Cecily has no desire for a husband. Instead, she plans to follow the example of her spinster aunt—refusing to marry, supporting herself with a modest inheritance and entertaining herself with a stream of lovers and a collection of naughty books. She’s already acquired a taste for sex through her secret stock of books, and she can’t wait to make her vivid fantasies come true.

Forced into attending a house party, Cecily decides to make the best of it—which means taking up with a fop her parents are certain to disapprove of. Perry is no mere fop, though. He’s attending the house party to investigate rumors of espionage…and is definitely not there to find himself a wife.

Cecily and Perry seem like an unlikely pair, but together they’ll learn much about spying, exhilarating passion and true love.

Reader Advisory: This is no sweet Regency. It’s sensual, sexy and filled with the heroine’s very improper fantasies. Don’t get your pantalets in a twist—unless you like that sort of thing…

Marina can't remember anything from the time before her father caught a thief and turned him into the Beast. All she's sure of is that she's the sorcerer's daughter, that the Beast is her friend, and that somewhere, hidden under the enchantment, is a man who seems to be searching for something deep inside her every time he looks at her. Not to mention the dreams that feel almost like memories and the woman in the dreams who seems so real that Marina feels like she's dreaming scenes from somebody else's life.

Duncan knows Marina is under an enchantment, even if it isn't as obvious as the one that left him looking like a monster. And he's certain that underneath Marina's enchantment she's the woman he was willing to risk his life to save from the sorcerer. He knows breaking their enchantments is going to be easy compared to picking up where they left off before they wandered so foolishly into the sorcerer's fortress. Convincing the woman of his dreams that she's so much more than just a passing fancy turns out the be the hardest thing of all.