Adele Clee Books in Order

Museum owner Rebecca Linwood believes strange noises in the night signal an ancient Egyptian curse. She turns to reclusive scholar Gabriel Stone for help, drawing two lonely people into a mystery that challenges his guarded heart and her resolve.

Returning to England after being blamed for a lord's death, Lucas Dempsey expects scandal and hostility. Helena Ecclestone initially shares society's distrust, but an overheard conversation persuades her to seek the truth beneath his reputation as a murderous rogue.

Sophie Beaufort travels to London to investigate her brother's disappearance after a French comte threatens her. Reluctantly joined by Sebastian Ashcroft, Marquess of Danesfield, she must unravel her brother's dealings while confronting feelings for a man she wants to despise.

Anthony Dempsey has worked to restore his family's reputation, but a devastating secret drives him from society. Sarah Roxbury refuses to accept his sudden indifference, determined to uncover what threatens their relationship and the people he wants to protect.

After her father’s death leaves the family impoverished, Prudence Roxbury approaches the heir to their former home with a marriage proposal for her sister. Lord Roxbury needs a wife quickly, but finds himself increasingly drawn to Prudence instead.

Returning to London after his brother’s death, Tristan Wells encounters Isabella, the woman he believes betrayed him. Widowed under suspicious circumstances and fearing for her life, she must ask her former love for protection despite the hurt between them.

After killing a dangerous French count, brothel keeper Marie Labelle takes refuge in an abandoned monastery. Her reluctant protector, Crown agent Marcus Danbury, must decide where his loyalties lie as danger and attraction complicate his assignment.

Enquiry agents Daniel Thorpe and Daphne Chambers meet again three years after she rejected his marriage proposal. As their professional paths converge, danger brings them closer, forcing them to confront the feelings they have both tried to suppress.

After escaping confinement, Lady Rose Darby is mistaken for a maid and finds shelter at Everleigh Hall. Serving the brooding Lord Farleigh offers temporary safety, but his secrets and the danger pursuing her make trust a difficult gamble.

Nicole Flint helps her employer, Lady Rose Darby, escape a manor full of secrets, then stays behind. When Rose's brother Oliver returns to find his sister missing, suspicion and attraction complicate his search for the truth about Nicole.

Threatened with financial ruin after a suspicious card game, Matthew Chandler offers marriage to Priscilla Smythe, whose reputation is in danger. Their practical arrangement gives them a chance to defeat their enemies, but neither anticipates the feelings it will awaken.

Devlin Drake plans to avenge his brother by winning a cruel woman's hand in a wager. Instead, he is tricked into marrying her mistreated half-sister Juliet, and their unlikely alliance faces enemies determined to separate them.

Lydia Lovell confronts Lord Greystone over the suffering of his neglected tenants when he returns from abroad. Intent on avenging his mother's humiliation, Greystone finds his plans disrupted by a woman determined to hold him responsible for his estate.

Believed drowned eight years earlier, Estelle Darcy returns to London under another name. A reunion with the man she once loved offers an unexpected second chance, but the secrets behind her disappearance threaten the future they might share.

Lady Lillian Sandford has resigned herself to scandal when Baron Ravenscroft kidnaps her to punish her brother. His plan for revenge takes an unexpected turn when a forced marriage entangles them in a far more personal struggle.

Lord Valentine intends to marry for duty, until a duel brings him into contact with sharp-tongued Ava Kendall. While she struggles to protect her reckless brother, their growing attraction disrupts his orderly plans and challenges both their expectations.

Returning from India to clear his name of murder, Hudson Lockhart needs a woman to pose as his wife. Impoverished Claudia Darling accepts his proposal, risking her heart as she joins his attempt to expose a family conspiracy.

After surviving attempts on her life, Scarlett Steele asks Damian Wycliff to honour the promise he made when she saved him years earlier. The notorious rogue must look beyond her scandalous reputation to protect a woman hiding painful secrets.

Lara Bennett engineers a snowy visit to an earl’s home to reunite her grandfather with a lost love. Instead, she becomes entangled in a murder investigation and an unexpected attraction to a host trying to avoid marriage.

Investigating his brother’s suspicious death, Lawrence Trent encounters Verity Vale tending the grave at midnight. Her own suffering at the hands of a secretive gentlemen’s club gives them a shared reason to uncover the truth and seek justice.

Benedict Cavanagh finds his former love Cassandra Mills abandoned in Hyde Park, the victim of a calculated attempt to ruin her. Helping her exposes them both to further schemes, forcing them to revisit the betrayal that ended their engagement.

Enquiry agent Noah Ashwood takes on Evangeline Dunn's search for a missing brother amid theft and blackmail. Their investigation carries them from fashionable ballrooms to London's rookeries, where growing attraction complicates his duty to protect his client.

Enquiry agent Finlay Cole is still grieving his wife's death when his first love asks for help. Sophia Adair fears someone plans to abduct her sister, forcing the former lovers to confront dangerous secrets and their unfinished past.

Lucius Daventry hunts the killer of his secret society's leader while Sybil Atwood seeks her father's missing journals. Threatening letters bring them together, drawing them into London's underworld and a struggle to trust one another amid murderous plots.

Vivienne Hart brings enquiry agent Evan Sloane a contract their grandfathers made seventy years earlier. Pursuing clues to a lost inheritance, they must outwit someone determined to steal it while deciding what their growing bond means to them.

Enquiry agent Dante D'Angelo discovers a link between a fraud case and his parents' murder. Assigned to work with Beatrice Sands, the Order's first female agent, he must learn to trust a partner whose own past connects to his mission.

New enquiry agent Rachel Gambit meets a mysterious client at a Vauxhall masquerade and must prove her abilities before he hires her. Eli Hunter needs help recovering a secret society's stolen artefact, but their attraction threatens his carefully maintained defences.

Widowed enquiry agent Julianna’s first client is Bennet Devereaux, the childhood friend she lost seventeen years ago. Threatening obituaries and eerie warnings force her to investigate under his roof, where old affection collides with danger and differences in rank.

Eliza Dutton reluctantly takes an assignment helping Lord Roxburgh, whose gambling recalls the losses that destroyed her father. When a guest is murdered in his garden, their uneasy partnership becomes an investigation into secrets behind his apparently dissolute life.

Helen Langley has long concealed her love for her brother's best friend, Nicholas St. Clair, who secretly returns her feelings. When blackmail and murder draw them into an investigation, they must decide whether to risk admitting what each has hidden.

Miss Trimble expects dismissal when her employer summons her, but instead he exposes her hidden identity and assigns her a client. Alexander Grayson needs help proving who killed his brother, drawing her into a dangerous confrontation with her past.

Mina Stanford visits Devon Masters at night to stop him duelling with her brother, only to be mistaken for a courtesan. When her brother is murdered, she must choose between protecting her reputation and providing the evidence that could save Masters.

Enquiry agent Honora Wild must help the scarred Lord Deville clear his name after his brother’s death. At his isolated castle, her concealed past and his distrust of women complicate an investigation that draws them unexpectedly close.

Gaming hell owner and scholar Christian Chance agrees to investigate fraud at a museum. Paired with his enemy's daughter, he must navigate a dangerous case while struggling with an attraction that challenges his distrust of his unexpected partner.

Lillian Ware secretly gathers material for a book warning debutantes about rogues. When a duke discovers her project, he offers to teach her about scoundrels himself, but witnessing an abduction turns their flirtatious bargain into a dangerous investigation.

Book collector Ailsa MacTavish accidentally acquires an old grimoire at auction, attracting someone determined to steal it. Forced to work with her rival Viscount Denton, she finds their familiar arguments giving way to an attraction neither intended to pursue.

Naomi Grant kidnaps the intimidating Aramis Chance because she needs a husband capable of facing her scheming relatives. He assumes she is part of a prank, but her demand for a marriage of convenience proves harder to dismiss.

Delphine Chance enjoys her adoptive brothers' protection but longs to discover the identity she lost as a child. Investigator Dorian Flynn agrees to help, only to uncover a forgotten secret that threatens both their lives as attraction grows between them.

Gwendolyn Caldwell’s first love returns near Christmas after vanishing without explanation. Simon Garrick’s reappearance revives the feelings she tried to bury, leaving her torn between protecting herself and discovering the scandal behind his disappearance.

Modiste Eleanor Darrow's stolen box contains secrets that could cost her life. Theodore Chance took it after feeling deceived by her, but their battle of wills draws them into a dangerous web of deceit and an increasingly undeniable attraction.

When a peer is found dead at her ladies' club, Joanna Lovelace seeks help from gaming hell owner Aaron Chance. His devotion to vengeance leaves little room for love, but investigating together threatens the distance he has tried to maintain.

Partially blinded by an accident, Clara Dalton pursues a list of forbidden adventures before retreating from society. A viscount facing an unwanted engagement joins her escapades, but their growing attraction becomes entangled with dangerous secrets and murder.

Escaping her stepmother's plan to sell her virtue, Sofia Moorland finds work with doctor Reid Gentry. As patients begin dying suspiciously, their search for answers draws them into a dangerous network of secrets while an attraction develops between them.

Elsa Dalton travels to London to confront the husband who abandoned her after their wedding. Daniel has been concealing her suspected involvement in a crime, and their reunion forces him to choose between secrecy and the possibility of rebuilding their marriage.

Distrustful after years of betrayal, the Marquess of Rothley offers marriage to Olivia Woolf to protect her from danger. Their arrangement begins in friendship, but his growing desire clashes with her determination to keep the secrets of her past.

Emma Vane confronts newspaper owner Hugh Stanton at gunpoint, demanding a retraction and bringing evidence he cannot dismiss. Their clash becomes a joint hunt for a killer through London's streets, complicated by an attraction neither expected.

To escape a forced marriage, Daphne Harland engineers a scandalous kiss with notorious Dominic Hawke. He intends to use their encounter to provoke a duel and pursue revenge, but her determination and their attraction disrupt his plans.