A woman on the brink of ruin. A man risen from the grave. A marriage neither of them planned, but both may die for. Twelve years ago, Alyssia Prudence Whitcombe lost the man she was promised to marry since birth and learned how swiftly hearts can be broken. Now, with scandal snapping at her heels and her family’s future at risk, she makes a desperate choice: She will find a stranger to wed at the most dangerous gaming hell in London. A marriage of necessity. A contract. Nothi

Dashing, devoted, and deftly disguised, he needs to tell her his secret. Just not quite yet… Though William Alwyn, a doctor’s apprentice, longs to propose to Belinda Everson, he knows he may be accused of trickery when Society discovers his true identity. So, he decides to hold his tongue on all matters of importance until he can irrefutably prove his honour and merit. Secretly smitten, Belinda has watched Mr Alwyn tend to her ailing mother for months. While bidding her farew

A gentleman sworn to protect his family’s secrets. A young lady determined to uncover them. And a marriage neither of them planned. “Beware of poking your nose into our affairs,” he growled. “Do not doubt there will be hell to pay if you breathe one word of what you saw last night to anyone.” Verity Drake knows the Reeves family are not who they claim to be. Ever since they arrived at Reeves Hall, she has sensed something strange beneath their polished manners and guarded way

As war wages in the Caribbean and preparations are made for a British invasion of French-held Martinique, Rhys McNaught is sent to the island to gather pre-invasion intelligence by The Lion Watch, a covert spy agency. Even though he is aware of the danger if caught, Rhys also enjoys living on a tropical island far removed from a gloomy and cold England, and the peace of being alone. After spending the Christmas holiday with family, Miss Tempest Driscoll and her five younger s

At the age of eight and twenty, Sterling Wynd, Earl of Wyndham, left England. Duty weighed heavily on him, and solemnity filled his soul. However, before he turned thirty, chose a suitable wife and went about begetting heirs, he wanted to do something for himself—see the world. Or at least the part that had made his family wealthy. Caroline Sutcliffe had once loved deeply. She’d married quickly and her husband soon went off to war. But after receiving word of his death,

Juliette Mirabelle knew one life and it was one as a ballerina.    The moment Drake Finton, Viscount Acker, saw the ballerina take the stage in Milan he knew he must have her. Yet, Juliette would not be his and when she disappeared he returned to his life in London.  Now she was here and Drake intended to make her his.   All Juliette wishes to do is dance, but will the secrets of her past destroy her dreams?   Julia’s story Chapter One   Milan, Spring, 1813   Juliette pee