Lady Lydia - Secret
A Touch of Magic
Miss Lydia Prior has a secret. She isn’t nearly as unattractive as she appears.
After her father’s death, her brother insists she marry his odious friend—a man intent on claiming her inheritance. Both men are willing to use fair means or foul to force her into the unwanted marriage. Determined to escape, Lydia dons her grandmother’s ugly clothes and wig and flees to London. She plans to remain in disguise until she can marry a man of her own choosing. But who would marry a woman who looks as unattractive as she does?
Lord Weston would. He must marry an unattractive woman or risk certain death, and Miss Prior suits his purpose perfectly. She will remain at his country estate while he returns to London. It seems a perfect arrangement—and then the lovely Lady Knightley arrives in London and begins pursuing him. With a parlour full of suitors, why has she singled him out?
Lord Brett - Mistake
The Wrong Bedchamber
Lord Brett breaks into a lord’s house, furious with the man for having an affair with his sister. He intends to demand that the scoundrel marry her. Instead, he enters the wrong bedchamber and discovers a sleeping woman—a beauty without her dull dresses and stern hairstyles.
Miss Clara Tanswell awakens to find the most handsome man in London in her bedchamber. She has admired Lord Brett for years, certain he would never notice an ordinary-looking woman like her.
Is he real, or is she dreaming? And what could possibly have brought him to her bedchamber?
Surely he hasn’t come to ravish her…?
Lady Anna Reade wants to save the village vicar’s daughter from marrying a lecherous baron. Impersonating the girl and breaking off her betrothal should be easy. Unfortunately, the baron is not so easily dismissed. Perhaps a wealthy duke can be helpful.
The Duke of Huntington is appalled by the behaviour of the vicar’s daughter. One does not give a duke the cut direct. It simply isn’t done. Yet now the impertinent young woman wants his help escaping a marriage to the man who murdered his father.
Her reluctance is perfectly understandable. The baron is dangerous and likely murdered his previous wife as well.
Lord Trafford - Captured
Seized by A Lady Pirate
Lady Amelia Reade is willing to do anything to free her younger brother from their father’s confinement—even disguise herself as a pirate, “borrow” one of her father’s ships and seize the cargo from his merchant vessels. She intends to hold the goods until he agrees to release her brother.
Lord Trafford sets a trap for the pirates plundering an unpopular lord’s merchant ships. No one likes the man, but the law must be upheld. It should be a straightforward capture.
Instead, the trap backfires, and Lord Trafford finds himself a prisoner of the most unusual pirate.