Duchess by Night

 

Duchess by Night

by Eloisa James

ISBN: 978-0-340-96108-7

Format: Paperback, 406 pages

Publication: Hodder, 2009

Condition: Good with light shelf wear

Lelong Price: RM8.00

Harriet, the Duchess of Berrow, is finally seeking some excitement, after a lifetime as a wallflower. And where better to begin than at the house of one of the most disreputable men in the country, Lord Strange?

However, high-stakes games of lust and chance that rule Strange's household mean that even crossing the threshold could entirely ruin her reputation. So Harriet decides to swap her hoops and corsets for a pair of breeched and transforms herself into a young male relayive of the Duke of Villiers.

Before she knows it she's writing bawdy missives on behalf of a young actress, not to mention winning card games played by the most powerful men in England, and having the time of her life.

But when she starts attracting male attention, Hartiet must decide whether to stay in her disguise - or to reveal that she's really a duchess by night...

To Sir Phillip, With Love

 

To Sir Phillip, With Love

by Julia Quinn

ISBN: 978-0-7499-3661-7

Format: Paperback, 372 pages

Publication: Piatkus, 2007

Condition: Fair

Lelong Price: RM5.00

Sir Phillip knew from his correspondence with his dead wife's distant cousin that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except...she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her...

Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But then she started thinking...and wondering...and befor she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. Except...he wasn't. Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered. And he certainly should have mentioned that he had two young - and decidedly unruly - children, as much in need of a mother as Phillip is in need of a wife.

The Duke & I

 

The Duke & I

by Julia Quinn

ISBN: 978-0-7499-3657-6

Format: Paperback, 339 pages

Publication: Piatkus, 2006

Condition: Good

Lelong Price: RM5.00

After enduring two seasons in London, Daphne Bridgerton in no longer naive enough to believe she will be able to marry for love. But is it really too much to hope for a husband for whom she at least has some affection?

Her brother's old school friend Simon Bassett - the new Duke of Hastings - has no intention of ever marrying. However, newly returned to England, he finds himself the target of many marriage-minded society mothers who remain convinced that reformed rakes make the best husbands.

To deflect their attention, the handsome hell-raiser proposes to Daphne that they pretend an attachment. In return, his interest in Daphne will ensure she becomes the belle if London society with suitors beating a path to her door...

There's just one problem, Daphne is now in danger of falling for a man who has no intention of making their charade a reality...

When the Duke Returns

 

When the Duke Returns

by Eloisa James

ISBN: 978-0-340-96110-0

Format: Paperback, 375 pages

Publication: Hodder, 2009

Condition: Good with light shelf wear

Lelong Price: RM8.00

Isidore has waited many long, frustrating years for her mysterious husband to come back from exploring the world. They were married by proxy when she was just a child, and she yearns to actually meet the duke himself. Until he returns.

Cosway is not what she expected. He won't powder his hair, has little regard for cravats, and seems frighteningly keen on running around the countryside in nothing but short trousers. Even worse, he takes one look at Isidore and offers an annulment.

But Isidore will not give up her claim to the title - or the duke himself - without a fight. And while she tries to establish whether he is worth sacrificing her virtue and dignity for, the duke begins to discover that there may be more adventures in marriage than in all of the rest of the world.

Desperate Duchesses

 

Desperate Duchesses

by Eloisa James

ISBN: 978-0-340-96104-9

Format: Paperback, 384 pages

Publication: Hodder, 2008

Condition: Good with light shelf wear

Lelong Price: RM8.00

Spring 1783... Jemma, Duchess of Beaumont, has just returned from Paris and is planning to shock all of London high society - not to mention her husband - with scandalous soirees and a debauched Grand Ball.

But irritating her husband comes naturally, and she need a challenge. When her country cousin Lady Roberta St. Giles asks for help seducing the Duke of Villiers into marriage, Jemma jumps at the chance. She transforms Roberta into the most delicious and desirable woman in town. Then she lures Villiers to the house, ostensibly to play chess.

But the plan backfires. Villiers responds enthusiastically to Jemma's challenge and, ignoring both Roberta and Jemma's husband, offers her a match - the third game of which is to be okayed blindfolded. And in bed.

Passing Under Heaven

 

Passing Under Heaven

by Justin Hill

ISBN: 978-0-349-11740-3

Format: Paperback, 440 pages

Publication: Abacus, 2005

Condition: Good with light shelf wear

Lelong Price: RM8.00

In the twilight years of the Tang Dynasty, a young girl is given up by her mother and orphaned before she is five years old, yet rises to become one of the most famous and celebrated women of her age. Lily's childhood is a place of pavilions and temples, lakes and snow-capped mountains, sages, scholars and poets. But her world is also founded on ancient cruelties and injustice. As Lily struggles for freedom, she uses her gift for invention to transform herself from wilful daughter to adored concubine, from notorious courtesan to great poetess. Then, as the barbarian hordes gather for invasion, the fate that has always awaited Lily draws near...

Based on historical fact, Passing Under Heaven is more than the story of the end of a love affair: it chronicles the passing of the Chinese golden age into civil war and ruin.

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

 

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

by Antonia Fraser

ISBN: 978-1-84212-633-4

Format: Paperback, 589 pages

Publication: Phoenix, 2003

Condition: Fair

Lelong Price: RM8.00

The Last Queen

 

The Last Queen

by C W Gortner

ISBN: 978-0-345-50184-4

Format: Hardback, 371 pages

Publication: Ballantine Books, 2006

Condition: Excellent

Lelong Price: RM8.00

Juana of Castile, the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country's throne, has been for centuries an enigmatic figure shrouded in lurid myth. Was she the bereft widow of a legend who was driven mad by her loss, or has history misjudged a woman who was ahead of her time? In this stunning new novel. C.W.Gortner challenges the myths about Queen Juana, untaveling the mystery surrounding her to reveal a brave, determined woman we can only now begin to fully understand.