The Pleasure Device (Harwell Heirs Book 1) PDF Download

Author: Regina Kammer
Publisher: Viridium Press
ISBN: 0991016645
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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A forbidden encounter leaves her yearning for more… In Victorian London of 1879, a new device for the treatment of hysteria has just arrived from France. Dr. Julius Christopher plans to use the invention for his own salacious scheme. Can Dr. Nicholas Ramsay prevent his beloved, the virginal debutante Helena Phillips, from being the next patient? The Doctor and The Debutante Nicholas Ramsay, renouncing his aristocratic heritage and dark past, has chosen a career as a doctor. He arrives in London ready to embark upon his practice and find a suitable wife. Helena Phillips, born into scandal and disgrace, is making her London debut. To atone for the circumstances of her birth, she must find a titled husband—no less than an earl will do. A Dangerous Passion Nicholas and Helena’s chance encounter during the Season leads to a dangerous attraction—and forbidden explorations. A taste of passion leaves Helena longing for more, and her lovesick wretchedness is confused for hysteria, a mysterious ailment afflicting many Victorian women. A Devious Scheme Dr. Julius Christopher’s new electro-mechanical vibrating machine for the treatment of hysteria is the perfect device to test his radical theory of female sexuality. To fully explore his hypothesis, he requires a virgin and seeks to ensnare Helena for his experiment. Can He Save Her? Nicholas is determined to rescue Helena from the clutches of Dr. Christopher. But to prove he is worthy of Helena’s hand, Nicholas must reconcile with his past, embrace his future, and show her pleasure is more profound when coupled with love. The Pleasure Device was previously published in 2013. It has been reedited with minor revisions and has a new cover. The Harwell Heirs Victorian aristocracy has very strict rules concerning marital connections and familial obligations. But the Harwell heirs—Helena, Sophia, and Arthur—discover love doesn’t always follow the rules. Scandalous affairs force these scions of society to choose between duty and desire, deference and destiny. Book 1: The Pleasure Device Book 2: Disobedience By Design Book 3: Where Destiny Plays

Author: Regina Kammer
Publisher: Viridium Press
ISBN: 1953496040
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Keeping up appearances requires unconventional measures… Percival Wood, the Marquess of Norrington, is expected to marry. Yet, Percival wants nothing more than to settle down with his paramour and best friend, Bertram Atherley, the Viscount Ravensburgh. Family debts require Lady Viola Pemberton to find a husband. Any wealthy man will do. However, Viola loves women, and is quite enamored in particular of the luscious Miss Penelope Hardcastle. After meeting at a ball, Percival and Viola agree to marry with a secret understanding: Each will let the other pursue their own heart’s true desire. A perfect arrangement. Until Percival’s father the duke presses the couple for a grandson. Despite valiant efforts, Percival and Viola are unable to perform as man and wife. Still, the couple must do their marital duty and produce an heir. Or make it appear as such. Their Noble Deceit is Book 6 in Regina Kammer’s Victorian romance Harwell Heirs series. This queer (MM, FF, BiMF) poly romance features an unusual marriage of convenience, a secret baby with a twist, and the revelation of long-held family secrets. Their Noble Deceit can be read as a stand-alone; however, the novel is enhanced by first reading The Pleasure Device (Book 1) and A Delicate Seduction (Book 4). The Harwell Heirs Victorian aristocracy has very strict rules concerning marital connections and familial obligations. But the Harwell heirs—Helena, Sophia, and Arthur—discover love doesn’t always follow the rules. Scandalous affairs force these scions of society to choose between duty and desire, deference and destiny. Book 1: The Pleasure Device Book 2: Disobedience By Design Book 3: Where Destiny Plays Harwell Heirs Legacy Romances Travel beyond England’s shores for these stories featuring beloved secondary characters from the first three books of the series. The Legacy novels delve into the romances of the friends, family, and intimates of the extended Harwell family. Book 4: A Delicate Seduction Book 5: Discovering Her Delight Book 6: Their Noble Deceit Keywords: Marriage of convenience romance (with a twist), Secret baby romance (with a twist), Medical romance, Polyamorous romance, Queer historical romance, Sapphic romance, Male-male romance, Achillean romance, Bisexual romance, Friends to lovers romance, Vacation romance, Aristocratic romance

Author: Regina Kammer
Publisher: Viridium Press
ISBN: 0991016688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315

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A choice between duty and desire… After a night of passion at Victorian England’s most notorious masquerade, Arthur Harwell knows he’s met the woman of his dreams. A wealthy viscountess with deep political connections, Lavinia is surely the perfect match for the future marquess. But tragedy has left Lavinia unable to provide Arthur with the one thing he needs: an heir. Must Arthur abandon true love to satisfy aristocratic obligations? A Vow Reconsidered Ever since a tragedy twenty years ago, Arthur Harwell, the Earl of Petersham, has vowed to never fall in love again—or marry. Yet a passionate encounter with a veiled woman at a masquerade inflames his hopes, and he is determined to find her. When he discovers the stranger is Lavinia, a woman for whom he already carries a torch, he is certain his future is settled. An Old Wound Widowed, wealthy, and well-connected, Lavinia, the Viscountess Foxley-Graham, has her pick of lovers, including the far too appealing Lord Petersham. Yet a disastrous affair twenty years prior left her heartbroken and wary. She fights her demons to allow herself to fall in love with Arthur. A Doomed Attraction But disaster looms anew. As heir to the Marquessate of Richmond, Arthur is required to marry—and produce an heir. Lavinia’s scandalous liaison left her with more than just sorrow—she was rendered barren. Can Arthur reconcile familial duty with the needs of the heart? Where Destiny Plays was previously published in 2015. It has been reedited with minor revisions and has a new cover. The Harwell Heirs Victorian aristocracy has very strict rules concerning marital connections and familial obligations. But the Harwell heirs—Helena, Sophia, and Arthur—discover love doesn’t always follow the rules. Scandalous affairs force these scions of society to choose between duty and desire, deference and destiny. Book 1: The Pleasure Device Book 2: Disobedience By Design Book 3: Where Destiny Plays

Author: Regina Kammer
Publisher: Viridium Press
ISBN: 1953496008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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She wanted a kiss. She got an adventure. William Peel fancies himself a scholar of classical texts, and what better way to study such artifacts than on an archaeological expedition to Ottoman Turkey? And what better way to try and forget the beautiful – and unattainable – daughter of an earl than by pursuing his studies? Lady Beatrice Smythe has been granted all the freedoms the middle daughter of a Radical member of Parliament could want – including travel to far off lands to pursue her interest in archaeology and quench her thirst for adventure. Beatrice and William find themselves on the very same expedition – and find it difficult to keep their hands in the excavation pit and not on each other. After a discovery of historic proportions, the expedition becomes the target of a determined villain who has set his sights not just on precious artifacts, but on the virginal Beatrice. But archaeologists and academics are a determined lot when it comes to protecting that which is treasured… Discovering Her Delight: A Harwell Heirs Legacy Romance (Harwell Heirs Book 5) by Regina Kammer is a Victorian erotic romance with adventure, archaeology, and a surfeit of sensual exploration. The Harwell Heirs Victorian aristocracy has very strict rules concerning marital connections and familial obligations. But the Harwell heirs—Helena, Sophia, and Arthur—discover love doesn’t always follow the rules. Scandalous affairs force these scions of society to choose between duty and desire, deference and destiny. Book 1: The Pleasure Device Book 2: Disobedience By Design Book 3: Where Destiny Plays Harwell Heirs Legacy Romances Travel beyond England’s shores for these stories featuring beloved secondary characters from the first three books of the series. The Legacy novels delve into the romances of the friends, family, and intimates of the extended Harwell family. Book 4: A Delicate Seduction Book 5: Discovering Her Delight Book 6: Their Noble Deceit Keywords and tropes: Friends to lovers, First love, Exotic location, Scholarly gentleman hero, Virgin heroine, Adventure abroad, Victorian archaeological expedition, Dastardly villain, Kidnapping, Daring escape, Secrets uncovered, LGBTQ+ representation, archaeological temple site, Roman Emperor Hadrian, Antinous

Author: Regina Kammer
Publisher: Viridium Press
ISBN: 0997889381
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Love is patient…but desire is demanding Percival Wood, the Marquess of Norrington, is free. His former lover Jack—a blackguard and a brute—is dead. Percival no longer needs to hide. While his father insists Percival take the opportunity to rejoin Society, Percival has other plans. He wants to get away, far away from the traumas of his past. For years, Bertram Atherley, the Viscount Ravensburgh, had waited on the sidelines, helpless while his cousin Jack had been a cruel beast to his boyhood chum Percival. Now Jack was dead, and Bertram is eager to resume his friendship with Percival. This time, though, Bertram feels something more than mere camaraderie. At Percival’s behest the two set off on a Grand Tour of sorts, a journey from England to Italy and France. While abroad, friendship blossoms into something more. But trauma and pain have a way of reasserting themselves no matter where one may go. For Percival, intimacy with Bertram dredges up old wounds. Yet Bertram has waited so long for a chance to woo his boyhood crush and his patience is running out. Will the two be able to overcome inner struggles and embark on a future together in each other’s arms? A Delicate Seduction is Book 4 in Regina Kammer’s Victorian erotic romance Harwell Heirs series. The story takes place in 1879, at the same time as Book 1, and is a male-male slow-burn, childhood friends-to-lovers, vacation abroad, historical romance. Interwoven with the romance is a story-within-a-story featuring a pirate hunter and his trusty mate. A Delicate Seduction can be read as a stand-alone; however, the novel is enhanced by first reading The Pleasure Device. The Harwell Heirs Victorian aristocracy has very strict rules concerning marital connections and familial obligations. But the Harwell heirs—Helena, Sophia, and Arthur—discover love doesn’t always follow the rules. Scandalous affairs force these scions of society to choose between duty and desire, deference and destiny. Book 1: The Pleasure Device Book 2: Disobedience By Design Book 3: Where Destiny Plays Harwell Heirs Legacy Romances Travel beyond England’s shores for these stories featuring beloved secondary characters from the first three books of the series. The Legacy novels delve into the romances of the friends, family, and intimates of the extended Harwell family. Book 4: A Delicate Seduction Book 5: Discovering Her Delight Book 6: Their Noble Deceit Keywords: Male-Male romance, Historical male-male romance, Victorian romance, gay romance, Slow burn romance, Friends to lovers romance, Childhood friends to lovers romance, Vacation romance, Hero with emotional scars

Author: Regina Kammer
Publisher: Viridium Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Big Oil wants to frack his National Park. Their secret weapon to convince him? Leggy, blonde, and sexy as hell. Too bad her politics are all wrong. Kace Jaager, former Army archaeologist, now Superintendent of Fort America National Park, has a duty to preserve and protect the natural beauty and cultural heritage of the United States. Madison Danes, ambitious CEO of Danergy Mining & Hydraulics, has a government contract to conduct fracking on federal land at Fort America National Park. Passions flare as ideologies collide. Yet uncontrollable attraction compels a truce in bed. Opposites may attract, but can they put politics aside to form a more perfect union? Resistance is an enemies-to-lovers contemporary seasoned romance with a 53-year-old silver fox hero and a 42-year-old heroine in her prime. The novel is part of the Common Elements Romance Project, involving over seventy authors. Stories are not connected in any way except for having five elements in common: a lightning storm, lost keys, a haunted house, a stack of thick books, and a person named Max. Keywords: seasoned romance, romance later in life, enemies to lovers romance, sexy romance, steamy romance, wealthy heroine, rich heroine, millionaire heroine, CEO heroine, ex-military hero, park ranger hero, silver fox hero, veteran hero, ex-military hero, archaeologist hero, workplace romance, environmental issues in romance, political romance, contemporary romantic suspense

Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312968302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Gentleman sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane have settled into thier life together in 1930s London when an extra complication arises suddenly.

Author: Regina Kammer
Publisher: Viridium Press
ISBN: 0997889349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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A British soldier and an American adventurer test the borders of desire in this steamy male-male, bisexual awakening, American historical romance by noted historical romance author Regina Kammer. San Juan Island, 1869 An international border dispute with no battles or skirmishes? The occupation of San Juan Island was proving to be Lieutenant Braxton Thorne’s most uneventful assignment as a British Royal Marine. Lack of military duties meant plenty of time to fool around with his fiancée, the widow Tilda Chisholm. American adventurer Gideon Roberts was just passing through San Juan Island on his way to his next job – and his next sexy guy. He could stay, work on a farm, but why? A free spirit craved new experiences, new places, new men. No reason to settle down. A chance encounter between Braxton and Gideon unleashes unfamiliar desires. Braxton has never been with a man. Gideon has never wanted to be with just one man. Now they find themselves in a war over the boundaries of their hearts. Disputed Boundaries is a male-male with bisexual awakening, enemies-to-lovers, polyamorous mmf, steamy Victorian historical romance. The story is set during the Pig War—the final conflict between the United States and Great Britain, a bloodless standoff over the boundary between Washington Territory and British Columbia. The novelette is part of Regina Kammer's Stories from the San Juan Islands collection of standalone short reads set in the San Juan Islands. Disputed Boundaries is a super hot romantic read with a happily ever after perfect for fans of gay historical romance by Merry Farmer, Keira Andrews, KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, and Alexis Hall, and fans of polyamory historicals by Nicola Davidson and Madelynne Ellis. Stories from the San Juan Islands * Undamaged ~ A contemporary m/f firefighter romance set on San Juan Island * Disputed Boundaries ~ A historical m/m/f romance set on San Juan Island in 1869 during the Pig War * “Orcas” ~ A steamy contemporary m/f short story set on Orcas Island All three stories are also available in one volume: The Stories from the San Juan Islands Collection

Author: Violet Blue
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1573446866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183

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Violet Blue is simply the best in the business when it comes to erotica for couples. She edits with both a sharp eye and a knack for what lovers are looking for - sweet and surprising scenarios. In Sweet Confessions, the lust-inciting fantasies include spanking, exhibitionism, role-playing, three-ways, and sexy adventures that will inspire real couples to reach new heights of passion. In Violet Blue's own words, "The stories I've chosen are explicit, well thought-out, cleverly crafted, and arousing as hell. Trust me. I tried it at home."

Author: Regina Kammer
Publisher: Viridium Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Ancient Warriors... Muscles flexing under sun-burnished skin as thick arms wield swords, battle axes, or bow and arrow. Brawny, fierce, and intensely loyal to their cause, king, or god. Alpha heroes romanticized through the lens of history. ...of the Roman Empire Legions marching under the banner of Rome for centuries, conquering the Mediterranean and beyond, from Britannia in the West to Anatolia in the East. Imperial Warriors: Two Scorching Tales of the Roman Empire offers two sizzling tales of romance between warriors and the women who are inexorably drawn to them. Each story is set during a different time and place in the Roman Empire: Trajanic Rome and Byzantine Constantinople. The Promise of Memory A servant in Rome's imperial palace finds freedom in fantasies of a knight in the imperial guard--a warrior who evokes memories of a long lost love. Protecting Her A Byzantine noblewoman seeking refuge in a monastery loses her heart to an invader when Constantinople is sacked by the Viking Rus. "The Promise of Memory" and "Protecting Her" by best-selling historical romance author Regina Kammer, have been published separately before but are now available together for the first time. This mini-anthology includes bonus content from Regina Kammer: an excerpt from the Roman Imperial epic Hadrian and Sabina: A Love Story, an excerpt from the Parthian historical romance short story “An Unexpected Discovery”, plus an introductory essay. FIC027140 FICTION / Romance / Historical / Ancient World FIC027180 FICTION / Romance / Historical / Viking FIC027080 FICTION / Romance / Collections & Anthologies FIC027260 FICTION / Romance / Action & Adventure FIC027220 FICTION / Romance / Military FIC027150 FICTION / Romance / Historical / Medieval LCO017000 LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Medieval LCO019000 LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors FIC029000 FICTION / Short Stories (single author)