Laura Precott’s poor country roots force her to be the mistress of a man she doesn’t desire. When Laura gets wind of the Earl of Weswick’s plans to sell her at auction, she escapes, fleeing for her life.

Fortunately, nobleman Simon Harrington happens across Laura and helps her to become a more suitable wife. But when Laura’s former lover is discovered dead the night she ran away, it is Simon’s responsibility to prove innocent a girl who somehow has managed to capture his heart…

To save a "bride-in-training" from arrest, Lady Noelle Seymour sneaks into a stranger's bedroom to replace a stolen necklace-only to lock eyes with the handsome Gavin Blackwell, cousin of the Earl of Seabrook. To explain her presence in his private chamber, she gives the first excuse she can think of: she is there as his new courtesan. Mystified by the beautiful woman who offered her services and then vanished, Gavin tracks her down-and demands that she keep her word...

Miss Eva Black spent her life concealing her mother's past as a courtesan. Now a spinster, her beauty hidden away under a dour disguise, Eva spends her days schooling courtesans to be suitable wives. But one vengeful duke does not appreciate Eva turning his mistress into a lady. He plans to seduce Eva into becoming what she detests: a courtesan. But he doesn't expect her to be a woman of such beauty and so many secrets.