Автор: Paula Marshall

The cynical Earl of Devenish, often most deserving of his nickname Devil, little expected to be so powerfully drawn to his neighbor Mrs. Drusilla Faulkner.Quiet and demure in public, in private she showed a wit and strength of will to match his...

Four years of war and even more years of trying to save the family estate have knocked the daredevil out of Jack Compton.He's hanging on to his place in society by the skin of his teeth. Seeing Lacey Chancellor joyously dancing the...

Russell Chancellor, Lord Hadleigh, found the love of his life over a decade ago, but she was forced to marry elsewhere.When a chance meeting at a house party unites him with Mary Wardour once more, both realize that the feelings between them...

THE MYSTERY MAN OF HER DREAMSAfter losing his beloved wife in childbirth, Thomas Dilhorne is a man inconsolable. Worried that his son will never recover from his grief, Thomas's father sends him to Melbourne to do a little business and try...

A Young Woman Disappears. A Husband Is Suspected Of Murder. Stirring Times For All The Neighborhood.Since the murder of the Marquis of Sywell shook the quiet neighborhood of Steepwood Abbey, Madam Felice has been careful to conceal her true...

Running Blanchard's Bank after her father's death was fulfilling for Anastasia but, even so, she felt there was something missing from her life. Problems with the branch in York, decided Stacy.She would go herself. But the November...

UNCOVERING SECRETSInspecting the property recently inherited from his great-aunt, Jess Fitzroy found a youth and two children playing cricket on his grounds.The «youth» was the widowed Mrs. Georgina Herron, but, in behaving like a stern papa, he...

Pretend marriage…real danger!The only way actress Catherine Wood could ensure her brother's release from jail was to accompany «Tom Trenchard» to Holland on a spying mission, while pretending to be his wife! With his roguish charm Tom made...

Bess was a girl when she first saw her husband on their wedding day. Andrew, Earl of Exford, left after the ceremony, and as Bess blossomed into a lovely woman, she reveled in the freedom afforded by her absent spouse. Yet she knew the day would...

MISTAKEN IDENTITYUnbeknownst to Miss Susanna Beverly, her stepfather had cheated her out of her rightful inheritance. Thus she was forced to become the companion of Miss Amelia Western, who was betrothed to Viscount Darlington. Who would have...

Bedding a lady…for his own gain!Sir Christopher Carlyon yearned to leave the dissipation of court, to have again the settled life he knew before the war. The only way was to accept a disgraceful bet from the Duke of Buckingham. If he could bed...

From shy girl to assured beautyGauche, unloved Lady Dinah Freville finds a champion in Cobie Grant. They share the taint of illegitimacy, which the rich and handsome Cobie has overcome. And he is equally determined to see Dinah blossom.Tricking...

FAMILY SECRETSSomething had gone wrong with the London end of the Dilhorne business empire, and Alan had been sent to England to make things right. But almost immediately after his arrival Alan met Ned Hatton, and to his total astonishment found...

Civil war in a nation…and in a family!Jack Dilhorne was in Washington, D.C., on business just as war was being declared between the North and South. It was not the best of times to meet someone as intriguing as Marietta Hope.Marietta's...

The Lady and the ConvictSociety heiress Sarah Langley came to Australia to get away from her stifling English home. But she didn't expect to mix with transported criminals like the duplicitous Tom Dilhorne and the infuriating, intense Alan...

Two young women, up from Steepwood to London for the Season, immediately attract the attention of two highly eligible young men.Tall, dark and confident, Athene Filmer seizes the opportunity to act as companion to her small, blonde and decidedly...

What was he keeping from her?Cobie Grant made a quixotic marriage to save Lady Dinah Freville from her unkind relatives. Now he thinks he can enjoy the benefits of married life without involving his feelings. But somehow he's finding it...