On a splendid August afternoon Susanna Osbourne is introduced to the most handsome man she has ever seen . . . and instantly feels the icy chill of recognition. Peter Edgeworth, Viscount Whitleaf, is utterly charming-and seemingly una...

They meet in a ferocious snowstorm. She is a young teacher with a secret past. He is the cool, black-caped stranger who unexpectedly comes to her rescue. Between these two unlikely strangers, desire is instantaneous . . . and utterly ...

They meet in a ferocious snowstorm. She is a young teacher with a secret past. He is the cool, black-caped stranger who unexpectedly comes to her rescue. Between these two unlikely strangers, desire is instantaneous . . . and utterly ...

All of London is abuzz over the imminent arrival of Wulfric Bedwyn, the reclusive, cold-as-ice Duke of Bewcastle, at the most glittering social event of the season. Some whisper of a tragic love affair. Others say he is so aloof and p...

Growing up with four unruly brothers has made Freyja Bedwyn far bolder than most society ladies. From feisty manner to long, tumbling hair, Lady Freyja is pure fire-a woman who seeks both adventure and freedom. Adventure soon finds...

Growing up with four unruly brothers has made Freyja Bedwyn far bolder than most society ladies. From feisty manner to long, tumbling hair, Lady Freyja is pure fire-a woman who seeks both adventure and freedom. Adventure soon finds...

Young. Ravishing. Exquisitely marriageable. From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the glittering ballroom, Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. But wedlock is not on...

Young. Ravishing. Exquisitely marriageable. From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the glittering ballroom, Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. But wedlock is not on...

[Read by Davina Porter]Life is finally looking up for the poor relations. They have finally reached a position comfortable enough to allow them to consider offers to buy the hotel. Their hard-earned success, however, is in stark contr...

[Read by Davina Porter]Owing to an unfortunate wager made by Sir Philip, the poor relations are once again scrounging around for a plan for solvency. This time it is Colonel Sandhurst to the rescue. After happening on Sir Randolph's l...

[Read by Davina Porter]Owing to an unfortunate wager made by Sir Philip, the poor relations are once again scrounging around for a plan for solvency. This time it is Colonel Sandhurst to the rescue. After happening on Sir Randolph's l...

[Read by Davina Porter]The oddly assorted group met some time ago and started The Poor Relation hotel, hoping to be bought out by their embarrassed relations. As the hotel prospered, they began to enjoy the fruits of their labor. But ...

[Read by Davina Porter]Eliza Budley is a beautiful widow whose husband gambled away his fortune. Lady Fortescue reminds the others that, to be fair, Mrs. Budley has no relatives on whom she can call. Gentle Mrs. Budley thinks she has ...

[Read by Lindy Nettleton]''Oh, to be as beautiful as Euphemia!'' sighs plain Jane Hart when she joins her sister at Number 67 for the Season, as then Lord Tregarthan might notice her -- as she has noticed him and forever lost her hear...

[Read by Davina Porter]Just when everything at the Poor Relation Hotel seems to be running smoothly, Sir Philip brings in another poor relation, Mrs. Budge. When Sir Philip presents his paramour, Lady Fortescue swears great oaths and ...

[Read by Lindy Nettleton]Number 67 Clarges Street, a town house complete with staff, remains vacant. Could it be that it is associated with ill luck and even death? Salvation seems to come in the form of Roderick Sinclair, who wishes ...

Miss Kira Melbourne is anything but a proper English rose. Her exotic beauty, courtesy of her foreign mother, has marked her as an outsider, and her ghastly reputation as a woman of loose virtue has only added to that status. The vict...

As an innocent girl, Madeline Sedgewick learned that nothing comes without a price-even desire. Five years later, now widowed and deeply in debt, she's certain that the stranger who bought her last husband's notes of credit will deman...

An Honorable Life Daniel Banks is a man of the cloth whose vocation is the last comfort he has left-and even his churchman's collar is beginning to feel like a noose. At the urging of family, Daniel attempts to start his life over ...

For Christmas, soft-spoken Lady Jenny Windham craves the freedom to pursue her artistic ambitions, though it will mean scandalizing her ducal parents and abandoning all hope of a family of her own. She confides her plans to successful...

Archer Portmaine is investigating a plot against the Crown when he meets Morgan James, a young lady who believes her hearing problems make her a poor candidate for marriage, although her disability provides the key to unraveling Arche...

Percival Windham is a second son, and a cavalry officer acclaimed and respected by his men. He is immensely attractive and distracts himself with the women who seem to throw themselves at him at every turn, until at a country house pa...

A new duke and a woman with a secret in her past get a second chance at love in this delightful and charming Regency romance from theNew York Times bestselling author of the Windham series. Robert Rothmere is hiding a past no duke sho...

Wealthy wool magnate Tremaine St. Michael is half French, half Scottish, and all business. He prowls the world in search of more profits, rarely settling in one place for long. When he meets practical, reserved Lady Nita Haddonfield, ...

Will Dorning, as an earl's spare, has accepted the thankless duty of managing his rambunctious younger siblings, though Will's only true companions are the dogs he's treasured since boyhood. When aristocratic London is plagued with a ...

efore M. C. Beaton (a.k.a. Marion Chesney) began writing her internationally successful Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin mystery series, she thrilled readers with humor-laced, highly entertaining romances starring the Lords and Ladies...

New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd brings you romance, adventure, and a bride who will do anything to escape a marriage of convenience...English orphan Miss Evangeline Scoffield has spent her life contenting herself wit...

Gillie Trewlove knows what a stranger's kindness can mean, having been abandoned on a doorstep as a baby and raised by the woman who found her there. So when suddenly faced with a soul in need at her door--or the alleyway by her taver...

"A writer of great wit and style.… I've read her books to ragged shreds." —Kate Fenton, Daily TelegraphA Delightful Tangle of Affairs.…The Earl of Spenborough had always been noted for his eccentricity. Leaving a widow...

Abigail Wendover, on the shelf at 28, is kept busy when her niece falls head over heels in love with a handsome fortune hunter and Abbie is forced into a confrontation with his scandalous uncle.Miles Calvery is the black sheep of his ...