She has loved him secretly for years.Miss Helen Langley felt the first pangs of love seven years ago when her brother’s best friend examined her sprained ankle. She has suffered in silence ever since. A lady might engage in mild flirtation, but Nicholas St. Clair is considered part of her family and acts like a brother. When a fortune-teller insists Helen will find her future husband sitting in a cowpat, she fears she is destined to marry a farmer, not the impeccably dressed Mr St. ...

When Emma Vane breaks into The Sentinel’s offices at midnight, pistol in hand, she has one demand: force Mr Stanton to print a retraction. It sounded simple enough at home. It doesn’t help that the man is like brandy, sharp at first, then smooth enough to make her forget he’s dangerous. No wonder he’s called the Devil of Fleet Street.Hugh built The Sentinel on one principle: print the truth. He did not build it to be held at gunpoint by a bluestocking with a signed confession and a...

As the daughter of a famed courtesan, Julianna de Lacy had seen more than her share of heartbreak. Her own heart shattered the night her mother dragged her from the Marquess Devereaux’s mansion and forced her into a stranger’s carriage. It wasn’t fear of her mother’s new protector that made her weep, but the pain of leaving Bennet Devereaux—the marquess’s young son and her only friend.Now someone wants Bennet Devereaux dead.The twenty-seven-year-old marquess has received cop...

An enquiry agent hiding from her past.When Miss Honora Wild meets her first client, she fears there has been a dreadful mistake. Having escaped from a domineering father, she shouldn’t have to work for a man suspected of murder, one whose mood matches his frightening facial scar. She shouldn’t have to venture to his clifftop castle to prove the devil is innocent of the crime. But she owes her employer a great debt and has no option but to accept the assignment.A lord plagued...

An enquiry agent seeking her first case.After spending weeks eagerly awaiting an assignment, Rachel Gambit is instructed to meet her potential new client at a Vauxhall masquerade. She’s been given a list of instructions: to wear red, to find the mysterious gentleman amongst the crowd, with no clue to his identity. But if, by God’s good grace, she finds the man, she must go through a series of tests before he agrees to hire her.A man on a mission.Eli Hunter needs a w...

All he wanted was to safeguard his secret.Having spent years living in the shadow of his brother’s scandalous reputation, Anthony Dempsey fought hard to regain the credibility of his family name. His unwavering sense of duty is renowned and admired. But then tragedy strikes. Threatened with ruination, he withdraws from society to hide his secret and protect all those close to him.How ironic that he should finally meet a woman who captures more than his interest. Indeed, Sar...

Daniel Thorpe has made a point of avoiding Daphne Chambers ever since she refused his proposal of marriage. But three years have passed, and as experienced enquiry agents solving crimes against the aristocracy, their paths were destined to cross.Chasing criminals is no job for a lady. But the woman is too stubborn to take his advice. Is it any wonder she finds herself the victim of a silent stalker, one happy to hide and wait in the shadows?Daniel was surprised when she acc...

Terrified by strange noises in the night, Rebecca Linwood, the headstrong owner of an Egyptian museum, believes she is suffering from an ancient curse. Out of desperation, she seeks the help of the only man with the knowledge to reverse the evil incantation, a man whose cold heart and sinful gaze pose such an enticing contradiction.As a scholar of Egyptology and a man consumed by the pain of the past, the enigmatic Gabriel Stone shuns polite society, choosing to bury himself in his...

A ruined lady. A vengeful rogue. A marriage born of scandal.Ruined by a lord seeking revenge on her brother, Lady Lillian Sandford has given up on love and on escaping scandal. But when she’s kidnapped by the infamous Baron Ravenscroft, even her brother can’t protect her.Fabian Darcy, known as the Raven, needs answers. And if Vane Sandford won’t give them, his sister will. Forcing Lillian into marriage is just another tactic... until desire turns vengeance into something fa...

She vanished with his heart. Now she’s returned with secrets.Everyone believes Miss Estelle Darcy drowned eight years ago. So does the only man she ever loved. But Estelle survived the shipwreck—and the dangerous men who pulled her from the sea. Now she’s returned to London with a new name, a dark past, and no intention of being found.Lord Trevane has spent years mourning the woman he believes eloped with another man. He buried her with his heartbreak. But when fate brings ...

A lady in hiding. A lord with secrets. A house with too many lies.After six months locked away in a crumbling asylum, Lady Rose Darby escapes with one goal: return to London and reclaim her life. But a twist of fate delivers her instead to Everleigh Hall, a secluded country estate where she’s mistaken for a maid and sent to serve the brooding Lord Farleigh.Widowed and reclusive, Christian Knight has no patience for complications. With two unruly children, a house in disarra...

He hunts the past. She challenges his future.Dante D’Angelo lives for one thing: revenge. Cold, relentless, and fiercely loyal, he has spent years hunting the man who murdered his parents. But when the Order assigns him a partner—a woman—his mission takes an unexpected turn.Beatrice Sands is the Order’s first female agent. Clever, determined, and hiding wounds of her own, she’s prepared to earn his respect and prove there’s more to life than vengeance.Together, they...