Golden-haired, intelligent, and beautiful Della, the much-loved niece of Lord Lainden, leads a seemingly golden life in the English countryside. In tune with nature and a skilled horsewoman, Della is happy and looking forward to her future. But an arranged marriage proposal to a man she neither trusts nor loves quickly shatters her rural idyll. Caught between her belief in true love and family duty, Della seeks refuge amongst her friends, the Romanies, who camp on her uncle’s land. But Della holds a secret that gives her more in common with the gypsies than could possibly be imagined. She too …

On a hot summer’s day in 1880, the beautiful Lady Rosella is cutting a basket of blooms in her beloved rose garden at her aunt’s house in Hampshire. It is her 17th birthday and no one remembers it except for Thomas, the gardener’s son. She is driven to Winchester and has an unpleasant encounter with two raucous gentlemen in the local tavern before going on to fit her first ballgown. Who is the lovely masked woman she glimpses in the mirror at the dressmakers? And who is the dark figure approaching through the shadows of a dim and ghostly ballroom? …

Money may not be able to buy you love, but without it an earldom is an empty title. As the black sheep of the family, Michael Belmont is heir to a huge country estate filled with antiques and the finest furniture. Michael’s gambling debts and dissolute lifestyle result in a desperate quarrel with his father, who threatens to disinherit him. When his father dies suddenly, Michael has sunk so low that he does not even have enough money for his fare home. With his allowance gambled and his fine clothes pawned, Michael is a man in despair. All that changes …

Following the sudden death of his rakish father, Seldon Burn unexpectedly inherits the title of Duke of Otterburn. Returning to the family estate, he swiftly discovers that the title is the only thing he has inherited, along with a mountain of his father’s debts and nothing with which to pay them. A brave and proud soldier, nothing has prepared the new duke for the devastation to the family coffers caused by his late father’s love of lavish entertainment, women, and good living. His cousin Edith suggests that he follows in the footsteps of many an impoverished English aristocrat and marry …

The Marquis of Kexley seems to have everything a girl could want – wealth, good looks, intelligence, athletic prowess – and a title. The only thing he doesn’t possess is respect for the legion of women who throw themselves at him, desperate to claim some of his attention. He firmly believes that the woman that could love him forever, and whom he could love in return simply does not exist. Plagued by debutantes with ambitious mothers who have their eyes firmly set on all he has to offer, the marquis becomes renowned for his relationships with bored society wives. But …

My dear child, you have lived in the lap of luxury all your life. You could no more earn a penny piece than fly over the moon! Kasia's father laughs scornfully. This is his justification for his decision to marry her off to a man she does not love to save her from fortune hunters. Kasia runs away to prove him wrong by working as governess to the Duke of Dreghorne's unruly nephew. As Kasia gains the trust of the child, she earns the respect and the growing affection of the lord. When she and the boy are kidnapped, the …

Wealthy Rupert Fitzalan leaves his successful railway company in America to claim his inheritance following the death of his grandfather, Lord Fitzalan. A modern, forward-thinking businessman, Rupert is also the last male descendant of the mighty Fitzalan clan, and longs for the beauty of the Scottish Highlands he last saw as a boy. Back in New York, eligible bachelor Rupert was nicknamed Rupert the Rock, since no woman has ever won his heart. But the truth is that faced with so many vapid American socialites, and their pushy mothers, he secretly fears he will never find a woman he can …

Alecia Stanbrook, hija de un escritor muy pobre, acepta la petición de su Prima, Charis Langley, que se haga pasar por ella durante una visita a su tutor, quien es General del Ejército Británico de Ocupación, en Francia.Alecia es una bella provinciana muy tímida a quien no le agrada hacer nada fuera de lo común, sin embargo, al ofrecerle su prima una generosa suma, acepta, sabedora que con ese dinero evitará que su Padre y ella se mueran de hambre. Como Alecia viaja a Francia, donde conoce al Tutor de Charis, Lord Kiniston, y al famoso Duque de Wellington sin …

Witty, sardonic and with an eye for beautiful ladies, the handsome Marquis of Rakecliffe has earned himself the nickname Rake amongst his friends and family. As he cuts a swathe through the glittering balls and elegant soirees of London society, he is pursued by debutantes and married hostesses alike. Admired by men, including the Prince of Wales, for his intelligence, bravery, and ability to take on any challenge to defend his country it seems the Marquis lives a charmed life. Beautiful Lanthia Grenville is a stranger to the city and the new fashions set by the Prince of Wales and …