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"Persons of rank do not fall in love!"
So declares the Dowager as she sends her niece Beatrice to London in search of a suitable husband for her granddaughter, Eleanor.
Armed with a list of candidates who are considered a proper match for her younger cousin, shy Beatrice embarks on her first season – and soon finds herself crossing every eligible man off her list. Except handsome Justin Serle, who stirs an unexpected passion in Beatrice. But she...
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When beautiful Cassandra Trent is told that she must join her aunt and have a London Season, the twenty-year-old is full of rage. Brought up in the Northern town of Bardsley and still getting over the loss of her beloved mother, she is convinced that she will never fit in to polite society - and neither does she want to. But in Town Cassandra forms a close relationship with her gentle cousin Susannah, who is a victim of her mother's pushy, social-climbing...
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Life and love in a Lancashire mill-town When Captain Merridene dies, his daughters Martha and Penelope are left penniless. They take an unusual job offer – as teachers in the distant town of Tapton, working for mill owner Jonas Wright. They are charged with educating not only Jonas's four young daughters, but also the more promising mill workers. But soon they realise life in Tapton will be more complicated than they had bargained for. Caught up...
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What will it take to find real happiness? Despite being the daughter of a clergyman with a strict and joyless attitude to life, Helen Merling has a loving heart and a happy nature. However, when she is seduced by a travelling actor, a handsome rogue she meets at the market, they are forced to marry, and Helen's family disowns her. After several unhappy years, Helen and her husband escape to Europe, but their fortunes take a turn for the worse, and...
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Will new love conquer old grudges? Since her father died, Deborah Jannvier has been living under the provision of her callous uncle. So when a handsome stranger named Matthew Pascoe appears bearing a summons from a long-lost wealthy relative, Deborah agrees to return to Marymoor House with Matthew. On arrival, Deborah is told she shall inherit the estate on one condition: that she immediately marry Matthew. With no hope of a future otherwise, Deborah...
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Can she find freedom against the odds? The Great War is over. Times are changing and Serena Fleming is forced to risk everything. Her dying mother confided a shocking secret which means she can no longer stay in the same house as her bullying father. On her 30th birthday she is set to come into the inheritance that will mean she can escape his iron rule. But little does she know how far he will go to thwart her ambitions, and the extent of his desperation...
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