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The Honorable Roberta Talbot is tired of being the practical one in her family. As the impoverished daughter of a reckless baron, she has spent years supporting her mother and siblings. When a chance meeting brings an opportunity for adventure her way, Birdie grabs hold and takes it… all the way to a haunted castle in Scotland and into the domain of its beastly lord.

Masquerading as a boy, she ventures to London to search for the man she’s loved her entire life: her elusive guardian, who’s all but forgotten she even exists. But proving her mettle in the bewildering world of men turns out to be a challenge. Lost and out of her depths, she prowls the streets of London, until she crashes headlong into a charming dandy whose sleepy grey eyes are more perceptive than she thinks.

Georgia Lennox has traded in her boyish ways for pink gowns and a coy smile to capture the eye of the Earl of Claremont. However, on the day she's convinced the earl will propose, Georgia is shipped off to the Leeward Islands to care for her ailing father. But when she arrives on Nevis, the last thing she expects is to learn that her abrupt departure was not at her father's bidding but that of the infuriating, yet captivating, island schoolmaster. And now her plans may well be shipwrecked.

The Duke of Stanton is angered after an unpleasant encounter with a young woman. Angered - yet intrigued. But as Christmas approaches, and he prepares for his annual Christmas ball, he looks forward to seeing the stunning women who will grace his ballroom. But the ball ignites the Duke's anger again as he sees the woman. Who was she and who had invited her? He is more enraged when he sees his rival, Lord Glenford, with the mystery lady who the Duke can't seem to take his eyes off of. As the duke's jealousy ignites, he finds himself face to face with the mystery woman.

Plain Leticia Holmes becomes an heiress to vast wealth when her grandmother dies. Suitors are in plenty but she rejects them all. Lettie is determined to fulfil her grandmother’s dying wish to find true love. Posing as a governess, she ends up on Lord Alistair Thurmond’s estate in Great Yarmouth, taking care of his little niece, Nancy. The manor is filled with dark secrets that she’s determined to uncover because she’s fast falling in love with the handsome but seemingly reserved duke.

Elias, the handsome Duke of Westhampshire, has courted many women, but not for long. He doesn’t believe in commitment and flits from woman to woman, until he lays eyes on beautiful maid, Maria. Thinking her an easy target, he is shocked when she refuses his advances which angers, yet intrigues, him. Can the duke change his rake ways and open his heart? Will Maria be able to ever trust him?

Lady Arabella dreams of a perfect love which only seems to exist between the pages of her stories, but when she meets the dashing Duke of Dorshire, she is instantly smitten...until the encounter goes horribly wrong, and both vow to not speak to each other again. But sometimes, the heart has other plans.When the Duke is unable to keep his distance from the beautiful, yet spoiled, Lady Arabella, he attempts to make peace, but peace is short-lived when the Duke is accused of a shocking crime.

Jeremy Follett has no interest in settling down, although his mother, the dowager duchess, and Lady Emilia plan to change that and steer him away from the cunning woman who is in love with him, Lady Henrietta. Lady Emilia decides to take matters into her own hands. When the duke meets the stunning woman who is presented to him at a ball, his heart stills. But when Lady Henrietta sees the duke with the beautiful stranger, she intervenes, because if she can’t have the duke of Northfolk, no one will.