Havilland Smythe doesn't know what's shocked her more: The instant attraction she feels for handsome Detective Roman Fairfax or his admission she's the top suspect in the theft of a historic artifact. She's immediately intrigued, possessing a legitimate interest in the stolen work of art. The Grand Duchess Anastasia Egg is part of a collection of four jewel-encrusted eggs gifted to the daughters of the last Tsar of Russia. Finding and reuniting them...

Just when she decided to remarry... Duty forces him to take on the pirate code, but honor brings him back. Prudence, Duchess of Blackmoor, has one desire-to be happy again. After struggling to overcome the horrifying death of her husband, she accepts an earl's offer of marriage, confident she's taking a step in the right direction. But demons, refuse to die, and Prudence finds herself caught in an intricate web of deceit that threatens the very...

Lady Riana Ellis will risk the fires of Hell for those she loves.Can she let a man do the same for her?As whore for the Duchess of Arundel, Lady Riana Ellis keeps her sister safe from the duke's lascivious desires. Now the duchess demands that Riana murder the man already sent to her bed.Sir Bryant Cullen determines to have the duchess' whore. Her land is a prize, but it's her secrets he wants. Once he knows what she knows, he will control one of...

In her beguiling memoir, Wait for Me!, Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire (and the youngest of the famously witty brood of writers, agitators, and icons), recounted her eventful life with wit and grace. All in One Basket collects the Duchess of Devonshire's breezy, occasional writings and provides a disarming look at a life lived with great zest and originality. All in One Basket combines two earlier collections, Counting My Chickens and Home...

From award-winning author E.M. Shue comes another gripping installment of the Securities International series. Mikayla "The Duchess" is all about casual sex and hookups. She doesn't have time for commitment or love. Besides, there will never be a man to love her as strongly as she needs. She races motorcycles, jumps in front of bullets, and throws a middle finger at conformity and convention. Adrenaline helps cover the pain of her past, but it's never...

Inside her chamber, with two scented candles burning in spite of the early hour, the Duchess flipped through the pages of her tattered and torn and tea-stained notebook. In this little book, she kept the names and addresses of every man to have ever peaked her interest. It began as something of a fantasy list when she was still pretending to be in love with her husband, a gathering of men whom she would give herself to in a more perfect world. Of...

The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series continues with the sixth Audrey Sinclair and Hugh Marsden investigation . . . When a fellow passenger is found dead on Audrey's packet ship from France, a mysterious note on the body points to her as the killer. Detained in Dover for an inquest that is being led by a prejudiced magistrate, she is joined by trusted friends and family-and the newly minted viscount, Hugh Marsden-to prove her innocence. But when...

Vivi, the Duchess of Bradford, loved her husband from the day they first met. She was an unabashed hoyden. He was the heir to a dukedom and her older brother's best friend. She vowed to marry him, but she never could have imagined just how dreadfully that youthful promise would go awry, shattering her hope for a future. Having spent the past year in England while the duke has been abroad, she has thrown herself into a cause that won't lead to more...

Duchess Quin arranges with Will and his group to get Big Tom back in prison. Adrian is willing to join them in the quest. He thinks that way, he'd get his freedom to love Gary freely again, even though it has been a rollercoaster ride for both of them. Oliver traces Adrian to Kansas and brings him home. Bill informs the others once Adrian's GPS comes back on, and they sneak up on Big Tom's safe house totally unaware of the surprise waiting for them. Evelyn's...