<div><B>A Scottish spinster reignites a long-simmering passion in this unforgettable Regency romance from the author &ldquo;renowned for delighting readers&rdquo; (<I>Affaire de Coeur</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> As perfect as a marble statue, George Frobisher, the future Earl of Chadleigh, was thunderstruck when, at the age of seventeen, he accidentally glimpsed Miss Olivia Henshaw emerging naked from her bath the day of his sister&rsquo;s wedding. That vision of a Venus, his Venus, would fuel his fantasies for years to come.<BR /><BR /> Ten years after the wedding, Olivia Henshaw has resigned herself to spinsterhood caring for her ailing uncle in a cold and dark castle in the Scottish Highlands. She has no expectation of anything but a cozy visit with her best friend, Felicia Leyton, when she accepts her invitation to an intimate house party in the countryside. No one at the Leytons&rsquo; Yorkshire abbey can guess what will transpire when fantasy finally meets reality.</div>

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An Encounter with Venus

<div><B>&ldquo;Mansfield gives readers another classic treat with this charmingly sweet romance, a regency notable for its polished writing and gleaming wit&rdquo; (<I>Booklist</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> An arrogant spinster, a dashing rake, and an unsigned painting:<I> The Girl With the Persian Shawl</I> was a strangely bewitching masterpiece that had hung in the Rendell household for generations. Kate Rendell graciously let the dashing Lord Ainsworth view the work and was outraged when he dared to insinuate that the painting came into the family by nefarious means. She was unfazed that Lord Ainsworth left her estate believing she was little more than an arrogant spinster. But everything changed when she discovered that her beloved but flighty younger cousin was to be betrothed to . . . a rake!</div>

The Girl with the Persian Shawl

<div><B>A meddlesome mother is all that stands between her daughter and a rakish suitor in this unpredictable Regency romance from the award-winning author.</B><BR /><BR /> Cassandra Beringer would never allow her daughter Cicely to repeat her mistake and marry a man twenty years her senior--even if he is the handsome Viscount Ingelsby, considered by her sister to be the catch of the season. The memory of her own disastrous marriage to an older man still haunted her, despite her being widowed for many years. However, fate and a wet marble staircase interrupted her plans to keep Jeremy Ingelsby away from her only child. How will she stop them when she can&#39;t even remember her own name? </div>

Mother's Choice

<div><B>A spendthrift viscount must contend with a financial advisor&mdash;a surprisingly beautiful and charming one&mdash;in this Regency romance.</B><BR /><BR /> Jane Douglas had a sharp wit, a brilliant mind, and an extraordinary knack for numbers. As financial advisor to Lady Martha Kettering, she was able to provide for herself, her sister, and her mother. Jane had resigned herself to a quiet life in the country, in service.<BR /><BR /> Viscount Luke Kettering was a Corinthian: self-confident, elegant, with a talent for all the manly arts, and a penchant for taking risks. He was admired by his peers, yet his constant requests for funds to settle his gambling debts caused his mother deep concern. He eagerly accepted her challenge to give him control of his inheritance if he could prove to be financially responsible. All he had to do was act prudently for one month. He did not factor in one detail&mdash;that Lady Martha&#39;s financial advisor would be overseeing his accounting for the month&mdash;and that he was&mdash;a she! </div>

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Miscalculations

<div><B>A scheming nobleman and a willful woman clash in this alluring novel from &ldquo;one of the best-loved authors of Regency romance&rdquo; (<I>The Romance Reader</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> Captain Christopher &quot;Kit&quot; Meredith, recuperating from wartime injuries, learned that he had become the new Viscount of Crittendem. All he cared about was returning to Crittendem Grange and beginning a new life in peace and quiet. He was unaware that Caroline Whitlow and her two younger brothers were living at the Grange and that they would be dispossessed when he returned.<BR /><BR /> When Kit learned the facts, he was happy to provide a bequest to them. But Caro was determined to refuse charity and would not be swayed.<BR /><BR /> A chance encounter on the streets of London literally threw Kit and Caro together&mdash;under the hooves of a pair of out-of-control horses. Caro was drawn to the stranger who saved her life, and Kit formulated a plan to get her to accept the bequest. He didn&#39;t realize that his subterfuge would first win and then lose the woman he most desired. </div>

Poor Caroline

<div><B>Childhood friends team up to disarrange their impending marriage in this charming Regency romance from the award-winning author.</B><BR /><BR /> It was decided from their infancy that Tris Enders would wed Juliet Branscombe. Yet, growing up on adjoining estates in Derbyshire made that the last thing that either wanted, especially after Tris had found the girl of his dreams in London and the handsome Lord Canfield moved into a nearby estate. Tris and Juliet each believed that if the other became engaged to someone else, then Juliet&#39;s mother, the formidable Madge Branscombe, would finally have to put her daughter&#39;s dreams above her own and allow them to marry whomever they chose. Misunderstandings abound when Tris and Juliet &quot;help&quot; each other with the objects of their affections, leading to disastrous results. </div>

Matched Pairs

<div><B>In this irresistible Regency romance by award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield, a stubbornly single noblewoman has five months to find a husband&mdash;or become instantly penniless </B><BR /><BR /> Time is running out for twenty-five-year-old Lady Margaret Underwood. Desperate to retain the independence that her considerable fortune affords her, she accepts the proposal of Viscount Charles Isham. But after a few hours in his stultifying company, she does what any woman would do: She flees.<BR />  <BR /> A snowstorm and a carriage mishap lead to rescue by a seductive stranger. Soon Meg is ensconced in the Yorkshire estate of Sir Geoffrey Carrier, a soldier harboring a painful secret. And there&rsquo;s more stormy weather ahead for a man sworn to remain single and a woman who refuses to be married off as they discover the perils and pleasures of falling in love.<BR /><BR /></div>

The Frost Fair

<div><B>A daring charade could reunite a husband and wife in award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield&rsquo;s sparkling Regency romance</B><BR /><BR /> After nearly losing his life at the Battle of Waterloo, Captain Alexander Tyrrell, Earl of Braeburn, comes home to the shocking news that he is still married. Braving enemy fire is nothing compared to having to see the duplicitous Priscilla Vickers again.<BR />  <BR /> Priss has waited six years to be reunited with the man she loves. But her husband believes her guilty of the worst kind of betrayal. And nothing she says or does will convince him that Sir Blake Edmonds isn&rsquo;t her illicit lover. It will take a daring deception&mdash;and a scheming minx who has set her cap for Alec&mdash;for these two people to realize how much they have lost and how much they could gain if they were to find the courage to turn a sham union into a second chance for happiness.<BR /><BR /></div>

A Regency Charade

<div><B>An American inherits a title and a love he never expected when he comes to England to claim his fortune in award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield&rsquo;s sparkling Regency tale</B><BR /><BR /> The Hartleys are on the brink of disaster. Viscount Mainwaring has died, unaccountably leaving his entire fortune to an American<I>. </I>Worst of all, Anne Hartley&rsquo;s future is in jeopardy. She has been forbidden from marrying the nobleman she has adored since the moment she found him thrown from his horse in Hyde Park.<BR />  <BR /> With two society families up in arms, the unwitting new Viscount Mainwaring arrives in England to claim his title. That&rsquo;s when Anne&rsquo;s scheming stepmother comes up with a plan to save them all from imminent ruin. All that proper, sensible Anne has to do is transform the uncouth Virginian into an English gentleman. But Jason Hughes isn&rsquo;t the ill-mannered boor everyone expects. And love was never part of the bargain.<BR /><BR /></div>

Regency Sting

<div><B>The fascinating stranger who visits a young lady in the dead of night is no ghostly spirit in this spellbinding Regency romance by award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield </B><BR /><BR /> After scandalizing London with her improper behavior and jilting two suitors, Nell Belden is about to do it again. This time she rejects the very wealthy, utterly insufferable nobleman her financially strapped guardians have been pressuring her to marry. Banished to their isolated Cornwall estate, Nell is awakened one night by an unusual apparition.<BR />  <BR /> But her midnight visitor is no phantom. He is Captain Henry Thorne, sixth Earl of Thornbury. The new Lord of Thorndene has returned to his crumbling family seat to live in isolation, far from the horrors of war. Nell is intrigued by this wounded soldier who has no desire to take his rightful place in society. As the weeks pass and fascination flames into dangerous desire, Nell realizes she must leave&mdash;or risk losing her heart to the one man who can never belong to her.<BR /><BR /></div>

The Phantom Lover

<div><B>Award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield presents the captivating tale of a fiercely independent woman who learns a shocking secret that leads to a startling lesson in love </B><BR /><BR /> Olivia Matthews may be unversed in the ways of love, but her eyes don&rsquo;t deceive her. Her sister&rsquo;s husband, Miles Strickland, seventh Earl of Langley, is a scoundrel. Olivia just caught him in the arms of another woman. When she dares to confront him, the blackguard has the gall to accuse her of blackmail.<BR />  <BR /> Determined to expose his unfaithfulness, Olivia leaves London to visit her sister in the English countryside, where her world is overturned. Suddenly she is trying to rein in her rambunctious niece and nephew, fending off the amorous attentions of two suitors . . . and falling in love with the very nobleman she had vowed to hate forever.<BR /><br clear="all" /></div>

The Fifth Kiss

<div><B>To save the man she secretly loves, a young lady embarks on a dangerous deception in award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield&rsquo;s delightful Regency romance</B><BR /><BR /> It&rsquo;s a scandal that twenty-seven-year-old Sarah Stanborough is still unwed. Despite her matchmaking mother&rsquo;s fervent wishes, Sarah refuses to encourage the eminently eligible John Phillip North, Marquis of Revesne. The arrogant bounder has actually fought duels to keep her potential suitors at bay.<BR />  <BR /> Only one man attracts the independent spinster: handsome Edward Middleton, her young cousin&rsquo;s guardian, who detests the frivolous gossip and shallow flirtations of London society as much as she does. But when Lord North threatens Edward&rsquo;s life, Sarah knows there&rsquo;s only one way to save the man who has stolen her heart. Yet even she can&rsquo;t predict the consequences of the risky charade she is about to set in motion.<BR /><BR /></div>

Duel of Hearts

<div><B>Appearances can be deceiving in award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield&rsquo;s seductive Regency tale about a woman who loses her heart to the one man she has sworn never to love</B><BR /><BR /> When Jenny Garvin arrives at the Portsmouth pier to see her adored brother sail off on one of His Majesty&rsquo;s ships, she catches the eye of a tall, well-dressed stranger, who rescues her from a thief. But Captain Tristram Allenby is not what he seems. According to her brother, he is an icy-cold, monstrous tyrant who must be avoided at all costs.<BR />  <BR /> Tris Allenby only has eyes for the spirited beauty who has haunted his dreams for the past six months. Now the most sought-after bachelor in London wants the one woman who will have nothing to do with him. The battle lines have been drawn&mdash;but there are always two winners in the intriguing game of love.<BR /><BR /></div>

Her Heart's Captain

<div><B>In this enthralling Regency romance by award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield, a young woman vows not to fall in love with the nobleman who killed her husband</B><BR /><BR /> A dashing stranger sweeps Lady Gwendolyn Rowle onto the dance floor. She is living every woman&rsquo;s fantasy until she discovers who her romantic waltz partner really is: Viscount Andrew Jamison&mdash;the man who killed her husband.<BR />  <BR /> From the moment he saw her glide into the ballroom, Drew was captivated by the ravishing beauty. Finding out she is the widow of the blackguard he killed in a duel puts something of a damper on the evening, especially with all of London calling him a cold-blooded villain. To quiet the gossip, Drew devises an ingenious scheme. The only person standing in his way is the lovely Gwen, who has no intention of marrying her husband&rsquo;s murderer. But then she does something far more dangerous: She falls in love with him.<BR /><br clear="all" /></div>

My Lord Murderer

<div><B>In this captivating Regency romance by award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield, a woman decides to teach a proper-to-a-fault nobleman a lesson in love that he will never forget</B><BR /><BR /> Sophia Edgerton knows how to make an entrance. Yet even she isn&rsquo;t prepared for the consequences when she throws herself into the arms of a total stranger at a society ball, mistaking him for her long-lost cousin. Marcus Harvey, fifth Earl of Wynwood, responds with a remark that sets the <I>ton </I>abuzz.<BR />  <BR /> Determined to teach the arrogant nobleman a lesson, Sophy devises an exquisite payback to take place at the earl&rsquo;s ancestral estate. A party at Wynwood Hall is <I>the </I>event of the season, and tongues are soon wagging amid rumors of shocking behavior and scandalous liaisons. But when a betrothal is announced, the tables are suddenly turned. For Sophy has gone and done the unthinkable: She&rsquo;s lost her heart to a man who doesn&rsquo;t believe in love.<BR /><BR /></div>

A Regency Match

<div><B>Is Christmas a time for forgiving and forgetting? A nobleman and the woman who spurned him are about to find out in this enchanting Regency novel. </B><BR /><BR /> For inexperienced, painfully shy Barnaby Traherne, the glittering society ball is akin to a battlefield . . . that is, until his attention is captured by an auburn-haired beauty. Scandalous rumors swirl around Miranda Pardew and now she has set her cap for a renowned rake. Ignoring the gossip, the already-smitten Barnaby gathers his courage and asks Miranda for a dance. When she rejects him&mdash;in a very public humiliation&mdash;he vows that when he reenters the fray, he will be better prepared. Eleven years later, he gets his chance, along with the opportunity to deliver to a certain haughty beauty her long-overdue comeuppance.<BR />  <BR /> Once the belle of the ball, Miranda is now an impecunious widow. A stroke of luck lands her a governess position in Norfolk. Before she arrives, her stagecoach is ambushed by highwaymen, and Miranda finds herself stranded with an attractive stranger. She has no idea he&rsquo;s the nobleman she rebuffed years earlier. But Barnaby has not forgotten her&mdash;and is shocked to discover that Miranda has been employed to look after his nephews. At his brother&rsquo;s estate for Christmas, Barnaby tries in vain to conceal his still-wild attraction to Miranda, but a capricious fate conspires to throw Barnaby and Miranda together at every turn.<BR />  <BR /> Award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield delivers a sparkling Regency novel brimming with romance, wit, and festive holiday spirit.<BR />  </div>

Winter Wonderland

<div><B>Unlikely lovers find passion under the Christmas mistletoe in this duet of Regency tales from an award-winning romance author.</B><BR /><BR /> In &ldquo;The Girl with Airs,&rdquo; Lord Dunvegan&mdash;Laird Geordie to his friends&mdash;attempts to persuade bluestocking Caroline Woolcott to give his besotted, tongue-tied friend Sir Archibald Halford a chance to win her hand in marriage. A Scotsman banished to England to cultivate a more genteel manner, Geordie has yet to meet a female who tempts him to settle down. It certainly isn&rsquo;t the headstrong lass who wants nothing to do with Archie&mdash;or Geordie. But then Geordie&rsquo;s father decides the standoffish Caroline would make an ideal bride for his wayward son, and a sizzling kiss in the doorway of a grand Lancashire estate turns two warring hearts to love . . .<BR />  <BR /> In &ldquo;A Sneeze on Tuesday,&rdquo; Elinor Selby succumbs to the worst cold she&rsquo;s ever known five days before Christmas, and her entire future takes a catastrophic turn. After an absence of five years, Elinor&rsquo;s betrothed, Julian Henshaw, Lord Lovebourne, is due home any day. Were it not for her quick-thinking, curmudgeonly neighbor, Miles Endicott, on whom she&rsquo;s relied since childhood, she might not be able to cope with the momentous reunion. But then an unexpected series of events forces Elinor and Miles to take part in a scandalous deception that will ignite a firestorm of longing and love.<BR />  <BR /> Elizabeth Mansfield&rsquo;s pair of irresistible holiday romances features men and women who discover love they didn&rsquo;t know they were missing.<BR />  </div>

Holiday House Parties

<div><B>During the holiday season, a governess loses her heart to an earl with no intention of marrying again, in this Cinderella story set in Regency England. </B><BR /><BR /> After defending her virtue by striking the besotted son of her employer, Miss Evalyn Pennington is discharged from her position under a cloud of scandal. With no place to go and no prospects for the coming year, the impoverished governess accepts an invitation from Jamie Everard, heir to an earldom, to spend the holidays at his family&rsquo;s estate. But Evalyn has barely settled in at Gyllford Manor when she catches the eye of Philip Everard, the fourth Earl of Gyllford&mdash;and Jamie&rsquo;s father.<BR />  <BR /> After his wife died, Philip vowed to never marry again, despite his sister&rsquo;s best efforts to reintroduce him to London society. Then, his son brings a guest home for Christmas. Is the lovely, intelligent Evalyn the woman to make his footloose son settle down at last? But why does Jamie treat Evalyn in such a cavalier manner? And what is Philip to do about the reigning beauty of London who has set her cap for him&mdash;and is about to set in motion a scheme that will have far-reaching consequences for them all?<BR />  <BR /> A witty and warm tale about morals, mores, marriage, and mistaken intentions, this classic Regency holiday romance introduces a woman who refuses to surrender her ideals, and a man in danger of losing the one thing he swore never again to give: his heart.<BR />  <BR />  </div>

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