The Earl of Rookdean did not want to host a house party. Miss Clara Lockwood did not want to attend the Earl of Rookdean's house party. You don't always get what you want... At a masquerade ball on the opening night, Rookdean encounters ...
A pursuit is underway… From the hallowed halls of London’s Almack’s to the unkempt taverns of Drury Lane, from whispered words in glittering theatres to seductive kisses at Vauxhall Gardens -- an earl must pursue his lady. Propriety be da...
Mrs Lily Mereworth’s List of Bold New Life Resolutions. To be completed by Christmas Eve, 1814. • Burn Miss Pikesworth’s Guide to Etiquette -- Achieved. • Visit a gaming hell and win oneself lots of money -- Achieved. • Imbibe new-...
“Strait-laced. Ruthless. Arrogant.” Alexander Westhide, the Duke of Rakecombe has no quarrel with such faint praise as he has forever shunned marriage, women and anything remotely resembling love. Indeed, the damning words merely serve to enhanc...
“So tell me, Miss Griffin, why should I employ you as governess?" A question to rouse fear within the breast of any prospective governess but for Matilda, a lady without references, appropriate brown clothing or any experience with children wh...
In the coldest flint, there is fire... Casper Brook, the eighth Duke of Rothwell, has forever spurned frivolous pleasures, his restless emotions remaining buried beneath duty and command. Yet when a titian-haired minx perches upon his ducal desk an...
When the heart is afire… By his own admission, Lord Ernest Brook is a rake. With sapphire gaze, sinfully handsome looks and a duke for a brother, the pleasures of London have come with ease…apart from one. Ever since the gauntlet of her first w...
“So tell me, Miss Beaujeu, why should I employ you as governess?” A question to rouse fear within the breast of any prospective governess but for Isabelle, a lady with impeccable references and tightly pinned hair, it barely raises a brow. ...
Get swept away this winter to rugged Wales... Having lost her beloved, Lady Gwen Evans is planning a life of travel, writing books on her adventures. But will the arrival of a dark, scarred stranger, one winter's eve, disrupt all her plans.....