LESSONS IN LOVECatherine Amberly knows all too well how contemptuously Ransom du Prey secretly views women. As captain and cabinboy they lived together in easy intimacy, and the bold, buccaneering Ransom never suspected that his loyal "Cat" was a mere girl! Then the golden Catherine jumped ship a...
When he is hired by the adorable Miss Parkinson of Sibel Hall to investigate supernatural phenomena, ghost hunter Christian Read, the heir to the earldom of Westhaven, joins forces with the spirited beauty to solve the mystery--and loses his heart in the process. Original.
But as his fingers closed over the handle, he stopped short of throwing it open. Just because he was in Philtwell did not mean he could let his guard down, and his concern for Miss Sutton was no reason to become careless. With the stealth of long practice, Oberon inched the portal open and then s...
Without a proper female upbringing, she had been a poor seamstress. In fact, when Bert had first set her to sew some sail, he declared it the worst job he had seen in more than thirty years of sailing the world’s oceans. In disgust, he had sent her to Bull Marston for a lesson. A large bear of a ...
The town house was cold and quiet, however, for the kitchen staff were abed, and only a few lights burned over sleepy footmen. Stepping over assorted trunks and the odd piece of furniture that was destined to go with him, Sebastian moved to the doorway of the room where his steward was still shuf...
At the time, he had not realised it. For once, he had been at ease in such company, probably because Mistress Sexton made it very clear what she wanted from him, and Reynold knew, as well. He had a job to do. Nothing more.When they entered the hall, Reynold nearly laughed at the sight of Urban an...
Since her clothing hardly marked her as the sort of wealthy client with whom Laytham normally dealt, she had to convey that it was a matter of urgency and importance, involving one of the hundred-year-old pamphlets he so prized. The ploy worked. Hero was immediately shown into an office where Lay...