Guy has just inherited his title after the death of his brother. Never wanting the title, he now has to worry that the secret he has been hiding his whole life will become exposed. When Abigail arrives, he wonders if his abhorrent cousin has sent her to discover his secret.
Abigail arrives at Guy's home on a mission to find a flower and draw it. At least that is what she tells him and it's not a lie. She just doesn't tell him the other part of her mission, she has been sent by Guy's cousin to find out what Guy's secret is. She doesn't want to do it, but the man had threatened her and her sister and she'll never allow her sister to be harmed. Will she be able to go through with her mission, or will Guy figure out the truth? And if he does, what will he do?
Secretly pledged to marry each other, Lord Hadley Fullerton is surprised to hear that Lady Evangeline Stuart is to marry another. Heartbroken, Hadley goes on with his life, but never forgets his first love.
Five years later, they meet again. Evangeline is now a widow and Hadley wants nothing to do with the woman that chose a title and wealth over him. At least that is what his mind is telling himself, but his heart is telling him that the woman in front of his is still the love of his life.
When Evangeline gets caught up in the plans of the enemy targeting the Libertine Scholars, Hadley has no choice but to spend more time with her. Will he end up following his head or his heart?
Lady Marisa Hawkstone wakes up naked and in bed with Maitland Spencer, the Duke of Lyttleton. Not remembering how they got there, they soon realize it was the work of the woman trying to harm the Libertine Scholars. With nothing left to do to save Marisa's reputation, they are soon married.
While Marisa tries to make the most of their marriage, Maitland remains the aloof man that the ton has come to know, that is everywhere but the bedroom.
Can Marisa get Maitland to see that their marriage is as important as his duty to the dukedom?
Having been in love with Grayson Devlin since she was sixteen, Lady Portia Flagstaff rushed to meet him when his note arrives. Little did she know that it was a ruse to kidnap her.
Having sworn to protect Portia after her brother passes away, Grayson quickly takes off to rescue her. Finding her and bring her back to England ends up not being the hard part of the trip. After losing everyone that he was ever close to, Grayson has decided not to let anyone into his heart. But when honor dictates that he marry Portia, he soon realizes that he might be the one to change his mind.
Beatrice Hennessey is determined to get Lord Coldhurst to marry her in order to save her family from debtors prison after he killed her brother in a duel. She didn't count on their first meeting being him fishing her out of the Thames.
Sebastian, Lord Coldhurst, hadn't planned to get married anytime soon. But knowing that he owes this family a debt he agrees to the marriage. He has never wanted a love match like his parents because of all the hurt they caused each other and this is the perfect solution. Beatrice will never love him since he killed her brother and there was no chance he would fall in love with the spinster.
They are married the next day and are quickly drawn into the mystery of who is targeting the Libertine Scholars. But what happens to their marriage when what they believe to be true turns out to be different?
Christian Trent, the Earl of Markham, has been run out of England after being wrongly accused of a rape. In Canada, he suddenly finds himself the guardian of a young girl. Hoping to go back to England to clear his name, he need a governess for his young charge.
Sarah Cooper, running from an abusive marriage, disguises herself as a governess in hopes of finding a way out of the country and away from the men that are hunting her. When she sees the notice that the Earl has placed, she felt that someone was finally on her side. She has had a crush of the Earl of Markham since before she had her coming out and hopes that he is still the kind man she remembers.
Disfigured from his time in the army, Christian is surprised when Sarah shows no disgust when seeing the damage to his face. For this reason, he agrees to hire her if his ward also like her.
The attraction between Christian and Sarah is almost instantaneous. He can't stop thinking about her, but he doesn't know that she has come from a bad marriage and doesn't want to push too hard. He puts his renown seducing skills to work and Sarah quickly succumbs.
Finally making it back to England, Christian and Sarah work hard to solve both of their problems.
