Janna MacGregor Knihy

Nicholas St. Mauer, syn bezcitného vojvodu, len málokedy zavíta do spoločnosti a žiadnej žene zatiaľ neotvoril svoje srdce. Vie však, čo je česť, a tak si považuje za povinnosť dozerať na lady Emmu Cavenshamovú. Keď ho táto nevyspytateľná kráska pobozká, čo je pre dámu v jej postavení neslýchané, Nick na ňu nevie zabudnúť. Aj Emma pripúšťa, že ju gróf priťahuje, ale manžela nepotrebuje. Na svete sú aj horšie osudy ako ostať slobodná, čo svojrázna plavovláska dobre vie. Stále žiali nad stratou drahej priateľky Leny a je odhodlaná dokázať, že za jej smrť je zodpovedný jej manžel. Musí sa však poponáhľať, aby nezlákal ďalšiu nevinnú ženu. Emma vytrvalo sleduje svoj cieľ, ale plány jej prekazí kompromitujúca situácia. Ak by sa začali šíriť reči, jej dobrá povesť by bola stratená. Jedine Nick má dosť odvahy na to, aby Emme pomohol s predsavzatím a zároveň zabojoval o jej srdce.

O lady Claire kolujú chýry, že je prekliata. Už trikrát sa zasnúbila, no svadba sa nikdy nekonala. A tým sa jej smola nekončí. Len pár minút pred plesom a verejným oznámením zásnub so štvrtým kandidátom lordom Paulom dostane lístoček, v ktorom jej stroho oznamuje, že si to rozmyslel. Lady Clair tak čaká ďalšie verejné poníženie, veď spoločnosť sa v podobných škandáloch vyžíva. Zvláštnou zhodou okolností sa na plese zjaví aj markíz Alexander Hallwort, človek, ktorý sa podobných spoločenských udalostí stráni, a navrhne jej pomoc. Poradí jej, aby predstúpila pred hostí s vyhlásením, že zasnúbenie s lordom Paulom ruší ona, čím sa vyhne potupe. Lady Clair na návrh pristúpi. Hostia sú zo správy zaskočený, no ich prekvapenie sa znásobí, keď im markíz zvestuje, že si Clair berie jeho. Lady je záchrancovi vďačná, zdá sa, že nič lepšie ju nemohlo postretnúť. Pár sa zbližuje, no vtom Clair zistí krutú pravdu. Zámery markíza Alexandra Hallworta neboli až také čisté a ponuka na sobáš vôbec nebola džentlmentským gestom čestného človeka.

Best Books of November - Bookriot A lady with a noble mission. A duke looking for redemption. A forbidden love that cannot be denied, in The Good, The Bad, and The Duke by Janna MacGregor. Lady Daphne Hallworth is ready to celebrate the holidays with her family. But when they accidentally leave her home alone, Daphne uses the time to work on her dream--opening a home for unwed mothers. But her quest isn't problem-free: She's in a battle to win the property for the home against her brother's best friend-turned-enemy, Paul Barstowe, Duke of Southart. And that's not all: someone has stolen her personal diary, which holds secrets that could devastate her family. Daphne has always harbored private feelings for the man her family scorns...though perhaps striking a bargain with the handsome Duke will solve both their problems?Paul, long considered good for nothing, aims to open a hospital to honor his brother and restore his reputation. So when a conflict over the land brings him straight into Daphne's life, they make a deal: He will help her find her diary if Daphne can change her family's opinion of him. But before he can win her family's affection, he has to win hers first. Maybe love was the answer to their family feud all along?

Get ready for the Regency road trip you've been dreaming of inHow to Best a Marquess by Janna MacGregor...

Series information taken from publisher's website.

Can a woman who's down on her luck find love with a dashing Duke-to-be?

Katherine Vareck is in for the shock of her life when she learns upon her husband Meri's accidental death that he had married two other women. Her entire business, along with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a royal supplier, is everything she's been working for and now could be destroyed if word leaks about the three wives. Meri's far more upstanding brother, Christian, Duke of Randford has no earthly clue how to be of assistance. He spent the better part of his adult years avoiding Meri and the rest of his good-for-nothing family, so to be dragged back into the fold is...problematic. Even more so is the intrepid and beautiful Katherine, whom he cannot be falling for because she's Meri's widow. Or can he? With a textile business to run and a strong friendship forming with Meri's two other wives, Katherine doesn't have time for much else. But there's something about the warm, but compellingly taciturn Christian that draws her to him. When an opportunity to partner in a business venture brings them even closer, they'll have to face their pasts if they want to share each other's hearts and futures.

Miss Theodora Worth needs to marry fast in order to keep her family land. But as a woman raised in isolation, she's never tried to woo a man before. She'll need a little matchmaking help from her sprightly next-door neighbour in order to find a convenient husband...

St. Martin's Paperbacks historical romance--Spine.