Virtue & Vice

When Annalise Fernsby went in search of answers about her father's past, she found Countess Oreste...and an intriguing world full of possibility. Desperate to provide for her family, Annalise Fernsby discovers a scandalous possibility at the House of Virtue. With her younger sister, Rosalyn, headed to the countryside to serve as a lady's companion for the summer, Annalise is willing to try the most daring of dalliances if it means escaping a lifetime of poverty.

Eryx Wilder craves the kind of respectability Miss Fernsby takes for granted. He'll stop her from ruining herself - no matter how much she hates him for it. Even if it the price of her innocence is more than he ever expected to pay...

First in a new steamy Victorian romance series, packed with adventure and intrigue. Each book contains a full romance arc with HEA while following the Countess Oreste through a world of passion and mystery.

When a beautiful widow bursts into his study one cold winter evening, The Honorable Darius de Lucey doesn’t know what to make of her demand that he escort her to a notorious masquerade ball. He’s intrigued enough to help with her secret murder investigation. If he has to accompany the widow to prove another woman’s innocence, so be it. Belladonna may be ruthless, but she isn’t a killer - and Justine doesn’t need to know why he’s so sure that Bella isn’t a murderess.

Mrs. Justine Erskine was prepared to endure Mr. de Lucey’s touch in service to her greater goals, but she’s astonished at how he awakens her long-denied desire. She’s willing to risk her sterling reputation to prove who killed her father-in-law. Will the unlikely allies find proof of Bella’s crime, or will they learn truths that could ruin them both?