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| What a Difference a Duke Makes by Lenora BellWhat it's about: Hired to care for the Duke of Banksford's twins (who have scared off at least four previous governesses), Mari Perkins bonds with her charges while battling her attraction to her new employer.
Series alert: What a Difference a Duke Makes is the 1st steamy installment of the School for Dukes series.
You might also like: Eloisa James' Seven Minutes in Heaven, also starring an unlikely governess who falls in love with the inventor who hires her to supervise a pair of rambunctious children. |
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My Lady's Choosing : An Interactive Romance Novel
by Kitty Curran
How it's different: You are the plucky but penniless heroine in the center of 18th-century society, courtship season has begun, and your future is at hand. Will you flip forward fetchingly to find love with the bantering baronet Sir Benedict Granville? Turn the page to true love with the hardworking, horse-loving highlander Captain Angus McTaggart? Or yet some other intriguing fate? Make choices, turn pages, and discover all the daring delights of the multiple (and intertwining!) storylines.
Is it for you? If you're looking for a tongue-in-cheek romp through your favorite romantic tropes, or you've ever wished the heroine ended up with a different suitor, this book will be a treat!
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| Bad Bachelor by Stefanie LondonWhat you need to know: Think Yelp for dating and you've got the ultra-popular app Bad Bachelors, which encourages singles to post reviews of their dates. That's bad news for Reed McMahon, currently the lowest-rated man in New York City due to his womanizing ways.
Starring: Brooklyn librarian Darcy Greer, who works with Reed on a fundraising project after he decides that pro bono work will improve his image.
For fans of: Sarah Title's The Undateable, another engaging novel in which a librarian finds unexpected love as a result of internet notoriety. |
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The trouble with true love
by Laura Lee Guhrke
What it's about: When he is forced into an alliance with Clara Deverill, a stand-in for the real Lady Truelove, Rex Galbraith finds his life turned upside down by this advice columnist who makes him question everything he thought he knew about women and himself.
What reviewers say: "An idealistic, marriage-minded heroine and a cynical, marriage-averse hero struggle in vain against an attraction neither had seen coming and both know will never work-or will it? Engaging prose, witty barbs, and sigh-worthy sensuality make this humorous Victorian charmer...a most diverting read." (Library Journal)
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| How To Tame Your Duke by Juliana GrayWhat it's about: Exiled from the tiny principality of Holstein-Schweinwald-Huhnhof, Princess Emilie disguises herself as a man and is hired by yhe Duke of Ashland, a disfigured former soldier and single father.
Why you might like it: Shades of Jane Eyre and Beauty and the Beast enhance this lyrical and emotionally intense romance, set in Victorian England.
Series alert: How to Tame Your Duke is the 1st book in a series by the author of the popular Affairs by Moonlight trilogy. |
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| A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa JamesWhat it is: a Regency fairy tale adaptation that pairs a hardworking "spinster" and an archaeology-obsessed Prince.
Why you might like it: This upbeat opening installment of the Happily Ever Afters series features a madcap plot, witty banter, and a lively (and eccentric) supporting cast.
Reviewers say: In a starred review, Library Journal calls James's "exquisitely written, hilarious take on Cinderella another magical sparkler." |
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| The Princess and the Peer by Tracy Anne WarrenWhat it's about: With an arranged marriage looming, Princess Emma Von Aufenstadt escapes to London to enjoy her last week of freedom. When a stolen reticule leaves her stranded and penniless, Nick, the Earl of Lyndhurst, steps in to save the day...and capture her heart.
For fans of: Christina Dodd's Lost Princesses trilogy.
Series alert: This Regency-era homage to Roman Holiday kicks off the Princess Brides trilogy. |
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