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Novels by Lesley-Anne McLeod |
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The Disadvantaged Gentleman Bennet Kelmarsh is a gentleman by his actions, but not his birth. Rebecca Valence was born a lady, but has behaved in a very unladylike manner. An orphaned child brings them together and, while they fall in love with her, they also fall in love with each other. But they are intent upon protecting each other--denying their love--believing that their past histories would do each other harm. They each wish to care for the child, however, and that desire drives them further apart. There is no solution which will satisfy everyone; a choice has to be made, no matter how much--or who--it hurts. |
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Three Wise Monkeys The 'three wise monkeys' are three well-born young people - Louisa, Susan and James - and they are making their debut in the high society of Regency London. Their wisdom -- see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil -- however is questionable as they encounter the 'beau monde'. And society is not prepared for them; their energy and their adventures are prodigious. The Marquess of Cheriton is the only one who can control his brother, James and his sister, Susan. Their friend, Louisa Rainley, he cannot manage at all, for he's falling in love with her! And, against her better judgment -- for she has loved him before -- she is learning to love him again. There is no wisdom, she is convinced, in that. |
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Daughter of Trade Dinah Driffield is content with her life as the daughter of a wealthy manufacturer in the city of Leeds. She has no time and little patience for the aristocracy with its idle pretensions and pride. Her opinions are challenged when she meets Sebastian Delamain, Viscount Holly. He is an active and honourable nobleman with a lively curiosity, yet an odd uneasiness around her large and loving family. Their growing intimacy is challenged by the antics of her busy family and the activities of the Luddites who threaten the factory owners of Leeds. Sebastian must overcome his accustomed solitude and Dinah's prejudices to convince her that love is reason enough to alter her convictions and her future plans. |
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The Rake's Reflection The 5th Earl of Torgreave, Rupert Manningford, has conceived a desire to reform his rakish ways and become a model aristocrat. His careful plans are destroyed however when Miss Cordelia Tyninghame of Edinburgh arrives unexpectedly, by the connivance of his housekeeper, at his London home. Unwittingly Delia’s arrival reveals a remarkable secret; their lives will be forever altered by that secret and the love they discover. |
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The Beggarmaid Lady Iphigenia Brierley is trapped by a poverty that she must conceal from the beau monde. She lives on the fringes of society, satisfying her hunger at the ton parties to which she is invited and gambling to obtain money for clothing. The Marquess of Wessington is wealthy beyond her imagining, and has a respected and admired place in society. His return to London from travels abroad coincides with a time of crisis in her pitiable family. He offers himself first as her friend, then as her rescuer. Finally, he asks for her hand in marriage. But the question to which Genia requires an answer is...why? |
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Clemmie's Major Clementina, eldest daughter of the Marquess of Cheriton, has always been able to solve her family's little problems and discontents. Now the widowed Countess of Carmelth, Clemmie finds herself facing problems she cannot solve alone. Someone is trying to harm her young son, and her brother is missing in action following the Battle of Waterloo. Major Gideon Rhyle may be able to help, but his assistance becomes another problem. For Clemmie falls in love with him and he, wounded and facing an uncertain future, is thoroughly ineligible for marriage. |
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Carolina's Walking Tour A grievously wounded Peninsular War veteran and a shy young woman |
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Comet Wine A vicar's sister and a 'nabob' fresh from India find that the Great Comet of 1811 heralds dramatic change and new love. |
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Love's Liberty Julia Clemence knew that personal freedom was just as important as political or state freedom. Now she had to convince the man she loved and her family that she was right--and gain for herself the freedom to love. |
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