Just seventeen, Lady Caroline Faye is already the toast of the season and is accustomed to the ways of genteel society. So when notorious cad Sir Montagu Reversby offers to drive her in his phaeton from London to Sevenoaks, she innocently accepts, little knowing that he is planning to fake a broken axle so she will be forced to spend the night alone with him at a remote country inn. But Lady Caroline is made of sterner stuff than the predatory Sir Montagu imagined. Escaping his lecherous clutches, she finds refuge in the imperious Brecon Castle, only to discover that …

The Earl of Wentworth has a fiery and unpredictable temper and is about to fight a duel in Hyde Park with a Frenchman who has insulted him, when he is restrained by his friend, Sir Thomas Babbington, and a helpful policeman. At the same time, Temia Brandon is returning home from her finishing school in France and is longing to see her horse, Lightning. emia discovers that her father has been hiding a dark secret for many years and is now being blackmailed by the odious Lord Alphonse, who threatens to reveal the secret and ruin the family’s reputation. Lord …

When Lord Rupert Brooke and his wife are killed in an accident, their only child, Titania, is forced to live with her uncle, the Duke of Starbrooke, who had never approved of her father’s marriage and does not consider Titania grand enough to be a member of the Starbrooke family. Titania is forced to serve her cousin Sophie as a lady’s maid. Sophie is to marry Prince Frederick of Velidos, a small country in the Balkans, and Titania is taken with her to pander to her every whim. Titania is brokenhearted leaving behind her horse, which she adores and her …

The handsome and aristocratic diplomat Lord Athelstan knows he is heading for trouble on his mission to the Caucasus to investigate how long the legendary Shamyl, the Imam of Daghestan, can hold out against the invading Russians. But little does he expect to be faced with another kind of conflict, with a beautiful young hostage imprisoned in the Imam’s stronghold. The lovely Natasha is only 19 and she was seized along with a royal party by the Imam’s followers and held for ransom against the release of the Imam’s only son by the Russians. Orphaned, she has no hope of …

Lord Robert Templeton is adamant that the responsibilities of his newly inherited earldom are not for him. Leaving his family home, Ledbury Hall, in the capable hands of his younger brother Alec, he plunges headfirst into the heady delights of London nightlife. But his carousel of gambling, drinking, and selfish pleasure is cut short and he is forced to return to home. Disenchanted by the society beauties that relentlessly pursue his handsome face and title, and willfully ignoring the attentions of an attractive but overbearing widow, the earl swears he will never marry. Feeling doomed to a life in the …

When fog leaves the Duke of Marazion stranded at a bleak inn, he soothes his restless soul with a brandy, a book, and a roaring fire. A glittering figure amongst London Society, the rich and handsome duke has everything he could ever want, apart from true love. As he sits, determined to continue his journey as soon as possible, he cannot foresee the consequences of answering a late night knock at his door. Astonished to find a young woman alone and in distress, he naturally takes on the role of her rescuer. Calming her frightened tears, he discovers that lovely …

The handsome and debonair Marquis of Raventhorpe is known throughout the Beau Monde as something of a ladies’ man, until he falls under the spell of society beauty Lady Sarah Chessington. When he arrives at the Earl of Chessington-Crewe’s house to propose, he realises that Lady Sarah wants him only for his wealth and position, so he leaves in a fury, vowing he will never marry. By the wayside, he encounters and exquisite beauty, different from any woman he has ever met. In fact, she looks like an angel who has just fallen from heaven by mistake. She is the …

Wealthy businessman John Gardner counts his wife, the widowed Countess Napier, as his finest possession. Beautiful, refined, and a devoted mother, the countess has the one thing that all his money cannot buy: a place in society. When she dies still grieving for her first husband, the volatile Mr Gardener decides that his stepdaughter, Lady Selina, should become his passport into the titled classes. Eager to fit into a world that values birthright over cash, he decides to marry her off to the highest bidder. But he hasn’t bargained for his vivacious stepdaughter’s willful defiance. Selina flees the harsh discipline …

Eugenia Dovedale's father had been high steward to the Marquis of Buckbury. After her father's unexpected death, Eugenia has to leave Paragon, the family's beautiful and much loved cottage on the estate. She and her mother now live uncomfortably with her great-aunt Cloris in London as they could not afford anywhere else. Mrs Dovedale hopes her daughter will make a good marriage to improve their position. She is thrilled when the marquis returns from France and begins to show interest in Eugenia. However, Eugenia is determined to marry for love and dreams of being swept off her feet. She resists …