A dangerous bargain sparks a scandalous affair. Actress Laura Edwards has always concealed her past, but when a London rake tumbles on her secret she finds herself in a new kind of trouble. A French émigré fallen on hard times, Laura took to the stage to support her struggling family, but now they want her to turn respectable. To keep her hard-won independence, Laura will […]

There are worse things than being spectacularly jilted. Losing a leg, for instance, or getting shot—well, perhaps not: The bullet Alistair took fighting in the peninsula never landed him in London’s scandal sheets. Captain Alistair Beaumaris never dreamed he’d be tossed over by Lord Fairchild’s bastard daughter, losing both her and her fortune—a singular humiliation that should have taught him a lesson. But when your […]

Truth or dare? Good English families all have a house in the country with a deer park, a trout stream, and an army of gardeners. They should have a son and if it can be managed, he should be handsome. Cleverness isn’t important. Daughters in limited quantities are fine so long as they are pretty. Bastards are inconvenient and best ignored. It’s not a big […]