Rumours abound that Patrick Trafford, the famous Irish portrait artist, is the recluse who has taken Parkstone Manor, the rundown estate bordering the Duke of Winchester's country seat. Lord Vincent Sheridan, the duke's brother, is able to satisfy his family's curiosity in that regard when he rescues eight-year-old twins from a brawl in Compton village. Far from being grateful for the twins' safe delivery, Niamh Trafford, Patrick's granddaughter and the boys' aunt, all but evicts Vince from her tumbledown home. Vince is unaccustomed to being so summarily dismissed, especially by attractive young women, and his interest in Miss Trafford is piqued as a consequence.
Nia despairs. Now that Lord Vincent knows who they are, her grandfather will never be left in peace. His diminished mental capabilities will become public knowledge, ruining his reputation and making him a laughing stock. Drawn into the Sheridan's elite social circle, Nia struggles to hide her growing attraction towards Lord Vincent. In urgent need of a confidante, she admits to him that someone is faking Trafford portraits, exploiting her grandfather's muddled state of mind for their own gain.
Patrick Trafford regains some of his former awareness when he is persuaded to undertake a portrait of the duke. Vince and Nia launch an ambitious plan to use the finished canvas as bait to uncover the identity of the forger. In so doing, Nia and the twins fall foul of a ruthless individual who will stop at nothing to exact revenge against the Trafford family, and secure his own future into the bargain.
But he has reckoned without Vince, who is equally determined to save the woman he has fallen deeply in love with. Will he be in time...

Cristobel Brooke's father, jeweller to the rich and famous, is brutally murdered. Crista flees to her uncle, who resides in a small village close to Winchester, determined not to be pulled into the criminal activities that ended her father's life. But the villains have discovered she makes jewellery just as well as her father did, and pursue her, forcing her to fall in with them.
Lord Amos Sheridan, brother to the Duke of Winchester, is intrigued by Crista's unusual personality but becomes frustrated when she refuses to trust him with her secrets. Suspecting she has involved herself in something she is unable to control, Amos is astounded when she becomes implicated in treasonous acts and delves deeper, determined to vindicate her.
With the duke's backing, they launch a daring scheme to expose villains prepared to resort to murder and blackmail in order to line their own pockets. Crista, determined never to marry, finds herself falling a little more in love with Amos each time she meets him. But he is a duke's heir and she is a nobody with a criminal past that would visit disgrace upon his family. There can be no future for them, can there...

Lady Annalise Sheridan, sister to the Duke of Winchester, embarks upon her second season, uninterested in any of the gentlemen vying for her attention. She has already settled her interest upon Clarence Vaughan, the Earl of Romsey. As a seasoned diplomat acting on behalf of his majesty's government, he is quite the most intelligent, captivating and handsome man she has ever met and she is completely besotted by him. But her efforts to attract him are interrupted when she is abducted from a society ball, and her life hangs in the balance.
The duke and his brothers hold Clarence responsible for Annalise's disappearance. So too does Clarence, who berates himself for allowing his interest in her to become apparent. He should have anticipated that enemies of the state would use Annalise to bend him to their will.
Annalise outwits her captors, leaving Clarence and her brothers to try and establish the reasons behind her abduction while she wrestles with the weightier difficulty of getting Clarence to fall in love with her. She soon discovers Clarence is a slave to duty and doesn't have the remotest idea how to relax, even if he is very capable of arousing her passions. Refusing to give up on him, she sets about trying to change that situation, unwittingly causing more problems for them both than she actually resolves.
Can two such diametrically opposed characters ever find happiness together...

Elias Shelton, the Duke of Winsdale, has a duty to produce an heir. Completely indifferent, he leaves his mother to invite all the most suitable candidates to a house party at Winsdale Park, promising to choose one of them as his duchess. Returning home after several days of pre-nuptial carousing, Eli falls from his horse and badly injures his head. His life is saved by a mysterious woman who fascinates and enthrals Eli.
Athena Defoe and her young twin sisters are hiding from their past in a tumbledown cottage on Eli's estate. Athena refuses to place her trust in Eli, but he is equally determined to repay her by protecting her. To do so he must first discover what or whom she is so afraid of. With attention focused on her by the duke's interest, Athena's whereabouts becomes known and danger visits her quiet corner of Hampshire.
Caught up in the whirl of his mother's entertainments, Eli must race against time to save the woman he's fallen in love with, even if she isn't duchess material...

Aware that some people consider her an unworthy wife, Lizzy Darcy is determined to prove her detractors wrong by throwing a magnificent house party at Pemberley. The smallest details have been worried over for weeks; nothing can possibly go wrong, can it? Lizzy starts to wonder about that when a distraught Lydia descends upon Pemberley on the eve of the party. Wickham has quit the army and gone to London to resurrect his career in the law.
Miss Bingley is determined to rescue Darcy from his reckless marriage, convinced he must now regret it. She finds an unlikely ally in George Wickham, both of whom wish to avenge themselves on Lizzy, albeit for very different reasons. If Darcy were to find his fine-eyed wife in a compromising position with Wickham of all people, he would never forgive her.
Lizzy finds herself in a desperate fight to save her marriage, but can only do so by exposing Miss Bingley's evil machinations. What damage will that do to Jane's happiness with her Mr. Bingley? And what of Lydia? Even if Lizzy can prove to Darcy that she has been manipulated, how can she protect her sister in the face of Wickham's desperate and despicable actions...

Lady Catherine de Bourgh has invited herself to Pemberley, intent upon bringing about an engagement between her daughter Anne and Colonel Fitzwilliam. Unlike Darcy, Fitzwilliam must marry for money and so cannot fail to oblige Lady Catherine.

But her ladyship has failed to take into account the improvement in her daughter's health, brought about by the charismatic Mr. Asquith, inexplicably engaged by Lady Catherine to take Mrs. Jenkinson's place as Anne's tutor. Asquith opens Anne's eyes with his worldly wisdom and engaging charm and she finds herself thinking the unthinkable.

For his part, Joshua Fitzwilliam longs for a love match to rival the Darcys. When he meets Celia Sheffield, a recent arrival in Derbyshire, he is enchanted by her beauty and wit. Widowed a year previously, Mrs. Sheffield's fortune is being contested by someone from her past in Jamaica, from whence Mr. Asquith also hails. What is the connection between him and the woman Joshua has become fixated upon?

When Dominic Sanford's parents die in a carriage accident, he is packed off to Scotland to be brought up in his uncle's household. Twelve years later, a member of the London Company of Surgeons, he returns to his dilapidated estate that borders Pemberley. He plans to settle in Derbyshire and continue with his medical research, but has other pressing reasons for his return. His father's journals have recently come into his possession and throw up questions about the accident that killed his parents. Perhaps it wasn't an accident at all, and they were murdered. Dominic will not rest until he discovers the truth.

Georgiana Darcy sees Dominic for the first time at Colonel Fitzwilliam�s wedding and feels an immediate attraction towards her brother�s engaging friend. Determined to be of service to her neighbour, Georgiana scours her own father�s journals and discovers disquieting information about illegal activities at the time of the Sanfords� demise.

As Dominic and Georgiana delve deeper, they uncover a fiendish web of organised criminality fuelled by thirst for revenge against Dominic. Georgiana unwittingly plays a major role in the miscreants� plans and by involving her, Dominic has placed her directly in danger�s path. Can he find a way to fight back, save the woman whom he has come to admire, and find justice for his parents�

Explicit language and graphic sex scenes contained in this novel.
1851 The year of the Great Exhibition in England. The largest diamond in the world has been gifted to Queen Victoria. Plans are afoot to steal it and the Home Secretary calls in Jacob Morton, the Earl of Torbay, and his highly-trained band of vigilantes to prevent the theft causing a diplomatic incident.
Lady Eva Woodstock is trapped in a loveless marriage to the man behind the plot. Throwing in her lot with Jake and his compelling associate, Lord Isaac Arnold, her dormant passions are awoken beneath Isaac's skilful hands. But she will never be free of her husband, nor will she gain custody of her daughter, Grace, unless she can find the courage to face up to William and beat him at his own game.
How far will a mother go to secure her child's future and protect the man she loves...

Marc Rothwell's cousin should have been the next Duke of Broadstairs but dies before he can assume the title. Marc takes his place with the utmost reluctance, and sets about finding a suitable wife in order to produce an heir. Caught in a compromising position with Miss Harriet Aston, Marc proposes to possibly the only woman in England with no interest in becoming a duchess.
Marc soon discovers that Harriet will be anything other than a biddable wife. She appears determined to make him fall in love with her, even though he makes it perfectly clear that theirs will be a marriage of convenience. It can't be any other way because every time Marc allows his emotions free rein, something unfortunate happens to the recipient of his affections.
In spite of his efforts to ignore his growing feelings for his feisty wife, Harriet is still brutally attacked. The duke and duchess join forces to unearth the identities of those seeking to undermine all Marc is striving to achieve. As they do so, Harriet recklessly disregards her husbandï's orders and throws herself in the path of danger in an effort to protect him.
Can Marc ensure the safety of the woman he is absolutely determined not to allow beneath his guard before the curse attaching to him strikes again...

Abigail Carstairs suspects that someone is trying to kill her. As sole heir to the late Duke of Penrith's vast estate, she can only surmise that her fortune is her aggressor's objective but cannot accept that any of her relations are culpable.

In desperation she turned to the nortorious rake, Lord Sebastian Denver, for help. Unable to deny a lady in distress, Sebastian inveigles his way into Abbey's hunting lodge, where all the prime suspects are gathered. Distracted by his growing attraction towards Abbey, Sebastian is unprepared when a further daring attempt is made on her life.

Determined not to be found wanting for a second time, Sebastian delves into Abbey's past, looking for clues. Satisfied he knows who is behind the plot to kill her, although not why, he lays a daring trap for her aggressors in a race against time to keep her safe...

How far would you go to win a reality TV show?
Investigative journalist, Alexi Ellis, moves from her high-powered job on a London Sunday paper to live in Lambourn,a sleepy village in the heart of British horseracing country. As an investor in her friends' ailing boutique hotel she seizes on the chance to have a fly-on-the-wall televised cookery contest filmed there.
Disaster strikes when the sexy, provocative contestant, guaranteed to keep viewers' temperatures at boiling point, is murdered on set; stabbed through a silicone implant with a chef's knife. Everyone involved with the contest is suspect but the police home in on the hotel's glamorous chef, Marcel Gasquet.
Tyler Maddox, ex-Metropolitan Police Detective turned private eye, is working on another case in the area. When he finds ties between his investigation and Alexi�s, he teams up for the second time with the attractive reporter, looking for answers. Delving deeper into the contestants� backgrounds, they all have compelling reasons to want Juliette dead, but the police seem convinced Marcel is their man.

Major Richard Turner plans to propose to Kitty Bennet during the course of Mrs. Darcy's annual house party. When his father accompanies him to Pemberley, Richard knows he will be forced to choose between his family and his heart's desire.
The prospect of fatherhood terrifies Wickham, who follows his wife to Derbyshire, determined to settle matters between himself and Darcy once and for all.
Tensions permeate the gathering as Lizzy struggles to keep the warring factions apart. When Georgiana's engagement ball goes off without a hitch, she thinks she might just have managed it, until Kitty disappears under mysterious circumstances.
Who could have taken her and can she be found before her reputation is compromised beyond recall...

Wickham has been dead for over a year but Lydia remains subdued, consumed by delayed guilt for the selfish behaviour that almost cost her family its respectability. Lizzy Darcy encourages Lydia to record her earliest memories of life in Hertfordshire. But Lydia can only recall acts of rebellion and falls into an even deeper depression.
Patrick Shannon returns to Derbyshire after a ten year absence, determined to discover what caused the demise of his late father's thriving silk manufacturing business. Offering to help Lizzy's enigmatic new neighbour, Lydia finds herself drawn into a web of secrecy and lies that threatens the safety of them both.
Meanwhile, Caroline Bingley has set her heart on winning Patrick's affections and this time no member of the Bennet family will stand in her way...

In the spring of 1819 civil unrest in the north of England spreads gradually south. The Duke of Winchester introduces Adam Pengelly, a falconer, to his estate to help discover the identity of the agitators and keep his family safe.
Lady Portia, the duke's younger sister, is enthralled by Adam's falcons, but even more attracted to the man himself. Used to moving about the estate unnoticed, Portia gradually discovers more about Adam's mysterious past. When she overhears him agree to a clandestine meeting late at night on a secluded part of the estate, concern for his welfare causes her to follow him; with catastrophic results she could not have foreseen.
Adam, deeply moved by Portia's courage, is perilously close to developing feelings for a lady who is out of his class. But his heart already belongs to another...

Lady Katrina Heston has spent all her life living abroad with her diplomat father. When she is permitted to travel to London to enjoy part of the season beneath Lady Frankie St. John's chaperonage, she's determined to make the most of every minute before settling down to marry the man her father has chosen to be her husband.
Lord Nathaniel Sheridan, the Duke of Winchester's youngest brother, is enchanted by Katrina's lively personality and enters into an agreement with Lady St. John to ensure she has as much pleasure as possible whilst in the ton. He is horrified to learn that her father has agreed to throw his only child into the arms of a dullard like Brown. Convinced the scoundrel is somehow manipulating the diplomat into agreeing to the union, Nate delves deeper into Lord Heston's affairs, with shocking results.
Can Nate save Katrina from a highly unsuitable marriage without creating a scandal that will ruin her reputation and perhaps even threaten the life of the lady he has come to adore...

Zachary Sheridan, the eligible and charismatic Duke of Winchester, is faced with a dilemma. In a youthful misadventure his father's life was saved by his friend Euston. As a token of his gratitude Winchester signed a document promising his firstborn son in marriage to Euston's daughter. Both men are now dead, but Euston's widow is intent on having Zach honour the agreement to marry her daughter Fiona.
Whether or not the document she possesses is genuine, Zach cannot chance bringing dishonour on his family by challenging the claim and risking a breach of promise case.
Meanwhile, Frankie St John, Zach's alluring widowed neighbour, is being blackmailed by her brother-in-law. He possesses a document which, if made public, would reveal a devastating secret that would see her ostracized from society. Worse, she would lose the respect of Zach, the man she secretly adores.
Can Zach and Frankie find a way through this web of intrigue, save the Sheridan family name and find the happiness together they so richly deserve...

Zachary Sheridan, the Duke of Winchester, hopes to heal the breach between the two branches of his family when he invites his five cousins, recently returned to England after a ten year absence in America, to stay with him and his new duchess at Winchester Park.
Eleanor Sheridan barely remembers the land of her birth and nervously voices her concerns about her family's uncertain future to a man whom she mistakes for a groom. The Honourable Matthew Wainwright is actually the gentleman sent to negotiate with her brother Jon regarding the leasing of several steamships. As head of his branch of the family, Jon's success in this venture is vital if he is to secure his siblings' future.
Stricken with remorse when she discovers Matthew's true identity, Ellie fears he will use her indiscreet confidences to his own advantage. Why then does she feel inexorably drawn towards this glamorous younger brother of an earl?
When aspects of Ellie's life in America threaten to destroy them all, Zach sees a way to resolve matters and lay to rest the dispute that has divided the family since his father's day. However, he can only achieve this goal with Matthew's help. Can Matthew put aside former loyalties to aid the duke's quest, even though he will never be in a position to seek the hand of the lady who has stolen his heart...

The year is 1815 and all of the Bennet sisters' children are now on the verge of adulthood. Emma Bingley looks forward to a reunion of the entire family at Pemberley, and especially her aunt Lizzy's spectacular summer ball. Mr. Lewis Anderson, a neighbor who has captured her interest, will be in attendance.
Much as he admires Emma Bingley, Lewis is more concerned about the depletion of his family's fortune. Determined not to court Emma from anything other than a position of strength, Lewis calls upon his friend Christian Warner, the Earl of Ripon's heir, for help. The two delve deeper into events that took place while the two of them were away fighting Napoleon and come to suspect that Lewis's father has fallen prey to fraudsters.
When the involvement of the illegitimate son of a man called Wickham emerges, Bella Darcy and Christian join forces, an unlikely alliance in which opposites clash and sparks fly. What harm can Wickham's son possibly inflict upon Pemberley, and will Lewis ever have the opportunity to declare himself to the woman who has stolen his heart...

As unrest sweeps through England, even the bad weather can't spoil Emma Bingley's happiness as her wedding day approaches. Her cousin, Naomi Sanford, is fully occupied concocting herbal remedies to help relieve the suffering of Welsh migrants flocking into Derbyshire. She is distracted by the arrival of Dr. Andrew Kenton, a close friend of Emma's future husband. Drew shares her interest in herbalism but has a career as a surgeon to the rich and famous awaiting him in London. He also appears to be on the brink of an engagement to the beautiful and sophisticated Lady Sarah Napier.
When an attempt is made on Drew's life Naomi realises that someone is determined to prevent him from fulfilling his potential. Who is so keen to see Dr. Kenton dead, and why? Will the assassins try again and what can be done to protect the man who has stolen Naomi's heart, even if he is promised to another? And what of Naomi's cousin, Bella Darcy, and her handsome admirer, Christian Warner? Naomi might not be able to achieve her heart's desire but perhaps Bella will have better fortune...

When investigative journalist, Alexi Ellis, falls victim to the Sunday Sentinel's cutbacks, she and Marvin, her anti-social feral cat, head for Lambourn. But this idyllic country paradise harbours secrets. A woman has gone missing under mysterious circumstances and Alexi still has a nose for a story.
So too does ex-Metropolitan Police detective turned private eye, Tyler Maddox. Driven out of the police by a vicious press campaign that accused him of racism, Ty hates all journalists on principle. But Natalie Parker had been using his sister's online dating agency and Tyler needs to find her before his sister's business gets dragged through the mire.
Reluctantly, Alexi, Tyler and Marvin join forces. As they delve deeper into Natalie's past, they are left with more questions than answers. Is Natalie still alive and, if so, what can have made her turn her back on her comfortable life and thriving business?
Someone doesn't want Alexi and Tyler to find out and will do whatever it takes to ensure they don't...

Maxine Small is invisible in a crowded room because no one can see through all the extraneous layers of fat to the sensitive girl lurking beneath. No one except local heartthrob Noah Fenwick. But he too lets her down when he ups and marries Maxine's best friend - her pretty, skinny best friend whom he always pretended to hate.

Maxine runs away to university and doesn't see Noah again for twelve years. Slim now, she returns to her home town as a successful lawyer, hoping to lay the ghost that's Noah to rest.

With three children, Noah is trapped in a loveless marriage with no escape clause. Drawn toward him as strongly as ever, Maxine learns the true reasons behind his marriage to Cassie but, with the children being used as human bargaining tools, there's nothing Noah and Maxine can do about their feelings for each other, is there...¦

Warning: This novel contains adult content and graphic language.
Enforcer, Jack Regent, feared throughout the East End of London. In Jack's line of work, life expectancy is short, retirement benefits zilch, and there's always someone new coming along who thinks he's harder.
Tired of watching his own back, Jack retires to the south coast where no one knows who he is. Content to spend his days honing his tennis game and drinking too much, Jack's past catches up with him when thugs with a grudge track him down, bursting for revenge. Jack's violent proclivities refuse to stay dormant when the people he cares about most are placed in danger and his peaceful life starts to crumble around him.
How many laws will he break to protect the wife who betrayed him...

Clarissa Hartley is distraught when she discovers that her late husband left his entire estate to a son she knows nothing about.

Her godmother's son, Luc Deverill, the Earl of Newbury, suspects fraud. Thrown together during the social whirl of a Regency season in full swing, Luc is increasingly drawn towards Clarissa but she thinks him an idle dissipate and finds little to admire in the ways of high society.

Racing against time to foil those seeking to deceive Clarissa, Luc is horrified when she places herself in the path of danger. At last a woman has dented his impenetrable heart and he rides to her rescue. But has he left it too late to tell her how he feels?

Felix, Viscount Western, is infuriated to discover his father's shipping line is being used to smuggle ex-slaves and is determined to put a stop to the evil trade. The man masterminding the scheme has a daughter, Saskia Eden, who is suspected of being involved as a go-between. Felix registers as a guest at her aunt's house and is astonished to find Saskia running the place virtually single-handed. Felix soon realizes that Saskia knows nothing of her estranged father's business and reluctantly accepts her help to get to the truth.

But what he did not plan on was falling in love with a woman would never consider viscountess material...