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February 1816. Fabien, Comte de Mont Clair, once a highly decorated officer of the exiled Napoleon, cuts a dashing swathe through a London society ball, his eyes only for the glittering ladies of the ton. His heart jolts at the sight of a woman sitting in a shadowed corner. Not just any woman, but one he would have once given the world for.

Daisy Hastings has always thought she was born in the wrong era. So when she bags a summer job at the Tower of London helping to run their Knight school, it feels like a step in the right direction. Theodore ‘Teddy’ Fairfax is a loose cannon. A disgraced distant relative of the royal family, he’s tall, dark and now (begrudgingly) helping with the Tower of London’s summer programme – and there’s nowhere he’d like to be less. When Teddy’s oath to be an obstruction almost gets Daisy fired, she declares war. But as the two cross swords, they start to discover they both need a little rescuing.

After the Battle of Waterloo and the subsequent Army of Occupation in France, the Earl of Monthurst returns to his ancestral home in England to find it in a very bad condition. Because labour had not been available during the war, The Hall, which goes back to Tudor times, was badly in need of repair, while the farms on his extensive estate were untenanted and the fields unploughed. The Earl had unwisely brought back with him a French Comtesse who was very beautiful and possessive and was obviously determined that he should marry her.

Philéas Bourbon-Orléans est un trentenaire séduisant mais terriblement arrogant. À son statut et sa prestance s'ajoute un magnétisme naturel, auquel aucune célibataire en âge de se marier ne peut résister. Entre deux scandales familiaux provoqués par son frère cleptomane, sa sœur nymphomane et les événements courants de la vie politique, Philéas gère sa vie de dauphin de France avec panache et cynisme. Confrontée aux souvenirs et à la possibilité d'un destin royal, Avril devra choisir : sacrifier sa carrière ou son amour ?

Handsome, silver-tongued Lord Randall doesn't always get along with his bank partner, the financially brilliant Isabella St. Vincent. When their two-faced partner commits fraud and runs, Randall and Isabella pursue, finding wicked adventure and love along the way. Posing as anarray of far-fetched characters and pursued by crooked police and a powerful railroad baron, the Randall and Isabella discover the only person they can trust with their lives—and their love—is one another.

Nach einem Jahr des Schmerzes und Verlustes ist Elisabeth von Harlington bereit, ihr Leben neu zu beginnen. Der tragische Tod ihres geliebten Bruders und der Skandal um ihren Vater haben tiefe Narben hinterlassen, doch die zarten Bande, die sie mit Cedric, dem besten Freund ihres Bruders, knüpft, schenken ihr neue Hoffnung. Gerade als Lizzy beginnt, sich auf diese aufkeimende Liebe einzulassen, wird Harlington von einer unfassbaren Katastrophe erschüttert. Eine monarchiefeindliche Gruppierung verübt mehrere grausame Attentate, und Lizzy und Cedric geraten mitten ins Chaos.

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 is told. The Duke agrees and it takes him to Greece. He visits King George who is the same age as he is and whom he has known in the past. He has been a great success as King, although he was only eighteen when he took over the throne and he is married to Princess Olga of Russia and they are extremely happy. The Duke envies them and, although he has been pursued by a great number of beautiful women in London, he has never yet fallen in love.

When the Duke of Barningforde was told by his second son, Alastair, that he had married an actress in Paris without his approval, he exiled Alastair from England with only a very small allowance. His wife, Grace, actually came from a good Scottish family and was not an actress, but had a very fine soprano voice and sang with a famous French orchestra. But the Duke would not listen and Alastair and Grace never again set foot in their homeland.

Alexa doesn't feel loved. She feels like she will always be alone. Angelo enters her life and he gives her an escape from her feelings of loneliness. He seems like the perfect man for her. But she keeps a secret from him. She's a princess! Can she keep both her family and Angelo? Will she finally feel loved?

The youngest of the four princes, Sorin has waited for the chance to search out his mate. Now, it's his time to do his duty - a duty he refuses to fail at. Not even the magical Tnargs, who are trying to kill his mate, will stand in his way. But the Tnarg is one step ahead of him. Sorin has to convince his mate of what he is and where he comes from. Will the unmistakable attraction they share be enough to convince her to leave all that she knows for a magical kingdom?

London society knows Lady Isabel Morrow as a proper widow, the devoted guardian to a young ward since her art dealer husband's violent death. No one would guess that Isabel discovered his scandalous secrets—and coped by sharing a passionate night with Callum Jenks, the handsome Bow Street Runner investigating the case. Callum plunges into the ceaseless grind of his work, never expecting to see Isabel again. Yet crime brings them together once more, as Isabel seeks Callum's help when another potential scandal threatens her ward's prospects.