Meet three young ladies who know they’ll never marry … and the men who win their hearts.Welcome to Regency England, where a wallflower, an heiress, and a jilted young lady are about to discover that even though they’ve given up on love, love hasn’t given up on them.This special collection from USA Today bestselling author Emily Larkin includes three sexy and romantic full-length novels—The Earl’s … sexy and romantic full-length novels—The Earl’s Dilemma, My Lady Thief, and the triple award-winning Ruining Miss Wrotham.
If you love page-turning historical romances brimming with emotion, humor, and captivating characters, then this collection is for you!
Length: Three Regency romance novels totalling 244,000 words
Sensuality level: These books contain love scenes ranging in heat from mild to steamy.
The Earl’s Dilemma
James Hargrave, Earl of Arden, urgently needs a wife. He’s resigned himself to a marriage of convenience and has even chosen a bride: Kate Honeycourt, his best friend’s sister. But Kate has a proposal of her own. She’ll find James a bride he can fall in love with.
My Lady Thief
An elusive thief is haunting Regency London, stealing from the wealthy to give to the poor. Bored by polite society, Adam St. Just sets out to unmask the villain. Is it possible that earl’s granddaughter, Arabella Knightley, is in league with the daring burglar?
Ruining Miss Wrotham
Eleanor Wrotham has sworn off overbearing men, but she needs a man’s help—and the man who steps forward is as domineering as he is dangerous. Mordecai Black might be a notorious rake, but he has rules, and one of them is: Never ruin a woman. Can he help Miss Wrotham without ruining her?
In addition to the three novels, this collection also contains the first three chapters of Primrose and the Dreadful Duke.
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“One of the most entertaining, heartfelt, and romantic books I have read in forever!”
~ NetGalley Reviewer (on Ruining Miss Wrotham)
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“Characters with passion, depth, intelligence, and a great sense of humor.”
~ Buried Under Romance (on My Lady Thief)
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“Utterly delightful friends-to-lovers story. This is by far the funniest that I’ve read, and the most adorable too.”
~ Buried Under Romance (on The Earl’s Dilemma)
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Lady Isabella’s Ogre 5 Stars
Lady Isabella Knox enjoys her independence. She collects strays dogs, kittens, runaway brides but she has no intention of collecting a husband, she’s perfectly happy with her life.
Major Nicholas Reynolds returns from the Battle of Waterloo a hero. He’s had enough of soldiering; all he wants now is a bride & to live away from death & destruction but his scarred face sends young ladies fleeing.
When a slip of Isabella’s tongue brands the major an ogre and his chances of marriage disintegrate she sets out to undo the harm she inadvertently caused. How better to revive the major’s marriage prospects than for the two of them to indulge in a make-believe flirtation?
A well written well paced story that drew me in from the start & had me enthralled all the way through. The characters are well fleshed & likeable, Nicholas is honourable & straight as a die so there was always going to be a problem about Isabella’s lie. Isabella is beautiful, generous, sympathetic & caring. The two are made for each other but they know their futures are set in stone she as a spinster aunt & he wedded to a young mouldable wife! I particularly enjoyed how the pair came to like & respect each other. The story is quite straight forward with no mystery to solve just a couple of secrets to cause problems. It was also enjoyable for the heroine to be older & happy with her life, no wicked family member making her life difficult or hidden past.
The Spinster’s Secret 5 Stars
Matilda Chapple is penniless, orphaned, and dependent on her uncle’s grim charity—but she’s finally found a way to escape: she’ll write her way to financial freedom. When Mattie pens a series of titillating short stories, she starts earning money which she will use to buy herself a boarding house far away from Creed Hall. She uses the novel Fanny Hill for her research & also the journal of a countess who lived at Creed Hall half a century ago. Her secret is safe until battle-scarred Waterloo veteran, Edward Kane arrives at the Hall to return her cousin Tobias’ belongings. Edward discovers one of Mattie’s instalments & agrees to find the author.
A lovely read with strong characters, Edward is a tall proud man coming to terms with the injuries he received at Waterloo, Mattie wants to be free. The pair are attracted to each other but it takes a calamity for them to truly understand their feelings.
Trusting Miss Trentham 4 Stars
Letitia Trentham is noteworthy for three reasons. One, she’s extremely wealthy. Two, she can always distinguish truth from lies. Three, she’s refused every man who’s ever proposed to her & so far eighteen have proposed this season alone.
Icarus Reid barely survived the Battle of Vimeiro. He lives for one thing, that is to find the man who betrayed him to the French & caused the deaths of the four men who were with him. He doesn’t want to marry Miss Trentham; he wants to use her talent for uncovering lies.
Suddenly, Letty finds herself breaking the rules, pretending to be someone she’s not, and doing things a lady would never do. But her hunt for the truth may uncover more than one secret, including the secret that haunts Icarus day and night & has him having horrific nightmares every night. The secret he intends to take to his grave.
Whilst this is the third in the series it could be read as a stand-alone novel. Another entertaining well written book from the author The story is well paced The characters are well portrayed both Letty & Icarus are likeable. It’s also uplifting that the author’s characters are flawed they aren’t extremely beautiful but can be plain with a long nose & wide mouth. The beauty of her characters is in their characters Icarus may be living in his own hell but he still has time to help injured soldiers & Letty uses her wealth to help underprivileged women & children. I look forward to more in the series.
3 lovely stories