Sophia James

He was her first love… Now she'll risk all to save him.

Celeste Fournier once gave her innocence to the man she loved. Years later that same man, Major Summerley Shayborne, is in Paris – and in danger! Celeste's world has changed beyond recognition, but she knows she must help Shay flee. Yet their scorching reunion makes her wish she could reclaim something of herself…to be the girl she was…the girl that Shay deserves.

Dark. Dangerous. Damaged. This man will protect her.

After years of an unhappy and bitter marriage, cautious Lady Violet Addington is intrigued by the Comte de Beaumont. His air of danger, mysterious scars and pure sexuality pose a temptation that’s hard to resist. Threatened by her late husband’s enemies, she makes a daring proposition: in exchange for the Comte’s protection, she’ll join him in his bed!

Lady Eleanor believes Viscount Bromley to be dead. Now, after six years, he has returned a changed man. Brooding Nicholas Bartlett has no memory of their one night of passion, so how can she tell him he fathered a child…?

As he starts to regain his memories and with the danger from his past threatening to rear its head, it's up to Nicholas to protect his newly discovered family!

As a player in the murky game of borderland politics, Alexander Ullyot, Laird of Ashblane, should have had no compunction about using her for his own ends. He should ruin her as surely as he wanted to ruin her brother. And instead. . . instead he found he was complimenting her.

Was it the firelight in her hair, the soft, low tone of her voice or her stubborn streak of independence? Alex saw danger ahead. Was he falling for the woman who was his means of revenge. . . ?

Nicholas Pencarrow, Duke of Westbourne, is intrigued by the woman who saves his life and then vanishes. Queries as to her identity turn up the name of Brenna Stanhope, although every attempt to make contact with this beautiful mystery lady is politely rebuffed. Brenna has a dark secret she must keep hidden, so she has built a respectable, uncomplicated world around herself where she can avoid all male advances. Yet, against her better judgement, this determined man keeps breaking through. Could she risk harming Nicholas's reputation by lowering her guard just once?

Badly disfigured Lady Isobel Dalceann has fought fiercely to defend her Keep, with little thought for her safety. Why, then, has she let a stranger within her walls? Whilst he threatens danger, his battered body marked by war mirrors her own scars and tempts her to put her faith in him.

Marc de Courtenay is a mercenary and a loner, although he is drawn to damaged, beautiful Isobel. But in taking him into her highly defended buttressed walls she has unwittingly given him secrets that will enable him to betray her. What would she do if she were ever to find out who he really is…?

"Sometimes I could scream with boredom." 

Measured and self–effacing, Lady Sephora Connaught knows there is another, more reckless side to her. When she's rescued from the fast–flowing Thames by the wild and dangerous Francis St. Cartmail, Earl of Douglas, suddenly her confined world bursts into vibrant life.

Francis has never fit into high society's narrow world, so why does he feel so connected to–and undeniably aroused by–this "angel of the ton"? She offers him hope, but only time will tell if their fragile marriage is enough to banish his demons forever!

To have and to hold…until the debts are paid! After her first disastrous marriage, wealthy heiress Amethyst Cameron swore she'd never take a husband again.Yet her beloved father's deepest wish is for her to wed an aristocrat to protect her life and reputation. Lord Montcliffe must marry into money to save his debt-ridden estate, but he doesn't have to like it — or his bewitching future bride. So he's stunned by the feelings stirred up by one scorching kiss! But when Daniel uncovers the truth, can he accept the real Amethyst and help to banish the ghost of her past forever?

He prayed this might never stop.

This now, here in Spain with Alejandra in his arms. Severely wounded Captain Lucien Howard, Earl of Ross, had a boat waiting to take him home. If she remained in his company, the beautiful woman who had saved his life would be compromised. The harsh light of dawn would send each of them their different ways.

Lucien thought of his family and his ancient crumbling estate. He couldn't stay in war–torn Spain. Yet neither could he stop his arms from tightening about Alejandra as he breathed her in…

Secrets of the marriage bed…

Heiress Adelaide Ashfield lost her trust in men years ago. She spurns the advances of society's most eligible bachelors, but time is running out. Forced to make her choice, Adelaide accepts the hand of Gabriel Hughes, Earl of Wesley.

Despite his debauched reputation, Gabriel shies away from intimacy. But marriage to Adelaide awakens a desire he never thought he'd feel again. Maybe his beguiling new bride is the key to shaking off the shame which has haunted him for so long…

Sophia James

The war–scarred Thornton Lindsay, Duke of Penborne, can scarcely believe the news when a beautiful stranger comes to London proclaiming to be his lover. Caroline Anstretton is on the run and desperate. Her gamble that the reclusive Duke won't leave the sanctuary of his home is lost when he coolly confronts her.

Courtesan or charlatan, Thornton is intrigued by both sides of this mysterious, sensual woman. There's a vulnerability beneath her smile and easy laughter. Could she be the one to mend a life he's thought damaged beyond repair?

A Christmas mission...with the scarred and brooding gentleman!

Working in her family’s charity foundation for destitute women, caring but impulsive Miss Lottie Fairclough is desperately trying to find a missing woman. She’s roped in family acquaintance Mr Jasper King to help her, having been equally impressed and annoyed when he rescued her from perilous danger. As she gets to know the injured entrepreneur, it seems he needs her just as much...

THE DARKEST HOURS OF THE NIGHT BRING THE DEEPEST PASSIONS… Haunted by rumours following her husband's suspicious death, Aurelia St Harlow has withdrawn from society. To secure her family's future there's only one man who can help. And that man demands payment – with a kiss! Lord Stephen Hawkhurst finds the troubled beauty impossible to resist. But Aurelia is suspected of treason and, as England's greatest spy, Hawkhurst must uncover her every secret. As the truth unfolds so does their desire. Drawn together in the dark of the night, they unleash passions neither has ever experienced before…

Plain, twenty–eight–year–old Beatrice–Maude Bassingstoke does not expect to attract any man, especially not one as good–looking as her remote travelling companion.

Forced by a snowstorm to spend the night together, these two lonely people seek solace in each other's arms. The passion they unleash surprises them both. How will their lives change with the coming of the new day?