To save her family from financial ruin, Emily Talcott writes love poems under the assumed name of the Marquis de la Cour, and when she encounters the notorious Viscount Wentworth, who scoffs at the Marquis' poetry, Emily vows to teach him a lesson.
Angela Needham accepts a position to prepare a duke's ward for her coming out, but Angela has no idea how complicated her life will become. The duke's neighbor, Justin, Lord Harrington, is dangerously attractive--yet Angela learns of a mysterious hatred between the two men. Though duty demands sh...
Longing for peace and solitude in his newly inherited estate, Lord Lorenzo Wolfe is dismayed when Lady Valeria Fanning and her spirited nephew--wards of his predecessor--arrive, turning his world upside down, and while he desperately searches for a husband for Valeria, she vows to win his love.
Lady Romayne Smithfield's impetuous romantic plans turned to disaster when highwaymen overtook her carriage and stopped her elopement with the fashionable Bradley Montcrief. Narrowly escaping with her life, Romayne found an unlikely rescuer in a thick-brogued, hard-muscled Scotsman. But where did...
At 26, Miss Charity Stuart was on the shelf. But she believed that her pretty younger sister could still snare an aristocratic suitor--especially when their blue-blooded aunt invited them to London for the Season. Then, en route, Charity met the devilishly handsome Lord Blackburn and soon the who...
It Was An Unusual Beginning...The last thing Tess Masterson expected when she woke was to find a stranger--in her bed! The man said he was Cameron Hawksmoor, a marquess, which was surprising enough. Then Tess's father told her that handsome Cameron was her husband, thanks to a proxy ceremony. Not...
She paused to admire small blue flowers peeking through the snow at the edge of the road. The endless winter was really ending, and, if this part of Pennsylvania was at all like France, soon spring blossoms would be cloaking the hillsides. She swung the basket in rhythm with her steps. Her fears ...
Last night, she had found no more sleep than the previous nights. But, last night, Gabriel had not been beside her, thrilling her with his touch. Although Karim Pasa had told her only that the shaykh was busy elsewhere in the stronghold, she suspected Gabriel was beyond its walls, trying once mor...
He would not allow calls from the pier and pointing fingers to distract him. His partner’s head bobbed to the surface. Horace was splashing his arms wildly. “Keep kicking your feet!” Wyatt shouted before diving into the water. On the pier, Rachel lifted Kitty Cat off the boat. She silenced the li...
A soft smile parted her lips as she looked up into Galen’s face, which warmed her dreams each night. She brought him closer. When his arm swept beneath her, lifting her against his strong chest, she welcomed his beguiling lips. Something creaked softly as he pressed closer to her. Scintillating s...
Among the ton, tales were repeated at every look-in. Truth or fallacy, each story was carried from house to house, from square to square. A proposal whispered in a moonlit garden was known throughout the Polite World before the end of the next afternoon. An affaire d’amour was kept secret only fr...
How could Creighton be so blasted unreasonable? How could he fault her for being obligated to follow orders when he had known the same frustration at Colonel Carruthers’ insistence that Creighton host her? Refusing the general’s command to come to the gathering to celebrate the czar’s arrival in ...
“This afternoon?” he asked. “Regina and I had hoped to go for a ride.” “On such an inclement day? Wouldn’t it be better to drive about Town when the sun is shining?” Regina hid her smile. The question proved that the dowager duchess had been only feigning sleep. She was now warned to keep an eye ...
Noah called, his voice seeming even more stygian in the dark. “Yes.” Emma decided simple answers were best. That way, she might be able to keep her mind on the importance of not getting involved with this handsome man. She could not risk ruining his life as Miles had ruined hers. “All right. Let’...
She put her full-lipped smile securely in place. Smoothing the scarlet satin of her morning gown, she tugged on the leg-of-mutton sleeves to make them fuller. She was sure they would emphasize her slender waist. She rose to greet the men walking into the room. Immediately, she dismissed the secon...
Ellen was astonished when Corey laughed. From the bent man came a strange sound. She was not sure if the cackle was a rusty laugh or a curse. “My lord, ye did not heed m’warnin’ before, so ye should know that I would be hauntin’ ye as ye be hauntin’ the Abbey.” Fenton’s eyes slitted farther until...
Her eyes roved along the array of red and cream fluttering in the cool breeze. Very few shirts of other colors were brought to her. She looked at her hands, sullied by the same variegated colors. The cost of her escape from the Yukon would remain with her long after she reached civilization again...
Lianne said quietly from her chair in his bedroom, “I believe we have no choice but to send the China Shadow to be salvaged.” She handed her father, who was propped up in his bed, a sheaf of papers. “The Sleek Shadow was costly, and the work at the mill is depleting our cash. If we sell the China...
Looking up from where he had been checking an ear of corn, he waved to the boy. He smiled as Brendan rushed up to him. “You’re just the person I wanted to see. Can you—?” “What did you say to my mother?” he asked, his arms clasped over his chest. “She’s looking so sad.” “I don’t recall saying muc...
An uneasiness followed her, and she could not escape it. She should be pleased with how well the day had gone. The villagers had been amazed by Lucais’s ability with the bow and arrow. His men had been proud. Parlan had been furious and did not hide it, grumbling to everyone who would listen as w...
Bert asked as he hammered the top on an empty molasses barrel. “Make sure that’s tight. I don’t want hungry critters camping behind the cookhouse.” When he grimaced at the warning she repeated every time a flunkey carried out an empty barrel, she laughed. “I haven’t decided. It’s been quite a whi...
The lacy train of her gown was matched by the white ruffles that edged the sheer fabric opening on the front of her gown to reveal the scarlet underdress. Silk flowers were woven through her hair and along the edges of her sleeves. At her throat, a necklace glittered with diamonds and rubies amid...
All she did was thank him for putting on the coffee and then hurry to prepare pancakes. As soon as they had eaten and Douglas was on his way to school, she led the way down the stairs to the printing office. She tied on her stained apron. Pulling a page from her desk, she said, “There are buckets...
Nerissa lowered her book to her lap as Annis rushed into the room, the lilac ribbons of her gown whirling around her like flowers scattered by a breeze. Annis grasped her hands and pulled her to her feet, then ran to ring for Frye. “You must get dressed!” Annis called over her shoulder as she wen...