Just Deserts (37 page)

Will the blistering
scandals of yesteryear keep Theda and Benedict forever divided? Or
will the flame of love triumph?

TRAILER:
http://animoto.com/play/DJydJ5r1Lq9EmHS2CV8N0A

Friday
Dreaming

(originally published by
Mills & Boon Limited)

Bookish Friday Edborough’s
secret dream looks set to come true when childhood friend, the
gorgeous Nicolas Weare, proposes—if only he was behaving like a man
in love. All too soon, Friday’s worst fears are confirmed when she
finds Nick has been forced into the betrothal to stop him marrying
the beautiful but ineligible Hermione.

Caught between love and
loyalty, Friday ends the engagement, leaving Nick to realise the
value of what he’s lost just as he discovers Hermione’s true worth.
But with the lines joining love and hate beginning to blur, has
Nick’s change of heart come too late?

TRAILER:
http://animoto.com/play/H1rKLTXkgvPWD2wYL4YQlQ

An Angel’s
Touch

(Originally published by
Mills & Boon Limited)

Outspoken Verity Lambourn
berates the mentor of two lost children, having no idea that the
lame young man with the vibrant black eyes is the widowed Henry,
Marquis of Salmesbury. When she knocks him flying in Tunbridge
Wells, Verity realises she has not been able to get him out of her
mind.

Tumbling towards a
promising future, Verity must confront the shadows of Henry’s
tragic past. Matters come to a head when the children are
kidnapped, but it takes a threat to Henry himself to test the
strength of Verity’s love and the truth of a gypsy’s
prophecy.

TRAILER:
http://animoto.com/play/rJA90kzsF9R8SW1Xe8fxow

Fated
Folly

When youthful Clare
Carradale beards the ogre in his den, she is instantly smitten with
Sir Rupert Wolverley’s raw and powerful attraction. In an attempt
to prevent her brother eloping with Sir Rupert’s niece, Clare is
herself compromised. She must either marry his young cousin, Lord
Ashendon, whom she detests, or Rupert himself.

Can Clare’s hopes of a
radiant future be realised in this uneven and improbable match?
Both Fate and Ashendon conspire against her. But Clare’s true
battle lies in overcoming Rupert’s inner demons, if she is to save
her marriage and win through to a promise of happiness.

TRAILER:
https://animoto.com/play/5HJfgXwNE750bwrsYHMPzg

The Viscount
Besieged

Isadora’s secret plan to
save her family is frustrated by the arrival of the Errant Heir,
with plans of his own. As Isadora prepares to thwart him, Lord
Roborough’s friendliness and warmth undermines her
determination—until she discovers he is a hardened
gamester.

As Roborough struggles to
recover a wasted inheritance and counter Isadora’s attempts at
sabotage, he is both intrigued and infuriated by her mercurial
temperament. Bitterly hurt by her lack of trust, he despairs of a
happy outcome.

Will the truth serve to
effect a reconciliation? Or will Isadora’s outrageous plot signal
the end of all hope?

TRAILER:
https://animoto.com/play/aRn0hzWfBQrCPj3YWDmSGA

Seventh
Heaven

Septimus Berowne, poet,
does not expect to succumb to the charms of wealthy Lady Louisa
Shittlehope, although his brothers are eager to court her. Hampered
by the shocking Berowne reputation, Septimus struggles to stop
Louisa embroiling herself in his family’s affairs and keep her safe
from his dissolute brother Quintus.

But the tribulations of
the Berowne girls capture Louisa’s warm heart and she cannot help
but interfere. Quintus strikes, involving Louisa and the Berownes
in a madcap chase to rescue her love-struck ward. Will they be in
time? Can Louisa brave Society’s disapproval to snatch at the
promise of happiness?

TRAILER:
https://animoto.com/play/wEdC11De0n4GEmG2Jy5f0A

A Fragile Mask

Visiting friends in
Tunbridge Wells, Denzell Hawkeridge is struck by the warmth of a
beautiful girl playing with children in the snow. But when he meets
the mysterious Verena Chaceley, she is as cold as a statue.
Provoked into flirting, Denzell cannot judge his success in
pricking through the mask.

Anxious for her abused
mother’s health, terrified the perpetrator will come after them,
Verena struggles to remain aloof from Denzell’s charm. He retires
defeated, until a chance encounter produces a clue to Verena’s true
background.

Will Denzell’s affection
be enough to coax Verena out of her ingrained fear of
matrimony?

TRAILER:
https://animoto.com/play/3QjpyGVLrMip8yiYg0qm1Q

An
Undesirable Liaison

To support her young
sister and herself, Florence Petrie desperately needs employment.
Through the agency of an unexpected and valuable find, she ends up
as companion to the dowager in the household of Jerome, Viscount
Langriville. The violent attraction between them brings Flo to the
brink of the abyss she fears most. Is she doomed to repeat her
mother’s history?

Freed from the hideous
scandal of the past by his wife’s death, Jerome is horrified to
find himself in thrall to a new threat: an impossible liaison. Can
he withstand Florence’s allure, when his desire can only mean her
ruin?

TRAILER:
https://animoto.com/play/yxzUb7i0gyvd6DTrlnqrqA