Book Three in the Marriage series...

Simon, Lord Marby needs a wife. Having located his missing nephew at the orphanage in Worthington, he desperately wishes to atone for the mission which caused the death of the boy’s father. Yet each step into society is greeted with fear and distrust for the scarred visage and reputation which marks him as the Beast of Worthington.

Miss Marie Cunningham has been waiting for her handsome knight on white steed. After the happy marriages of her three friends, surely it is her turn. When young Peter finds her she is happy to discover his successful adoption but does he truly ask her to propose marriage to the dread lord of her youth?

A jaded, scarred lord and a fanciful miss could hardly be the perfect match, but maybe there’s more than meets the eye when trouble invades the estate and their very lives are threatened with Simon’s sordid past.

Kylie Dobson is a romance author with a problem. As a seat-of-the-pants writer, she depends on the strength of the characters to drive her plot. But when her hero, Milo, Lord Gafton refuses to chase after the prescribed heroine, everything goes wonky. Kylie is inexplicably sucked into her work of fiction, transported from a contemporary venue to a fictional Regency setting. What's worse is, nothing she does is affecting the plot and she can't get out.

Set into motion by her own creative process is a winter storm which seals the Regency party goers in on a country estate. If that wasn't bad enough, a murderer is on the loose and he's picking off one guest at a time. The more time she spends with Milo the more she comes to depend on him. She's convinced that his character sketch will kick in at any moment and he'll fall for her heroine. But will it happen before she loses her heart to him? And what happens when the plot draws to the end? Will the killer have his way and will Kylie solve the case only to be returned to her reality without the man she's fallen for?
 

Leaving his foreign mission is in direct violation of Lord Nicolas Bromley’s orders and punishable by hanging. Letting his family take the fall for treason, though, isn’t an option. His family believes Nicolas has been away on holiday for the past year. They have no reason to suspect he is a secret operative for the Crown.
Lady Caroline has been in love with Nicolas for eight years. She is determined to catch Nicolas’ notice and win a proposal of marriage while she visits with his sister.
Her wide golden eyes, soft curves, and stolen kisses send Nicolas reeling into awareness. But Caroline’s presence in his family home is a complication to his goal. She is everywhere he turns—a distraction he cannot resist.
When they are forced to marry, Nicolas must choose between Caroline and his mission, but in claiming the woman he loves, will he lose her forever when the truth is revealed and the Crown’s guard comes to call?

Lady Ester Richmond enjoys the freedom of living on her father's country estate, uninhibited by the irrational whims of a husband. But her father is determined to see her wed to a man she has never met. So with the help of her friends, Lady Ester masquerades as a young lord to find information about her betrothed and discover a way to thwart the engagement. Not even the disapproval of her oldest friend's stuffy brother will stop her.

Marcus, Earl of Rochester, has resurrected his family from near ruin and will protect their assets and their reputation at all costs. But when his sister joins the impetuous Lady Ester in a rash adventure, he cannot overlook the scandal certain to ensue. Ester's masquerade would ruin not only her own reputation, but that of her friends as well. This time Ester has gone too far and Marcus is determined to halt her disastrous escapade.

But when a blackmailer threatens them all, Marcus and Ester must learn to put aside their differences and accept that sometimes the promise of each other is worth a little scandal.

Sarah Hanson opens her eyes to a darkly sexy man leaning over her and the strains of a waltz playing in the background. She had been dozing in the taxi escorting her from the job where she was just fired — but is now inhaling the strong scent of beeswax and is dressed in Regency-era clothing.

Lord Drake Hayworth, rake extraordinaire, is unable to reconcile his sudden attraction to the widow who is meant to chaperone the daughter of a dear friend. Finding a pliable bride so he can claim the last of his inheritance has become decidedly more difficult with Sarah turning his ordered life on its head.

As Sarah develops lasting relationships, she discovers the unconditional love of family and a passion for a man she is not meant to have, in a time where she may not be able to stay.