As London's most notorious widow, Cassandra Frey is weary of fending off rogues, rakes, and even the Regent. In desperation, she claims the protection of a reclusive earl who can't easily refute her from his remote castle—only for him to appear on her doorstep and call her bluff! Does he seek another chance for the love she also desires, or the reprisal she deserves? Tangled in a web of her own weaving, Cassandra finds an opportunity to atone for a past scandal that destroyed her reputation and his trust. Edward "Ned" Randolph, Earl of Kirtland, is fascinated to learn he not only has a mistress, but she's the former debutante who brutally crushed his heart when she was the season's diamond and he a gullible youth. Ned agrees to her seductive offer, tempted to publicly reject her afterward—until he discovers the terrible price Cassandra's paid for the treachery of others. But he'll never yield his heart again without the promise of her love—and a...

Dane Armstrong, Duke of Bradbury, has caused enough trouble for aspiring author Cecily Logan that she's written a book about him—but for her eyes only, since it reads as if she might be in love and hoping to trap him into marriage. When the manuscript is stolen by a third party who schemes to profit from it unless the duke yields to blackmail, Cecily courts scandal by calling on Bradbury to ply his so-called ducal powers against publication—or one of them will face ruin and ridicule. What Cecily doesn't know is that Dane's already used those fabled powers to read the book and learn the secret she fears will make her a laughingstock. The devil in him wants to see how far she'll go to prevent the disaster she imagines, even to plotting seduction and surrendering to wicked temptation. Cecily may not have to forfeit her soul, but Dane soon finds himself in danger of losing his heart.

Lionel Demarest, the new Duke of Rexford, is in Bath to meet the prospective bride he inherited from his predecessor and bring her to London. But it's her bumbling chaperone, Genevieve Holbrook, who catches his eye, prompting memories of the house party where they first met and she tormented him with her ghastly singing. When the rebellious bride bolts, leaving the chaperone unchaperoned with the duke, Lionel and Genevieve balk at marrying just to silence gossip. Keen to avoid the siege of matchmaking mamas and their daughters, Lionel instead makes a show of courting Genevieve, teasing and tempting her till she wonders if he's playing her true or false. Genevieve longs to wed for love, yet fears an old scandal has left her unmarriageable, especially for this devastating duke who makes her insides flutter and glow with desire. But when threatened with the last thing she wants—forced marriage to the rogue who almost ruined her—love can no...