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A lady discovers that the monster of her nightmares just might be the hero of her dreams.The lady labels him a devil.Miss Lydia Lovell is on a quest for justice. For years, Lord Greystone's tenants have suffered at his hands. While he abandoned his estate to rusticate abroad, poverty and illness crippled those who depend upon him. Now Greystone has come home, and Lydia is determined to make him pay.Greystone returns for revenge.Having spent five years abroad making his fortune, Miles Oakley, Viscount Greystone, returns to England with one goal in mind - to ruin those responsible for his mother's humiliation. The plan is in place. But when a spirited lady accosts him at the manor's gates, hurling her ridiculous accusations, he discovers another shocking betrayal.The course of true love never runs smoothly.But Lydia has more to worry about than Greystone's tenants. Her brother's cunning wife wants control over Lydia's inheritance and is plotting ways to accomplish her goal. And damn Greystone. Lydia cannot fight her attraction to the man she's spent years despising.When threats of murder and blackmail throw them together, and passion burns with ferocious intensity, Miles and Lydia must overthrow their enemies if they have any hope of surrendering to love.Features: Regency historical romance novelFull length novel of approx 70,000 words

Two lonely people discover that true love doesn't have to be perfect.The gentleman makes a wager.Devlin Drake is out for revenge. Since his brother's mysterious death, the cruel and devious Miss Bromfield has taken to spouting vicious lies, spreading vile gossip-and he vows to make her pay. How better to punish the lady than to make her his wife? A lifetime of misery is what she deserves. Knowing the lady would never accept him, Devlin devises a plan to get her to the altar-he'll win her hand in a bet.In choosing to marry the spiteful lady, Devlin must accept he will never know true love. But his fortunes turn when he's offered another tempting option.A surprise announcement. Miss Juliet Duval, the illegitimate daughter of Baron Bromfield, was taken into the lord's house after the death of her mother. The baron finds her an embarrassment, and her half-sister's jealous tirades see Juliet banished to the role of servant. That is until her father makes a foolish wager and needs a daughter to satisfy his debt.An unsuitable match.Thrown together in an odd twist of fate, Devlin and Juliet are mismatched in every regard. He is a hulking figure of a man, powerful, commanding. She is dainty and petite, used to obeying her father, and despising of masterful men. Yet both quickly become what the other needs and together must battle against those determined to tear them apart.Features: Regency historical romance novelA novel of approx 70,000 wordsContains some descriptive sex scenes

The course of true love never did run smoothly-not when it involves a duel at dawn, a fight with a monkey, and mysterious goings-on at a séance.An unexpected encounter.Lucius Valentine has vowed to marry. Being an only son, duty and obligation weigh heavily on his shoulders. But how does a man choose a bride when his heart is devoid of emotion? Deciding on the widow, Lady Durrant, he soon realises he is not the only gentleman vying for her attention. The conflict ends in a dawn appointment where a surprise encounter sends Valentine's marriage plans awry and throws his ordered life into turmoil.Even strong women crave love.Miss Ava Kendall has a hell of a game trying to keep her wayward brother out of trouble. In rescuing him from his recent escapade, she is thrown into the path of the enigmatic Lord Valentine. The man is charming, intelligent, beyond handsome, and clearly unused to dealing with a woman possessed of a sharp tongue and original mind. Gentlemen of his ilk usually avoid the bluestocking types. So why does he stare at her with hungry eyes? Why does their verbal sparring awaken a passion more profound than anything Ava has experienced before?A wild adventure leads to a passionate affair.After the theft of his mother's prized blood ruby, Valentine is tasked with finding the culprit. And who should be on the list of suspects? The outspoken Miss Kendall. All evidence points to her guilt. But there is more to the mystery than meets the eye and the couple find themselves embroiled in plots of murder and blackmail. While their attraction deepens amidst the chaos, a villain is busy working behind the scenes to ruin their happy ever after.

The wait for vengeance is over.When a man wakes to find himself gripping a dagger and sprawled next to a corpse, what else can he do but board a boat sailing for India? But after five years spent avoiding the hangman's noose, Hudson Lockhart has returned to England to prove himself innocent of any crime. Suspecting a family member conspired to incriminate him, Lockhart devises a plan to trap the culprit. All he needs now is someone to pretend to be his devoted wife.An opportunity too good to miss.Since the death of her father, Claudia Darling spends her days managing their dilapidated manor house in Falaura Glen whilst caring for her blind sister. Every day is much like the next until a dark, handsome stranger arrives in the dead of night looking for a place to stay. Claudia's attempts to discover more about the mysterious gentleman lodging in the coach house leads to an unexpected proposal she cannot refuse.Will Claudia throw caution to the wind for a chance to escape the daily drudgery and bring an end to her financial troubles?And what of her weak and lonely heart? Can she remain indifferent to the stranger's charms whilst pretending to be his wife, whilst sharing his bed?