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The Westerby Inheritance
by M. C. Beaton
read by Kate Reading
Part 1 of the Regency Royal series
A lady of quality would not wager her honor to restore her family's fortunes-or would she? Lady Jane Lovelace has conceived the idea of approaching the most notorious man-about-town, Lord Charles Welbourne, with a most unique proposition. When he counters her offer with a condition that he thinks will halt her impudence, much to the surprise of both, she accepts. A novel of passion and intrigue, The Westerby Inheritance is a thrilling installment in an emotionally charged romantic saga, all played out against a backdrop of elegant eighteenth-century society.
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The Marquis Takes a Bride
by M. C. Beaton
read by Anne Flosnik
Part 2 of the Regency Royal series
Miss Jennie Bemyss is in a position that any intelligent young lady would envy. The wealthy, worldly Marquis of Charrington has proposed a marriage of convenience that will leave him free to pursue his pleasures and leave Jennie free of his undoubtedly depraved desires. At the same time, handsome, charming Guy Chalmers, whom Jennie has loved since childhood, proposes to aid her in enjoying her freedom to the fullest. Jennie should feel happy to be ignored by a man whom she properly should despise. She should feel even happier to be courted by a man whom she has so long adored. Why, then, does Jennie feel so confused?
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Lady Anne's Deception
by M. C. Beaton
read by Lindy Nettleton
Part 3 of the Regency Royal series
She had a long way to go from the wedding to becoming a wife. When Lady Anne Sinclair vowed to marry before her spoiled beauty of a sister, she had no idea the "anyone" would be the Marquess of Torrance. Long the darling of the ton-and considered quite the confirmed bachelor-he succumbed to Annie's charms and, almost magically, made her his wife. But Annie's lifelong battle for attention had ill-prepared her for married life. In a tipsy reverie on her wedding night, she blurted out her real reason for marrying the Marquess, and her husband's formidable pride shut the door on any further communication. Only a crisis of major proportions could bring the headstrong newlyweds together. And no less than the chancellor of the exchequer, with sinister political ambitions known only to himself, embroiled Annie in a dangerous plot that taught her the truth about her wifely sentiments.
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Lady Margery's Intrigue
by M. C. Beaton
read by Vanessa Benjamin
Part 4 of the Regency Royal series
At age twenty-three, the petite Lady Margery has already graced the rows of wallflowers for many a season. With the one exception of Charles, the Marquess of Edgecombe and the only man who ever dances with her, Lady Margery will have nothing to do with men; what's more, she does not even particularly like Charles. Bored beyond words, she firmly decides this is the end of it all and returns to the comfort of her only love, her home at Chelmswood. But she does not find comfort even there. It seems her middle-aged father has taken for himself a dim-witted brat of nineteen to be his bride.Forced into bankruptcy by his child-bride's lust for luxury, Margery's father determines to sell Chelmswood. But Margery will not hear of it and launches an all-out, military-like campaign to ensnare herself a wealthy husband and save her ancestral home. Everything seems to be going according to plan until the unforeseen intervention of Charles sabotages Margery's plan, giving them both a run for their money.
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The Savage Marquess
by M. C. Beaton
read by Lindy Nettleton
Part 5 of the Regency Royal series
Certainly the two should never have met.The handsome, wealthy Marquess of Rockingham was the most notorious man in London, as infamous for his violent temper as he was for his intemperate ways. Miss Lucinda Westerville was a country vicar's daughter, as innocent as she was lovely and as proper as a young lady could possibly be. Yet when this improbably matched pair met at a glittering social ball, they had struck the dubious bargain to become man and wife-in name only. But Lucinda soon found that she had taken on more than she bargained for when she vowed not to love this untamed, infuriatingly attractive man, when she tried to rein her own foolishly galloping heart.
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My Dear Duchess
by M. C. Beaton
read by Lindy Nettleton
Part 6 of the Regency Royal series
If Henry Wright could not find a wife in a short period of time, he would lose the legacy he desired. Frederica Sayers needed a husband to save her from the life of shame that awaited her when she fled the callous cruelty of her family. A marriage between them was clearly the answer, until the duke discovered he had a duchess he could not tame and the duchess found that she would rather lose her reputation than lose the duke to another woman who was everything she was not.
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The Highland Countess
by M. C. Beaton
read by Alison Larkin
Part 7 of the Regency Royal series
An innocent beauty takes society by storm-and a worldly lord by surprise. Morag Fleming, the Countess of Murr, had been bride to the most lecherous lord in Scotland-yet this ravishingly lovely girl had never been touched. Needless to say, she had never borne a child; yet as a young widow she came to London with a fine son in tow. Her background had left her ignorant of the follies and fopperies of fashion, but soon all of society was at her feet. Most incredible of all, she knew so little about the ways and wiles of love yet set her heart upon none other than the devastatingly handsome, charming, and wealthy Lord Toby Freemantle, who could have any woman he chose and clearly chose not to have her.
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Lady Lucy's Lover
by M. C. Beaton
read by Mia Chiaromonte
Part 8 of the Regency Royal series
Poor deluded Lucy. She married a gambler, a womanizer, and a drunkard, and she refuses to admit that his frequent overnight absences are of significance. It is not until he reveals that Lucy's parents "bought" him for her that it really stings. And then one night at a ball she meets the charismatic Duke of Habard-and suddenly anything seems possible.
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The Ghost and Lady Alice
by M. C. Beaton
read by Charlotte Anne Dore
Part 9 of the Regency Royal series
Alice Lovesey is a poor, mistreated scullery maid whose desperate plea for help miraculously summons Wadham Hall's rakish eighth duke-summons him from the dead! Though caught up in the delights of being newly materialized, the duke promises to return the favor by helping Alice become a lady of quality. But does Alice's heart stand a ghost of a chance now that she has lost it to a restless spirit?
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Love and Lady Lovelace
by M. C. Beaton
read by Charlotte Anne Dore
Part 10 of the Regency Royal series
A lord and a lady marry for money in this historical romance by bestselling author Marion Chesney. When young widow Lady Lovelace realized she had been swindled to near-bankruptcy by her curmudgeonly cousin, she knew she would have to marry again for money. These were the very thoughts of Lord Philip, who had nothing between him and destitution but his small army pension. And so these two attractive fortune-hunters somehow found each other and, before long, popped into marriage-and into the bridal chamber-only to discover they were both virtually penniless. What a diabolical situation! What would they do now?
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The Viscount's Revenge
by M. C. Beaton
read by Lucy Rayner
Part 12 of the Regency Royal series
The handsome but arrogant Lord Charles Hawksborough desperately wants to catch the infernally insolent thief who held him up at pistol point on the King's Highway and rode off with his family's inheritance and jewels. Hawksborough tries just as desperately to not want the piquant and penniless Miss Amanda Colby when this young lady and her twin brother come to stay at his London townhouse during the height of the social season. Hawksborough fears his desire for this slip of a girl as he is about to wed the most beautiful and more suitable Lady Mary Dane. Meanwhile, Amanda fears he will discover she is the thief before she can atone for the crime. Whatever is to happen, it is clear that neither is prepared for what takes place in this bewildering labyrinth of love and larceny!
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The Paper Princess
by M. C. Beaton
read by Justine Eyre
Part 13 of the Regency Royal series
London was all on edge and astir to have in its midst the exquisite Princess Felicity of Brasnia. What scandal would ensue should society discover that the bejeweled heir to a royal throne was in truth Miss Felicity Channing of Cornwall, fleeing a match she did not want and that had been arranged by her conniving stepfather!It was questionable how long Felicity could carry off this lively masquerade before she would falter, especially since the dark, raffish eyes of Lord Arthur Bessamy seemed to look right through her disguise-and set her spirited heart to pounding.
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The Sins of Lady Dacey
by M. C. Beaton
read by Mia Chiaromonte
Part 15 of the Regency Royal series
The local society could only guess how a pair of gentle ladies would cope as the guests of the scandalous Lady Dacey. Surely she would attempt to corrupt them; an act that both Pamela Perryworth and Honoraria Goodham would see as welcome entertainment in their rigid, joyless lives. Though Mrs. Perryworth is married, most unhappily, and the young Honoraria has a tendency to read too much scripture, the purity and loveliness of both ladies nonetheless inflames the senses of two notorious lords.
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The Dreadful Debutante
by M. C. Beaton
read by Lindy Nettleton
Part 16 of the Regency Royal series
Arranging a season for an unruly young lady whose habit is to enter drawing rooms by sliding down banisters presents a challenge at best-especially since the hoydenish Mira has a sister of incomparable grace and beauty. Mira isn't at all daunted by the local society and its ridiculous marriage mart. Her heart belongs to Lord Charles, who has been the object of her dreams ever since she was a child. But alas, Charles has eyes only for her ever-perfect sister, Drusilla. Along the sidelines, the Marquess of Grantley enjoys Mira's jealous antics-although pushing her sister into the fountains has practically ruined her social cachet. It is up to him to restore her to respectability and make her an eligible bride once again. When he succeeds, however, the lovelorn marquess will begin to wish he had left well enough alone.
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The Chocolate Debutante
by M. C. Beaton
read by Lindy Nettleton
Part 17 of the Regency Royal series
A woman of independent means with a healthy dose of cynicism about those of the male persuasion, Harriet Tremayne is content with her circle of spinster friends and their devotion to literature, women's rights, and intellectual interests. When she determines to undertake the London season for her beautiful but featherbrained niece, however, she concedes she must appear less a bluestocking and more fashionable to successfully sponsor this impossible young lady whose only real desire, it seems, is to consume chocolate.Certainly, her modish new appearance has nothing to do with the attentions of Lord Dangerfield, a wicked man of the world who has designs on the fair niece yet spends an inordinate amount of time trying to sell Harriet on the virtues of his all-too-obvious attributes.
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The Loves of Lord Granton
by M. C. Beaton
read by Lindy Nettleton
Part 18 of the Regency Royal series
'Twas a most odd and unsuitable friendship - and very precious indeed! As the youngest of four unmarried vicar's daughters, Frederica feared her destiny was to die of tedium in the sleepy village of Barton Sub Edge. Her looks deemed "unfortunate," her willful notions damned as "difficult," she never dreamt the arrival of a rake would challenge her fate in the most surprising way. For Frederica and Lord Granton, the worldly gentleman from the city, had something in common: boredom. And thus a secret friendship was formed. Frederica lived vicariously through his tales of adventure while he found a delightful respite from the simpering females thrown his way. But when had their summer idyll turned to love? When had a country miss become a breathtaking lady? Worse, what the devil was a certified rogue who was much too old for her going to do about it?
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Milady in Love
by M. C. Beaton
read by Charlotte Anne Dore
Part 19 of the Regency Royal series
Just when he'd fobbed off the last brat, another appeared to take her place!Poor Lord Anselm! The dashing bachelor was forever plagued with dying relatives leaving their female children to his care. Indeed, he had squired so many a silly miss from schoolroom to marriage mart that he had sworn off women altogether. The current ward was far and away the worst. Cheeky as only a French girl could be, Yvonne de la Falaise had surely sent her papa to an early grave with her melodramatics and mischief. Thank goodness for her governess, Patricia Cottingham, who was so calm and competent. But all was not as it seemed, or so Anselm learned, and very nearly too late.
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The Scandalous Marriage
by M. C. Beaton
read by Charlotte Anne Dore
Part 20 of the Regency Royal series
As far as matrimonial prospects were concerned, Lucy Bliss was told she'd make an excellent clergyman's wife. Her mother had loftier aspirations, however, for her lovely younger sister Belinda. Belinda would marry a duke, more specifically, the Duke of Wardshire. Lucy was truly horrified. "Lucifer" Wardshire was rumored to be as wicked as the devil, with orgies and mistresses-and worse. As the London season unfolded, Lucy couldn't decide who was more abominable, her vulgar mama or the arrogant yet disconcertingly handsome duke. But Lucy vowed to go to any lengths to protect her sister, even if her mission should take her into the very arms of the devilish duke himself.
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