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When Lillian March accepts a post as governess in the bustling industrial town of Birmingham, she expects little more than a modest life of teaching and propriety. Instead, she finds herself in the eccentric household of Joseph Harcourt, a brilliant inventor whose intricate clockwork creations have made him wealthy—but not respectable. Joseph is everything polite society warns against: unconventional, outspoken, and utterly fascinating. As Lillian teaches his shy young ward, she begins to glimpse the tender man beneath the tinkering genius—and to imagine a life that defies every rule ...

Lady Prudence Highcastle, a sheltered young duchess with a secret wild streak, accidentally stumbles into the notorious Earl of Ravenswood's private pleasure salon during her first London season. Rather than being scandalized, she's fascinated. The rakish earl, amused by her innocence yet intrigued by her boldness, makes her a proposition: he'll educate her in the carnal arts if she'll attend his exclusive "gatherings" disguised as a mysterious masked guest. What begins as lessons in pleasure escalates into an outrageous series of adventures as they navigate high society by day and ...

When sensible Miss Georgiana Plum discovers a satirical pamphlet titled "How to Catch a Husband in Twelve Regrettable Steps," she decides to follow its ridiculous advice as a private jest during the London Season. However, her increasingly absurd attempts at husband-hunting consistently attract the wrong man—Lord Redmayne, a notorious rake with a secret literary hobby. As Georgiana works through the pamphlet's outrageous steps, Lord Redmayne finds himself inexplicably drawn to this peculiar woman whose bizarre behavior masks a sharp wit and passionate nature that matches his own. What ...

At twenty-five, Lady Augusta Blackwood is firmly on the shelf, and perfectly content to stay there. With a razor-sharp tongue and a mind far too bold for polite society, she has little interest in marriage, and even less in the dull men who seek it. But everything changes with a single, scandalous proposition from the Duke of Harrington, London’s most infamous rake. Alexander Harrington is a man of many conquests and few regrets, yet beneath his wicked charm lies a soul wearied by empty liaisons and haunted by secrets. When he crosses paths with the unconventional Lady Augusta, he’s ...

Miss Harriet Witherspoon inherits a grand estate… with one peculiar condition: she must spend thirty nights under the same roof as the (utterly infuriating) Captain Alec Hargrove, a war hero named in the late lord’s will for reasons no one quite understands. With only one bedroom warm enough to sleep in and servants who delight in matchmaking, the pair are soon stuck in a battle of wills, wit, and wildly inconvenient desire. To preserve her reputation—and keep the scandal sheets from circling—they agree to a false engagement. But thirty nights in the same house, with only one warm ...

Miss Beatrice Vale prides herself on her principles, but nothing could prepare her for Lord Edmund Ashcombe. As governess to his unruly nieces, she vows to bring order to the household—yet their scandalous guardian proves a far greater challenge than the children. Charming, infuriating, and entirely too tempting, Edmund awakens emotions Beatrice has long kept buried. What begins as a clash of wills soon deepens into stolen glances, heated words, and a longing neither of them dares name. But Edmund is a man with a reputation as dark as it is dazzling, and surrendering to desire could ...

Once the cherished daughter of a respected and affluent family, Emma Haverleigh is left penniless and grieving after her father’s sudden downfall and death. Armed only with her sharp mind, thorough education, and biting wit, she is forced to seek employment as a governess—an unthinkable descent for a woman raised to attend salons, not serve in them. Her post takes her to the stately home of the Duke of Westmoreland, a brooding widower whose young daughter is as unruly as she is clever. Though Emma intends only to survive her new station with dignity, her quick tongue and fearless ...

Viscount Hawthorne makes a drunken wager at a scandalous masquerade ball: he bets he can seduce the next unmarried woman to walk through the door. That woman turns out to be Miss Arabella Fairweather, an outspoken bluestocking who’s attending her very first ball under protest. Rather than storm off, Arabella proposes a challenge of her own: if he can seduce her, he must then agree to marry her—and give her complete control of his estate. Let the games begin.

A young, reserved governess arrives at a grand estate to tutor the unruly son of a widowed lord. Beneath her prim exterior, she harbors a fascination with forbidden literature, secretly penning her own sensual tales. One stormy night, the lord discovers her hidden manuscripts, and instead of dismissing her, he demands she read them aloud. What begins as a tense recitation soon unravels into a mutual exploration of their repressed desires, with the flickering candlelight and creaking manor walls as their only witnesses.

Miss Jemima Bloom has two great passions in life: music and ignoring sensible advice. Which is how she finds herself hauling her beloved pianoforte all the way to the seaside—much to the dismay of her long-suffering maid, the startled innkeeper, and one very irritable naval captain whose carriage she accidentally demolishes in the process. Captain Andrew Montclair wanted a quiet holiday by the sea, not a stranded week in the tiniest village in England with a spirited young lady who can’t seem to go anywhere without that monstrous instrument in tow. Worse, Jemima insists on “cheering ...

Contains all three books in the Unmasked Hearts series of standalone novellas. The Velvet Mask At a masquerade ball hosted in a sprawling London townhouse, a mysterious woman in a crimson velvet mask catches the eye of a disillusioned barrister. She lures him through shadowed corridors to a hidden parlor, where an exclusive society gathers to indulge in whispered fantasies. Behind the anonymity of their masks, they shed the rigid propriety of Victorian society, and their encounter becomes a dance of power, seduction, and fleeting intimacy—leaving him haunted by her identity long after the...

When ancient magic meets scorching passion, destiny is rewritten on the tides... Lady Priscilla Worthington-Velmontaine thought a family reunion would involve polite tea and distant cousins—not shirtless obstacle courses, long-lost pirate relatives, and a mysterious underwater prophecy. Alongside her devilishly charming husband, Captain Rogelio “The Randy Raven” Velmontaine, Priscilla is swept into the stormy chaos of the annual Pirate Lineage Summit. But when their steamy encounter in a crystal cave awakens dormant magic, they uncover a twisted legacy that could unravel time itself. ...

Lady Cecilia Featherington arrives in London for her first Season with every intention of finding a respectable husband. But when she accidentally stumbles upon the Duke of Greystone’s scandalous library—and the Duke himself—her carefully laid plans begin to unravel in the most deliciously indecent ways. With each stolen encounter, Cecilia discovers a side of herself far more daring than society would ever permit. The Duke is infamous for his rakish appetites and an eyebrow-raising collection of erotic art, yet it’s Cecilia’s wit, boldness, and capacity for chaos that truly ...

When Lady Priscilla Worthington's supposedly dead mother appears on a notorious pirate ship, her already complicated life with the flamboyant Captain Rogelio "The Randy Raven" Velmontaine takes a turn for the bizarre. Pursued by her aristocratic father, a Duke she was meant to marry, and an octopus with inexplicable romantic intentions, Priscilla must navigate family revelations that shake the very foundation of her identity. A magical treasure map tattooed on her mother's posterior leads the unlikely crew on a swashbuckling adventure through vine-swinging acrobatics, poetry-loving monkey ...

In the spring of 1905, Lady Penelope Penhaligon, esteemed curator of the British Museum and secret author of scandalously steamy pirate novels, finds herself in quite the predicament: she’s boarded the wrong ship. Instead of sailing to a conference on antique maritime weaponry, she’s now a reluctant guest aboard the Siren’s Revenge, captained by none other than Thaddeus “Cutthroat” Morgan—a real, if slightly outdated, pirate with a taste for theatrics, rum, and poetic monologues. What begins as a farcical clash between corset-bound propriety and swashbuckling chaos quickly ...

Lady Penelope Thornfield is everything a proper lady ought to be—on the surface. Beneath her refined exterior lies a sharp wit and a hidden appetite for the forbidden pages of scandalous novels. But when a chance encounter with the Duke of Ashbourne—London’s most infamous rake—threatens to expose her secret vice, she strikes a dangerous bargain: mutual blackmail for mutual benefit. What begins as a calculated game of desire quickly spirals into something far more perilous. Behind closed doors, Penelope and Julian burn through rules and reputations with every clandestine meeting. But...

Beneath the flickering candlelight of a grand masked ball, Lady Eliza Blackwood—widowed young, stifled long—tastes freedom for the first time. Cloaked in anonymity, her sharp wit and simmering passion are no longer shackled by society’s expectations. And when she crosses paths with the infamous Duke of Westmoreland, the air crackles with something far more dangerous than polite intrigue. He’s powerful, aloof, and utterly scandalous. She’s proper, poised, and aching to break the rules. Together, they begin a dance of hidden desires and forbidden touches, each daring the other to ...

A prim lady. A scandalous pirate. A high-seas seduction that could sink them both. Lady Priscilla Worthington has spent her life buttoned up—poised, polished, and promised to a man she can’t stand. But when her carriage is hijacked and she’s taken aboard the infamous Crimson Corsair, she finds herself in the clutches of Captain Rogelio Velmontaine—a rogue with a wicked grin, a silver tongue, and absolutely no sense of decency. Storm-tossed and scandal-bound, Priscilla is drawn into a world of rum-soaked revelry, moonlit danger, and pleasures she never dared imagine. But as desire ...

After fleeing Blackthorn Manor, Eleanor Grayson and Lord Nathaniel Ashwood settle in a remote coastal estate in Cornwall, seeking a fresh start where her writing and their love can thrive away from societal scorn. They adopt new identities—Eleanor as a reclusive authoress, Nathaniel as her enigmatic patron—and begin hosting clandestine literary salons to share her sensual tales with a select few. One night, a mysterious widow, Lady Isolde Vayne, arrives uninvited, cloaked in mourning black and wearing an ornate mask. She claims to be a fellow writer, but her provocative stories and ...

He gave her his name. Now she wants his desire. In the glittering ballrooms and discreet drawing rooms of Regency England, Lady Eliza Pemberton plays the part of the dutiful duchess. But beneath her composed exterior lies a woman brimming with curiosity—and longing. When she discovers her husband’s hidden diary, filled with bold confessions of pleasure and forbidden encounters before their marriage, Eliza is not scandalized… she is awakened. Determined to claim the passion he once gave so freely to others, Eliza devises a daring plan to seduce her own husband. With each page, she ...