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Near destitute after the sudden death of her wastrel husband, Lady Pipworth must find a way to support herself and her young nieces until her brother returns home to assume his role as head of the family. Thanks to her three brothers who raised her, Adalia's one outstanding skill in life is gambling, and with a dower house now at her disposal, plans to fill the coffers - scandal begetting or not - begin to take shape.

Riddled with debt after her husband's death, Lady Vandestile spent years rebuilding her life - a life free of any entanglements with men that would only betray her. But pity has its place. And after fronting funds to the wayward brother of her dearest friend, Lady Vandestile wakes in the morning to find Lord Alton has lost an enormous sum - enough to threaten the very existence of her exclusive gaming house. Enough to threaten her future. A future she once thought never to have.

Miss Tabitha Chesworth is walking down the aisle for the third time, but never as the bride. Frustrated with being passed over, there's nothing that a well-born lady can do about it. But at four and twenty, she's starting to worry that this is her lot in life - until a fiery encounter with the Duke of Axwick. Richard St Maur, sixteenth in his line, has sworn an oath never to marry.

When a half-frozen young girl is discovered on the country estate of Viscount Clavering, he is unaware his past will soon come crashing through his doors. Five years ago, Maxmillian's life spiraled into a life of debauchery and self-destruction after his position as a third son was deemed unsuitable for the hand of a duke's daughter.

Always the widow and never again the bride—her one chance of happiness lost… Mrs. Elizabeth Howard had believed her marriage to be a love match; she was wrong. So when a stranger offers her something she simply cannot refuse, she consoles herself with the knowledge that no one will ever know. Until nine months later. Because after her husband dies and leaves her a widow, Elizabeth does have some perks. She's well-respected, of course, and no one questions whether the child is a Howard or not…

War ripped them apart. Fate will bring them back together. After losing track of Bridget during the war on the continent, Hunter Crawford has spent two years scouring England to find the only woman he’s ever loved. His search futile, he finally, bitterly, gives up hope, and ceases his search for her. One rule. Don’t fall in love with a soldier. Going into war to help her surgeon father on the edges of the Napoleonic battlefields was an easy decision for Bridget Morton. Her father’s only rule? Do not fall in love with a soldier.

Heartbroken after the death of his eccentric lover, Jenks is left to care for Mutt’s beloved pets on a lovely but isolated estate. With only the animals for company and rejected years earlier by his family when he left school to be with his lover, Jenks worries he’s fading from the world - until one misty morning when he discovers a half-drowned man on the bank of the river. And not just any man, but one who may have been the victim of an attempted murder. James Griffin is respectable and married...and has buried his true passion his entire life.

Her husband lost in the war, Nicolina Callison spent a year grieving for the love of her life. Grief that gripped her until the day her husband walked in front of her on a London street...One abandoned wife. One rogue soldier. And the twist of fate that can bring them back together, if they dare to allow it.

Alexander, el Duque de Caershire, no esperaba atrapar a una mujer medio ahogada en el Támesis, pero parece que hay poco que hacer salvo ayudar a la desañalida mujer a volver a casa. Teresa Metcalfe, cortesana de los ricos y famosos, sabe reconocer a un tonto cuando lo ve, pero sus instintos de robarle se desvanecen cuando descubre por qué él estaba caminando por los muelles esa noche.

Pierre d'Épiluçon nunca esperó dejar Francia, y mucho menos huir para salvar su vida. Tras perder el control de su embarcación, el noble de veintiocho años es rescatado por la hija de un pescador. Helena, desesperada por escapar de su propia versión de la lamentable prisión de las expectativas familiares, trata de ayudar a Pierre a recuperar la salud mientras que su clase social opuesta, y sus opiniones políticas, chocan. La creciente atracción entre ellos, por supuesto, parece tener una sola cura...

James, Viscount of Paendly, has had enough of women. Bored with his traditional, constrained life as a Viscount, he is on his way home with nothing but 27 years of life experience to his credit. The one thing he could never have predicted was the entrance of Miss Rowena - known to him as Rebecca - entering the carriage, raging about an elopement gone wrong and desperate to save her reputation.

Lord George Northmere está cansado de su solitaria existencia y toma la decisión radical de ir en contra de la sociedad y las reglas de la sociedad, y buscar consuelo en los brazos de una cortesana. Pero en sus treinta años, nunca ha conocido a nadie como la ardiente señorita italiana Florence Capria.