Harlequin Historical September 2024 – Box Set 1 of 2

This boxset includes:  <br />  <br /><strong>A NAVAL SURGEON TO FIGHT FOR </strong><br />by Carla Kelly <br />(Regency)<br />As her snobbish aunt’s companion, penniless vicar’s daughter Jerusha Langley is sent to take a donation to the local naval hospital. There she meets dashing surgeon Jamie Wilson and embarks on a secret mission—sneaking out to help him care for injured sailors!<br />With his life in peril fighting Napoleon, Jamie has never considered taking a wife, yet he’s impressed by Jerusha’s nursing ability—and beauty inside and out. Jamie knows she’s risking a scandal by helping him. Can he risk his heart and save her reputation with a marriage offer?<br /><br /><strong>CAPTIVATED BY HIS CONVENIENT DUCHESS </strong><br />by Lauri Robinson<br />A <em>The Redford Dukedom</em> story <br />(Victorian)<br />In an accident that killed her parents, Lady Anita was left with a permanent leg injury, and at the mercy of her loathsome uncle. Bartering her to the Duke of Redford is a new low, so when the duke suggests a convenient marriage, she seizes the chance to escape.<br />Myles is determined his new wife won’t distract him from his ducal duties, but the woman who arrives at his estate is not the meek bride he expects! Society may have overlooked her, but now his spirited, determined duchess is all Myles can see! <br /><br /><strong>ACCIDENTAL COURTSHIP WITH THE EARL </strong><br />by Samantha Hastings<br />(Regency)<br />Mark, the Earl of Inverness, escapes to London to avoid his mother’s matchmaking, and the wounds of war that continue to haunt him. So, when a macaw flies into his garden, he’s intrigued by his new neighbor following behind…and the dazzling woman proves just the distraction he needs!<br />Lady Helen Stringham reluctantly agreed to a Season in exchange for becoming conveniently engaged to her childhood friend when she returns home. But after she encounters broodingly handsome Mark, who shares her passion for animals, she’s discovering what real attraction is… Just who should she be marrying?