Bücher der Reihe The Rakes of St. Regent's Park

A shivering young woman leans against a lamppost on London's most notorious street of ill repute. Chastity Armitage is on the run from her lecherous stepfather. Desperate for food and lodging for her siblings, she takes to the streets. She never expected a tall, handsome man to appear from the mist and change her life forever. A choice lies before her: continue down the path of never-ending poverty or become the baron's mistress. Asher Colborne, Baron Wenlock, is shocked to discover the dressed-in-rags lady is Chastity Armitage, a young woman who had caught his attention at a ball three years past. Asher offers his assistance, but Chastity suggests a carnal contract. As a member of The Rakes of St. Regent's Park, Asher is well aware of what such an agreement will portend. Despite the scorching attraction, they decide to keep an emotionless business arrangement in place. That pact soon falls apart, as they cannot deny their intense feelings. Many obstacles lay in Chastity and Asher's path. For the baron and the mistress, embracing true love will be their most challenging impediment.

Oliver Wollstonecraft, Viscount Tensbridge and recent member of The Rakes of St. Regent's Park, has a secret: he leads a double life. He sits on a progressive parliamentary committee by day, crafting laws to benefit the less fortunate. But by night, Oliver tests those values, acting as The Sentinel, a masked protector of the underprivileged. Nothing shakes his stoic resolve until he comes to the aid of a bold and fiery woman who turns out to be a lady detective. She awakens emotions Oliver believed were well hidden. Claudia Ellingford has secrets of her own. The illegitimate daughter of a villainous duke, she spent the past ten years surviving on the streets. Recently hired by The Galway Investigative Agency, Claudia relishes her exciting new occupation. But nothing prepared her for seeing a masked man lurking in the shadows and patrolling the alleys of a notorious section of London. What is more shocking is that the stuffy viscount who hired her is the vigilante that stirred her dormant desire. Claudia and Oliver become swept up into a perilous situation, with a vicious criminal determined to discover The Sentinel's true identity. But what is also in danger is their hearts, facing their doubts, and finding a path to lasting happiness.