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The Earl and the Hoyden The Earl and the Hoyden Mary Nichols Miss Charlotte Cartwright has never forgotten Roland Temple's contemptuous rejection of her hand in marriage. And she's not about to forgive either—even if Roland, the new Earl of Amerleigh, is now o… OL15169552W
Talk of the Ton Talk of the Ton Mary Nichols RUMORS WERE FLYINGHer name was on everyone's lips. They were agog to find out what Miss Elizabeth Harley had been doing down at the East India Docks. And in such shocking apparel! Why, her uncle's ge… OL15190750W
The Captain's Kidnapped Beauty The Captain's Kidnapped Beauty Mary Nichols Rescue from an unlikely source! Abducted and taken aboard a merchant ship bound for India, Charlotte Gilpin desperately searches for ways to escape. The heiress certainly doesn't expect rescue fro… OL17313381W
Scandal at Greystone Manor Scandal at Greystone Manor Mary Nichols Jane Cavenhurst is happy on her own. She really is. But as her hapless sister's wedding to the handsome Mark Wyndham nears, the protective barriers covering her deeply buried secret begin to shatter—… OL17418833W
Escape By Moonlight Escape By Moonlight Mary Nichols 1939. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of the de Lacey family, is due to return home to Nayton Manor from her grandparents' farm in France, and is expected to marry the dashing Captain Max Coburn. But … OL17488630W
Escape by Moonlight Escape by Moonlight Mary Nichols Summer, 1939. The de Lacey family of Nayton Manor believe they are ready for the changes the war will bring. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, is due to return home from her grandparents’ farm in Franc… OL17876756W
The Summer House The Summer House Mary Nichols England 1918, Lady Helen marries her husband, and he goes over seas, then Oliver Donavan enters and they begin a tragic love affair that leaves her pregnant and alone. OL17877430W
The Fountain The Fountain Mary Nichols Worn down by several years of marriage, Barbara feels she has lost all the vitality of her youth. But her old friend Simon is not prepared to let Barbara lose sight of the woman she really is - the w… OL17884379W
The Husband Season The Husband Season Mary Nichols Miss Sophie Cavenhurst wants a husband with whom she can fall head over heels in love. But London is full of traps for an unwary country miss. And when this headstrong beauty is rescued by the madden… OL20853628W
We'll meet again We'll meet again Mary Nichols 1940. London is facing the full wrath of the blitz and amid the chaos Sheila Phipps is orphaned after a devastating air raid claims her family and her home. She is evacuated to Bletchley to live with… OL20854056W
A Different World A Different World Mary Nichols "1939. Pilot Jan Grabowski is at the heart of the conflict. His wife, Rulka, sees Poland overcome by the Nazis and joins the Resistance. In Norfolk Louise Fairhurst's war is very different. Evacuated… OL20891390W
In love and war In love and war Mary Nichols Married to an inveterate gambler who was prepared to dispose of her life in order to pay his debts, Louise Oakingham had fled - only to find herself torn between a husband she despised and a man she … OL24271786W
Bachelor Duke Bachelor Duke Mary Nichols Synopsis - Left orphaned and destitute, Miss Sophie Langford had no choice but to throw herself on the mercy of her mother’s family, namely the Duke of Belfont. But, instead of the elderly gentleman … OL5696306W
The Last Gamble The Last Gamble Mary Nichols Miss Helen Sanghurst had had too many shocks, discovering after her father's suicide that he had gambled away her inheritance. It was some relief to find she had a guardian, even if it meant travelin… OL5696330W
Marrying Miss Hemingford Marrying Miss Hemingford Mary Nichols Independently wealthy, Miss Anne Hemingford acts upon her generous grandfather's final wish that she should go out into Society and make a proper life for herself. Accompanying her aunt to Brighton f… OL5696335W
Devil-May-Dare Devil-May-Dare Mary Nichols A society scandal! Jack Bellingham knows something strange is going on, and Lydia Wenthorpe seems to be at the centre of the intrigue. He has enough to do trying to trace the owners of a cache of … OL5696353W
Jack Chiltern's Wife Jack Chiltern's Wife Mary Nichols Escaping marriage she doesn't want, Kitty Harston runs away to find her brother in France. Jack -- Viscount Chiltern -- can't leave her to fend for herself, so they pretend to be husband and wife... OL5696356W
The Stubble Field The Stubble Field Mary Nichols Sarah Jane is a 13-year-old orphan condemned to a life in the workhouse with her brother Billie, when Lady Chevington favours her and she is taken on as skivvy at Chevington House. A rapturous summer… OL5696359W