Clarissa is a daughter of an aristocrat, but after losing her parents at a young age, she spent a lonely childhood in boarding schools. And now, even her guardian uncle is gravely ill. If her uncle was to pass away, according to law she would lose all of her inheritance. To prevent this, she must marry, but her unpleasant, gold-digging cousin will not leave her alone. She decides to devise a plan and offers a proposition to a bankrupt 2nd son of an Earl; "Elope with me in return for my £10,000 inheritance!" (Source: Renta!)
#1 Earls Eastonby’s daughter, Lady Susanna, has joined the crusade for women’s rights, vexing her father. Then Sir James Garrow shows up, warning the earl that there’s an assassination plot underway. Even though James is plainly dressed, the earl admires his bravery. Though he barely knows James, he offers to let him marry his daughter. When she hears, Susanna is angry with her fatherbut she can’t help finding James’s refreshing attitude and manly looks appealing… #2 Even though Lady Susanna and Baron James were bonded by a marriage of convenience, their relationship was going well. Except for one part—they hadn’t been in bed together yet. Susanna refused to have sex with him due to a belief of hers, one that James isn’t aware of. He’s worried and trying hard to contain his desire. Every evening things become awkward between them...and the arrival of the mean-spirited Miranda is about to make things worse.
[taken from fictiondb] Beth didn't want a husband. But when she agreed to marry handsome Jack as part of a scheme, she didn't expect to be playing with her heart.
Laura overhears her family talking and discovers that she has an incurable illness and not much time left to live. She’s spent her whole life in late nineteenth-century England doing what her parents have asked of her and has never had a chance to fall in love. Now, with death looming, she decides to live what’s left of her life the way she’s always wanted. She’s only met the mysterious Sean once before, but she decides to ask him to marry her. Laura offers him her inheritance if he’ll help her travel and give her a taste of freedom…at least, for the time she has left.
**No Stranger To Scandal** Lady Elizabeth Marleigh found protection from the hangman's noose in an outrageous disguise and the compelling embrace of Neil Bronwyn, Earl of Havington. Now she was safe from everything but her wayward heart. **No Prisoner To Passion** The Earl of Havington vowed to rein in whatever feelings the notorious Elizabeth Marleigh aroused within him. Yet fate decreed otherwise, making the woman who could destroy his well-ordered life the only one who made life worth living!
