by Mary Nichols (2006)
RUMORS WERE FLYINGHer name was on everyone's lips. They were agog to find out what Miss Elizabeth Harley had been doing down at the East India Docks. And in such shocking apparel! Why, her uncle's generosity in giving her a London season had been thrown back in his face. Elizabeth had not meant to sully her good name. All she'd craved was a chance to travel. Andrew Melhurst had come to her rescue when she needed him most, but should she consider marrying him to save her reputation?
Elizabeth Morgan
Cast out by her family, Amanda Waverly ends up traveling to Paris with a mysterious gentleman escaping a London scandal. Pretending to be his sister, Amanda must decide how to move forward with her life, even as she is increasingly drawn to the man who brought her to France.
Blair Bancroft
A Practical Pairing Miss Aurelia Trevor is in mourning—not for any person, but for her beloved Pevensey Park. Her conniving uncle and his loathsome son have claimed lordship over the estate, which should rightly her hers, if not for the fact that she is an unmarried woman too young to inherit her beloved lands. What she desperately needs is a husband of convenience.... Thomas Lanning is an icon of London commerce, with a reputation as hard as his countenance. When Aurelia offers her hand, he sees an opportunity to advance himself. With the foundation of marriage and acreage, he could rise to prominence—all the way to a desired seat in Parliament. But the city husband and country wife soon discover a common ground they have never considered: true love....
Debbie Raleigh
Three dashing rakes go to war -- and break countless female hearts. But on the way home to England, a gypsy predicts that love will trap them all. Thus they make a daring wager: By June first, whomever Cupid matches must forfeit one thousand pounds and a red rose.
Laura Paquet
A PASSION HIDDEN Widowed from an unhappy arranged marriage, Emily Wallace, The Dowager Viscountess Tuncliffe, is determined to become an independent woman. Finding her newly inherited London townhouse in desperate need of repair, she hires Duncan McAllister, a disquietingly attractive Scottish architect, to undertake renovations. She soon finds her Berkeley Square home is not the only thing that seems to be reviving under his expert ministrations... A LOVE DISCOVERED Intrigued by the promise of a prestigious Mayfair commission, Duncan McAllister is nonetheless skeptical of working for the widow of an erstwhile nemesis--surely she would make an unpleasant client? But from the moment he meets Emily Wallace until he stumbles upon an intriguing secret she keeps, he finds nothing to be further from the truth...as his designs for her home become designs on her heart.