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Wenn Pflicht zum Vergnügen wird. Als Victoria sich in den Earl of Pembroke verliebt, hätte sie nie gedacht, dass er sie heiratet und dann auf sein Landgut abschiebt, während er in der Stadt das Leben genießt. Als er zurückkehrt, um ihr zu zeigen, dass er sich wirklich geändert hat, denkt sie nicht im Traum daran, es ihm einfach zu machen. Sie hat weder vor ihm zu verzeihen, noch ihm zu vertrauen, geschweige denn ihn zu küssen. Doch Letzteres ist gar nicht so einfach... Will, Earl oft Pembroke, hatte immer nur ein Ziel: seinen abscheulichen Vater durch seine vielen Skandale zu kompromittieren.

Ein Fehler mit Folgen. Nell, Lady Needham, hat sich nach dem schlimmen Verrat durch ihren Mann mit wilden Partys abgelenkt. Ihr skandalöser Ruf scheint ihr egal zu sein. Doch in Wahrheit sehnt sie sich nach einer liebevollen Ehe und einer eigenen Familie. Den richtigen Mann hat sie auch schon gefunden. Jetzt muss sie nur noch den Marquess of Needham davon überzeugen, in die Scheidung einzuwilligen ... Vor drei Jahren ruinierte Jack, Marquess of Needham, im betrunkenem Zustand seine Ehe. Aus Scham und um seine Frau nicht noch mehr zu kompromittieren hat er sich seither von ihr ferngehalten.

Grit, determination, and a will of steel have propelled Hudson Stone through life. No case he faced as Chief Inspector at Scotland Yard went unsolved. But nothing could have prepared the implacable investigator for inheriting a dukedom. Even more maddening than his ducal obligations is Lady Elysande Collingwood, the previous Duke of Wycombe’s betrothed. Worst of all, the debts Hudson has been bequeathed along with the title mean he needs to marry an heiress to save his estates from ruin, and the cheerful, dazzling Lady Elysande is the only one he knows.

Jasper Sutton—London’s most dedicated scoundrel—needs a wife, and he needs one quickly. He needs one yesterday, in fact. His requirements are precise: she must be capable of mothering the wild twin daughters who have unexpectedly appeared in his life, and so must possess the patience of a saint and the understanding of an angel. Better still if she is plain and has no expectation of a true marriage. He is not about to reform his ways.

Maskenball der Liebe. Maggie, die Marchioness of Sandhurst, ist in einer lieblosen Zweckehe gefangen. Zwar hat sie ihren Mann Simon nur wegen des Adelstitels geheiratet, doch sie hatte nicht damit gerechnet, dass er sie überhaupt nicht anrührt und sich einfach aus dem Staub macht. Nach einem Jahr des Wartens hat Maggie genug von der Langeweile und fasst einen Plan, um ihrem Schicksal zu entkommen. Sie muss nur den Skandal des Jahrhunderts heraufbeschwören - und dabei ein bisschen Spaß haben.

Lady Calliope Manning is determined to punish the man she holds responsible for her beloved brother’s death. She will do anything in her power to destroy him. When rumors swirl that the Earl of Sinclair requires a wealthy bride to rescue himself from dire financial straits, she seizes the opportunity to ruin him at last..

Rendezvous im Mondenschein. Tom, Viscount Sidmouth, wurde von seiner geliebten Frau verlassen und hat daraufhin beschlossen, den Rest seines Lebens als glücklicher Junggeselle zu verbringen. Mit Herzensangelegenheiten will er nichts mehr zu tun haben. Und mit der betörenden Witwe von nebenan schon gar nicht... Nachdem sie jahrelang in einer lieblosen Ehe gefangen war, ist die verwitwete Hyacinth nach London zurückgekehrt, um nun all das zu erleben, was sie immer vermisst hatte.

Lügen haben schöne Beine. Die amerikanische Erbin Daisy Vanreid versucht verzweifelt der Heirat mit einem alten, unattraktiven Aristokraten zu entkommen, die ihr Vater für sie eingefädelt hat. Sie würde alles tun, um diesem Elend zu entgehen - sogar den berüchtigten Duke of Trent in eine Ehe drängen. Dass sie jedoch nach der Hochzeit ihr Herz an ihren gutaussehenden Ehemann verliert, gehörte nicht zu ihrem Plan.

As heartless as he is handsome, Aubrey Villiers, the Duke of Richford, has perfected the art of not caring one whit about anything except his pursuit of pleasure. His past is as dark as his moods, and the rumors about his curious carnal needs would make any proper innocent miss swoon.

Georgiana, Herzogin von Leeds, hat ihren Mann nicht mehr gesehen, seit er sie am Tag ihrer Hochzeit sitzengelassen hat, um an der Jagd teilzunehmen. Doch sie ist keine Frau, die einem abspenstigen Gatten nachtrauert. Erfüllung findet sie darin, sich um streunende Katzen und Hunde auf Londons Straßen zu kümmern. Bis dann der Herzog zurückkehrt und sie die Wahrheit über seine Abwesenheit erfährt. Und plötzlich fällt es Georgina schwer, ihren Gemahl weiterhin für einen arroganten Tölpel zu halten.

After spending all her life pinned beneath her overbearing mother’s thumb, Lady Edith Smythe is desperately weary of being a respectable, dutiful daughter. What better time to finally cast aside her wallflower ways than at a country house party where women’s suffrage is the leading topic of the day? And there’s no better man to exercise her freedom with than a diabolically handsome rake who’s as sinful as he is irresistible.

Rhys Northwick, Duke of Whitby, has unabashedly devoted himself to a life of debauchery and hedonism. With his friends falling prey to the despicable institution of marriage, the responsibility of hosting the sinful Wicked Dukes Society house parties has fallen largely on his shoulders. Rhys doesn’t mind. He’ll happily seduce bored widows and wives out of their drawers any day. Until an encounter with a tempting divorcée leaves him longing for the only woman in London who is immune to his rakish charms.

One reckless moment was all it required for Lady Julianna Somerset to lose her innocence to her best friend’s brother. When he broke her heart, she fled London to heal her wounded pride. But a desperate change in circumstance has forced her to return. In a cruel twist of fate, the man who ruined her may be the only one who can save her.

When the dangerous men who killed her husband in a political assassination threaten Ara, Duchess of Burghly, the Crown assigns her a bodyguard. But the man charged with protecting her is no stranger. He’s Clayton Ludlow, the bastard son of a duke and the first man she ever loved. Eight years after he took her innocence and ruthlessly abandoned her, he’s back in her drawing room and her life. This time, she’s older, wiser, and stronger. She will resist him at any cost and make him pay for the past.

Lady Jo Danvers has declared war on her humdrum life. Armed with a list of ways to be wicked, she will step out of her role as never-been-kissed wallflower and experience passion. With the right gentleman, of course. She just has to find him. Mr. Elijah Decker, the handsome businessman she cannot stop thinking about, is definitely no gentleman. And he is decidedly all wrong. Unfortunately for Jo, she has unwittingly given him her list. When Decker discovers Jo’s list mistakenly tucked between the pages of a pamphlet for the Lady’s Suffrage Society, he is intrigued.

A royal prince exiled from his country long ago, Theo St. George forged a new life in London's dark and seedy underworld. As a coldhearted mercenary, he's willing to do anything for a price. When he accepts a position as bodyguard to a duke in danger, he finds his true opponent in the nobleman's prim and icy sister. Pamela, Lady Deering, has been forced to accept her brother's generosity after the death of her husband. One of society's irreproachable pillars, the last thing she needs is to dally with a sinfully handsome bodyguard called Beast.

American heiress Madeline Chartrand has a problem. Her matchmaking mother is determined to secure an aristocratic husband for her, despite her wishes to the contrary. Lachlan Macfie, the newly minted Duke of Kenross, has an even bigger problem. He’s just inherited a moldering Scottish estate, crumbling castle and all, without the massive funds necessary to repair and run it. Fortunately, Lachlan has the perfect solution—a marriage of convenience. It’s a simple enough arrangement. Madeline gets the duke her mother hopes for, and Lachlan can restore the estate with the help of her vast dowry.

The Duke of Brandon is London’s most infamous rake. But his world crashes to a decided halt when the sins of his past come back to haunt him in the form of one small she-devil of a child who has green eyes just like his. To make matters worse, his disapproving grandmother has decided that he must marry or forfeit his inheritance. Now, he has no choice but to raise a daughter, find a wife, and keep his harridan grandmother from discovering his sordid secrets as the founder of the Wicked Dukes Society.

Rescued by ruin, American heiress Daisy Vanreid is desperate to avoid marriage to the aging aristocrat her abusive father chose for her. She'll do anything, even entrap the notorious Duke of Trent into marriage, to escape her fate. Losing her heart to her handsome husband after the wedding isn't part of the plan. Nothing is as it seems.

When Victoria fell in love with the Earl of Pembroke, she never imagined he'd heartlessly wed, bed, and abandon her in the countryside. After he suddenly returns, determined to prove to her he's a changed man, she's not about to forgive him, trust him, or succumb to his scorching kisses. Will has devoted his life to enraging his loathsome father by creating one scandal after the next. Duty forces him back to the wife he resents, but he isn't prepared for the raw desire she makes him feel. Seducing her will hardly be a tedious task. Guarding his heart, however, is another matter.