Ginny Delacourt felt the course of true love could not have run smoother. After all, it required only a fortnight, a pair of highwaymen, a pox quarantine, a sham betrothal, and a masquerade ball to bring Sir Anthony up to snuff. When her beloved suddenly becomes the heir to his uncle, the Duke of Marcross, protocol dictates that he drop the "Sir" from his name. It's his uncle who insists Ginny, daughter of a lowly vicar, is not the proper bride for...

When Juliet arrives in Boston to bring her newly orphaned nephew, Marcus, home to Maine, she discovers that her late sister, Cordelia, had lived in such poverty that the boy had to work to survive. Having struggled to build the North End's biggest fish market after emigrating from Italy, Antonio had hired Marcus to help the boy and his mother. But when Marcus resorts to stealing and runs away with Antonio's young sister, Antonio wants to see him punished....

It was just another dinner party until Alexandra Moreton, a ravishing auburn-haired beauty, shows up. Deverell Bromfield hasn't trusted women since Ariadne threw him over for a viscount. When a murderous scandal rocks his family, Alexi's father forbids the match. When Ariadne reenters his life with the information he needs to prove the real murderer's guilt, Deverell is on the horns of a dilemma.