Free from Amazon:
Masquerade US DE by Sarita Leone (Wild Rose Press).
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A New Year's resolution given in a moment of frivolity must be upheld when masks come off, leaving identities--and hearts--revealed.
Sophie Teasdale has turned down every eligible bachelor in London. She longs to marry for love, rather than security, but no man has offered her both. The memory of a stolen embrace with her childhood friend Colin Randolph has left her confused about her feelings for him. When a handsome stranger sweeps her off her feet at a masquerade ball, she's more confused than ever. Does she love Colin, or is the stranger the man she's been dreaming of?
There has never been any woman for Colin Randolph but Sophie, but she doesn't see him as a man, only her childhood playmate. Is she too inexperienced to understand his hesitant advances--or is he forced to forever love her from afar? A New Year's blizzard and a masquerade ball provide him with the chance to convince Sophie the man of her dreams has been by her side all along.
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Charity Begins at Home US DE by Alicia Rasley (published Zebra in 1993 as
A Midsummer's Delight; a RITA nominee according to the Amazon page)
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Competent, compassionate, cautious Charity, the mainstay of her Kentish village: She would make the perfect wife. Everyone says so, including the men who propose marriage to her. But Charity wants to be more than the perfect wife. She wants to be beloved.
Against the backdrop of a village fete, nobleman and artist Tristan Hale must prove to her that he desires her as much as he esteems her, and to win her, he first has to defeat an evil playwright, paint a voracious whale, and seduce her by the midsummer moon.
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Hot Water US DE by Maggie Toussaint (Wild Rose Press).
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Solving Mossy Bog's first fire fatality could net police officer Laurie Ann Dinterman the promotion she desperately wants. When the state arson investigator arrives to take over the case, Laurie Ann is assigned to give the man everything he needs while keeping him alive. The fact he's the sexiest man ever to hit town shouldn't make a difference.
Hot on the trail of a serial arsonist, Wyatt North demands justice for his partner, the arsonist's first victim. He'll find the murderer or die trying--no matter how distracting the tall, lithe figure of his local partner is.
As the investigation zeroes in on a suspect uncomfortably close to Laurie Ann's life, her cop instincts conflict with her feelings for Wyatt. Worse, the arsonist will do anything to protect his identity. Can Laurie Ann accept the truth in time...or will she and Wyatt go up in flames?
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To Marry a Marquess US DE by Teresa McCarthy (first published by Signet in 2004).
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The Marquess of Drakefield has vowed never to love again, but a deathbed promise to a friend sends him hunting for a beautiful woman. Lady Victoria needs to save her family from debtor's prison and marry well, but Drakefield is the last person she needs investigating her past! Yet when a murderer closes in, the feuding couple must learn to trust not only their hearts, but each other as well...
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