Harlequin Historical – March 2025 – Box Set 1 of 2

<strong>Harlequin</strong><strong> ®</strong><strong> Historical brings you a captivating trio of thrilling new romances in one collection!</strong><br /><br />This boxset includes:<br /><br /><strong>ONLY AN HEIRESS WILL DO</strong><br />Part of <em>A Season to Wed</em><br />by Virginia Heath<br />(Regency)<br />Major Adam Mayhew has returned from war to discover his family facing ruin. He no longer cares for the expectations of the <em>ton</em>, but he needs a wealthy, convenient wife fast!<br />Heartbroken by a scoundrel and with her reputation mud, Gwendolyn Trym agrees to use her sizable dowry to restore Adam’s fortunes—and he can restore her good name! Then they can both dispense with the chore of marriage. <br />Yet Adam is proving to be too clever, too rebellious and too attractive a husband…and Gwen's plan starts to unravel!<br /> <br /><strong>THE UNEXPECTED DUKE</strong><br />A <em>Soldiers to Heirs</em> story<br />by Julia Justiss<br />(1830s)<br />When Lieutenant Hartley returns home, it’s to become—reluctantly, he might add—the new Duke of Fenniston. If he’s to thrive in the <em>ton</em>, he must call on the help of widow Claire Hambledon, sister of the previous duchess, to guide him into society <em>and</em> help him find a wife! <br />Penniless and with a young son, Claire is well aware that she’s <em>totally</em> unsuitable for a duke. But she’s also completely unable to ignore the ripples of desire every time she’s near dashing Hart… Or the temptation to start a forbidden affair!<br /> <br /><strong>THE DUCHESS CHARADE</strong><br />Part of <em>The Wallflower Academy</em><br />by Emily E K Murdoch<br />(Regency)<br />Adventurous, free-spirited Sylvia Bryant has no intention of entering the London marriage mart—she plans<em> </em>to return to Antigua and her mother, whom she was forced to leave. But first that means breaking free from her prison of a finishing school! Only when she makes her daring escape, the last thing she expects is to literally land in a duke’s lap! Now Sylvia and Theodore are forced into an engagement, which Sylvia certainly doesn’t want to make permanent. Yet if their union is just for show, why does her attraction to Teddy feel <em>dizzyingly </em>real?<br />