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PHOEBE book 1 in THE BELLAMY SISTERS is a sensual, sexy, and heartwarming love story about the girl next door and the powerful, wealthy stranger who changes her world forever. Minerva Spencer's characters are witty and unforgettable and her romances are perfect for fans of Elizabeth Hoyt, Lisa Kleypas, and Meredith Duran.Meet the Bellamy sisters, five young women who will do anything to save their siblings and keep the wolf from the door.Lady Phoebe Bellamy will do anything to save her family estate... even marry the devil himself.The Bellamy family has only four months before they'll lose the very roof over their heads. While Phoebe's older sisters venture out into the world to earn the necessary funds, Phoebe herself-plain, levelheaded, and responsible-stays home to care for her younger siblings and parents. But then she meets Viscount Needham, a fabulously wealthy, brand new peer, and everything changes.When Phoebe learns that her father is determined to marry one of his daughters to Needham, she knows it's time to act. She certainly can't imagine saddling any of her beloved sisters with the brutally handsome upstart. So, she does the unthinkable and proposes to Viscount Needham herself...Paul Needham attended the best schools, belongs to all the proper clubs, and can buy and sell half the House of Lords and still have money to spare. And yet the ton still treats him with disdain. Marrying one of their own is the fastest way to legitimize his place in society. But that doesn't mean that he has to like his bride. He certainly won't ever love her. Their marriage will be nothing but a mutually beneficial business arrangement.Except it doesn't feel like a simple transaction when Phoebe is in his arms. They are complete opposites with nothing in common. Class differences and prejudices divide them. Is love enough to bridge their two worlds-or are they destined for heartbreak?PHOEBE is the wickedly witty and sensually steamy first book of a five-book series. Each story in THE BELLAMY SISTERS stands alone.

The Hale family is coming to London, and the ton has never seen anything like it...Meet the Hales, a wild, wealthy, and witty family of loveable misfits who are about to take London by storm. If you loved Mary Balogh's Bedwins, Julia Quinn's Bridgertons, or Loretta Chase's Carsingtons, you'll adore the Hales!Victoria Dryden gave Balthazar Hale the last thing he ever expected. A reason to stay...Balthazar and his siblings are living the good life in the utopian community of Canoga, New York, where they have a degree of sexual and intellectual freedom few men-and even fewer women-have ever known.But sadly, all good things must come to an end.When their father dies, the Hale siblings discover two disheartening truths. First, they have an older brother none of them knew existed.Second, this stranger is not only the heir to an English dukedom, he's also their new legal guardian.Before the Hales know it, all five siblings are dragged to England to take their places in strait-laced, stuffy ton society, where their guardian expects them to make respectable marriages.All Balthazar wants is a way out.Until he meets her...Victoria is a woman with dangerous secrets. She's the exact opposite of marriage material.Falling for her could ruin both their lives.But none of that matters when she's in Balthazar's arms.And his bed.Finding their way to happily ever after would be so easy in Canoga.Too bad they aren't in utopia anymore...

He thought he had it all-until she showed him exactly what he''d been missing...Hugo Buckingham was perfectly happy with the life he''d built for himself. With his steady clientele and co-ownership stake in the most exclusive brothel in London, he had everything he needed.But that was before.Before he was falsely convicted of a crime and tossed onto a ship to New South Wales.Before the ship went down and stranded him on the tiny island of Stroma.Before her.Miss Martha Pringle is everything he''s not-virginal, kind, and sweet. A good person. She deserves so much better than the likes of him. But that doesn''t stop him from wanting her, needing her, with an urgency that borders on terrifying. Now, Hugo has a choice to make. Should he go home, clear his name, and return to his old life-or stay with Martha and build a new one.But more importantly...will Martha even want him once she discovers what kind of man he really is?Hugo and the Maiden, book 3 in THE SEDUCERS series, is a sexy, angsty, historical romance featuring a hero who doesn''t believe in true love and the innocent heroine who proves him wrong .

Justin Taylor hasn''t seen Oona Parker for a decade, but he''s never forgotten her. How could he ever forgive or forget the woman who ruined his life? Surely the gods of vengeance have placed her in his path for a reason?Oona can hardly reconcile the wealthy, successful businessman standing before her with the handsome but poor young groom she once knew. Juss Taylor might look different, but he still exerts the same dangerous pull over her thoughts and body as he ever did.When Oona loses her job it''s Juss who steps in and offers her a position that will last only seven days but pay enough to support Oona and her young daughter for years. All she has to do is accompany Juss to a house party and pretend to be his mistress.It all sounds so simple.So why does Oona believe feel there''s more to Juss''s offer than what she can see on the surface?Praise for Minerva Spencer & S.M. LaViolette''s THE ACADEMY OF LOVE:"[A] pitch perfect Regency .... Readers will be hooked." (THE MUSIC OF LOVE)ΓÿàPublishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW"[A] consistently entertaining read." (A FIGURE OF LOVE)Kirkus