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When Max, Lord Belvedere, is abandoned at the altar, he believes his dreams have come true! All that’s needed to secure his freedom is to reassure his ailing aunt, Euphemia, that he is really is serious about finding a bride. Wrapped up in the delightfully diverting arms of Violet Lilywhite while visiting London’s most prestigious House of Assignation, Max hits upon the perfect plan. A pretend wedding to a "penniless shop girl" should fulfill Aunt Euphemia’s romantic dreams without losing him his newfound liberty.

Three humorous Regency matchmaking romances about two sisters who make rags-to-riches marriages and want to pay it forward! Two daring sisters cause scandal and mayhem, as they storm London’s Regency ballrooms in search of husbands to please their mama. But what about pleasing themselves?

Eliza has her own reasons for agreeing to wed selfish George Bramley. Reasons that have nothing to do with love! If it's the only way to be reunited with the child she was forced to give up after a youthful indiscretion, Eliza will marry anyone! Mr. Rufus Patmore has come to Quamby House expecting to buy a horse, not find the virtuous, beautiful wife for whom he’s been searching.

Heiress to a fortune, Lizzy Scott wants nothing more than to make a love match. But her controlling guardian, Mrs. Hodge, has other plans. She's promised Lizzy to dashing fortune hunter Mr. Dalgleish in exchange for a portion of Lizzy's inheritance. While Lizzy knows Mr. Dalgleish is only after her money, he is also charming and persuasive. And he’s her best hope to escape the cruelty of Mrs. Hodge's household.

Wicked and lively Fanny and Antoinette Brightwell have made spectacular marriages - despite scandals and the treachery of a disappointed suitor determined to besmirch their reputations. Now it’s their children’s turn to play matchmaker after a deserving, much-married baroness waltzes into their orbit - about to marry the wrong man.

Sweet, pretty Thea Brightwell’s dull, quiet life with her crotchety aunt is about to be turned upside down by a visit to Bath and a chance encounter with handsome Mr. Grayling. However, the fledgling affair is quickly nipped in the bud by Thea's aunt who has no intention of losing her unpaid nurse and companion, while Mr. Grayling regretfully acknowledges he needs to marry an heiress to restore his family's crumbling fortunes. Unbeknownst to penniless Thea, she has an unlikely champion in her well-meaning but "not-too-bright" cousin Bertram who has decided to play matchmaker.

After Fanny’s ambitious mama agrees to marry off her beautiful daughter to odious Lord Slyther, a desperate Fanny disguises herself for a visit to Vauxhall Gardens where she encounters the devilishly delectable, rapturously responsive - and (fortuitously!) eligible - Lord Fenton. Not only does this roguish rake have the looks and wit to please Fanny, he has the title and pocket book required to please Fanny’s mama!

For nine long years, Louisa Stapleton has done penance for "chasing the scarlet" in her reckless youth. Now a marriage proposal from unctuous Mr. Rivers, who promises to redeem her "stained" character, looks like her only opportunity to escape her life of drudgery as companion to her exacting aunt.... Until the unexpected opportunity to play the role of a gaming hostess at the Soho Club offers her a different future.

Friends at seven, lovers at 17, Katherine and Jack were meant to be together. But Jack, an orphan, is determined to make his fortune, while Katherine must make a good match. Seven years later, Katherine is now a widow, awaiting the return of her beloved Jack.