For Want of a Reputation
In order to comply with the terms of his father’s will, Pascal Devonshire, Earl of Walsea, must marry Lady Allegra Bardolph. Pascal is the envy of his friends but feels like a condemned man.
Upon her return from Ceylon, society closes ranks against Ophelia Montague, blaming her for her father’s misdemeanours. Lady Allegra and Cassie Lambert remain loyal, insisting that Ophelia accompanies them to Devonshire Hall for a house party, where Allegra’s engagement to Lord Walsea will be announced.
Pascal and Ophelia are drawn to one another by a doomed passion. If Pascal doesn’t marry a lady with a spotless pedigree he will forfeit the Devonshire fortune. Can he find a way to salvage Sir Frederick’s Montague’s reputation? And even if he can, what of his undertaking to marry Lady Allegra…
Christmas at Castleray
Alisa Langdon’s uncle, a successful merchant with the East India Company, has finally returned to England. He invites Alisa and her stepfamily to Castleray, his recently acquired estate in Hampshire, for the Christmas celebrations.
Chase Beaumont, Joseph Langdon’s right-hand man, realises that Christmas will be far from the peaceful celebration he’d hoped for when his carriage is shot at during the journey down from London. When he rescues Langdon’s family members stranded at the side of the road and learns that they too have been the victims of unexplained ‘accidents’, he suspects that Langdon’s enemies are closing in on him.
Alisa has her work cut out, keeping her avaricious stepmother from attempting to inveigle her way into her rich uncle’s good graces. When her uncle explains why he felt compelled to leave England so abruptly ten years previously, she struggles to come to terms with the shocking truth.
Why are Langdon’s servants being ostracised in the local village? Can Chase and Alisa discover who attacked them on the road? Has the same person orchestrated the campaign to drive Langdon from Hampshire? And vitally, can Chase ignore his growing attraction to Alisa, who appears intent upon honouring her father’s dying wish by marrying her indolent stepbrother…
Disinherited
Orphaned, penniless and alone, Nadine Egan is determined to unmask the unscrupulous confidence trickster who robbed her of her inheritance. Her search leads her to Jared Beaumont, Earl of Andover, whom she hold responsible for her straitened circumstances.
Rich, influential and badly in need of rescuing from his mother's marriage plans for him, Jared takes an interest in the headstrong Nadine.
Can such a handsome and charismatic man really have stooped so low as to rob Nadine of her birthright, or are more sinister forces at work…
Genre: Historical Romance
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