The Curse of the Kingsmans Omnibus - Books 1-3

Curse of the Kingsmans: Eighteen year old Beth Darney is spending her first season in London. She wants to see the sights of the great city, but her parents hope she will ensnare a rich nobleman for a husband. On an outing to Newgate market with her cousins, she becomes separated from them and is lured into an alley by a gang of ruffians. She is saved by a tall, gallant stranger who escorts her safely home. Handsome, heroic and aristocratic, Henry Kingsman seems the ideal match for her. But then she learns that Henry is in fact the Fourth Earl of Berwick, a notorious rake from a dark and dissolute family. He is rumoured to deal with smugglers, and his ancestry riddled with incest, insanity and murder. Beth's father forbids her from seeing him again. However, Beth refuses to believe that Henry is as bad as his forebears, and starts seeing him in secret. When her father finds out he gives her such a beating, that she feels her only choice is to elope with Henry to his forbidding castle in Northumberland - the same bleak fortress where his family committed their loathsome deeds... Curse of the Kingsmans 2 - The Devil's Diary: Beautiful young Catriona Neville, named after her great Aunt Catriona the Pure, is anything but sweet and innocent. She reads forbidden books, runs away from home and dreams of being a wild adventuress. She is betrothed to be married to a pleasant, but shy young man named Edward, and although she likes him, he is simply not exciting enough. She yearns for someone dark and mysterious to sweep her off her feet and carry her away to exotic lands. Then she meets a tall, handsome merchant sea captain named Thomas Aubrey, who seems to embody everything she has ever dreamed of. Unfortunately, Captain Aubrey is a notorious philanderer who desires men as well as women, and steals away her fiance Edward. Catriona is devastated. She starts having strange dreams about Captain Aubrey, and believes her own wanton desires are to blame. She vows to be good - then Captain Aubrey returns, claiming that she is constantly in his thoughts, and that they are meant to be together. Catriona can only resist his promises of freedom for so long until she has to run away to sea with him... ...And then, when he finally has her in his clutches and cannot escape, Captain Aubrey reveals who he really is. Be warned: this story contains both gay and straight sex scenes. Curse of the Kingsmans 3 - Escape of Absolon: Servant boy at the Kingsley household Absolon couldn't believe his good fortune when his handsome and charismatic father rescued him and his mother from a lifetime of drudgery. No longer required to slave for a living, Absolon was able to realise his life-long dream of becoming a scholar. Then he discovered his father was really a notorious pirate captain - Aidan Thomas, the Prince of Darkness. At his Aidan's execution Absolon is recognised by one of his father's old crewmates. Snake and a small group of pirates have managed to escape the authorities and hide out in a safe-house. Snake wants to find out the truth behind Aidan's betrayal and believes Absolon can help him. Absolon thinks Sarah Kingsley, one of Aidan's former lovers, might have more information. Unfortunately Sarah knows Absolon from when he used to work in her kitchens. She treated him abominably, calling him names and pulling his hair. Absolon does not believe he has the confidence or wisdom to deal with her, so Aidan's former crewmates decide he needs a little more education in the ways of the world before he can see her. Soon Absolon is running back and forth between a murderous band of wanted cutthroats and one notorious but fiercely intelligent nymphomaniac. Can the naive young man even manage to survive long enough to discover who really betrayed Aidan Thomas on the 6th of August, 1705? Be warned: this story also contains both gay and straight sex scenes.