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My callous father wagered me to a brooding stranger during a hand of cards, leaving me terrified. But Lord Wheaton was nothing like the baron who’d forced me into servitude and gave me away. The handsome marquess was compassionate, honorable, and my only hope for a future. I married him to save myself, not intending to lose my heart. Never thinking of the danger that loomed, threatening to tear us apart forever.

Tilly, the widowed duchess of Longleigh, finally has everything she wants. Everything, that is, except for the forbidden man who stole her heart and fathered her child before disappearing from her life. Time has passed, but she has not forgotten him. Nor has she stopped longing for him. But when he mysteriously reappears in London, a ruthless stranger has taken the place of the lover she thought she knew.

When the dangerous men who killed her husband in a political assassination threaten Ara, Duchess of Burghly, the Crown assigns her a bodyguard. But the man charged with protecting her is no stranger. He’s Clayton Ludlow, the bastard son of a duke and the first man she ever loved. Eight years after he took her innocence and ruthlessly abandoned her, he’s back in her drawing room and her life. This time, she’s older, wiser, and stronger. She will resist him at any cost and make him pay for the past.

Lady Calliope Manning is determined to punish the man she holds responsible for her beloved brother’s death. She will do anything in her power to destroy him. When rumors swirl that the Earl of Sinclair requires a wealthy bride to rescue himself from dire financial straits, she seizes the opportunity to ruin him at last..

Lady Helena Davenport is desperate to avoid the odious betrothal her father is forcing upon her. The only way out is to orchestrate her own ruin. Everything is unfolding according to plan; her escape is finally within her grasp. But there is just one problem when the moment of scandal arrives: the rake she selected for an assignation is nowhere to be found. In his place? The man she secretly loves.

Miss Isabella Hilgrove, proprietress of the Ladies' Typewriting School, prides herself on the quality of her staff. After the Duke of Westmorland sacks the third typist she has sent him in as many days, she's not just outraged, she's determined to put the arrogant bully in his place. Benedict Manning, Duke of Westmorland, is having the worst week of his life. A bomb has exploded on London Bridge, the Special League is unraveling, and he cannot seem to find a secretary who is not a spineless watering pot.

Lady Isolde Collingwood's future was happily secured until the man she intended to marry threw her over for another woman. Heartbroken and betrayed, she has every intention of running wild across London and setting polite society on its ear. But when she becomes embroiled in a scandal with a wicked earl, there's only one way to solve her latest dilemma if she wants to protect her sisters: marriage.

When Alessandro, the half-Spanish Earl of Rayne, settles upon a marriage of convenience with Lady Catriona Hamilton, the terms are clear: an heir in exchange for her freedom. Still haunted by his painful past, he has no intention of entertaining a true marriage with his new wife or remaining in England.

Returning to London scarred and bitter after his capture by Napoleon’s forces, Morgan, Marquess of Searle, is hell-bent on vengeance against the man responsible for his imprisonment. He’ll do anything to get what he wants, even if it means destroying an innocent in the process. There’s just one problem. He’s never met anyone like the woman he intends to use for his revenge.

Nando, the handsome, ne’er-do-well Prince of Varros, has grown bored with his aimless life of pleasure-seeking and debauchery. An unexpected end to his ennui arrives in the form of a maddeningly proper English spinster who challenges him with her glacial reserve. Nando can’t get enough of the icy, disapproving Miss Brett, and the more she rebuffs him, the more determined he becomes to make her his.

Muitos anos após ser exilado de seu reino, o príncipe Theodoric St. George reconstruiu a vida no degradante submundo londrino. Agora, vivendo como um mercenário impiedoso, ele está disposto a fazer qualquer serviço desde que seja bem pago. No entanto, ao aceitar a posição de guarda-costas do duque de Ridgely, ele se depara com um oponente desafiador: a irmã do nobre, conhecida na alta sociedade como a Viúva de Gelo.

When Victoria fell in love with the Earl of Pembroke, she never imagined he'd heartlessly wed, bed, and abandon her in the countryside. After he suddenly returns, determined to prove to her he's a changed man, she's not about to forgive him, trust him, or succumb to his scorching kisses. Will has devoted his life to enraging his loathsome father by creating one scandal after the next. Duty forces him back to the wife he resents, but he isn't prepared for the raw desire she makes him feel. Seducing her will hardly be a tedious task. Guarding his heart, however, is another matter.

Rescued by ruin, American heiress Daisy Vanreid is desperate to avoid marriage to the aging aristocrat her abusive father chose for her. She'll do anything, even entrap the notorious Duke of Trent into marriage, to escape her fate. Losing her heart to her handsome husband after the wedding isn't part of the plan. Nothing is as it seems.

Alla vigilia delle feste natalizie, Betrys Dunford compie un’incredibile scoperta: la pittrice Vera Martin, un tempo amante di suo fratello Rodhry, dichiarata morta un anno prima, è in realtà ancora in vita e abita in un quartiere malfamato di Londra con il suo bambino di quattro anni. Il ritorno dal viaggio di nozze di Rodhry e Sophie viene sconvolto prima dalla notizia della morte di Maddalena, e subito dopo dal ritrovamento di Vera, che creerà scompiglio nel loro matrimonio.

Italia, 1819. Sofia Arisi, figlia di mercanti italiani della borghesia milanese e promettente pittrice, a causa delle sue idee politiche è costretta insieme alla madre Maddalena a lasciare l’Italia e l’uomo che ama, di cui non riesce a ottenere notizie da molto tempo. Considerata una sovversiva, accusata di partecipare ai moti rivoluzionari e braccata dalla Polizia Austriaca, fugge in Inghilterra con sua madre sotto falsa identità.

Inghilterra, 1827. Dopo aver sconfitto i Turchi con la flotta britannica, il tenente Wright ritorna a Londra portando con sé una lettera per Miss Vianna Murray. Vianna, orfana e affidata alle cure di una zia nubile, di tutto si aspetta tranne che una visita a mezzanotte con le peggiori notizie che si potrebbero ricevere la notte di Natale. Suo fratello è gravemente ammalato, e Wright riesce a ottenere per lei un imbarco sulla Confidence, la nave da guerra inglese comandata dal Capitano Anderson.

Lügen haben schöne Beine. Die amerikanische Erbin Daisy Vanreid versucht verzweifelt der Heirat mit einem alten, unattraktiven Aristokraten zu entkommen, die ihr Vater für sie eingefädelt hat. Sie würde alles tun, um diesem Elend zu entgehen - sogar den berüchtigten Duke of Trent in eine Ehe drängen. Dass sie jedoch nach der Hochzeit ihr Herz an ihren gutaussehenden Ehemann verliert, gehörte nicht zu ihrem Plan.

Oliver "Knight" Knightly, newly inherited Earl of Stoneleigh, has been summoned home to England after the sudden death of his brother. However, he has no intention of allowing familial obligations to keep him from the life he made for himself as a champion boxer in America. He will see his wayward nieces settled with a capable governess and return to the fame, fortune, and adoring ladies awaiting him.

Wenn Pflicht zum Vergnügen wird. Als Victoria sich in den Earl of Pembroke verliebt, hätte sie nie gedacht, dass er sie heiratet und dann auf sein Landgut abschiebt, während er in der Stadt das Leben genießt. Als er zurückkehrt, um ihr zu zeigen, dass er sich wirklich geändert hat, denkt sie nicht im Traum daran, es ihm einfach zu machen. Sie hat weder vor ihm zu verzeihen, noch ihm zu vertrauen, geschweige denn ihn zu küssen. Doch Letzteres ist gar nicht so einfach... Will, Earl oft Pembroke, hatte immer nur ein Ziel: seinen abscheulichen Vater durch seine vielen Skandale zu kompromittieren.

Dubbed 'Lady Scandal' thanks to her gossip-stirring past, Portia Fairhaven, the widowed Countess of Blakewell, is no stranger to rumors and innuendos. Although freed of her unhappy marriage, she is still forced to maintain as spotless a reputation as she can manage for the sake of her son. That is, until a desperate search for her lost half brother takes her to the darkest depths of London’s underworld and straight into the arms of one brawny, undeniably handsome East End rogue.