SHE MIGHT GRACE HIS BED, BUT SHE WILL NEVER WEAR HIS RING They whisper her name in the ballroom’s shadows – the Marquis’s mistress! It will take all of Alice Sweetly’s renowned acting skills to play this part: smile until it no longer hurts, until they believe your lie, until you believe. Pretend he means nothing.If the Marquis of Razeby thinks he can let his mistress go easily, he is so very wrong. Each night she appears before a rapturous Cove ...
A SHOCK PROPOSAL Sophia Langley’s life is in turmoil. When she learns of her estranged fiance’s death in a shipwreck, the last thing she expects is for his twin brother, Callum Chatterton, to make a shock proposal! Her inner romantic objects to a marriage of convenience – and brooding Cal makes it very clear that’s all it can be.Yet to save her family Sophia accepts with trepidation – and a highly inconvenient trembling of desire for her relucta ...
Lord of Vice Quintus MacLachlann is arrogant – unapologetically so. When he’s asked to impersonate one half of a married couple to infiltrate Edinburgh society he relishes the challenge of being ‘married’ to the frustratingly wilful yet beautiful Esme. Lady of Virtue?Esme makes no bones about her fervent dislike of the dishonoured rake. He’s the last person on earth she can conceive of marrying – sham or otherwise. But being forced to play wife ...
RIORDAN BARRETT: LAST RAKE STANDING With his comrade rakes-in-arms succumbing to respectability, anyone might think that wicked Riordan Barrett is next. But such happy endings aren’t for him – the whole of society knows there isn’t a redeemable bone in his sinfully sexy body. Suddenly Riordan finds himself not only an Earl…but father to two young wards!His only experience is in the art of irresponsibility. This rake needs help – and hiring a pre ...
Anglesey Coast, AD 995.As one of the spoils of war, Welsh princess Eva filia Madoc belongs to his brother. But when the beguiling grey-eyed beauty demands that Reinn Geirsson take her with him when he leaves her father’s conquered stronghold, he cannot refuse.Eva is desperate to escape being forced into marriage – and she gambles everything on the hope that Reinn is as honourable as his brother is cruel. What she doesn’t expect is the attraction ...
Southern Montana, 1886When Chayston Williams agreed to act as sheriff of Spring Valley, Montana, he never dreamed his duties would include delivering his father’s pretty young mail-order bride to the family ranch in time for a Christmas wedding!Violet Ritter promised her late stepfather that she would marry the man of his choosing. But she’s shocked to discover her husband-to-be is old enough to have a grown son of his own! And she’s even more s ...
Dissolute aristocrat Lord Valiant Oakenhurst hides a sexy, supernatural secret – as a powerful incubus, he is able to influence others through erotic dreams. At an exclusive Christmas house party, his latest mission is compromised by the beautiful but deadly succubus Lucille Beaulieu.Though still drawn to his former lover, Val cannot forget her betrayal…Hoping to atone for her past, Lucie uses her seductive powers to help couples find happiness. ...
Tang Dynasty China, 823 A.D.Musician Jia needs a valuable book of poems by a famous courtesan to buy her freedom…and she believes Luo Cheng has taken it. Her attempt to steal the book from him fails, but the tall and powerful scholar unexpectedly offers to help her quest!But when they finally find the book – and the arousing poems and artwork inside – Jia's longing for freedom is replaced with a new kind of desire for Cheng…. ...
Ottoman Empire, 1565Prince Khadin knows his days are numbered. His death could come at any moment, but even he cannot help but be distracted by the Bedouin princess he sees making a daring bid for freedom from the slave market.Even in captivity, her courage and purity attract Khadin to her as much as her beauty. Unable to resist the temptation, he takes the maiden back to the palace harem—to be brought to him at night. . . . ...
