by Dawn Lindsey (1981)
YOUNG LOVE, THROWN AWAY, MAY NEVER BE FOUND AGAIN... Jessica Lansdowne, a handsome woman whose sprightly manner hid a well-kept secret, at six and twenty had adjusted quite nicely to a life of quiet unmarried propriety. Until dashing Max returned. Or rather, Lord Brough, as he was now rightfully called. No longer the young roustabout with no manners and even less money whom Jessica, along with everyone else in town, had rejected years ago. And to make matters even more unbearable, Merry, Jessica's spirited niece and ward, had foolishly fallen in love with a handsome lieutenant. But a soldier without a war was a man with no prospects. Now Jessica was obliged to advise her dearest niece against a marriage of the heart-even as she felt herself falling in love all over again.
Mary Brendan
Rebecca Nash has been running a small school on a nobleman’s estate while hoping to uncover the mystery of her brother’s disappearance. She is shocked to learn that the nobleman has died and his heir is a distant relative from Cornwall, the devastatingly attractive Luke Trelawney. Trelawney at first plans to sell the estate but is drawn to the beautiful Rebecca and so continues to postpone his departure.
Mona Gedney
Calling off her wedding to an older gentlemen after falling in love with someone else, Elise is subsequently jilted and enlists the help of bookish Walter to pose as her fiance.
Barbara Hazard
LOVE'S DANGEROUS DREAM From the moment that lovely young Lady Catherine Cahill set eyes on Lionel Eden, Viscount Benning, she knew that he was the only man she could ever love. What matter if this lord was society's most handsome, sought-after gallant? What matter if disquieting rumors of his debauches reached even Catherine's innocent ears? What matter if he displayed a supreme indifference toward her girlish ways and lack of worldly wisdom? If she had to turn herself into a bewitching charmer who could stir even Lionel's jaded senses and storm the impregnable citadel of his heart, she would--in the most perilous campaign of conquest a young lady ever waged to win the lord of her dreams....
Isabelle Goddard
Amelie Silverdale is fleeing her betrothal to a vicious, degenerate man. In the dead of night, disguised as a maidservant, she sneaks out of her bedroom window.