A GIFT OF TREASURE...When James Everard announced that he had invited a young lady home for the Christmas holidays, his father, the Earl of Gyllford, was astounded -- and skeptical. Could it be that Jamie was finally showing an interest in something ...
Disgrace had suddenly turned into dazzling opportunity for Miss Evalyn Pennington. When she lost her post of governess on false charges of pursuing her employer's eligible son, this spirited young lady found an ally in James Everard, heir to an earld...
Dashing. Debonair . . . Deadly? Drew Jamison steels himself for yet another frivolous evening of dancing at his sociable sister's soiree. But when an enchanting young lady catches his eye, he realizes that this will be no ordinary night... As L...
SHE THRILLED AT HIS PASSIONATE REQUEST, LOOKED AT HIM WITH EYES OF LOVE, AND TOLD HIM, "NO. " "I cannot marry you. You wish the wife you merit, my lord. Obedient, serene. I fear I can never be that woman." "It is that you do not like me, ...
It was the perfect scheme. And only a perfect lady could carry it off! THE VISCOUNT FROM AMERICA Anne gasped. The stranger's sunstreaked hair was much too long to be fashionable. His buckskin breeches seemed woefully out of place in a London d...
She taught him a lesson in manners, and learned a lesson in love A duel of manners How dare he! Sophia fumed as she recalled the scene at the ball. Ruefully, she admitted to herself that she shouldn't have thrown her arms around him, a total st...
Of all the men in London, he was the one she must never marry "What Sort of Girl Are You Looking For?" ...Lady Theo asked her trusted business manager. There was a moment's silence. "Would you truly like to know?" he asked. The intensity ...
Using all her wiles, she would win his heart...for her rival! LOVE'S DARING GAMBIT "There's No Time To Explain!" Sarah said. "Come and sit down beside me. Quickly!" She pulled him to the sofa. The door had been left open...
What if a gentleman should fall in love with his own wife... He appeared, disturbingly handsome, in the doorway. "Well, my dear, are you ready for our first performance in this charade?" He appraised her with an odd look in his eyes. "No one at th...
A shocking declaration The fist of Miles, Earl of Langley, smashed down, overturning the crystal decanter and causing Olivia to jump at her brother-in-law's sudden fury. "How dare you sermonize about my character as a husband and father! Conf...
Fiery young "Nell" Belden went to Thorndene Castle to escape a lover, not to find one. She was bound by the strict conventions of England's Regency to a man she could never love, then bound by the ties of passion to a man she could never marry! For a...
A reckless young gambler learns why love always holds the winning hand Philip's strong arms tightened about her, and his lips pressed against hers with an intensity that seemed, to Augusta, as genuine as her own. "I... b-beg your pardon, " he ...
It was the worst winter in London's history, and the worst dilemma in Meg's. Fiery Lady Margaret Underwood thoroughly enjoyed being single and the toast of the ton. But Lady Meg also enjoyed being immensely wealthy, and by the terms of the late E...
If only she could pretend forever... Camilla, Countess of Wyckfield, heaved her book at Thomas. "Why, you... you...!" "Bounder? Jackanapes? Dastard?" he supplied. "All of them! Get out of my sight!" She didn't s...
Could she really be in love with a man as cruel as the sea? Jenny was in love, certainly and forever. And Tris was in love with her, with a frank, open admiration which had swept her off her feet. With her, he was perfect: kind, considerate and pa...
How could he not love the woman he had taught her to be? Oliver Fleming, the young Earl of Pentargon, was so unorthodox a guardian that by the time Anne was sixteen she was an incomparable horsewoman, an enthusiastic botanist--and a hopeless hoyde...
Couldn't Pippa ever do something sensible...like fall in love? Love Revealed "Blast you, woman," he muttered through clenched teeth, "won't you ever see?" Almost viciously, he pulled her to him again, causing her spectacles to fall from her no...
A lady shouldn't marry for love, unless she's prepared to live for it The Offer? Penny ruefully conceded that Lord Cheselden had argued his nephew's case well. Penelope Mayes, destitute orphan (there was nothing to be gained by min...
They were perfectly unsuited for each other in every way. Except one... Untangling Love's Skein Ada Surringham would not have denied--if she could have kept her mind on the question long enough--that she was more than somewhat muddleheaded. ...
In a game of hearts, love is the only winner... A passionate game... Convinced she was never to find her true Grand Passion, Tess Brownlow decided to marry Jeremy Beringer--and settle for extreme fondness. But fate intervened. For kind Jerem...
She was trapped in a dangerous game of romance, intrigue, and mistaken identity... A Conspiracy of Hearts When Viscount Birkinshaw sought to marry off his impertinent daughter Kitty to the Earl of Edgerton's equally spirited brother, it seemed ...
LOVE'S BOLD DISGUISE Miss Georgy Verney doesn't wish to upset her mother, but she can't bring herself to flirt with the gentlemen of the ton--much less accept a marriage proposal based solely on social status or financial gain. Then she finds hers...
Sometimes Cupid is the merriest of pranksters... A Clash of Hearts Lucienne was positively outraged. The terrible collision with Lord Perry Wittenden's carriage had all but destroyed her own. But when the infuriatingly good-humored gent pub...
When the Honorable eight-year-old Stanley Farrington vanished, his sister Ada set out to find him. Disguising herself in boys' clothing, she started her perilous search in a nearby gypsy camp, ending it in the splendid drawing rooms of the London ton...
A Bride Most Dear Brokenhearted from a shattered romance, Lord Kittridge agreed to marry Cassandra Chivers for forty thousand pounds of her father's money. But he recalled having seen her exquisite face somewhere before--and he was sure Cassie had...
Cupid's song is the sweetest of all... A race to the altar Genevra did not give a fig for marriage; it was the violin she loved. The pretty miss had never lacked for suitors, mind you -- but a penchant for jilting them had left all prospects f...
He was the last man she would choose to marry... A WILLFUL WOMAN Fiery Moira Pattinger vowed that her domineering father would rue the day he dared interfere with her choice of husband... and so made an impetuous promise to marry the next man to ...
HOLIDAY CHEER TO WARM THE HEART... 'TIS THE SEASON WHEN LOVERS' EYES SHINE BY THE LIGHT OF A BLAZING YULE LOG, WHEN A QUICK KISS IS SHARED BENEATH THE MISTLETOE, AND WHEN LOVE IS THE MOST SPLENDID GIFT OF ALL... Savor the beauty and passion of ...
THE SEASON OF FORGIVENESS... It took one stinging rejection to chill Barnaby Traherne's heart to love...At his first society ball, beautiful Miranda Pardew haughtily turned down his shy request for a dance. Since that disastrous night, Barnaby vow...
When Cassandra Beringer heard that her daughter, Cicely had made a dazzling catch in London, she was doubtful, based on her own unhappy experience with marriage. Now, everything about her daughter's intended sounded all too reminiscent of Cassand...
A broken engagement and a miserable cold were not in Elinor's holiday plans. But her spirited heart found its own remedy: a true and lasting love......
HOW SHE DETESTED THOSE WORDS... "Poor Caroline..." Orphaned and penniless at twelve, Caroline Whitlow had heard that phrase far too often. Taken in by her Uncle Clement, she'd made herself useful by running the household quite competently, and now...
A BROKEN BETROTHAL The dashing Lord Canfield didn't like to get involved in domestic affairs. But when he moved to the tiny village of Derbyshire, he couldn't help noticing that neighbor Juliet Branscombe's engagement was headed for trouble. Her b...
Blessed with boyish charm--and a sizeable inheritance -- Lucian Hammond, Lord Kettering, is as welcome at the gentlemen's clubs as he is at society soirees. But his penchant for gambling lands him in debt -- and puts him at the mercy of his mother, w...
In Suffolk, every unmarried young lady knows that, if she ever wants to find a match, she must walk, speak, eat, even laugh properly. A young woman looking to marry is always sweet and demure, charming and gracious, and, of course, deferential. But n...
Love at First Sight When he was seventeen, George Frobisher caught a glimpse of his sister's best friend emerging from a bathtub... naked. It's a moment he's never forgotten. In the ten years since that fateful day, however, the Earl of Chadleigh ha...