The Earl's Bargain (Historical Regency Romance) (30 page)

I highly recommend It Had to
Be You for an all-consuming and powerful love
story.—
Romance Communications
Reviews*

Best Mainstream Novel – Golden Triangle*

Runner-up Best Mainstream Novel – Book of
Your Heart*

Runner-up Best Historical – Now and Then*

Runner-up Best Historical – Show Me More*

*under various previous titles

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The time is 1937. Journalist Dianne Castle
mixes with Hollywood's elite post-Prohibition hedonists at the
popular Club Borneo, owned by handsome Japanese American, Johnny
Honda. Amidst the threat of war and chants of Yellow Peril, Dianne
and Johnny fall in love, but it's a love not to be.

How can Johnny let his beloved Dianne throw
her life away on the likes of him?

Dianne stubbornly vows to follow him to the
ends of the earth-even if it means entering an internment camp.

A Duke Deceived (Harlequin Historical)

Notable New Author Award Winner

Holt Medallion Honorable Mention, Best First
Book

Reissued by Harlequin Historical as ebook

Full of intrigue and
excitement,
A Duke Deceived
is a tender love story that will capture the
reader's heart from page one. Cheryl Bolen is sure to please those
who enjoy historical romances set in Regency England." -- Barbara
Dawson Smith, bestselling author of
ONCE
UPON A SCANDAL

"The charm and grace of the
regency period is present in this sweetly told debut novel. Regency
fans will find the conflict traditional but enjoyable." --
Romantic Times

"
A
Duke Deceived
is a gem. If you like a
genuinely sensuous love story, pick up this first novel by Cheryl
Bolen." --
Happily Ever After

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At her mother's deathbed, Bonny Barbara Allan
weds the Duke of Radcliff in what Bonny perceives as a totally
unequal match. Though she adores Radcliff, Bonny is embarrassed
over her dowryless state and inadequate pedigree to be his duchess.
To make matters even worse, she believes her enigmatic husband has
married her out of compassion toward her dying mother. Nothing
could be further from the truth. Radcliff fell in love with the
incomparable Bonny the first time he saw her, but how can he reveal
his love when his bride is secretly meeting another man?