INESCAPABLE, UNDENIABLE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST! In a Mayfair ballroom, beautiful Emma Northcote stands in amazement. For gazing at her, with eyes she'd know anywhere, is Ned Stratham—a man whose roguish charm once held her captivated. But that was another life in another part of London. With their past mired in secrets and betrayal, and their true identities now at last revealed, Ned realizes they can never rekindle their affair. For only he knows that they share a deeper connection—one that could make Emma hate him if she ever discovered the truth.... "It's witty, wicked and wonderful!" —RT Book Reviews on Mistress to the Marquis

Captain Pierre Dammartin is a man of honor, 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....

Venetia Fox is London's most sought-after actress, darling of the demimonde and every nobleman's desire. But she's about to face her toughest role yet—seducing a confession from the devilishly handsome and very dangerous Lord Linwood to bring her father's murderer to justice.She might have the whole of London fooled, but Linwood can see through Venetia's ardent attempts to persuade him to open up. His past is murky, but he's no criminal. Her interest in him has Linwood intrigued—he might just have to play Miss Fox at her own seductive game….

THE LAST MAN SHE COULD EVER LOVE... Beautiful Marianne Winslow has had her share of suitors - and her share of scandal. Three engagements, no wedding... And the ton is beginning to talk. Smoldering Rafe Knight has lived the past fifteen years of his life with one goal - avenging the death of his parents. His final target? The Earl of Misbourne. The perfect bartering tool? The Earl's daughter, Marianne.... Held at gunpoint on Hounslow Heath, Marianne is taken captive by a mysterious masked highwayman. Her father must pay the price - but Marianne finds more than vengeance in the highwayman's warm amber eyes...

Mistaken Mistress Miss Georgiana Raithwaite decides to seek refuge with a female relative to escape imminent marriage to a cruel tyrant of a man. But she has no idea just how her decision to disguise herself as a boy for the journey, a caution undertaken with her own safety in mind, is about to change her life in more ways than she can imagine. For Georgiana is taken by the naval Press Gang that roams the coastal towns of Southern England and ends up amidst 185 sailors aboard ship. Lord Nathaniel Hawke, middle son of the Earl of Porchester, has worked hard to achieve his captaincy in Nelson’s navy. Disaffected from his father the navy is everything that is important to him in life, so when he discovers that his new third class ship’s boy is in truth a girl, he knows that her secret risks not only Miss Raithwaite’s reputation but his career. Forced into intimate proximity aboard HMS Pallas Nathaniel and Georgiana must fight to suppress not only exposure of her true identity, but also their growing desire for one another, a task that becomes increasingly impossible during their voyage across the stormy seas. The Captain's Lady Set during the dark winter months of 1804 The Captain’s Lady charts a story of passion, drama and intrigue on a journey from the rolling Hampshire countryside, across the high seas to the Rock of Gibraltar and back again... 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 honorable, her temptation may prove just too sweet to resist!

She may grace his bed, but she will never wear his ringThey whisper her name in the ballroom's shadows--the marquis's mistress! It will take all of Alice Sweetly's renowned acting skills to play this part: smile until it no longer hurts, until they believe your lie, until you believe. Pretend he means nothing.If the Marquis of Razeby thinks he can let his mistress go easily, he is so very wrong. Each night she appears before a rapturous Covent Garden audience, taunting him with her beauty. But Razeby must marry, and while Alice could grace his bed she can never grace his arm.

From wild and rugged Cornwall, the setting of Poldark and Jamaica Inn, comes another fabulous, dramatic story... When Miss Madeline Langley is saved from some very unwanted and improper attentions on two separate occasions, she is too relieved to enquire her protector's name. Little does she know that her tall, dark defender is Lucien Tregellas, known to all of London as the Wicked Earl! Tregellas has no intention of an amorous interest in any woman; he has a much more pressing matter of concern on his mind. But when Miss Langley is inadvertently drawn into the sinister game being played out, he knows he must act. Beneath his cold indifferent facade Lucien finds he is not unaffected by the woman who is now legally his own.

SHE’S BEEN WARNED ABOUTMEN LIKE HIM... 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... Gentlemen of Disrepute Rebellious rule-breakers, ready to wed!

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...

Is she his downfall or redemption? Kate Medhurst’s days on the high seas are numbered with the fearsome Captain North on her tail. Once captured, pirate Kate knows she should fight him—should hate him—but she cannot. Captain North is no gentleman—at least, not anymore. But his vow to regain his honor has given him a fresh start. Until he confronts Kate and everything changes. Because suddenly breaking his vow seems a small price to pay to save the woman he loves...