Cathy Maxwell

Miss Cassandra Holwell is too tall, too bookish, and too smart - but she does have money and a father who wants a grand title for her. Cassandra hasn’t felt a desire to marry until she meets the sinfully handsome Duke of Camberly....

Twice he has been close to the altar and still no duchess. Will the third time be the charm? A duke can't marry just anyone. She must be of good family, be fertile, and be young....

Desperation and an empty stomach forced Fiona Lachlan to agree to a plan that ended up luring the wickedly notorious duke of Holburn into trouble. Everything went terribly wrong, and now she has found herself posing as his ward....

He's inherited a title, but not a penny to speak of, so the Earl of Rochdale knows he must find a wife - preferably one tolerably pretty and good-tempered but definitely wealthy....

The penniless orphan of a disreputable earl, Lady Charlene Blanchard thrives on the adventure of picking the pockets of unsavory gentlemen to survive....

Postponements of her marriage to London's most powerful peer give Elin time to wonder how she will marry Gavin Baynton when she cannot forget his brother, Benedict....

In best-selling author Cathy Maxwell's new novella, Jennifer Tarleton has no lack of noble suitors, but the only man who captures her attention is the one her father will never let her marry....

Sabrina Davidson, dutiful daughter, avowed spinster, thought she'd secured a place for herself in Aberfeldy society - until her hard-earned acceptance of her fate is challenged by the arrival of Cormac Enright....

She'd once been the toast of London, but now scandal has brought her down. Still, pretty, petted Lady Tara Davidson can't believe her new fate....

What happens when a bride says no?...

One moonlit night, while attempting a daring masquerade in a desperate bid to protect her family, Portia Maclean finds herself swept off her feet by a powerful stranger....

They call him Lord Lyon, proud, determined - and cursed. He is in need of a bride, but if he falls in love, he dies....

When her father threatens to marry Abigail Montross off to a man twice her age, she decides to elope instead with the irresistibly handsome Baron de Vasconia....

When Anne Burnett is forced into a proxy marriage with Aidan Black, a dashing Scottish laird, her biggest worry is how to inform her new husband that he is married....

The impoverished Earl of Merton is looking for a bride - one rich enough to finance his estate. To his surprise, Tess quickly accepts his proposal. But behind her eagerness lurks a secret....

The Seduction of Scandal is a thrilling tale complete with secret identities and runaway brides, a notorious English highwayman, and dangerous intrigues - and, of course, wildly passionate love....

This eliminates Grace MacEachin on all three counts. A hellion of the first order, the alluring, infuriating woman would be nothing more than a passing temptation to an upstanding gentleman like Richard - if it weren't for the fact that she's trying to blackmail his father....

The Earl Claims His Wife is the latest romance from New York Times best-selling author Cathy Maxwell in her new Scandal and Seductions series, where pride clashes with passion and temptation leads to love....

When a loathsome rake steals one of her most cherished family heirlooms - and nearly her virtue as well! - Francesca Dunroy devises the perfect plan to put him in his place. At a ball being held in her honor - she didn't "take" in her first season, now her family is determined....

When three impoverished young ladies brought up in America decide to fulfill their late mother's dream of successful marriages and seasons, they concentrate their resources on sending the prettiest to London to make a brilliant match....