
Lara is a country parson's daughter, eager for adventure, who trades places with a friend so she can experience first-hand the lives of the very rich. At the lavish estate of the Marquis of Keyston, masquerading as a governess, she learns an unexpect...
The Earl of Poynton is known throughout England for his superb taste in race-horses and for his affairs with married women. Yet the Lennox's raffish heart is touched by the beautiful young Cledra Melford, who asks him to help save her beloved thoroug...
Nelda Harle was a young English girl raised on the wild Colorado frontier. Orphaned in an Indian raid, she is rescued by her distant relative, the haughty and handsome Lord Harleston... but who will rescue Selby Harle when he finds himself falling in...
At sixteen and a half, Lady Imeldra is ready to leave school and resume a carefree life with Earl Kingsclere, her father. But the Earl has other plans for Imeldra who rebels at being sent to live with her strict grandmother. She runs off to the estat...
The Duke of Arkholme, a very handsome and very bored bachelor, organizes a musical Competition to add some spice to his life and satisfy his love for good music. But much to the Duke's chagrin, the Competition falls flat ... until he is awakened one ...
1860. At her rich, look-alike cousin's pleading, impoverished Sacha Waverley undertakes a daring masquerade. She travels to Scotland posing as Lady Deirdre to care for her cousin's fiance, the handsome, wealthy Duke of Silchester who has been tempora...
Zokala, 1850. Princess Ileana of Zokala was proud, headstrong, and fiercely devoted to her people. Besieged by suitors at court, Princess Ileana vows never to marry. Yet the Statesmen decreed that she could never rule until she found a husband. Many ...
California, 1885. Amongst the mountains and lush plains of the American West, young and beautiful Lady Roberta Worth found the miracle of true love with the brilliant and passionate Adam Garson. But Adam's heart was torn between the spirited Brit...
On a day unlike any other, Hermia Brooke, the poor but beautiful daughter of the Vicar of Little Millbrooke, stumbled upon a man who had difficulty removing a shoe from his horse's hoof in a country lane, and she helped him. He was a dark and very s...
Sandra is the exquisite only daughter of Lord Blackstone. When a stepmother's hatred forces her to flee her beloved home, Sandra becomes companion to the celebrated Countess of Kyle. The boldest day-dreams of this country beauty are surpassed when ro...
England, 1875. Lovely, impetuous Aldora rejects the advances of the dashing and rakish Duke of Wydeminster until a close encounter with disaster gives her new insight into her feelings. Driving to the Goodwood races the Duke of Wydeminster thought w...
Tony Burke, the son of Lord Birkenhall, persuades his sister Octavia to run away with him in order to avoid the debts left by their father. Tony plans to meet up with the girl he hopes to marry. But when they meet in Alexandria, there's no room for O...
When fog maroons the dashing Duke of Marazion at a bleak inn, he soothes his restless soul with a brandy, a book, and a roaring fire. Never does he suspect that the furtive knock at his door will reveal the lovely artist Ilitta, or that he will guide...
"Marquis of Buckwood" -- for that title Magnolia had betrayed Warren, and it had been that betrayal that sent Warren to Africa to forget the woman who held such sway over his senses. But now that Fate had made Warren master of the same tit...
Was it the power of love itself that cast Lydia and the Earl ashore under the sensuous Hawaiian sun? Never would they be free to speak of the love that devoured them -- and that could never be theirs, prisoners as they both were to the code of honor ...
At last Theresa felt safe. It was unlikely that her guardian, the Earl of Denholme, would trace her to the French countryside where she reigned--as chef to the Marquis de Sare! The Marquis himself seldom visited the chateau--caught up as he was in...
It was obvious to Delysia that her lovely sister, Fleur, was deeply in love with young Lord Sheldon, and he with her. It was in fact obvious to all London, including Lord Sheldon's betrothed and Lord Sheldon's intimidating Uncle, the redoubtable Magn...
His sister's folly and an aristocratic thief had combined to threaten the reputation of Lord Mere's family. The handsome peer was forced to leave his London pleasures for the ancient palazzi of Florence. While he is recovering his sister's valuable n...
The Marquis of Falcon needed a wife in a hurry. The solution seemed simple: marry the daughter of his fabulously wealthy country neighbor, the Earl of Warnborough. Then a misunderstanding saw him married to the wrong daughter, but the right wife--and...
1887. Vida Anstruther knows there is no other way. Her father, the Crown's most brilliant diplomat, has disappeared in Hungary, and his sudden silence has become ominous. When official channels prove helpless, it is up to the brave young beauty to di...
In the exclusive worlds of Paris and London, exquisite Kitrina had little more than the angelic beauty born of her parents scandalous love. Then the handsome, bold worldly wise Marquis of Elkesley knew all too clearly the shining young woman's future...
Dordogne, 1886. Governess in the ancient and splendid chateau of the Duc Etienne de Sauterre! To exquisite young Lady Arletta Cherrington-Weir, left penniless and alone by her father's death, the timely job seemed the fairy-tale answer to a young wom...
The queen's request was, of course, a command, intended to cure the maddeningly handsome Marquis of Weybourne of his dangerous penchant for the wives of peers. Still, London's most eligible bachelor, with his spellbinding charm, was an odd choice of ...
Talbot McCaron's fierce Highland heart rebelled against his arranged marriage to the wealthy Lady Jane, Countess of Dalbeth. Yet the handsome young Duke of Invercaron knew this was a secret battle that honor and duty must win. But something was wrong...
Impoverished but beautiful Salrina could hardly believe what she was hearing. A French plot to kill the prince regent! She must tell someone -- and her only choice seemed to be the cynical, arrogant, maddeningly handsome Earl of Fleetwood, her next-d...
"You will be hanged from a gibbet for your crimes..." Even as the handsome Gentleman spoke, Idona Overton saw the other Highwayman pointing a pistol at him. Without thinking, she fired her own pistol.... Idona was horrified to learn tha...
England, 1817. Tiny, golden-haired Farica Chalfont had much to think about: The intriguing yet cunning Earl of Lydbrooke had proposed marriage, and she suspected more for her fortune than her beauty. She had gone riding to try and decide whether to ...
Schooled at the most elite academies, violet-eyed Ilita Darrington-Coombe lived in pampered luxury. Then tragedy struck: her father died and a spiteful, bitter aunt exiled her to decaying Lyss Castle. Ilita was unaware how her courageous spirit and h...
Far from the dazzle and extravagance of London's society, Nerissa Stanley and her brother lead a quiet country life as she keeps house for her father, a distinguished but impoverished author. Suddenly their elder sister Delphine arrives. Some years b...
Helga Wensley is hiding in London from her stepfather. She takes a role in the Duke of Rocklington's private play only to find out that she may play a more permanent role in his life! ...
After he unexpectedly returns to Paris, handsome but cynical Lord Kirkly takes on the cause of Otilia Ashe, a very pretty, desperate young heiress, and becomes involved in a scheme he will surely regret....
Home once more after the glorious adventure of Wellington's brilliant victories, the Marquis of Heroncourt -- shockingly handsome and exceedingly eligible -- was bored. Then Lady Mimosa Field, delicately lovely and frightened, appeared on the thresh...
Princess Giona's young and tender beauty was pledged to a loveless alliance of State with King Ferdinand of Slavonia, the old and cruel Monarch who lived in terror of the brave and handsome rightful King Miklos. But Giona's proud heart was with the r...
Paris, 1870. Excessively handsome and exceedingly wealthy, Lord Thornton Kyleston, the Earl of Kyleston faced two mighty dangers. In England, the beautiful and determined Lady Irene Curtis impatiently awaited his return, while in Paris, the winds of ...
Black magic? Dorina Stanfield, the Vicar's young and lovely daughter could not believe that she was hearing Jarvis Yarde's murderous incantations against the one man who stood between himself and the ancient Earldom of Yardcombe. Yet it was true... a...
International espionage and intrigue. Two great enemies �" the Russian and Ottoman Empires conspiring to defeat the British Empire. A father at death’s door and mother at her wits’ end. And lovely young Rozella Beverly, embroiled by events...
Madrid, 1883. Lovely Valeda Alcester has adventurously agreed to pose as Governess to her young niece, a charade devised by her scheming sister to ensnare the elusive Don Carlos, Marques de Silvala. But inspired by the beauty of Spain, Valeda finds ...
England, 1870. Lord Hugo Chester, the Duke of Wynchester was easily the most eligible man in Queen Victoria's London, the dream of every unmarried girl in society. And of one married lady as well: the splendid and imperious Lady Olive Brandon, the D...
To the honorable Anthea Brooke, raised in genteel country poverty the lavish and worldly pleasures of the haughty and handsome Marquis of Eaglescliffe -- new owner of her ancestral home -- were more puzzling than shocking. How could the sheltered bea...
Widowed after only weeks of marriage to an elderly American, young and lovely Crisa Royden is burdened with a staggering fortune and dreadful in-laws. Determined to escape from them shy Crisa boards the Europe-bound La Touraine with an assumed identi...
To help the elopement of her worldly cousin, the exquisite Lady Charis, shy, delicately lovely Alecia Stambrook agrees to impersonate her in France at the Headquarters of the Army of Occupation, where her Guardian -- the handsome but frightening Lord...
When her beloved brother incurs a disastrous gambling debt, lovely Carmella knows that his reckless plan offers their only hope of escaping disgrace. But does their host, the formidable Marquis of Ingleton, really believe her to be a worldly Society ...
Lady Loretta's father has arranged for her to marry the son of le Duc de Sauerdun, the dashing Fabian, Marquis de Sauerdun. Knowing that it is usual amongst the French and British aristocrats to arrange marriages for their children, Loretta is still ...
Clova McBlane, a penniless orphan living in Paris, becomes the hereditary Chieftain of a Scottish Clan! She meets the dashing Tarquil, Laird of Cowan, whose clan has been feuding with hers and they team up against a greater enemy!...
England, 1818 The victim of a tyrannical uncle and cousin, enchanting Ula Forde flees their grip, only to be rescued by the very man her beautiful but heartless cousin has betrayed. The Marquis of Raventhorpe pledges to avenge the cruelty to which b...
Lovely Gytha Sullivan learns on her grandfather's death she will inherit a huge fortune with the Devil's choice of marriage to one of her detestable cousins. Desperately Gytha begs Lord Locke, a dauntingly handsome country neighbor, to help her. Beca...
In Germany on a delicate mission for the Prince of Wales, Lord Braydon finds himself in danger and in love with Loelia Standish, a young woman determined to save her father from the Kaiser's grasp....
Ina Wescott was young, innocent, and desperate. Alone and penniless, she turned to her aunt, the celebrated - and notorious - retired actress, Rosie Rill. But Rosie had plans of her own for the sheltered country beauty: a drama of heartbreak and reve...
England, 1886. Lord Hue, the Earl of Dolphinston, was the cynosure of the sparkling, scandalous Marlborough House set. But while jaded court beauties vied for his favors, the passionate and dangerous Lady Hester Stansfield plotted to make the handso...
An adventurer was planning an expedition to recover an ancient Roman treasure -- at the expense of the wealthy, handsome Marquis of Quinbourne, who was cynical but amused. But less amusing was the adventurer's mysteriously lovely daughter, the solemn...
Marriage to a Duke? The lovely orphaned Katrina Darley never expected to find herself engaged to the dashing, influential Duke of Lyndbrooke... but when her aunt, the vain Lady Branston, discovers the Duke in her niece's bedchamber, she jealously arr...
Harry, Arilla's London cousin, agrees to help her in her attempt to find a wealthy suitor.......
The Marquis of Vale was handsome and wealthy - but utterly bored with London's predictable pleasures and amorous titled beauties. Then an early-morning message plunged him into a perilous maelstrom of intrigue in the Far East, and the unexpected rapt...
Neula and her mother were safe, for the moment. Neula's stepfather would never seek his runaway wife at her childhood home, now the property of the notorious Marquis of Kerne, dubbed 'the Pied Piper' for the conquests that were the scandal of the Cou...
Zenobia and her father Lord Chadwell, have travelled all over the world, but when he dies, she finds that her stepmother has spent all of his money, and she intends to marry Zenobia to one of her own lovers. Because Zenobia is fluent in the Eastern...
When lovely Filipa Seymour agreed to impersonate one of London's notorious Pretty Horse-Breakers, the country-bred beauty had no idea that she would win a race -- and lose her heart to the magnificent Marquis of Kilne. And when the handsome, jaded pe...
Felicita had never known such despair, not even as a penniless and hungry seamstress. Now, splendidly dressed and honored as a noblewoman, the beautiful young woman would pay the price .. . For when the handsome and toweringly proud Marques Alvaro le...
For the Marquis of Shawforde and Lucille Winterton, it was love instantly and irrevocably. The country-bred beauty was worldly enough however to know that the Marquis's family would never countenance their union... and in fact the Shaws sent Her Maje...
While Corena Melville waits for her father to return from Greece she receives a horrifying demand for ransom. Unless she delivers Lord Warburton, a noted collector of antiques shortly to visit Delphi, into the hands of bandits, her father will be tor...
Royal intrigue, arranged marriage and forbidden love in the reign of Queen Victoria. From the moment their eyes met, in the gilded corridors of Hampton Court, Princess Zorina and the passionate foreigner she knew only as Rudolf were wed in the mir...
England, 1870 The Duke of Mortlyn was as stubborn as he was handsome -- and he was the most handsome man Selma Linton could imagine. The villagers affectionately named her the White Witch, and indeed, only her remarkable gift for herbal healing ena...
England, 1867. Fleeing the shocking advances of a lascivious Lord, innocent Isla Kenway sought safety with the dashing Marquis of Longridge. Penniless and lovely, she was alone in the world, save for the nobleman who enraptured her very soul -- and ...
1865 The Chateau Montveal, home of the notorious Duc Cesar, rose before Lady Yursa Holme's delighted gaze in all its fairy-tale splendour. And though the Duc was as scandalously handsome as his shocking reputation, between him and the innocently lov...
Alveric, Duke of Quarrington, was well pleased. If his neighbor's niece, Miss Vina Wallace, proved willing to marry the Duke's debauched and raffish brother for the sake of a title, well and good. Her fortune would relieve the Duke of a wearisome b...
After two years as a celebrated soprano in London, Isa McNaver was home at last, among the hills and rocky coast of her beloved Scotland. All was peace...until Isa learned of a treacherous plot to unearth an ancient treasure -- and murder the powerfu...
Tall, arrogant, his steel-gray eyes seemed to pierce her very soul, the Earl of Ravensdale was even more formidable than Noella Wakefield had feared. And this was the man whom the tremulous country beauty meant to deceive! But Noella's desperate pret...
This romance, with a twist of the exotic, features the Marquis of Anglestone who has been blackmailed by a previous lover. Rather than face the consequences of disgrace he takes a wager to follow the ancient Incense Route into the Forbidden City of M...
The proud and handsome Earl of Charncliffe, competing for the cool hand of a noble Incomparable, was off to Paris to do her bidding. But amid the treasures of a vanished aristocracy, the Earl discovered a wealth he'd never dreamed--in the shy lovelin...
It seemed a miracle from Heaven itself. Valessa Chester, lovely, alone and penniless, would be splendidly rewarded for her role in a house-party charade, a harmless prank to be played on the arrogant -- and compellingly attractive -- Marquis of Wyndo...
In desperation, Princess Thea of Kostas fled the Royal Court and the tyranny that would wed her blossoming loveliness to the aging Monarch of a neighboring Realm. As she rode through the majesty of mountains and forests Thea exulted in her newfound f...
Solita Gresham's shock upon arriving at Calver Castle was twofold. Not only had her Guardian, the formidable Duke of Calverleigh, forgotten he even had a Ward, but the sensuous and reckless peer was enmeshed in the exotic wiles of a sinister Russian ...
Alone in the world, Norita Combe found refuge as Governess to the little daughter of the haughty Marquis of Hawkhurst, a Widower of compelling presence and mesmerizing charm, society's darling. Yet aboard his pleasure yacht, bound for the mysterious ...
England, 1871. With innocent daring, Davina Brantforde plunged into a forbidden adventure -- a Royal Costume Ball in double disguise! Davina's springtime beauty made her appear to be the Queen of the Fairies indeed, while her assumed identity assure...
Fleeing the cruel threat of a forced Marriage, the Honourable Thelma Fern rode towards an unknown future -- straight into the arms of love! The Earl of Merstone was instantly attractive, as noble in spirit as in name. He had been treacherously impove...
The Duke of Inglebury strode through the deep verdant lushness of the Javanese jungle, in search of a legendary Temple imperiled by those who would loot its ancient splendors. But within the Temple walls, the Duke found a great treasure -- Sarida, a ...
The young Earl of Blakeney, who served with distinction in the Duke of Wellington's army, returned to England and lost all his money at the gaming tables. Lady Aleda was the bride of a stranger! It had happened so quickly -- her brother's...
The position -- companion to the Earl of Ingleton's Ward -- was the answer to Gina Borne's prayer, rescuing the enchanting, spirited orphan from her Uncle's aristocratic but grim household. Quick-witted Gina soon unmasked the shocking scheme whose vi...
Lela Cavendish, young, well-bred, and delicate, was a talented young artist, who flees from a brutal stepfather and an unwanted suitor and seeks sanctuary in Amsterdam where she finds safety with a titled art collector, or so she thinks. Carew, Ma...
In the woods near the magical pool, the Vicar's daughter, Shenda Lynd, was kissed by a handsome and gentle stranger. Not long afterwards, orphaned and penniless, Shenda sought refuge within the proud walls of Arrow Castle--only to discover that her s...
The worldly Marquis of Okehampton was startled to learn that he had inherited a Ward, Zia Langley -- whom was in the Convent of the Holy Thorn in Cornwall. The philandering Marquis visits her on impulse. There he finds a false priest and Zia, his lon...
"Forewarned is forearmed!" But nothing could have prepared Kezia for the overwhelming magnetism of the notorious Marquis de Bayeux. Just a glance from his blue eyes, darker than the sea, warmed her very heart ... and his lightest touch evoked such di...
Drogo Forde was a master in Queen Victoria's Secret Service. Yet when, on a street in exotic Kozan chance dropped Thekla into his life, he was taken utterly aback. The adventurous beauty was obviously sheltered and of high birth. But when the revolut...
Like a magical child, Daniela Brooke appeared beside the Marquis of Crowle in the Casino garden. Heiress to a fortune, Daniela was trapped in a shocking, wicked scheme -- Esme Blanc, her stepmother had organized Daniela's marriage with a Comte, in an...
When her elder brother lost a fortune to the wicked Earl of Gorleston, it was up to Minerva Linwood to save their home. She devised a reckless plan -- but she was unprepared for what was to come. Imprisoned with the notorious Earl in a gloomy dungeon...
Rake by name and Rake by nature... such was the reputation of the all-conquering Marquis of Rakemoore. And this was the husband Ila's father wished to impose upon her! Ila fled the Duke's heartless scheme, finding refuge in a humble village cottage. ...
Malvina Maulton was attractive, imperious -- and the wealthiest young lady in England. Dubbed the "Heartless Heiress; Malvina much preferred arguing with her spirited country neighbour, Lord Flore, to fending off Society's fortune-hunting Buc...
Lord Selwyn's legacy could not have come at a better time. The Plantation in exotic Penang was thousands of miles from London -- and just as far from the treacherous society heartbreaker who had betrayed the proud and handsome nobleman. Here in the F...
Beautiful Donela Colwyn returned from a school in Florence looking forward to the Season in London. Immediately after she arrived, her stepfather arranged a marriage with his old friend, Lord Wallingham. Horrified at the idea of marrying a man old en...
In order to protect his country from the might of Russia, the King of Vultarnia appeals to Queen Victoria to find him an English wife. Pythia was aghast at her own daring. The diminutive young beauty had impulsively taken her cousin's place i...
The Fates were conspiring to lead the Marquis of Calvadale to Fez, one of the splendid and mysterious Holy Cities of Morocco. A secret mission awaited the handsome master of disguise there--and he was unwillingly accompanying an impetuous young lady....
Orphaned and homeless, young Jacoba Ford answers an advertisement for a companion for the Earl of Kilmurdock, a blind and deaf gentleman. She is interviewed and sent to Murdock Castle, that rose massive and splendid from the stern beauty of the Scott...
The debonair Marquis of Sherwood was notorious in his disdain for the eligible young ladies of Society, preferring the glamourous, worldly, and amusing company of the celebrated Gaiety Girls. Then Lavina Vernon, shy and exquisite, was swept into a fr...
Exquisitely lovely Norina Wyn had fled her home, for her jealous stepmother, greedy for the young heiress's fortune, had tried to poison her. Now Norina, posing as a widow, was Secretary to a French Marquis de Carlamont, who was travelling to Paris t...
The winsome Carita Wensley runs away when her stepfather insists on her marrying old Lord Stilbury, and whilst seeking somewhere to stay for the night she sees a stranger fall from his horse. When the man regains consciousness, Carita discovers that ...
Sir Peter wants his sister Carola Greton to pretend to be the Marquis of Broxburne's wife, to foil an American multi-millionaire's wish to marry off his daughter to an English lord. Carola was only a sheltered young country gentlewoman, and the Marqu...
England, 1874 Mena Mansforde's sister Lais was determined to marry the Duke of Kemthorpe. All that remained was for him to meet her mother. But when they were invited for a weekend at the Castle, Mrs. Mansforde refused to leave young Mena behind -...
The newly orphaned Orina Vandeholt had wealth, beauty and aristocratic blood. Prey to every fortune hunter on both sides of the Atlantic, Orina was forced to flee New York when a suitor's excesses threatened scandal. Yet in Mexico, a terrifying a...
Ivan, Marquis of Windlesham, triumphantly returned from the Battle of Waterloo and was eagerly pursued by every hostess for his elegance and perfect charm. His young orphaned country neighbor, Sedela Craven was excited when she hears that the Marqui...
This was to be lovely Lady Aletha Ling's first Season. Her father, the Duke of Buclington, knew full well that his cherished daughter's beauty wealth and rank would make her the innocent prey of fortune-hunters. He would protect her at all costs --...
The Duke of Moorminster thanked Providence for revealing his mistress's betrayal only moments before he proposed marriage. Now, though, he had to replace the scheming Society beauty in the Christmas pageant he was composing for Their Royal Highnesse...
Ottila Staverly is almost starving to death in her beloved home, the magnificent Staverly Park, because there is no money. Sight unseen, American millionaire Clint Wickham rents the house, and started to restoring to its former magnificence. Mr Wickh...
It was a wicked scheme! The handsome Duke of Dallwyn was being blackmailed into marriage with a girl he had never even seen--a simpering debutante, no doubt! At least her money would be useful to repair the Duke's beloved ancestral estate, Wyn Park ....
The beautiful debutante Lady Valeria Netherton, at her grandmother's suggestion, left England to visit her redoubtable cousin, the Duc de Laparde. The spirited young beauty feared no matchmaking: She would never marry an aristocratic Roue who would s...
Charisa Templeton was saddened to hear of the death of her cousin, Vincent Mawde. She is further upset when Vincent's unscrupulous heir, Gervis Mawde returned from Paris to take possession of ancient Mawdelyn Priory -- and, he presumed the lovely Ch...
While Wellington's soldiers fought Napoleon's troops overseas, lovely Gina Lang left her finishing school for London, and a very different battle. For Lady Langdale, Gina's exquisite, newly widowed mother, was about to lose her fortune and reputation...
Lady Sadira Bourne was promised to a man she despised: the Earl of Kensalf, the most desirable -- and marriage-shy -- peer in the Social World. But he was her Stepmother's paramour, and only by marrying him could Sadira prevent the scandal that would...
Bride, widow -- but never a wife -- young English-born Aldrina found herself Queen of Saria, burdened with the cares of State...and the sinister attentions of a wicked and ambitious Royal suitor. Aldrina fled to a Fairytale Palace by the sea to regai...
Olivia Lambrick and her young brother and sister have hardly a penny to their name, being dependent on the allowance paid to them by the late Earl of Chadwood. The new Earl is returning from India. But when finally the new Earl of Chadwood finally ar...
The Most Noble Marquis of Mounteagle was shocked and disillusioned when he discovers that the seemingly innocent debutante he had hoped to make his bride had proved to be an ambitious schemer, who is hoping to marry another man for his greater title....
Lovely Alina Langley was desperately wondering how she could earn some money when her childhood friend, Denise Windham, arrived unexpectedly from London. In a gamble, Denise begged Alina to pretend to be her own mother, a widowed aristocrat, and acco...
Nadina Revon, governess to the cherished daughter of a wealthy Turkish businessman, saved Lyle Westley's life with her quick wit. Then the handsome British agent had gone... Suddenly, Nadina was in danger, sought by the Grand Vizier to be his third w...
Lady Marcia Woode was the beautiful, but strong-willed daughter of the Earl of Grateswood. Her forthright manner of dismissing her suitors was about to become the scandal of the London Season. A trip abroad was indicated, but when her father proposed...
Theodore, Duke of Eaglefield is handsome, distinguished and rich, but is bored with his life and with the beautiful women who throw themselves at him. Weary of the social rounds, he sets out to walk from Brighton to his ancestral home, Eagle Hall in ...
By Royal command, King Inged of Klaklov would wed a British bride, to calm the turmoil of a Nation besieged. Queen Victoria chose a distant -- and destitute -- relation for the hasty matchmaking... lovely, ethereal Toria journeyed to meet her betroth...
In the magical, green-leafed bower of Monk's Wood, Salema and Charles fell instantly and forever in love... Salema was prepared to travel the world with her handsome, strong and gentle Stranger -- but Fate was to test their newfound passion. For Char...
Geta Naunton's elder sisters were stunned when she accepted Lord Roydon of Wick's shocking proposal. Lord Roydon would be offered a Governorship in India only if he were married... so he had simply sent to England for a bride! Indeed, the commanding,...
Marcus "Lucky" Logan was a London legend. Handsome and fearless, he traveled the world unearthing one astounding discovery after another -- and securing the fortunes of those who invested in his latest find... Belinda Wyncombe's Step-papa was less fo...
England, 1892. A thousand pounds to the young lady who could play an Angel on the stage of the Marquis of Vauxhall's private theatre! The Marquis was imperious, irresistibly magnetic and utterly worldly... Angela Brooke was risking a scandal t...
Handsome King Ivan of Arramia has no wish to lose his freedom, despite advice to marry, but he agreed to marry at last -- and trade his notorious affaires d'amour for affairs of state. Princess Zelie has been badgering her father to find her a hu...
Her unscrupulous stepmother intended to sell Kyla to a depraved peer to satisfy her insatiable greed. Fleeing her home, Kyla found unexpected help -- first in the guise of a good highwayman, then in the awe-inspiring person of the Earl of Granston. U...
Talbot Marsham was Society's darling, welcome at the most brilliant soirees. He was also impoverished and utterly without prospects ... Who would employ a Gentleman? Then, as in a Fairy Tale, an Emissary of Fate appeared on Talbot's doorstep: He was ...
Lady Vilma Dale admired Monsieur Ritz's wonderful new Hotel in Paris, outfitted with electricity throughout. Yet it was in the magnificent Ritz that the sheltered beauty was pursued by a wicked French Comte. The English Marquis of Lynworth also has r...
It was a marriage arranged for reasons of State -- to protest would be to risk the displeasure of Queen Victoria herself... So Lady Gloria Winton, young and lovely, put aside her dreams of Love and set out for the tiny kingdom of Arginos. There, ...
Amalita Maulpin and her younger sister, Carolyn, were stunned to learn they were orphans! Nonetheless, Amalita vowed that Carolyn would have her London Season… Thus, Amalita became Lady Maulpin, a shy widow, chaperoning her late husband’s daughte...
When the spirited young Lady Athina Ling was forced to stay the night at a Posting Inn, she heard the screams of a small boy being savagely beaten by Lord Brunham, his stepfather. She vowed to rescue the child woefully mistreated, and very early next...
Ivana Sherard was horrified! Her wastrel Guardian planned to sell her to a wicked, depraved Lord ... Only hours ahead of her pursuers, Ivana fled to London, where Fate brought her to the Earl of Lorimer. The dark, magnetically attractive peer was wor...
When fire razed her ancestral home, Erlina Sherwood sought shelter at Meldon Hall. The Manor house of the arrogant Marquis of Meldon had been all but destroyed by neglect. Erlina was astonished to find the Marquis himself in residence, amid the Hall'...
Zarina Bryden was so beautiful that her suitors would have married her even without her immense fortune. But after a successful London Season, a shock awaited Zarina -- her Guardian demanded that she wed a Duke. But this was no Fairy Tale match, for ...
The Duke of Buckington was the handsomest nobleman in Society, and so notorious that when he saved Lady Lynda from drowning, his Honor demanded that he wed the high-born young beauty. Yet on her wedding night, Lady Lynda vowed to be the Duke's wife i...
When Claudia Anderson's mother and father are killed in a fire at the theatre, Claudia goes to live with her godmother, Lady Bressley, who takes her to Seville, Spain. Unfortunately, Lady Bressley is killed in a coach accident and Claudia is once aga...
Lord Victor Brooke, Queen Victoria's godson, has earned Her Majesty's disapproval for an amorous escapade--and so is banned from the Beau Monde while he escorts a royal fianceé to be wed with the King Stephen of the distant Realm of Zararis. To th...
Lady Kasia Ross is the only child of a doting and exceedingly wealthy father -- yet the heiress is horrified to hear her father's plan to marry her to Lord Stefelton in order to save her from fortune-hunters. Protesting that she will marry only f...
Newly orphaned, Josina Marsh has traveled to England -- to meet her mother's estranged family at Nevondale Hall. Now, amid the splendors of Nevon, the lovely Josina discovers that her cousin, the Duke of Nevondale, a dissolute rake, is having an ...
Odella Wayne's radiant beauty is untouched by the ways of the world, but she knows wickedness when she hears it -- the Fortune-Teller at the Fairground is a spy for the French! The Marquis of Midhurst receives Odella's news with gratitude -- ...
The Earl of Domoch arrived in Scotland -- reluctantly -- to take up his duties as Chieftain of his Clan. Raised in England, blinded by a Fakir's curse in India, the handsome, embittered peer felt lost among strangers...until lovely Vara McDorn be...
Cyprian, Marquis of Melverley returned from fighting in Wellington's army only to discover that his mistress has returned to her husband and his favourite dancer was in bed with another man. Irate and running away from the betrayal, quiet the bejewel...
Tremulously, Amorita Howe agreed to help her Brother in his audacious scheme. Their dear old nanny required an expensive operation, and the penniless pair hoped to win the lavish prizes offered by the pleasure-loving Earl of Eldridge. The Earl's ...
Ursa Hollington and her elder sister Penelope were as different as night and day, or--more precisely--country and city. The innocent Ursa, is asked by her married sister to impersonate her and stay with Lady Brackley, Penelope's mother-in-law. Lady B...
The feud between the MacSteel and McBrara Clans has simmered for centuries, but now, inflamed by a sly, ambitious schemer, it threatens to blaze into cruel warfare. The last chance or peace is a wedding -- between Fyna MacSteel, sender as a river nym...
Their Stepmother has decreed that the daughters of the Earl of Armeron may never visit the splendid chateaux of France. Yet Lady Lencia Leigh vows her younger sister Alice will not be disappointed. Defying her evil stepmother's order, and disguised a...
On his return from India, the Earl of Rayburne finds his estate in shambles, his people in want, and majestic Rayburne Castle itself shockingly neglected In the Earl's absence, his uncle has absconded with everything he could lay his hands on, and th...
Meta Lindley is young, intelligent -- and about to become a spy for Her Majesty Queen Victoria... At the Queen's request, Meta and her brother have rented their beloved family Manor to a Russian Prince close to the Tsar...and Meta is to act as Go...
Returning from a dangerous mission in Russia, Viscount Brendon discovers a beautiful stowaway in his private carriage and agrees to pose as her husband in order to help her escape from an unwanted arranged marriage. Original....
Betrayed by the spiteful and sham innocence of a well-born debutante, the proud Duke of Stalbridge has retired to his ancestral manor, Stalbridge Hall. But the family is due to meet the future Duchess, and the disillusioned Duke requires a substitute...
The Earl of Ardwick is furious when he is jilted by the lady of his desires, the ambitious Heloise Brook, with her eye on a Dukedom. All of London will know of the proud Peer's jilting. Shamed, he left without a partner for Queen Victoria's D...
When Mimosa Shenson's mother died, her father, a brilliant historian, decided to visit Tunisia to forget his grief. When her father died of a snake-bite, she found herself orphaned and penniless in Tunisia -- until chance presented the resourceful be...
Lady Imilda Bourne is as determined as she is lovely: she will marry as her heart commands, or not at all. But her Stepmama has other plans for Imilda, and traps the Marquis of Melverley, the most eligible--and notorious--bachelor of the Beau Monde. ...
An unexpected legacy frees Mavina Lonsdale to return to India to seek her beloved father's resting place. Traveling alone from England, the gently bred innocent is shielded from the coarse attentions of a stranger by none other than the Honorable Maj...
Lady Celita Dale and the Honorable Judy Forde travel to Provence, to the splendid Chateau of the equally magnificent Duc de Sahran, whom Judy's father has arranged for her to marry. The Duc is known as Monsieur Parfait, for he achieves perfection in ...
Despite her disapproval of his scandalous lifestyle and neglect of his estate, Nola Brackley, the lovely daughter of the local vicar, comes to the aid of a lord threatened by the dastardly schemes of an evil rival. Original....