In Deb Marlowe's A Waltz in the Park, James Vickers once
believed honor and family duty to be his life's work. Now he
knows better--and he's appointed himself as silent witness
to his father's sins. His greatest goal is to act as the
continuously pricking thorn in his lordship's side--and
scandal is his greatest weapon. He has no use for an
innocent young miss. * Propriety is Miss Adelaide Stockton's
most important asset. She must be all that is prim and
proper if she's to live down her parent's misdeeds and have
any hope of catching a husband. She must avoid scoundrels
like Vickers at all costs. Yet fate has thrown them
together--and given each a key to the other's ambition. A
bargain is struck...but together they find that gaining what
one desires most is far more difficult than a waltz in the park.
In Karen Hawkins' Charlotte's Bed - Uninterested in domestic
bliss, Lady Charlotte treasures her freedom as a wealthy,
unmarried lady living with her best friend, the spritely
Duchess of Roxburghe, and assisting in that lady's energetic
matchmaking endeavors. But now - shockingly - the duchess
has turned her sharp ambitions on none other than Lady
Charlotte herself. Charlotte's having none of it. She likes
her life and her freedom, but when an old love from her
past reappears, the mysterious and dark Angus Reeves,
Lord
MacThune, and attempts to woo her with an exciting,
thrilling kiss, Charlotte begins to wonder if perhaps - just
perhaps - 'domestic bliss' might mean something other than
what she originally thought . . .
In Ava Stone's Promises Made, Lady Elspeth MacLaren loves
everything about London - the ballrooms, the entertainments,
the handsome single lords in want of a wife. Unfortunately,
she already has a betrothed...She just doesn't know it yet.
* A decade ago, Captain Griffin Reid made a deal with the
devil. In exchange for leaving Scotland and joining the
Dragoon Guards, his family's land and legacy will be
returned to him after he marries one-time neighbor Ellie
MacLaren. Unfortunately, the lady in question has her heart
set on marrying some English lord and living out her days
somewhere south of the border. And before Griff knows what's
happened, he finds himself trying to win the heart of the
lady who always should have been his.
In Claudia' Dain's Chasing Miss Montford, Miss Elaine
Montford is a debutante on the hunt for a titled husband.
Then again, who isn't? In the London Season of 1804, every
young woman with a mama who has spent the money to buy an
appropriate wardrobe and find a house in Town to showcase
her virginal, blushing daughter expects said daughter to do
her duty to her family name by marrying a man with a title,
and social connections, and a well-established estate.
Elaine Montford, who is virginal and can blush nearly upon
command, is not averse to this plan. It's only that she has
yet to meet the man who meets her mama's qualifications. *
Roger Ellery of the 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons is not
that man. However, Roger Ellery is the man she meets. In
Hyde Park. It is quite clear that he believes he is rescuing
her, even if she is not in need of rescuing. Then again,
perhaps she is....And it all started out so innocently, too.
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