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Lady Tiffany Bolton, sister of the Duke of Bolton, is painfully plain and dull. At least, that’s how her brother describes her as he bemoans the necessity of finding her a husband. So the rakish Duke of Clarence can hardly be blamed when the pretty girl he kisses in the library turns out to be none other than Lady Tiffany herself.

Love is like a multi-faceted diamond. Sometimes rough, sometimes polished. The duke of Hightower is a busy man. The last thing he needs to do is to chase down the owner of a runaway gray, sometimes ridden by a mysterious rider. A reckless rider is not what he needs. He’s shocked when he...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a duke in possession of no fortune must be in want of a rich wife. Miss Kalina Little is not the debutante that Nathanial, Duke of Hereford, needs for his wife. What he needs is someone with a dowry hefty enough to pay off the debts left to him by his late father and skilled enough to help repair his family’s reputation and guide his sisters through the ton. As the head of his household, it’s his duty to provide that stability for his family, and the sisters who rely on him.

Meet Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip Witch and her crazy witch family in this ten-book cozy mystery box set.

New Orleans--September 1947. World War II has been over for only two years, the Civil War for slightly more than eighty. Segregation and racism are still running rampant in the Southern United States, including Louisiana. “Duke” Jefferson, an injured Black war vet and somewhat successful nightclub owner, receives a call from an old war buddy, who tells him he is in trouble. When Duke seeks him out, he discovers that the man has been dead and buried for more than three weeks.

After receiving a most unexpected personal invitation for a weekend of leisure and celebration, Miss Victoria Parker leaves London for the country seat of the Duke of Everton. Although unsure as to why a lowly spinster such as she would be invited anywhere by a duke, Victoria's trusted assistant, James Kensington, assures her it must concern her late father’s accounting firm, which she secretly runs.

London, 1813. Lady Calliope Seaton will etwas Unerhörtes wagen: die Gründung eines Detektivbüros. Aber zuerst muss sie ihren verschleppten Bruder finden. Und dafür ist sie zu allem bereit. Wenn sie deshalb einen schneidigen Marineoffizier mit zweifelhaftem Ruf, den Duke of Kelford, heiraten muss, um an geheime Unterlagen zu gelangen, dann ist es eben so. Unerschrocken stimmt sie seinen Bedingungen zu.

They say time heals all wounds, but what of those left by love? Having barely survived the fire that killed his family, Joshua Wainwright reluctantly begins his reign as the new Duke of Chichester. He is still recovering from his burns when he returns to Wisborough Oaks, the family seat in Sussex where the fire occurred. With reconstruction underway and a backlog of estate business to complete, the very last thing Joshua can handle is the sudden appearance of Lady Charlotte, the daughter of the Earl of Ellsworth.

In 1776 London, orphaned vicar’s daughter Amaranthe Illingworth supports her small household with her skills as a copyist, but her quiet routine is shattered the day three children show up at her door seeking aid from her brother, their tutor. Behind them storms in Malden Grey, would-be barrister and their erstwhile guardian, who accuses Amaranthe of kidnapping the young Duke of Hunsdon and his siblings. The former duke’s illegitimate son, Malden Grey has learned to live by his wits, and he’s told he’ll advance to the bar if he takes a proper wife.

Marcus Braddock, Duke of Hampton and former general, is back from war and mourning the death of his beloved sister, Elise. Marcus believes his sister's death wasn't an accident, and he's determined to learn the truth, starting with investigating Danielle, the beautiful daughter of a baron and his sister's best friend. Danielle's keeping deadly secrets of her own. She has dedicated her life to a charity that helps abused women - the same charity Elise was working for when she died. When Danielle's work puts her danger, Marcus comes to her rescue. But Danielle may not need rescuing.

Emma Porter is 40, fat, frumpy, and a passionate amateur gardener. When her longtime lover dumps her for a younger woman, Emma escapes the cloying sympathy of family and friends by setting out on a summer-long driving tour of England's glorious gardens. A Dimity-contrived coincidence brings her to Penford Hall, a sprawling Gothic mansion in Cornwall, where she finds a duke in search of a missing lantern with extraordinary powers.

DI Duke Lyons is a man on the edge. Between his failed marriage, the pressures of policing, and a ruthless nemesis taunting him, his hard-earned sobriety is being tested. When seventeen-year-old May Whitehead vanishes from the streets of Halifax, Lyons thinks he’s seen it all before; just another runaway teen with a chaotic home life. But his new partner, DS Annie Lockley, isn’t convinced. Newly transferred as a punishment, and desperate to prove herself, she believes May is the latest target of a sadistic predator stalking vulnerable sex workers.

Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she’s diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they’re clairvoyant visions. Just when things can’t get worse, a so-hot-it-should-be-illegal private investigator shows up on her doorstep looking for a neighbor...who turns up murdered.

After an unsuccessful season in London, Miss Mary Mifford has returned to the village of Plumpton, determined to be the most upstanding spinster the Cotswolds have ever seen. Not even the arrival of the elusive Duke of Northcott can distract Mary from her plan; until the local rector is found bludgeoned to death and Mary is named as the prime suspect.

A woman has been murdered and her body is drained of blood. Plus two small punctures on her neck has the Special Investigations Homicide squad, led by Inspector Duke Becker, thinking the absurd. Has she been killed by a vampire? Of course no one believes it, but when an investigation into vampires leads to a club in the heart of New York City, there are doubts.

A body in a graveyard shouldn’t be a problem, except when it’s found above ground… with a knife sticking out of it. To make things even more complicated? The only clue in the murder is a comment left on a local neighborhood app that was deleted six minutes later, and the only person who knows it exists is the creator of said application. Enter our fearless sleuth, Queenie. Okay, okay. Actually, only one of those three things describes her. Hint: it’s her name. More fitting descriptors for Queenie Beane? Disgraced cruise-line tech support. Failed theater manager. Town pariah.

When Inspector Duke Dempsey boarded the luxurious streamliner known as The Holy City Express, he expected a peaceful vacation, a brief respite from his crime-ridden beat. But as the train whisks through the scenic vistas, a chilling scream shatters the calm, and Duke is thrust into the most perplexing case of his career—a mysterious double murder. With the clock ticking and the train speeding towards its final destination, Duke must navigate a web of intrigue and deceit. The passenger list reads like a who’s who of global power brokers, each with secrets worth killing for.

The poisoning of a distinguished history professor sets off a chain of events that puts Inspector Duke Dempsey on the hunt of a lifetime for the legendary hidden treasure of Blackbeard. The old-fashioned treasure hunt brings the super sleuth head-to-head against a secret sect that has ties to the upper echelons of the Charleston aristocracy. As the body count rises, he must beat them to the treasure and uncover the mastermind behind the ritualistic murders.

Super sleuth Duke Dempsey is at it again when he is drawn into a world of corruption, deception, and murder. An assassinated mayor, the mob, and corruption that reaches the highest levels of government takes Duke on a journey that brings him face to face with his past. All the answers he seeks are in an elusive ledger that he must bring to light.

Duke Dempsey is a private investigator in 1938 Charleston, SC. He is thrust into the case of a lifetime when the Vatican comes calling and hires him to find an invaluable relic. Charleston is also hit with the mysterious murders of a prominent priest of St. Patrick's Cathedral and a local cop. Duke is forced into a partnership with the presiding detective, Johnny Stampkin, to find the relic and solve the murders. The case takes a multitude of twists and turns as they navigate through Roman Catholic puzzles, Civil War secrets, and a Nazi assassin.