Three Stories of Star-crossed Passion... — ALADDIN'S LAMP by Carola Dunn — There once was a threadbare young Oxford scholar named Alan Dinsmuir, who was enamored of a rich and beautiful lady of quality. Now only the genie who lived in an old brass lamp he'd bought could turn him into an eligible suitor. — THE ... more » It was bad enough that her father's will dispatched Lady Emily Marchmont on a quest for seven brothers she'd never heard of. Even worse, the key to their whereabouts lay with Sir Alexander Raven, once the object of her innocently bold overtures. And never did she imagine that his teasing eyes held the answer to her secret desires. THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE by Judith A. Lansdowne The ducal estate of Julius Caesar Crofton was overrun with visiting young ladies and their matchmaking mamas. But Julius didn't believe in love... until an enchanted nightingale gives him a change of heart.