Bücher von Terri Mackenzie

They have just one rule: don't fall in love Forced into an engagement to save her destitute family, Lady Theodosia (Theo) Beaumont gives up her dreams of romance and a husband with all his teeth. Thankfully, her friend Nathanial Hardinge proposes a solution: a marriage of convenience. He's no romantic, but he'll grant her freedom, an alarmingly handsome husband, and the title of duchess.All she has to do is not fall for him.To Nathanial, marrying Theo makes sense. They've agreed not to let emotions complicate matters; his life can continue the way it always has. There's just one problem-now she's in the picture, his old life no longer appeals.When his cousin and heir attempts to woo Theo and destroy the marriage, Nathanial sets out to save her, and learns there is nothing convenient about marriage, love, or desire. And Theo finds that her husband might have more than just his teeth-he also has her heart.

"I ruin everything I touch. That has been my curse since the day I was born."Lady Annabelle Beaumont prefers books to ballrooms. With her elder sister married, she intends to avoid men until she's old enough to be put on the shelf along with her favourite novels. Unfortunately, when she's inadvertently discovered alone with notorious rake Jacob Barrington, she has two choices: enter an engagement with a man she loathes or be ruined forever. Jacob Barrington, newly minted Marquess of Sunderland and the "Devil of St James", plans to destroy his family's reputation in the most licentious way possible. An engagement is not on the agenda, especially to someone he detests. Instead, he offers to spend their fake engagement finding Annabelle a husband she prefers. But as their desire deepens into something more, she ends their deal and leaves London entirely. Alone, Jacob comes to a realisation: the devil does possess a heart.And she's just run away with it.