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Benjamine des soeurs Essex, Joséphine est la seule à être encore célibataire. Et pour cause ! Celle que les mauvaises langues critiquent en raison de ses formes est persuadée qu’aucun homme ne voudra d’elle. Elle a beau se sangler dans un corset, jamais elle n’aura une silhouette de sylphide, comme Mlle de la Broderie, la ravissante fiancée du comte de Mayne. Lors d’un bal, bouleversée par les insultes d’un goujat, Joséphine se confie au comte. Attendri, il décide de lui apprendre, en toute amitié, l’art de la séduction.

De son enfance désargentée, Annabelle Essex n'a gardé que de mauvais souvenirs, et elle épousera n'importe quel aristocrate, pourvu qu'il soit riche. Quand elle croise le comte d'Ardmore, son cœur palpite. Il est très séduisant, ce Highlander venu chercher à Londres l'héritière dont la dot lui permettra d'entretenir son domaine. Cependant, en raison de sa pauvreté, elle refuse de lui accorder sa main.

Cadette des sœurs Essex, Imogène a été brièvement mariée. Désormais veuve, elle retourne vivre chez son tuteur, le duc de Holbrook, Raphaël. Si la jeune femme ne veut pas se remarier, la perspective de prendre un amant la séduit plutôt. À Holbrook Court, elle fait la connaissance du demi-frère du duc, Gabriel. Il semble être l’homme parfait, mais les désirs d’Imogène se heurtent à la réprobation de Raphaël. Ce n’est certainement pas son tuteur qui va diriger sa vie ! s’insurge la veuve joyeuse qui feint de ne pas comprendre que Raphaël est tout simplement jaloux.

"Bien sûr que j’accepte d’être le tuteur de vos filles !" avait dit le duc de Holbrook au vicomte de Brydone. Or, ce dernier décède peu après, laissant le duc responsable de quatre Ecossaises désargentées. Lui qui s’attendait à des fillettes constate, médusé, qu’il s’agit de quatre belles jeunes filles. Désormais, il va falloir les marier et le duc est vite dépassé. Aussi la raisonnable Tess Essex décide-t-elle de se dévouer. En tant qu’aînée, c’est à elle de donner l’exemple et d’épouser le comte de Mayne, qui lui fait l’honneur de demander sa main.

“Eloisa James is extraordinary.” —Lisa Kleypas “Nothing gets me to the bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James.” —Julia Quinn New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James gives the classic Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Ugly Duckling” a wonderful, witty, and...

When you're the oldest daughter, you don't get to have any fun! Witty, orphaned Tess Essex faces her duty: marry well and marry quickly, so she can arrange matches for her three sisters -- beautiful Annabel, romantic Imogen and practical Josie. After all, right now they're under the rather...

The rules of marriage . . . according to Miss Annabel Essex A husband must be: Rich. Make that very rich. She's had enough of leaky roofs and thread-worn clothing. English. London is the center of the civilized world, and Annabel has a passion for silk and hot water. Amiable. Good-looking would...

Welcome to a world of reckless sensuality and glittering sophistication . . . of dangerously handsome gentlemen and young ladies longing to gain a title . . . of games played for high stakes, including—on occasion—a lady's virtue. A marquess's sheltered only daughter, Lady Roberta St. Giles...

Three bestselling authors. Two delightful novels. One terrific collection! From Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton series, now streaming on Netflix—writing along with close friends and popular authors Eloisa James and Connie Brockway—comes THE LADIES MOST… a duo of cleverly crafted...

“Eloisa James’s writing is absolutely exquisite.” —New York Times bestselling author Teresa Medeiros “Nothing gets me to a bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James.” —New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn A wonderful spin on a much-beloved fairy tale, New York...

The arrogant Duke of Trent intends to marry a well-bred Englishwoman. The last woman he would ever consider marrying is the adventuresome Merry Pelford— an American heiress who has infamously jilted two fiancés. But after one provocative encounter with the captivating Merry, Trent desires her...

As an extremely wealthy laird, Gowan Stoughton, Duke of Kinross, can have any of the maidens at the ball he attends. The only problem is they are all English and Gowan is not so certain they are suitable. He is accustomed to the hard-working lasses from his Highlands, not these dainty noblewomen who spend their days drinking tea or some other such nonsense. But then he makes the acquaintance of Lady Edith Gilchrist. Utterly bewitched by the emerald-eyed beauty with lush golden locks, he knows he must have her.

Featuring the handsome and mysterious Wick from A Kiss At Midnight. What Miss Phillipa Damson needs is a good, old fashioned knight in shining armor. What she has is a fiancé she never wanted and a compelling urge to run away. But if she manages to escape, will she find her happily ever after?...

“Eloisa James is extraordinary.” —Lisa Kleypas In the capable hands of USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James, the fairy tales we loved as children take on vibrant—and sensuous—new life. With The Duke is Mine, the beloved author of A Kiss at Midnight and When...

Witty and elusive Eugenia Snowe has all society begging for one of her premiere governesses-except the powerful Edward Reeve, who bursts into her office with his arrogant demands. No question that Eugenia enjoys crossing wits with the brilliant inventor, but Ward wants far more than a governess...

Imogen, Lady Maitland, has decided to dance on the wild side. After all, she's in the delicious position of being able to take a lover: discreet male who knows just when to leave in the morning. But Lady Maitland is still under the watchful eye of her former guardian, the wildly untamed Rafe, the Duke of Holbrook.

Fueled by the knowledge that notoriety is better than failure, witty, unconventional Josie does what no proper young lady should - she challenges fate. She discards her corset and flirts outrageously. She attends the horse races and allows an arrogant rakehell to whisk her behind the stables for a surreptitious kiss . . . and is caught!

New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James returns to the Accidental Brides series with a romance about a forced marriage between a feisty heroine and a Scottish laird... neither of whom have plans to marry, let alone fall in love. Desperate after her Season comes to a spectacularly...

Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling romance author of When Beauty Tamed the Beast, puts a chilly, powerful duke in bed with an intelligent, beautiful woman…his wife. In name, anyway. No man can resist Jemma's sensuous allure . . . Except her own husband! Wedding bells celebrating the...

From four beloved writers—Eloisa James, Christi Caldwell, Janna MacGregor, and Erica Ridley—come four original stories that tell a hilarious tale of a Christmas house party that serves up love and scandal in equal measure! The Duke of Greystoke’s Christmas Revelry is famous throughout the...