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Lady Margaret Wetherby has three great loves: silence, solitude, and her prize-winning English roses. At fifty-two, Margaret has cultivated a life as pristine and thorny as her garden. She has no patience for fools, no desire for a second husband, and absolutely no tolerance for the chaotic jungle currently sprouting over the garden wall of the neighboring estate. Captain Charles Pendeen didn’t survive the Napoleonic Wars to be told where to plant his rhododendrons. Retired, restless, and possessing a booming voice that frightens the local vicar, Charles attacks horticulture with military...

Lady Prudence Highcastle, a sheltered young duchess with a secret wild streak, accidentally stumbles into the notorious Earl of Ravenswood's private pleasure salon during her first London season. Rather than being scandalized, she's fascinated. The rakish earl, amused by her innocence yet intrigued by her boldness, makes her a proposition: he'll educate her in the carnal arts if she'll attend his exclusive "gatherings" disguised as a mysterious masked guest. What begins as lessons in pleasure escalates into an outrageous series of adventures as they navigate high society by day and ...

When sensible Miss Georgiana Plum discovers a satirical pamphlet titled "How to Catch a Husband in Twelve Regrettable Steps," she decides to follow its ridiculous advice as a private jest during the London Season. However, her increasingly absurd attempts at husband-hunting consistently attract the wrong man—Lord Redmayne, a notorious rake with a secret literary hobby. As Georgiana works through the pamphlet's outrageous steps, Lord Redmayne finds himself inexplicably drawn to this peculiar woman whose bizarre behavior masks a sharp wit and passionate nature that matches his own. What ...

At twenty-five, Lady Augusta Blackwood is firmly on the shelf, and perfectly content to stay there. With a razor-sharp tongue and a mind far too bold for polite society, she has little interest in marriage, and even less in the dull men who seek it. But everything changes with a single, scandalous proposition from the Duke of Harrington, London’s most infamous rake. Alexander Harrington is a man of many conquests and few regrets, yet beneath his wicked charm lies a soul wearied by empty liaisons and haunted by secrets. When he crosses paths with the unconventional Lady Augusta, he’s ...

In the hothouse of desire, even the most disciplined gardener can lose control… Lady Theodosia Winfield has always been devoted to her beloved gardens, her passion for rare blooms matched only by her refusal to bend to society’s expectations. But when the maddeningly meticulous Duke of Alnwick arrives next door—with his superior greenhouse, flawless orchids, and infuriating air of control—her carefully tended ambitions are suddenly in jeopardy. What begins as a rivalry over the Royal Horticultural Society’s coveted prize soon turns into something far more dangerous: an attraction ...

Once the cherished daughter of a respected and affluent family, Emma Haverleigh is left penniless and grieving after her father’s sudden downfall and death. Armed only with her sharp mind, thorough education, and biting wit, she is forced to seek employment as a governess—an unthinkable descent for a woman raised to attend salons, not serve in them. Her post takes her to the stately home of the Duke of Westmoreland, a brooding widower whose young daughter is as unruly as she is clever. Though Emma intends only to survive her new station with dignity, her quick tongue and fearless ...

When Lillian March accepts a post as governess in the bustling industrial town of Birmingham, she expects little more than a modest life of teaching and propriety. Instead, she finds herself in the eccentric household of Joseph Harcourt, a brilliant inventor whose intricate clockwork creations have made him wealthy—but not respectable. Joseph is everything polite society warns against: unconventional, outspoken, and utterly fascinating. As Lillian teaches his shy young ward, she begins to glimpse the tender man beneath the tinkering genius—and to imagine a life that defies every rule ...

Viscount Hawthorne makes a drunken wager at a scandalous masquerade ball: he bets he can seduce the next unmarried woman to walk through the door. That woman turns out to be Miss Arabella Fairweather, an outspoken bluestocking who’s attending her very first ball under protest. Rather than storm off, Arabella proposes a challenge of her own: if he can seduce her, he must then agree to marry her—and give her complete control of his estate. Let the games begin.

When intelligent but destitute Clara Davenport accepts a position as governess at the imposing Blackmoor Estate, she expects to find little more than stern duties and quiet solitude. Instead, she is drawn to the estate’s brooding master, the enigmatic Earl of Blackmoor, whose dark eyes and guarded heart intrigue her as much as they unsettle her. But whispers of tragedy haunt the grand halls—and Clara is warned never to set foot in the forbidden west wing. Unable to quell her curiosity, she finds herself tangled in the mystery of the Earl’s vanished wife and the secrets he keeps locked...

Miss Harriet Witherspoon inherits a grand estate… with one peculiar condition: she must spend thirty nights under the same roof as the (utterly infuriating) Captain Alec Hargrove, a war hero named in the late lord’s will for reasons no one quite understands. With only one bedroom warm enough to sleep in and servants who delight in matchmaking, the pair are soon stuck in a battle of wills, wit, and wildly inconvenient desire. To preserve her reputation—and keep the scandal sheets from circling—they agree to a false engagement. But thirty nights in the same house, with only one warm ...

Mrs. Louisa Northcott puts her heart into her pastry dough, but she keeps her dreams under lock and key. At forty-two, Louisa is the unacknowledged queen of Bath’s culinary scene. Her shop is always full, but her name is unknown outside the city limits. She has poured a lifetime of kitchen wisdom into a revolutionary manuscript—French Cooking for the English Hearth—only to have it stolen by a scoundrel of a publisher who intends to credit a famous male chef. Louisa is ready to give up, until a stranger collapses on her doorstep. Sir Julian Fane is the most feared food critic in London...

Lady Penelope Thornfield is everything a proper lady ought to be—on the surface. Beneath her refined exterior lies a sharp wit and a hidden appetite for the forbidden pages of scandalous novels. But when a chance encounter with the Duke of Ashbourne—London’s most infamous rake—threatens to expose her secret vice, she strikes a dangerous bargain: mutual blackmail for mutual benefit. What begins as a calculated game of desire quickly spirals into something far more perilous. Behind closed doors, Penelope and Julian burn through rules and reputations with every clandestine meeting. But...

He gave her his name. Now she wants his desire. In the glittering ballrooms and discreet drawing rooms of Regency England, Lady Eliza Pemberton plays the part of the dutiful duchess. But beneath her composed exterior lies a woman brimming with curiosity—and longing. When she discovers her husband’s hidden diary, filled with bold confessions of pleasure and forbidden encounters before their marriage, Eliza is not scandalized… she is awakened. Determined to claim the passion he once gave so freely to others, Eliza devises a daring plan to seduce her own husband. With each page, she ...

Once celebrated among London’s glittering elite, Lady Arabella Sinclair finds herself cast out, her reputation in tatters after a scandal she did not cause. With nowhere else to turn, she escapes to the wilds of Scotland, accepting the only post available to a woman of her fallen station: governess to the children of Callum MacLeod, the brooding laird of Glenbrae Castle. Glenbrae is a world apart—rugged, isolated, and governed by ancient feuds and whispered superstitions. Callum, a widower haunted by loss, is determined to keep his heart—and his family—safe from further sorrow. But ...

During a sultry summer house party at Thornfield Estate, the intelligent yet quietly yearning Lady Beatrice Harrington stumbles upon a hidden journal tucked behind a loose panel in the library. Bound in worn leather and filled with exquisitely detailed accounts of forbidden trysts and aching vulnerability, the diary consumes her. She suspects its anonymous author is none other than the enigmatic Lord James Ashworth, a man whose smoldering gaze hides more than society suspects. Unable to resist, Beatrice begins responding in the margins, revealing her own secret desires. When Lord Ashworth ...

Lady Cecilia Featherington arrives in London for her first Season with every intention of finding a respectable husband. But when she accidentally stumbles upon the Duke of Greystone’s scandalous library—and the Duke himself—her carefully laid plans begin to unravel in the most deliciously indecent ways. With each stolen encounter, Cecilia discovers a side of herself far more daring than society would ever permit. The Duke is infamous for his rakish appetites and an eyebrow-raising collection of erotic art, yet it’s Cecilia’s wit, boldness, and capacity for chaos that truly ...

One spoiled heiress. One scandalous pirate. One very inconvenient island. When notorious corsair Captain Nathaniel Drake seizes the ship of high-society rebel Clara Pembroke, he expects ransom and retaliation—not a hurricane, a shipwreck, and an uninhabited island where her only luggage is a trunk of ball gowns. Stranded together with one parrot, a dozen coconuts, and no patience, Clara and Nathaniel declare war over everything from fire-building to proper manners. Yet between storms, stolen laughter, and unlikely teamwork, irritation gives way to something far more dangerous: affection. ...

A young, reserved governess arrives at a grand estate to tutor the unruly son of a widowed lord. Beneath her prim exterior, she harbors a fascination with forbidden literature, secretly penning her own sensual tales. One stormy night, the lord discovers her hidden manuscripts, and instead of dismissing her, he demands she read them aloud. What begins as a tense recitation soon unravels into a mutual exploration of their repressed desires, with the flickering candlelight and creaking manor walls as their only witnesses.

At a masquerade ball hosted in a sprawling London townhouse, a mysterious woman in a crimson velvet mask catches the eye of a disillusioned barrister. She lures him through shadowed corridors to a hidden parlor, where an exclusive society gathers to indulge in whispered fantasies. Behind the anonymity of their masks, they shed the rigid propriety of Victorian society, and their encounter becomes a dance of power, seduction, and fleeting intimacy—leaving him haunted by her identity long after the night fades. Written in first person from the male POV.

A governess, a pirate, and far too much ink. Miss Beatrice Arbuthnot prides herself on order, punctuality, and proper conduct—so naturally, she’s mortified to discover she’s boarded a pirate ship by mistake. Captain Rory Finch, scourge of the Spanish Main (and reluctant grammar student), wanted a valuable hostage, not a sharp-tongued schoolmistress correcting his ransom notes. But as storms rage and tempers flare, Beatrice’s prim composure proves more disarming than any pistol. Soon she’s reorganizing his crew, redecorating his cabin, and threatening his reputation as a fearsome ...