The Marquis of Milverton strides into White's in a high state of irritation as he is being pestered by his family to take a suitable girl for his wife. He is not surprised to find that his aristocratic friends are suffering the same pressure and they gather together to complain about their plight. They are all having affairs with seductive married ladies, and the marquis himself is very much involved with a glamorous countess. However, they all recognise that they will have to marry eventually to carry on their ancestral titles. Listening to their grumbling is the Duke of Sandelford. …

Beautiful young Araminta Sinclair’s world is turned topsy turvy when her brother Sir Harry loses 600 pounds at cards to the ruthless Marquis of Wayne. It seems that all is lost, but then Araminta has an idea! Using the superb culinary skills with which her epicure father endowed her and with the help of her uncle, General Sir Alexander Bracknell, she will earn the money to repay her brother’s debt of honour by posing as a chef. When her uncle boasts that his mysterious new cook rivals even the legendary Carême, the Prince Regent’s chef, the gentlemen at White’s cannot …

Queen Victoria sends for the Duke of Sherbourne and asks him to undertake a very secret mission on her behalf. It is so secret that only his loyal valet, Jenkins, is told. The duke agrees and it takes him to Greece where he had not been for some years. He visits King George, whom he has known in the past. George has been very successful as king, although he was only 18 when he took over the throne. He is married to Princess Olga of Russia and they are extremely happy. The Duke envies them and though he has been …

Returning home from France, Robina Melville finds surprises awaiting her, and not all of them pleasant. Almost immediately it becomes clear that the familiar surroundings of Trentham House are not the sanctuary that she hoped for, and she soon feels unwanted and alone. Still in mourning for her beloved mama and shocked by the changes in her father, Robina struggles to come to terms with all that she has lost. Alongside this, her stepmother, the new Lady Melville, seems intent on marrying off her to the wealthiest suitor, regardless of Robina’s wishes. A chance encounter with a childhood friend, the …

The Duke of Buckhurst, handsome, wealthy, a brilliant horseman, and known to everyone as Buck, has sworn that he will never marry. Cutting a swathe through the sophisticated beauties of the Beau Monde, who are drawn to his sardonic charm like social butterflies to a bright light, he has only one requirement for his amours: that they are safely married to someone else. That is until he discovers that his heir apparent, his dissolute cousin Edmund, has married an actress. Horrified that a common showgirl will become the next duchess and bring his family name into disrepute, the duke is …

King Maximilian of Valdastien, handsome, clever but with a well-deserved reputation as a ladies' man, is under pressure from his prime minister to leave behind his bachelor ways, get married, and produce an heir as soon as possible. Despite the fact that he vowed never to marry, with political unrest in Europe and encroaching danger from the Prussians, the king reluctantly decides to visit the surrounding countries to seek a suitable queen. Meanwhile, beautiful but tempestuous Princess Zita flies across the alpine countryside of neighbouring Aldross on her dazzling horse Pegasus. Full of a fire that matches the stunning flame …