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Lord Edmund is a man of passion and status. Will Lilian allow the earl to show her what pleasure truly means? Or will she succumb to her staid upbringing and keep him at a distance? The situation is complicated even further for Lilian when she discovers two secrets. The first is that the earl enjoys the company of both men and women, and he draws her old friend Thomas into the journey he takes Lilian on. The other secret is that Lilian is not who she has always believed herself to be, and the complications that arise threaten to sever the love they have only just found. Publisher's Note: ...

A marquess in search of a wife; an heiress desperate to keep her secret safe. Lord Theodore Raeburne, the Marquess of Oakdene, has spent most of his life pursuing pleasure. He is, after all, related to the Duke of Broadwell, one of the leading members of The Lords of Voluptas, a society that believes that pleasure is the greatest good. However, the marquess has begun to feel restless and jaded. He wants more than passing pleasure. He wants a wife, particularly a woman who will love him for who he is, not for his wealth and title. Charlotte Drake, the daughter of Lord Theo’s neighbor in ...

Dorothea Wilcox is employed as governess for the Earl of Cumberwell's six-year-old daughter. But when the earl first sees Dorothea, her sylph-like winsomeness convinces him that she has come to disrupt the tranquility of his life. Her innocent blue eyes hide a deep secret. Not only do the earl and Dorothea need to overcome the social difficulties of love between the classes; they also need to find out if their love is strong enough to weather the ravages of the past. Publisher’s Note: This steamy historical romance contains elements of power exchange.

He is obsessed with her perfect beauty; she yearns for love and passion. Clarissa Blakeney is determined to overcome the disgrace of her background by becoming a paragon of impeccable behavior. But behind her flawless manners and cool façade, she is a woman who yearns for passion and love. Now in her third season, her guardian insists that she must marry or return to his house to look after his children. Clarissa’s perfect world is thrown into chaos when Viscount Anthony Donnington, a connoisseur of beauty and an artist, persists in pursuing her. But someone doesn't want them to be ...

A red-haired hoyden ignites the flame of love in sensible, sophisticated Lord Adam Loxley. But is love enough when her impulsive nature and his determination to keep his family honor clash? Harriet is a lively young lady who just wants to have fun. When Baron Loxley is appointed as her guardian, she looks forward to a whirl of social activity in London. But Lord Adam Loxley is determined to keep any hint of scandal from his family name. He does not expect to fall in love with the vivacious young woman who creates a stir wherever she goes. Harriet is intimidated by her guardian’s ...

A rake and a vicar’s daughter searching for pleasure. Lord Laurence, the Earl of Sherbonne, thinks love is a fairytale and marriage a curse. He is a rake who lives for pleasure and has been disillusioned by women. But when Anne Calverley, the vicar’s daughter, runs away from home the day before she is supposed to marry her father’s protégé and finds herself at Dalen Court as his mother’s companion, he finds it difficult to keep up his rakish nonchalance. At Dalen Court, Anne is plunged into a world of pleasure and delight far removed from the bleak existence she knew at the ...

A widowed duke, still in love with his first wife, a young woman longing for her first love… Sebastian, Duke of Broadwell, has no intention of remarrying, but an unexpected discovery of a codicil in his grandfather’s will disrupts his pleasant life. He must be married on his forthcoming birthday or forfeit his inheritance. Bowing to the inevitable, Lord Sebastian invites a select group of potential brides to a house party. Almost against his will, the duke finds himself charmed and delighted by Amelia Hartford. But Amelia, raised in a quiet country town, finds the sophisticated world of...

Esmeralda Goodwin finds the company of dogs, horses and cats preferable to people. Especially the rugged man with a scar on his face and eyes as hard as flint. Esmeralda, known as Messy to her four older sisters, is staying with Nell in Dorset, hoping to overcome her infatuation with Peter Archer who has chosen a demure, compliant woman as his wife. When she finds a horse whose rider has left it alone on the edge of a windy cliff, she tumbles headlong into a world of smugglers, secret passages, and excise men. Fletcher Howell, recently returned from the Caribbean to lead his family business...

When Arabella’s Uncle Biddulph brings the Earl of Cumberwell to Linwood Manor, she has no idea how much her quiet life is about to change. She has not mixed much in Society, has not been introduced to members of the Haute Ton. But now, urbane and handsome Edmund, the Earl of Cumberwell, is about to lead her on a journey that will be filled with passion and delight. However, no journey is without its hitches and no destination is reached without overcoming obstacles along the way. Will Arabella’s naivety and the earl’s sophistication help them find a way through the barriers erected in...

Devastated after her disastrous first Season that almost ended in tragedy, Cecilia Goodwin has put aside all hope and dreams of love. Until she discovers that Lord Daniel Eliot’s stern façade covers a heart of passion. Two years ago, when Cecilia had her London debut, she was ready to fall in love, but the man who wooed her was a traitor. Now, two years later, she is much more cynical, believing that true love exists only in fairy tales. Or does it? Back in London for another Season, she cannot avoid Lord Daniel Eliot whose reserved demeanor has led people to declare he has no heart. ...

Alicia Goodwin experiments with new ideas in science but can she understand the volatile chemistry of love? Alicia Goodwin prefers books and microscopes to balls and soirees. Only once, has she enjoyed dancing, but that was two years ago and the fleeting attraction between her and Jasper Keeton faded when he left London. But when he returns to London to seek the help of her guardian, the Earl of Medwell, the chemistry between them is reignited. Alicia finds her loyalties torn between her rekindled love for Jasper and her new friend, Belinda Bennet. Jasper accuses Belinda’s brother of ...

Eleanor (Nell) Goodwin dreams about falling in love with the kind of hero she writes about in her novels. Nell has admired Lord Alexander Summerson from afar for many years, but when she meets him, he does not live up to her dreams. When a strange woman and her son arrive at Summerson’s house, claiming to be his late brother’s wife and child, he seeks the help of Nell’s guardian, Lord Robbie Medwell. While Lord Robbie and the former Spymasters investigate the claim, Summerson and Nell spend time becoming very well acquainted. But her relationship with Summerson leads her into danger ...

A sensible and plain young woman finds love as she becomes involved in the plots and intrigues surrounding the Earl of Medwell. Jane Goodwin is the eldest of five sisters. When their father dies, leaving them as orphans, she moves them to London, certain that Cecilia’s beauty will secure her love and a fortune. They are plunged into a world of fashion and society activities and Jane finds herself more and more attracted to Robert Lamercie, Earl of Medwell, and their guardian. The Earl of Medwell’s insouciant charm and rakish facade hide a secret life of intrigue and danger that draws ...