Camilla Knightová má jedno velké tajemství. To náhodně objeví Nicholas, hrabě z Ashby, když pronásleduje kvůli sázce o nádherného hřebce obdivovanou divadelní divu Lysette Davideovou. Camilla se sice zapřísahá, že se nikdy nevdá, aby ochránila pověst své rodiny, ale Nicholas na ni má takřka magický vliv: pokaždé když se s ním setká, zapomene na své sliby a nedokáže se ubránit jeho něžnostem. Myslí to s ní ale Nicholas upřímně?
Playboy bachelor the Earl of Ashby had become fascinated by the beautiful actress Lysette Davide, agreeing to a wager with his friends to make her his mistress. But Lysette, in actual fact, was the highly respectable society lady Miss Camilla Knight, and she would be ruined if anyone discovered her scandalous secret!Courting the beautiful Camilla by day and trying to win his reckless wager by night, when would the earl realize that Camilla and Lysette were one and the same woman?
MIRROR IMAGE Mr. Lucian Southwood traveled all the way from the West Indies to London to give his younger sister a Season in town. While attending the funeral for a distant relation, Lucian found himself causing the very young dowager countess to faint dead away.Not only was Lucian the spitting image of the late earl, but suddenly he was the fourth Earl of Radwinter as well, and his duty was to marry the widow and produce an heir. Lucian was eager to comply—but it seemed as though the lovely lady had buried her heart with her husband. What would it take for the new earl to win her affections?
Miss Eleanor Southeran was reliably informed that independence of mind was not a desirable quality in a young lady. But, convinced that she could not love any of the fashionable fribbles of the Ton, Eleanor had so far evaded matrimony. Meeting Mr. Jonas Guthrie, a forthright, coolly cynical gentleman, was a refreshing change--until the scandal that surrounded his name was revealed. Believing herself deceived about his character, Eleanor intended never to see him again. But Jonas had other plans for her...
Antonia Dane returned to her recently inherited family home to discover the house and grounds were in a desperate state. Her neighbour, Lord Marcus Allington, offered to buy the grounds, and Antonia was tempted -- until he kissed her She would not sell her precious land to such a man
Traveling unchaperoned meant that Sophia and Lord Hal had spent days - and nights - alone together, so marriage now seemed inevitable. Sophia yearned to be Hal's bride - but as he was only marrying her out of duty, she was going to rebel every step of the way...