Maryann doesn't want to marry the old man that her parents have picked out for her. She she decides to create a scandal so that he won't want to marry her any longer. When she learns that the Marquess of Rothbury was caught climbing out of a bed chamber during a house party, she lets it slip that is was her. Now she just needs him to keep quiet about the fact that it wasn't her...
Nicolas has his own reasons for not outing Maryann for the liar that she is. He has plans for revenge and since one of the people he is after is a member of her family, having her close helps him. What he didn't count on was falling for her the more time that they spent together.
What will happen when Maryann learns the truth. Can this budding romance survive?
Juliana is on the run from an unwanted marriage. Her brother has given her names of two men to go to if she ever needs help. The first one she goes to just sends a message to her step father and forces her to run again. The second is about to leave town...but he is in need of a valet. The scholarly man is known to always have his nose in a book. Surely she can pass herself off as a man when her employer never looks at her. That is until he finally does...
Wentworth can't believe that he is attracted to his valet. He has never been attracted to a man before...but he soon learns that all is not as it seems. When he learns of Juliana's plight, he agrees that she should keep on as his valet as long as she needs to.
Now Juliana and Wentworth find themselves spending quite a bit of time together. Turns out that Wentworth can keep his nose out of a book long enough to be a bit of a rogue. Will these two find a HEA that neither was looking for?
Hugh has decided it is time to get a wife. He decides to put an ad in the newspaper listing the qualities that he is looking for. He receives an intriguing letter from an anonymous woman who disagrees with his whole process to getting a wife. They continue to write and Hugh is smitten just from the bantering words they exchange.
Phoebe has always thought to marry for love. That is until the man she loved betrayed her. Now compromised and pregnant, she needs a plan to save the baby that her mother would see given away. Having been corresponding with Hugh for months, she decides to offer him the marriage of convenience that he wants. It will solve both of their issues.
But once they get married, will a marriage of convenience be enough for Hugh and Phoebe?
Amelie has been tasked by her friends to learn what she can from the author of a salacious erotic piece of literature. They want to learn all that they can to keep their protectors happy. The only problem is that Amelie has a history with Max.
Max may have written the book on Passionate Romps, but he is still a virgin. Deciding that he needs to change that, he decides to seek out a woman. Reconnecting with Amelie shows him that his feeling for her from long ago, never changed. They decide to have an affair. But will their passion lead to more?
Katherine is desperate. Her family is in financial ruin and she will do anything to protect her mother and sisters. She transforms herself into "Kitty", a much more outgoing and outrageous person than she normally is. She also lets the ton think that she is engaged to the Duke of Thornton. The reclusive duke has never shown his face in town when the other rumors started about him, so Kitty thinks she will be save from retribution. She just wants the connection to the duke to go long enough for her sisters to find good matches and to save her family from ruin. She didn't count on the duke showing up in London and calling her bluff.
Having been scarred and confined to a wheelchair after an accident, Alexander has been secluded at his estate for many years. Which is why is comes as a shock to hear that he has a fiancée. But the more he learns about his "fiancée", the more intrigued he becomes. So much so that he ventures down to London when he hasn't been there in years. After meeting Kitty in person, he decides he wants her for himself, so he makes a bargain with her...
Neither ever thought to get married, but could this fake engagement lead to an everlasting love?
Ada is finally on her way home after spending the last several years in England. On the final leg of her journey, the train is is on is boarded by outlaws and it seems they are after her. She manages to escape their clutches with the help of the mysterious man that she sharing their car on the train. But now the two of them and his dog must make their way across the rugged country to get her home.
Noah is on his way to visit his family after years on the road. But he couldn't allow Ada to be taken, so jumps into the foray. While traveling together to Ada's home, the two develop a mutual attraction. But Noah is determined to never marry and Ada knows her father would never approve. They plan to go their separate ways once they arrive at Ada's home. But as Noah prepares to leave Ada safely in the arms of her family, he learns that she is still in danger and appoints himself her bodyguard.
But this close proximity, just brings the two of them closer together. Will Noah change his mind about marriage and if he does, will Ada's father permit them to marry?
Marianne is determined that the father of her sister's baby will provide for her. Having been told that the wicked Viscount Worsley is the father of the baby, Marianne makes her way to London and lands at his doorstep. Even though he claims not to be the father, he does decide to provide for the child. He even asks Marianne to stay and be the child's governess. While living under the man's roof, Marianne finds herself wildly intrigued by the man. She knows he is a rake, but she can't seem to stop the attraction.
Michael knows that the baby can't be his as he has not been with a woman since months before this baby would have been conceived. But he knows the baby is family and knows that he must provide for her. He sees how attached Marianne is to the child and asks her to stay. He knows it is not a good idea as his attraction for her grows by the minute.
There mutual attraction continues to grow as they come to know one another. But Micheal isn't ready to get married and Marianne isn't about to become his mistress. Will this couple be able to figure it out before they lose one another?
William was told that Sophia had died along with the rest of her family when an illness swept through the area. So when he sees her in the middle of a London ballroom, he can't believe his eyes. When he approaches her, she ends up running from him. But he is not about to lose her a second time!
Her heart was already broken once when she lost William and Sophia is not about to let it happen again. But it seems as if he won't let her go. She agrees to spend time with him, but knows that it will never be more than that. He is a duke and she would never be an appropriate duchess. But it is really hard to resist her first love...
Can these two find their way back to each other?
After being jilted by a lord, Miss Payton Peppiwell is determined to marry someone that is NOT of the peerage. Unfortunately her family has other plans. But during a house party, she meets Mikhail Konstantinovich, a man that has no title and leads an ordinary life. Payton can't believe the attraction she feels for the man and she soon gives in to her passions.
Mikhail is hiding several big secrets, one of which is the fact that not only is he a member of the peerage, but he is actually a prince. As his feeling grow for Payton, it becomes harder and harder for him to tell her the truth.
What will Payton do when she finds out that the man she has fallen in love with is a part of the institution she abhors?
Lucan Wynwood, the Duke of Mondvale, is out for revenge. He is going after his sister's lover and is going to make him feel the same pain he did when he lost his sister. When he finds out that the woman he is so attracted to at the ball is his quarry, so much the better.
Having just found out that she is a bastard, Lady Constance Thornton is ruined in the eyes of society. With an already tarnished reputation, why not do something scandalous like dance with the scandalous "Lord of Sin'? She soon finds herself falling for Lucan. What will she do when she finds out the reason he has been courting her?
Phillipa Pippiwell is known as the Ice Maiden, but that doesn't stop Lord Anthony Thornton from being intrigued. Phillipa has no desire to marry and is doing her best to keep her suitors away, but Anthony sees something other than the chilly reception she gives most of the ton.
Having made the decision that he must marry, Anthony doesn't want to settle for some simpering you miss. But can he convince Phillipa that marriage to him would be better than life on her own?
