margaret mcphee

Sebastian Hunter has shown his last hand at the card table. Nights once spent womanizing and gambling are now spent in the dark shadows of Blackloch Hall, staring out onto the wild windswept Scottish moors.

That is, until the mysterious Phoebe Allardyce his mother's new and far–too–pretty companion interrupts his brooding. After catching her thieving, the master of the house has no choice but to keep a close eye on this provocative little temptress .

He could ruin her reputation!

To her spiteful aunt, Kathryn Marchant is little more than a servant: she does not deserve a place in polite society. That's about to change, when Kathryn accidentally falls into the arms of the most notorious rake of them all.

Lord Ravensmede draws the line at seducing virgins. Yet once he has tasted the lips of the delectable Miss Marchant, he wants her! He has the distinct impression that she's in need of a protector, but, no matter how much he strives to be honourable, her temptation may prove just too sweet to resist!

Captain Pierre Dammartin is a man of honour, but his captive, Josephine Mallington, is the daughter of his sworn enemy and his temptation. She is the one woman he should hate, yet her purity brings hope to his battle–weary heart.

Josephine senses that the hard–faced Captain both despises and desires her. As the Peninsular War rages on, Josephine knows she should fear him but she's determined their forbidden chemistry will not be ignored .

HE SAW THROUGH HER DISGUISE

When dashing Lord Nathaniel Hawke rescued a girl from drowning the last thing he expected was for that same girl to turn up on board his ship disguised as a boy! Respected naval captain of the Pallas, Nathaniel had to conceal her identity from his men.

For ship's boy George alias Miss Georgiana Raithwaite running away seemed her only escape from a cruel impending marriage. Never did she imagine that her disguise would see her scrubbing decks on the high seas in extremely close proximity to Lord Nathaniel Hawke!

Forbidden desires taunted them on their stormy voyage to Gibraltar. But with reputations at stake their secret must be kept, as exposure could ruin them both

With trembling hands Arabella dons the mask of Miss Noir for her first night at Mrs. Silver's House of Pleasures. Thinking of her young son, she prepares to smile prettily at the next gentleman who enters.

Dominic Furneaux, Duke of Arlesford, is stunned to see that the woman who shattered his heart has fallen so low. He offers her a way out – by making her his mistress!

The temptation to reacquaint herself with Dominic's body is hard for Arabella to resist, but Dominic needs only to look into the Furneaux–blue eyes of her son to uncover Arabella's deepest secret.

Guy Tregellas, Viscount Varington, has a rakish reputation, and when he discovers a beautiful woman washed up on a beach he is more than intrigued. He doesn't believe her claims that she is a respectable widow and is determined to seduce the truth out of her!

Helena McGregor must escape Scotland to anonymity in London. For the past five years she has lived a shameful life, not of her choosing. But she needs the help of her disturbingly handsome rescuer as danger catches up with them.