Harlequin Historical June 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

by Christine Merrill, Marguerite Kaye, Ann Lethbridge

Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! THE BROODING DUKE OF DANFORTHby Christine Merrill(Regency)Reunited by a storm! Abigail Prescott is trapped at a party with her once betrothed, Benedict Moore, the Duke of Danforth. Benedict is now determined to win Abigail back…with irresistible seduction!A WIFE WORTH INVESTING INPenniless Brides of Convenienceby Marguerite Kaye(Regency)A convenient proposal from eligible Owen Harrington allows Miss Phoebe Brannagh to fulfil her life’s ambition to open a restaurant…but his heated kiss tempts her to hope for something unexpected—marriage, for real!AN EARL FOR THE SHY WIDOWThe Widows of Westramby Ann Lethbridge(Regency)Ethan feels the weight of his new title as Earl of Longhurst, and although a wealthy bride would save his estate, all he can think about is Lady a shy, kind and penniless widow…Look for Harlequin® Historical’s June 2019 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!

632 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 1, 2019

About the author

Christine Merrill has wanted to be an author for as long as she can remember. But one thing stood in her way: touch typing.

Six weeks spent on an IBM Selectric in her Sophomore year of high school proved that she would never be able to produce one readable page of manuscript, much less several hundred.

Twenty years passed, and she found ways to pass the time: marrying her high school sweetheart; having two sons; and taking an assortment of jobs in professional theater costume shops, including a miserable year and a half spent styling wigs for a certain hamburger-selling clown (who shall remain nameless, since I don't want to incur the wrath of a major American corporation) and a couple of weeks working on a TV movie with one of the sexiest men alive (whose name I'm happy to drop: Mark Harmon!).

During that time, someone invented word processing, and a reliable spell checker.

Christine returned to her childhood dream, only to discover that there was more to the whole writing thing than accurate typing. The next years were spent learning to tell stories that people might want to read, and trying to find someone who wanted to buy them. Her chance came when she won the RWA's Golden Heart Competition for unpublished manuscripts. The winning story, soon to be known as THE INCONVENIENT DUCHESS, was bought by the contest judges, the delightful editors at Mills & Boon, in Richmond, Surrey.

Christine is now busy writing her fifth book, and is more than slightly jealous that her manuscripts get to visit England, while she stays home in Wisconsin