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Liebe ist kein Spiel:
Als Graf Devenham aus dem Krieg der Engländer gegen Napoleon zurückkehrt, entschließt er sich, ein vor langer Zeit gegebenes Versprechen einzulösen und die nicht mehr ganz taufrische Mary Anstey zu heiraten. Die beiden müssen indessen feststellten, dass sich ihre Gefühle füreinander abgekühlt haben: aus Rücksicht auf ihre Familien halten sie dennoch an der Heirat fest. Aber Marys jüngere Schwester, die 19-jährige Emily, durchschaut das Spiel undver sucht zu verhindern, dass sich Mary selbst unglücklich macht. Denn sie weiß, dass Mary den Pfarrer Peter Cummings liebt...
Ein hinreißend schöner Liebesroman der berühmten Autorin Marion Chesney - "Schottlands geheimer literarischer Sensation"! (Daily Record)

Wer von Liebe träumt:
"Soll ich etwa meine Tage in Armut verbringen, während meine Schwester im Luxus lebt?" Das fragt sich die 18-jährige Harriet Clifton, nachdem ihr leichtsinniger Vater das Familienvermögen verspielt hat und bald darauf gestorben ist. Harriets Schwester, der um einige Jahre älteren Cordelia, ist es gelungen, den reichen Nachbarn Lord Bentley zu heiraten. Doch sie ist schon seit einiger Zeit Witwe.
"Nur ein Ehemann kann meine Lage verbessern", sagt sich die schöne Harriet. Und kurz entschlossen lädt sie sich zur Saison nach London ein in das prächtige Stadthaus ihrer Schwester. Dort müssen doch Männer von Rang verkehren! Und in der Tat lernt sie hier den äußerst gutaussehenden Marquis von Arden kennen, in den sie sich auf den ersten Blick verliebt. Doch auch Lady Bentley wirft ihre Netze nach dem Marquis aus...

Followers of the series will notice in this volume some personality changes in the odd assortment of retainers who keep the house at 67 Clarges Street, in London's Mayfair, at the ready for whatever entrepreneur will rent it as a launching pad into the London social season. This time the renters are an unlikely couple, the Goodenoughs, apparently father and daughter, she a great beauty, he silent and mysterious. Their secrets eventually become known to the downstairs troupe, but the indomitable butler Rainberd rallies the support forces. When Emily Goodenough's social gaffes and earthy winsomeness capture the ton's most eligible bachelor, another successful season at the house comes to a close.

It's a maiden's miracle! Annabelle Quennell, daughter of apoor country parson, gets a chance at a London season to snare a wealthyhusband. But before she sets off, Mad Meg the gypsy predicts trouble ahead, andit is nothing but woe that Annabelle finds. Godmother Lady Emmeline sponsorsAnnabelle's spree-and demands she wed the oafish Captain MacDonald. But things getworse when Annabelle fears she is losing her heart to Lord Varleigh-elegant,well-pursed, but who is taken by another mistress. What a pickle Annabelle hadgotten into, and it only gets worse by the moment! In this whirlwind series, Marion Chesney brings us spirited,independent…

Fanny and her groom had been tricked! Parents on both sides, all impoverished, had decided to recoup their families’ losses by marrying their children to the progeny of a wealthier neighbor. The joke was on them, however, when it was outed that neither family had a penny to its name.

Charles was not the dark rogue of Fanny’s girlish fantasies, but he was chivalrously determined that she should meet someone more appropriate for her than he. And for her part, Fanny was determined that Charles find a woman of greater means who would, perhaps, be the answer to his prayers. Yet as each lover set out to find someone for the other, each was left with the nagging notion that true love might have nothing to do with riches.

Two sisters vie for a notorious Marquess in this historical romance by bestselling author Marion Chesney

Must one sister suffer in poverty while the other lives in the lap of luxury? This question plagued Harriet Clifton incessantly. Inviting herself to her widowed sister Cordelia's posh London townhouse for the season was surely the only way to meet a suitable partner - as well as escape drafty old Pringle House forever.

The vain Cordelia was meanwhile casting her net for the notorious Marquess of Arden, a man who would rather court a mistress than wed a wife.

Who would have believed that the Marquess would succumb to Harriet's countrified charms? - or that Cordelia would stoop quite so low as to try to conquer the Marquess at her own sister's expense?

A lovely widow plans to marry a French count in this historical romance by bestselling author Marion Chesney

It was true. The lovely young widow Lady Charteris - Delphine to her friends - had agreed to abide by her parents' wishes and marry the Comte Saint-Pierre. Delphine's parents had long since died in the Terror, but when she learned of their wishes for her, she believed it her duty to respect their wishes. Delphine would marry, but it would be a marriage in name only.

But when Delphine saw Jules Saint-Pierre, she got the shock of her life: he was the same man she had seen juggling in the streets at a local fair. What was he doing as the Comte Saint-Pierre? Was he posing? Had she made some terrible mistake?

A lord and a lady marry for money in this historical romance by bestselling author Marion Chesney.

When young widow Lady Lovelace realized she had been swindled to near-bankruptcy by her curmudgeonly cousin, she knew she would have to marry again for money.

These were the very thoughts of Lord Philip, who had nothing between him and destitution but his small army pension. And so these two attractive fortune-hunters somehow found each other and, before long, popped into marriage - and into the bridal chamber - only to discover they were both virtually penniless.

What a diabolical situation! What would they do now?

She had a long way to go from the wedding to becoming a wife.

When Lady Anne Sinclair vowed to marry before her spoiled beauty of a sister, she had no idea the "anyone" would be the marquess of Torrance. Long the darling of the town - and considered quite the confirmed bachelor - he succumbed to Annie's charms and almost magically made her his wife. But Annie's lifelong battle for attention had ill prepared her for married life. In a tipsy reverie on her wedding night, she blurted out her real reason for marrying the marquess, and her husband's formidable pride shut the door on any further communication.

Only a crisis of major proportions could bring the headstrong newlyweds together. And no less than the chancellor of the exchequer, with sinister political ambitions known only to himself, embroiled Annie in a dangerous plot that taught her the truth about her wifely sentiments.

An innocent beauty takes society by storm - and a worldly lord by surprise.

Morag Fleming, the Countess of Murr, had been bride to the most lecherous lord in Scotland - yet this ravishingly lovely girl had never been touched. Needless to say, she had never borne a child; yet as a young widow she came to London with a fine son in tow.

Her background had left her ignorant of the follies and fopperies of fashion, but soon all of society was at her feet. Most incredible of all, she knew so little about the ways and wiles of love yet set her heart upon none other than the devastatingly handsome, charming, and wealthy Lord Toby Freemantle, who could have any woman he chose and clearly chose not to have her.

Just when he'd fobbed off the last brat, anotherappeared to take her place!

Poor Lord Anselm! The dashing bachelor was foreverplagued with dying relatives leaving their female children to his care. Indeed,he had squired so many a silly miss from schoolroom to marriage mart that hehad sworn off women altogether.

The current ward was far and away the worst. Cheekyas only a French girl could be, Yvonne de la Falaise had surely sent her papato an early grave with her melodramatics and mischief. Thank goodness for hergoverness, Patricia Cottingham, who was so calm and competent.

But all was not as it seemed, or so Anselm learned,and very nearly too late.

A marriage of convenience becomes a rollickingadventure in this historical romance

He stated quite bluntly—and much to Isabella’srelief—that theirs would be a marriage in name only. But neither Harry norIsabella was aware of the other’s disguise—contrived in vain to thwart theimpending nuptials. Isabella was not the selfish ice princess she seemed, norwas Harry a mincing dandy but rather a merry profligate.

A search for buried treasure and a thwarted suitorout for revenge add adventure to the marital mayhem, as two hearts discover thatlove lies no farther than the nearest kiss.

As far as matrimonial prospects were concerned, Lucy Bliss was told she'd make an excellent clergyman's wife.

Her mother had loftier aspirations, however, for Lucy's lovely younger sister, Belinda. Belinda would marry a duke, more specifically the duke of Wardshire. Lucy was truly horrified. "Lucifer" Wardshire was rumored to be as wicked as the devil, with orgies and mistresses - and worse.

As the London season unfolded, Lucy couldn't decide who was more abominable, her vulgar mama or the arrogant yet disconcertingly handsome duke. But Lucy vowed to go to any lengths to protect her sister, even if her mission should take her into the very arms of the devilish duke himself.

A young governess dreams of life in a castle in this historical romance by bestselling author Marion Chesney

Lord Percy Hunterdon despaired: he had inherited aGothic horror of an estate along with a pair of fifteen-year-old brats to marryoff. It was no secret to him that finding husbands for these two vile youngladies would require the utmost expertise: the care of a governess of superiorcaliber.

When Jean Morrison spied Lord Hunterdon's advertisement,dreams of an unmarried viscount and a magnificent castle danced in her head.She imagined him as Byronic and brooding, pacing the battlements with a blackcloak wrapped around his manly shoulders. And naturally, he would fall madly inlove with her.

Her dreams immediately burst apart at the seams whenshe saw the dank, dirty Trelawney Castle and encountered for the first timethe evil dispositions of her new charges. Still, despite all of this, thegolden hair and dancing eyes of her employer conjured up fantasies that weremost unseemly for a governess of distinction.

Heartwarming stories of summer romance from four acclaimed Regency authors

From the zestful tale of the mistress of a manor masquerading as a servant girl—and its surprising consequences—to the story of a love that blossoms at a royal birthday fete, here's a collection of romantic summer regencies sure to delight. Stories include "The Summer of Discontent" by M. C. Beaton, "Lady Fair" by Cynthia Bailey-Pratt, "A Summer's Folly" by Sarah Eagle, and "Tides of Love" by Melinda Pryce.

One minute, Amaryllis Duvane is the belle of theLondon season-a "diamond of the first water," desired by every man and envied byevery woman. Even better, she's about to marry the man of her dreams.

But when her father dies, Amaryllis loses more thana parent-she loses her fortune. Left penniless, she's forced to depend on thegenerosity of her wealthy relations, who make her work as a servant to her ownsocially ambitious cousins.

When her ex-fiance, the devastatingly handsomeMarquess of Merechester, courts one of her relatives, Amaryllis can't bear thethought of him seeing what's become of her-or how much she still desires him.

Lady Betty has no interest in the Duke of Collingham. She doesn't care that he's fabulously wealthy, or devastatingly handsome, or impeccably well-dressed. All she sees is an arrogant nobleman with an abrasive personality and an annoyingly persistent streak.

And the Duke of Collingham is persistent. He can have any woman in the whole of Society—but the one who won't have him is the only one he wants. And he'll stop at nothing to persuade her.

Though Frederica chafed at the restricted life she lived as the adopted daughter of an infamous bluestocking, she did agree with the philosophy. Until men learned to appreciate intellectual equals, Frederica was better off without them. But her sister's elopement has sparked fires of romance in Frederica's well-educated head, making her ripe for the considerable charms of Lord Harry Danger, who has saved her from a pack of drunken thugs. Now if he would only treat her as an equal and stop the silly flirting.

From beloved historical romance author Marion Chesney comes the second installment in the Regency Intrigue series.

With little to live on but her romantic daydreams - which frequently starred the dashing Marquess of Fleetwater - Jean Lindsay lived a rather dismal life with her nasty, drunken uncle.

Jean was always the object of ridicule, that is, until news of her unexpected inheritance spread. Suddenly her worn dresses became "quaint" and her forthright manner turned magically to "charming", but to Jean's horror, someone wanted her dead!

With the marquess nearby to save her pretty neck, Jean felt quite safe... and quite smitten. As for her hero... how had an unsophisticated child from a Scottish manse turned his head and his heart askew?

'Twas a most odd and unsuitable friendship... and very precious indeed!

As the youngest of four unmarried vicar's daughters, Frederica feared her destiny was to die of tedium in the sleepy village of Barton Sub Edge. Her looks deemed "unfortunate", her willful notions damned as "difficult", she never dreamt the arrival of a rake would challenge her fate in the most surprising way.

For Frederica and Lord Granton, the worldly gentleman from the city, had something in common: boredom. And thus a secret friendship was formed. Frederica lived vicariously through his tales of adventure while he found a delightful respite from the simpering females thrown his way.

But when had their summer idyll turned to love? When had a country miss become a breathtaking lady? Worse, what the devil was a certified rogue who was much too old for her going to do about it?

From beloved historical romance author Marion Chesney comes the third installment in the Royal Ambition series.

The Misses Penelope Yarwood, Euphemia Perkins, and Letitia Helmsdale all smugly informed her that the Marquess of Cleveden was at once the most eligible and the most elusive catch in the London marriage mart. Society's most dazzling beauties had failed to win him over yet, and a newcomer like Fiona didn't stand a ghost of a chance of having him look at her twice.

That was all that fiery-tempered Fiona needed to hear, and she bet - far more wealth than she possessed - that she would snare the maddeningly elusive marquess before the season's end.

Now Fiona faces the risk of losing a wager she cannot repay - and more, the even greater danger of losing her heart.