"After a night of debauchery, Lord Barclay wakes up to find a woman in his bed. That's not unusual, but this one is fully clothed. When she tells him they are married, he is instantly cold sober and looking for a way out.
Miss Sarah Vincent, an orphan raised in an American convent, didn't ask for this marriage. She'll be damned if it's in name only. But seducing a man? How ever will she do that?! Good thing her friend lent her a copy of The Kama Sutra . . .
Brice starts to wonder what has come over his young wife. She's suddenly taking charge of him, and their house, and no longer the timid woman he assumed her to be.
Despite his aversion to this marriage he's starting to want his wife . . . in every way possible.
Contains mature themes."
"Bridget MacLeod needs some space from her well-intentioned but overbearing family who've been crowding around her since her husband's death. How can she keep her late husband's secret and explain to them that her arranged marriage was pleasant but passionless, that she lost a friend but not a lover. Seeking a change of scenery, she arrives in Arisaig only to find she has no place to stay, unless she accepts the offer from a family friend.
Alasdair MacDonald remembers Bridget well from when she stitched a wound in his leg last spring. Her touch was light and gentle, but she was a married woman. She may not be married now, but her husband's passing is too recent for the honorable Alasdair to do more than invite her to stay with his boisterous family.
But someone notices the way Alasdair looks at Bridget, someone who will stop at nothing to make Alasdair her own.
Contains mature themes."
"Surrounded by Highlander brothers and cousins, Shauna MacLeod is used to big and burly men thinking they're in charge. The visiting American ship captain is a breath of fresh air and a welcome distraction from her daily duties at the MacLeod dock office, even if his past seems to hold more secrets than the sea.
Captain Robert Henderson has his share of complications waiting for him when he returns to New Orleans, so he knows he needs to stay away from Shauna until he's managed to uncomplicate his life, no matter how tempting she is. Her overprotective family certainly helps him keep his distance.
But when Shauna's abducted and thrown aboard a ship bound for the Barbary slave trade, Robert races the four winds to find her before she's lost to him forever.
Contains mature themes."
"After being abandoned by her almost-betrothed, Caroline Nash vows to never again get involved with a man. Especially not the middle-aged earl her father has chosen for her. The man is a pompous ass and one of Prinny's set who only wants her for her dowry. To complicate matters, a kiss from the Midnight Marauder unleashes an unbelievable passion that Caroline can't seem to forget.
Stephan, the Marquis of Kendrick, poses as the robbing marauder to avenge his low-born mother. But he starts questioning his plans when one of his 'missions' crosses paths with Caroline and leads to the kiss of a lifetime. Stephan senses that this proper miss is more fiery than he expected and he wants more.
To be properly introduced to the woman of his dreams, he attends the Prince Regent's house party. He finds her, begging a friend to pretend to court her—to fend off the man her father has chosen. Stephan couldn't wish for a better opportunity—he'll happily court her, but he doesn't want to pretend. Their connection is sizzling, but can this charade become something real once Stephan's secrets are revealed?
Contains mature themes."
"A victim of a madman who wants revenge on her family, Fiona MacLeod is kidnapped and committed to the Dublin Lunatic Asylum. Her only bit of good luck is that the asylum's overcrowded and she's assigned a room in a nearby castle. She knows the more she tries to convince her captors of the plot against her family, the more insane she sounds, but she finds a spark of hope in the young earl of the castle.
With his family fortune dwindling, Earl Kier O'Reilly pays his taxes by hosting non-violent asylum inmates in his ancestral castle. He knows that since Fiona is his ward, he should not be attracted to her, but the grey-eyed beauty has captured his heart, and he soon begins to doubt she's as mad as everyone says she is . . . which means there's a sinister plot afoot, and the lovely Fiona is in danger.
Contains mature themes."
"Abigail Townsend longs for the type of excitement she reads about in her beloved books. She knows she won't find anything remotely resembling an adventure at any of the stuffy events of the ton, so she sets out to find one of her own.
Shane MacLeod is a man of many talents and titles. He's a Highlander, a ship captain, and a member of the Knights Templar. When he sets out to sea bound for an important meeting of Templars, he realizes too late the lad his cook hired is a girl. And when that girl turns out to be an earl's daughter, he soon adds 'husband' to his list of titles.
Forced into a temporary marriage with the bold and handsome Highlander, Abigail has no interest in remaining as virtuous as the honorable Shane would have her stay. But as Shane's resolve weakens, an old family enemy seeks to destroy any happiness Shane might find with his new bride.
Contains mature themes."
"Jamie MacLeod is the most annoying male Mari has ever had the misfortune to meet. It certainly doesn't help that he's devilishly handsome and as tall and broad as a tree. No matter what Mari's new brother-in-law seems to think, she doesn't need the hulking, kilted Highlander to hover over her during London's Little Season.
Jamie longs to return to the Highlands. Chaperoning his new sister-in-law's little sister in London sounds about as pleasant as being strangled by one of those infernal cravats the English insist on wearing, especially since the willful young woman seems determined to slip away from his protective duty.
When the McLeod family is threatened, Jamie whisks Mari away to the safety of the Highlands where a stormy love starts to grow, but it soon becomes clear that danger has followed them from London.
Contains mature themes."
"Alexander Ashley has decided women of the ton are more interested in status than love. His game is seduction and nothing more. His feelings regarding aristocratic ladies leads to an outlandish idea—prove a servant can be taught to be as ladylike as those born to it. And the beautiful Inis Fitzgerald might be just the woman for his plan.
Inis Fitzgerald escaped her home in Dublin to avoid an arranged marriage and is now working for a rakishly handsome lord who seems to enjoy bucking convention as much as she does. She plays along with his little game, pretending she knows nothing about being a lady. It doesn't take long before Alex discovers Inis is every bit as much of an aristocrat as the women he's sworn only to seduce and not love . . .
Contains mature themes."
"Left widowed and penniless after a loveless arranged marriage, Jillian reluctantly accepts the job of 'refining' a Scottish Highlander who's inherited an English title. The man infuriates and intrigues her, as well as shakes her resolve to never again let a man close.
Ian MacLeod never wanted to come to England, but his clan needs the profits he can gain by claiming his inherited English lands. When he meets the very proper Lady Jillian Newburn, he's fascinated by what he suspects is a warm heart and fiery passion underneath her icy demeanor.
Getting past her chilly resolve to keep him at arm's length will be a challenge, but this MacLeod has never backed down from a challenge in his life. But it's not all fun and games and stolen kisses. There's something about Jillian's stepson that raises the hair on the back of Ian's neck, and he knows better than to ignore the sign of danger that has never steered him wrong.
Contains mature themes."
"If Juliana Caldwell said the sky was blue, Rory MacGregor would tell her it was gray with a storm due any minute. No man gets under her skin more than the arrogantly handsome Scot. When she is abducted by a rival clan, Rory is the last person she expects or wants to call her hero.
Rory is the best tracker the MacGregors have, so when his brother's sister-by-marriage goes missing, he's ordered to find her. But binding himself to the fiery English redhead with an opinion about everything is not how he saw this rescue going. To save her from the clutches of the villainous Cameron laird's son, though, he must declare them handfasted.
When their escape goes horribly awry, Juliana and Rory are forced to take the long way home. Surviving blizzard conditions, meddling clanspeople, and a near-fatal ambush on the trail, nothing compares to the unexpected and unlikely passion that ignites between the rugged Highlander and his English warrior princess.
Contains mature themes."
"Emily, the Dowager Countess of Woodhaven, has received title to lands in the Highlands-MacGregor lands—and after surviving an abusive marriage, she's determined to make a new start . . . without a man. She just has to win over the handsome Scottish laird whose family has lived there for centuries. How hard could it be?
When Ian MacGregor heard that the Sassenach countess was actually laying claim to his lands, he figured to scare the aging widow away by showing her the hardships of living in the Highlands. She'd leave before the first snowflake fell. But he never imagined that the widow was young and beautiful and more territorial than a she-wolf. No matter, he'll prove that a fragile, London woman like her would never survive life without her servants . . . and if he happens to give her the coldest and most remote rooms, all the better.
Despite his best efforts to freeze her out, things between them heat up. But Highlanders hate the Sassenach, so Ian faces a dire choice—his clan or the irresistible English aristocrat who seems to have taken not only his lands, but also his heart.
Contains mature themes."
