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No one had ever looked at her and seen perfection-until now.

Delicate, titian-haired Theresa Noble has met her father's associates in the past, but the gorgeous, Italian-born Sandro De Lucci leaves her speechless. Eighteen months into their marriage... More details on The Unwanted Wife

The house was dark and quiet when she got home, with no seething Sandro waiting at the front door this time, just echoing silence as she made her way upstairs and back into the spare bedroom. After a ...
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Sherry Thomas is one of the hottest new voices in historical romance, garnering the highest praise from today's bestselling writers ("Entrancing." -Mary Balogh; "Ravishingly sinful, intelligent and addictive." -Eloisa James). Now Sherry delivers this... More details on Not Quite a Husband

In the course of her long and illustrious career, Bryony Asquith was the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, almost all of which described her appearance as distinguished and unique, ...
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Our marriage wasn't just in trouble-mere threads were all that held it together. What was once my perfect happily ever after had dissolved right before my eyes. I can tell you when it started to happen. What I can't tell you is why. And after seven m... More details on Frayed Silk

Over the past seven months, he’s closed himself off to me. To our children. To our once happy life together. And he’s never told me why. Why he’s chosen to make me feel so alone. As if I’m invisible e...
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Love has designs of its own.…

To all of London society, Lord and Lady Tremaine had the ideal arrangement: a marriage based on civility, courteousness, and freedom-by all accounts, a perfect marriage. The reason? For the last ten years, husband and wi... More details on Private Arrangements

Happy marriages were considered vulgar, as matrimonial felicity rarely kept longer than a well-boiled pudding. Unhappy marriages were, of course, even more vulgar, on a par with Mrs. Jeffries's specia...
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Lady Isabella Scranton scandalized London by leaving her husband, notorious artist Lord Mac Mackenzie, after only three turbulent years of marriage. But Mac has a few tricks to get the Lady back in his life, and more importantly, back into his bed.

R... More details on Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage

All of London was amazed to learn of the sudden marriage of Lady I—S—and Lord M—M—, brother of the Duke of K—,last evening. The lady in question had her Come-Out and her Wedding the same night, leadin...
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Everyone in society knows that the marriage of Lord and Lady Hammond is an unhappy one. Everyone knows they have barely spoken to one another in over nine years. But what no-one in society knows are the reasons why ...

Lady Viola Courtland was a rom... More details on The Marriage Bed

This dictum was mentioned in drawing room conversations with the same unquestioning certainty given to English rain and Irish trouble. Gossips could only speculate about the reasons that had divided t...
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The only proof that Greek tycoon Aristide Kouros has that he is married is a piece of paper. Aristide has no memory of his beautiful wife Eden – although his body remembers the desire he feels every time she comes close…

Eden loves her husband and... More details on The Greek's Christmas Baby

Eden heard the words, but didn't recognize the voice. Her eyelids felt glued together over a layer of sandpaper. It took a Herculean effort to force them apart and, at first, all she saw was white lig...
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Jenzy: I love my husband, but he doesn't see me anymore. We were collage sweethearts and for seven years I've been his wife. Five of those years were bliss; the last two have been a long fall from grace.

He's the love of my life, the sexy and smar... More details on The Divorce

When I came into the restaurant to see Moses waiting on me I felt some of my nerves settle. He’d become my friend first, even in the few weeks we’d been talking. I went his way and soaked up the glory...
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#9

The honeymoon was over

Rafe had wanted Tanya the moment he saw her. When he proposed, she'd been deliciously happy--happy to give up her job without a second thought, and devote herself to decorating their beautiful new home in Sydney's most prestig... More details on Breaking Point

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Broken Vows To their friends, family and neighbors, Celine and Max Archer had a perfect marriage. Only the Archers knew they'd never been in love, and that nights of passion were few and far between.

Still, both thought the other happy with the dry-e... More details on A Perfect Marriage

Max Archer sat absently twirling a glass of whisky on the table before him while his four male companions tossed quips among themselves and chuckled at each other's rejoinders. The New Zealand Legal P...
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