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A Bittersweet Proposal

When Marcus Rothwell, Earl of Broadstairs, is forced to spend the night alone with Harriet Aston he willingly does the honourable thing. Harriet, not content with a marriage of convenience, determines to engage Marc's affections but before she can do so she is brutally attacked. Suspicion falls upon the dowager countess, who does not approve of Marc's choice of bride, but there is also the village beadle's unaccountable behaviour to be considered, as well as that of Marc's Machiavellian steward. Determined to protect Harriet, Marc delves deeper into the mystery surrounding her attack, forcing himself to examine his feelings for the woman he married on a whim, unaware that he too is in mortal danger.

The Carstairs Conspiracy

Abigail Carstairs suspects that someone is trying to kill her. As sole heir to the late Duke of Penrith's vast estate she can only surmise that her fortune is her aggressor's objective but cannot accept that any of her relations are culpable.
In desperation she turns to the notorious Lord Sebastian Denver. Unable to deny a lady in distress, Sebastian inveigles his way into Abbey's hunting lodge, where all the prime suspects are gathered but, distracted by his growing attraction towards Abbey, is unprepared when a further attempt is made on her life. Sebastian, putting aside his own feelings, must now delve into Abbey's past, laying a daring trap to expose the villians in a race against time to keep Abbey safe.

The Social Outcast

Eloise Hamilton, the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy CIT, knows that Society will never open its doors to the likes of her, so when Lord Richard Craven, heir to a dukedom, singles her out, she harbours no false illusions about the outcome.

Her neighbour, Harry Benson-Smythe, a formidable rakehell, is not only suspicious about Eloise's high-born admirer, but inexplicably jealous, too. It is only as Eloise and Harry work together to solve the mysterious abductions of local girls that Richard's true purpose becomes apparent, and Harry realizes that his feelings for Eloise go beyond the mere neighbourly. But Harry is expected to marry high and, anyway, he is already engaged to someone else.

Duty's Destiny

Those of you who have read Lady Hartley's Inheritance will recognize some of the characters in this book. Felix, Viscount Western, is infuriated to discover his father's shipping line is being used to smuggle ex-slaves out of The Indies and is determined to put a stop to the evil trade.

The man masterminding the scheme has a daughter, Saskia Eden, whom Felix is convinced is acting as her father's go-between. Before he even meets her, Felix is determined to dislike any woman cold-hearted enough to involve herself with such an iniquitous business. He travels incognito to the village at the centre of the smuggling ring, but gets far more than he'd bargained for.

After all, he hadn't anticipated that his true identity would become known any more than he'd expected to fall in love.

Lady Hartley's Inheritance

When Clarissa Hartley discovers her late husband's estate has been left to his illegitimate son she fears she has lost everything. Only her godmother's son, Luc, Lord Deverill, suspects fraud.

Compelled to work closely with the rakish earl, of whom she thoroughly disapproves, Clarissa becomes frustrated by his dictatorial attitude, and takes matters into her own hands. Plunged into a perilous situation by dint of Clarissa's stubbornness Luc must race against time if he is to rescue her.

But will he succeed?