She’s sure she’ll never love him. He’s sure he’ll never stop.

All Sir Percy Somerville wanted from his wife was her love. But after watching her meet his devotion with coldness for four years, he makes the devastating choice to withdraw his heart before it shatters completely.

Lady Cecily Somerville thought she loved another when Sir Percy arranged their marriage, and four years hasn’t been sufficient to eliminate her resentment. But just as she discovers her former love was not the honourable man she supposed him to be, Percy retracts his attentions. Left to stew in the consequences of her actions, she begins to question what love is, and if she could ever love her husband.

The trouble is, she might have left it too late to win him back.

She’s sure she’ll never love him. He’s sure he’ll never stop.

All Sir Percy Somerville wanted from his wife was her love. But after watching her meet his devotion with coldness for four years, he makes the devastating choice to withdraw his heart before it shatters completely.

Lady Cecily Somerville thought she loved another when Sir Percy arranged their marriage, and four years hasn’t been sufficient to eliminate her resentment. But just as she discovers her former love was not the honourable man she supposed him to be, Percy retracts his attentions. Left to stew in the consequences of her actions, she begins to question what love is, and if she could ever love her husband.

The trouble is, she might have left it too late to win him back.

“I ruin everything I touch. That has been my curse since the day I was born.”

Lady Annabelle Beaumont prefers books to ballrooms. With her elder sister married, she intends to avoid men until she's old enough to be put on the shelf along with her favourite novels. Unfortunately, when she's inadvertently discovered alone with notorious rake Jacob Barrington, she has two choices: enter an engagement with a man she loathes or be ruined forever.

Jacob Barrington, newly minted Marquess of Sunderland and the “Devil of St James”, plans to destroy his family's reputation in the most licentious way possible. An engagement is not on the agenda, especially to someone he detests. Instead, he offers to spend their fake engagement finding Annabelle a husband she prefers. But as their desire deepens into something more, she ends their deal and leaves London entirely. Alone, Jacob comes to a realisation: the devil does possess a heart.yy

And she's just run away with it.

Betrayal tore them apart. Blackmail brought them together. Only love can save them.

Nine years ago, Henry Beaumont broke Louisa Picard's heart. Now another man's rich widow, she will do anything to protect her independence. But she harbours a secret that could destroy her reputation, and when a blackmailer threatens to expose her, who should overhear but her former flame and the man she vows to hate?

Henry is haunted by the mistakes of his past. Still hopelessly in love but knowing she will never forgive him, he does his best to make amends by offering his help with her current predicament. But he has problems of his own: a family destined for financial ruin and the expectation that he will marry to save them.

As they work together to thwart her blackmailer, it becomes increasingly difficult to deny their mutual attraction. But although Henry claims that his help—and his feelings—have nothing to do with her fortune, Louisa knows how deep his duty towards his family runs.

They have just one rule: don't fall in love

Forced into an engagement to save her destitute family, Lady Theodosia (Theo) Beaumont gives up her dreams of romance and a husband with all his teeth. Thankfully, her friend Nathanial Hardinge proposes a solution: a marriage of convenience. He's no romantic, but he'll grant her freedom, an alarmingly handsome husband, and the title of duchess.

All she has to do is not fall for him.

To Nathanial, marrying Theo makes sense. They've agreed not to let emotions complicate matters; his life can continue the way it always has. There's just one problem—now she's in the picture, his old life no longer appeals.

When his cousin and heir attempts to woo Theo and destroy the marriage, Nathanial sets out to save her, and learns there is nothing convenient about marriage, love, or desire. And Theo finds that her husband might have more than just his teeth—he also has her heart.

“Believe me, darling, the last thing I intend is to fall in love.”

Widowed and notorious, Lady Caroline Spenser is no stranger to scandal. Her lovers are among the highest-ranked gentlemen in London, and she relies on their generosity to fund her extravagant lifestyle—and a secret obligation.

Mr George Comerford is the son of a viscount and leader of the ton, having painstakingly established his reputation. At the age of thirty and with an ailing father, he is expected to marry, and well.

Five years his senior and a widow to boot, Caroline is far from the ideal wife. But taking her as his lover challenges everything he knows about himself and his ambitions. For her, he would risk his entire reputation.

But she has not survived the ton this long by trusting every man who comes into her bed, and she doesn't intend to start now. Even if George is all her foolish heart could ever want