s she approached the shack she saw a strange man sitting on her doorstep, reading a book like he had every right in the world to be there. She slowed her pace, her heart hammering in her ears, and did a quick mental revision of the rules. Which one had she infringed this time? Being incarcerated at Her Majesty’s pleasure does that to a person.
Released from a three-year prison sentence for embezzling millions of pounds from her stockbroker employers, Lauren Miller is out for revenge on the man who inveigled her into a life of crime. Nate Black, American investigative journalist, is writing a book about women who commit crimes that are out of character. He tracks Lauren down but she refuses to talk to him.
Jeff Williams, the man who manipulated Lauren, urgently needs to know what happened to the money. It disappeared at the time of Lauren’s arrest and he’s convinced she must have it. When she doesn’t approach him, he sets a chain of events in motion that rapidly spirals out of his control.
Accused of murder, Lauren turns to Nate, desperate for his help. They set up a daring sting operation, designed to snare Williams with his own greed but are unprepared for the blistering passion that ignites between them as they see their plan through to a daring conclusion that almost costs Lauren her life.
uspecting that her husband Mark is having an affair with her best friend, Susie Alexander flees to Shalimar, the country cottage where she was raised by her grandparents. Far from the opportunity to lick her wounds in solitude, Suzie is befriended by an array of people living in the nearby animal sanctuary and accosted by a gross individual who seems to think she owns Shalimar and wants to buy it from her. Mark meanwhile is desperate to get Suzie to come home but how can a high-flying lawyer, working to an impossible schedule, find the time to convince his wife that he's not playing away?
hen Lady Octavia Radleigh realizes that her ancestral home, Radleigh Manor, will have to to sold to cover her grandfather's crippling debts she'd gripped with an urgent desire to somehow save it. Jake Bentley, boy made good from the East End, has other ideas and vows to purchase Radleigh to prove to the world at large that he's made it. Octavia hatches a crazy scheme to turn Radleigh into an upmarket hotel aimed at the Americans. Now all she has to do is convince Jake to finance her scheme.
Sparks fly as opposites attract and forces beyond both their control seek to sabotage Octavia's efforts...