After a hasty promise to her dying fiance jeopardizes the future of his illegitimate child, Lady Leah Sheridan vows to make amends for the gentleman's lack of honor by personally seeing to his son's financial needs. When the boy's heartless mother abandons him, Leah finds herself nearing a disastrous scandal. To make matters worse, her fiance's older brother returns to England demanding answers she swore never to divulge. As soon as the Duke of Chase meets the woman his deceased brother had intended to wed, he is unexpectedly captivated by the lady's beauty, but he quickly suspects she is...

In Regency England, Morgan Spence sets his mind upon achieving two goals. Acquiring his father's abandoned ancestral estate and finding a wealthy bride to foot the bill for its restoration. Having accomplished the first part of his plan, Morgan moves into the neglected manor and soon discovers he's not alone. Afraid for her very life, Isabelle Lindley is forced into seclusion by the disfigured ruffian who burned her cottage and chased her into the forest. For the last three months she's been hiding in a secret room at Canderlay Manor, depending upon the kindness of an old caretaker. When the...