Lady Angela is the daughter of a duke and the widow of the heir to a viscountcy. Her husband has been dead for almost two years and she is ready to restart her life. While visiting a friend's country estate, a recuperating solider catches her eye. But with no title or fortune, her father threatens to withhold her dowry if she chooses such a man. Captain Daniel Matthews knows Lady Angela is far above him socially, but hopes being an officer in the British Army gives him a chance with her since many second sons of aristocrats are army officers. His hopes are dashed when the army judges him permanently disabled due to damage to one lung and discharges him. Daniel tries to do the right thing and withdraw from his pursuit of Angela, but she's not ready to take no for an answer.

In Victorian England, Anthony Fairchilde, the earl of Malvern, is tricked into a compromising position with a tradesman's daughter and must marry her to prevent a scandal. He's determined it will be a true marriage of convenience, but she's so unimpressed by his rank and yet so responsive in his bed, that she's soon the only woman he desires. Prudence Crump has dreamed of finding love, but faced with the threat of a scandal that will make her unfit for respectable employment, she's forced to agree to the earl's arrogant proposal. She's determined to keep her side of the bargain and not develop feelings for him, but he stirs surprising emotions within her. Prudence begins to hope for something more than a marriage of convenience, but first she must teach him that rank has responsibilities as well as privileges, and he must convince her that his love is real.

Lady Angela is the daughter of a duke and the widow of the heir to a viscountcy. Her husband has been dead for almost two years and she is ready to restart her life. While visiting a friend's country estate, a recuperating solider catches her eye. But with no title or fortune, her father threatens to withhold her dowry if she chooses such a man. Captain Daniel Matthews knows Lady Angela is far above him socially, but hopes being an officer in the British Army gives him a chance with her since many second sons of aristocrats are army officers. His hopes are dashed when the army judges him permanently disabled due to damage to one lung and discharges him. Daniel tries to do the right thing and withdraw from his pursuit of Angela, but she's not ready to take no for an answer.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, Annabel Rawlins, a Louisiana belle, agrees to marry Travis Kinlaw, a Texas rancher, in order to become the mistress of her own home. She is unprepared for the loneliness of frontier life, or for her husband being on cattle drives for six months of each year, or for the threat of Indian raids. In addition, she must deal with an invalid mother-in-law, a rebellious step-daughter, and a husband who seems haunted by the memory of his first wife. Despite all this, Annabel succeeds in making the ranch a comfortable home. Then tragedy strikes. She loses the will to keep struggling and longs to return to Louisiana. Travis has to decide what matters most in his life. Can he make peace with his past in order to have a future with his wife?

To get the land and title he's long sought, Sir Martin le Werre must marry the widow of a recently deceased baron. Although Lady Gwyneth is young and beautiful, years of marriage to an abusive husband have left her cold and unfeeling. Martin's best efforts fail to melt her iciness. Then he finds the whip her former husband punished her with and uses it to make her forget pain and embrace pleasure.

Annie Smith has been raised as a foundling by a stern village vicar and his wife. With her eighteenth birthday near, Annie is shocked to learn she has an aristocratic benefactress who wants her to come to London so a suitable marriage can be arranged. Annie makes the trip, hoping to learn something about her past. The recently widowed benefactress isn't the kindly little old lady Annie expected, but rather a glamorous former actress who married a much older baron. The baron has died and his nephew has succeeded him. Their household seems surprisingly short of funds, and Annie begins to suspect she's being used in a plot to raise money. She grows suspicious of her benefactress but is drawn toward the nephew, Lord Harry Hayward. While she knows the dashing, former cavalryman is too far above her to marry, Annie can't stop herself from falling in love with him. Then, the shocking revelations come. Genre: Torrid Romance Historical Rating: Erotic Romance - Explicit (Contains adult content, language, and graphic sex)

Lady Isabel married the much older Baron of Tewsbarrow to save her family from a life of poverty. After the marriage, her husband tells her she must seduce his young nephew in order to produce an heir. The innocent Isabel knows nothing about seduction so the baron contrives a devious plot to make sure she succeeds. The young knight, Sir Daniel, is welcomed to his uncle's castle as an honored guest, but strange things happen. He realizes he's being drugged and while he lays helpless a beautiful woman comes to his bed. Despite the mystery surrounding her, Daniel falls in love. Then he learns Isabel's true identity and purpose and leaves Tewsbarrow with a broken heart. The old baron's plot fails, and he dies in a fit of apoplexy. Daniel returns as the new baron. His one burning desire is to punish the wicked woman who betrayed him.

In Victorian England, Anthony Fairchilde, the earl of Malvern, is tricked into a compromising position with a tradesman's daughter and must marry her to prevent a scandal. He's determined it will be a true marriage of convenience, but she's so unimpressed by his rank and yet so responsive in his bed, that she's soon the only woman he desires. Prudence Crump has dreamed of finding love, but faced with the threat of a scandal that will make her unfit for respectable employment, she's forced to agree to the earl's arrogant proposal. She's determined to keep her side of the bargain and not develop feelings for him, but he stirs surprising emotions within her. Prudence begins to hope for something more than a marriage of convenience, but first she must teach him that rank has responsibilities as well as privileges, and he must convince her that his love is real.

Lady Jocelyn was educated in a convent and has decided to become a nun. But she's kidnapped by a rogue baron and thrown into a dark dungeon. The man in the next cell distracts her from her terror be verbally taking her on an erotic journey of self-discovery. When they are rescued, the man proves to be the new lord of the castle and offers to marry Jocelyn. Dare she trust such a wicked man? Sir Alard has spent months in the dungeon thinking of how much he's missed in life by seeking adventure as a crusader rather than love and family at home. Now he's free and has found a woman to make all his dreams come true. If only he can convince her to choose him over the church. Should he impress her with his knightly honor or re-ignite the fire he knows simmers within her?