The Duke of Salford posts into Wiltshire to discover if the Hon Phoebe Marlowe will meet his requirements for a bride. If he does not expect to meet a tongue-tied stripling wanting manners and conduct, he is intrigued when his visit causes Phoebe to flee.

A civilized game of Duplicate Bridge ends in a double murder in which both victims were strangled with picture wire. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? The odds of solving this crime are stacked up against Inspector Hemingway. Fortunately, the first-rate detective doesn t miss a trick."

It is in regrettable circumstances that Judith and her brother Peregrine first meet Julian St John Audley. The man is arrogant and unfortunately for them, he's also the Fifth Earl of Worth, a friend of the Regent, and their legal guardian.

Impetuosity is Arabella's only fault. An enchanting debutante and the eldest daughter of a country parson, she should know better than to allow herself to be provoked by Mr Beaumaris, the most eligible Nonpareil of the day.

Rich and handsome, the hope of ambitious mothers and despair of his sisters, the Marquis of Alverstoke sees no reason to put himself out for anyone. But when a distant connection applies to him for help, he finds himself far from bored.

Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate. Then, in one extraordinary encounter, she meets a neighbour she only knows by reputation, the infamous Lord Damerel, and before long is egging on a libertine in his scandalous behaviour.

It is the year 1815. Renowned for being as outrageous as she is beautiful, the widow Lady Barbara Childe, is at the centre of all that is fashionable and light-hearted. When she meets Charles Audley, dashing aide-de-campe to the great Duke of Wellington himsef, her joie de vivre knows no bounds - until the eve of the fateful Battle of Waterloo.'

Under the reign of Louis XV, Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon flourishes well. Then, from a dark Parisian back alley, he plucks Leon, a red-headed urchin with strangely familiar looks. Among the splendours of Versailles, Justin begins to unfold his sinister plans - until, that is, Leon becomes the ravishing beauty Leonie.

The excesses of the young Marquis of Vidal are even wilder than his father's before him. Not for nothing is the reckless duellist and gamester called the Devil's Cub. But when he is forced to leave the country, Mary Challoner discovers his fiendish plan to abduct her sister. And only by daring to impersonate her can Mary save her sibling.

Jack Carstares, the disgraced Earl of Wyncham, left England seven years ago, sacrificing his honour for that of his brother when he was accused of cheating at cards. Now he's back, roaming his beloved South Country in the disguise of a highwayman.