Showing results for "Second Chance" in Regency

Mr Darcy's Second Chance is a compilation of three previously published Pride and Prejudice Variations.

Elsbeth Munford is set to marry the man she loves until an accident destroys her life. Her beauty tainted by ugly scars, Ellie resigns herself to a life of spinsterhood. Frederick Lancaster, brother to the Marquess of Elmridge, returns home from war. A hero in the eyes of others, he is haunted by nightmares. Unable to make his peace with the past, Frederick retreats into the dark until his brother dies and he not only inherits his title, but with it the obligation to produce an heir. When two damaged souls find themselves tied to one another, will they pull each other under?

For Allegra Proctor, tutoring the Earl of Wrexham's son has its disadvantages—namely the widowed earl himself. Arrogant, cold, and moody, Wrexham is also distractingly dashing. But Allegra only needs to to keep secret her real reason for taking a job in the wilds of Yorkshire long enough to right the wrong against her father, committed by the earl's dastardly neighbor. All is going according to plan–until the earl’s son discovers her quest for justice and demands to help. But when their first foray runs into trouble, Wrexham is quickly entangled in the scheming.

Five years ago, Claire Hightower ran away from the man she loved. Freddy Hightower had once been her reckless dream: a stolen groom, a whirlwind elopement, a future built on stars and scandal. But debts and dice chipped away at everything they had—until Claire fled with nothing but her unborn child and a fistful of pawnable jewels. Now Freddy’s back. Sober. Steadier. Still gorgeous and charming and chaotic—but also different.

His heart torn in two, Graham Astor, Duke of Kensington, mourns his wife. As he distances himself from everything that reminds him of happier days lost forever, he comes to realize that there is one thing he cannot run from. Graham needs a new wife, if only for the sake of his daughter. Disillusioned with love, Rosabel only wishes to not remain a burden to her uncle's family much longer. After seeing her parents' love turn against them, Rosabel dreams of an independent life as a governess. But then a stranger asks for her hand in marriage.

Sie skandalbehaftet. Er vor dem Traualtar stehen gelassen. Beide mit dem festen Entschluss, nie zu heiraten. Aber gegen Küssen allein spricht doch nichts, oder? Gracie Bradford, die Schwester des Lords of Waldridge, ist unschuldig mit einem Skandal behaftet. Ihr ist klar, dass sie so nie einen Gentleman finden wird, der bereit ist, sie zu heiraten. Das ändert sich auch nicht, als der Ehrenwerte Damian Elder ins Haus ihres Bruders kommt, um ein Hochzeitsportrait für den Lord anzufertigen.

Manchmal … ist es ein Glück, eine Apothekerstochter zu sein. Eloise Padgett ist Apothekerstochter. Einer Leidenschaft folgend arbeitet sie als Krankenpflegerin in reichen Häusern. Ihr neuster Schützling ist Christian Bradford, Lord of Waldridge. Doch entgegen ihrer anfänglichen Vermutung ist der Lord kein älterer Gentleman, sondern ein junger Mann. Mehr noch, sie kennt ihn. Es war eine flüchtige Bekanntschaft in der Apotheke ihres Vaters, wo sie den Lord nach einem Reitunfall verarztet hat. Schon damals war es Liebe auf den ersten Blick für sie.

Gerald feels as though he’s lost everything when his wife takes her last breath. Amelia’s world turns upside down when the Duke of Granbury steps into her tea shop and leaves with her heart. But when a secret from Amelia’s past unveils possibilities, will the duke get a second chance at love from an unexpected source?

Sie wurde gewarnt: Er bekommt immer, was er will. Bisher hat ihm noch keine Miss widerstanden – wird sie die Erste sein? Miss Melissa Amber kann es kaum erwarten, in die schillernde Ballsaison der Londoner Gesellschaft einzutauchen. Sie träumt davon, mit eleganten Gentlemen zu tanzen und ihre ersten Schritte in die hohe Gesellschaft zu machen. Doch ihre Familie warnt sie eindringlich vor einem Mann: Lord Lamont Martindale, dem berüchtigten Earl of Hambelton – ein Verführer, der sich die Eroberung von Herzen zur Aufgabe gemacht hat. Ihr wird nahegelegt, ihm um jeden Preis aus dem Weg zu gehen.

Eigentlich ist er ihr Vormund, aber wer kann sich vor der Liebe wehren? Vor allem, wenn der Earl ein wahrer Märchenprinz zu sein scheint. Gäbe es da nicht ein düsteres Geheimnis im Herrenhaus … George Cockridge, Earl of Townfield, finanziert schon seit vielen Jahren die schulische Ausbildung für die Tochter seines verstorbenen Militärkameraden. Um so überraschter ist er, als er eines Tages eine hübsche, junge Dame in der Eingangshalle seines Herrenhauses antrifft. Patience Danford, ist gerade einundzwanzig Jahre geworden. Alt genug endlich das Mädchenpensionat zu verlassen.

Eine junge Gouvernante, ein Schloss mit einem dunklen Geheimnis und eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf. Tamara Easterbrook ist Gouvernante und wollte schon immer in einem Schloss arbeiten. Ihr Wunsch geht in Erfüllung, als sie zu den Asbridges kommt. Sie verliebt sich in das Gemälde des verstorbenen ältesten Sohns der Familie, das sie jeden Tag sieht. Aber niemand redet über die Umstände seines Todes. Plötzlich geschehen mysteriöse Ereignisse. Die Bewohner schieben es auf den Geist des alten Earls, der angeblich im Schloss spuke. Doch Tamara glaubt nicht an Geister.

Sie: von ihrem Bruder aus Geldnot in eine Ehe gezwungen. Er: ab der Taille gelähmt, dennoch will er sie als seine Braut … Miss Felicity Newberry ist ihrem Bruder zuliebe gezwungen, einen Marquess zu heiratet, den sie noch nie zuvor getroffen hat. Sie stimmt der Ehe zu, um ihrem Bruder aus einer finanziellen Krise zu helfen. Doch als sie ihren Ehemann, den charmanten Vernon Payton, Marquess of Kittredge, endlich kennenlernt, stellt sie fest, dass er seit seinem „schwarzen Tag“, an den er keine Erinnerung hat, ab der Taille gelähmt ist.

On his way to claim his late father's title, highland chief Connor Brunwood, stumbles upon an English lass in a deserted clearing. She's dressed like a man, in shirt and breeches, her blond tresses hidden under a large hat and a foil in her hand, as she practices the art of sword-fighting. Awed...

One night, she stole his kiss. Now, he is determined to steal it back. Edmond Dunsworth, Duke of Cromwell, is bankrupt. The solution to his problem: a wife with a sizable dowry. Not worried in the least, Edmond takes his pick. After all, what woman could resist his charms? Anna Hanford, a merchant's daughter, is faced with a difficult choice: allow her sister to marry the duke and see her happiness shattered...or marry the duke herself. Determined to ensure her sister's future, Anna makes her choice. After all, isn't marriage just a minor inconvenience?

For every fan who has wished Jane Austen herself might have enjoyed the romance and happy ending she so carefully crafted for all her heroines: The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen, by Shannon Winslow. What if the tale Jane Austen told in her last, most poignant novel was inspired by momentous events in her own life? Did she in fact intend Persuasion to stand forever in homage to her one true love?

Two strangers. One masked ball. And an irresistible attraction. Tristan Turner, Viscount Elton, is haunted by a night he cannot remember. Abandoned by his beloved sister, Tristan finds himself in a world devoid of love and acceptance, a world without hope. All that is left are the hushed...

Like the Roman matron for whom she is named, plain but clever Octavia seems destined for abandonment. Handsome, fun-loving and heir to an earldom, Dorian is the opposite. In Regency London, life for him is a game in which other people, including Octavia, are his pawns. Everyone loves him until he does the unspeakable: he runs off with anther man's wife. Despite the permanent ache in her heart, Octavia spends her early and middle years building a life she loves as a village apothecary with people who love and appreciate her. Exiled Dorian spends most of his in regret.

Viscount August Greyson is a rogue. What else would you call a man who's offered such an exchange? Maeve O'Connor's time for the purposes of his pleasure, each visit twice as long as the one before, all in lieu of rents due as his tenant. Moments grow to minutes, and soon, August isn't certain how much time with Maeve could ever be considered enough. All he wants, and all that he cannot have, is her. Should he declare himself knowing that their union has no hope, or only partake of her body whilst he can?

Lord William Dorsey is determined to save his older brother, the earl of Hanover, from farthing-filcher women, since he has experienced just how heartless they can be. After he and his brother move into their new manor house, Lord William decides to use his middle name and introduce himself as Adrian Dorsey, a distant penniless cousin.