Tessa Dare

This novella was originally published in November 2011. It has been reissued with a new cover.Some wallflowers bloom at night…Violet is a quiet girl. She speaks six languages, but seldom raises her voice. The gentlemen aren't beating down her door.Until the night of the Spindle Cove Christmas ball, when a mysterious stranger crashes into the ballroom and collapses at Violet's feet. He's wet, chilled, bleeding, and speaking in an unfamiliar tongue.Only...

"As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens. She never doubted romance would be in her future, too. The storybooks offered endless possibilities. And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off ... Now Izzy's given up yearning for romance. She'll settle for a roof over her head. What fairy tales are left over for an impoverished twenty-six year-old woman who's never even been kissed?"--Page...

*This novella was originally published in Rogues Rush In: a Regency Duet (2018), by Tessa Dare and Christi Caldwell It's the first rule of friendship among gentlemen: Don't even think about touching your best friend's sister. Sebastian, Lord Byrne, has never been one for rules. He's thought about touching Mary Clayton-a lot-and struggled to resist temptation. But when Mary's bridegroom leaves her waiting the altar, only Sebastian can save her from...

She's on the hunt for a hero…Luke Trenton, Viscount Merritt, returned from war a changed man. Battle stripped away his civility and brought out his inner beast. There is no charm or tenderness in him now; only dark passions and a hardened soul. He has nothing to offer the starry-eyed, innocent girl who pledged her heart to him four years ago.But Cecily Hale isn't a girl any longer. She's grown into a woman-one who won't be pushed away. She and Luke...

Tras pasarse años sola, Kate Taylor por fin siente que tiene una familia: el pueblo de Cala Espinada. Sin embargo, nunca ha dejado de soñar con el amor, sobre todo cuando está cerca del cabo Thorne. El comandante de la milicia local es tan frío y duro como arrebatadoramente atractivo. Cuando unos misteriosos desconocidos se presentan buscando a Kate, reclamándola como parte de su aristócrata estirpe, Thorne da un paso al frente y asegura ser...

A Christmas Eve ball.A light-hearted beauty.An earl who needs to come in from the cold. All year long, Chloe Garland's been trading witty remarks and heated glances with her nemesis, the arrogant Lord Cheverell. But when Chloe tricks him into wearing a hideous waistcoat-complete with sequins, pompoms, and jingle bells-to her family's Christmas Eve party, she may have gone too far. Her penalty? A single, scorching kiss-and a Christmas gift she never...

Wealthy and ruthless, Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society-and now he wants to get even. Loyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn't take into her home and her heart. When her imposing-and attractive-new neighbor demands she clear out the rescued animals, Penny sets him a challenge. She will part with her precious charges, if he can find them loving homes....