Mischance nearly killed him. Disgrace nearly destroyed her. Time has healed, but there is a new challenge confronting them. They must reconcile for the sake of their child...if they can.
Phoebe's duty is to her family. Tobias' family is making mischief. Their mutual attraction, though ill-fated, cannot be denied. Class, pride and fortune stand in their way, and duty becomes a curse.
When Lady Genevra Haven becomes lost in the back corridors and staircases of Almack's, she needs courage and ingenuity as well as charm and confidence, to avoid social ruin and salvage her successful debut.
Necessity dictates that Emilina Brook supplement her family's income by accepting a position as music teacher in a young ladies' academy. Fate decrees that she meet Dr. Secord Cardew while journeying by stagecoach to the school in a distant town. Dr. Card
A grievously wounded Peninsular War veteran and a shy young woman facing a loveless future discover more than the attractions of Bath as they spend their days exploring its streets.
Julia Clemence knows that personal freedom is just as important as political or state freedom. Now she has to convince the man she loves and her family that she is right--and gain for herself the freedom to love.
Amaryllis is told that the study of antiquities is no fit activity for a lady, and Chaunce Boothsby would rather dig for buried Roman ruins than play a man-about-town. Only a bold move will allow love to triumph, and Chaunce must make it soon.
Lady Susan and Lord James Haythe, twin siblings of the Earl of Cheriton, have always been unpredictable. Intelligent, attractive and easily bored, they find their privileged life in the heart of the beau mode unfulfilling. For three years they have
Lord Stadbroke's three daughters have come to Portia Crossmichael's school to learn. But it is Portia who receives the education--in love and joy and, most difficult of all, in loss.
Lady Genia Brierley is trapped by poverty. Lord Wessington's return to society coincides with a time of crisis in her pitiable family. He offers himself as her rescuer. She can only wonder why.
The twelve short stories in this book follow fictional Regency characters facing the challenges of everyday life while brushing up against momentous historical events.
The last thing Clementina, widowed Countess of Carmelth, wants to do is fall in love. Then she meets Major Gideon Rhyle, wounded 'giant' of the 11th Dragoon Regiment. If she accepts his help, can she fail to accept his love?
Mourning the death from consumption of her young sister, Fanny, Lady Jean Conway goes home to the Brecon dower house to be comforted by her former governess, Miss Bluestone. Rescued from a flood by Lord Clanross's Scots steward James Sholto, Jean finds he
Garret Kenning, the Earl of Therneforde, strives daily to conceal the strange secret that had plagued his family for generations. His home, Kenning Old Manor, is dominated by the last remnant of Kenning Castle--the Red Tower.
When a servant's subterfuge manipulates the meeting of Miss Cordelia Tyninghame with the rakish 5th Earl of Torgreave Rupert Manningford, a family secret is revealed which changes her life and his forever.