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Após o falecimento de seu pai, Ilita Darrington-Coombe se muda da belíssima Capri para a Inglaterra. Órfã e solitária, ela vive sob o controle de uma tia amarga que a exila no Castelo de Lyss, onde deve trabalhar sem revelar sua verdadeira identidade. Mas essa tarefa se torna cada vez mais difícil, pois sua beleza e excelente educação cativaram o interesse do Marquês! Quando os dois trocam um intenso beijo de amor, Ilita se sente desamparada: ela deve deixar o castelo, pois não pode continuar a esconder sua identidade... Seria possível contar esse segredo sem arruinar o seu grande amor?

As águas do rio Sena brilhavam freneticamente, refletindo o brilho fantástico das luzes de Paris. Lágrimas também brilhavam nos olhos de Nádia, mostrando a dor de seu jovem e sofrido coração. O Sena a chamava, prometendo-lhe no gozo de suas águas o fim das perseguições, tentando seduzi-la com a volúpia de seu misterioso beijo da morte. De repente, um homem a agarrou! Nádia sentiu que seria difícil libertar-se daqueles braços fortes, daqueles olhos negros que a dominavam, com doce e surpresa censura.

"Conheço um chef melhor do que Carême". As palavras do General provocaram um silêncio espantado: ninguém acreditava que existisse no mundo um cozinheiro capaz de suplantar o famoso Antoine Carême, chef do Príncipe regente. Mais perplexos ficariam todos se soubessem que não só existia, como não era um homem francês, mas sim uma mulher inglesa! Para ajudar o irmão a pagar uma dívida de jogo ao Marquês de Wayne, a bela Araminta decidiu cozinhar, mas todos deveriam pensar que o novo chef era um homem.

Durante o carnaval mascarado de Veneza, todos são anônimos. Apesar da euforia contagiante, o Marquês de Melford já estava entediado e a festa começava a incomodá-lo. No meio daquele desfile alegre e vibrante, eis que surge Catarina, uma dama de olhos tristonhos que despertam a curiosidade do Marquês. Por trás da máscara, Catarina fala docemente das saudades que sente da Inglaterra, mas o Marquês só consegue pensar em seus lábios desejáveis e na doçura de seu temperamento. Após uma conversa cativante, a dama logo desaparece das vistas do Marquês, mas permanece em seu coração.

Meiga, tímida, Latônia estava quase desmaiando diante de lorde Branscombe. Os olhos acinzentados do homem brilhavam de ira quando ele gritou, sem piedade: "Você é uma mentirosa, uma mulher sem escrúpulos!" Latônia sabia queria ser castigada por culpa bem merecida. Por querela havia enganado o lorde, fingindo ser sua prima, e viajado com ele para a Índia? Agora, em meio à pompa e riqueza dos palácios indianos, a farsa foi descoberta. O pior é que lorde Branscombe escolheu um estranho castigo para Latônia: obrigou a moça a se casar com ele!

No Castelo do Conde de Halesworth, o sol em raiosa cumplicidade sempre inundava de luz os cabelos de Janet. Os raios de sol, penetravam no seu corpo, aquecendo-lhe o coração gelado e cheio de tanta tristeza. Halesworth, amava-a profundamente e nada mais já importava, mas ela, não devia voltar aos braços dele, como se tudo não passasse de uma fatalidade, pois aquela tinha sido a primeira e a última vez que ela poderia estar nos seus braços. Para seu próprio bem não poderia esquecer, que as mulheres que entregavam o seu coração a ele, desapareciam para sempre.

Cicely Ware understands how society works. At the age of twenty-six, she has been around long enough to know that she is doomed to spinsterhood. But she refuses to go without ever knowing what it is like to be with a man. So she comes up with a wonderful plan to find a rake to teach her, complete with a list of possibilities. At the top of that list sits Douglas the Duke of Ethingham.

Colleen MacGregor doesn’t like rich men, especially rich titled men. Still, her guilt won’t allow her to leave Sebastian passed out in the snow. Before he can leave, they are caught in a compromising situation. Under an agreement he will leave and never bother her again, Colleen marries a man she barely knows to save her reputation. Before she can really stop anything, she is whisked to London, where she is transformed into an Original and captures the attention of the ton—not to mention her husband.

Josephine Claremont hides her real name—and all the struggles she's endured—behind a beautiful stage name and debonair lifestyle. As the premier actress in London, she is welcomed in all society homes even though she doesn't belong in the haute ton. She is the queen of the demimonde and is determined to maintain that position—even if a dashing viscount is oddly intent on winning her heart.

After Dominic Kilburn left Lady Willa Ransome at the altar she vowed never to reveal how badly she was hurt. Determined to move on with her life she accepts an invitation to a friend’s house party on an isolated Scottish isle. The perfect escape, until she comes face to face with the man responsible for her humiliation.

Lady Anna was once considered the catch of the season. Now, three years after she fell for a man who tried to murder her cousin, she eases her guilt with charity work at an orphanage. Until her mother insists she do her duty. Attending her cousin’s ball is irritating enough. It’s her one dance with Daniel, the unscrupulous Earl of Effington, that rubs her nerves raw. And oddly leaves her senses on the edge of arousal.

The third son returns to Montbryce after an absence of eight years. He's been in England, masquerading as a de Quincey and trying to infiltrate King John's inner circle. Sent by John as an emissary to a council of war in Flanders, he is unmasked as a spy. As if that isn't bad enough, he finds himself trapped into marriage and forced to flee with his unwanted bride.

When Veronica said "I do" to Sebastian Sinclair, Duke of Edgefield, she thought all her dreams had come true. He was dashing and doting, and she absolutely adored him—until he betrayed her trust, shattering their marriage, and her heart, into a million tiny bits. She hasn't seen her husband in the two years since, and she'd just as soon make it twenty. But when she learns that her beloved grandfather's dying wish is for her and Sebastian to attend the family's Christmastide celebration, she swallows her pride and asks him a favor: to pretend they're the happy couple they once were.

Reverend Augustus Shackleford's mission in life (aside from ensuring the collection box was suitably full every Sunday) was to secure advantageous marriages for each of his eight daughters. A tall order, given the fact that in the Reverend's opinion they didn't possess a single ladylike bone in the eight bodies they had between them. Quite where he would find a wealthy titled gentleman bottle headed enough to take any of them on remained a mystery and indeed was likely to test even his legendary resourcefulness.

Having been jilted, Hattie Woodchurch has no prospects. Until she is asked by the visiting Duke of Santiava, Mateo, to be his personal assistant. He needs help with his correspondence and Hattie, with her intelligence and wit, is ideal. But royal protocol demands Mateo also find a wife from English society, and Hattie is perfect for advice on ladies of note. With her blunt and honest opinions, Mateo soon finds himself relying on Hattie’s guidance. Until it comes time to choose a wife, and Mateo realises only one woman truly captures his attention.

Brigid MacNaughton can outshoot any lad in the Highlands with a firearm or bow and easily scare away the most amorous suitor. When she is packed off to London to "smooth her rough edges," Brigid vows to turn this punishment into an adventure. She'll master the rules of society, become the perfect English miss to placate her family, then return to the Highlands and her old life. Until she falls in love with a quiet, self-possessed Englishman who believes her ruse.

The follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Mister, a passionate and thrilling love story from E L James, author of the phenomenal bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogies. Alessia regards her husband through heavy-lidded eyes. You'll have to fight for him. Her mother's words from their...

Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Alvaria joins her father the King for an illustrious visit to Royal Ascot hoping for just two things—a break from the strictures of the royal court and a bit of adventure. Samuel Thorne has made a career of uncovering the dark underside of London's haute ton. He enjoys subverting the society that burned him so badly. But Alexandra is from a whole other world—and when she enters his, she immediately turns it upside down. But the very investigation that brings two lovers together may also be the one that tears them apart.

I am told my union to the crowned prince will determine the fate of the kingdom, but it isn’t my betrothed who haunts my dreams. It’s the half-breed prince who stands at his side. He is darkness and sin, and when he whispers promises of wickedness in my ear, I crave a man who I can’t have. Every thought I have is treasonous. The way my hands ache to touch him deceitful. Even my dreams make me a traitor to the kingdom I am sworn to protect. But when the kingdom is attacked, I am forced to make choices I’m not prepared for.

Patsy Crompton, the Earl of Farnworth's beloved stepdaughter, is now a young lady headed for her first London season. It will be a different life from the one she's used to in the north of England. She's looking forward to the experiences that are a rite of passage for debutantes. But she's in no hurry to find a husband—until she waltzes with Nicolai Morgan-Lloyd, Earl of Ainsworth.