When the miller Mr. Tulliver becomes entangled in lawsuits, he sets off a chain of events that will profoundly affect the lives of his family and bring into conflict his passionate daughter Maggie with her inflexible but adored brother Tom. As she grows older, Maggie's discovery of romantic love draws her once more into a struggle to reconcile familial and moral claims with her own desires. Strong-willed, compassionate, and intensely loyal, Maggie...

On a visit to Bath, Major Sir Robert Kurland and Lady Lucy Kurland discover that the English spa town is not beneficial to everyone's health . . . After Sir Robert's injury from the battle of Waterloo begins troubling him again, his wife Lucy insists they relocate from the village of Kurland St. Mary to Bath, along with her sister Anna, so that Robert can take the waters and recover. At the Roman baths, Robert befriends an elderly and pugnacious...

Mariah Aubrey has been forced to live in an abandoned gatehouse after being banished from society after a scandal. Matthew Bryant, returning to England after the Napoleonic wars, has leased the property containing the gatehouse and plans to show a socialite what a mistake she made in rejecting him. After meeting Mariah, his plans are put in jeopardy when he begins to fall for her.

"Battlefields and bar rooms hold much more interest for Edward Westover, Duke of Strathmore, than some little girl's dolls and lace. But when he takes control of his enemy's estate, everything that man held dear including his daughter, now belongs to Edward. Arrange for a governess, a dowry, give a few reassurances and be off on his way -- that's Edward's plan. But he's in for the shock of his life. For his new ward is a beautiful, impetuous, and...

Kate attends a ball where she meets a prince who is promised to another woman. Godmothers and glass slippers notwithstanding, this is one fairy tale in which destiny conspires to destroy their irresistible attraction to one another.

After six years gathering riches in India, Lord Whitly returns with his heart set on the feisty Welsh girl who'd first set him on the path to wealth. Thanks to the unflattering epitaph he gave her before his departure, Megan Powel has been forced to suppress her natural vivacity-and now she blames Lord Whitly for her misery. Oblivious to her predicament, Lord Whitly embarks upon her seduction. Through hilarious antics and wagers, he chases his intended...

Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her inept matchmaking creates problems for herself and others.

"Tabitha Seaton, to join a collective of the most brilliant, influential minds in London, needs a husband and believes a notorious, handsome gambler may be her best bet, but the stakes are higher than she could have imagined when love enters the game"--