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Marcus, the Viscount Wessex has carefully crafted the image of rogue and charmer for polite society. Under that façade, however, dwells a man whose dreams were shattered almost eight years earlier by a young lady who captured his heart, pledged her love, and then left him, with nothing more than a curt note. Eight years earlier, faced with no other choice, Mrs. Eleanor Collins fled London and the only man she ever loved, Marcus, Viscount Wessex. he has now returned to serve as a companion for her elderly aunt, with a daughter in tow.

Intrigued by the scandal of London’s Lost Lords, intrepid Miss Faye Poplar resolves to untangle the mystery of those complicit in the disappearance of the young lords and ladies - even if it leads her to the steps of the most powerful peers. But she’ll require the help only one man can provide...the ruthless Beast of Newgate.

Years ago, when Nick Tallings, the recent Duke of Huntly, watched his family destroyed at the hands of a merciless nobleman, he vowed revenge. But his efforts had been futile, as his enemy, Lord Rutland is without weakness. With his rival finally happily married, Nick is able to set his ruthless scheme into motion. His plot hinges upon Lord Rutland's innocent, empty-headed sister-in-law, Justina Barrett. Nick will ruin her, marry her, and then leave her brokenhearted.

For 10 years, Lady Daisy Meadows has been in love with Auric, the Duke of Crawford. Ever since his gallant rescue years earlier, Daisy knew she was destined to be his Duchess. Unfortunately, Auric sees her as his best friend's sister and nothing more. But perhaps, if she can manage to find the fabled heart of a duke pendant, she will win over the heart of her duke.

Responsible, practical Miss Hermione Rogers, has been crafting stories as the notorious Mr. Michael Michaelmas and selling them for a meager wage to support her siblings. The only real way to ensure her family's ruinous debts are paid, however, is to marry. Tall, thin, and plain, she has no expectation of success. In London for her first Season she seizes the chance to write the tale of a brooding duke. In her research, she finds Sebastian Fitzhugh, the Fifth Duke of Mallen.

Miss Juliet Marshville is spitting mad. With one guardian missing, and the other singularly uninterested in her fate, she is at the mercy of her wastrel brother who loses her beloved childhood home to a man known as Sin. Determined to reclaim control of Rosecliff Cottage and her own fate, Juliet arranges a meeting with the notorious rogue and demands the return of her property.

Rex DuMond, the Marquess of Rutherford, rules over London’s most wicked gaming hell Forbidden Pleasures. His black-hearted peers might spend their evenings in polite society, but they spend their nights gambling their wealth, land, and secrets away at his tables. No man can turn him from his chosen life of decadence and debauchery, not even his domineering and disapproving father.

Lady Gillian Farendale is in trouble. Her titled father has dragged her through one London Season after another, until the sheer monotony of the marriage mart and the last vestige of Gillian's once-independent spirit conspire to lead her into a single night of folly. When her adventure goes so very wrong, she has only one old friend to whom she can turn for help.

Lady Cara Falcot has only served one purpose to her loathsome father - to increase his power through a marriage to the future Duke of Billingsley. As such, she's built protective walls about her heart, and presents an icy facade to the world around her. Journeying home from her finishing school for the Christmas holidays, Cara's carriage is stranded during a winter storm. She's forced to tarry at a ramshackle inn, where she immediately antagonizes another patron - William.

Bookish and spirited Lady Lettie Brookfield is firmly on the shelf. The last thing she wants, however, is to spend the rest of her days as an unmarried sister, dependent upon her family’s charity. Accepting she won’t have a love match, she finds herself coming around to the idea of marrying the only suitor she’s ever had..that is until she's suddenly reunited with her brother's former best friend, the brooding, formally charming, Anthony, Duke of Granville.

Patience Storm fell in love with her father’s protégé - a young man with dreams of becoming a fighting legend. However, Godrick Gunnery wasn’t what he seemed. Betrayed and heartbroken, Patience vowed never to see him again. Until, four years later, the Storm family is in financial straits, and her brother needs to win the Fight of the Century purse to keep them off the streets. There’s only one man who has the skills needed to train him.

Nach dem tragischen Tod seiner Frau hat sich Jasper, Duke of Bainbridge, ganz in die Abgeschiedenheit seines Anwesens Castle Blackwood zurückgezogen. Als ein Freund ihn überredet, das selbst auferlegte Exil zu verlassen und mit ihm den Frostjahrmarkt auf der Themse zu besuchen, trifft er Katherine Adamson, die sogleich sein wohlgeordnetes Leben auf den Kopf stellt.

Lady Eve ist in Gefahr, denn ihr Bruder braucht ihr Erbe, um seine immensen Spielschulden begleichen zu können, und schreckt offenbar vor nichts zurück. Sie hat keine andere Wahl, als unterzutauchen. Unter einem Decknamen nimmt sie eine Anstellung als Buchhalterin im berüchtigten "Hell & Sin"-Club an. Doch nichts in der verrufenen Spielhölle schockiert sie mehr als die Entdeckung, dass ihr Dienstherr niemand anderes als ihr Jugendfreund Calum ist, von dem sie glaubte, er wäre ihretwegen an den Galgen gekommen.

Die Herren der feinen Gesellschaft, die jeden Tag in der berüchtigten Londoner Spielhölle ihr Vermögen verspielen, würden auf den Straßen von St Giles keinen einzigen Tag überleben. Das weiß niemand besser als Niall Marksman, der einst für ein Dach über dem Kopf dem Teufel seine Seele verkauft hat. Er weiß auch: Eine verwöhnte Prinzessin wie Lady Diana Verney hat in dieser Gegend nichts verloren und er will sie schleunigst los sein.

London, 1822: Dank ihrer älteren Geschwister sind Lady Penelope Tidemore Skandale und ihre Folgen nicht fremd. Um dennoch eine Chance auf dem Londoner Heiratsmarkt zu haben, unterdrückt sie ihr Verlangen nach aufregenden Intrigen und ihre Sehnsucht nach Romantik eisern. Doch ein einziges schreckliches Missgeschick reicht aus, dass sie in eine kompromittierende Situation gerät - und das ausgerechnet mit dem geheimnisvoll-faszinierenden Viscount Ryker Black.

Lord Robert Dennington, Marquis von Westfield, genießt sein Leben in vollen Zügen. Dass er irgendwann heiraten und für den Fortbestand der Familie sorgen muss, weiß er. Aber hat das nicht noch Zeit? Helena Bradbury ist im gefährlichsten Viertel Londons aufgewachsen - eine schwere Kindheit, die sichtbare und unsichtbare Narben hinterlassen hat. Anders als der attraktive Marquis kennt sie weder Freiheit noch Müßiggang, sondern kümmert sich um die Buchhaltung einer berüchtigten Spielhölle. Sie ist dort in Sicherheit und wird von ihren Brüdern beschützt. Mehr als ihr lieb ist.

Since his wife was killed in an accident that stole his happiness and left him injured, William Helling, the Duke of Aubrey, is a broken man. Neither strong drink and loose women nor the power he wields as leader of the Brethren of Lords can free him from the nightmares that haunt him. He prefers to be left alone, and has no desire to heal the wound his life has become. Then one day Miss Elsie Allenby, rumored to be a skilled healer, enters his household. He should send her away and yet he’s enthralled by the mysterious stranger.

A wounded soldier:

When Captain Lucas Rayne returned from fighting Boney's forces, he was a shell of a man. A recluse who doesn't leave his family's estate, he's content to shut himself away. Until he meets Eve...

A woman alone in the world:

Eve Ormond spent most of her life following the drum alongside her late father. When his shameful actions bring death and pain to English soldiers, Eve is forced back to England an outcast.

Miss Carol Cresswall bore witness to her parents' loveless union and is determined to avoid that same miserable fate. Her mother has altogether different plans—plans that include a match between Carol and Lord Gregory Renshaw. Despite his wealth and power, Carol has no interest in marrying a pompous man who goes out of his way to ignore her. Now, with their families coming together for the Christmastide season it's her mother's last-ditch effort to get them together. And Carol plans to avoid Gregory at all costs.

When Bridget masquerades as the baron's newest housekeeper, he's hopelessly intrigued by her quick wit and her skill with antique tomes. It should be easy enough to keep Bridget at arm's length, yet desire for her dogs his steps. As they spend time in each other's company, understanding for life grows as does love, but when Bridget's integrity is called into question, Vail's world is shattered. Now Bridget and Vail will have to overcome the horrendous secrets and lies between them to grasp a love - and life - together.