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The Beast of Yorkshire

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:55:45 +0300

Penelope Presley has suffered through unspeakable loss and scandal. Forced to live under her cruel Grandfather’s thumb, she finds herself both relieved and frightened when he tells her she will be marrying the man known as the Beast of Yorkshire.

Having already lost two wives and a fiancée, Duncan Taggart, Duke of Yorkshire, is desperate for an heir. To have an heir, he must have a wife, but who is ever going to willingly marry a man with a reputation such as his? He takes matters into his own hands and pays Penelope’s grandfather an exorbitant amount of money to marry her.

When Penelope arrives at Taggart Hall, it is to find her future husband is not the old man she believed she would find. Instead, he’s a handsome, virile man that makes her heart race and her body ache for his touch. The longer she’s around Duncan, the more certain she is that not only does he not deserve the horrible nickname he has...

The Best Kind of Chaos

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:55:41 +0300

He needs to find out her secrets...

Grayson Patterson, Lord Dervish, is the ultimate rake. He answers to no one and does as he pleases. He doesn't work at life, he plays...and he enjoys every minute of it. Helping the various government agencies extract information is something he considers a lark and does free of charge. But when he's called into a government office and told his beloved grandmother's life could be in jeopardy, by her chaperone no less, he sets out to do what he does best—seduce her chaperone until she reveals her secrets.

She wants peace and stability...

Finally settled and stable working as a chaperone, all widow Abigail Thompson wants is to take care of her precocious daughter Jemma. Her family long ago turned their backs on her, forcing her to forge her own path after losing her husband in the war. She definitely doesn't need her companion's grandson showing up, disrupting her perfectly sedate life, and...

Wild Lord Taggart

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:02:00 +0200

He wants to forget the past…

Having just survived a duel, Reese Taggart, has decided he needs a change of scenery. Remembering a sugarcane plantation he won in a long ago card game, he sets off on an adventure where he hopes he can outrun the demons of his past.

She wants to carve out a future…

Circe Hayhurst just wants to escape the reputation of her parents, find a man to love, marry said man, and have children. She also wants to be respectable. Sounds simple enough, right? Not so, when your shipboard companion to a Caribbean island is none other than Wild Lord Taggart. She is determined from the outset to stay away from him and see her plans through.

Fate wants to mess everything up…

Circe does not feel as welcomed as she thought she would at her uncle’s plantation on Barbados. Reese has found the plantation he won in a shambles with the only inhabitants a family of squatters and some errant mice. Nothing seems to be...

The Lady and the Pauper

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:55:44 +0300

Lady Bridget Patterson has spent the majority of her life living up to her family's scandalous reputation and thumbing her nose at society. Well, and truly, on the shelf, she has given up all hopes of finding a man that meets all of her requirements and has resigned herself to becoming a nun and working with the poor. Until she sees him…

Earl Augustus St. Clair is practically a pauper and one of the most brilliant Principal Officers, Bow Street Runner's, London has ever seen. But when someone begins abducting women off the street, he will have to go undercover to ferret out the person responsible. He has worked undercover before, but never as a member of London's elite society — the beau monde. With the support of a duke, he expects to go in, infiltrate and apprehend the men responsible, and return to his job. Easy enough, until he sees her…

Gus and Bridget's lives quickly become entwined and she is falling in love with a man she believes to be...

Love at the Frost Fair

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:55:43 +0300

Just a few short years ago, Carson and Sophia were madly in love, but a promise made when she was but a babe tore them apart.

Now, Sophia is a widow torn between society's dictates and living life on her terms. Amid the beautiful, and ostentatious, backdrop of London's last Frost Fair, Sophia will be reunited with Dr. Carson Matthews once more. But just as all seems to be going well for the couple, fate deals them a cruel hand and threatens to tear the couple apart forever.

Carson's physician's skills will be put to the test as he uses them to save the love of his life and ensure they have the happy ending they have both desperately longed for.

To Love and Protect

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:51:01 +0200

Lady Clarissa Blackerby enjoyed the peaceful life she and her father lived among the ton. That is until he remarried. Clarissa does not trust her new step-mother nor her step-mother’s brother, but being an only child she has no one to look to for help. When her father disappears and she is attacked, she turns in desperation to her aunt. When Lord Justin Southerby receives a plea from his godmother he dreads what he will walk into. Expecting to have to save her from another of her madcap capers, he instead finds her niece in desperate need of protection. As they join forces to find her father, Clarissa and Justin find themselves being pulled into a deeper intrigue. As they find themselves in more danger, they realize they can only trust each other. Will they find answers before it is too late? Will the trust they develop lead them to a love that will last a lifetime? Or will the past create a chasm between them that not even love can span?

A Thin Line

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:12:31 +0200

She grew up believing he was her knight-in-shining armor. He thought of her as his best friend’s little sister, the pest that followed them around everywhere. Now time and circumstances have changed them both. By a series of unfortunate events, Gabriel has become the Duke of Hawkescliffe and sees himself resigned to a loveless marriage. Until that time arrives, he will continue to serve in the fight against Napoleon as an Agent for the Crown. When Mikala Simmons overhears a conversation that sounds as if Gabriel is trading secrets with a foreign agent, she is torn. Should she tell someone or confront the man himself? Only as she becomes further embroiled in the subterfuge and her life hangs in the balance will Gabriel have to decide what is truly important. Society, the Crown, or the woman of his dreams?

Taming the Wicked Wulfe (The Rogue Agents)

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:51:00 +0200

Rebekah is forced into a proxy marriage to a man she despises for the sake of her orphaned niece and nephew. Her new husband, Thorn Wulfe, holds the key to all the secrets of her long-buried past.

Thorn, considered the Wicked Wulfe by many of the ton, operates one of London’s most notorious gaming hells, the Lady Luck. When his brother, the Duke of Wulfecrest, is killed, he finds his life turned upside down with a wife he does not want, and two children to care for.

When old secrets come to light and enemies make themselves known, Rebekah and Wulfe are going to have to decide what is more important…the past, the present, or the future? Will they be able to learn to trust and love one another along the way? Or will their secrets keep them apart forever?

A Traitorous Heart

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:50:59 +0200

She thought she had lost everyone during an early attack by Napoleon’s forces. Then upon returning to England she loses even more…

He lost his new wife in a brutal attack six months ago during one of the first battle surges by Le Grande Armée. Left with an injury to remind him of that time he reluctantly takes up his mantle as a Peer of the Realm and uses his skills with numbers and letters to help the War Office as a code specialist.

Nothing could surprise him more than walking into a government safe house to question a suspected traitor and find his supposedly dead wife lying injured with no memory of their time together. Is she a traitor? Where has she been all this time? And is their love strong enough to survive or will the truth tear them apart forever?

Enticing the Weary Warrior

Sat, 21 Nov 2015 15:12:32 +0200

Five years ago Megan and Liam were in love. Set to marry, tragedy struck when word arrived that Liam had been killed. Devastated, Megan attempted to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Now, five years later, Megan finds herself homeless and without any hope of a family. Living with her brother and his family, all she has to live for are her horses, Legend and Lady Belle. She has her sights set on winning the elusive British Triple Crown with Legend and creating a racing dynasty. Liam faked his death five years ago to get close to Napoleon in order to learn the man’s secrets. Now, he finds himself back on British soil with no clue as to what he is supposed to do with his life. Having been a prisoner of war and seen the horror of the battlefield, he suffers from debilitating nightmares and physical ailments that make him question his manhood and sometimes his sanity. Memories of Megan, the love of his life, kept him sane when he would have gone mad. But he quickly finds a dream and reality are two very different things. When Megan eavesdrops on a conversation and finds out her beloved Liam is alive, she doesn’t know whether to rejoice or let her feelings of anger and betrayal rule her. Does she want to see him? Can she trust him with her heart after what he’s done? Can she convince him, her weary warrior, to trust her with the nightmare of his past, or will it all be for naught as danger surrounds Megan, threatening her life and their future happiness once more? And will Liam be able to overcome the obstacles from his past to save the woman he loves so they can have a future and lifetime of love together? This is a story of love, redemption, and healing.

Seducing the Ruthless Rogue

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:51:00 +0200

As Director of The War Office, Stuart McKenzie, has proven himself capable of making difficult decisions in times of crisis and keeping government secrets safe. When he walks in on someone ransacking his study he quickly moves to apprehend them, only to be tossed on his back as the burglar escapes into the night. Cassie’s father has become a pawn in the fight against Napoleon. When the enemy kidnaps him, she will do anything it takes to get him back – including stealing government secrets from Stuart McKenzie, the Director of the War Office. When Cassie is caught, she reluctantly agrees to Mack’s assistance as there is something far more sinister going on. As Mack embarks on his mission, he will find that enemies are often closer than one would think and that sometimes your ally will come in the least likely form. When passion erupts between Mack and Cassie, they find their lives forever altered. But just as they believe their lives to be free of danger, a new threat is lurking about, promising to rip their happiness away from them. Will they be able to trust each other enough to defeat this new threat, or will they be torn apart for all eternity?