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A governess with a secret...meets this ready-made family!

Lady Marguerite Saxby is being blackmailed! Desperate for money, she accepts Jack Vincent, Earl Compton’s offer to become the temporary governess to his three motherless daughters. There’s so much she can’t tell her new employer. Only, she’s not expecting the all-consuming attraction that makes living under Jack’s roof a constant battle between her head and her heart!

Untouched and alone…could he awaken her senses?

When widow Lady Carrie meets charming gadabout Lord Avery Gilmore, she is shocked by her intense reaction to him. She’s never before longed for wifely pleasures, and it takes all of her courage to propose that he show her them! He might be taken aback by her request, but as Carrie learns firsthand, Avery will take the challenge very seriously…

England, 1813...After years of struggling against her wicked desires, Lady Eugenie Hardwick is being driven wild by the sounds of unrestrained passion coming from her neighbour's bedroom. The thought of Lord Richard Townsend, a notorious rake, sets her body quivering with need–even though she's never yet seen his face. When they finally meet in person on Christmas Eve, it only takes one masterful kiss to unleash Eugenie's inner temptress for a night of sensual pleasure with the devilish lord. But Eugenie must ensure their holiday affair remains a secret so she doesn't get ruined–again....

The new earl...and the lady he should resist!

Having left the army to take up the title of Earl of Longhurst, Ethan feels the weight of his new responsibilities. He was brusque with the woman picking blackberries, only to find she's his neighbour, Lady Petra, who helps him despite his gruffness. A wealthy bride would save his estate, but all he can think about is this shy, kind and penniless widow...!

His lady in red… 

Jacob, Duke of Westmoor, is feeling the weight of his recently inherited title when a stolen kiss with a beautiful woman in his gentlemen's club breathes life back into him. Until he discovers she's a maid!

Unable to let the beautiful innocent go, he arranges for Rose Nightingale to become his grandmother's companion. But when they're living under the same roof, their attraction becomes impossible to resist!

Nicoletta, the Countess Vilandry must lure fellow spy Gabriel D'Arcy into bed and into revealing his true loyalties. But with such sensual games at play, suddenly Nicky's dangerously close to exposing her real identity.

Gabe knows the countess has been sent to seduce him. The only question is why. He's never met such a captivating woman — and he's determined to enjoy every second she spends as his very willing captive!

Elizabeth Bentham has been John, Lord Radthorn's lover for five glorious years. But she wants him to have a chance to marry a respectable lady, not a woman with her tarnished reputation. Elizabeth thinks telling him their relationship has lost its spark will help him move onbut John isn't prepared to lose her, and sets out to prove their passion is as strong as ever.

Disgraced lady Charity West lives in the dark world of the city's seedy underbelly. She's used and abused, yearning for freedom, and her distrust of men runs deep…until she meets Highland rogue Logan Gilvry. Whisky runner Logan lives outside the law and is used to looking danger in the eye. Charity may just prove to be his most dangerous challenge yet. Her beauty is unrivaled, but it's her fire that lures Logan. He'll do anything to save Charity—even face her inevitable betrayal…

The Gamekeeper's Lady

Frederica Bracewell grew up under a cloud of shame. As an illegitimate child, she was treated like a servant by her uncle. It wasn't until she encountered the new gamekeeper, Lord Robert Mountford, that shy, innocent Frederica started to feel like a true lady...
Robert had been banished by his family and after a debauched existence he revelled in the simplicity of a gamekeeper's lifestyle. Until temptation struck! Frederica's plain appearance and stuttering speech were a far cry from the ladies of the ton, but she might just be his undoing...and unmasking!

More Than a Mistress

Charles Mountford, Marquis of Tonbridge, has long felt the weight of responsibility. He knows he must do his duty and take a wife. But when he's left snowbound with the unconventional Miss Honour Meredith Draycott, he finds that his inner rogue wants to come out to play.

Merry doesn't need a man – no matter how handsome he is! Sadly, society takes a different view. Charlie is more than happy to make her socially acceptable, but only if she acts publicly as his betrothed...and privately as his mistress!

When she arrives at Beresford Abbey, orphan Mary Wilder's hopes of finding a place to belong are dashed when she meets Bane Beresford, the enigmatic Earl. He is as remote as the ghosts that supposedly haunt the Abbey…and, like its crumbling walls, her dreams fall apart.

Occasionally she sees a different, more caring man behind the façade, so is she foolish to long for a happy home…and a family? His proposal is for a marriage of convenience, but his touch has awakened within her a fervent and forbidden longing…

Only there is a complete lack of eligible suitors in the Highlands! But then Niall Gilvry is assigned to watch over Jenna, and there's no denying she finds this handsome Scot most distracting! Niall knows Jenna is too fine a lady for the likes of him – after all, high society has little time for a lowly third son – but he takes his duty seriously.

With danger lurking in the shadows, Niall stays close. It would be just oh, so easy to pull her into his arms…

The Gilvrys of Dunross Capturing ladies' hearts across the Highlands