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This collection is the sweet/tame version of the Regency Brides boxed set. These stories bring you all the adventure you expect between two people falling in love, without the inclusion of any explicit scenes or harsh language. Expect dreamy happily-ever-afters, no cliff-hangers, and a series that can be enjoyed in any order.

It all began when Fitzwilliam Darcy and his cousin Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam stopped at the posting station in Bromley on their way to Rosings Park for their annual visit. Looking for some diversion, the good colonel happened upon a local Romani woman who was selling her people’s treasured moon wine. Find out what happens to some of our favorite Jane Austen characters when her advice is ignored in a very merry mix-up.

With a baby on the way, Maria thought her troubles would be over, but a new storm is brewing with the power to sweep away everything she holds dear.

All Maria wants is to live happily ever after with her husband. But between the crazed crabs, a mysterious illness, and a monstrous shark, Maria may need all her skills as a siren to succeed.

Erik's dragon lurks beneath the surface, only willing to emerge for one woman, his half-brother's widow. As the queen of the kingdom he's inherited, Erik will need her by his side in order to survive as the new king. After her tyrannical husband was killed, Marienne was finally set free, and she's determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past. As a sorceress, people have always sought her out for what she is, not for the woman she is. So why would Erik be any different? Except Marienne knows why and it's plagued her dreams for the past five years.

The novel opens with Mr. and Mrs. Parker’s visit to Sanditon, a village on the coast of Sussex. Sanditon is being developed into a bathing-place under the patronage of the two principal proprietors of the parish, Mr. Parker and Lady Denham. Mr. Parker suffers an injury and receives assistance from a local farmer, Mr. Heywood. The latter’s daughter, Charlotte, is of marriageable age and has three eligible suitors: Lady Denham’s foppish son, Sir Edward; Mr. Parker’s devil-may care brother, Sydney; and Arthur, who is an unemployed hypochondriac.

This duet of steamy dragon shifter goodness includes the first two books in the Dragon Kings of Fire and Ice series.

Ankhesenamun finally has the Eye of Horus, although she has given up almost everything to secure it. She returns to Egypt to reclaim her throne and restore a more humane monarchy. But she underestimates the power of the Eye. It won’t be content with a queen. The Eye wants more. It wants everything. The only thing Ankhesenamun has left to give is herself.

Lila makes a wish upon a 16th century charm gifted to her by her missing grandmother, a wish that sends her traveling back into the past and to a warrior her charm has bound her to. With a vicious feud raging between the clans, she withholds her true identity from him, except he’s seen her grandmother and now she must do whatever it takes to find her. Highland warrior Calum MacLean is bound to a woman who holds an identical charm to his. Visions assail him, of the two of them intimately together, and as Lila escapes him for the enemy’s land, his soul demands he protect and aid her.

Wearing the 400-year-old amulet she inherited, Marie MacLean enters a faerie circle near the ruins of Dunyvaig Castle. A veil rises. A warrior from the past makes a wish to win the war against the Chief of MacLean, and as the veil thins, she falls through into his time. Highland warrior Archie MacDonald has been gifted a faerie who insists she’s from the future and the progeny of both his and his enemy’s clan. The last thing he expects is for her to stir him on a level he’s never experienced before. All he needs is her aid in the war, no matter where she believes she’s from.

My dearest James, since the moment we met at the Bradford’s ball a year ago, I’ve been entranced by you. Do you remember our first meeting? I’ll never forget it. While the music played in the ballroom and everyone danced, I stepped outside for some fresh air and discovered a kitten which had gotten stuck between two branches.

A 400-year-old amulet sends Marie MacLean on a trip through time - and into the arms of 16th-century highland warrior Archie MacDonald. With an ancestor in need of her protection, can Marie resist her attraction to Archie in order to safeguard her future?

It's time for Colin MacLean to meet his match. Annie MacLeod is the girl he grew up adoring, and now, as her guardian, the woman he must help find a husband for. If only sparks didn't fly every time he touched her. Katherine MacLean’s dying wish sends her back in time to the 16th century, straight into the sturdy arms of highland warrior John MacDonald. Their souls are connected in every way, and only through him can she survive…a spellbinding tale of love!

Six months ago, Nathan’s sister was brutally murdered. Now the former playboy desires only one thing: Revenge. Late at night, Nathan trudges down the beach where his sister’s body was found. He’s searching for answers, but all he finds is a new nightmare: Another girl’s tortured body. Only this one isn’t dead...yet. The unlikely hero becomes the prime suspect. Saving Caitlin’s life was just the start. Nathan must win her trust and unlock the memories hidden in her nightmares to find out who’s really responsible, before it’s too late.

A widowed earl, a governess who is far too clever for her own good, two motherless little girls, and one small dog who manages to bring them all together..."Your First Kiss holds the answer to all that you desire". The fortune drew only laughter from Matilda Fortune when Madame Zeta, a visiting gypsy uttered the ridiculous words...At eight and 20, Tildy's first kiss had long come and gone. As had the gentleman who bestowed it...

The unlikely heroine of this novel is the bashful and unadventurous Fanny Price, who occupies a Cinderella-like position in the residence of her wealthy cousins, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. Fanny is the butt of ridicule for the young Bertram sisters (Maria and Julia), and is relentlessly bullied by her manipulative and penny-pinching aunt, the widowed Mrs Norris.

First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice is the most polished of Jane Austen’s novels, with a humorous and upbeat mood. It was written at a time when the author’s narrative powers were fully developed and the story flows with an ease that conceals the skill of its construction. The plot line follows the sequence of a love relationship apprehended, misunderstood, and finally realized, which has since become a standard format of the romcom genre. However, Austen complicates the action by involving not one but four romantic relationships in the plot.

Much Ado About Nothing appears to have been written about 1599, shortly before As You Like It and Twelfth Night. The action combines two narrative threads: the spirited comedy of the courtship of Benedick and Beatrice, and the somber tale of confused love between Hero and Claudio. The first is a creation by Shakespeare and the second appears to have been drawn from an Italian source, either by Bandello or Ariosto. The action takes place in Messina. Eponymous lovers Hero and Claudio seem to be ideally matched and nearly everyone is looking forward to their impending marriage.

Lizzie Somers is a widow with means. But instead of retiring to her country estate, she’s off to London in search of a husband. She’s certain she needs a respectable, faithful man to give her the family she desperately desires. Until she meets notorious rake, Rupert Willoughby. He’s the opposite of what she wants, but exactly what she needs. And her heart leaps before her head can catch up.

Kayla fell in love with Anselm the first moment she laid eyes on him. What she didn't expect was that, after an amazing night of passion with him, he would disappear, leaving her pregnant and alone. She's gotten by just fine on her own, and there's no way she's letting Anselm stroll back into her life after what he'd done.