While staying at Lady Merrill’s French Riviera villa, flame-haired American heiress Nevada van Arden passes her time by casually breaking the hearts of her many ardent suitors, particularly that of young David, Lord Merrill. When his uncle, intrepid explorer and diplomat Tyrone Strome, overhears her cruel humiliation of his lovelorn nephew, he resolves to teach this vixen a lesson and save David from his misery. Tyrone abducts Nevada, spiriting her away in his luxury yacht to Morocco. There the reluctant voyager, swaddled in native clothing, is terrified by the perils of the Sahara and its nomadic tribesmen. As they flee …

After the death of the kindly old Earl of Yardecombe, Oscar, the brash and pleasure-seeking new earl seems to care little for the people of the parish, let alone for the plight of young Dorina Stanfield, her widowed father, and their impoverished family at the rundown vicarage. Dorina’s opinion of this raffish gentleman is lower still when she hears of lewd goings-on with his flamboyant friends at the manor. Confronting his lordship, Dorina is stunned to find him chastened by her accusations. Everything changes when Dorina overhears the earl’s wicked heir’s satanic incantations, summoning the devil to murder his lordship.

The beautiful Elissa Valentine has no idea what lies in store for her after the death of her beloved Papa, who was a talented artist. She travels to Yorkshire to start a new life at Fellbrook Towers as a companion to her fearsome grandmother, Lady Hartwell. She soon discovers that the luxurious lifestyle at The Towers is under threat from the wild gambling of her handsome and impetuous cousin, Falcon. When Elissa saves the day by predicting the winning horse in a big race, Falcon showers her with gifts and proposes marriage. But she cannot accept his offer because the …

London socialite and friend of King George IV, the Duke of Strathnarn enjoys his London life, so he is resentful when he inherits from his hated father the title and responsibilities of chieftain of the Clan McNarn. Arriving bitterly angry in the highland fiefdom he fled as a youth, he’s faced with a terrible dilemma. To free his young nephew and heir from the clutches of his clan’s mortal enemies, the Kilcraigs, he must marry Clola, the daughter of their fearsome chieftain. He complies with bad grace, but refuses even to look his young bride in the face, so certain …

Simona Bell, the lovely daughter of Lord Belgrave, has been invited by her friend, Karoline von Honentaal to stay with her family in Berlin. Simona finds that Karoline’s father, the baron, owns an amazing collection of art. Alone for a moment, she finds her way into the Baron’s private sanctuary, where she admires an unusual sedan chair. Hearing voices and frightened she might be discovered, she slips into the chair and closes the door. The baron and another man enter the room and Simona overhears them discussing an Englishman called Watson, who has been working on a new naval gun …

At the Battle of Worcester in 1651, Prince Charles with 13,000 troops, both English and Scottish, is heavily defeated by Oliver Cromwell and flees to France. Clive More escapes the battlefield to a friendly house and is saved from Cromwell’s men by the nanny of 9-year-old Alissa. After the prince is restored to the throne as King Charles II in 1660, Alissa, her father the Earl of Dalwaynnie, her stepmother, and her stepsister Nancy, move to London. The king, grateful for the earl’s support, gives them apartments at the Royal Palace of Whitehall. Clive More, who is now the Marquis …

Valda lives a life of luxury with her mother and stepfather in a beautiful château in France. Educated in Paris and enjoying all that French society can offer, Valda’s English roots seem a very distant memory. That is until the day her stepfather declares that in true French style he is planning an arranged marriage for her. Horrified at the thought of marrying a complete stranger, she knows it is impossible for her to go along with her stepfather’s wishes, no matter how angry he will be. Much as she loves him, she has inherited her late father’s lively intelligent …

The Duke of Brockenhurst, bored by society and cynical about the beautiful women who cast themselves before him in a desperate bid to become his duchess, accepts a wager to ride from London to York alone and incognito. Outraged by the suggestion that he has lost his verve and the command he once had distinguishing himself in the Army, he decides to reflect on his future, whilst setting himself the challenge to move amongst ordinary people undetected. Valora Melford is bereaved of her beloved father and left in the care of her grasping stepmother. Determined to force her lovely stepdaughter …

Although Chandra’s father Professor Barnard Wardell is the world’s most distinguished Sanskrit scholar, his earnings are barely enough to support him, his daughter, and their faithful servant Ellen. So when the dashing Lord Damon Frome invites him on a highly paid expedition to Nepal, it is a godsend. But, having spent much of his advance, the professor is struck down by a heart attack. So, to the fury of the woman-hating Lord Frome, demure young Chandra arrives in Nepal in her father’s place. An arduous journey through Nepal’s mountains follows, during which Chandra is entrusted with a sacred treasure by …

When John Chester returns to England after suddenly inheriting a dukedom, his life changes forever, but he didn't know just how much. Gina Wilton is like a breath of fresh air, but she is also everything John disapproves of in a young women: independent, assertive, and always ready to contradict him. Yet she has ideas about restoring his dilapidated castle, and he needs her help. The more they are together, the more he notices how pretty she is, how witty and sparkling. How can he believe Gina is attracted to him when she produces an heiress and advises him to …

For years Celina Storton has been in love with Robin, the Earl of Torrington, but he spends his time in Paris pursuing beautiful women, and the more the merrier. Then his mother’s illness forced him to return to England, where she demands that he marry quickly, as she does not have long to live. She has chosen his bride, Celina. He is horrified by this threat to his liberty, but since Celina is an old friend, he agrees. Only when the wedding is over does his mother reveal that she is not as ill as she had seemed. Furious at …

Young, happy, and deeply in love, the future looks rosy for beauty Lilliana Parker and her beau Robert, the dashing Earl of Sherborne. Their friends and family wait with baited breath for news of their inevitable engagement, certain that nothing can harm the charmed life of this golden couple. However, fate has other plans and the earl is called to rejoin his regiment in India on a mission that is both dangerous and vital to queen and country. Terrified of being apart, the sweethearts enter into a secret engagement, pledging to love each other always. Whilst he is away, Lilliana’s …