SOCIAL BUTTERFLY Lady Hetta Stanton seemed a drab young thing when she came to London. But with the aid and advice of her sophisticated guardian, Lady Beatrice Pelborne, Hetta underwent a transformation like that of a moth into a dazzling butterfly...
A PAIR OF PROPOSALS Incredibly handsome Lord Damion St. Claire made no secret of his nature -- or of his intentions toward lovely young widow Lady Victoria March. He was the most incorrigible womanizer in all the realm and Victoria was merely anot...
THE PERFECT MAN Lord John Stokes was all that Sophia Wyndham could possibly want. He was handsome. He was wealthy. He was charming. He was honorable. He was kind. And he was brave -- brave enough to risk death to save Sophia from a hideously unsui...
TURNING THE TABLES Justin Avery, Viscount of Kenelm, pretended nothing to young Lady Catherine Talbot when he proposed. He asked for a marriage of convenience, leaving him free to pursue the libertine life that made him the most notorious lord in ...
Here are five all-new stories of Christmas by the highly acclaimed authors you love to read all year 'round. These heartwarming holiday tales touch on all the great themes of the season -- joyful homecomings, bittersweet reunions, renewals of the...
The love-shy young lady A most painful experience in love sent beautiful young Miranda Wainwright from her home in America to the estate of her aristocratic cousin in England. Here she could start a new life, far from humiliating memories of betra...
FAIR GAME What chance did infinitely inexperienced Miss Theresa Thaleman have to attract as cynical and amorously successful a gentleman as the handsome, wealthy Duke of Ashford? What chance did this naive newcomer to London society have to def...
Love's Table Turned Michele du Bois burst upon the London season as society's most dazzling beauty. Gentlemen swarmed around her like bees after honey -- only to have their dreams of marriage brutally dashed. Men were mere playthings to...
The Pretty Pawn Beautiful young Miss Barbara Cribbage was all too familiar with being used by men. Her rich but common-born father used her as his means of entry into society by marrying her off to the eminent Earl of Chatworth. For his part, the ...
The Imperfect Plan Lady Mary Spence had found true love as the young bride of an older man. Though he had passes away, the still stunning widow treasured his memory, and sought a similar match for her charming but flighty daughter Abigail. She ...
The Accidental Bride Miss Joan Chadwick was not swept off her feet by the good looks of Lord Humphrey Dewesbury. Nor was Lord Humphrey intoxicated by the charms of the modest vicar's daughter. Instead, Lord Humphrey was affected by alcohol, not am...
A Dangerous Friendship Beautiful young Lady Caroline Eddington found it devilishly difficult to be the best friend of Lord Miles Trilby, the Earl of Walmsley. Miles might be the most handsome lord in the realm, but he was also the most heartless, ...
"WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN..." Come with us on five journeys of the heart, where romance weaves its magic spell and things are not always as they seem. From some of the most beloved authors of romantic fiction come the tales of en...
The Impossible Proposal Miss Evelyn Dower loved Mr. Peter Hawkins. That was the trouble. For she demanded his love in return, and it was clear that the only reason he asked her to be his wife was because his imperious grandmother forced him to. ...
This exciting collection of five new Christmas stories, written by some of the most highly acclaimed Regency authors, brims with the romance and joy of the holiday season. Each story captures the essence of the Yuletide -- its spirit and festivities,...
A Convenient Proposal Sinjin St. John is confident that he will one day become a duke, and all the pieces of his comfortable life are in place: he will marry a beautiful society miss and continue his pleasure-seeking lifestyle of gambling and wome...
A Compromising Position It was bad enough that family misfortune reduced Verity Worth's position of privilege to a state of near poverty. It was even worse when she took the post of paid companion to Miss Cecily Pettiforth and had to rein in a...
The Bewildered Bride Lovely Lady Althea Hawthorne devoutly hoped that the man she had married was different from the other men she had known. As a girl, she had seen her rakish father betray her mother. As a young woman, she had fled her stepfather&...
A surfeit of suitors Lady Lucinda Mays wanted no more of marriage. The death of the libertine lord who had been the worst of husbands left her with a passion only for freedom. But the moment lovely Lucinda arrived in London, her single state came ...
Jumping the Fences London was the last place in the world that Miss Fredericka Hedgeworth wished to go, and marriage was most certainly the last thing on her mind. This beautiful, high-spirited young lady desired only to stay at home, where saving...
The Undutiful Daughter Lady Cecily Lester had the best reason to be badly vexed with her daughter Vanessa. Though Vanessa was bright, beautiful, and charming, and excellent rider to boot, she refused to go to the London marriage mart to find a mat...
Propriety or Pleasure It was a scandal! Although Megan O'Connell was quite beautiful and already nineteen, she would soon be on the shelf. Living a lonely life in rural Ireland was a far cry indeed from the exciting prospects of a London Season. T...
Season of Promise Sensible Miss Sarah Sommers and her sister Margaret, a diamond of the first water, were country misses. But they could recognize a true gentleman, and dashing Lord Eustace was simply splendid, gallantly rescuing them when their c...
A Question of the Heart A surprise guest had arrived at the houseparty of Miss Chastity Cummings -- Jeffrey Halston, a former suitor. As a youthful girl on the edge of womanhood, Chastity had regarded the handsome heir as a friend, but was not rea...
When her fiance' left her standing at the altar, veterinarian Terry Russell determined never to get involved in another romantic relationship. Instead, she concentrates on caring for the animals at the clinic. The only man in her life is her best fri...
The Beautiful Pretender A family tragedy caused Cassandra Weatherstone to be separated from her twin sister, Belle, at an early age, and a family scandal then insured they would forever live apart. But no family dissension could ever break the sis...
A Confusing Courtship Raised in seclusion in the country, Miss Annabelle Weatherstone is making her first foray into the gaiety of the London Season -- taking the place of her twin sister, Cassandra, who had lived with their aunt and uncle in Bath...
Their Own Tune Lord Darlington has been busy with the handling of his family's dwindling estate -- so busy, in fact, that he has made little time for society. When he absolutely must wed, he assumes, it should not be too hard to find a suitabl...
A Season for Love All her life, Guinevere Holland has been overshadowed in her mother's affections by her twin brother, the Earl of Holybrooke. But when the Holland family takes a London town house for the Season, Guin's mother expects the...
A Gallant Rescuer The lovely heiress, Miss Thea Stafford, has just come into her own. But in the bat of an eye, her hopes for a happy life are dashed like the chards of her mother's porcelain. One night, her sister's betrothed kidnaps Thea...
Christmas Cheer is hard to come by for a newly wed lady pining for her home and family -- until her husband gives her a holiday surprise to remember forever......
Theresa Thaleman longs for adventure. She gets her wish. After she embroils herself in a prank concocted by her twin brothers, her mother decides Theresa needs to learn what it means to be a lady. Mrs. Thaleman takes Theresa to town to acquire a litt...
Lord Hallcroft has a new, young bride. He wonders what gift will mean the most to her and determines to find it.Miss Judith Grantham anticipated a quiet, boring Christmas, but the arrival of unexpected guest changes everything.Tragedy has ruined her ...
It's their first Christmas... The new bride is straight out of the schoolroomLady Gwen Hallcroft organizes their holiday houseparty at the manor. She wants to be a credit to her husband, but she's feeling very insecure. After all, he's...