Bethany M Sefchick
Lady Jane Ashford has been known as "Plain Jane" for as long as she can remember. Never a favorite with the gentlemen of the ton, she has remained on the fringes of ballrooms for years until one night at the height of the season, she encounters a man who is everything she has ever desired - Lord Sebastian St. Giles, the dashing and much-sought-after Earl of Covington - and in an instant, her heart is lost.
Captivated by Lady Jane, Sebastian
...Dubbed "The Paragon of The Ton," Lady Amy Cheltenham appears to have everything a young lady of consequence could wish for - a loving family, cool English beauty, and a place in society to be envied. However, the one thing she lacks is the very thing she desires most - the heart of the only man she has ever loved.
The son of a traitor, Dr. Gibson Blackwell has somehow managed to build a respectable life and a reputation for
...Popularly known throughout England as "The Bloody Duke," Lord Nicholas Rosemont, Duke of Candlewood is not a spy. No matter what anyone thinks. He is simply extremely observant, a talent he has put to good use over the years - both to his benefit and his country's. Lady Eliza Deaver, daughter of the Marquess of Framingham, has known Lord Candlewood for years, even though few in society realize their unlikely connection. Eliza's brother Stephen
...Facing a dire lack of funds, Lord William Davenport, the Earl of Blackthorne, is about to do the unthinkable for a man of his station. He is about to sell his body to one of the wealthiest and most unhappily married Society matrons in all of England. The idea of becoming some bored, rich woman's plaything is abhorrent to him, but he has no other choice - at least not if he wants to save his dear, sweet sister Anna, from a man who
...Not yet wed, Lady Sophia Reynolds is still utterly and completely ruined. There is no other way to term her rather dire situation. Abducted by the man she thought was her one true love and forced to suffer at his hands, she knows that she will be shamed by Society if the truth is discovered. The best way to keep her secret? Find a husband. Quickly. The only problem is, how can she ever trust a man, any man, again?
Lord Lewis Blackmore, third
...Much to the dismay of nearly everyone, Lady Charity Thorne and Lord Campbell St. John, Viscount Sutton, have been friends since childhood. In fact, they are so close that they confide in each other about everything, including their families' demands that they marry. Just not each other, of course. That would be unseemly.
Campbell does plan to wed – eventually. Though, by the time the annual Night of a Thousand Stars Christmastide
...Lady Lucy Cavendish is in a bit of a quandary. Her uncle, the current Earl of Wellsford has abandoned her at a coaching inn outside of London with no money and no way to contact her contracted fiancée, Archibald St. Vincent, the younger brother of the Duke of Enwright. Except that Lucy quickly learns that not only is Archibald not coming to claim her, but that a far worse fate than abandonment awaits. She is to be sold to a house in Covent
...Lady Diana Saintwood is fed up - with the men of London, a man who refuses to marry her, and her interfering mother. As she faces what might very well be her last season in London, she is determined to live life to the fullest. All she truly desires is a few moments of fun for herself before the ever-proper Duke of Hathaway proposes - more out of a sense of duty than for any other reason, of course. If he ever gets around to the actual proposal,
...It's Twelfth Night and Lady Amelia Banbrook, the daughter of the esteemed Earl of Hollinworth, finds herself in a bit of quandary. She is in love with her family's country neighbor, the perennial bachelor, Lord David Rutledge, the Earl of Weatherby. Friends since their youth, Amelia is convinced that there is no possible way that David returns her love, no matter how much she might wish it or if he even remembers the night when her feelings for
...Faced with a choice between becoming a mistress to a cousin she despises or a lifetime locked away in Bedlam, Lady Arabella Whitmore has concluded that she might have been a bit rash when she ran away from home instead. While Aria has no desire to end up as one of her despicable cousin's many bed partners, she has no desire to freeze to death in the wilds of England either. Except that as the winter turns harsh and cold, she discovers that surviving
...Handsome, womanizing Lord Evan Haddington, the new Marquess of Berkshire, has only recently inherited his title from his deceased uncle. With the title comes wealth, power, social standing, estates, jewels...and Cassandra, the very troublesome and not-exactly-young ward of his late uncle. Saddled with a sharp-tongued woman that he must protect or risk losing his claim upon the marquisate, Evan is also faced with the rather pressing need to take
...Eight years ago, Lord Colin Thorne rescued a young woman from a convent at the direction of the Home Office – a woman who was destined to become his partner in the art of spycraft. Now, after unexpectedly inheriting his brother's title, Colin is expected to give up his life's work with Thera and settle down, which includes announcing his engagement to a woman he barely knows on Christmas Eve.
For the last six years, Teresa Barrington
...Lady Grace Rowe, the dowager Countess of Colbourne, is ready to indulge in an affair. Still in the late blush of youth and after a loveless marriage to a man old enough to be her grandfather, she believes that is the least she deserves. She also believes that the dowager Duchess of Winterset's "Night of a Thousand Stars" ball at Highburn Castle during the Christmas season is the place to conduct such an affair – if only she knew who she wished
...Lady Katherine Oakley, the widowed Countess of Crossbury, has decided that she needs a drastic change in her life. Considered old and undesirable by much of Society, she has spent the last several years sitting on the edges of ballrooms. Even her job writing for the gossip sheet, Town Tattler, as the infamous Madame C. brings her little pleasure these days. At a loss, all Catherine can envision for her future is a life of empty, endless parties
...Consummate rake, Lord Robert Tillsbury, the current Viscount Chillton - also known as Frost - is bored out of his mind and the Season is not yet at an end. So when Frost's good friend the Duke of Candlewood sends him on a mission deep within London's newest brothel, Lycosura, to uncover the truth about a woman known only as Ianthe, he can hardly resist the temptation. Except that there is far more to Ianthe than meets the eye and she becomes a
...In a secluded London library, Lord Eli Queensbury committed the ultimate sin – he kissed his best friend's sister and fell madly in love. As a spy for the Crown, he should have known better, so he did the only thing he could. He cut off all contact with the woman who had held his heart since childhood. Now, however, Eli finds himself at her family's castle for Christmastide on a matter of great urgency. He also has to hope that the woman
...Lord Marcus Cheltenham, the current Viscount Breckenright, has returned to London at the height of the social season to a great deal of fanfare and scandal. Single and undeniably handsome, Marcus has long been a favorite target of match-making mamas and their title-grasping daughters. However, that was before the fevers that ravaged his body and forced him to leave town for many years. Now the worst gossip in town has pronounced Marcus the "catch
...There was a time when the Duke of Hathaway was a title to be respected. However that was before current duke, Lord Adam Reynolds, made an utter mess of his life by throwing over his betrothed, dallying with unsuitable women, and generally behaving like the rogue he now believes himself to be. Given the cut direct by most of proper Society, Adam has one final chance to redeem his reputation by attending the Devil Duke of Enwright's annual summer
...Lord Brook Bexley, the Earl of Raynecourt, is known by many names, but to the women of London Society, he is known as the Earl of Heartbreak. However, there is one woman who also refers to him as nothing more than a friend. Unfortunately, she is also the only woman he has ever desired, even though she is most decidedly off-limits to a man like him. After all, gentlemen do not even remotely consider courting their best friend's sister.
Lady
...Lord Daniel Weston, the new Marquess of Lansdale is something of a curiosity. Born in England before being whisked off to America by his mother when he was a mere child, Daniel is a mix of both the land of his birth and his adopted homeland. He is also not the sort of peer stiff English society is accustomed to dealing with. However his golden boy looks and suave ways forgive many a sin. Except that beneath this illusion of perfection lurks a man
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