But do either have her best interests at heart? A sparkling Regency Romance set in Bath. Perfect for fans of Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Alice Chetwynd Ley. Perdita is left a fortune after the death of her grandfather. Her cousin, Bertrand Tillot, is furious that the inheritance didn't come to him. With mounting gambling debts he is a desperate man. Perdita comes to an usual arrangement with the ageing Duke of Anderley. His son, the dashing Marquis of St Ive is far from impressed. Sparks fly whenever he and Perdita meet. Someone will stop at nothing to interfere in Perdita's life. After a series of terrifying "accidents" she is left asking herself who she can truly trust.

    But this was beyond the pale: he had wagered away Kielder Castle to the notorious gamester Richard Drew - with the spirited Kate still living there!Happily, Drew did not immediately turn Kate out onto the outlying moors. But he did proceed to ensconce himself at Kielder with every indication that he would stay.He hadn't yet reckoned with Kate or her campaign of collapsing ceilings and nocturnal ghosts, all created to discourage Drew from getting too settled - especially when Kate realized she could keep Drew out of sight, but not out of mind...

    John had a great deal to be arrogant about. He was titled, handsome, wealthy, accomplished -- but nothing could justify the way he looked down on all whom he considered his inferiors, which included almost all the human race. When the Viscount snubbed Camilla's brother while that impetuous young man was trying to make his mark in London--and when St. John went on to forbid Camilla's childhood friend, Charles MacNeil, to see the Viscount's sister Elizabeth-Camilla decided that this high-handed lord had to be cut down to size and brought down to earth And the only way to do it was to have him fall in love....

    As the story opens, she is wandering London without baggage or money in the rain, looking for a night’s shelter. Beyond hope, she finds two old ladies who offer her protection, a job, and a mystery that is about to set her life on its ear.

    — A MOST SHOCKING PROPOSAL — Miss Diana Forsythe was prepared for almost anything but this from Sir Sabin Mallory. Her heart had melted at her first meeting with this handsome lord newly arrived in London, and she was prepared to be his guide in the ways of the world and society. Now he asked her to be still more. He asked her to help him win the heart and hand of Lady Aurora Marchant, the most irresistible and haughty beauty in London. As a young lady of breeding, Diana could not bring herself to refuse Sir Sabin's heartfelt request. But as a young woman of feeling, she had to find a way to cure the lovesick lord of the folly of loving anyone but herself.

    The pretty young widow had immediately agreed to take them in despite her family's objections. Nevermind how odd it was that their father wasn't leaving them with his own family. Captain Richard Falk, one of the rudest gentlemen Emily had ever had the misfortune to encounter, obviously knew his own mind and far be it from Emily to question his motives. That he was also undeniably attractive, she coolly ignored. All in all, it was a very good thing he would be absent more often than present... AN ARROGANT CAPTAIN Captain Falk did not have much patience with silly, missish women. So he was rather pleasantly surprised by Emily Foster's good sense and refreshingly forthright manner. That his thoughts dwelled on her was of course due to his concern for his children and not to her pair of fine blue eyes or the way she laughed at him so charmingly. Or perhaps he was concerned that the mysterious circumstances that had forced him to entrust his children to her care would put her in danger—and he would not be there to protect her...

     According to the dashing, debonair Crispin, Francis was a past master at stealing the hearts of trusting young ladies, and a silken-tongued hypocrite whose words of love for Phillipa masked a lust for the fortune that he, as a younger brother, had the misfortune to lack. Phillipa had to decide which one to believe. Which one to love. Which one to become engaged to. And which one to wed. And each time she decided, her mind had to change -- on a whirling romance and intrigue that left her sense and her senses spinning, and her happiness in jeopardy...