different from talking about art and architecture, and the friendship Alexandra has always felt rapidly turns into something more. Can she really be falling for her very proper childhood friend? Niall takes his role in life seriously. He's a proper fellow, decided in his ways to stand up for those unable to protect themselves. That's what dukes do-sustain traditions and serve with dignity. When an old friend from Eton asks Niall to watch over his three sisters, how can he refuse? If anyone can assist ladies in their entrance to Society, it's a duke. Strict and timely, practiced, and nuanced, Niall knows just what it takes to master the ins and outs of civilization. But sometimes the most proper thing to do is give in. The Three Graces A Most Improper Duchess Never Judge a Beast by His Cover Blame it on Lord Raine
The Courtesan's Wager
Title | The Courtesan's Wager PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Dain |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780425225806 |
In order to find herself a husband, Lady Amelia enlists the aid of notorious courtesan-turned-matchmaker Sophia Dalby, who comes up with a plan to hold interviews with the ton's eligible dukes for the position of husband, but hopeful suitor Lord Cranleigh comes up with his own scheme to woo the lady of his choice. Original.
A Most Improper Duchess
Title | A Most Improper Duchess PDF eBook |
Author | Alivia Fleur |
Publisher | Tales from Honeysuckle Street |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024-01-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780975629307 |
Vivianne Chevalier is done with dukes. After another broken promise for a starring role on the Paris stage, the dancer and courtesan vows to walk away from it all. The viperous competition from the other dancers. The manipulations of the European nobility who only care for their own pleasures. Greedy, heartless people who want nothing more than to get ahead, no matter the cost to others. After years of failure, she craves a simple life, like the one she foolishly turned her back on when she was young. His Grace Arley West is familiar with the traps and trappings of a dukedom. After all, he was not even six when he became the Duke of Osborne. The constant demands, requests for favours, false friends wanting money, and never really being sure if people respect him, or his title, all are a regular part of his life. Is it any wonder he has become a grumpy recluse, only leaving his villa to attend to his parliamentary duties? That is, until he finds himself travelling to Paris incognito on a research trip for Spencer and Co Travel. Disguised as a clerk, he meets the vibrant and beautiful Vivianne, and for the first time in his life, he feels as if someone might truly love him for himself. A whirlwind romance and a proposal follow, and Arley takes his dancer fiancé back to London. He can't wait to tell her who he really is. She is going to be so surprised. After all, doesn't every woman want to be a duchess? A Most Improper Duchess is the second book in the Tales from Honeysuckle Street series. All books in the series are standalone reads. With a guaranteed HEA, A Most Improper Duchess features HOT open-door intimacy. It includes some strong language and sexy times. This novel also contains themes of parental death, prostitution and poverty that some audiences may find confronting.
The Harlot Countess
Title | The Harlot Countess PDF eBook |
Author | Joanna Shupe |
Publisher | Zebra Books |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2015-05-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1420135554 |
Vicious rumors and rapier wit make for a heated rivalry—until the sparks start flying in this Regency romance by the award-winning author. Maggie, Lady Hawkins, had a debut she'd rather forget—along with her first marriage. Today, she’s a fierce political cartoonist writing under the male pseudonym Lemarc, and her favorite object of ridicule is Simon Barrett, Earl of Winchester. He's a rising star in Parliament—and a former confidant of Maggie's who decided to believe a salacious rumor that vexes her to this day. Still crushed by Simon's betrayal, Maggie has no intention of letting the ton crush her as well. In fact, Lemarc's cartoons have made Simon a laughingstock. But now it appears that Maggie was wrong about what happened years ago, and that Simon has been secretly yearning for her since . . . forever. Could it be that the heart is mightier than the pen and the sword?