Harlan Dawnay, Lord Davenham, handsome and dashing heir to an earldom, offers a marriage of convenience to a suitable young lady he scarcely knows, only to discover she has no intention of being ignored in favor of his friends or his mistress.Lady Sarah Ainsworth, age seventeen, is not yet interested in marriage. She accepts Lord Davenham's offer solely because she secretly admires him and has high hopes for the future. But when Davenham steadfastly...

Lady Lenora St. Martin is shy and a wallflower. She has no idea how to interact in society so when Julian Everleigh, the Duke of Ashley asks her to dance at a ball she falls completely in love with him. After that one dance he doesn't seem to notice her again and Lenora has to discover a way to break out of her shell on her own and vows never to love again. As she flourishes Julian takes notice and decides she's the only lady for him, but he may have...

The Reluctant Earl is the story of Claire and Simon, who desperately want to get married, despite all the obstacles that stand in their way. Their biggest hurdle is the fact that Simon is the son and heir of the Earl of Welbourne, while Claire is the daughter of the earl's Irish horse trainer. The youngsters are keenly aware that their parents would violently oppose such an unequal union-which is precisely why they never confide in those parents....

Accused of a crime he didn't commit, captured French officer Alexandre Valmont has risked his life and honor to escape the English war prison at Norman Cross in a desperate bid to get home and clear his name. The daughter of a baronet, Merissa Pritchard, risks charges of treason and her family's safety when she hides the wounded fugitive and tries to nurse him back to strength. Neither has counted on risking their hearts in a most dangerous game of...

The first four titles of the beloved historical romance series in one set.The sexy historical romance series, Scandalous Scions, brings together the members of three great families, to love and play under the gaze of the Victorian era's moralistic, straight-laced society.Rose of EbonyAn unwanted marriage turns tragic.Raymond, Viscount Marblethorpe, eldest son to Elisa and stepson to Vaughn Wardell, casts off the solitary confines of a mourning widower...

Lieutenant-Colonel Hastings Adair, best friend of Captain Jack Vespa, the dashing hero of Veryan's last two novels, wakes up in the arms of an unwed lady of Quality, scandalizing all of London, and in attempting to right things, runs straight into a government conspiracy... in The Riddle of the Reluctant Rake.

Author's Note: The Aphrodite Academy series tells stories about women who need second chances. Some, even third chances. These women are not the privileged and pampered, but women to whom life has not been kind. The language is frank and saucy, but the stories are driven by character and plot, not sexual content. Although Juliana is a stand-alone novella, you will likely appreciate the story more if you read Belle, Cecilia, and Holly first.The story:...

The Prince kisses her, instead of her twin sister. Elise never intends to marry. Marriage is far too restricting, in her estimation. Instead, she grasps what freedom there is in running her Great Aunt Annalies' boarding house. When Danyal, newly crowned Prince of Pandev, kisses her by mistake, her delicately balanced contentment is shattered.Danyal isn't in England to find a wife, as society believes. An English wife would offend the Balkan Separatists...

Elizabeth Bennet is drawn to a handsome, mysterious man she meets at a masquerade ball. However, she gives up all hope for a future with him when she learns he is the son of George Darcy, the man who ruined her father's life. Despite her father's demand that she avoid the younger Darcy, when he appears in Hertfordshire Elizabeth cannot stop thinking about him, or seeking him out, or welcoming his kisses….Fitzwilliam Darcy has struggled to carve...

After the Battle of Waterloo, Captain Stephen Killian of the Inniskilling Dragoons travels to war-weary Paris, where a typically reckless act of bravery makes the Duke of Wellington notice him. The Duke sends Stephen to Lord Forgall the Wily, Wellington's spymaster. Can a fierce, outspoken warrior learn the subtle tradecraft of a spy?Lord Forgall's most trusted assistant is his beautiful daughter Emma. Her grace and charm wins her the confidence...