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Grit, determination, and a will of steel have propelled Hudson Stone through life. No case he faced as Chief Inspector at Scotland Yard went unsolved. But nothing could have prepared the implacable investigator for inheriting a dukedom. Even more maddening than his ducal obligations is Lady Elysande Collingwood, the previous Duke of Wycombe’s betrothed. Worst of all, the debts Hudson has been bequeathed along with the title mean he needs to marry an heiress to save his estates from ruin, and the cheerful, dazzling Lady Elysande is the only one he knows. 

He’s an unrepentant sinner, East End rogue, and devoted charmer of anything in petticoats. But Rafe Sutton has one small problem: he cannot seem to recall what happened between himself and one delectable, surly governess. He woke in her bed with the devil’s own headache and no memory of the evening before. Now, he’s on a mission to unravel the mystery, for the sake of his pride and for the honor he had not previously believed he possessed.

Lady Emma Morgan is desperate. After her father's gambling debts leave her family in penury, she settles upon the only solution to preserving her younger sister's chance for future happiness. Already deemed unmarriageable from a scandal in her first season, Emma will sell herself to the highest bidder. Hart Sutton is a merciless rogue. When he learns of a possible connection between the Earl of Haldringham and his missing brother, Hart puts a plan into motion to ruin the man. He buys the earl's eldest daughter's innocence on the auction block with every intention of destroying her.

With his impeccable reputation and undeniable good looks, Garrick Weir, Viscount Lindsey, heir to the Duke of Dryden, has earned his place at the apex of fashionable London society. Every lady on the marriage mart wants him as her prize, and every young fop wants to be him. When his foolish younger brother declares his intention to marry a devious East End fortune hunter, Garrick is appalled. He vows to do everything in his power to stop the mésalliance from occurring.

Lily Sutton has been running wild for years beneath her siblings’ noses. Born and raised in the rookeries, she is not afraid of anything or anyone. And she is most certainly not cowed by arrogant scoundrels like the owner of London’s most prestigious shop, Bellingham and Co. She is determined to right the wrongs of her world, even if it means resorting to devious methods, such as absconding with some overpriced fripperies and baubles.

Logan Sutton lives in the shadowy underworld of London, rooting out evil before it can strike. He’s a nameless enigma prowling the streets to keep the innocent safe. His next mission? Seducing a beauty with ties to the villains he’s out to destroy. It ought to be simple: learn her secrets and then never see her again. Yet, there’s something about the midnight-haired temptress that won’t allow him to walk away.

Dubbed 'Lady Scandal' thanks to her gossip-stirring past, Portia Fairhaven, the widowed Countess of Blakewell, is no stranger to rumors and innuendos. Although freed of her unhappy marriage, she is still forced to maintain as spotless a reputation as she can manage for the sake of her son. That is, until a desperate search for her lost half brother takes her to the darkest depths of London’s underworld and straight into the arms of one brawny, undeniably handsome East End rogue.

Felix Markham, Duke of Winchelsea, has devoted his life to being the perfect statesman and raising his daughter after his beloved wife’s death. But when devastating bombings on the railway leave London in an uproar, he is determined to bring the mastermind of the attacks to justice. He will lure the fox from his den by any means. In her youth, Johanna McKenna donned a French accent and stage name to escape the clutches of her violent father and became the darling of the New York City stage as Rose Beaumont.

Miss Isabella Hilgrove, proprietress of the Ladies' Typewriting School, prides herself on the quality of her staff. After the Duke of Westmorland sacks the third typist she has sent him in as many days, she's not just outraged, she's determined to put the arrogant bully in his place. Benedict Manning, Duke of Westmorland, is having the worst week of his life. A bomb has exploded on London Bridge, the Special League is unraveling, and he cannot seem to find a secretary who is not a spineless watering pot.

Lady Isolde Collingwood's future was happily secured until the man she intended to marry threw her over for another woman. Heartbroken and betrayed, she has every intention of running wild across London and setting polite society on its ear. But when she becomes embroiled in a scandal with a wicked earl, there's only one way to solve her latest dilemma if she wants to protect her sisters: marriage. 

One reckless moment was all it required for Lady Julianna Somerset to lose her innocence to her best friend’s brother. When he broke her heart, she fled London to heal her wounded pride. But a desperate change in circumstance has forced her to return. In a cruel twist of fate, the man who ruined her may be the only one who can save her.

The Marquess of Greymoor has possessed a great many titles in his life, but there is none he despises more than the one he unexpectedly inherited as a lad. Call him what you like, Grey has never fit the societal mold. Instead, he is unabashedly determined to live by his own set of rules. Which is why, when a mysterious and lovely housekeeper attracts his attention, he makes her the offer of a lifetime: one month of sin with him in return for a tidy fortune.

Ein Fehler mit Folgen. Nell, Lady Needham, hat sich nach dem schlimmen Verrat durch ihren Mann mit wilden Partys abgelenkt. Ihr skandalöser Ruf scheint ihr egal zu sein. Doch in Wahrheit sehnt sie sich nach einer liebevollen Ehe und einer eigenen Familie. Den richtigen Mann hat sie auch schon gefunden. Jetzt muss sie nur noch den Marquess of Needham davon überzeugen, in die Scheidung einzuwilligen ... Vor drei Jahren ruinierte Jack, Marquess of Needham, im betrunkenem Zustand seine Ehe. Aus Scham und um seine Frau nicht noch mehr zu kompromittieren hat er sich seither von ihr ferngehalten.

Georgiana, Herzogin von Leeds, hat ihren Mann nicht mehr gesehen, seit er sie am Tag ihrer Hochzeit sitzengelassen hat, um an der Jagd teilzunehmen. Doch sie ist keine Frau, die einem abspenstigen Gatten nachtrauert. Erfüllung findet sie darin, sich um streunende Katzen und Hunde auf Londons Straßen zu kümmern. Bis dann der Herzog zurückkehrt und sie die Wahrheit über seine Abwesenheit erfährt. Und plötzlich fällt es Georgina schwer, ihren Gemahl weiterhin für einen arroganten Tölpel zu halten.

Lady Clementine Hammond may be polite society’s most notorious matchmaker, but she’s perfectly happy remaining unattached herself. A series of unfortunate missteps at a country house party, however, leaves her with no choice but to feign an engagement to the last man in all England she’d ever want to marry—the annoyingly handsome Marquess of Dorset.

Scarlett Moffatt is obsessed by the unsolved and the unexplained. But her boyfriend Scott Dobinson is more sceptical, preferring facts and evidence to her bizarre conspiracy theories.

Lügen haben schöne Beine. Die amerikanische Erbin Daisy Vanreid versucht verzweifelt der Heirat mit einem alten, unattraktiven Aristokraten zu entkommen, die ihr Vater für sie eingefädelt hat. Sie würde alles tun, um diesem Elend zu entgehen - sogar den berüchtigten Duke of Trent in eine Ehe drängen. Dass sie jedoch nach der Hochzeit ihr Herz an ihren gutaussehenden Ehemann verliert, gehörte nicht zu ihrem Plan.

Maskenball der Liebe. Maggie, die Marchioness of Sandhurst, ist in einer lieblosen Zweckehe gefangen. Zwar hat sie ihren Mann Simon nur wegen des Adelstitels geheiratet, doch sie hatte nicht damit gerechnet, dass er sie überhaupt nicht anrührt und sich einfach aus dem Staub macht. Nach einem Jahr des Wartens hat Maggie genug von der Langeweile und fasst einen Plan, um ihrem Schicksal zu entkommen. Sie muss nur den Skandal des Jahrhunderts heraufbeschwören - und dabei ein bisschen Spaß haben.

Wenn Pflicht zum Vergnügen wird. Als Victoria sich in den Earl of Pembroke verliebt, hätte sie nie gedacht, dass er sie heiratet und dann auf sein Landgut abschiebt, während er in der Stadt das Leben genießt. Als er zurückkehrt, um ihr zu zeigen, dass er sich wirklich geändert hat, denkt sie nicht im Traum daran, es ihm einfach zu machen. Sie hat weder vor ihm zu verzeihen, noch ihm zu vertrauen, geschweige denn ihn zu küssen. Doch Letzteres ist gar nicht so einfach... Will, Earl oft Pembroke, hatte immer nur ein Ziel: seinen abscheulichen Vater durch seine vielen Skandale zu kompromittieren.