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Lady Daphne Davenport quietly benefits from the presumed death of privateer Hugh Redvers, whose lands and fortune now support her children. When Hugh strides back into her life, scarred and very much alive, passion and resentment flare even as a shadowy foe targets Daphne’s life and Hugh becomes her fiercest defender.

After seventeen years in a Moroccan harem, Lady Mia Marlington is bartered into marriage with Adam de Courtney, a widower whispered to have murdered his first two wives. Their unlikely union draws two outcasts together as hidden enemies, old traumas, and the ton’s fascination threaten their fragile trust.

This Regency anthology follows three successful Bond Street businessmen whose tidy lives are upended by unexpected love, including Minerva Spencer’s second-chance romance about a self-made magnate and the woman whose betrayal once destroyed him.

A dutiful missionary’s daughter finds herself stranded with notorious sea captain Martin Bouchard, whose smuggling past puts them both in danger. Forced into a marriage that shocks her pious world, she must decide whether to cling to old certainties or embrace the scandalous man who has stolen her heart.

Widowed music teacher Portia Stefani takes a post in remote Cornwall and finds her guarded employer, albino landowner Stacy Harrington, far more compelling than she expected. As music lessons turn intimate, old secrets and danger threaten their fragile happiness.

Reclusive industrialist Gareth Lockheart hires French sculptor Serena Lombard to transform his estate, intending only a business arrangement. Their working partnership becomes a slow-burn romance, even as Serena’s dangerous past resurfaces and forces Gareth to decide what he is willing to risk for love.

Honoria Keyes, now a successful artist, is reunited with Simon Fairchild, the gentle boy she once adored who returned from Waterloo scarred and withdrawn. Commissioned to paint him, she coaxes Simon out of seclusion and must decide whether they can build a future beyond pain and duty.

A decade after losing everything when he was dismissed in disgrace, Justin Taylor is rich and still nursing his grudge against Oona Parker. When circumstances force her to pose as his mistress at a country house party, buried hurts, simmering attraction, and a chance at forgiveness collide.

Crimean War hero Jasper Lightner is exiled from London’s police to train detectives in volatile 1850s New York. Paired with disgraced inspector Hieronymus Law, he investigates a reformer’s brutal murder and uncovers corruption, gang rule, and a conspiracy that could tear the city apart.

Worldly libertine Gideon Banks unexpectedly inherits an earldom and its formidable widow, Alys Taunton. Proposing a marriage of convenience that will let him keep his pleasures and her security, he instead finds himself dangerously attached to a woman who demands honesty as well as desire.

Elite courtesan Nora Hudson knows better than to fall for a client, but wealthy businessman Edward Fanshawe’s dark, carefully controlled desires mirror her own. Their intense arrangement blurs into love, forcing them to confront jealousy, marriage, and whether two damaged people can build something lasting.

Josephine Leather survives by living as Jo, valet to emotionally closed-off gentleman Stephen Chatham. When Stephen finds himself drawn to his impeccably male servant, both must face forbidden attraction, Jo’s true identity, and whether they can defy rigid Victorian expectations for a chance at happiness.

Twice-widowed Countess Alicia Selwood hires bodyguard Joss Gormley to protect her during discreet nighttime adventures meant to finally explore desire on her own terms. Loyal, lower-born Joss fights his growing need for her, even as danger from Alicia’s past forces them into an all-or-nothing choice.

Exhausted brothel owner Melissa Griffin retreats to the country to recover and falls for the village’s young, celibate vicar, Magnus Stanwyck. Their forbidden love pits scandal, faith, and family obligations against a passion neither can easily walk away from.

Opinionated bluestocking Drusilla Clare loathes the idea of marriage, even as she secretly yearns for her best friend’s brother, rake Gabriel Marlington. When a compromised moment forces them to wed, gossip, danger, and Dru’s stubborn ideals put their fragile, unexpectedly tender marriage to the test.

Years after one impulsive kiss ruined a young footman’s life, widowed Lady Elinor wants nothing to do with love. The footman has reinvented himself as wealthy American Stephen Worth and returns hungry for revenge, only to find that the woman he planned to ruin may be his only chance at happiness.

When missing financier Albert Beauchamp is discovered dismembered and packed in salt, inspectors Jasper Lightner and Hy Law dig into his affairs. A little black book of secrets leads them through high-society scandals, blackmail, and escalating danger as someone ruthless works to keep the past buried.

Cynical brothel co-owner Hugo Buckingham is falsely convicted and shipwrecked en route to exile, washing up on remote Stroma island. There he meets gentle Martha Pringle, whose quiet strength tempts him with the idea of a new life, if he can face the man he truly is.

Once dubbed “Lady Infamous” for her cruelty, Celia finds herself penniless and shunned. Facing those she wronged, including a former target who has grown into an unexpectedly compelling man, she must confront her past, survive fresh threats, and decide whether she deserves the love suddenly offered.

To protect her brother, impulsive Lady Eva de Courtney kidnaps Lord Godric Fleming and stuffs him into her carriage. When he turns the tables and insists on marriage, their reckless flight toward Scotland becomes a perilous road trip where resentment burns into passion and trust is hard won.

Annis Bowman, ruined by a past mistake, plans to marry for money to secure her future, while new earl Henry Singleton swaps identities with an employee to test women’s motives. A tangle of lies forces them into marriage, where mistrust slowly gives way to hard-earned understanding.

To escape a murderous guardian, a young noblewoman cuts her hair, becomes “Ben” the postilion, and hires on with overworked new earl Jago Venable. Working side by side in disguise, she risks exposure, her heart, and the fragile safety she has built from lies.

Scarred businesswoman Mary Barnett must wed to keep control of her family empire, while former soldier and dance master Miles Ingram needs a wealthy bride to rescue his impoverished earldom. Their pragmatic match becomes a journey from wary partnership to fierce devotion on and off the ballroom floor.

Scarred and half feral after his wife’s murder, Malcom Barton kidnaps Julia Harlow, daughter of the man he blames, intending cold revenge. Julia’s fierce curiosity and unexpected hunger for his dark desires slowly challenge his plans and force them both to question what they truly want.

With her family on the brink of ruin, sensible Lady Phoebe Bellamy proposes a marriage of convenience to Paul Needham, a fabulously wealthy new viscount in need of a country estate and respectability. Their strictly business bargain soon turns into a deeply felt, deeply inconvenient love match.

Scarred and embittered John Fielding has spent his life planning revenge on the aristocratic family that abandoned him. Meeting kind, overlooked Cordelia, who lives under the same cruel roof, forces him to question whether vengeance or a future with her matters more.

Marianne Simpson, a disgraced gentlewoman, earns her living as a boxer in her uncle’s all-female circus. When Duke of Staunton St. John Powell needs her help to rescue his kidnapped brother, their dangerous scheme pulls him into circus life and forces Marianne to risk her guarded heart again.

Ruthless Mr. Smith has built a fortune to fuel a long-planned revenge, not a family. Striking a bargain with enigmatic courtesan Moira Dunsmore to bear his child draws her into his unconventional household with his male lover, and into a three-way tangle of trust, vengeance, and love.

At a snowbound Christmas house party, Antonia Redvers decides she is finished waiting for Captain Lucas "O Duque" Cruz, her father’s infuriatingly honorable friend. This sensual novella gives their long-simmering attraction a chance to ignite and offers fans a coda to the Outcasts and Rebels of the Ton worlds.

Raised in a free-love utopian community in New York, Balthazar Hale wants nothing to do with the English dukedom that suddenly controls his fate. In London he falls for companion Victoria Dryden, whose dangerous secrets make her entirely unsuitable and entirely irresistible.

Plain, awkward Lady Hyacinth Bellamy secretly supports her family as a talented card sharp. Jaded Duke of Chatham Sylvester Derrick, scarred inside and out, is fascinated by the bold player at the tables. When he discovers her identity, a scandalous, surprisingly tender relationship forces them both to gamble on love.

Beautiful, biddable Lady Selina Bellamy has always been expected to marry well for her family’s sake. Freed from that obligation, she takes a position in a remote household and discovers unexpected purpose, a brooding marquess employer, and the courage to demand more than a pretty, convenient life.

Knife-thrower Jo "Blade" Brown has built a life and family at a women’s circus and avoids entanglements of the heart. When she saves undercover agent Elliot Wingate’s life, their sizzling connection pulls her into an investigation that reopens deadly secrets from her past.

Sharpshooter Cecile Tremblay escaped the French Revolution to become star of a London women’s circus. Charming duke Gaius Darlington once insulted her with an offer of carte blanche, then lost his title and fiancée. Now he begs her help and forgiveness, while Cecile decides whether second chances are worth the risk.

Ambitious journalist Lorelei Fontenot is sent to expose notorious rake Lord Stand Fast Severn, only to find a grieving man hunting his twin’s killer. Trapped together amid a dangerous investigation, they move from wary enemies to uneasy allies to lovers fighting to solve a murder before it claims them too.

At Christmastime the Bellamy sisters, their spouses, and families gather at Wych House, where scandal-shadowed Marquess Andrew Derrick must face his past and the woman he once wronged. Stacia Martin is determined he will finally remember her, even if it means rewriting both their futures amid holiday chaos.

Tired of being the responsible oldest sister, Aurelia Bellamy accepts a post assisting famous naturalist Lord Roland Crewe on a remote island. Roland, a twice-widowed rake who has sworn off marriage, finds his ordered existence upended by Aurelia’s competence, ideals, and the inconvenient hope she brings.

Cold, efficient Crown agent David Remington prides himself on feeling nothing, until one night with practical, sharp-witted prostitute Calliope Fowler unsettles him. Keeping her as his exclusive lover awakens emotions he despises and threatens the brutal final mission that will reveal who he really is.

Outspoken Lady Io Hale has no patience for ton rules or for her brother’s grimly proper friend Corbin Masterson, who judges her at every turn. Determined to expose his own unruly desires, she sparks an enemies-to-lovers showdown that upends both their carefully held beliefs.

Reckless Lady Kathryn Bellamy has spent years burning bridges and now finds herself cut off from family, with only the notoriously dull Duke of Dulverton offering a marriage of convenience. As they navigate their hasty union, Katie discovers hidden depths in her methodical husband and a love neither planned.

Young dowager countess Winifred Graham has no desire to remarry, while icy Duke of Plimpton needs a practical second wife. Their calculated match soon crackles with unwanted attraction, forcing two stubborn people to decide whether to cling to pride or rewrite the rules of their marriage.

Set in the same world as the other Bellamy books, this forthcoming installment finally gives Dauntry his own story, promising a full-length Victorian romance that tests family loyalties, overturns expectations, and delivers the intense emotion and heat readers expect from the series.

Hard-drinking Declan McElroy wakes after a brutal fall from a coach with no memory of who he is and lands in the care of principled Esther Graves, who runs a struggling household. As fragments of his past return, desire and danger entwine, and both must choose what kind of future they want.