The Duke of Buckhurst, handsome, wealthy, a brilliant horseman, and known to everyone as Buck, has sworn that he will never marry. Cutting a swathe through the sophisticated beauties of the Beau Monde, who are drawn to his sardonic charm like social butterflies to a bright light, he has only one requirement for his amours: that they are safely married to someone else. That is until he discovers that his heir apparent, his dissolute cousin Edmund, has married an actress. Horrified that a common showgirl will become the next duchess and bring his family name into disrepute, the duke is …

King Maximilian of Valdastien, handsome, clever but with a well-deserved reputation as a ladies' man, is under pressure from his prime minister to leave behind his bachelor ways, get married, and produce an heir as soon as possible. Despite the fact that he vowed never to marry, with political unrest in Europe and encroaching danger from the Prussians, the king reluctantly decides to visit the surrounding countries to seek a suitable queen. Meanwhile, beautiful but tempestuous Princess Zita flies across the alpine countryside of neighbouring Aldross on her dazzling horse Pegasus. Full of a fire that matches the stunning flame …

Following the sudden death of his rakish father, Seldon Burn unexpectedly inherits the title of Duke of Otterburn. Returning to the family estate, he swiftly discovers that the title is the only thing he has inherited, along with a mountain of his father’s debts and nothing with which to pay them. A brave and proud soldier, nothing has prepared the new duke for the devastation to the family coffers caused by his late father’s love of lavish entertainment, women, and good living. His cousin Edith suggests that he follows in the footsteps of many an impoverished English aristocrat and marry …

Devastated by the treachery of the woman he loves, the Marquis of Kenworth leaves London and the Prince Regent’s intimate circle of pleasure-loving friends to join the Duke of Wellington’s army as plain Captain Ivan Worth. Facing hardship and the grim reality of battle, he is convinced that no woman can ever be trusted to love him for himself, rather than his title, and turns his back on romance forever. Now, wounded by a shell from a French gun, he is in Paris, an invalid guest of his close friend the duke, and waiting for his wound to heal while …

When the Marquis of Sherwood declines her invitation to a society occasion with the scathing comment that he has no wish to spend his time with debutantes, whom he believes are half-witted, gauche, stupid, and not well-educated, Lady Katherine Wick is incensed. Even more so when she discovers that he apparently prefers the company of the Gaiety Girls, the femmes fatales of the theatrical set. She resolves to teach him a lesson by enlisting her dear friend Lavina Vernon and her most beautiful, talented, and witty friends to pose as Gaiety Girls at an unchaperoned party at the Marquis' country …

After her quiet life in the Highlands of Scotland, the Laird's daughter Ola Mcnewton is looking forward to going to London to take part in Queen Victoria's Jubilee. At first it seemed a good joke to pretend to be a Balkan princess and be entertained by the handsome Duke of Cranborne. During one enchanted evening with him, they fall in love. But did the duke fall in love with her or the mysterious Balkan Princess? Then the queen's security services, fearful of a plot on the queen's life, became suspicious of Ola. Only the Duke can save her. How they …

Tasked by the prime minister himself with bringing justice to the smuggling gangs that are rife around the Kent and Sussex coast, esteemed Napoleonic war hero Lord Cheriton is surprised to find a beautiful young girl called Wivina living in his dead and deeply hated father’s supposedly vacant mansion. She has no idea who he is, and when she hears his reputation as a cold-hearted lord who would turn her out without a qualm, he tells her he is just a passing friend. Nevertheless, Wivina seems terrified by his presence. Realising the entire village is at the mercy of a …