Showing results for "Dogs" in Victorian

A lady promised to a lord. A pugilist with a secret identity. A love neither of them is allowed to want. This is a steamy romance that includes the death of a parent, the murder of the villain, and adult themes. Juliet Coldpepper has spent her life preparing to marry an aristocrat, until one night in a London alley changes everything. Not only does the mysterious Knight Roamer rescue her from danger, but he also treats her with a sincere respect that no society gentleman has ever shown her. And then he kisses her. Eric Stone has bruised knuckles and a battered soul.

I had reached the top of the stairs when I heard a small gasping cry from a room towards the back of the building. "Shall I kill the dog, Mr O'Neil?" A cold voice asked and my heart fell. "No Sean. We need her to ensure our host's further co-operation." A more cultivated, but infinitely colder man replied with a cruel sarcasm, "anyway the poor dog didn't write that note so I think the guilty should suffer."

When Vesta Bartlett, a wealthy alchemist and inventor, arrives in England to finalize an arranged marriage and help overhaul a family friend's outdated ironworks, she never expects to find the family so secretive, nor to develop feelings for her fiancé’s younger brother, Henry. But, the growing attraction between Vesta and Henry is just the beginning of their troubles. Things really heat up when they're drawn into a secret project for Queen Victoria's military, one that requires Vesta's knowledge of clockwork and Henry’s iron.

After harrowing experiences in the Napoleonic Wars and suffering from what we would now recognise as PTSD, half-English, half-German Lukas is making a home for his mother and sister in the leafy green of England. At least, he is in the country while his sister and mother are in London, falling under the sway of Lady Beatrix, a frivolous socialite who appears to think of nothing but fun and pairing up other people, whether they like it or not.