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A Marquess, A Miss And A Mystery - Annie Burrows

To find her brother's killer, Miss Horatia Carmichael must join forces with rake Lord Devizes - and allow the marquess to pretend to seduce her! But as danger grows, so does their desire...

Unbuttoning Miss Matilda - Lucy Ashford

Ex-army officer Jack Rutherford must go to Aylesbury to prove his innocence! Opportunity strikes as Matilda Grey needs help to pilot her canal barge. Travelling closely, their mutual craving becomes impossible to ignore...

Captivated By Her Convenient Husband - Bronwyn Scott

Avaline hasn't seen her husband for seven years, after he was presumed dead at war. Now he's back in her life - and her bed - she's cautious. Why is he so different from the selfish soldier she married?

Mrs Sommersby's Second Chance - Laurie Benson

Widowed society matchmaker Mrs Clara Sommersby thinks handsome businessman Mr William Lane is perfect for her neighbour's daughter - until shockingly his attention turns to Clara herself!

The Return Of Lord Conistone

Dangerous Lord, Double Life...

Miss Verena Sheldon's not sure what's more surprising: the fact Lord Conistone – the man who broke her heart – has prised himself away from the grasping females and high life in London, or that he still makes her body tingle.

Lucas has secretly vowed to look after Verena, and with her beloved home up for sale she needs his help now more than ever. But Lucas's dreams of holding Verena in his arms again are shattered every time he imagines her reaction should she learn what he has done...

The Rake's Bargain

The stage is set…

Deborah O'Hara loves her life, leading her troupe of actors. But when she becomes entangled in a web of secrets spun by the rakishly handsome Damian Beaumaris, Duke of Cirencester, she is forced to play the hardest role of her life: that of the stunning but disloyal Paulette, the duke's widowed sister–in–law.

To regain the honour of his family, Beau needs Deb's help. But despite his intentions to let nothing distract him from his plan, he didn't bargain on the forbidden sparks that fly with his beautiful leading lady...

In bed with the enemy! 

The war is over, Napoleon is in exile and Ellie Duchamps world is forever changed. Now, embroiled in a web of espionage on the Kentish coast, Ellie finds herself at the mercy of a dangerous but intriguing stranger — former army captain Luke Danbury. 

In a world ruled by danger and deception, it's hard to know who to trust. But try as she might to remind herself that Luke is her enemy, innocent Ellie cannot help but respond to the craving she senses in the captain's kiss!

Determined to seek out the villain who destroyed her family, Rosalie Rowland masquerades as a courtesan at London's infamous Temple of Beauty. But when she revels in her alter ego a little too willingly Captain Alec Stewart's potent masculinity proves impossible to resist…

Alec is as much a stranger to the brothel as he is to the feelings that Rosalie incites within him. The passion between them may be unquestionably real, but having met under the guise of secrets and seductions how can they be sure where the lies end and the truth begins…?

The Captain's Courtesan

Determined to seek out the villain who destroyed her family, Rosalie Rowland masquerades as a courtesan at London's infamous Temple of Beauty. But when she revels in her alter ego a little too willingly Captain Alec Stewart's potent masculinity proves impossible to resist... Alec is as much a stranger to the brothel as he is to the feelings that Rosalie incites within him. The passion between them may be unquestionably real, but having met under the guise of secrets and seductions how can they be sure where the lies end and the truth begins...?

The Outrageous Belle Marchmain

Agreeing to a fake betrothal should suit both society dressmaker Belle Marchmain and landowner Adam Davenant fittingly — clearing Belle's debts and keeping Adam's husband-hunters at bay. Even if blue-blooded Belle, with her extravagant clothes and razor-sharp tongue, despises the very air that nouveau riche Adam breathes! If Adam wants a wife who's agreeable he has his work cut out. Yet when his demanding mouth caresses Belle's, for the first time ever she's lost for words. Maybe Adam's found the one way to tame the only woman who's ever stood up to him and make her say “I do…”

“So, you're back.”

But can he put her world to rights?

It should have been Connor Hamilton's final triumph to return to Calverley Hall as its master, rather than the poor blacksmith's boy he once was. He's shocked to find that the previous owner's daughter, his old friend Isobel Blake, has lost everything, including her good reputation. Now the fragility beneath her shabby clothes and brave smile makes him want to protect her and hold her close…

Agreeing to a fake betrothal should suit both society dressmaker Belle Marchmain and landowner Adam Davenant fittingly – clearing Belle's debts and keeping Adam's husband-hunters at bay. Even if blue-blooded Belle, with her extravagant clothes and razor-sharp tongue, despises the very air that nouveau riche Adam breathes!

If Adam wants a wife who's agreeable he has his work cut out. Yet when his demanding mouth caresses Belle's for the first time ever she's lost for words. Maybe Adam's found the one way to tame the only woman who's ever stood up to him and make her say, 'I do...'

Napoleon and Archduchess Marie–Louise of Austria, 1810.

It's springtime in Paris and Emperor Napoleon is about to marry Archduchess Marie–Louise of Austria. All around the city Napoleon's courtiers are preparing for the spectacularly lavish wedding.

Everything must be just right…Ordered to remove all portraits of Josephine, the Emperor's first wife, seamstress Sophie has to track down a talented artist called Jacques. He promises to carry out the commission, but only in return for a kiss for every hour he works…

The stage is set!

Deborah O'Hara loves her life, leading her troupe of actors. But when she becomes entangled in a web of secrets spun by the rakishly handsome Damian Beaumaris, Duke of Cirencester, she is forced to play the hardest role of her life. That of the stunning but disloyal Paulette, the Duke's widowed sister-in-law.

To regain the honour of his family, Beau needs Deb's help. But despite his intentions to let nothing distract him from his plan, he doesn't bargain on the forbidden sparks that fly with his beautiful leading lady...