Böcker av Emily E K Murdoch

An unexpected match

A governess can never show fear... Miss Evangeline Jones never wanted to be a governess. As a favor to her friend, Miss Vivienne Clarke, she's trying to balance teaching two boys, and not falling in love with their father, with the ghost that is haunting her. Not the easiest thing for a woman who has never stood up for herself. But a governess can never show fear, even when the ghost is staring at her in the schoolroom... This novella is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order. The Governess BureauA Governess of Great TalentsA Governess of DiscretionA Governess of Many LanguagesA Governess of Prodigious SkillA Governess of Unusual ExperienceA Governess of Wise Years (Note: This story was first published as part of the USA Today Bestselling Boxed set Upon a Midnight Dreary, October 2021)

Enter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves. Always taming gentlemen but never getting her own - but the Lyon's Den will change that... Miss Rebecca Darby is tired of being courted by John Lennox, Marquis of Gloucester. After months of empty promises, it's time to take matters into her own hands. Because John 'the Lion' Lennox is always surrounded by his pride of ladies, and she's never able to get close. His flirting has led nowhere, and Rebecca won't stand for it anymore. Not when the Lyon's Den, the secretive club owned by Mrs. Dove-Lyon, promises to play games leading to happy matrimony. John has no idea what faces him in the game. Rebecca has no idea whether her shyness will allow her to carry through with her plans, but if she doesn't try, she'll always wonder. He doesn't recognize the mysterious woman in the mask. She knows this is her only chance to tame him. In a world where women rule the roost and gentlemen must do what they're told, it will take a Lyon Tamer to bring John to his knees. But once the masks are removed, will Rebecca have her way, or will the Lyon escape into the night? This novella is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series which can be read in any order.

When a governess of prodigious skill is required, there is only one place the nobility of England go: the Governess Bureau.Miss Helena Patrick is not a governess. At least, not really. The famed and celebrated actress is a little down on her luck, and grasps the chance to masquerade as a governess until better luck comes around. Worse luck for her, she's stuck out in the country with a master who is afraid to leave his house with a wife who died but no one will speak of, his sister who mysteriously disappears whenever anyone wants her, and a brother who...A brother who absolutely should not be kissing her. Especially as he's a duke.Oscar Fernsby, Duke of Kilerth, only planned to visit his brother for a few weeks. Prove the man was fine, then return to London to continue his anonymous bare knuckle boxing fights. Until a woman he thinks he recognizes but cannot place turns up at his brother's house, blackmails him into silence, and distracts him with her beauty and strange skills.Because this Helena, the governess, is strange. More at home with a sword in her hand than chalk, Oscar knows that something isn't quite right. The only way to discover her secrets is to get close to her. What a shame.Everyone at the Old Abbey has secrets, but it will take a governess of prodigious skill to discover them all - and keep her own a secret...This full length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.The Governess BureauA Governess of Great TalentsA Governess of DiscretionA Governess of Many LanguagesA Governess of Prodigious SkillA Governess of Unusual ExperienceA Governess of Wise Years

Always the bluestocking and never the bride - not that any woman should have to choose...Book 6 in the bestselling series Never the Bride is now Available!Miss Mariah Wynn was adopted and has spent her life attempting to prove herself worthy. Intelligent and witty, it''s nonetheless not a good idea to let a gentleman know you actually have brains. After all, no one marries the bluestocking, even if she is beautiful and but twenty one.One man who laughs in the face of bluestockings is Patrick O''Leary, Viscount Donal. He knows the woman''s place, and that is most certainly in the home.Until, that is, he sees Mariah attending a lecture at his alma mater. A woman - at university. He''s determined she won''t get an education. She''s ready to face down any ignorant man, title or no. A battle of intellect storms while a battle of desire fights under the surface.Will Mariah and Patrick have enough focus to argue while every bone in their bodies wants to make love?This full length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.