A man cannot escape the sins of his past, but he can build a new future…Edwin Coatesville, the "Duke" of Nottingham, is floundering. Though his title is honorary, he's a disreputable man who has lost everything. One autumn evening, he spies his former wife with another man at a ball, and they are quite chummy. Years have passed since the contretemps that led to their shocking divorce, but possession and revenge drive him, yet he wants nothing more than to regain some of hi...

Be careful what you wish for; it may just come true.Miss Hannah Masterson is hopelessly on the shelf. Well past the first and second blooms of youth, and possessed of a curvaceous figure, she has grown weary of being bedeviled by her family about when she'll wed. At her thirtieth birthday dinner, she blurts out something she can't take back—the Duke of Steppingford has fallen madly in love with her and that they'll be married within the next few months. No one need know sh...

Unexpected surprises have the sweetest impact.Emmaline, the Countess of Archewyne, is looking forward to Christmas Day. She and her family are assembled at their Cairo estate, and though she misses London and all the hustle and bustle and the snow, there is something endearing about the holiday away, for romance—and love—is always just around the corner.Miles Lawrence Hawkins, the fifth Earl of Archewyne, is wrapping up the paperwork and packing as a result of a su...

When the quest for power threatens to put an end to adventuring, only belief in each other can save them.Two weeks after nearly losing her scandalous earl to a fire, Lady Emmaline Darling is finally marrying him. Almost six months pregnant, all she wants is to enjoy London with her soon-to-be husband and their growing family. Yet this morning isn't just the dawn of a new adventure in wedded bliss, Miles has pledged to be a second in a duel, which might compromise the new u...

Christmastide means dancing, kisses in the snow… and murder most foul.Ever since May Day, the Honorable Caroline Ives has felt at sixes and sevens, partially due to the mercurial courtship from a certain handsome, if grouchy major, and partially because she's been anxious to discover where she fits in the beau monde. What society deems proper isn't what sets her soul on fire, but lending a hand to the major to solve mysteries—and enjoying his kisses—is. She wants ...

Real life crime solving can certainly put a damper on a romance.The heated dog days of summer are making everyone grumpy. When the biggest gossip in Newburg, Indiana ends up dead—with Sam Arnold's dad the prime suspect—things get hotter. It's been a month and a half since she helped bring down a bad guy. Maybe it's time to try her hand at a new case, especially since her boyfriend is out of town.Special Agent Mitchell has been saddled with a sexy, driven partner wh...

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...

He's made a name for himself with his fists, but will he fight for her?For far too many years, Hugh Tetford—Earl of Hazelton—has enjoyed his bachelorhood by surrounding himself with fellow club members from the Rogue's Arcade and prowling London with those brothers-in-arms. As he continues to ignore the responsibilities to his title in favor of indulging in illegal boxing in his leisure time, a valuable piece of jewelry with ties to his past suddenly comes into his possess...

When Sir Alexander Tattingham's traveling coach snaps an axle near the country estate of Lady Charlotte Tate—widowed Countess of Spencerford—suddenly the Christmastide season doesn't look so bleak. Possessed of mixed memories of past holidays, Charlotte isn't of a mind to celebrate this year, but when a handsome baronet knocks at her door needing shelter until the storm passes, she might change her mind. As forced proximity keeps the unlikely pair together, a valuable diamond necklace goes...

When presented with an opportunity to change, never doubt the serendipity of that boon.Cecil Pettijohn Fitzwilliam, Viscount Rockwell, is tired of living his life in shame. He was a deserter during the war with Napoleon because he couldn't bear to kill his fellow man, couldn't stomach the gruesome carnage, and he's refused to take up a weapon since. Now that rumors his ducal brother has started a nursery have reached his ears, longing for forgiveness from his brothers-in-a...

Some of the sweetest things are memories that life is built from.Miles Lawrence Hawkins, the fifth Earl of Archewyne, is on a rather urgent mission. He must visit the British Museum in London for the express purpose of finding and taking back an Egyptian relic that once belonged to his father, for it is needed on an upcoming dig. If he's fortunate, he'll have it in hand quickly and be on his way.Emmaline, the Countess of Archewyne, is thrilled that the new adventur...

When unexpected adventures are in the offing, it's best to jump in despite potential heartbreak.Michael Ashworth, Viscount of Winteringham, has been a widower and a father for nearly eight years. Living with grief and uncertainty as well as the after-affects from the war leave him drained, but he must be strong for the sake of his son. When he accidentally overhears a faint, whispered plea in the Reading Room at the British Museum in a feminine tone, it practically demands...