Surviving the wilds of Cornwall is more life changing than they thought.Miss Caroline Sloane is on her way to Poughill, Cornwall. In highhanded fashion, her estranged grandfather has arranged a marriage for her to a sea captain she's met but once, and she wishes to convince him otherwise. She'll marry for love or not at all, but an accident with the crowded mail coach on which she's traveling throws her existence into chaos.Alan Blackmore, the Earl of St. Clair, ha...

She wants a dashing, courageous man… Vanessa Underhill is on the run from her fifth would-be groom. She doesn't care for any of the men her father has picked--none engaged her mentally or physically. Hunger for a man who will stir her imagination fires her innocent fantasies.He wants understanding… When he's bored with his role as Viscount Blackpool, Collin Northington becomes a highwayman to gain anonymity and solace. With his face scarred fulfilling his military...

Is a man's birthright the most important thing in life, or should he chase the ghosts of his past…Evan Harcourt Richard Hubley—or Captain Buckthorne to those who know him well—is the true heir to the recently deceased Duke of Bettington. Home to England from a series of unfortunate events that kept him away, he has two objectives while in London. One, claim his title and assume the ducal role, and two, kill his half-brother who ensured in a few different ways that he would...

When life is horrid without hope, it's time to change the status quo in whatever way possible…The year is 1807 and Lady Angelica Coatesfield, Duchess of Tittleford, wishes she were anyone but who she is. Married to a duke isn't everything wonderful the beau monde makes it out to be, especially when that duke has beaten and abused her for the duration of their twenty-year union. Trapped in her gilded, hellish cage, the only respite is seeing Mr. Marsden, her husban...

Wanting more than what life has given isn't shameful despite one's past… Lady Nora Latham has been a widow for over three years, and there was absolutely no sorrow when her husband passed. One fateful night, she is caught in the rain in an unfamiliar part of Mayfair, and the townhouse where she takes refuge lands her firmly within the Blue Ruin Society. It changes her life as well as her thinking; she doesn't need a man.Something different might prove disastrous to one...

In the shallow but structured world of London's beau monde, differences aren't tolerated.It's 1813, and in the English countryside, Miss Esme Moore is bored to flinders. Originally sent to her father's manor for her health, she lingered there for years because the thought of being in society filled her with horrid dread and anxiety. On a midsummer night, she spies something both fascinating and frightening in the moonlit woods, and it changes the course of her life forever...

Fulfilling a lifetime mission is much more fun when romance is woven into the adventure.The Honorable Charlotte Blakely is closing in on the actual location of the Veil of Veronica, carrying on her beloved late grandfather's quest. Satisfying his last wish is all she's ever wanted from life… until the possibility of a courtship with the handsome English ambassador to Rome made itself known. But does love mean giving up her hard-won independence?Mr. Everett Desmond ...

Sometimes, the romance of a lifetime starts with one perfect night.It's the year 1885 and the world has just begun giving up its ancient secrets. Miss Charlotte Blakely is a librarian in Rome. She's researching evidence of the fabled Veil of Veronica, but her time abroad is drawing to a close. Her viscount father is dying and has called his children home, yet a chance encounter with a stranger one balmy night might change her direction.Mr. Everett Desmond is the En...

Self-confirmed spinster Miss Anne Deighton wants to match her younger sister to a gentleman and see her happily married before settling into her fate… for her own previous two engagements failed.Quiet Reginald Marleigh, Viscount Ingleby, has come to the Wiltshire countryside to attend May Day festivities… and to turn his attention to the responsibilities of his title.Yet during the four days of the country festival, there are all too many opportunities for mischief and stol...

When destiny calls, you can run, or stand and fight for what you've always wanted. Either way you'll have no choice but to change.Mrs. Ava Southerly, apothecary assistant and widow, lives in fear. She's become an expert at hiding to keep second sight visions at bay. In the year 1885, such things as witches surely don't exist anymore, regardless of her ancestry. If she doesn't emotionally engage her heart, those otherworldly powers will stay dormant and the people she cares...

When life becomes overwhelming, perhaps the only solution is to indulge in sin and scandal…Benedict Ormandy, Marquess of St. Synedon, has washed his hands of living. Long ago he retreated to his country estate in the Lake District after losing his only son tore him apart. Nestled within the hills and lakes, he keeps himself aloof from everything, for he no longer has the will to continue. When he accidentally comes upon a woman pitched from a gig, his outl...

Stubborn hearts might be the last to fall, but when the hard tumble comes, it'll last forever.Jonathan Banshire, Viscount Trewellain, has become a bitter, sarcastic lord and against anything remotely smacking of romance. Though engaged to a woman whose hand he'd won in a game of cards years ago, he hasn't thought of her in years. But he's also a king's agent, and as his duty to the Crown, he's being sent to Spain to track down a missing peer. He goes to escape his personal...