Miss Amelia Blackmore has received the most interesting letter. The Dowager Duchess of Harrowden has requested that she visit Harrowden Hall under the guise of being her companion. Her true motive, however, is to successfully pair her son, the duke, with a potential love match. Intrigued by the prospect, Amelia sets off on an adventure, unprepared for the duke's reaction to his mother's new companion.Edmund, the Duke of Harrowden, is miserable and has no qualms about showing it. When a young lady shows up claiming to be his mother's new companion, he immediately dismisses her. To his surprise, she defies him. Who does she think she is? No one dares defy him!Edmund is adamant that Amelia needs to go, so he continuously strives to rid Harrowden Hall of his mother's vexing companion. Soon, he realizes that there is more to her than what he first observed, making him in real danger of losing his heart to Amelia. When the truth finally is revealed, can Edmund let go of his pride - and his past - to go after the woman he loves?

Miss Amelia Blackmore has received the most interesting letter. The Dowager Duchess of Harrowden has requested that she visit Harrowden Hall under the guise of being her companion. Her true motive, however, is to successfully pair her son, the duke, with a potential love match. Intrigued by the prospect, Amelia sets off on an adventure, unprepared for the duke's reaction to his mother's new companion.

This book was previously released as The Duke and the Dressmaker. The last woman he should want. The only woman capable of healing his heart. After his divorce, Philip St. James, the Sixth Duke of Brentwood, is once again a sought-after bachelor. Unfortunately for the ladies of the ton, he has vowed never to remarry. His ex-wife broke his heart, and he will not risk opening it to anyone new. But when he meets Lady Sara Downey, the jilted wife of the man who broke up his marriage, he is shocked by his powerful attraction to her. Romance is the last thing on Lady Downey's mind. After her husband abandoned her, she used her secret inheritance to open a dress shop. She loves the work, although it has lowered her status in the ton, making her all but untouchable. Which is why she fails to understand the Duke of Brentwood's sudden interest in her. Dashing and handsome, he is everything a man should be-but the last thing she needs is a suitor, and everyone knows a duke would only want one thing from a dressmaker. When a vicious blackmailer attacks Lady Downey, the duke is determined to help her. The more they are thrown together, the more their connection blossoms, but will the wicked man tormenting her rob them of their second chance?

Reforming the North offers a broad perspective on the Protestant Reformation in Scandinavia and on the implications of the reformation for Northern history.

This volume examines how Imperial Russia's armed forces sought to adapt to the challenges of modern warfare. From Peter the Great to Nicholas II, rulers always understood the need to maintain an army and navy capable of preserving the empire's great power status. Yet they inevitably faced the dilemma of importing European military and technological innovations while keeping out political ideas that could challenge the autocracy's monopoly on power. Within the context of a constant race to avoid oblivion, the impulse for military renewal emerges as a fundamental and recurring theme in modern Russian history.