"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. " So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues. Introduction by Anna Quindlen. Commentary by Margaret Oliphant, George Saintsbury, Mark Twain, A. C. Bradley, Walter A. Raleigh, and Virginia Woolf. Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

Each one of these two clean cowboy romance books is the first book in a series by bestselling authors Linda Bridey and Kate Whitsby.This box set includes:-Westward Winds (Montana Mail Order Brides: Book 1) and Violet's Mail Order Husband (Montana Brides: Book 1)Each one of these two clean cowboy romance books is the first book in a series by bestselling authors Linda Bridey and Kate Whitsby.This box set includes:-Westward Winds (Montana Mail Order Brides: Book 1)Tessa O’Connor lives in a world of privilege and excess. Her doting parents want her to make a good match with a worthy gentleman and live a respectable life. She is beautiful and intelligent and she comes with a hefty dowry. There is no reason that she shouldn’t be able to find an eligible man and settle down.Tessa herself is the reason. The men who are attempting to court her are, in her opinion, boring and conceited. Not only that, Tessa craves excitement and adventure, of which there is little in her social circles. By chance, she comes across an advertisement for a bride brokerage company seeking eligible women of good breeding to go west and find husbands.One man on the list catches her eye and she begins corresponding with him, eventually agreeing to go to Montana to meet him. She can’t resist the possibility of finding someone different and even if she doesn’t, the adventure itself would be worth her time. Tessa makes a successful escape and sets out to make a new life in Montana.Dean Samuels is a Montana rancher who is in over his head. His ranch is struggling and his two children are unruly and in need of a caretaker. It’s clear to his younger brother, Marcus, that he needs help. He tells Dean about a mail order bride service and convinces him that he should utilize it to find a wife.After his wife, Sarah, had passed away, Dean never intended to marry again. His ranch and his children became his life. However, it becomes apparent that Sadie, his daughter, and his son, Jack, need stability and love. The demands of raising his children and keeping his head above water financially have taken a toll and Dean grudgingly gives in to Marcus’ idea.Sarah had been the love of his life and Dean doesn’t intend to let any other woman into his heart. He’s locked those kinds of emotions deep inside, not wanting to take the chance of getting hurt like that again. Because Dean has trouble expressing his feelings in writing, his younger brother Marcus agrees to help write the letters to Tessa. Dean is happy to leave that part up to him.When Dean and Tessa meet, sparks fly between the two strong willed people. Tessa is disappointed that Dean isn’t the romantic, sophisticated man she was lead to believe he was in the letters she received. Dean is aggravated that she isn’t a meek woman who is easily managed. Never mind the fact that she has no idea of how to take care of children and keep a home.Dean and Tessa struggle to find common ground and make their marriage work. Will they each take the risk and open their hearts to one another? Can their marriage survive and will they find love and contentment in each other? Their future happiness hangs in the balance under the Montana skies.Violet's Mail Order Husband (Montana Brides: Book 1)This first episode of The Montana Brides introduces Violet, Iris and Rose Kilburn, Heiresses to the Kilburn family cattle fortune. Rocking Horse Ranch runs five thousand head of cattle but all the ranch hands are getting old. The sisters need someone to run the ranch, so the eldest sister Violet hatches the idea of getting mail order husbands for the three of them. There’s only one problem. Cornell Pollard, the sisters’ guardian and the executor of their estate, doesn’t approve. Violet must challenge Pollard and her own role as his ally to find love and gain control over her own life.Will Violet’s plan to get married end in disaster, or can she and her sisters find love with a group of strange men? Are these men what they appear to be, or is something more sinister at work?

★★★★★ "POWERFUL! Rose Haven creates an intensely romantic world for young and old alike. A place where there is darkness and light, love and hope, and if you dare to go there you will never want to leave."Breeding for dowry was never really his thing...Lord Adam Sonhurst, the seventh Marquess of Norfolk, is notorious for his rakish character. He has no intention of settling down any time soon. In fact, he would prefer downing a glass of poison than getting married. And he firmly believes that love is a dangerous notion that incapacitates a person’s logical reasoning power. His father once fell in love with his mother and he had seen how that love had ruined him! But his mother wants him to produce an heir soon to carry on the family legacy. She has chosen for him a lady of impeccable breeding who would also bring a sizeable dowry. As much as he loathes his mother, Adam knows that she is right. But he refuses to marry the girl of her choice.When circumstances force him to get married to that very girl, he vows to make life hell for her! ★★★★★ "POWERFUL! Rose Haven creates an intensely romantic world for young and old alike. A place where there is darkness and light, love and hope, and if you dare to go there you will never want to leave."

While searching for answers about her forgotten past, Maea uses her powers to see into the past and future. She inadvertently summons the first diviner and learns that her missing memories are part of a greater plot that threatens her kingdom. It is up to Maea to find the sorcerer whose spell stole her identity before his plans bring the the kingdom to ruin.The prophecy foretells the rise of evil intent on ruling all the kingdoms. For generations, Maea’s family has met this foe and destroyed it before it could be unleashed. But now the power which her ancestors used to stop it in the past is lost. A sorcerer’s spell has wipe Maea of all her memories, including the prophecy which can save her kingdom.Maea is trapped at court, controlled by her foster mother, who wants to use Maea’s power to see into the future for her own gain. At court, secrets and betrayal are common fare and Maea’s powers give anyone who controls her the advantage. With no one to trust she can only rely on herself to break the curse. When she meets the charming prince Adair, she thinks he is just another courtier intent on using her. His reputation as a rogue proceeds him and she has no intention of being his next conquest. But his offer to help her break the curse is too good to be passed up. Together they uncover a plot that stretches back centuries and centers around Maea’s family. Her quest has thrust Maea into the middle of a struggle for thrones. If she chooses the wrong side, she just may lose her head. With lives on the line, Maea must use her powers to find who to trust before it is too late.

Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her daughter into a dismal match. A magnificently crafted novel of Regency manners and mores that will delight Austen enthusiasts with its wit and elegant expression.

★★★★★ "POWERFUL! Rose Haven creates an intensely romantic world for young and old alike. A place where there is darkness and light, love and hope, and if you dare to go there you will never want to leave."Lady Rebecca Thompsons’ chances of landing a good husband have already been diluted because of her late father’s questionable reputation. To make matters worse, she finds herself on the brink of losing her fortune and the estate that she loves more than anything! The man behind all her miseries, Lord Henry Northwall, is also the only man who can give her everything she ever dreamed of; but at what cost? Read on to find out if Lady Rebecca is willing to accept Henry’s scandalous proposal….. ★★★★★ "POWERFUL! Rose Haven creates an intensely romantic world for young and old alike. A place where there is darkness and light, love and hope, and if you dare to go there you will never want to leave."

Loving an outlaw isn't easy... but it sure is fun!Carrie Ackerman is on a quest for vengeance.Her older sister stole her fiancé, and Carrie plans to get even.But Carrie's broke. All her family's money went to save their farm.Carrie needs a ticket to Montana, even if she must become a mail order bride to get it.The bandits who robbed her stagecoach are evil! Villains! Scoundrels all!But one of them has eyes like a stormy sea and a smile that could charm the devil out of her.She can't take her eyes off Fred Connor, even if he is an outlaw.When the robbery goes wrong, only Fred can save her. But does he want to?She was supposed to be a mail order bride, not the wife of an outlaw.Every time Fred looks at her, Carrie feels something build inside her. She doesn't think she can...

He consumes her heart and her every thought. But yet, she wants more...For Miss Isabel Chenieux, the thought of attending London Season is nearly too much to bear. Ward of the Duke of Ventury after the tragic loss of her parents, she is torn between apprehension and a forbidden yearning for his affection.The passing of his parents leaves David Thorough not only with the title of Duke but also a ward. And, as he quickly finds out, she gains a dangerously bewitching hold of him.But the night is the time for shadows and Isabel's unknown past is rife with them.A note delivered by a stranger is followed by Isabel's disappearance. And David has but a single old letter to help him find Isabel and guide him on the right trail. A trail that leads to a conspiracy twenty years in the making...

Love and redemption aren't won... they're earned.Lily Dyer needs to get away from her husband. Not tomorrow, not tonight, but now.He's hurt her for the last time. But when she finally finds her courage, it's not her life he threatens.She has two choices:1- Stay and her family lives, 2- leave and they all die.Her mother, her sister, her nieces and nephews...Lily has no choice. Then Edward comes into her life.He's her boss' son, and he's all the things her husband isn't.She shouldn't care about him, but she does.He shouldn't want her, but he does. Edward offers to help Lily escape her life... and give her a new one.There's a secret she's been keeping though.When Edward finds out, will he still want her?Soon things go...

A Merry MacNaughton Mishap (A MacNaughton Castle Romance, Novella)

Her Captain Enchanter(The Worthington Legacy, Book Five)

Every fiber of her being tells her that he is a righteous man⎯not the safe guy you’d love, but the dangerous one who makes your pulse race.When Mia and Carson first laid eyes on each other, their hearts skipped a beat. They never suspected that this would not be the only rush of adrenaline they would feel. Mia Carter feels finally free. She can unburden her family while at the same time, find a loving home with her brother, Jonas, and his family. Or so she thinks.Her new town, Tombstone, is in a gang war and Jonas’s poker hall is right in the middle!Unable to refuse his cry for help, Mia will find herself caught between the Powells, Dodds, and Dooleys’ fight for dominance. Little did she know, while she gets closer to Carson, that he is the leader of the Powells Gang. As the truth will be quickly revealed, Mia will be left heartbroken, and Carson shattered by her detachment.But with the Dooleys’ deadly threat approaching, Mia, Jonas, and Carson will agree in a never before truce, solely intended for fighting the common enemy. But in this case, the road to love is paved with these intentions.

A Scottish beautyLures the Laird to sin!Exchanging elegant society balls for clan wars, Logan Rathmore has returned to Scotland as the new Laird of Ardvarrick. Peace is within grasp when he meets musician Ailsa McInnis from a rival clan. Her stubborn pride and innocence fascinate him—but with her now under his protection, he must do nothing to abuse her trust. The fragile peace is dependent on his being able to resist the forbidden temptation she presents...From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.Lairds of Ardvarrick Book 1: Forbidden to the Highland Laird

The Unmarriageable Collection (Books 1–3) [The Deserted Heart, The Sinister Heart, The Vulgar Heart]

Before his untimely death, Lady Kila Murray's father betrothed her to Laird Colin Monro, a man she had previously met and thought to be most attractive. She agrees to the marriage and is soon on her way to Whitestag Castle to wed. While staying at an inn, she is kept from being trampled to death by a handsome Highlander, Duncan MacDonell. Kila becomes quite taken with her rescuer, and cannot keep him from her thoughts. Unbeknownst to Kila, Lady Verona Murray, her devious young stepmother, poisoned Kila's father, and is now bent on doing away with Kila anyway she can—as she is in love with Laird Monro herself—and the only way to have him is to get rid of her stepdaughter, leaving the path to the altar open for herself. While on his way to see the Earl of Riverglen, Duncan MacDonell ends up rescuing the beautiful and enticing Lady Kila Murray, for whom he has an undeniable attraction. Finding himself alone with the desirable lass, he ends up kissing her—which was the wrong thing to do—for now she occupies his thoughts every waking moment. Thinking he'll most likely never see Kila again, he is surprised when the earl asks him to escort her to Whitestag Castle and hand her over to her betrothed. Duncan soon finds himself in love with Kila, and realizes he'd rather die than to see her married to Monro, or any man but himself. **

Their love was a durable fire, in the mind ever burning…Punished by her brother for refusing to marry a man twice her age, Isabella Dellendine is sent to live with her aunt near the Scottish border. A situation almost as agonizing as her father’s death.Severely wounded and with war raging around him, Duncan Goreidh, Laird of Brynkirk, has but one choice if he wants to survive: to disguise himself as a British soldier. Rescued at the last minute by an old English lady, his plans to flee home are ruined when he meets her irresistible niece.Their love is forbidden, but their meeting was not a coincidence.With Isabella’s presence turning his own flesh and blood against him, Duncan finds himself short of allies. And ways to protect her. An old vendetta started by his kin returns from the grave to haunt them, and it comes with a price. For whose fault is it, when you invite death into your own house?

Winning what you want may cost you everything you love...Persephone Sheridan guards precious cargo.Her years as the caretaker of a comatose elderly noblewoman had always been uneventful. Until the day Lady Humbertson woke and bestowed upon her a mission that was never meant to be her own.With a title that he never wanted for himself, Silas Galashields, Earl of Dornham, bears the guilt of his brother’s death. When a stormy night brings a strange young woman right outside his door, he offers her shelter. Not realizing that he’s offering shelter to the darkness she carries with her.Worlds apart and yet bound by the red thread of fate, they trudge the line between bliss and ruin.When Persephone’s horse is found poisoned, the message is clear: the people she loves are next. Desperate to protect Silas from the shadow that follows her, she makes a grave decision: reveal the secret that Lady Humbertson entrusted to her. A bloody tale sealed in a scroll, older than the Crown itself...

The only way to save her freedom is to become a mail order bride... Lucille is hiding. Running...And Marshal Lindsay is chasing.The last thing on her mind is becoming a mail order bride. But ... when circumstances force her to act quickly, she does what she must to survive. Leonard is a sheriff's deputy who is always been smitten with Lucille, and she thinks she's hit the jackpot marrying him.No one will question a deputy's wife in connection to a crime.Not even the marshal who's been chasing her. It doesn't matter whether she's innocent or guilty, the marshal's already condemned her, and marrying Leonard is her way out.But when the marshal finally catches up, things only get worse. Lucille has a decision to make.Stay?Or Run? If only she didn't love Leonard, it would be an easy one.Can Leonard save Lucille...

He let her into his heart and she took away the demons of a lifetime…Desperate to escape her evil father, Amelia Donnel thinks her reply to a Mail-Order Bride ad may hold the key to her salvation. But when she meets the cowboy she’s been corresponding with all this time, she comes face to face with an unpleasant surprise: he seems unable to recognize her.Living a lonely life on his ranch, Oliver Gyles carries the burden of his deceased father’s darkest secret. With no intention of getting married, he is shocked to see a beautiful lady standing at his doorstep, looking for her fiancé.What starts as a misunderstanding, blooms into a myriad of emotions they couldn't have foreseen...But his father’s last wish haunts Oliver and the past comes back to take Amelia away from him. Fighting his demons to save his love while there’s still time, he will soon find out what really happened the night his father died in that fire...

'Love is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls...'Miss Imogen Bryton loathes the moment she steps on English soil.Raised in Africa, she has nothing to look forward to when her brother announces that they are returning to their ancestral home in England. Α country that seems as foreign as the people that reside in it.Elijah Keaton, Earl of Grimvale, couldn't have been in more dire straits. Left to manage his late father's mounting debts, there's only one way to keep his Earldom from collapsing: find and marry a rich heiress. That is until he sets eyes upon a breathtaking lady he has never seen before.Thrown into a storm where nothing is dictated by them, Imogen and Elijah find solace in the one thing that seems to illuminate an otherwise bleak future: each other.Mysterious nighttime visitors keep knocking on his door, and Elijah receives an ominous message: he's living on borrowed time. A mission has been bestowed upon Imogen; a mission that was placed on her shoulders before she was even born...

Part Fact. Part Fiction. All Romance. ​Based on the actual events of real-life pirate Captain Henry Avery, The Arch Pirate twists and twirls blending fact with fiction in an adventure-filled 17th century pirate romance.A roguish pirate searches for treasure and finds something other than gold... the beautiful Lady Aleida. But danger, duty, and destiny threaten to tear them apart.   ​While Avery and his crew make for Madagascar to start off their new life of piracy, they capture a Dutch ship along the way. It isn't gold Avery finds in one of the chests they brought on board, but it's treasure none-the-less… an exquisite woman unlike any he's ever seen. Enraptured by her beauty and unable to return her to her own long-departed ship, Avery promises to keep her safe until he can secure her return passage home. But after he strips away the years of etiquette drilled into Lady Aleida Van Imhoff, it isn't him doing the stealing this time… it seems she's stolen his heart.  ​Aleida finds herself captured by Captain Avery's crew while en route to marry the heir to the Dutch India Trading Company. She had thought being forced to marry the arrogant Albertus was the worst thing to happen to her… until she ended up on a ship filled with pirates. But the notorious Arch Pirate turns out to be more mischief than murderer, and soon she's hoping her rescuers never arrive. Ensnared by Avery's roguish charm and the temptations of a life unknown, the two soon find themselves on an adventure in pirate-controlled Madagascar.  ​Torn between family duty and her love for Captain Avery, Aleida must decide who wins the battle raging inside her. Will she choose her heart or her head? ​

Seeking adventures, she finds the greatest one: him…There is only one thing Lady Amelia Balfour loves more than balls: ghost stories.The eldest daughter of the Earl of Derswell is looking forward to visiting the old Cloudfield Manor, the most famous haunted house in London. Expecting it to be empty, she is shocked to discover that she is indeed not alone.With his business floundering, Reginald Carter, the young Duke of Cloudfield is almost ready to sign the papers and sell the manor that haunted his dreams for two decades. That is until the most beautiful lady falls right into his arms during an inspection.What starts as a spark erupts into a raging fire of passion, and promises of love made under the moonlight.However, not everyone is happy with their union and they will stop at nothing to prevent it. Even though the ghosts at Cloudfield Manor are silent, Amelia and Reginald are unaware that they have stirred awake other forces: very real, human forces that have been at work for more than twenty years..

Fitting in is never easy... especially when you're an Indian mail order bride.Bíawacheeitchish—Bia to her friends—has just left the only home she's ever known.Her brothers want her to marry Askook, an Indian man from an enemy tribe whom she does not love.Bia is supposed to be the prize that will bring peace to their tribes.She knows Askook is dangerous but her brothers won't listen.Her only way out is to become a mail order bride.Tom is the brother of her closest friends.But he's not Indian. He's a farmer.A white man who knows nothing of her ways.And... she doesn't know if she can live with him but she doesn't think she can live without him either.When Askook comes looking for her, Tom must fight to keep her safe.Bia's not sure that Tom loves her enough to face the danger.Will Tom...

In The Midst 0f The Storm, They Still Found Each Other...When her family’s old foe returns to town, Olivia Wagner’s quiet life is shattered. As the vendetta between the Wagners and the Paytons is reignited, the town prepares for yet another war.With his parents’ death still heavy on his shoulders, Marc Payton must take care of his sister and family ranch. Danger lurks around every corner, but things change the minute he lays his eyes on the beautiful Olivia Wagner.Their love is forbidden, transcending the decades-old feud...When a terrible “accident” occurs, Olivia and Marc must set their differences aside and unite forces. Racing against a ticking clock to rescue a helpless family from certain doom, their love will be tested...twice.A terrible storm is brewing extremely close to them and they don't even know it.

Sometimes when love goes wrong, the only thing you can do is run...Caroline Norris is running for her life.With four-year-old twins in tow, Caroline flees from her abusive husband during the night.Dr. Gilbert Shannon is the only man Caroline can trust, though she's not sure she can trust herself around him.Her children love him, and she's beginning to think she does, too.One year ago, they shared a single kiss.Now she's afraid she missed her chance.But when Dr. Shannon comes to her aid, she knows things between them are only beginning.Floyd would rather see Caroline dead than with another man, and he's prepared to prove it.When he finally tracks her down, it's more than just her own life at stake.He wants his children back, and Dr. Shannon is standing in his way.Floyd won't hurt his children.But... his...

Most mail order brides are wanted... this one's a surprise.Belle Reese is tired of being alone and away from her sisters.The man she loves still hasn't proposed, and she's not sure he's going to anymore.When she sees his ad for a mail order bride, she's shocked.Then she gets the best idea of her life, or maybe it's the worst...She'll surprise him. What will Sidney say when she shows up on his doorstep?Close to her sisters, married to him... it's everything she wanted.But ... Sidney already has a bride! Irene is beautiful, funny, and dying to marry Sidney.But Belle senses she's hiding something.Only no one believes her. Especially not Sidney.Belle is good at watching and waiting, and when this other mail order bride's dark side is shown, she'll be there to catch her.Is Belle blinded by...

She wasn't supposed to marry him, now she can't live without him…Emma Thornton was raised all her life dreaming of the perfect gentleman. When her father announces the loss of their fortune Emma is devasted. To save their family legacy from ruin, she has no other choice but to marry the Marquess of Dunberry, a man she knows from infancy and wants nothing to do with.All Henry Blackmoor wanted was peace, quiet, and distance from his controlling father. When he is issued to marry, Henry detests the idea, even though his bride is the most charming creature he has ever met. But when marital bliss seems to be within their grasp, Emma and Henry will realize that the forces that brought them together, move to tear them apart.Now they must overcome years of resentment and mistrust while uncovering secrets that will destroy, everything they hold dear… She married him without a choice, now she would only choose him…

Can love overcome danger?Remaining in her Virginia hometown won't mend Clara Brown's broken heart. Determined to set her life back in order--and go somewhere she won't have to see her former beau--she answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride. Before she knows it, she's arrived in Crest Stone, a rugged new railroad town nestled between the mountains in Colorado. And when she meets her intended, he's better than she ever could have dreamed--handsome and kind, even if he does seem preoccupied.Roman Carlisle is a cowboy turned livery owner. More than anything, he wants what his brothers have--a family. When Clara answers his advertisement, he's overjoyed to find she's exactly who he wanted. But her arrival coincides with horses going missing from his stable. If he can't find out who's behind the thefts, he'll lose everything he's worked so hard for.Clara is determined to help Roman when she finds out he's losing both horses and customers. But when the horse thieves grow more threatening, Roman is faced with a choice--send back the woman he's come to love, or put her life in danger.